Sheffield Indoor Open Meeting

Sunday 31^st January 2016

Eighteen of Kingston’s junior and youth team athletes travelled to Sheffield on the last day of January, to compete in the latest of the very popular Sheffield Indoor Open meetings. The ages of our athletes ranged from 9 years up to 19 year olds.

Under 20’s

The 2016 Northern indoor 60 metre champion Joe Cooper was drawn in the first race of the senior men’s competition. He suffered a strained hamstring but still completed the race, where he finished 4^th in 7.19s, a very good time for the circumstances. Joe will be out of action for the next few weeks, but I am sure he will be back, fit and eager for the track & field season.

Jonny Beharrell took another step on his road to full fitness with a run out in race 2 of the 800 metres, where he put in a season’s best performance of 1:57.54s to take 2^nd place in the race. Like Joe everyone hopes for a big track & field season for Jonny.

Josh Taylor-Brown went in race 2 of the 1500 metres where he claimed a 3^rd place finish, with a season’s best run of 4:23.49s. Josh also tweaked his hamstring, but hopefully the damage is not too serious.

The England International, English Schools Champion and double Northern Champion Charlotte Paterson picked up another sprint double, winning both the 60 metres and 200 metres races,

Charlotte was drawn in race 10 of the 60 metres, which she won in a time of 7.65s, and she won race 13 of the 200 metres in a season’s best time of 24.66s.

Fellow training group member Chloe Constable ran in race 20 of the 60 metres, where she finished in 6^th place, running a time of 8.73s.

 Under 17’s

2016 is Adam Coles first season in the under 17 age category, he won long jump bronze at the recent Northern Indoor Championship’s. He is a good all round athlete who impresses in the sprints, hurdles and the jumps. At Sheffield he took on the 60 metre and 200 metre sprints and the long jump.

He ran in race 6 of the 60 metres, where he finished 7^th, running a time of 8.01s. The 200 metres saw him in race 11, which he won in a new personal best time of 25.34s, taking 2.25 seconds off his old PB. The long jump saw Adam pick up his second victory of the day with a leap of 5.60m.

Kyle Foster had his second outing of the year at Sheffield, in what is his second year with Kingston. He is a promising young 400 and 800 metres runner who is making steady progress with his coach Sonia Santos.

He was the winner of race 4 in the 800 metres, and he covered the two lap race in a time of 2:12.82s.

David Morgan-Harrison is another of the club’s first year under 17’s he is an up and coming young sprinter, who shows lots of potential for the future. He took on both the sprint races at this meeting.

David ran in race 8 of the 60 metres where he picked up a 4^th place finish, running a time of 8.18s.  The 200 metres saw him claim 2^nd place with a season’s best run of 26.30s.

Amelia Benson has been in a rich vein of form in the first few weeks of 2016, putting in a series of impressive performances and reducing her PB times by the week.

In her 60 metre race at Sheffield she claimed 2^nd place and shaved a tenth of a second off her old best, posting a new PB of 8.02s.

The 200 metres saw Amelia win the race, finishing half a second in front of her nearest challenger, posting another new PB of 25.92s, and taking 1.29s off her previous best.

Jess Fields is another good all round athlete, who is adept in all the sprint races, a good hurdler and a more than useful long and triple jumper.

She ran in race 13 of the 60 metres, claiming a 5^th place finish and running a time of 8.55s. The 200 metres saw Jess take 3^rd place and run a season’s best time of 27.66s.

 Lucy Savery, is another young athlete making the move up into the under 17’s, she had her first outing of 2016 at this meeting.

Lucy was in competition in the 200 metres and the 800 metres races. In race 19 of the 200 metres she finished in 4^th place and ran a season’s best time of 30.65s. In the 800 metres another season’s best run of 2:41.72s, brought her 4^th place in the race.

Under 15’s

Becky Chivers represented our under 15 athletes at this Sheffield meeting, and her chosen events were the 800 metres and the shot putt. She is a whole hearted athlete who always gives her best whenever she turns out, on track, field or cross country.

Race 8 of the 800 metres saw Becky take 3^rd place with a fine run of 2:43.01s, a new PB for her. In the shot event a second new PB of the day, a throw of 7.26m, gave her a 9^th place finish.

Under 13’s

Owen Robinson a young sprinter who shows promise, made his debut in the under13 age category at this meeting. His chosen events were the 60 metres and 200 metres sprints and the long jump.

Race 23 of the 60 metres saw Owen take 4^th in a season’s best time 9.17s. The 200 metres saw a new PB of 30.67s,which gave him a 2^nd place finish. In the long jump competition another season’s best effort 3.71m, brought him 6^th place.

Alex Chivers, another new under13 athlete, had his second outing of 2016 which saw him in   action in the long jump and shot competitions.

A season’s best throw of 4.34m, gave Alex a 3^rd place finish in the shot, and he picked up a 10^th place in the long jump with another season’s best effort of 2.71m.

In comparison Connor Pickering is a relative old stager, though still an under 13 athlete he is embarking on his 5^th season with the club. He is a good all round athlete who is equally at home as a sprinter, jumper and thrower.

Connor was in action in the 200 metres and the shot events. In race 26a of the 200 metres, a season’s best performance of 32.35s gave him a 5^th place finish. He was the winner of the shot competition, with another season’s best throw of 7.70m.

Hermione Keyworth has been with the club for 10 months now and she  made an impressive start to 2016 , setting new PB’s at 60 and 150 metres at the 2^nd of January Sheffield indoor meeting.

At this meeting she was at it again, in race 25 of the 60 metres she took 2^nd place and set a new PB of 8.96s. The 200 metres saw her finishing in 3^rd place with yet another new PB of 29.62s.

Under 11’s

9 year old Ben Russell who has been training with Kingston for the last 6 months, flew the flag for the clubs under 11 year olds, competing in both the 60 metres and 200 metres sprint races.

The 60 metres saw a 3^rd place finish for Ben, who set a new PB of 10.34s, and the 200 metres brought another 3^rd place finish and another new PB of 35.19s.