National Youth Development League – Northern East 1
Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster – Sunday 1st May 2016
The 2016 league season got underway for our under 17 & under 20 athletes, at a cold, rainy and very windy Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster.
This team had won promotion as divisional champions in the 2015 season, and they knew it was going to be a tougher proposition this year. Some of the 2015 team have moved up into the under 23’s and have been replaced with a number of our promising 15 year olds from the junior team.
They faced fierce opposition from some quality teams and first class athletes. Our rivals were Team Forth Valley from Edinburgh, City of Sheffield & Dearne AC, South of Humber, which is an amalgamation of the Lincoln Wellington, Cleethorpes and Scunthorpe teams, Doncaster AC, and HAWKS, a composite team representing Harrogate, Wetherby and Scarborough.
The teams will contest four league matches over the course of the next three months, with the final fixture of the season to be held at the Costello Stadium in Hull in late July.
As always our sprinters and throwers got the day off to a great start and the young athletes making their debuts in the team put in splendid performances. There was a good all round effort from everyone at Doncaster and they all did the club proud.
Kingston finished in 3rd place on the day, and collected four league points. The match winners and league leaders were the very strong Edinburgh team, with Sheffield and Dearne in second place.
Performance details for all of the Kingston athletes are as follows:-
Under 20 Men
Andrew Morgan-Harrison, the Northern indoor 200 metre champion, got his league season off to a flying start with a superb new PB of 10.8s, giving him victory in the 100 metres ‘A’ race. In the ‘B’ race middle distance runner Kyle Foster put his hand up to help out the team, and he took 4th place and ran a new PB of 12.3s.
In the 200 metres Andrew Morgan-Harrison completed the sprint double with an excellent run of 22.1s.
The 400 metres saw Jonny Beharrell make his return to league action, for the first time since the 2014 track & field season. He went in the ‘A’ race, where a season’s best run of 53.0s saw him take 3rd place. Hurdles specialist Jack Michaels was the winner in the ‘B’ race, where he too ran a season’s best time of 54.4s.
In the 800 metres the County cross country champion Jack Brothwell ran a new PB of 2:11.1s to take 3rd place in the ‘A’ race.
Josh Taylor-Brown, who has been busy at cross country and indoor meetings over the last few months, was our representative in the 1500 metres ‘A’ race, which saw him run a new PB of 4:14.3s to take 2nd place. Baldvin Magnusson was the winner of the ‘B’ race, where he too set a new PB of 4:24.4s, taking 16.5 seconds off his old best time.
The 400 metre hurdles ‘A’ race brought Jack Michaels back to the track, where a season’s best run of 64.5s brought him a 2nd place finish.
In the field events Josh Taylor-Brown and Jack Michaels were our representatives in the hammer completion. Jack was the winner of the ‘A’ event, where he threw a season’s best effort of 17.28m. Josh also threw a season’s best of 16.34m, to claim victory in the ‘B’.
Jack Brothwell and Baldvin Magnusson rejoined the action in both the discus and javelin events.
In the discus Jack took 4th place in the ‘A’ throw with a new PB of 10.43m, with Baldvin taking 2nd place in the ‘B’ with a new PB of 10.36m.
The javelin saw Jack finish 6th in the ‘A’ throw with a new PB of 12.09m, whilst Baldvin was the winner of the ‘B’ with a new PB of 9.94m.
One of our under 17 debutants Matthew Elliott represented the club in the high jump, where a new PB of 1.50m gave him 2nd place
Under 17 Men
Jack Perry and David Morgan-Harrison made their youth team debuts in the 100 and 200 metre sprints.
David was our ‘A’ runner in the 100 metres, where he took 5th place, and ran a new PB of 12.4s. In the ‘B’ Jack Perry was the winner of the race where he also ran a new PB 11.7s.
The 200 metres saw Jack Perry run the ‘A’ race in a season’s best time of 24.5s, for 2nd place. David Morgan-Harrison took 4th place in the ‘B’, where he recorded a time of 26.4s.
Kyle Foster returned to the track, this time on familiar ground in the 800 metres, where a solid run of 2:07.9s gave him a 3rd place finish
Adam Coles made his bow in the 100 metres hurdles race, taking 2nd place and running a new PB of 14.7s.
Joshua Tranmer is currently ranked No. 1 in Yorkshire in the shot event. He threw a season’s best effort of 12.72m at this meeting, to win the competition.
In the discus Josh is currently ranked No. 5 in the UK, and he was in complete control in the discus circle at Doncaster, winning the competition with a throw of 43.12m.
The 2015 Northern Championships hammer silver medallist Will Robinson, had his first competitive throw of 2016 in this league match, and his season’s best effort of 35.09m gave him 2nd place.
Harry Stutely joined the action in the javelin competition, where he threw a new PB of 24.07m, for a 4th place finish.
Further competition came for Harry in the pole vault, which is his specialist event. He made a successful clearance at a new PB height of 3.40m, to take 3rd place.
Jack Perry and Adam Coles were our representatives in the long jump competition.
Jack was the ‘A’ jumper and he took 2nd place in the event with a jump of 5.96m. Adam was the winner of the ‘B’ event, with a leap of 5.32m.
Matthew Elliott saw further competition in the triple jump, with his best effort on the day of 10.83m, giving him a 4th place finish.
The high jump brought Freddie Capes into the fray, and he produced a season’s best clearance of 1.55m, to take 3rd place.
Under 20 Women
The 100 metres races saw Northern Championships 60 metre finalist Emily Lyons, and Northern semi finalist Amy Sampson in action.
Emily was the ‘A’ runner, and she ran a superb race posting a new PB of 12.5s to claim a well deserved victory
Amy was very impressive in the ‘B’, she was in contention all the way to the line, running a new PB of 12.6s, and just being edged into 3rd.
Emily Lyons and Luci Preston were our representatives in the 200 metre races.
Emily was the ‘A’ runner and she ran a season’s best time of 26.3s, to take 2nd place in the race.
Luci took 3rd place in the ‘B’ race where she recorded a time of 27.1s.
Luci Preston was also in competition in the 400 metres ‘A’ race, where a season’s best run of 66.5s, gave her a 4th place finish.
In the 400 metre hurdles Amelia Robinson ran a season’s best time of 68.4s, to take 2nd place. She felt a twinge during the run but bravely carried on and completed the race, but unfortunately she could not take part in the rest of the meeting.
Sophie O’Hara is ranked No. 4 in Yorkshire in both shot and discus and she represented the club in both events at Doncaster.
In the shot Sophie threw a season’s best effort of 9.42m, to take a 2nd place finish in the ‘A’ event.
The ‘B’ event saw Maggie Okul win the competition with a season’s best throw of 8.68m.
The discus competition saw the two girls back in action together.
Sophie O’Hara was the winner of the ‘A’ event with a throw of 32.76m.
Maggie Okul was the winner of the ‘B’, with a season’s best throw of 20.17m.
This league match was hammer thrower Maggie Okul’s second competition of 2016. The UK ranked No. 5 was the winner of the ‘A’ hammer throw with a season’s best effort of 51.28m. Second place went to fellow Hull Hammer Squad member Alice Barnsdale, who was competing for the South of Humber team, with a throw of 48.18m.
The ‘B’ competition was won by Charlotte McIvor who has been training with the hammer group for the last few months. She threw a new PB of 21.19m.
Sian Kerry is a fine all round athlete who has lately been restricted somewhat by injury. She competed for the team in the javelin competition, where she took 3rd place with a throw of 23.29m.
The long jump saw Megan Grant’s return to competition. It was wonderful to see her back, and also to see her looking much like her old self. She was the ‘A’ athlete in the long jump, where she took 5th place, with a leap of 4.05m.
Olivia Young was our representative in the ‘B’ event, which saw her jump a season’s best distance of 3.77m for 4th place.
Under 17 Women
The 100 and 200 metres races brought together two of the clubs outstanding young sprinters. Amelia Benson who was a 60 metre finalist and 200 metre semi finalist at this January’s Northern Indoor Championships and Hannah Kynman who was the 100 metres silver medallist at the 2015 Northern track & field championships.
Amelia was the ‘A’ runner in the 100 metres and she ran a storming race, claiming victory and setting a new PB of 12.3s.
Hannah, who was making her debut in the youth team, went in the ‘B’ race. She showed a clean pair of heels to the opposition and powered to victory in a season’s best time of 12.5s, finishing half a second ahead of her nearest challenger.
In the 200 metres it was a repeat performance, with Amelia Benson running a new PB of 25.9s, to complete the sprint double. Hannah Kynman blasted her way to another victory, leaving the field in her wake, to clinch her sprint double in another season’s best time of 26.7s.
The 300 metres race saw Gabbie Whittle running in the ‘A’ race, where she took 6th place and ran a season’s best time of 46.1s. Jess Fields ran in the ‘B’ where she put a fine run together, taking 3rd place in a time of 45.5s.
Natalie Bell, who was the silver medallist at January’s County cross country championships, was Kingston’s representative in the 800 metres, which was a very competitive race. She ran a season’s best time of 2:33.5s, for a 3rd place finish.
Heptathlete Venus Morgan made her bow in the youth team in the 80 metre hurdles race. She put in a very impressive run, recording a new PB of 12.9s, crossing the finish line nine tenths of second ahead of the field.
The 300 metre hurdles saw Natalie Varga running in the ‘A’ race, where she took 5th place and recorded a new PB of 53.2s.
Jess Fields was the ‘B’ runner and she took 2nd place, posting a new PB of 56.9s, for good measure.
The hammer throw brought Olivia Stevenson into the action. The England International who is currently ranked UK No. 3 dominated the competition, taking victory with a throw of 56.45m.
The javelin throw saw two more athletes making their youth team debuts.
Harriet Cannell was the winner of the ‘A’ event, where she threw a new PB of 35.03m.
In the ‘B’, Paige Mathers was victorious, throwing a distance of 25.04m, to give the team a double.
Venus Morgan saw further action in the throwing circle, where she took 2nd place in the shot competition, with a throw of 9.87m.
Venus was also a contestant in the high jump. Her clearance at a height of 1.50m, saw her take another 2nd place finish.
The English Schools long jump finalist Libby Wheeler, represented Kingston in both the long jump and triple jump competitions.
The Long jump saw a really tight competition, which Libby won with a leap of 5.11m, beating Sheffield’s Ella Roberts by just one centimetre.
In the triple jump Libby collected her second victory of the day, where she jumped a distance of 10.30m.
Natalie Varga rejoined the action, this time in the pole vault, which is her specialist event. She won the competition with a clearance at a height of 2.45m.
Non Scoring Results
Three of Kingston’s under 20 women sprinters had a competitive run out in the 100 metres race.
Megan Grant was the race winner and she posted a time of 13.1s. Olivia Young took 3rd place and she ran a new PB of 13.2s, and Chloe Constable was 4th with a new personal best time of 13.3s.
Lucy Savery had her first competitive run over the 300 metres hurdles. She won the race and set a new PB of 56.5s.
Relay Results
4 x 100 metres – Under 17 Women
The Kingston team of:- Amelia Benson, Hannah Kynman, Venus Morgan and Paige Mathers were the race winners in a season’s best time of 52.6s.
4 x 100 metres – Under 20 Women
The club were represented by:- Emily Lyons, Amy Sampson, Luci Preston and Megan Grant, who took 2nd place in the race where they ran a time of 52.9s.
4 x 100 metres – Under 17 Men
The men’s team of:- Jack Perry, David Morgan-Harrison, Adam Coles and Harry Stutely took 2nd place and ran a time of 47.6s.
Under 20 Women – 4 x 400 metres
The women’s team of:- Luci Preston, Amy Sampson, Chloe Constable and Charlotte McIvor took second place and ran a time of 4:50.8s.
Under 20 Men – 4 x 400 metres
The team of:- Jonny Beharrell, Jack Michaels, Jack Brothwell and Baldvin Magnusson took 2nd place and the team ran a time of 3:47.5s.
