Report by Tom Gayle
Many
of the clubs young athletes were in action at the County Schools
Championships.
The event provides a pivotal opportunity for young athletes to impress their
respective county team selectors as the top two in each event secure
themselves a county representatives vest at the Masons trophy event the
following weekend, with the ultimate aim being a place on the county team
for this year’s English Schools Track and Field Championships which will
be held at Alexander Stadium, Birmingham on July 13-14.
The main highlights for the club were as follows:
Junior Boys
Stoke
AC athletes shone particularly well in the field in this age group.
Najee Fox was the leading performer, as he broke through the forty-metre
barrier for the first time with a new personal best of 40.02. The throw
moved Fox up to sixth of the national rankings for the event this year.
Fellow training partners Tom Darlington and Nathan Bromley were also in
personal best form. After Darlington had finished runner up to Fox in the
discus both he and Bromley set personal bests as they took the top two
positions in the shot with throws of 10.82 and 10.67 respectively.
Further success was provided by one of the clubs newest recruits, Aqeel
Karim, in the javelin. Despite only joining the club this summer he has come
on leaps and bounds under the guidance of Brain Eggleton. Here he smashed
his personal best by over three metres to take second with a throw of 40.17
and secure himself a Staffordshire vest for the Masons trophy.
On the track the club secured three gold medals. Deo Milandu dipped under 12
seconds for the first time as following a close battle P Walting resulting
in the pair clocking the same time of 11.8. Tom Guy continued his unbeaten
streak over 1500m this season as he comfortably took the title. Rio Bailey
also struck Gold, surprisingly though in the 80m hurdles. Bailey, most
commonly know for his exploits in the sand pit set a new personal best of
13.1 to secure victory.
Junior Girls
Star
of the show in this age group was Kate Holt. Following a dominant display
the Alan Morris coached athlete came with a tenth of her personal best, and
moved herself up to second on the current national rankings with a time of
4.34.3. Furthermore Holt erased training partner Emma Ward’s name from the
record books as her performance broke the Championship Best Performance set
back in 1996.
In the field, Jazmin Sawyers continues to raise the bar, quiet literally in
the high jump as she added to her earlier victory in the 75m hurdles. For
the second successive weekend she improved her personal best as she took
victory with a leap of 1.68. This clearance now moves her up to third on the
national rankings. Additional success came in the javelin as Jessica Smith
continued her destruction of the club record. Yet again she further improved
the mark, this time launching it out to 26.27.
Intermediate Boys
Brad
Garside helped himself to two county school titles. First up, he honed his
flat speed by wrapping up the 100m crown with a new personal best of 11.5.
Later he returned to his main event the hurdles. Undeterred by the lack of
opposition he effortless sped to his second win and personal best of the
day, impressively leaving his nearest rival over 3 seconds, and almost two
clear flights of hurdles adrift.
Liam Tracey, who missed the whole of last years campaign with injury,
collected the 400m crown with a mature and competent display. The Chris
Brackstone coached athlete was a class apart as he took victory in 52.3.
Joe Harding, who made his a winning debut for the club in the high jump a
week before at Cannock in the National Young Athletes league with a leap of
1.78 was just shy of that mark this time as he cleared the same height as C
Barton (1.76), but unfortunately lost out on count back.
Ben Williams and Rob Dean provided the most domineering performances of the
weekend. Williams edged ever closer to the 14 metre mark as he took victory
in triple jump with a leap of 13.96, leaving team mate Julian Weatherall
just under a metre and a half adrift. Weatherall
was able to even the score in the long jump though as it was Williams’s
turn to play second fiddle as he took victory with a new personal best of
6.08.
Dean, who is in his first season of the new weight in the hammer was just
shy of the 50 metre mark with a throw of 49.68. This performance provided
the youngster with a winning margin of an astonishing 22 metres. Intermediate Girls
The field was a highly successfully stomping ground for the club in this age
group. Jade Weston continues to make winning look easy as she notched up her
victory of the season. Her throw of 11.54 in the shot moved her up to fourth
of the current u.k rankings. Fellow training partner Jade Moore also
contained her winning form in the discus. A winning throw of 32.91 earned
Moore her fourth consecutive victory her 2007 campaign.
Alice Lennox showed she is class act in both the horizontal and
vertical jumps. Although Lennox now lies
second on the national rankings in the long jump with a leap of 5.67, she only
required 5.24 to take the title here. Further success came in the high jump
as she set a new personal best of 1.66 to scoop victory.
Charlotte James concluded the field success in the Javelin. James was the only
competitor to breach 30 metres in the event with a winning throw of 31.33.
On the track two members of Alan Morris squad provided the two
impressive victories. First up Kate Anderson, who is more commonly known for
her exploits over 800m stepped down to the 300m. She demonstrated that she
is not short of speed as she secured victory with a time of 41.5.
Meanwhile
Heather Holt continues to chop away at her 1500m personal best. For the
fourth time this season she revised her life time best, this time slicing
off a further 3 seconds on route to victory.
Stoke
AC Results:
Junior
Boys
100m
- Final
1.
Deo Milando* 11.8 pb / ES
3.
Ben Smith 12.2 equal pb
200m
- Final
7.
Emanuel Dhiliwyio 27.3 pb
400m
- Final
1.
Rob Wilson* 54.9 pb
800m - Final
5.
Nathan Ainsworth 2.21.5 pb
8.
Michael Harding 2.40.3
1500m - Final
1.
Tom Guy* 4.24.7
80m
Hurdles
- Final
1.
Rio Bailey* 13.1 pb
High
Jump
- Final
1. Milando* 1.67 pb
Triple
Jump
- Final
6.
Mark Shallcross 10.30 pb
Pole
Vault
- Final
2.
Adam Cooper* 2.00 equal pb
Shot
Putt
- Final
1.
Tom Darlington* 10.82 pb
2.
Nathan Bromley* 10.67 pb
5.
Najee Fox 10.23
Discus
- Final
1.
Fox* 40.02 pb / NS
2.
Darlington* 32.12
Javelin
- Final
2.
Aqeel Karim* 40.02 pb
3.
Danny Johnson 36.10
Intermediate
Boys
100m
- Final
1.
Brad Garside* 11.5 pb
4.
Joe Harding 11.9 pb
200m
- Final
2.
Julian Weatherall* 25.5
400m
- Final
1.
Liam Tracey* 52.3
3.
Matt Scragg 53.5 pb
800m
- Final
2.
Rob Cook* 2.07.4 pb
4.
Josh Berrisford 2.14.5
1500m
- Final
5.
Cooke 4.39.6 pb
3000m
- Final
2.
Dave Clarke* 9.29.9
3.
Berrisford 9.49.5
100m
Hurdles
- Final
1.
Garside 13.6* pb / NS
High
Jump
- Final
2.
Harding* 1.76
Long
Jump - Final
1. Weatherall* 6.08 pb
2.
Ben Williams* 5.98 pb
Triple
Jump - Final
1.
Williams* 13.96 pb / NS
2. Weatherall* 12.56
Pole
Vault - Final
1.
Mark Cooper* 3.40
Hammer
- Final
1.
Rob Dean* 49.68 ES
Junior
Girls
100m
Heat
1
- 6.
Stacey Jones 14.3 pb
Heat
2
-
2.
Hannah Birkin 13.9
Final - 3.
Birkin 13.8 equal pb
200m
Heat 1 - 4.
Beth Wood 29.3 pb
Heat 2 - 3.
Birkin 28.7
Final - 6.
Birkin 28.4
1500m
- Final
1.
Katie Holt* 4.34.3 CBP / NS
3.
Sam Bailey 5.13.6
6.
Rachel Cadagan 5.38.9
75m
Hurdles
- Final
1.
Sawyers* 12.0
4.
Jess Smith 13.1 pb
High
Jump
- Final
1.
Sawyers* 1.68 pb / NS
Javelin
- Final
1.
Smith* 26.27 pb & New Club Record
Intermediate
Girls
300m
- Final
1.
Kate Anderson* 41.5 pb / ES
800m
- Final
3.
Anderson 2.25.5
5.
Chloe Green 2.43.0
1500m
- Final
1.
Heather Holt* 4.44.5 pb / ES
High
Jump
- Final
1.
Alice Lennox* 1.66 pb / ES
Long
Jump
- Final
1.
Lennox* 5.24
Shot
Putt - Final
1.
Jade Weston* 11.54 pb / NS
2.
Jade Moore* 9.25
Discus
- Final
1.
Moore* 32.91
Javelin
- Final
1.
Charlotte James* 31.33 pb
Full
results
courtesy of Cannock and Stafford AC
*
= Selected to represent Staffordshire at the Masons Trophy
pb
= Personal Best
CBP
= Championship Best Performance
ES
= Entry Standard
NS
= National Standard
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