National
Junior Athletics’ Girls' League, Southern Premier Division, Croydon 28th
July 2002
The eight-strong Ladies Junior League team did all that was asked of
them at Croydon on Sunday. With
only 9 of the 30 eligible athletes available due to holidays, including a large
contingent in Manchester watching
the Commonwealth Games, the squad was further hit when English Schools Champion
Natalie Street pulled out on the day after a calf injury, jumper Fran Rigby
withdrew after aggravating an injury when setting a new PB in her first event the long jump, and
Hayley Mottram arrived too late for her first event the 800m. So a potential
third place became seventh.
With track coverage
thinly spread it was the field
events where the points were won. Mel Harrison won B hammer in a new PB and also
placed 2nd in the discus & 4th in the shot. Throwing
partner Sarah Deacon won the B discus, was second in the hammer, third in the
javelin & B shot and
even tackled the triple jump for valuable points.
Kate
O’Sullivan performed superbly with a 100m hurdles PB, for 4th, and
was 2nd in the B pole vault & third in the high jump as well as
running in the relay. Faye Powell, normally a distance runner, turned out
despite a chest infection and filled in to score jumps points with an excellent
high jump3rd, a triple jump PB & long jump points, as well as a relay leg.
Natalie Adams
showed tremendous team spirit running the 800m, 1500m & relay, placing a
good third in the longer run.
Completing the
team were Fran Rigby, whose PB long jump gained 3rd, Hayley Mottram, 5th in the 400m and Hannah Gamester, 5th
pole vault & 4th B javelin.
Despite the set
back with
one fixture left the team
occupy the fourth qualifying place for the National Final on 8 September, and will
hope to turn in a good result in the last meeting at “home” at Walthamstow
on 18 August.
Match Result
| 1 | Shaftesbury Barnet | 280 |
| 2 | Ashford | 256 |
| 3 | Havant | 206 |
| 4 | City of Norwich | 204 |
| 5 | Windsor SE & Hounslow | 183 |
| 6 | Aldershot F & D | 179 |
| 7 | Havering Mayesbrook | 173 |
| 8 | Bromley | 142 |
League Positions
|
Match Pts |
Event Pts | ||
| 1 | Shaftesbury Barnet | 21 | 765 |
| 2 | City of Norwich | 18 | 710 |
| 3 | Windsor SE & Hounslow | 17 | 658 |
| 4 | Havering Mayesbrook | 15 | 668.5 |
| 5 | Ashford | 12 | 626.5 |
| 6 | Aldershot F & D | 11 | 576.5 |
| 7 | Havant | 5 | 552.5 |
| 8 | Bromley | 2 | 466 |
| A STRINGS | Pos. | Time/Dist | B STRINGS | Pos. | Time/Dist | |||
| 100 | 100 | |||||||
| 200 | 200 | |||||||
| 400 | Hayley Mottram | 5 | 60.1 | 400 | ||||
| 800 | Natalie Adams | 7 | 2:33.0 | 800 | ||||
| 1500 | Natalie Adams | 3 | 5:12.1 | 1500 | ||||
| 3000 | 3000 | |||||||
| 100H | Katie O'Sullivan | 4 | 17.3 | PB | 100H | ----- | ||
| 400H | 400H | |||||||
| L.J. | Fran Rigby | 3 | 4.93 | PB | L.J. | Faye Powell | 7 | 3.67 |
| H.J. | Katie O'Sullivan | 3 | 1.60 | H.J. | Faye Powell | 3 | 1.35 | |
| T.J. | Faye Powell | 7 | 8.55 | PB | T.J. | Sarah Deacon | 5 | 8.35 PB |
| P.V. | Hannah Gamester | 5 | 1.90 | P.V. | Katie O'Sullivan | 2 | 1.70 | |
| S.P. | Mel Harrison | 4 | 9.48 | S.P | Sarah Deacon | 3 | 8.46 | |
| D.T. | Mel Harrison | 2 | 34.84 | D.T. | Sarah Deacon | 1 | 32.66 | |
| J.T. | Sarah Deacon | 3 | 26.88 | PB | J.T | Hannah Gamester | 4 | 16.83 |
| H.T. | Sarah Deacon | 2 | 40.43 | H.T. | Mel Harrison | 1 | 32.52 PB | |
| 4x100 | Natalie Adams | 4x400 | ||||||
| Katie O'Sullivan | ||||||||
| Faye Powell | ||||||||
| Hayley Mottram | 6 | 56.6 | ||||||
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