After a 4 year absence the champs returned to
Hallamshire had 5 athletes competing over the two days and City
had a few as well. Great
to see some non-competing Hallamshire athletes down there on the day to support
their team mates. Matt Jarvis and
Lauren popped down on Saturday to keep Sam amused while he was waiting for his
race: Richard Spooner and Tom Butler were down on Sunday.
There was some serious competition in all races on both days,
with English schools Champions along with Northern,
Here’s how the Hallamshire contingent did.
U15 Boys 100m
Sam Barnsley
came 2nd in his heat with a time of 11.51 and 4th in the
final with 11.56 - the winning time was 11.17 being the fastest time this year.
U15 Boys 400m
Very tough race with everyone having some sort of title apart from Sam.
Sam Barnsley
came 2nd in his heat with a time of 52.32 and 5th in the
final with 52.82 - the winning time was 51.24
U15 Girls 800m
Calli Thackery came 1st in her heat, going into the
final with the fastest time at 2:13.42
It was an interesting
final with 3 girls fighting it out to win. Calli came
second with a time of 2:13.57 - the winning time was 2:12.90.
U17 Women 800m
This was a
tough event with the bar being set very high by one girl.
Rebecca Newton
came 6th in her heat with a time of 2:19.15. Sadly, it was not fast enough to progress to
the semi-finals. The winning time was
2:09.78.
U17 Women 5k walk
This was an
excellent competition with 4 walks being conducted simultaneously. No-one was sure knowing
who was in which race - not even the competitors!
Kathryn Granger
came 3rd in the final with a time of 28:19.42 - the winning time was 26:28.75.
U17 men 800m
A tough race with many competitors. The final included
the English schools champion and the International Schools champion.
Richard Spooner
came 5th in his heat with a time of 1:58.8. Not quite fast enough for the next
round with the winning time being 1:55.46 sec. (the English Schools champ got
it).
Hopefully we'll have even more Hallamshire athletes
competing next year!
It was an excellent two days, but the most dramatic event was
surely the hurdles - with a competitor falling over in every heat. Luckily no one was badly hurt. Some got up and finished the race with applause
from the crowd and their competitors!
Full results and report are at http://www.englandathletics.org/events/under-17--under-15-championships/