2018 Humberside County Championships
Costello Stadium, Hull – Saturday 5th May/Boston, Lincolnshire Sunday 6th May
The 2018 County Championships was a two day event, with the first day’s action taking place on Saturday 5th of May at the Costello stadium in Hull, and on Sunday the 6th of May the competition moved to the home track of Boston AC in Lincolnshire. The majority of the athletes were in competition on both days.
Performance details for all of the Kingston upon Hull Youth and Junior athletes who competed at the championships are as follows.
Under 11’s
Brooke Williamson and Georgina Smales both ran in heat 1 of the girls 80 metre sprints, where Brooke who was running in her first competitive 80 metres took 2nd place and established a PB 12.47 sec. Georgina took 5th place in the race running a time of 13.64 sec. Both of the girls qualified for the final. In heat 2, Emily Marshall who was making her club debut was the winner of the race and established a PB of 12.85 sec, which saw her also qualify for the final. Scarlett Metcalfe also ran in heat 2 where she took 4th place with her run of 14.15 sec, but she missed the cut for the final. The 80 metre final saw Brooke Williamson take the silver medal running a time of 12.64 sec, with Emily Marshall 4th in 12.86 sec and Georgina Smales 8th in 13.68 sec.
Under 13’s
In the boy’s competition Toby Greensmith ran in heat 2 of the 100 metre sprints where he took 3rd place and posted a new PB of 15.36 sec, an improvement of 0.44 of a second, to qualify for the final. The 100 metre final saw Toby take the bronze medal and he slashed a further 0.31 of a second off his run in the heats, to set a new PB of 15.05.sec. Noah Sibary was the winner of two gold medals, winning County titles in the 800 metres where he ran a time of 2:35.18 sec, and the long jump where he put in a leap of 4.00 metres. In the girls 100 metres Tilly Cairns and Libby Hakney were drawn together in heat 1, which saw Tilly win the race running a new PB of 13.89 sec an improvement of 0.11 sec, with Libby taking 2nd place running a PB of 13.91 sec, both the girls qualified for the final. Freya Vidal went in heat 2 of the 100 metres, her first race over the distance, taking 3rd place and establishing a PB of 14.78 sec which saw her also qualify for the final. The third of the 100 metre heats saw Olivia Doyle making her competitive debut for the club, she was the 3rd place finisher in the race and established a PB of 16.25 sec but missed the final cut. In the 100 metre final Tilly Cairns took the gold medal running another new PB of 13.50 sec, an improvement of 0.39 of a second. Libby Hakney was the silver medallist and she too ran another new PB of 13.75 sec an improvement of 0.16 of a second and Freya Vidal took 5th place in the final with her run of 14.89 sec. Lydia Moore ran in heat 3 of the 200 metre sprints, taking 4th place and posting a new PB of 31.29 sec, an improvement of 1.68 seconds, which wasn’t enough to get into the final. Middle distance runner Emma Hoggard took 5th place in the 800 metres final running a time of 2:53.95 sec. In the field events Izzy Watts was the bronze medallist in the high jump, clearing a height of 1.20 metres. The long jump final saw Izzy in competition with her training partner Lydia Moore, who took 5th place jumping a new PB of 3.84 metres, an improvement of 3 centimetres, Izzy was 13th and she also jumped a new PB of 3.21 metres, an improvement of 12 centimetres. Both girls were in action again in the shot putt where Izzy won the County title with her throw of 7.30 metres and Lydia’s throw of 7.24 metres saw her take the silver medal.
Under 15’s
Four Kingston athletes ran in the heats of the girls 200 metre sprints. Daisy Logan went in heat 2, along with Lauren McClean and Lucy Bailey-Dalton, and Lois Richardson ran in the third race. Daisy was the winner of heat 2 running a new PB of 13.09 sec an improvement of 6 hundredths of a second and she qualified for the final. Lauren was 4th and she equalled her PB of 14.40 sec, with Lucy Bailey-Dalton 5th with her season’s best run of 15.09 sec. Lois took 4th place in heat 3 and ran a new PB of 14.74 sec, an improvement of 7 hundredths. The 100 metres final saw Daisy Logan clip another 0.16 off her best time to take the gold medal and set a new PB of 12.93 sec. Ella Shaw-Hall ran in heat 2 of the 300 metres taking 4th place and qualifying for the final setting a new PB of 48.86 sec an improvement of 0.22 sec. In the 300 metres final Ella took 8th place and clipped another 0.35 sec off her best time setting a new PB of 48.51 sec. Ella saw further action in the 800 metres final, taking 5th place, clipping 2.51 sec off her best time to post a new PB of 2:36.99 sec. Lauren McClean was the silver medallist in the 75 metre hurdles final running a new PB of 12.66 sec an improvement of 0.37. Daisy Logan was back in action in the 200 metre sprints, she was the winner of the second heat and qualified for the final running a new PB of 26.47 sec an improvement of 0.13 sec. In the final she was the silver medallist and clipped a further 0.20 off her best time for a new PB of 26.27 sec. In the field events three girls tied for the high jump gold medal, all of them clearing a height of 1.45 metres, the three athletes were Kingstons’ Lauren McClean and Emilia Russell and May Meikle of Woksop. Lauren also competed in the long jump final where she took 4th place with a new PB of 4.32 metres an improvement of 16 centimetres. Holly Adams won 3 gold medals in shot, discus and javelin. The England indoor silver medallist took the shot title with her throw of 9.94 metres, and the silver medal went to Lucy Bailey-Dalton, in her first competitive shot event she established a PB of 8.91 metres, with Emilia Russell picking up the bronze medal with her putt of 8.28 metres. Holly won the javelin event with her throw of 28.42 metres and Emilia was the silver medallist with 22.99 metres. Holly also took the discus title with a new PB of 29.03 metres an improvement of 39 centimetres. Lucy Cresswell who was making her debut appearance in the hammer throw, was the gold medallist establishing a PB of 28.89 metres.
In the boys competition Jack Singleton was the silver medallist in the 100 metres final running a new PB of 13.23 sec, an improvement of 7 hundredths of a second, and the bronze medal went to Charlie Parker who ran a new PB of 14.03 sec, an improvement of 0.44 sec. The 300 metres final saw Adam Fox take the silver medal running a new PB of 40.49 sec an improvement of 0.79 sec. Charlie Parker running his first 300 metres race collected his second bronze medal of the day and established a PB of 43.67 sec. In the 1500 metres final Thomas Smales took 6th place and ran a time of 4:46.91 sec. Jack Singleton added a gold medal to go with his 100 metre silver, winning the 80 metres hurdles race running a time of 13.58 sec. Gabriel Li La-Vigars ran in the 200 metres sprints, qualifying for the final out of heat 1, where he was 3rd and established a PB 29.66 sec. He took 7th place in the final where he ran a time of 29.92 sec. Toby Greensmith was the gold medallist in the high jump, going clear at a seasons best height of 1.35 metres. Connor Pickering was the long jump bronze medallist putting in a leap of 4.41 metres and Gabriel Li La-Vigars took 6th place jumping a new PB of 3.89 metres, an improvement of 26 centimetres. Connor and Gabriel were in competition again in the javelin where Connor was the gold medallist throwing a new PB of 33.68 metres an improvement of 98 centimetres. Gabriel who was competing in his first javelin event was the bronze medallist and he established a PB of 22.57 metres. Connor collected another bronze in the shot event where he threw 10.74 metres. Alex Chivers took 6th place in the discus throwing a new PB of 17.48 metres, an improvement of 8 centimetres.
Under 17’s
In the womens competition Alanah Thoresby took 5th place in the 100 metres final running a time of 13.73 sec, and Emily Dye took 6th place with her run of 13.78 sec. The 300 metres final saw Jodie Martin take the gold medal running a new PB of 42.15 sec, an improvement of 2.36 sec. Becky Chivers was the gold medallist in 80 metre hurdles final running a new PB of 13.08 sec an improvement of 0.57 sec, with Abbie Haigh also running a new PB of 13.80 sec an improvement of 0.78 sec to take the bronze, and Rosie Shepherd took 4th place clipping 0.32 from her old time running a new PB of 13.81 sec. Rosie Shepherd won two medals taking the triple jump gold with her jump of 9.48 metres and the javelin bronze where she established a PB 16.67 metres. Jodie Martin collected her second gold medal of the championships in the 800 metres where she ran a new PB of 2:19.95 an improvement of 0.19 sec. The Townsend twins won a gold medal each. Ellie took the high jump title clearing a height of 1.45 metres, and Jess took the discus title with her throw of 24.91 metres. The long jump competition saw Alanah Thoresby take 4th place with her leap of 4.55 metres, with Emily Dye jumping 4.51 metres for 5th and Rosie Shepherd was 8th, jumping a new PB of 4.00 metres, an improvement of 31 centimetres. In the men’s competition UK No. 1 Shaun Kerry was the gold medallist in the hammer where he threw 61.45 metres and Antony Mould took the silver, throwing a new PB of 34.92 metres, an improvement of 20 centimetres. English schools champion and England national champion Ben Copley was the gold medallist in the discus where he threw 42.82 metres, and Antony Mould was 4th with 21.83 metres. The men’s 100 metres hurdles final saw the Northern hurdles bronze medallist Sam Croney take the gold medal running a PB of 14.81 sec. Sam was also in action in the 100 metre sprint final where he took 4th place running a seasons best time of 12.11 sec. Also running in the final was Joshua Parker who was making his club debut, he took 8th place and established a PB of 12.84 sec. Joshua also ran in the 400 metre final where he finished 4th and established a PB of 57.98 sec. Harvey Roberts was the bronze medallist in the 1500 metres where he ran a new PB of 4:35.81, an improvement of 3.6 sec.
Under 20’s
The men’s 100 metre final saw David Morgan-Harrison take the silver medal, running a new PB of 11.27 sec an improvement of 0.17 of a second. Adam Coles was the bronze medallist and he too ran a new PB of 11.70 sec, clipping 4 hundredths of a second off his previous best. In the men’s 200 metre final Josh Sampson ran a season’s best time of 22.73 sec to take 4th place in the race. Robert Tweedale made a successful defence of his County title, taking gold in the 400 metres final, running a season’s best time of 51.43 sec. Joshua Parker took 4th place in what was his first 400 metres race and established a PB of 57.98 sec. In the 110 metre hurdles final Adam Coles was the gold medallist, running a new PB of 15.95 sec, an improvement of 0.82 of a second. Adam was also the silver medallist in the long jump with his leap of 6.06 metres. In the high jump Freddie Capes improved on the silver medal he won at the 2017 championships, taking the gold medal, going clear at a season’s best height of 1.63 metres. Josh Tranmer took his 5th consecutive discus gold medal, a run which goes back to 2014, throwing a new PB of 45.82 metres an improvement of 1.07 metres. The women’s 100 metres final saw a Kingston 1-2-3. Gabbie Whittle was the gold medallist running a time of 13.25 sec, Chloe Constable took the silver with her run of 13.50 sec and Jess Fields ran a season’s best time of 13.66 sec to take the bronze medal. In the 200 metres final Venus Morgan was the silver medallist running a time of 26.29 sec, and the bronze went to Gabbie Whittle with her run of 27.30 sec. Venus was the gold medallist in the long jump, with her season’s best leap of 5.45 metres, and she also took the silver medal in the shot putt with her throw of 8.44 metres.
Performance details for all of the Kingston upon Hull senior athletes who competed at the championships are as follows.
Joe Cooper completed his first sprint double as a senior athlete, taking gold medals in both the 100 and 200 metre sprints. He won the 100 title with a season’s best run of 11.36 sec, with Lawrence Baird taking 4th place with his season’s best run of 11.71 sec. Joe won the 200 metre title with a run of 23.00 sec. Megan Hoult has been in fine form in recent weeks and it continued at these championships, where she too completed the sprint double. She won the 100 metre gold with a run of 12.46 sec and took the 200 metre title with her season’s best run of 25.52 sec. In the men’s 400 metres Lawrence Baird was the bronze medallist running a time of 73.55 sec. The women’s 400 saw Bryony Underwood take 5th place in the final with her run of 62.59 sec and Jess Fields ran a season’s best time of 63.70 sec for 7th place. Shaun Smith was the 1500 metres gold medallist and he ran a new PB of 4:03.58 sec, an improvement of 8.22 seconds. Jonny Beharrell a former Kingston athlete who is now with Sheffield & Dearne, won the 800 metres gold running a time of 1:57.42 sec with Kingston’s Kyle Foster taking the silver with a season’s best run of 2:01.71 sec. The women’s 100 metre hurdles final saw Venus Morgan win the gold medal in a time of 15.26 sec, and Sonia Dos Santos took the silver with her season’s best run of 16.62 sec. In the women’s 400 metre hurdles Natalie Varga took the bronze medal with her season’s best run of 73.10 sec, with Lucy Savery in her first race over the higher hurdles taking 4th and establishing a PB of 78.49 sec. The men’s 400 hurdles final saw Dan Holiday defend his County title and pick up another gold medal with his run of 58.63 sec. Sian Kerry was the bronze medallist in the women’s shot putt, throwing a new PB of 7.35 metres, an improvement of 16 centimetres. British Masters athlete John Twiddle picked up three gold medals. Winning the senior shot with a throw of 12.11 metres, the senior discus with a season’s best throw of 35.05 metres and in his first hammer competition in his new age category of M50 he took the gold medal and established a PB with the 6 Kilo hammer of 39.28 metres. Darren Gibson was the silver medallist in the M50 hammer with his season’s best throw of 37.88 metres. Former Commonwealth Youth Games champion Peter Smith was the winner of the senior men’s 7.26 kilo hammer with his throw of 57.99 metres. James Wardle took the gold medal in the men’s long jump putting in a leap of 5.79 metres.
The women’s javelin saw Harriet Cannell take the County title with her seasons best throw of 33.18 metres, with Venus Morgan winning the silver in her first competition with the 600 gram javelin where she established a new PB of 27.29 metres and Sian Kerry took 5th place with her throw of 23.88 metres.
