Colchester & Tendring Athletics Club: EAL - IPSWICH

EAL Meeting Report

From a sunny Ipswich the East Anglian League’ first event of the season. The U11 Girls started well with Beth Philpott and Caitlin Maklin-Williams running in the 600M finishing 1^st and 2^nd with times of 2:20.5 and 2:23.0 both PB’s. In the 80M sprint Philpott 1^st again with a time of 13.2s, Maklin-Williams 2^nd in 13.3s and Sophie Clinch coming 3^rd in 14.2s. Philpott and Clinch in the long ump finishing 2^nd and 3^rd with distances of 3.17M and 3.16M.

The U11 Boys saw five boys running the 600M, Luke Blacey finishing 2^nd, Finn O’Reily 3^rd, Bob Longstaff 4^th, Oliver Eaves 5^th and Bradley Hicks 7^th. All five also competed in the 80M sprint . O’Reilly and Hicks in the Long jump coming in 2^nd jumping a distance of 3.45M and 4^th at 2.09M.

The U13 Girls in the 70M Hurdles with Lucy Philpott putting in a good performance to finish 4^th with a time of 15.5s and a strong performance from Alexandra Leslie finishing 3^rd at 14.5s. In the 800M Georgina Sturgeon putting in a strong performace to finish 3^rd with a time of 2:51.4 and Emily Donahue finishing with a time of 2:56.4. Philpott and Emily Haigh in the 1500M finishing 3^rd in 6:29.1 and 4^th in 6:38.6. In the sprint events starting with the 100M, Coutney Bland and Donahue coming 4^th and 5th with a new PB for Donahue, the 200M events with strong performances from Bland and Donahue both finishing 4^th in their races, Donahue with another PB of 34.3s, also a good perfomance from Haigh. The Shot Putt Caitlin O’Reilly and Isobel McKay both finished 1^st in their groups with fine throws of 5.04M and 4.10M. Sturgeon finished 3^rd in the Javelin with a great throw of 12.10M, McKay put in a good performance in the Discus. The high jump saw Sturgeon coming 4^th jumping 1M with a good performance from Philpott. For the Long jump Leslie with a fine jump of 3.60M, Bland with a jump of 3.27M and Haigh jumping 2.96M.

Donhue, Bland, O’Reilly and Sturgeon with a great perfomance in the 4 x 100M relay.

The U13 Boys with William Page running a strong 800M to finish 5^th with a time of 2:45.4 PB, Page and Frank Longstaff in the 100M finishing 3^rd in 15.2s and 1^st in 14.7 in their races. Longstaff and Page also in the long jump finishing 3^rd jumping 4.0M and 2^nd at 3.27M in their groups. The 1500M saw Domonic Doherty finishing 3^rd with a fantastic finish and a time of 5:35.2 and Longstaff achieving a time of 7:24.7. Doherty also putting in good performances in the 200M and Javelin.

In the 100M Sprint for the U15 Girls with Antonio Adefolaju finishing 4^th in a time of 13.7s and Kayleigh McKay coming in 4^th in 14.2s, McKay in the 200M finishing with a time of 31.3s and Isobel Duah with a fine performance finishing 1^st in 28.9s, McKay also in the 300M with a strong performance to finish 2^nd in 50.8s. The 800M with Sian Hicks finishing 5^th with a time of 2:48.7, Kiera Fitzpatrick, Duah and Hicks in the Discus throwing 23.90M, 16.05M PB and 11.0M. Fitzpatrick and Hicks also in the Javelin throwing 25.0M and 11.43M. Honor Crane thrw the shot putt 3.36 finishing in 4^th place, Shae Fitzpatrick and Crane in the 1500M finishing with times of 5:41.8 and 5:57.9. The 75M Hurdles saw Hannah Lawrence finishing 5^th with a time of 13.6s. Lawrence also leapt to 1^st place in the high jump with a fine jump and new PB of 1.47M and Adefolaju putting in a good performance. The long jump event with Lawrence and Duah coming 2^nd and 4^th with distances of 4:42 and 4:07M.

In the 4 x 100M relay a strong performances from Lawrence, Adefolaju, Duah and McKay finishing 3^rd.

The U15 Boys events with Thomas Cunningham-Fahie, James Murrell and James Redman in the 80M Hurdles, an excellent finish from Fahie finishing 1^st in 12.8s, Murrell 3^rd in 15.0, Redman putting in a strong performance. Redman in the 800M finishing 4^th in 2:34.5 and putting in a good performance in the 400M. The 100M with Dillon Ponty and Fahie finishing 1^st in 12.8 s and 2^nd in 13.5s their respective races. Ponty, Fahie and Luke Oscar putting in strong performances in the 200M with Ponty finishing 1^st and a new PB of 27.1s. The shot putt saw Oscar finish 4^th with a fine throw of 5.24M. Murrell and Redman put in good performances in the high jump. Hayden Eyers finished 2^nd in the Discus with a fine throw of 19.95M and Oscar putting in a good performance.

U17 / Senior Women events with the 100M sprints Kundai Matringe finishing 3^rd with a time of 13.1s and Lisa Crowhurst finishing 1^st in 13.2s. The 200M Matringe finishing 4^th in 27.3s, Crowhurst and Ella Clarke in the 300M both coming 2^nd in their respective races, with times of 45.4 and 46.8s. In the 400M Helen Bloomfield ran a fantastic race finishing 1^st in 61.4s. Bloomfield also in the 800M finishing 1^st with a time of 2:24.3 and Stacey Eyers finishing 3^rd with a time of 2:29.9. Bloomfield also in the long jump finishing 3^rd jumping 4.72M, Francesca Keith also 3^rd in her event with a distance of 4.07M. Keith also put in a strong performance in the triple jump. Molly Ponty came in 3^rd in the Discus throwing 16.12M with a good performance from Clarke. Keith and Ponty also in the Javelin came 3^rd and 2^nd in their respective groups throwing 20.52M and 13.75M.

In the Relay Mataringe, Crowhurst, Keith and Bloomfield ran a fantastic race to finish 2^nd.

U17 /Senior Men with Bob Kimber in the Shot Putt putting in a fine performance throwing 4.47M. Jack Hurst in the 100M finishing 3^rd with a time of 11.6s PB, also in the 200M finishing 2^nd with a time of 23.5s PB and Michael Porter in the 200M with a time of 24.3s PB. Porter also ran the 400m finishing 1^st with a time of 58.6s and in the 800M again finishing 1^st with a time of 2:02.8, Jim Thomspson came in 2^nd in the 800m with a time of 2:08.7 PB. Thompson also in the high jump jumping 1.25M and in the triple jump with a distance of 9.60M finishing the day of with his 3^rd PB. Jack Hurst also achieved his 3^rd PB in the javelin throwing a distance of 23.20M. Andrew Todd also competed in the 100 and 200M events with times of 12.9s and 26.0s. Tom Gifford put in a fine performance finishing 1^st with a time of 2:02.4.

Report submitted by Paul & Mandy Hicks (Team Managers)