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National Youth Development League

Division Northern East 1 – Match 4

Costello Stadium, Hull – Sunday 24^th July 2016

The Kingston Youth teams final league match of the 2016 track & field season took place on home soil at the Costello Stadium in Hull. The club went into this final match holding down 3^rd place in the league and with an outside chance of taking second place and the promotion that would go with it, away from the Sheffield and Dearne team. It was a very tall ask and we would have to win this match and Sheffield had to finish in last place.

The team came very close to achieving the target, finishing in second place behind the immensely strong Forth Valley, a composite team made up of the best athletes from all of the clubs between Edinburgh and Glasgow. Sheffield duly finished last and were placed in joint 2^nd with Kingston on the league table, with both having a total of 17 league points. However over the course of the season they had amassed more event points and Kingston subsequently dropped down to 3^rd place.

Our heartiest congratulations go to both Team Forth Valley and Sheffield and Dearne, we hope they have another successful season in 2017 in the Northern East Premier Division.

Three other teams were involved in the match, Doncaster Athletic Club, South of Humber which is a joint team drawing on athletes from Lincoln Wellington AC, together with the Scunthorpe and Cleethorpes clubs and HAWKS another composite team of athletes drawn from the Scarborough, Harrogate and Wetherby clubs.

Doncaster finished in 4^th place safe in this division for another season, with South of Humber in 5^th and Hawks 6^th relegated to Northern East 2 next year.

As always our athletes gave their full 100% and would have given more if it was possible. There were a host of PB’s and some absolutely outstanding performances across all of the events. For some of them it was their swan song in the under 20’s and they will be senior athletes in 2017 and ineligible for the team. They will be replaced by under 17’s moving up and some of the juniors will move up to become first year under 17’s.

Details of the performances of all the Kingston athletes are as follows.

Under 20 Men

The club is producing some of the finest sprinters in Northern England and two of them, Joe Cooper and Eliot Gay were displaying their talents in the 100 and 200 metres races.

In the 100 ‘A’ race Joe’s fine run of 11.29s saw him beat off the challenge of local rival Adam Harrison of South of Humber to win the race. Eliot took 2^nd place in the ‘B’ where he recorded a time of 11.58s.

The 200 metres ‘A’ race saw Joe Cooper finish in 2^nd place and run a time of 22.55s. Eliot Gay was the winner of the ‘B’ running a time of 23.15s.

Jack Michaels was the team’s representative in the 400 metres ‘A’ race where his run of 56.29s saw him take 4^th place.

Josh Taylor-Brown was on duty in the 800 metres ‘A’ race, running a time of 2:03.29s for a 2^nd place finish.

The 3000 metres ‘A’ race heralded the long awaited return to action of Shaun Smith who has struggled with injury for the whole of this season, his last appearance being in Liverpool last November in the British cross country challenge. Shaun put in a phenomenal performance in his race, he looked like he had never been away, winning the race and running a new PB of 9:08.17s which clipped 4 seconds off his previous best, to finish 22.49s in front of the rest of the field.

Jack Brothwell went in the 3000 metres ‘B’ race where he too put in an impressive display. He was the race winner and ran a new PB of 9:31.5s, taking 4 seconds off his previous best and finished 61 seconds ahead of the chasers.

Jack Michaels returned to action for the 110 metres hurdles race, where he ran a new PB of 23.95s to celebrate his first win of the day in the high hurdles. Another victory came the way of Jack in his specialist 400 metres hurdles event, where he recorded a time of 63.98s.

Out on the field, the hammer competition brought a third success of the day for Jack Michaels where he put out a throw of 15.78m to take another victory.

Jack Brothwell was also back in action out on the field where he took 3^rd place in the discus event with a throw of 13.03m and followed this up with a 4^th place finish in the javelin with a throw of 3.52m.

15 year old Will Robinson competed out of his age range in the under 20’s shot putt and he won the event with a throw of 8.17m, with the 6Kg shot.

Macalley Morgan jumped a new PB of 5.81m for a 4^th place finish in the long jump competition and followed this up with 2^nd place in the triple jump where he posted another new PB of 11.95m. He produced a 3^rd new PB of the day in the high jump, clearing a height of 1.65m to take 3^rd place.

Under 17 Men

Josh Sampson and David Morgan-Harrison were in action in the under 17 men’s sprint races.

The 100 metres saw Josh putting in a great effort in the ‘A’ race where he crossed the finish line eight tenths of a second ahead of the field, running a good time of 11.83s. In the ‘B’ race David put in a gutsy effort to take 3^rd place with his run of 12.80s despite him suffering a recurrent back problem which put an end to any further involvement in the track events

Josh Sampson took 2^nd place in the 200 metres ‘A’ where he ran a good time of 24.04s.

The 800 metres race brought Kyle Foster into the action on the track and he put in a good performance, running a time of 2:04.71s to take 2^nd place.

Adam Coles kept the teams momentum going with a 2^nd place finish in the 100 metres hurdles where he clocked a time of 14.91s. Adam was also in action in the long jump and triple jump ‘A’ competitions. The long jump saw him take 2^nd place with a leap of 5.51m, whilst a new PB of 11.41m in the triple jump saw him win the event.

Philip May was the ‘B’ jumper in the long and triple events, taking 2^nd place in the long jump with a leap of 5.03m and he was the winner of the triple jump where he set a new PB of 10.95m.

The high jump ‘A’ was won by Freddie Capes who cleared a season’s best height of 1.60m. The ‘B’ saw Philip May take 3^rd place with a season’s best clearance at 1.35m.

Also in the field events English Schools bronze medallist Josh Tranmer dominated the discus competition, where his throw of 43.63m put him more than 10 metres ahead of the rest of the throwers. It was a similar story in the shot event where Josh threw a new PB of 13.43m, for his second victory of the day. David Morgan-Harrison was in action as the ‘B’ thrower in the shot and he took 2^nd place with his best effort of 7.67m.

County champion Will Robinson took 2^nd place in the hammer competition with a throw of 43.53m. He followed this up with his first competitive appearance in the javelin event, taking 3^rd place and setting a new PB of 21.70m

Under 20 Women

Emily Lyons and Amy Sampson represented the team in both the 100 and 200 metres sprint races, with Emily running both ‘A’ races and Amy the ‘B’s’.

Emily took 3^rd place in the 100 metres race where she recorded a time of 13.43s, whilst Amy’s run of 13.33s in the ‘B’ race saw her take 2^nd place.

The 200 metres saw Emily Lyons taking 2^nd place and running a time of 27.11s and in the ‘B’ Amy Sampson was the winner of the race, clocking a time of 28.11s.

In the 400 metres Luci Preston took a good 3^rd place finish in the ‘A’ where she ran a time of 65.97s. Charlotte McIvor went in the ‘B’ race where she also put in a good effort to take 2^nd place in 73.50s. Neither of the athletes would consider themselves to be 400 metre specialists but they answered the call and both performed magnificently for the team.

15 year old Connie Mounsey represented the team in the 1500 metres ‘A’ and the County bronze medallist produced an excellent performance which saw her win the race and run a time of 5:39.79s, crossing the finishing seven seconds in front of her nearest challenger.

The hammer competition brought Charlotte McIvor into further action, this time out on the field where she threw a new PB of 25.60m in the ‘A’ to take 4^th place. Discus specialist Nicole Gray also threw a new PB of 23.40m in the ‘B’ which saw her take 2^nd place.

The two girls were back together again in the javelin event where a season’s best throw of 16.57m by Nicole Gray saw her finish in 4^th place in the ‘A’. Charlotte McIvor took 2^nd place in the ‘B’ with a new PB of 13.91m.

Nicole was also involved in a closely fought discus competition where she took 2^nd place with a throw of 29.14m and took 4^th place in the shot event with her throw of 7.27m.

English Schools bronze medallist Hollie Smith was the winner of the high jump ‘A’ with a clearance at a height of 1.55m. Hollie was also in competition in her ‘other event’, taking 3^rd place in the long jump ‘A’ with a season’s best effort of 4.65m.

Chloe Constable took 2^nd place in the long jump ‘B’ with a new PB of 3.82m.

Luci Preston and Angelakie Koutsi were in competition in the triple jump event. Luci was in the ‘A’ where she took 3^rd place with her effort of 8.79m, whilst Angie’s new PB of 7.65m in the ‘B’ saw her also take a 3^rd place finish.

 Under 17 Women

County 100 and 200 metre champion Amelia Benson and Natasha Rawling covered the sprint races.

Amelia was the winner of the 100 metres ‘A’ race where she clocked a time of 13.09s, Natasha went in the ‘B’, taking 3^rd place and running a time of 14.70s.

The 200 metres saw Amelia take 2^nd place in the ‘A’ in a time of 26.41s with Natasha taking 3^rd place in the ‘B’ with her run of 29.81s.

In the 300 metres race the County and County schools silver medallist Jess Fields ran a season’s best time of 44.18s in the ‘A’ race for a 5^th place finish and Savannah Beal took 4^th place in the ‘B’ with her run of 47.46s.

Natalie Bell took 3^rd place in the 800 metres ‘A’ where she ran a time 2:32.31s and in the ‘B’ the County silver medallist Martha Savage ran a new PB of 2:31.17s to take 2^nd place.

The 80 metre hurdles race saw Natalie Varga take 4^th place in the ‘A’ clocking a time of 15.76s.

Lucy Savery took 3^rd place in the 300 metre hurdles ‘A’ and she recorded a time of 51.36s whilst in the ‘B’ Natasha Rawling ran a new PB of 50.65s to take 2^nd place.

Out in the discus circle Harriet Cannell took 5^th place in the ‘A’ with a throw of 19.50m and Beth Shaw was placed 3^rd in the ‘B’ where she threw a distance of 19.16m.

Harriet Cannell was the winner of the javelin throw which is her specialist event, launching the javelin out to 35.03m.

Beth Shaw was in action in two further events, in the hammer ‘A’ throw she took 4th place with her effort of 24.67m and in the shot ‘B’ she finished 5^th with her throw of 7.28m.

Savannah Beal finished 6^th in the shot ‘A’ with her throw of 7.86m.

English Schools bronze medallist Libby Wheeler was the winner of both the triple jump and long jump ‘A’ competitions. She won the triple jump with an effort measuring 10.93m and the long jump with a leap of 5.16m.

 Relay Races

4 x 100 metres – Under 20 Men

Joe Cooper, Eliot Gay, Macalley Morgan and Josh Sampson were the winners of the race where they ran a time of 44.81s to finish 3.5s ahead of the 2^nd team to cross the finish line.

4 x 400 metres – Under 20 Men

Joshua Taylor-Brown, Jack Brothwell, Kyle Foster and Jack Michaels finished in 3^rd place and their recorded time was 3:42.46s.

4 x 100 metres – Under 20 Women

Emily Lyons, Amy Sampson, Angie Koutsi and Megan Grant took 2^nd place in the race and they ran a time of 52.22s.

4 x 100 metres – Under 17 Women

Amelia Benson, Martha Savage, Jess Fields and Cosima Fawcett finished in 4^th place and their recorded time was one of 53.63s.

4 x 300 metres – Under 17 Women

Amelia Benson, Jess Fields, Martha Savage and Natalie Bell took 2^nd place in the race and they ran a time of 3:07.88s.

Non Scoring Race

100 metres – Women

Megan Grant was the winner of the non scoring 100 metres where she ran a time of 13.46s with Cosima Fawcett taking 2^nd place and running a time of 13.58s.