The second fixture of the YDL Lower Age Group was held at Trafford on May 31st with Blackburn finishing in sixth position. The absence of a number of athletes on the day cost the Team, but there were still some very good performances, personal bests and great team spirit as was evidenced by many of the athletes competing in events for the first time. This season will be a big learning curve for many of these young athletes and they will all be the better for it next year.
Full Results HERE
Highlight of the day was the performance of the U13 Girls 4 x 100 Relay squad. Winning the Race in 56.7 they came within 0.7 seconds off the Club Record set in 2006 at 56.0sec.
Cameron Massey had a PB in the U15 100m with 12.4 seconds and then along with brother Nicholas Massey went to win the ‘A’ and ‘B’ U15 Mens 80mH in 12.2 secs and 13.4 secs respectively. Cameron then took a 2nd place in the Long Jump (5.20m) and Nicholas also took 2nd place in the ‘B’ Long Jump with a new PB of 4.32m. In the 200m Nicholas cut his PB to 26.3 (4th).
Jacob Roberts was in the groove again in the U15 Mens Hammer winning it (38.64m) conclusively with his third throw in the last three weeks all inside the English Schools qualifying standard. Jacob also picked up points in the Shot Putt with 3rd place (6.97m) and a 3rd in the Discus (21.41m).
Emily Warren is another athlete who is in good form and won the U13 Girls 150m in 21.4 which was a new PB. She then set another PB in the Long Jump finishing 3rd with 3.94m. Added to these efforts was a solid 3rd place in the 800m (2.43.1). In the 800m ‘B’ Race Olivia Blow cut a big seven seconds off her time for a new PB of 2.59.7 and then went on to pick up invaluable points in the High Jump with 3rd place.
Eloise Littlefair and Charlotte Williams emulated the Massey brothers by winning their ‘A’ and ‘B’ Hurdle Races. Eloise took the ‘A’ in 12.3 secs and Charlotte the ‘B’ in 12.5 secs. Both went onto the Javelin where Eloise added over two metres to her personal best for a new PB of 17.67m finishing 3rd and Charlotte in her first ever attempt threw a really good 16.35m to place 2nd. Charlotte took 4th in the Long Jump (1.25m) and Eloise won the Shot (8.14m).
In the Middle Distance Events, U13 Amy Davies had a really good run in the 1200m (4th) cutting her PB by well over five seconds to 4.18.8 and added a solid 23.3secs for 5th place in the 150m ‘B’ Race. U15 Maddie Elliott in the 1500m took eleven seconds off her PB to set a new one of 5.10.9 finishing second. U13 Daniel Brown in his first ever 1500m Race ran 5.52.5. In the U15 800m Hannah Cookson continued with her good form to win the ‘A’ Race in 2.34.6 and took 2nd in the 300m ‘A’ with 46.1sec. Esme Pearse (4th) in the 800m ‘B’ Race set a new PB of 2.50.2 and then went onto win the High Jump ‘A’ with another PB of 1.48m. Libby Angland (5th) in the High Jump with 1.20m was just short of her PB. In the U15 Long Jump ‘A’ Liz Ashcroft took 5th in the Long Jump (3.93m) and then finished 2nd in the Shot putt (8.24m).whilst Jaqui Howard also took 5th place in the ‘B’ Long Jump with 3.89m to add to her 4th placed 29.8 secs in the 200m and 5th placed 14.2 in the 100m.
U15 Hanzala Hanif took a good 3rd place in the 100m in 13.0secs. In the U13 100m Solomon Brown ran 15.0sec in the ‘A’ Race and Blackburn took 4th place in the ‘B’. Solomon also took a really good 2nd place in the 75mH in 14.8sec. U13 Sam Farnworth set a new PB in the U13 Long Jump (3.69m) and in his first ever attempt at the Hurdles took a good 3rd place in 16.3secs. U13 Emily Raine also set a new Long Jump PB with 3.53m.
