South
of
England
AA
Under
20
Championships
- Watford 24th -
25th May 2003
After the cold, wet and windy conditions
of recent weeks, Havering Mayesbrook's young athletes revelled in the good
conditions and excellent competition at the South of England under 20
championships at Watford this weekend. They came back with an eight-medal
haul and a glut of new personal bests.
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Lisa Schofield may have been one of the smallest
under 15 hurdlers on show but she came away with the biggest smile as she won
u15 girls' 75mhurdles gold by the thickness of her vest in a blanket finish.
After smashing her PB in the heat with 11.68s to qualify for the final as second
fastest she was obviously in medal contention. She made no mistake in the final
with a blistering start that took her into the lead which she held throughout
and just held off her faster finishing opponents to gold in a new PB of 11.65s
for third on the club all time u15 hurdles list. On the first day she had also
competed well to leap to long jump fifth place with 4.87m.
Lisa's training partner Chloe Van Wulven was a
double medallist. On Saturday she added four cms to her high jump best to win
bronze in the u17 competition with a 1.68m clearance and on Sunday added a
hurdles medal of the same hue. After posting a new best of 11.9 secs in her 80m
hurdles heat she came from behind in the final to win third place. Her time of
11.76s again smashed her hours-old PB and with another year in the age group she
now has Claire Sargent's club record of 11.7s firmly in her sights.
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There were six other bronze medals, three each on the
track and on the field. Megan Foley put memories of her lack-lustre heat
behind her to give a more positive display to slice five seconds off her 1500m
PB with 4m 33.25s, which takes her to fifth on the club u17 all-time rankings.
Sara Luck was just a whisker outside her 800m
best in placing third in the u17 event. Also on the track, Lucy
Sargent was an impressive 100m u15 girls' heat winner in 12.52s and was almost
as quick in less favourable conditions for the final, claiming third with 12.56s.
On the field Mel
Harrison's shot PB of 10.54m won her u20 bronze and made up for her earlier
disappointment in the discus when she just missed out on a place in the final
eight. On Sunday she made it a second PB when she hurdled the hammer further
than before with 38.57m, placing fourth.
Louise Yard's short PB and discus season's best won her
double bronze
in the u15 competition, in which the versatile Lauren Clark, who had earlier
gained fourth in the 800m in a new PB, again finished just out of the discus medals.
Lauren was in good company as her older sister Lynsey found that her new discus PB
of 36.48m was not gold enough for a podium place, finishing fourth.
Another thrower who almost had one foot on the
medal podium was Kevin Deacon whose u20 hammer medal hopes were dashed in the
final round. His fourth round effort of 51.02m took him into second but two
opponents overhauled him with their final efforts and he had to settle for
fourth. Javelin ace Terry O'Leary registered a new PB of 52.80m in the u17
competition, and he too was agonisingly back in fourth.
Yet another fourth place went to Katie
Richardson, who was rewarded with a massive eight second improvement on her
pre-championship best to 4m 44.55s, while Ashley Reece also came fourth in the
u15 boys' equivalent in a shade outside his best. Ross Clarke set a new PB in
the same event.
Other PBs went to Ria Lyons (U20 - 800m), Lauren
McVicar (u15 javelin & 200m), Nina Brennan (u20 100m hurdles) and Jonathan
Buckler (u20 men 200m). Nicola Schofield set a 300m hurdles season's best in her
heat, finishing sixth in the final.
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| 100m |
Lucy Sargent |
3rd |
12.56 secs (-0.6) |
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(Heat 12.52 ) |
(w/s +1.6) |
| 200m |
Lauren McVicar |
ht |
26.90m (PB) |
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| 800m |
Lauren Clark |
4th |
2m 20.76 secs |
(PB) |
(Heat - 2nd - 2m
23.07s) |
| 1500m |
Katie Richardson |
4th |
4m 44.55 secs |
(PB) |
(Heat - 4th - 4m 50.30 (PB) |
| 75m H |
Lisa Schofield |
1st |
11.65 secs (-2.3) |
(PB) |
(Heat - 2nd 11.68
secs (+0.6) |
| Long Jump |
Lisa Schofield |
5th |
4.87m |
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| Javelin |
Lauren McVicar |
7th |
27.42m (PB) |
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| Shot |
Louise Yard |
3rd |
10.05m (PB) |
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| Discus |
Louise Yard |
3rd |
27.88m (SB) |
4th |
Lauren Clark |
23.60m |
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17 Women |
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| 80m H |
Chloe van Wulven |
3rd |
11.76s (PB) |
(+1.5) |
(Heat: 2nd - 11.9s PB
+1.5) |
| 80m H |
Nicola Schofield |
ht |
12.8s |
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Danielle Ross |
ht 13.5 |
| 300m H |
Nicola Schofield |
6th |
47.07 secs |
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(Heat 1st - 46.53 secs
- SB) |
| 800m |
Sara Luck |
3rd |
2m 14.65s |
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(Heat - 1st - 2m 17.81 secs) |
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1500m
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Megan Foley |
3rd |
4m 33.25 secs |
(PB) |
(Heat - 4th - 4m 41.44 secs) |
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Discus
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Lynsey Clark |
4th |
36.48 (PB) |
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High Jump |
Chloe van Wulven |
3rd |
1.68 (PB) |
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Triple Jump |
Kirsty Smith |
5th |
10.78m |
11th |
Lynsey Clark |
9.70m |
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20 Women |
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| 800m |
Hayley Mottram |
ht |
2m 20.83 secs |
ht |
Ria Lyons |
2m 20.85 (PB) |
| 100m h |
Nina Brennan |
7th |
18.46s (PB)
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| 400m h |
Nina Brennan |
ht |
72.80s
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| Discus |
Mel Harrison |
9th |
31.74m
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10th |
Nina Brennan |
23.07m |
| Shot |
Mel Harrison |
3rd |
10.54m (PB)
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| Hammer |
Mel Harrison |
4th |
38.57m (PB)
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| 1500m |
Ashley Reece |
4th |
4m 19.14s |
1st ht |
4m 25.12
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Ross Clarke |
10th |
4m 30.88s |
2nd ht |
4m 26.31 (PB) |
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17 Men |
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| 800m |
Andrew Meech |
ht |
2m 00.62s |
ht |
Joe Golding |
2m 01.15s |
| Javelin |
Terry O'Leary |
4th |
52.80m (PB) |
9th |
Harry Tyler |
39.45m |
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20 Men |
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| 100m |
Jonathan Buckler |
ht |
11.71s (?PB)
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| 200m |
Jonathan Buckler |
ht |
24.11s (PB)
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| 800m |
Martin Heys |
ht |
1m 59.50s
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| 1500m |
Martin Heys |
ht |
4m 20.79s |
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| Hammer |
Kevin Deacon |
4th |
51.02m |
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