North of England Division 1 – Match 2
Witton Park, Blackburn – Saturday 6th June 2015
The second senior league meeting of the 2015 track and field season saw us taking a trip over the Pennines to Blackburn. As always it was a cold and miserable day in Lancashire with gusts of wind exceeding 45mph.
We were short of some of our regular competitors but our senior team, augmented by athletes from our youth team gave an almighty effort, and put in a great team performance.
Our opposing teams were once again, Blackburn Harriers, Derby AC, Wakefield Harriers, Preston and Sale Harriers.
Kingston won the league match and collected the maximum 6 points, which sees us remain at the top of the top of the league table, two points clear of second placed Blackburn Harriers.
Our next match is at the Uclan Arena in Preston, Lancashire on Sunday 12th of July.
Women’s Results
Track
Humberside champion Megan Hoult was the ‘A’ runner in the women’s 100 metres race. She was neck and neck with Wakefield’s Amanda Shaw, before taking her in the final stride, to win the race in 12.0s. England under 20 International Charlotte Paterson ran the ‘B’ race which she won with relative ease in a time of 12.1s.
The 200 metres saw Charlotte Paterson running the ‘A’ race, where she took 2nd place in a time of 25.0s. 15 year old Amelia Benson ran in the ‘B’ which she won and put in a time of 26.4s.
Our representatives In the 400 metres were two of our promising 15 year olds, Amelia Robinson and Jessica Fields. Amelia ran in the ‘A’ race where she took a 2nd place finish in 60.7s. Jessica also had a 2nd place finish and her time was 64.1s.
Jessica Cappleman ran in the 800 metres ‘A’ race where she finished in 4th place and ran a time of 2:36.0s.
The 1500 metres brought Jessica Cappleman back to the track in the ‘A’ race. She took a 3rd place finish with a time of 5:53.2s. Laura Egan ran in the ‘B’ race where she also registered a 3rd place finish with her time being 6:10.1s.
Laura Egan was back in action in the 3000 metres where she finished in 5th place in a recorded time of 12:41.0s.
Women’s Results
Field Events
The hammer competition saw two of this country’s leading throwers in action for Kingston. In the ‘A’ event Abbi Carter the number 2 ranked under 23 in the UK, dominated her opponents and won the competition with a throw of 56.30m. In the ‘B’ event the number 2 ranked under 20 in the UK, Maggie Okul did much the same to her rivals, winning her event with a throw of 46.51m.
Abbi Carter returned in the discus, to inflict more pain on the opposition, winning the ‘A’ event with a season’s best throw of 30.62m. Nicole Gray made it a doubly successful event for the club in the ‘B’ with her throw of 21.65 giving the club another victory.
The javelin competition saw Maggie Okul return to the fray, where she picked up a 3rd place in the ‘A’ event with a new PB of 28.03m. Nicole Gray contested the ‘B event where she finished 5th with a throw of 14.86m.
In the shot putt Abbi Carter and Maggie Okul were back in tandem. Abbi threw in the ‘A’ event where her best effort of 9.55m earned her a 4th place finish. Maggie also finished 4th in the ‘B’ with a throw of 8.81m.
Sprinter Megan Hoult was our ‘A’ athlete in the long jump. Her best effort on the day of 4.34m gave her a 5th place finish. Angie Koutsi took 3rd place in the ‘B’ with 4.33m.
Another sprinter Charlotte Paterson took 2nd place in the triple jump ‘A’, with a jump measuring 10.34m and Megan Hoult took a second place finish in the ‘B’ with 8.55m.
The windy conditions made for a tricky pole vault competition, which saw another double victory this time by Rebekah Arandle and Natalie Varga. Rebekah picked up her 4th successive victory in all competitions this season and set herself a new PB of 2.90m. 15 year old Natalie Varga marked her senior league debut with victory in the ‘B’ with a clearance of 2.40m.
Natalie Varga was back into the fray in the high jump, where she cleared a height of 1.30m a new PB, to pick up a 4th place finish.
Women’s Relay Results
4 x 100 metres
The Kingston team of Amelia Benson – Charlotte Paterson – Gabrielle Whittle and Megan Hoult, won the race in a time of 51.3s.
4 x 400 metres
The quartet of Amelia Robinson – Jessica Fields – Gabrielle Whittle and Amelia Benson, finished in 3rd place in a time of 4:21.0s.
Men’s Results
Track
Joe Cooper and Adam Preston were our representatives in the sprint races. Joe ran in both the ‘A’ races and Adam in both the ‘B’s.
In the 100 Joe took 3rd place and he ran a time of 11.2s, and in the 200 metres he was placed 4th and returned a time of 23.3s. Adam collected 3rd place in the 100 metres in 11.7s and took 2nd place in the 200 with a run of 24.5s.
The 400 metres saw Daniel Gray winning the ‘A’ race in great style and recording a time of 51.3s. Adam Preston took a 3nd place finish in the ‘B’ where he ran a time of 54.7s.
Our 800 metres athletes were two of our youth team’s outstanding 16 year olds Marcel Dalee and Connor Bingham. Both of them took 3rd place finishes, Marcel in the ‘A’ race where he ran a time of 2:02.7s and Connor in the ‘B’ race ran a time of 2:06.6s.
The 1500 metres was contested by Oliver Newton in the ‘A’ and Shaun Smith who ran in the ‘B’. Both of them took 3rd place finishes with Oliver clocking a time of 4:18.2s and Shaun’s time was 4:30.8s.
Jack Michael’s first event of the day was 400 metres hurdles, where he finished in 4th place, running a time of 67.5s.
Jack Michael’s next challenge came when he volunteered to run the 3000 metres steeplechase He put in a superb performance in the ‘A’ race, where he finished in 3rd place and set himself a new PB of 12:02.3s.
Men’s Results
Field Events
The hammer, shot and discus competitions brought John Twiddle into the action. A veteran athlete and the reigning British Masters throws pentathlon champion. In the hammer John threw in the ‘A’ event, where his throw of 41.18m, gave him 2nd place. Jack Michaels returned to action, finishing in 3rd place in the ‘B’ with his best throw on the day of measuring 12.96m.
The shot competition gained John Twiddle another 2nd place finish with a throw of 12.06m. Sprinter Joe Cooper threw in the ‘B’ event and had a5th place finish with 7.06m.
John Twiddle was back in the throwing circle for the discus, where he took 3rd place with a throw of 32.47m.
The javelin paired multi-eventer Nathan Hood in the ‘A’ and 400 metre specialist Dan Gray in the ‘B’. Nathan had a 5th place finish with a throw of 27.22m and Dan was also placed 5th with his best effort of 18.82m.
Matthew Elvidge won the long jump competition, where he produced a season’s best effort of 6.22m. Harry Stutely took 3rd place in the ‘B’ event with a jump of 5.21m.
The triple jump saw Nathan Hood set a new PB of 11.13m, to take 4th place in the ‘A’ event and Matthew Elvidge win the ‘B’ with a jump of 10.92m.
In the high jump Harry Stutely took 3rd place in the ‘A’ with a new PB of 1.55m. Matthew Elvidge was 3rd in the ’B’ with 1.40m.
In the pole vault competition Nathan Hood and Harry Stutely, two of Kingston’s fast improving young vaulters, put in excellent performances, in spite of the awful conditions, high wind and rain. Nathan cleared 3.20m, for 3rd place in the ‘A’ and Harry 2.50m, for 3rd place in the ‘B’.
Men’s Relay Results
4 x 100 metres
The Kingston team of Joe Cooper, Adam Preston, Matthew Elvidge and Harry Stutely finished in 4th place and the team recorded a time of 47.2s.
4 x 400 metres
The quartet of Marcel Dalee, Adam Preston, Oliver Newton and Daniel Gray were the winners of the race, and they ran a time of 3:34.6s.
