ALPHA & BETA TROPHY, HARINGEY, 5 APRIL 2003

A glut of personal bests helped the ladies regain the Alpha Trophy at Haringey today. A runaway 25 point win by the u15s, their fourth successive victory, secured the win and the senior ladies only finished 9 point shy of age group winners Radley, for a 16 point winning margin. 

Among many highlights on a warm but windy day schools' cross country internationals Megan Foley and Katie Richardson both caught the eye with 1500m PBs. Megan Foley won a competitive race - her first against seniors - and in the process dipped under 4 mins 39 secs, knocking her mum Lesley out of the club all-time u17 top ten for the event! Katie trimmed four seconds off her best with an impressive win in the u15 equivalent to move closer to the English Schools' entry standard of 4:52 and looks likely to go much faster. In the B events both Helen Roche and Rebecca Heath set new PBs.

The 800m events also brought excellent results as did versatile Lauren Clark who smashed her previous best in winning the u15 A race, before adding a discus PB to win the B event, and making it a win treble with a B high jump victory. In the senior 800m events Laurie Cossey ran strongly for second, while Hayley Mottram (pictured, right) had a good B string 800m win. Mottram gained useful 200m points while Cossey was third in the 400m, with Sara Luck just outside her PB in winning the B 400m. In the non scoring 300m events for u17s Hayley's younger sister Carley took chunks off her PB with a fast 44.3 clocking, while Robyn Delivett was a stride away from a new best.

In the u15 long jump Lucy Sargent and Lisa Schofield both leapt further than before to make it a winning double, and Schofield added a new hurdles PB despite the strong headwind when placing second. In the B hurdles there was a fine win for the powerful Helen Mc Donnell, who had a busy afternoon, picking up high jump and 200m points.

The Brennan sisters, Claire & Nina both improved their 400m times. Claire trimmed three-tenths off her best with a positive display in the senior A race, while Nina reduced her best time by a massive three seconds, placing second after leading until the final barrier. Claire later battled against the headwind to place second in the sprint hurdles while Christina Kalejaiye was close to improving her 200m best despite the strong winds. 

On the field Mel Harrison again added to her shot best for third, and added javelin and discus top three placings, while Sarah Deacon provided support with a B discus win and shot points. Also in action was under 23 international Kate Brewington who was an impressive long jump winner, again threatening the 6 metre barrier, and also scored in the javelin and 100m. In the u15 events Louise Yard won the discus, and gained two runners-up spots in the shot and B javelin. Lauren McVicar was second in the A javelin, won the B 100m, and anchored the relay team to victory.

Katie O'Sullivan (high jump 4th) and Hannah Gamester (B long jump 3rd and B 100m 6th) completed the victorious HMAC team. It was a wonderful welcome for new team managers Martin Cooper and Sharon Cossey who look set to be a winning combination.

Helen McDonnell Christina Kalejaiye
Claire Brennan Kate Brewington

RESULTS

COMBINED ALPHA TROPHY MATCH RESULTS

1 Havering Mayesbrook 339 points
2 Radley Ladies 323 points
3 Stevenage & North Herts 296 points
4 Milton Keynes 227.5 points
5 Thurrock H 219.5 points
 6 Enfield & Haringey 199.5 points
7 Dacorum & Tring 194.5 points
8 Chelmsford 154 points

 

SENIOR
  A STRINGS Pos. Time/Dist     B STRINGS Pos. Time/Dist
100 Kate Brewington 4 12.93  100 Hannah Gamester 6 14.42
200 Christina Kalejaiye 4 26.46   200 Hayley Mottram 5 27.91
400 Laurie Cossey 3 60.15   400 Sara Luck 1 60.18
800 Laurie Cossey 2 2:18.70   800 Hayley Mottram 1 2:19.21
1500 Megan Foley 1 4:38.82 PB 1500 Helen Roche 2 5:17.48 PB
100H Claire Brennan 2 17.39   100H Nina Brennan disq.
400H Claire Brennan 3 69.53  PB  400H Nina Brennan 2 70.84 PB
L.J. Kate Brewington 1 5.83   L.J. Hannah Gamester 3 4.77
H.J. Katie O'Sullivan 4 1.55
S.P. Melanie Harrison 3 10.21 PB S.P Sarah Deacon 3 8.25
D.T. Melanie Harrison 3 34.53   D.T. Sarah Deacon 1 32.52
J.T. Kate Brewington 3 32.74 J.T. Melanie Harrison 2 31.26
4x100 Hannah Gamester       Senior Team Results    
  Nina Brennan       1 Radley Ladies 177 points
  Claire Brennan       2 Havering Mayesbrook 168 points
  Christina Kalejaiye 5 52.63   3 Stevenage & North Herts 161 points
4 Thurrock Harriers 145 points
5 Milton Keynes 126.5 points
6 Dacorum & Tring 114.5 points
7 Enfield & Haringey 102 points
   8 Chelmsford 86 points
UNDER 15
  A STRINGS Pos. Time/Dist     B STRINGS Pos. Time/Dist
100 Lucy Sargent 2 13.2   100 Lauren McVicar 1 13.60 PB
200 Lauren McVicar 3 27.81   200 Helen McDonnell 3 28.60
800 Lauren Clark 3 2.25.44  PB 800 Amie Adams 3 2:36.00
1500 Katie Richardson 1 4.54.80  PB 1500 Rebecca Heath 2 5.32.64 PB
75H Lisa Schofield 2 12.37  PB 75H Helen McDonnell 1 12.25 PB
L.J. Lucy Sargent 1 5.04   PB L.J. Lisa Schofield 1 4.78 PB
H.J. Helen McDonnell 4 1.45   H.J. Lauren Clark 1 1.30
S.P. Louise Yard 2 9.35 S.P. Amie Adams 5 5.15
D.T. Louise Yard 1 25.68 D.T. Lauren Clark 1 22.90 PB
J.T. Lauren McVicar 2 25.12 J.T. Louise Yard 2 16.82
4x100 Lisa Schofield              
  Helen McDonnell         Under 15 Team Results   
  Lucy Sargent       1 Havering M'k 171 points
  Lauren McVicar 1 52.46   2 Radley Ladies 146 points
        3 Stevenage & N Herts 135 points
UNDER 17 Non- Scoring      4 Milton Keynes 101 points
300m Carley Mottram 2 44.30 PB 5 Enfield & Haringey 97.5 points

Robyn Delivett

 3 45.52 6 Dacorum & Tring 80 points
Caroline Smith 4

45.79

 7 Thurrock H 74.5 points
           8 Chelmsford 68 points