Eastern Young Athletes League – Colchester - 17 June 2001

The combined under 17 boys and girls team travelled to Colchester for the second Eastern Young Athletes’ League meeting of the season. The boys and girls dominated the meeting and finished way ahead of the rest of the field by some 150 points with Stevenage placed second, Dacorum in third and Colchester in fourth.

In the under 13 girls team Helen McDonnell had an outstanding day with four 1^st places in the 100m, 200m, High Jump and 4x100m Relay.  Lauren Clark was also in excellent form with wins in the 800m (A) and Discus (A).

In the under 13 boys team Matthew Watkins had an equally impressive day with individuals wins in the 100m (B), 200m (B), 800m (B) and also took part in the 4x100m Relay who finished well ahead of the rest of the field.  Jay Ryan, Peter Tyler and Michael Jenkins also acquitted themselves well by all having two individual wins and combined together in the winning relay team.  Jay won the High Jump (B) and 800m (B).  Michael won the High Jump (A) and 400m (B).  Peter Tyler won the 100m (A) and 200m (A).  Other boys who gained two individual wins were Matthew Jones and Anthony Williams.

In the under 15 girls team there were a number of girls who gained two individual wins on the day.  Christina Kalejaiye in the 200m (B) and Long Jump (B), Caroline Smith in the 75m Hurdles (A) and Shot (B), Carmel Munson in the 800m (B) and Javelin (B) and Sara Luck in the 1500m (A) and High Jump (B).

Andrew Bartlett had an outstanding day for the under 15 boys by dominating the field with wins in the 100m (A), 200m (A), 400m (A) and the 4x100m Relay.  Other double winning members of the under 15 boys were Scott Keating, Danny Skelt and Terry O’Leary.  Scott won the Long Jump (B) with a personal best performance and the 100m (B).  Danny Skelt won the 800m (A) and 400m (B).  Terry won the Shot (A) and Javelin (A).

For the under 17 girls Nina Brennan was another double winner on the day.  She gained success in the 80m Hurdles (B) and Discus (B).

In the under 17 boys squad Steven Prady, Bob Thanda and James Deane all had three individual wins.  Steven was placed first in the Long Jump (A), High Jump (A) and Triple Jump (A).  Bob gained wins in the 200m (B), 400m (A) and Shot (B).  James won in the 400m (B), 800m (B) and Triple Jump (B).  Greg Smith and Matthew Kelsey both gained two individual wins and combined with Bob Thanda and Tom Gregory to power the 4x100m Relay team to victory.

In all, the teams continued their excellent start to the season which sees the Clubs 100% record remaining intact, despite the poor weather conditions.

Match Result

Winners

Girls

Under 13

70m Hurdles – Lucy Sergeant (A) and Lisa Schofield (B)

100m – Helen McDonnell (A)

200m – Helen McDonnell (A)

High Jump – Helen McDonnell (A) and Katie Richardson (B)

800m – Lauren Clark (A)

Discus – Lauren Clark (A)

Shot – Louise Yard (A) and Trudy Lewis (B)

4x100m Relay – Lucy Sargent, Helen McDonnell, Jackie Hilton and Sam Day

Under 15

75m Hurdles – Caroline Smith (A)

Shot – Caroline Smith (B)

200m – Christina Kalejaiye (B)

Long Jump – Emma Bonny (A) and Christina Kalejaiye (B)

800m – Megan Foley (A) and Carmel Munson (B)

Javelin – Amy Rogers (A) and Carmel Munson (B)

1500m – Sara Luck (A) and Charlotte Watkins (B)

High Jump – Katie O’Sullivan (A) and Sara Luck (B)

Discus – Lynsey Clark (A)

4x100m Relay – Christina Kalejaiye, Nicola Schofield, Amy Rogers, Lynsey Clark

Under 17

80m hurdles – Nina Brennan (B)

Discus – Melanie Harrison (A) and Nina Brennan (B)

1500m – Ria Lyons (A)

Boys

Under 13

80m Hurdles – Matthew Jones (A)

800m – Matthew Watkins (A) and Jay Ryan (B)

Long Jump – Anthony Williams (A) and Michael Walton (B)

100m – Peter Tyler (A) and Matthew Watkins (B)

Shot – Anthony Williams (B)

400m – Matthew Jones (A) and Michael Jenkins (B)

1500m – Ashley Reece (A)

200m – Peter Tyler (A) and Matthew Watkins (B)

High Jump – Michael Jenkins (A) and Jay Ryan (B)

4x100m Relay – Matthew Watkins, Peter Tyler, Michael Jenkins, Jay Ryan.

Under 15

Discus – Christian Newton (B)

Long Jump – Scott Keating (A) and Andrew Luck (B)

800m – Danny Skelt (A) and Paul Andrews (B)

100m – Andrew Bartlett (A) and Scott Keating (B)

Shot – Terry O’Leary (A)

400m – Andrew Bartlett (A) and Danny Skelt (B)

1500m – Joe Golding (A)

200m – Andrew Bartlett (A)

Javelin – Terry O’Leary

4x100m Relay – Andrew Bartlett, Scott Keating, Danny Skelt, Andrew Luck

Under 17

100m Hurdles – Tom Gregory (A)

Long Jump – Steven Prady (A)

Discus – Greg Smith (A)

800m – James Deane (B)

100m – Matthew Kelsey (A)

High Jump – Steven Prady (A) and Mark Connelly (B)

400m – Bob Thanda (A) and James Deane (B)

1500m – Martin Heys (B)

Shot – Bob Thanda (A)

Triple Jump – Steven Prady (A) and James Deane (B)

200m – Matthew Kelsey (A) and Bob Thanda (B)

Javelin – Greg Smith (A) and Andrew Hunter (B)

4x100m Relay – Matthew Kelsey, Bob Thanda, Greg Smith, Tom Gregory