Finish Line Open Meeting

E.I.S Sheffield – Saturday 2^nd January 2016

Two of the clubs senior athletes and fifteen youth and junior athletes made the journey over to Sheffield’s English Institute of Sports Stadium, to compete at the ‘Finish Line’ indoor open meeting, on Saturday 2^nd January 2016.

Over the next two months both the Northern indoor and the England Indoor Championships will be staged at the E.I.S, and these meetings are on the agenda’s of most of these athletes, and possibly all of them. This competition gave the opportunity to run, throw or jump in the stadium in preparation for the big forthcoming events, and for the runners to try and master the steep bends at the E.I.S.

There were excellent performances from our athletes on the track, with lots of personal bests and season’s best performances, from our sprints and middle distance runners. In the field events pride of place must go to 12 year old shot putter Holly Adams, who won her competition, and set a new PB, which moved her up the rankings to UK ranked No. 1.

Senior Athletes

Kingston’s number one senior female sprinter Megan Hoult and the clubs leading senior thrower, veteran athlete John Twiddle, were in competition at the ‘Finish Line’ Indoor Open meeting, which was held at the English Institute of Sports Stadium in Sheffield, on Saturday the 2^nd of January.

Megan Hoult, the reigning Humberside 100 metres champion got her 2016 campaign underway, with a run out in the 60 metres and 200 metres races at Sheffield.

She took 3^rd place in the 60 metres, where she ran a season’s best time of 7.73s. In the 200 metres she put in another season’s best performance of 26.27s, for a 4^th place finish.

John Twiddle is a Masters athlete who competes in the V45 age category. He is the reigning British Masters Champion at hammer throw, weight throw and shot, and was the silver medallist at the 2015 British Masters weights throw pentathlon. For good measure he was the hammer, discus and shot gold medallist at last Septembers Yorkshire County Veterans Championships.

John opened his 2016 competitive season at the Sheffield meeting, where he was in action in the shot putt event.  He propelled his 7.26kg shot out to a distance of 11.06m, to give him 7^th place.

Under 20 Women

The clubs female sprint squad were well represented on the day, and there were a number of noteworthy performances from the girls.

In the under 20’s 60 metres races, Amelia Benson, who in 2015 was both the 100 metres and 200 metres silver medallist at both the Humberside County and the Humberside Schools Championships, was the winner of race 1 of the 60 metres races, where she set a new PB of 8.04s. Chloe Constable took 4^th place in race 1, and she also set a new PB of 8.56s, and Charlotte McIvor also registered a new PB of 9.07s, to take 6^th spot.

Race 2 of the 60 metres saw England international, reigning English Schools Champion and double Northern Champion, Charlotte Paterson in action. She was the winner of the race, running a season’s best time of 7.63s. The reigning Humberside County, Humberside Schools and East riding Schools, 100 and 200 metre champion, Emily Lyons, also ran a season’s best time of 8.13s, to take 5^th place in the race.

The under 20’s 200 metres saw Emily Lyons running in race 1, where another season’s best effort of 26.54s, gave her a 4^th place finish.

Race 2 brought Amelia Benson back into the action, and she took 3^rd place with a season’s best run of 26.24s.  We also saw a rare 200 metre outing for Amelia Robinson, who ran a new PB of 26.13s to take 2^nd place, just ahead of her team mate.

Charlotte Paterson’s had a second outing in the 400 metres, where a season’s best run of 59.17s, gave her a 2^nd place finish.

Under 20 Men

The sprint training groups at Costello contain some outstanding sprinters. Three of the very best under 20 men were showing their paces at Sheffield.

Andrew Morgan Harrison, who is the North Yorkshire Schools 100 metre champion and Joe Cooper, the reigning Humberside 100 metre champion were brought together in race 1 of the 60 metres, an event where the electronic timing failed to function. They produced a fantastic contest, neck and neck throughout the race, both clocked the same time of 7.2s, which was a new PB for both of them. Andy was awarded the victory, with Joe taking 2^nd place.

In race two the third member of the triumvirate Eliot Gay, the Humberside Schools 100 metre champion, raced to victory and set himself a new PB of 7.21s.

The 200 metres placed Andrew Morgan-Harrison and Eliot Gay in race 1. Andrew was the winner of the race, where he ran a season’s best time of 22.52s. Eliot also put in a season’s best performance of 22.65s, to take 4^th place.

Joe Cooper was in action in race 2 of the 200 metres, and he also ran a season’s best time of 23.40s, to take a second place finish.

Middle Distance runner Joshua Taylor-Brown, the Humberside County and Humberside Schools 800 metre champion, was a contestant in the 800 metres race, where he took 2^nd place and ran a season’s best time of 2:05.59s.

Under 17 Women

Sprinter Jessica Fields, the 300 metres silver medallist at the 2015 Humberside County, the Humberside Schools, and the East Riding Schools Championship meetings, was in action in the 60 metres and the 200 metres races in Sheffield.

She was the winner of the 60 metres competition, which saw her run a season’s best time of 8.62s.

The 200 metres saw Jess take a 3^rd place finish, and put in a second season’s best performance of the day, clocking a time of 27.79s.

 Under 17 Men

Up and coming young sprinter David Morgan-Harrison trains with his older brother Andrew and he is slowly closing the gap between them. He will be a first year under 17 in the 2016 track & field season, and will make the move up to the Kingston Youth Team. He competed in both sprints at the E.I.S. In the 60 metres took 5^th place and ran a new PB of 8.09s. The 200 metres saw another 5^th place finish, and a season’s best performance of 27.27s.

Under 15 Girls

Cosima Fawcett is a young sprinter who is in her first year with Kingston. Her only competition in 2015 was at Mays Humberside County Championships, where she was the 100 metre bronze medallist.

She made her indoor debut at Sheffield, where she ran in the 60 metres race. She finished in 3^rd place and registered a new PB of 8.73s.

Under 13 Girls

Hermione Keyworth is another young lady enjoying her first year with the club. She also made her indoor debut at the ‘Finish Line’ meeting, where she ran in the 60 metres and the 150 metres races.

She took 2^nd place in both races and set new best times in both of them. The 60 metres saw her register a new PB of 9.22s, and the in the 150 metres she set a new PB of 22.34s.

Holly Adams is a member of our junior training group, and she enjoyed her first competitive year with Kingston, in the 2015 track and field season. She is a promising sprinter and a good long jumper. Whilst Holly enjoys these events and indeed has represented the club in those disciplines in the National Youth Development League and the Humberside League, the event she enjoys the most is the shot putt, and in the past few months she has been working with specialist throws coach Dave Bennett, which has seen her make excellent progress.

Holly competed in the shot event at Sheffield, which she not only won, but also threw a new PB of 8.63m. This throw moved Holly up to the No. 1 ranking in the UK.