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Report by Tom Gayle
Far
from favourable conditions greeted the cream of UK’s multi skilled
athletes for the National Combined events championships. Several City of
Stoke AC athletes were on show at the event with the clubs main highlight
saw Alice Lennox take the U17 women’s Heptathlon title.
Heading
into the event Lennox stood at the top of the UK ranking thus was considered
a strong favourite for the event. Combined events championships though are
renown for high drama as one poor event can ruin an athlete’s whole
competition. Lennox though handled the pressure of being favourite with
admirable maturity as despite winds reaching up to 7.4 metres per second on
day one, very wet conditions on day two, the Anthony Brannan coached athlete
reeled off a solid series of performances despite the conditions to take
victory. Her winning score of 4601 was amazingly given the conditions just
21 points shy of her lifetime best, and left her nearest rival just under
500 points adrift.
Other highlights
·
Charlotte James was just outside the medals in the U17 women’s
heptathlon but with another year still to go in this age group it was a
highly encouraging performance which will she will not doubt under the
watchful eye of coach Jim Talbot improve on next year.
·
Deo Milandu who is part of Chris Brackstone’s sprint training group
at the club showed that he may have a future in the combined events as
despite only training for sprint events he remarkably placed 7th
in the U15 boys pentathlon
City of Stoke AC Results
U15
Boys
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80m
h
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LJ
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SP
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HJ
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800m
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7.
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Deo
Milandu
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2347
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Points
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576
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487
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473
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504
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307
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Mark
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13.26
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5.54
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9.78*
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1.65
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2.31.26*
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Wind
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-2.5
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+4.5
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U17
Women
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80m
h
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SP
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HJ
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200m
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1.
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Alice
Lennox
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4601
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Points
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794
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507
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759
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712
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Mark
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12.04
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9.66
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1.62
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27.00
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Wind
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-1.8
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-3.4
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LJ
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JT
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800m
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Points
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726
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430
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673
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Mark
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5.59
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29.56*
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2.31.59*
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Wind
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+2.0
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80m
h
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SP
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HJ
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200m
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4.
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Charlotte
James
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3854
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Points
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631
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423
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555
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600
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Mark
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13.39
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8.36*
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1.44
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28.39*
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Wind
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-2.1
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-3.4
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LJ
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JT
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800m
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Points
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581
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461
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603
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Mark
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5.08*
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29.17
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2.37.58*
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Wind
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+2.0
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80m
h
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SP
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HJ
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200m
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14.
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Laura
Tempest
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2569
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Points
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565
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274
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460
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436
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Mark
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14.03
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6.05*
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1.35
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30.68
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Wind
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-2.1
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-2.7
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LJ
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JT
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800m
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Points
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416
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202
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216
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Mark
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4.45
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15.32*
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3.18.03*
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Wind
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+2.4
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U15
Girls
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75m
h
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LJ
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SP
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HJ
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800m
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10.
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Katie
Gardner
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2519
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Points
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593
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546
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406
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429
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545
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Mark
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12.75
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4.95
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8.11*
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1.32
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2.42.47
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Wind
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+0.9
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+1.34
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LJ =
Long Jump
HJ =
High Jump
SP =
Shot Putt
JT =
Javelin
* =
A new personal best
Full
results can be found at http://www.englandathletics.org/events/under-17-and-15-combined-events/
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