There were a host of outstanding performances at this year's English Schools Athletics Championships in Birmingham. Handing out some of the medals was the London Olympics 2012 High Jump medallist Robbie Grabarz.
Gold medallists:
Senior Girls
Hayley McLean - 400m Hurdles - 57.81s CBP
Sophie Riches - 1500m - 4:24.69
Alice Perkins - 3000m - 9:39.19
Senior Boys
Khai Riley-Laborde - 110m Hurdles - 13.90s
Inter Girls
Rachel Forder - Discus - 39m62
Inter Boys
Archie Leeming - Shot - 14m58
Thomas Guy - Discus - 48m01
Silver medallists:
Senior Girls
Kaylee Dodd - 800m - 2:07.02
Poppy Lake - High Jump - 1m75
Senior Boys
Thomas Head - Hammer - 62m46
4 x 100m relay team - 42.14s
Inter Girls
Isobel Ives - 800m - 2:07.43
Laura Armorgie - High Jump - 1m74
Inter Boys
Daniel Rowden - 800m - 1m53.75
Junior Girls
Modupe Shokunbi - 100m - 12.43s
Bronze medallists:
Senior Boys
Joseph Dewar - Long Jump - 7m10
Liam Harwood - Pole Vault - 4m60
Junior Girls
Khai Mhanga - 800m - 2:12.32
Junior Boys
James Pearson - Shot - 14m68
Full results from the English Schools Athletics Championships can be viewed here
Photos:
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| Senior Girls High Jump Silver medallist Poppy Lake |
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| Senior Girls 800m Silver medallist Kaylee Dodd |
Southend AC Mens Team compete in Windsor
The latest round of the British Athletics League saw the Southend Athletics Club team travel to Windsor on Saturday. After a superb 6 promotions in 13 years, the mens team have worked up to their highest position in the club's history and currently compete in Division 1 amongst the very best athletics team in the country.
The team performed well across all events with some great stand-out performances earning valuable points for Southend. The 800m saw the club's two fastest 800m runners who have both broken the club's 800m record this season, Tom Frith and Dave Smale, tackle the A and B string races with fantastic results. Tom finished 4th in 1:53.26 in the A and Dave earnt silver in the B with a fast finish bringing him home in 1:54.34.
In the 1500m, Southend's Adam Hickey had a battle on his hands for first place over the last 200m with Liverpool's Jonathan Mellor which saw Adam take the win in a PB and Southend Club Record of 3:47.54. Tom Frith ran well in the B string to claim silver in 3:59.92. The 5000m saw a big PB for David Gibbon in the A to finish 5th in 15:16.91 and James Tydeman ran well in the B to finish 7th in 16:41.45. The 3000m steeplechase saw Southend's Mark Waine ran a season's best of 10:49.1 for 7th place in the A string whilst Graham Easty who had previously ran in the 400m hurdles earlier in the day (64.21s for 7th in the B) showed his commitment to the team, picking up valuable points in finishing 5th in the B string.
In the sprints Lee Dollard ran well in the 100m B string, clocking 11.29s for 5th place whilst unfortunately Harry McQueen was disqualified in the A string for apparently twitching in his blocks. Harry's bad luck continued in his 200m later in the day as he pulled his hamstring in the A race and was unable to finish. Lee Dollar ran strongly again in the B string, finishing 4th in 22.26s. The 400m A race saw the first 6 runners dip under 50 seconds with Southend AC's club record holder Jake King running 48.67s. The B string saw a fast run from Matthew Harrison, finishing 5th in 50.76s. In the 400m Hurdles Southend's Jack Eddie ran 58.39s for 6th in the A string whilst Graham Easty ran 64.21 for 7th place in the B string. In the 100m Hurdles Southend's Greg Goodrem finished 8th in 16.3s in the A string whilst Jack Eddie ran 17.19s for 7th in the B string.
On the field Sam Grant threw 38m60 for 8th place in the A string hammer whilst in the B string Brett Foster threw 26m27 for 7th. In the long jump A string Kevin Brown jumped 6m44 for 6th and in the B string Greg Goodrem jumped 5m48 for 8th in the B string.
Full results for Southend's match can be viewed here
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| Dave Smale in action in the 800m B race |
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| Adam Hickey on his way to victory in the 1500m |
37 First Timers take part in Southend Parkrun
Saturday morning saw the weekly Southend Parkrun take place at Gunners Park, Shoeburyness and this week saw 37 newbies take part. A total of 169 runners took part with 54 personal bests being set on the day!
The top three male finishers on the day were:
1st: 17:09 Neil Spicer (Leigh On Sea Striders)
2nd: 17:23 David Johnson (Thurrock Harriers)
3rd: 17:34 Stuart Smith (Cosmic Hillbashers)
The top three female finishers on the day were:
1st: 22:32 Rosemarie Jane Fuller (Pitsea RC)
2nd: 23:24 Marita Neville (Unattached)
3rd: 23:27 Louise Young (Unattached)
Well done to everyone that took part, the latest Southend Parkrun results can be viewed here
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| Photo courtesy of Southend Parkrun |
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