"Sunday saw the second round of the Oxon Junior League at the North Oxfordshire Academy where Banbury Harriers athletes produced excellent performances & smashed personal bests despite a low turnout due to holiday commitments.
Under 9 Quadkids boys saw Richie Mack finish top of the club’s group with PB’s in Long Jump, 600m & Vortex throw. U9 Summer Tyrrell finished closely ahead of Lucy Musgrove, taking top spot in the club’s U9 Quadkids girls group.
Ethan Aldous achieved a new PB in Vortex throw & finished ahead of Archie Street in the U11 Quadkids boys club group. Street achieved a 31cm increase in his Long Jump PB increasing it to a very impressive 4.10m, as well as further PB’s in his 75m & 600m races. Eimear Moss finished ahead of Tilly Lainchbury in the U11 Quadkids girls club group & Sophie Tyrrell had a new PB in her 75m race.
U13 Tegan Armstrong took 1st in the 75m hurdles A-string with 12.4s & Shannon Gilkes was 2nd in the B-string race with a new PB. Paige Wallis finished 2nd & 3rd respectively in the 100m & 200m B-string races. Florence Tuthill was 2nd in the 800m A-string whilst her teammate Lizzie Anderson was 2nd in 800m B-string. Tuthill also achieved 3rd in the Long Jump B-string as well as 2nd the High Jump B-string. Tegan Armstrong took 2nd place in the High Jump B-string with 1.38m. Lucy Thompson was 1st in the Discus A-string as well as 2nd in both the Shot Put B-string & Javelin B-string. Tegan Armstrong took 3rd in the Shot Put B-string whilst Lizzie Anderson took 3rd in the Javelin A-string. Both Rosie England & Shannon Gilkes achieved PB’s in their 200m races.
The U13 girls ended the day with Shannon Gilkes, Florence Tuthill, Rosie England & Tegan Armstrong took 2nd place in the 4 x 100m relay.
U13 Christopher Charles impressively took 1st place in both the 100m A-string & 75m hurdles races. Jordan Broersma finished 2nd in the 100m B-string. Henry Pollock was 3rd in the 800m A-string whilst Ben Upton finished 1st in the 800m B-string. Ryan Barnby was 2nd in the Long Jump B-string & took 1st place, a new PB, in the High Jump B-string.. Henry Pollock was 2nd in the High Jump A-string with a new PB. Jordan Broersma took 2nd in the Shot Putt A-string. Christopher Charles gained a new PB of 28.02m in the Javelin A-string finishing in 2nd place. Henry Pollock took 1st in the Javelin B-string.
The U13 relay team of Jordan Broersma, Christopher Charles, Ryan Barnby & Henry Pollock took the 4 x 100m relay win.
U15 Bethany Wilkins was one of three athletes to cross the line at the same time in an exciting finish to the 200m A-string race, judges awarded her 2nd place. Lizzie Eskender achieved a new PB of 20.90m in the Javelin A-string giving her 3rd place. Eskender took 3rd in the 75m hurdles A-string. Emelina Darvell finished 3rd in the Discus A-string with a new PB of 16.95m followed by 2nd in the Shot Putt A-String
U15 Alex England took 3rd place in the 100m A-string & also gained a new PB in the 200m A-string, as well as 2nd place in the Long Jump A-string. His U15 teammate Skip Snelson took 2nd in the 1500m A-string whilst Angus Pollock was 1st in the 1500m B-string. Kody Johnson was 2nd in the Javelin A-string with an impressive new PB of 40.31m. Snelson also took 1st in Shot Putt B-string.
The U17 women took a number of impressive wins. Zoe Pollock finished 1st place in the 200m (26.3s), Long Jump (4.79m) & Javelin (28.22m, a new PB) A-string events. Rebecca Scott also took triple wins after finishing 1st in her 80m hurdles (13.6s) & High Jump (1.45m) events as well as 1st in the Long Jump B-string (4.67m). Emily Thompson took 1st in the 300m A-string with 42.1s whilst Tia Williams finished 1st in the 1500m A-string with 5:18.0s.
Shannon Dawes, Zoe Pollock, Rebecca Scott & Emily Thompson finished their successful day with a win in the 4 x 100m relay, achieving a new club record.
U17 Seb Hartwell took wins in the High Jump A-string with 1.70m & Long Jump A-string with 6.04m. Hartwell followed that up with 1st place in the 200m B-string race with 23.8s. Matt Hall was 3rd in the 100m A-string with 11.9s & 2nd in the 200m A-string with 24.1s. Hall also achieved 2nd in the Shot Putt B-string with 7.26m. Charlie Yates finished 1st in the 100m B-string as well as taking 1st in the Long Jump B-string with a 20cm increase in his PB to 5.93m. Ben Brown took 2nd place in 400m (55.3s), Shot Putt (8.30m) & Discus (25.38m) A-string events. Effiom Edet, making his debut for the club, showed great form in his 100m & 200m races.
Matt Hall, Seb Hartwell, Ben Brown & Charlie Yates took 1st place in the last race of the day, the 4 x 100m relay ending a great day of success for Banbury Harriers."
By Anne-Marie .
