National
Young Athletes’ League, Croydon 19th May 2002
The Under 17 boy’s team travelled to Croydon for their second league fixture. Against some good opposition it should have been a closely fought contest, but our chances were severely hampered with so many Under 15 and Under 17 boys unavailable to compete at this league meeting. With only 9 boy’s in each of the under 15’s and under 17’s available to compete, the team trailed throughout the contest and had to be content with fourth position, losing out in the end to Croydon in 1st, Blackheath in 2nd and Crawley in 3rd.
In the under 13’s, there were wins for Nat Senior (A), with a personal best of 4.64, and Vincent Lazaro (B) in the Long Jump and Paul Adair, who followed up his recent success at the Essex Championships, with an excellent first place in the 800m.
In the under 15’s, Ashley Reece gained 1st place with a personal best in the 3000m, Christian Newton (A) and Marc Stearne (B) both won in the Discus. In the 800m, Ross Clarke (A) and Martyn Chambers (B) both gained 1st place. Ross won with a personal best time of 2.17.9, after having secured 2nd place earlier in the afternoon with another personal best in the 1500m of 4.43.1.
In the under 17’s, Rob Howe had a very successful afternoon with wins in the 1500m and 800m. Other winners in this age group were Andrew Meech in the 1500m, and Scott Keating in the Triple Jump.
Despite the overall match result there were some good individual performances, with many of the boys, although not winners on the day, achieving personal bests. These were Marc Stearne (Hammer), Erol Karabalik (Long Jump), Daniel O’Connell (High Jump), Ashley Roberts (3000m) and Mark Connelly (100m).
After the disappointing results in the first two league fixtures, I am sure that once the team comes up to full strength, will achieve the success it rightly deserves.
Final
result:
| 1st | Croydon Harriers | 214 pts |
| 2nd | Blackheath Harriers | 198 pts |
| 3rd | Crawley AC | 159 pts |
| 4th | Havering Mayesbrook | 141 pts |
Results
For National Young Athletes League Meeting at Croydon on the 19 May 2002
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Event |
‘A’
String |
Result |
Pos. |
‘B’String |
Result |
Pos. |
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| Under
13 |
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100m |
David Creedon |
14.5 |
4th |
Bradley Falco |
14.8 |
3rd |
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200m |
David Creedon |
29.8 |
3rd |
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800m |
Paul Adair |
2.28.0 |
1st |
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1500m |
Matthew Watkins |
5.01.6 |
2nd |
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Long Jump |
Nat Senior |
4.64 PB |
1st |
Vincent Lazaro |
4.56 |
1st |
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Shot |
Bradley Reece |
6.70 |
3rd |
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4x100m R |
David Creedon, Bradley Falco, Paul Adair, Vincent
Lazaro |
57.00 |
3rd |
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Under 15 |
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100m |
James Gregory |
12.6 |
3rd |
Daniel O’Connell |
12.8 |
2nd |
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200m |
James Gregory |
25.1 |
2nd |
Erol Karabalik |
26.9 |
4th |
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400m |
James Gregory |
58.3 |
3rd |
Christian Newton |
63.4 |
4th |
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800m |
Ross Clarke |
2.17.9PB |
1st |
Martyn Chambers |
2.28.1 |
1st |
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1500m |
Ross Clarke |
4.43.1PB |
3rd |
Martyn Chambers |
5.07.0 |
2nd |
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3000m |
Ashley Reece |
10.08.1PB |
1st |
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80m H |
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Hammer |
Marc Stearne |
24.30 PB |
2nd |
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Shot |
Marc Stearne |
9.35 |
3rd |
Anthony Williams |
6.03 |
4th |
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Discus |
Christian Newton |
27.48 |
1st |
Mark Stearne |
26.22 |
1st |
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Javelin |
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Pole Vault |
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Long Jump |
Erol Karabalik |
4.36 PB |
3rd |
Anthony Williams |
4.12 |
4th |
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High Jump |
Daniel O’Connell |
1.50 PB |
4th |
Erol Karabalik |
1.40 |
2nd |
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4x100m R |
James Gregory, Daniel O’Connell, Christian Newton,
Erol Karabalik |
50.40 |
3rd |
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4x400m R |
Daniel O’Connell, Christian Newton, Ross Clarke,
Martyn Chambers |
4.22.8 |
3rd |
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| Under
17 |
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100m |
Luke Stott |
12.3 |
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Mark Connelly |
12.3 |
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200m |
Luke Stott |
24.6 |
2nd |
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400m |
Danny Skelt |
56.8 |
4th |
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800m |
Joe Golding |
2.05.2 |
2nd |
Rob Howe |
2.09.2PB |
1st |
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1500m |
Rob Howe |
4.32.8 |
1st |
Andrew Meech |
4.38.5 |
1st |
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3000m |
Ashley Roberts |
10.17.2PB |
2nd |
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1500 S/C |
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100m H |
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Shot |
Terry O’Leary |
10.67 |
3rd |
Luke Stott |
7.14 |
4th |
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Discus |
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Javelin |
Terry O’Leary |
40.14 |
2nd |
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Long Jump |
Scott Keating |
5.76 |
2nd |
Mark Connelly |
5.38 |
2nd |
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High Jump |
Mark Connelly |
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Scott Keating |
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Triple Jump |
Scott Keating |
12.38 |
1st |
Danny Skelt |
11.05 |
2nd |
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4x100m R |
Scott Keating, Mark Connelly, Luke Stott, Danny Skelt |
48.30 |
4th |
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4x400m R |
Joe Golding, Terry O’Leary, Rob Howe, Andrew Meech |
3.48.2 |
3rd |
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