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covering the javelin and long Yet despite this we made sure have done more but athletes
jump events as well. Similarly every event was filled and are limited to competing in
Phil Sesemann also took part showed some great quality so seven events.
in the triple jump and Dan much so that we proved to He wasn’t the only one to do
Kennedy came 2nd in the B be the strongest track team more than their usual share of
string steeplechase almost on the day but the weakest in events. Tom Parker finished
immediately after running the field. his exams at Cambridge
the 800 metres B string 800 Best event of the day for us University the day before but
runner Peter Tucker was racing was the 5000 metres where was up at the crack of dawn
considerably below distance Graham Rush took the lead to head to Southampton for
as two weeks ago he was the half way through the race and the first event at 11.30am,
Club’s second finisher in the just ran away from the field to the hammer. He was third in
London Marathon in 2.24.00 win in 14.35.43. Alex Bruce the A string with 54.16 and
Both Mark Cryer and Jack Littlewood took maximum was then happy to contest
Messenger, on his debut, points in the B string and the remaining throws for
set personal bests in the 110 finished ahead of all the other a point and also the triple
metres hurdles of 15.24 and clubs’ A string runners in a jump. However, as so often
16.35 respectively, and Jon time of 14.43.02. It was only happens, he did better than
Pairman equalled his best of half an hour after he had won expected as he was 6th in
3 metres in the pole vault. the B string 1500 metres in the B string triple jump and
Richard Holt also made a 3.56.55 with Phil Sesemann discus and 7th in the shot.
return to BAL competition second in the A string in Likewise, the aforementioned
scoring some useful points in 3.55.32. Between these two Phil Sesemann scored
the 400 metres hurdles at the races James Alaka won the important points in the long
age of 43. Alex Pope racked 200 metres in 22.26 to add jump, triple jump and pole
up a lot of points in the B to the second place he had vault; Jack Messenger, whose
string throws. achieved in the 100 metres main event was the 400
All these efforts helped the earlier in the day. metres hurdles also competed
team to finish in 4th place Busiest man of the day, in the 110 metres hurdles,
on the day, frustratingly 5.5 however, was Luke
points behind Southampton Smallwood. He was first to
with Windsor and Liverpool arrive at the venue bringing
well clear. the Club tent but he didn’t
have much time to use it as
Match Two – Southampton he soon sprang into action
6th June 2015 to contest the long jump.
Our lack of depth in the field Then he was onto the track to
was exposed in the second finish third in a very strong
match as we did not have a 400 metres hurdles in 53.41.
single jumper available due to He went on to win the 400 B
athletes either being abroad, string in 48.71 and take 4th in
injured or doing exams. We both the 100 and 200 metres
were also light in the throws B strings as well as being in
and only had one sprinter. both relay teams. He would
