2016 Humberside Schools Track & Field Championships

Costello Stadium, Hull – Saturday 11^th June 2016

The 2016 Humberside Schools track & field championships were staged at the Costello Stadium in Hull. They were graced by the usual weather conditions, showers and some sunny spells, accompanied by a biting wind.

The athletes were representing their individual schools in this competition and they were all looking to perform to the peak of their abilities, hoping to gain selection for the County team, at the English Schools Championships in Gateshead.

Kingston athletes were prominent in all of the school teams from the East Riding of Yorkshire and the city of Hull. Details of all these athlete’s performances are as follows.

Under 20 Men

Three Kingston athletes contested the 100 metres final. The silver medal went to Eliot Gay, who ran a time of 11.3s. He was the 2015 Schools champion and was also a double sprints finalist at this year’s Northern indoor championships. The bronze medallist was Macalley Morgan whose recorded time was 11.8s. Jordan Smith had his first run out of 2016 in this race and he took 5^th place in a time of 11.9s.

Dominic Singh won his 4^th consecutive 200 metres title, with a season’s best run of 22.3s. He was both the 100 and 200 metres champion at the 2013, 2014 and 2015 championships meetings.

Macalley Morgan was in further competition in the long jump competition, where he jumped a new PB of 5.77m in the final to take the gold medal.

Under 20 Women

Megan Grant is a great competitor and a popular member of the Kingston youth team. She has missed a lot of competitions in the last two seasons with an ongoing injury. Megan has been in league action this year with the team and at these championships she competed in the 200 metres, winning the final with a time of 13.4s and taking a well deserved gold medal.

The County discus champion, Sophie O’Hara, made a successful defence of her 2015 Schools title, taking the gold medal with a throw of 34.04m. Her training partner Nicole Gray was the silver medallist, with her throw of 29.33m.

Six times Northern Champion Maggie Okul won a 4^th consecutive Schools hammer title, with her throw of 51.26m.

Under 17 Men

Josh Sampson was the winner of the 100 metres final, where he ran a new PB of 11.6s to take the gold medal. David Morgan-Harrison was also in action in the 100 metres final, taking 6^th place with his run of 12.6s.

In the afternoon’s competition Josh Sampson completed the sprint double, taking the gold in the 200 metres final and running a time of 23.8s.

Middle distance runner Kyle Foster was making his Schools championships debut in the 800 metres final. He ran a very good tactical race in a time of 2:06.7s, to claim victory and the gold medal to go with it. The 2015 Northern Championships 800 metres finalist, Matthew Elliott, was also in action in the final, taking 6^th place and running a time of 2:22.7s.

The 100 metres hurdles final saw Adam Coles take the gold with a run of 15.2s, to retain the title he won in 2015.

The long jump competition saw Adam Coles collect a second medal, this time a silver one, with a leap of 5.50m.

Matthew Elliott was the gold medallist in the triple jump, where he recorded a jump of 10.41m.

The shot event saw the 2015 silver medallist, Josh Tranmer, this year take the gold medal with a new PB of 13.26m.

The discus competition saw Josh Tranmer take a 3^rd consecutive title with a throw of 41.96m. Will Robinson was the bronze medallist with his throw of 29.26m.

Will Robinson is the reigning County hammer champion. He improved on the silver medal he won at last year’s Schools championships, producing a new PB of 47.19m, to take the hammer gold.

Under 17 Women

The 100 metres final saw a Kingston 1-2-3, with the 2014 champion Amelia Benson taking the gold medal in a time of 12.4s. Hannah Kynman who was the 2015 (under 15’s) 100 and 200 metres champion, took the silver and posted a time of 12.8s and Cosima Fawcett, who was making her Schools championships debut, was the bronze medallist, with a new PB of 13.5s.

Amelia Benson completed the sprint double, winning the 200 metres final with a run of 25.9s.

The 300 metres final saw Jess Fields win the silver medal with her run of 44.4s.

Two middle distance runners, Lucy Savery and Martha Savage, made their Schools championship debuts. The 800 metres final saw Lucy run a new PB of 2:29.4s to claim the silver medal, with Martha taking 4^th place, running a time of 2:37.8s.

Connie Mounsey made her first appearance at the Schools championship’s, in the 1500 metres race where her run of 5:39.8s won her the bronze medal. Amy Greenacre took 4th place in the race and she ran a time of 5:49.4s.

Venus Morgan, the No.1 ranked hurdler in Yorkshire, won the gold medal in the 80 metres hurdles final, where she ran a new PB of 11.9s. This was her 3^rd consecutive title, having won gold in the 75 metres hurdles in the 2014 and 2015 championships. Paige Mathers took the silver medal with her run of 13.9s, an improvement on the two bronze medals she had won in 2014 and 2015.       

The 300 metres hurdles final saw Natalie Varga winning the schools title, running a time of 50.9s. Lucy Savery took the silver medal, on her schools debut appearance, she also ran a time of 50.9s, which was a new PB for Lucy.

In the field events Venus Morgan collected her second gold medal of the competition, in the high jump, with a clearance at a height of 1.55m.

In the pole vault Natalie Varga, the 2014 champion, picked up her second gold medal of the day, winning the competition with a clearance at a height of 2.40m.

Libby Wheeler the 2014 and 2015 long jump champion, made it a hat trick of victories, taking the gold medal with a new PB of 5.34m. For good measure Libby also took the gold in the triple jump, where she jumped another PB of 10.97m.

The javelin competition saw Paige Mathers collect her second silver medal of the day, with a throw of 26.26m.

England International Olivia Stevenson racked up her 4^th consecutive title win in the hammer competition, with yet another throw of over 60 metres, this one measured 60.89m. Another championship debutant Beth Shaw, took 4^th place and she threw a new PB of 27.96m.

Beth Shaw had even more success in the discus final, where she won the silver medal with her throw of 20.70m.

Savannah Beal was competing in these championships for the first time. She won the bronze medal in the shot competition, throwing a new PB of 8.03m.

Under 15 Boys

13 year old Brody Hinson was making his first appearance at these championships. He had already won the 100 and 200 metres crowns at Mays County Championships and was hoping to pick up the schools titles as well.

He stormed to victory in the 100 metres final, where he ran a time of 12.2s. Sam Croney who was also making his debut at these championships, took the silver medal with a run of 24.4s. Luke Carr finished in 7^th place and also posted a new PB of 13.7s.

In the 200 metres final Brody completed the sprint double, with a good run of 24.4s, a new PB. Luke Carr ran another new PB of 28.0s, to finish in 7^th place.

Sam Croney has enjoyed a good run of success in 2016, starting with the 60 metres hurdles bronze medal at January’s Northern indoor championships. This was backed up with the 80 metres hurdles gold medal at the County championships.

Sam’s run of 12.6s saw him add the Schools 80 metres hurdles title to his growing list of achievements.

Harvey Newton made his bow at the schools meeting, running in the 1500 metres race, where he took 5^th place in a time of 5:09.0s.

In the field events, Ben Stutely was making his first appearance at the schools meeting. The 2016 County Champion celebrated with another gold medal in the pole vault, going clear at a height of 2.30m.

A second appearance came Ben’s way in the long jump competition where he leaped to a new PB of 4.46m, to take 4^th place. Henry Cannell, another debutant, took 5^th place with a jump of 4.24m.

The County triple jump champion, Luke Carr put in a jump of 8.80m, but this time had to settle for the silver medal.

The shot putt event saw two more athletes making their bow. Ben Copley’s new PB of 10.64m saw him take the gold medal, whilst Antony Mould’s throw of 6.43m gave him 4^th place.

Ben Copley is the number 2 ranked discus thrower in the UK and he showed his prowess at this meeting, taking his second gold medal of the day, with a throw of 37.23m. Antony Mould threw a new PB of 21.06m, to pick up the bronze medal.

Shaun Kerry is another Kingston athlete who is enjoying a fantastic year. He won gold in the shot event at the Northern indoor championships. Further gold medals followed at the County championships in hammer, shot and javelin.

The UK ranked No. 1 threw another new PB of 55.03m in the hammer competition to take the gold medal and successfully defend the title he won in 2015.

The javelin competition saw Ben Copley and Shaun Kerry, the number 1 and 2 ranked throwers in Yorkshire going head to head.

Ben came out on top, taking his third gold medal of the championships with his throw of 39.77m. Shaun was unable to find his best form and had to settle for the bronze medal, with his throw of 28.57m.

Under 15 Girls

Rose Hewitt made her bow at the championships in the 100 metres race. She took 4^th place in the final, where she ran a time of 14.1s. Gina De Lancey also made her debut and she finished 7^th in the final, running a new PB of 14.3s.

Another first timer at this competition was Evie Watson, who won the 200 metres bronze medal, where she ran a time of 28.8s, with Rose Hewitt taking 5^th place in the race with her run of 29.1s.

The 800 metres final saw three Kingston athletes in contention for the title. Jodie Martin put in an excellent performance in her championship debut, covering the two lap race in 2:29.3s, to take the gold medal. Becky Chivers took 4^th place in the race and she ran a time of 2:41.2s, with Katy McCabe, who was another debutant, taking 5^th, with her run of 2:44.8s.

Molly Chadwick had her first competitive outing of 2016 in the 1500 metres, where her run of 5:14.4s brought her a new PB and the gold medal. Katy Greenacre finished the race in 5^th place and she ran a time of 5:53.2s.

The 75 metres hurdles final saw Abbie Haigh and Emily Dye in a battle for the title. Abbie who is a fairly recent recruit to the hurdles group, ran a new PB of 13.6s to take the gold medal. Emily Dye pushed her all the way and took the silver medal with her run of 13.7s.

The high jump found Alanah Thoresby and Rosie Shepherd making their first appearances at the championships. Both girls went clear at the same height of 1.35m and finished in equal 2nd place, to return home with a silver medal each.

Three of the clubs athletes contested the long jump final, where Emily Dye’s jump of 4.28m gave her the bronze medal. Alanah Thoresby took 4^th place with her effort of 4.26m, 5^th place went to Evie Watson with her leap of 4.05m.

Indigo Atkin made a winning debut in the shot event, taking the gold medal with her throw of 9.19m, with Ciara Andrews claiming 4^th place with 7.64m and Gina De Lancey 8^th with her throw of 6.36m.

Jess Townsend took 5^th place in the discus competition, throwing 17.98m on her championship debut.

Indigo Atkin collected her 2^nd medal of the day, this time of the silver variety, with her throw of 26.41m, in the hammer final.

Becky Chivers took the gold medal in the javelin final, her specialist event, launching it out to 29.60m. Ciara Andrews took 4^th place with her throw of 14.76m.