UK Youth Development League – North East 2 – Match 4
Princess Mary Stadium, Cleckheaton
Sunday 26th July 2015
Kingston’s youth team travelled over to the West Riding of Yorkshire, for their final league match of the 2015 season, at the Princess Mary Stadium in Cleckheaton.
We had won all the previous matches and arrived at the stadium as league leaders, and four points clear of our closest challengers.
Our opposition, once again came from the teams representing Bingley Harriers, Spenborough and District AC, Rotherham Harriers and Grimsby Harriers.
This match coincided with the start of the school summer holiday period and consequently all the teams were missing a number of their athletes.
The competition began at mid-day in truly awful weather conditions. Heavy rain arrived in the Pennines, and it poured relentlessly from the sky for the entirety of the match.
The athletes, as always, took it all in their stride and they produced some exceptional performances in the conditions, including several personal best performances.
Kingston won the match by 19 event points and ended the 2015 season as the undefeated league winners, and also gained promotion to North East Division One for the 2016 campaign.
Details of all of the day’s events and the athletes who contested them are as follows.
100 and 200 metre sprint races
Joe Cooper and Eliot Gay were our Under 20 men’s representatives, with Joe taking 2nd place in both the ‘A’ races, running 11.3s in the 100 and 23.2s in the 200. Eliot was the winner of both the ‘B’ races, recording 11.6s for the 100 and 23.2s in the 200.
In the under 17 men’s sprints Matthew Backhouse won the ‘A’ race, clocking a time of 11.6s and Brett Dorley took 2nd place in the ‘B’ running a time of 12.8s.
Unfortunately both Matt and Brett experienced hamstring problems during the race and were pulled out of the rest of the track programme.
The under 20 women’s races found Amelia Benson running the ‘A’s and Luci Preston the ‘B’s. Amelia won both races, clocking 12.9s in the 100 and 26.9s in the 200. Luci also won both of her races, recording 13.3s in the 100 and 27.6s in the 200.
The under 17 women’s 100 metres saw Olivia Young take 2nd place in the ‘A’ in a time of 13.9s, and Chloe Constable take 2nd in the ‘B’ with a run of 14.3s. The 200 metres paired together Gabrielle Whittle and Chloe Constable. Gabbie took 2nd place in the ‘A’ race with a run of 27.8s, whilst Chloe took 3rd place in the ‘B’ with a time of 30.0s.
400 metre race
Jack Michaels has been improving almost on a weekly basis all season in his chosen events, 400 metres and 400 metre hurdles. He was the winner of the under 20 men’s 400 flat and he ran the race in a time of 54.2s.
300 metre race
The winner of the under 17 women’s 300 metre ‘A’ race was Gabrielle Whittle in a recorded time of 46.8s. Martha Savage ran the ‘B’ and she was literally pipped on the line and had to settle for 2nd place, she ran a new PB of 49.4s.
800 metre races
Joshua Taylor-Brown was involved in a really close contest down the home straight in the under 20 men’s 800 metres. He crossed the line together with the Rotherham runner Oliver Potter but lost out on 1st place by one tenth of a second. Josh’s time was 2:05.2s.
Jack Brothwell ran in the under 17 men’s 800, where he took 3rd place in a time of 2:15.1s.
Martha Savage returned to the track for the under 17 women’s 800, she ran a strong race and took 2nd place in 2:39.0s.
1500 metre races
In the under 20 men’s 1500 metres Harry Powell took 3rd place and recorded a time of 4:16.3s.
In the under 17 men’s event, Jack Brothwell ran in his second middle distance race of the day, and he put in a storming effort, to take 3rd place and record a new PB of 4:20.4s.
Hurdles races
Jack Michaels won his second one lap race of the day, with a fine run of 64.5s, in the under 20 men’s 400 metre hurdles.
In the under 17 women’s 80 metre hurdles Sian Kerry took 2nd place, in a recorded time of 15.1s.
Discus Throw
Harry Powell showed his versatility by taking 2nd place in the under 20 men’s discus ‘A’ event, with a throw of 15.27m. Jack Michaels won the ‘B’ and also set himself a new PB with a throw of 14.94m.
The under17 men’s event found middle distance runner Jack Brothwell making his debut in a discus competition. Jack took 2nd place and set himself a PB of 13.98m.
English Schools bronze medallist Kate Pattison was the under 20 women’s ‘A’ thrower. She won the competition with a throw measuring 37.17m. In the ‘B’ event Maggie Okul gave the team a double victory with a new PB of 25.17m.
Olivia Stevenson was the winner of the women’s under 17 event, with a throw of 34.32m.
Hammer Throw
Joshua Taylor-Brown was the winner of the under 20 men’s ‘A’ hammer throw, with an effort of 18.62m. In the ‘B’ Jack Michaels picked up his 4th event victory of the match with a throw of 16.22m.
Brett Dorley, whose day on the track had finished after his first event, took to the field to help his teams cause. He won the under 17 hammer throw with a best effort of 19.21m.
The under 20 women’s competition saw English Schools silver medallist Maggie Okul as the ‘A’ and Kate Pattison as the ‘B’. Maggie won her event with a throw of 49.95m, and Kate took 2nd place in the ‘B’ with a new PB of 21.70m.
English Schools silver medallist Olivia Stevenson picked up her 2nd victory of the day, with a throw of 56.50m.
Javelin Throw
The under20 men’s event saw Harry Powell giving his utmost in another unfamiliar discipline. He picked up 4th place with a throw measuring 11.56m.
Decathlete Nathan Hood took 3rd place in the under 17 men’s event with a throw of 28.79m.
Maggie Okul picked up her 3rd victory of the day, in the under 20 women’s event, launching the javelin out to 24.79m.
The under17 women’s competition saw a victory for Sian Kerry with a throw of 23.74m.
Shot Putt
Sprinter Joe Cooper took 2nd place in the under 20 men’s shot, with a throw of 4.04m.
In the under 17men, Brett Dorley collected his second victory of the match, and also set a new PB of 7.11m.
In the under 20 women’s ‘A’, Maggie Okul chalked up her 4th victory of the match and set her 2nd new PB of the day, with a throw 9.43m. The ‘B’ saw victory number two for Kate Pattison with 8.33m.
Sian Kerry registered a new PB of 7.87m, in the under 17 women’s event, for a 3rd place finish.
Long Jump
Eliot Gay is not only a fine sprinter but he is also a very good long jumper too. He jumped a new PB of 5.65m for 2nd place in the under 20 men’s event.
Nathan Hood gave us our second win in the long jump, in the under 17’s competition, with a leap measuring 5.50m.
In the under 20 women’s event Luci Preston, jumped a season’s best distance of 4.16m, in the ‘A’, for 4th place. Jessica Lee won the ‘B’ with a jump measuring 4.03m.
Chloe Constable set a new PB of 2.75m in the under 17’s for fourth place.
Triple Jump
Jessica Lee took 3rd place in the women’s under 20’s, with a best effort of 8.61m.
High Jump
Freddie Capes picked up another victory for the team, in the under 17 men’s event, with a clearance at 1.60m.
Hollie Smith cleared a season’s best height of 1.60m, to win the under 17 women’s event.
Pole Vault
This most difficult of events is the speciality of Nathan Hood, and he collected his 2nd victory of the day with a height clearance at 3.00m.
Relay Results
Under 20 Men – 4 x 100 metres
Joe Cooper, Joshua Taylor-Brown, Jack Michaels and Eliot Gay were the race winners and they ran a time of 47.5s.
Under 20 Women – 4 x 100 metres
The Kingston quartet of Luci Preston, Maggie Okul, Jessica Lee and Amelia Benson were the winners of the race and their recorded time was 54.8s.
Under 17 Women 4 x 100 metres
Our foursome of Gabrielle Whittle, Olivia Stevenson, Chloe Constable and Olivia Young continued the teams winning streak with another victory in a time of 56.1s.
Under 20 Men – 4 x 400 metres
The team was the same as the 4 x 100 race. Joe Cooper, Joshua Taylor-Brown, Jack Michaels and Eliot Gay, and they produced the same result, another team victory and a recorded time of 3:41.1s.
Under 17 Women – 4 x 300 metres
Our 4 girls, Gabrielle Whittle, Martha Savage, Chloe Constable and Olivia Young took second place in the race, with a time of 3:15.5s.
