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Athletics Report 5

a team out. Big mistake! I knew Immanuela Aliu (11.68) and In the rest of the track
that they wanted 3rd place as Vivian Olatunji (12.14). Vivian events, athletes competed for
much as we did and they would also did well in the A-String every point and doubled up
compete all the way. To the 200m. Louise Evans volun- where required.
neutral, this was going to be a teered to run the B-string 200m
good match. at the last minute and stormed Although there were no wins in
to victory with a very good PB the Field, there were still some
Leading into the week before of 24.64. very good and solid perfor-
the match, we had a very strong mances, Molly Walsh came
team, however as we got closer, In the 400m, Rachel Dickens second in the B-string Hammer
athletes were pulling out left, and Krystal Galley won the A with a throw of 51.74. Bekah
right and centre for a variety of and B-string with times of 54.27 Walton threw 44.72 to finish
reasons. Furthermore, we had and 54.84 respectively. second in B-string Javelin.
gaps in the team which wouldn’t Sarah Abrams and Mary Adeniji
be filled before the match. In the sprint relay (Vivian, came third (5.91m) and second
Annie, Immanuela and Louise), (5.30m) in the A and B-String
Any doubts I may have had dis- our girls finished first with a long jump. In the Triple jump,
appeared during the day as the good time of 47.33 and in the Allison Wilder came third in
girls pulled out all the stops. 4 x 400m (Alex Hill, Louise, the A-string (12.13m) and Mary
Rachel and Krystal),we finished doubling up came second in the
There were two good third a very close second to Thames B-string with a hop,skip and
places in the 100m thanks to Valley Harriers. jump of 11.43m. Our ever reli-
able high jumpers Rebecca Haw-
kins and Deborah Martin came
Southampton Match Result third and second respectively
1. Birchfield Harriers 249.0 – 8pts in the A and B string, clearing
2. Thames Valley Harriers 222.0 – 7pts 1.70m and 1.65m.
3. Blackheath & Bromley 196.0 – 6pts Overall, it was a very pleasing
performance and credit to the
4. Edinburgh AC 190.0 – 5pts
girls for a great effort.
5. Trafford AC 166.0 – 4pts
We finished the day in third
6. Windsor, Slough, E&H 156.0 – 3pts
place, beating Edinburgh AC
7. Southampton AC 143.5 – 2pts by six points. This meant we
8. Swansea Harriers 120.5 – 1pt finished the season in third
place overall – Our joint highest
position in the Premier division.
League Position
1. Thames Valley Harriers 685.0 – 22pts
2. Birchfield Harriers 676.0 – 22pts
3. Blackheath & Bromley 578.5 – 17pts
4. Edinburgh AC 569.5 – 16pts
5. Windsor, Slough, E&H 495.5 – 12pts
6. Trafford AC 468.5 – 9pts
7. Swansea Harriers 430.0 – 5pts
8. Swansea Harriers 388.0 – 5pts