We are delighted to announce the following club athletes have been chosen to represent Hertfordshire at the English Schools National Championships:
Senior Boys: Toby Ogunkanmi – 100m and Toby Makayawo – 200m
Senior Girls: Taia Tunstall – discus
Inter girls: Freya Witheat – Javelin
Junior Boys: Connor Flynn – Pole Vault
Junior Girls: Scarlett Gammell – 75m Hurdles
A massive congratulations to you all for you hard work and fine achievement. Credit is also due to the coaches who helped them get there. Well done everyone.
Claire (right) and Charlotte (left) came 3rd and 6th receptively at the Bruce Longden Hurdle & Steeple Fest
On her way to winning the Under 17 Women’s title at the Herts County Schools Combined Events Championships at Stevenage, Freya Witheat broke her own club record in the javelin that she’d set last year when an Under 15. And as if that wasn’t enough she also equaled the 80m hurdles record set way back in 1975 by C Millar.
Charlotte Glenister having recently secured the club’s Under 20 Women’s 2000m steeplechase best has now added the 1500m steeplechase record as well. She became the first female athlete to run the event at U20 in the May SAL meeting at Woodside and then chopped a cool 12 seconds off that time in the Bruce Longden Foundations SteepleFest at Lee Valley nine days later.
At the most recent SAL fixture, an event first – the 4x400m Mixed Relay. On their way to winning the A race Simeon Beckford-Tongs, Suzie Bentley, Rachel Bentley and Owen Dearman recorded the club’s first time at the event giving subsequent Watford Harrier teams something to aim at.
On days 2 and 3 of the Hertfordshire County Championships, 20 juniors and 4 seniors turned out to compete for Watford Harriers. There were some fantastic performances across the weekend with 8 athletes being crowned County Champion. 5 of these 8 were double gold medallists. Toby Ogunkami picked up the sprint double, setting PB’s and Under 20 club records in the 100m (10.69) and 200m (21.94). Taia Tunstall won the Under 20 women’s shot with 8.72 and the discus with 41.99, setting a new championship best performance. Other juniors to win double gold were Scarlett Gammell in Under 15 girls 75m Hurdles (11.63) and long jump (PB of 4.72) and Otis Omoniyi winning the Under 15 boys sprint double in 12.3 for 100m and 25.44 for 200m. In the seniors Harvey Griffiths won the long jump with a leap of 4.16 and the triple jump with 9.16m. Freya Witheat also won gold in the Under 17 shot with 12.10. Dylan Morris (U13) had a fantastic performance setting a club record and championship best performance throwing the discus 30.79 and in doing so cemented his place at the top of the UK rankings.
Silver Medalists
SM Ross Connor 800m 2.03.93
SM Harvey Griffiths High Jump 1.50
U17M Charlie Woollett 800m 2.04.65 (PB)
U17M Charlie Watts High Jump 1.45
U17W Freya Witheat 100m 13.2 (PB) & Javelin 34.40
U15G Ava McLoughlin 100m 13.53 (PB) & Long jump 4.54 (PB)
U15G Gracie Williamson Pole Vault 2.10
U13G Yona Ramport 100m 13.5
U13B Tobias Achampong 75m Hurdles 15.94 (PB)
Bronze Medalists
SM Barry Tunstall Discus 33.38
U17M Fortune Isoka-Onwordi 100m 11.9 (PB)
U13B Tobias Achampong Long Jump 4.13
Other athletes competing were:
Theo Keen 4th U13B 800m 2.31.24 (PB)
Oliver Cooper 4th U13B Long Jump 3.91 & 7th U13b 800m 2.37.08 (PB)
Tobias Achampong 5th U13B 100m 14.11 (PB)
Liam Mvula U17M 5th 100m 12.0 and 5th 200m 24.89 (PB)
Ray McKenna SM 4th Hammer 23.3 & 5th Discus 30.66
Barry Tunstall SM 4th Shot 10.33
Harvey Griffiths SM Shot 6.88 and Javelin 24.30
Ava McLoughlin U15G 5th 100m and 5th 200m 28.90
Sabrina Jansen U15G 6th Long Jump 4.28
Anya Morzaria U15G 8th Long Jump 4.03
Daisy Mainwaring 5th Discus 15.86 and 7th 800m 2.34.50
In the Bucks County Champs Chris Davies competed for Watford Harriers getting a silver medal in the Under 13 boys 200m in 25.7 and finishing 6th in 100m in 12.3 (setting a PB).
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