Leeds AC Young Athletes Open Meeting

Sunday 11^th January 2015

Eleven athletes from our younger training groups travelled across to Leeds on Sunday 11^th January to compete at the indoor open meeting which was hosted by Leeds Athletic Club.

The athletes in the under13 and under 15 age categories are building up to the Northern Indoor Championships which will be taking place at the EIS Stadium in Sheffield on Sunday 1^st of February.

Details of all our athletes performances at Leeds are as follows:-

Maddie Storr – Under 17 Women

Maddie competed in the long jump competition where she finished in 9^th place with a jump of 4.38m which is a new PB

Bryony Underwood – Under 17 Women

Bryony entered the high jump competition where she finished in 4^th place with a clearance of 1.45m a season’s best

Venus Morgan – Under 15 Girls

Venus was the winner of the shot putt with a huge effort of 8.58m a new PB and an increase of 70cm on her previous best.

She also contested the long jump where was placed 7^th with a season’s best effort of 4.73m

Libby Wheeler – Under 15 Girls

Libby took 3^rd place in the long jump competition with a jump of 4.80m which was a season’s best effort

She also ran in the 60 metres race where another season’s best saw her take 5^th place in a time of 8.6s

Becky Chivers – Under 15 Girls

Becky took part in her first competition as an under 15 athlete, she performed very well on the day and can be proud of her achievements.

She ran the 60 metres hurdles race finishing in 6^th place and set a new PB of 11.1s.

In the 60 metres flat race she finished 16^th and she set another new PB of 9.7s.

She also competed in the shot putt where a new PB of 5.75m gave her 12^th place.

Paige Mathers – Under 15 Girls

Paige competed in two events, the 60 metres race and the high jump.

In the 60 metres a new PB of 9.3s gave her a 12^th place finish.

In the high jump she cleared a season’s best height of 1.35m which gained her 6^th place.

Ciara Andrews – Under 13 Girls

Ciara competed in 3 events, 60 metres hurdles, long jump and shot putt.

In the hurdles she took 2^nd place and in doing so set a new PB of 10.3s

The long jump gave her another 2^nd place finish and another new PB of 4.05m

The shot putt saw Ciara take 3^rd place and set another new PB of 6.71m

Alanah Thoresby

Alanah competed in 3 events, 60 metres race, long jump and shot putt.

The long jump saw her finish in 7^th place with a season’s best effort of 3.74m

The shot putt saw another season’s best of 5.17m and an 8^th place finish.

The 60 metres race saw Alanah finish 8^th and set a new PB of 9.5s

 Jack Perry – Under 15 Boys

It was a very successful day for Jack, who won all of his three events and set new PB’s as well.

The 60 metres race saw Jack set a new PB of 8.0s in winning the race.

A new PB of 5.19m in the long jump gave him another victory.

The shot putt was Jack’s 3^rd win of the day with another new PB of 8.86m

Adam Coles – Under 15 Boys

Adam took on two events, the 60 metres and the 60 metres hurdles.

The hurdles gave him a 1^st place finish and a new PB of 9.4s

In the 60 metres race he took 2^nd place and set another new PB of 8.3s

Alex Chivers – Under 13 Boys

Alex took on two events, the shot putt and the long jump.

In the shot he took 4^th place with his best effort being one of 4.31m

The long jump saw him claim 6^th place with a new PB of 2.98m