Some fine performances from the Stoke athletes lifted the team spirits on an
otherwise inhospitable wet and windy day at Northwood stadium. Wendy
Davidson got the team off to a good start winning the 400m hurdles
comfortably in 63.4.
Four personal bests were
recorded on the day with superb performances from Katie (Figz) Holt in the
U15 800m and Emma Jackson in the senior 1500m.
Katie braved some of the worst weather of the day to run a superb
solo effort in the 800m clocking a massive personal best by some 4 seconds
which in the conditions was nothing short of incredible. The 2:11.4 clocking
rockets Katie to the top of the Power of 10 rankings by a margin of two
seconds. Katie then went on the
win the B string U17 300m with a time of 43.6 which shows she is rounding
into good form for the English Schools in two weeks time.
Emma Jackson ran another tremendous solo performance in the senior 1500m to
smash her previous best by 8 seconds to return 4:18.1, a European U20
qualifying time, and sufficient to propel her to third spot on the U20 Power
of 10 rankings. Emma then went
on to anchor the 4 x 400 team of Anderson, Davidson, Ward & Jackson to a
win clocking 56.8 to see the squad just 5 seconds short of the club record
with a time of 3 :55.
Training partner Emma Ward running in only her third race of the season ran
a seasons best of 4:25.1 to finish second and 1st B to give Stoke
an important double.
Youngsters Chloe Green and Rachel Cadagan were the other two athletes to
record personal bests with Chloe winning the B string
U17 800m in 2:35.1 and Rachel winning the B string U15 1500m in
5:15.4.
Jasmine Sawyers was in fine form with three individual first places in the
U15 high jump, 1.60; long jump 5.36 and 75m hurdles 12.2 seconds.
Ashlee Nelson was in a class of her own in the U17 200m clocking a time of
24.8, 2.6 seconds ahead of the field. Kate
Anderson took the B string in 26.7 to give Stoke another double and also
finished 2nd in the A 800m in 2:20.1; 2nd in the A string 300m in
41.5, ran a leg of the 4 x 100m and a leg of the winning senior 4 x 400m
team where she clocking 59.4 seconds a hard days work adding some 22 points
to the Stoke total.
Stoke finished 2nd on the day only 4 points short of Charnwood -
the result taking the club to 5th place in the division after two
matches and importantly just clear of the relegation zone.
A good team effort in really poor conditions.
Alan Morris
Team Manager
|
Event
|
Age Grp
|
Competitor
|
Pos
|
Result
|
|
100
|
Snr
|
Jazmine Rowe
|
2
|
12.3
|
|
|
U17
|
Beth Hicken
---------------
|
2
|
12.9
|
|
|
U15
|
Helly Gibson
Hannah Birkin
|
4
4
|
13.8
13.9
|
|
200
|
Snr
|
Jazmine Rowe
|
2
|
25.4
|
|
|
U17
|
Ashley Nelson
Kate Anderson
|
1
1
|
24.8
26.7
|
|
|
U15
|
Lauren White
Paige Machin
|
7
7
|
30.8
30.7
|
|
300
|
U17
|
Kate Anderson
Kate Holt
|
2
1
|
41.5
43.6
|
|
400
|
Snr
|
Rachel Jablonski
Rebecca Brown
|
6
3
|
66.8
65.7
|
|
800
|
Snr
|
Rachel Jablonski
Rebecca Brown
|
5
2
|
2:27.9
2:27.7
|
|
|
U17
|
Kate Anderson
Chloe Green
|
1
1
|
2:20.1
2:35.1 PB
|
|
|
U15
|
Kate Holt
Demi Bedson
|
1
5
|
2:11.4 PB
2:48.2
|
|
1500
|
Snr
|
Emma Jackson
Emma Ward
|
1
1
|
4:18.1 PB
4:25.1
|
|
|
U17
|
Francesca Champ
Clare Capper
|
4
3
|
5:07.4
5:34.4
|
|
|
U15
|
Sam Bailey
Rachel Cadagan
|
4
1
|
5:11.8
5:15.4 PB
|
|
3000
|
Snr
|
Heather Holt
Clare Booker
|
2
2
|
10:27.8
11:04
|
|
400H
|
Snr
|
Wendy Davidson
|
1
|
63.4
|
|
300H
|
U17
|
Natasha Stevens
Laura Tempest
|
3
4
|
48.8
53.4
|
|
100H
|
Snr
|
|
|
|
|
80H
|
U17
|
Laura Tempest
-----
|
5
|
14.5
|
|
75H
|
U15
|
Jasmine Sawyers
Paige Machin
|
1
5
|
12.2
14.9
|
|
4x100
|
Snr
|
-------
|
|
|
|
|
U17
|
|
3
|
54.2
|
|
|
U15
|
|
6
|
55.2
|
|
4x400
|
Snr
|
|
1
|
3:55
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
HJ
|
Snr
|
--------
|
|
|
|
|
U17
|
--------------------
|
|
|
|
|
U15
|
Jasmine Sawyers
Hannah Birkin
|
1
1
|
1.60
1.35
|
|
LJ
|
Snr
|
------
|
|
|
|
|
U17
|
Natasha Stevens
|
7
|
4.07
|
|
|
U15
|
Jasmine Sawyers
Jess Smith
|
1
2
|
5.36
4.45
|
|
PV
|
Snr
|
---------
|
|
|
|
TJ
|
Snr
|
---------
|
|
|
|
SP
|
Snr
|
Jade Weston
Hayley Clowes
|
2
2
|
10.91
7.60
|
|
|
U17
|
Jade Moore
Natasha Stevens
|
1
1
|
9.42
6.20
|
|
|
U15
|
Jess Smith
Lauren White
|
1
5
|
9.74
5.07
|
|
DT
|
Snr
|
Hayley Clowes
|
3
|
31.49
|
|
|
U17
|
--------
|
|
|
|
|
U15
|
Jess Smith
Hannah Birkin
|
2
3
|
22.11
14.78
|
|
HT
|
Snr
|
Jade Weston
Jade Moore
|
5
4
|
25.27
15.31
|
|
JT
|
Snr
|
Rachel Jablonski
Rebecca Brown
|
7
5
|
13.62
9.10
|
|
|
U17
|
Jade Moore
|
3
|
21.81
|
|
|
U15
|
---------------------
|
|
|
Overall
Pts Pos'n
1
Charnwood 284
11 2
2
Stoke
280
7
5
3
Rugby & Northampton
279
12
1
4
Birchfield
270.5
10
3
5
Notts
268
8
4
6
Coventry 248.5
5
6
7
Mansfield 229
3
7
|
