This past weekend (18/19 June) saw a number of the juniors Harriers selected to compete for Somerset Schools in the SW Schools Track & Field Championships at Exeter and the outcome was for one of them to achieve a Championship Best Performance (CBP) (ie SW Schools record). Vicky McCabe from Cranmore went to 5th on the national rankings (for u17s) with her prodigious Long Jump leap of 5.75m. There were good performances by a number of other Harriers, and also by team-mates from the Yeovil side of the track & field team. Also competing this weekend was a small group of Harriers at the Martock 10k. (Photo of Elise Thorner - 70 -in the inter-girls 800m for Somerset Schools - by Al)
Al Thorner reports from the SW Schools: "Warm, dry and breezy conditions all day on Saturday favoured the sprints and long jump competitors, but made for testing conditions for those running 1 lap or more. There were a number of Wells City Harrier juniors competing for the Somerset County Schools team. Best performance of the day by a Harrier was that by u17 Vicky McCabe who won the LJ by 40cm in a Championship Best Performance of 5m 75 to take her to 5th in the UK rankings, a year young for her age group. Vicky also finished 4th in the 300m final in 43.62, after coming through her heat in 43.00
In the same Inter-girls, age group (school years 10 & 11) and also a year young, was Elise Thorner who achieved a 4th position, out of 11 in the high jump with an English Schools entry standard of 1m 62; and some four hours later was 2nd of 8 in the 800m meters in 2min 16.43 with only the UK's No1 U17 girl 800m runner, Anne Burt, ahead of her.
Despite missing a large chunk of the season out with injury, and after only 1 weeks training, Ollie Thorner did well to come 5th of 8 in a closely fought High Jump competition clearing 5cm less than his PB with 1m 81cm. In the same Inter boys age group, Dylan Dukes was a tad off-form when he ran 9.59 for his 8th place in the 3000m. Dylan, as with the other inter age group Harriers, is a year younger than many of the other competitors."
In the Junior boys age group (school year 8 &9) Luke Macpherson was 6th out of 16 in the 1500m with a new personal best performance of 4.23 - some 5 seconds inside his old mark. In the senior boys events, Luke Prior was 2nd in the 3000m with 9.00; and Felix Rusby was 3rd in the 800m, with a 4.11 clocking. Also competing well at the Championships from the Yeovil side of the track team, and known to us via the XC/Road relay squads were Caitlin Carnegie, Katie & Ben Lloyd and Sam Sommerville. Other YOAC-based athletes did well at sprints and throws.
Elise Thorner, for the 800m, and Vicky McCabe, for the Long Jump, have now been selected as part of the 25 strong Somerset team to compete in the English Schools T & F Championships to be held in Gateshead in July.
Meanwhile on the road on Sunday there were four Wells City Harriers competing at the flat Martock 10k road race. First home for the Harriers, in 10th place and 1st V40 was Neil Biss, in a nippy 37.36. Then Mike Bosley was 39th in 42.25, followed by Craig Foley, 72nd in 45.57; and finally Karen Shears (3rd F60) in 166th in 55.11. There were 287 finishers.
The next race in the Somerset Race Series is the Tin Tin Ten this Wednesday (22nd) evening; with the Quantock Beats multi-terrain race on Sunday 3rd July. Latest standings in the Series are here:
Somerset Series - 2016 | ||||||
Standings after TEN races | ||||||
Next race in the Somerset Series 2016 is The Tin Tin 10 on 22 June. | ||||||
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Forename | Surname | Club | Cat | Points | Races | |
Andrew | ARCHER | Stragglers RC | MV50 | 322 | 8 | |
Justin | THOMAS | Wells CH | SM | 63 | 7 | |
Graham | GOLDSMID | Wells CH | MV50 | 135 | 7 | |
Matt | POWELL | Burnham Harriers | SM | 166 | 7 | |
Nick | BROOKE | Yeovil Tn RRC | MV60 | 166 | 7 | |
Neale | JARRETT | Weston AC | MV50 | 266 | 7 | |
Paul | CHADWICK | Wells CH | MV50 | 286 | 7 | |
James | BEECH | Crewkerne RC | MV60 | 491 | 7 | |
Graeme | BROWN | Yeovil Tn RRC | MV60 | 822 | 7 | |
Simon | CARR | Wells CH | MV50 | 351 | 6 | |
Shaun | CALLAGHAN | Steepholm Pirates | MV50 | 410 | 6 | |
Stephen | SINCOCK | Unattached | MV50 | 34 | 5 | |
Iain | ELLIOTT | Running Forever RC | SM | 86 | 5 | |
Yee | NG | Unattached | SM | 133 | 5 | |
Christian | BISGROVE | Unattached | SM | 175 | 5 | |
Phil | STRANGE | Burnham Harriers | SM | 216 | 5 | |
Robin | CALLENDER | Mendip AC | MV60 | 341 | 5 | |
Stephen | LYSACZENKO | North Devon RR | MV50 | 401 | 5 | |
Paul | WALFORD | Yeovil Tn RRC | MV50 | 807 | 5 | |
Matthew | BOWDEN | Minehead RC | SM | 40 | 4 | |
Les | LOCK | South West Vets AC | MV60 | 90 | 4 | |
Andrew | PIPER | Wells CH | MV40 | 121 | 4 | |
Richard | DUKES | Wells CH | MV50 | 145 | 4 | |
Craig | FOLEY | Wells CH | MV40 | 274 | 4 | |
Brian | MOUNTJOY-ROW | Yeovil Tn RRC | MV60 | 377 | 4 | |
Richard | DODGE | Yeovil Tn RRC | MV50 | 397 | 4 | |
Rick | FEAR | Unattached | SM | 416 | 4 | |
Laurence | RUSSELL | Running Forver RC | MV40 | 645 | 4 | |
Steve | SMALL | Langport Rns | MV40 | 656 | 4 | |
Tim | HAWKINS | Wells CH | MV40 | 4 | 3 | |
Wayne | LOVERIDGE | Chard RR | SM | 20 | 4 | |
Paul | CARD | Yeovil Tn RRC | MV40 | 21 | 3 | |
Darren | KITCH | Quantock Hrs | MV40 | 60 | 3 | |
David | CARNELL | Crewkerne RC | MV50 | 89 | 3 | |
Christian | PERRING | Hydro Hrs | SM | 106 | 3 | |
Nigel | BAKER | Runningforever RC | MV60 | 152 | 3 | |
Danny | DE LA HEY | Langport Rns | MV40 | 157 | 3 | |
Simon | ROWBOTTOM | Yeovil Tn RRC | MV50 | 184 | 3 | |
Mike | BOSLEY | Wells CH | MV40 | 212 | 3 | |
Robert | ADAMS | Yeovil Tn RRC | MV50 | 213 | 3 | |
James | MUSSELWHITE | Chard RR | SM | 464 | 3 | |
Adam | HAWKINS | Yeovil Tn RRC | MV60 | 596 | 3 | |
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Tracey | THOMAS | Burnham Harroers | FV35 | 100 | 7 | |
Geraldine | HOPE | Weston AC | FV45 | 139 | 7 | |
Catherine | GOLDSMID | Wells CH | FV45 | 169 | 7 | |
Flora | BROOKE | Yeovil Tn RRC | FV55 | 314 | 7 | |
Melanie | DENHAM | Yeovil Tn RRC | FV35 | 56 | 6 | |
Kirsten | IRISH | Crewkerne RC | FV45 | 135 | 6 | |
Gill | CONSTABLE | Cheddar RC | FV65 | 249 | 6 | |
Kathleen | SINCOCK | South West RR | FV45 | 17 | 5 | |
Carol | BUCKLAND | Unattached | FV45 | 83 | 5 | |
Hilary | ASKEW | Crewkerne RC | FV55 | 254 | 5 | |
Sally | WALFORD | Yeovil Tn RRC | FV45 | 314 | 5 | |
Joanna | HENLEY | Yeovil Tn RRC | FV35 | 54 | 4 | |
Tanya | BOOBYER | Burnham Harroers | FV35 | 177 | 4 | |
Nikki | GUIVER | Yeovil Tn RRC | FV45 | 20 | 3 | |
:esley | NESBITT | Yeovil Tn RRC | FV55 | 51 | 3 | |
Lindsay | SAUNDERS | Yeovil Tn RRC | FV35 | 55 | 3 | |
Linda | MEMBURY | Yeovil Tn RRC | FV45 | 109 | 3 | |
Melanie | BOARDER | Chard RR | FV35 | 141 | 3 | |
Qualifying date for age category is 1 January 2016 | ||||||
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