On the 11th/12th May Multiple SETAFA AC athletes descended upon 'The Mountbatten Centre for a warm and sunny (if a bit windy) couple of Track and Field Action. The club athletes all performed well bringing back 3 medals in total and some amazing individual performences from everyone
U15 Girls
Oneita Endje was competing in her first Hampshire championship with the aim to get to the semi-final which she achieved emphatically. With a blistering PB of 14.17 into a minus 2.5 headwind (13.92 wind adjusted) would have smashed the 14.38 achieved back in April. In the semi-final Oneita came in a credible 7th but lots of great experience taken and she will be back fitter and stronger next time.
Laila Rawlings (pictured Below) had a very busy day competing in the 100m and the 300m. The 300m was up first and due to there ony being 8 athletes it went straight to a final. Laila had to run a lifetime best to achive a fantastic bronze medal in a super time of 45.09s thrashing the 46.3s achieved a month ago. Thats equates
to a 10m faster time. Then it was on to the 100m Heats qualiying from heat 3 in 2nd place with a time of 13.80s into a minus 2.5 wind (13.56 wind adjusted) After some recovery time it was the semi-final against some tough opposition including teammate Annemiek Van Den Braak. Laila and Annemiek were neck and neck and 2nd and 3rd positions were sorted with the smallest margins with a 13.87s clocking (13.53s wind adjusted). There was then a small wait for the final where Laila competed strongly with another 13.81s clocking to finish in a fanatstic 4th place overall.
Annemiek Van Den Braak coming back from a spell of illness Annemiek took part in the 4th heat of the 100m and came through in 1st place with a time of 13.58s (13.42s wind adjusted) which was close to her personal best. After a short rest it was straight into the semi-final and a battle with team mate Laila eventually gaining 3rd place in a time of 13.92 (13.63 wind adjusted). Agonisingly this put her 1 hundreth of a second outside of the qualifying mark.
Harriett Griffiths-Horrod (Pictured Below) came into the 100m as one of the favourites and she really rose to the occasion in the 1st heat with a blistering Personal Best time of 12.96s (12.74 wind adjusted). This was the first time Harriett had dipped under 13 seconds and really put down a mark qualifying with the fastest time. After some advice about saving some energy in the semi-final Harriett came out and comfortably won the semi-final in a more sedate 13.20s. After a short break Harriett returned for a final that saw her lower her personal best again to 12.85 (12.68 wind adjusted) . This was quick enough to take the
comfortably and seal her first Championship title and Gold Medal
U17 Women
Gabriella Falano came into the 100m in good form and in the top 8 in Hampshire. Being the lower year and an athlete with an August Birthday Gabby was by far the youngest athlete in the event but she did not let that get to her. She qualified from the heat in 2nd place with a 13.36s clocking (13.30 wind adjusted). Going into the final Gabby had qualified 4th fastest and this proved to be her position in the final where she closed the gap on the 3rd place athlete with a time of 13.26s (13.08 wind adjusted). Surely not long before she also goes under the elusive 13 second barrier.
U20 Women
Ellie Doran took part in the 200m on Sunday and after some ups and downs during the winter was just as glad as me to be finally back on the track and competing. There is no doubt Ellie's future is maybe in the 400m(h) but that can come about all in good time. With a 5th place finish in 29.57s (29.28s wind adjusted) Ellie will be looking to race herslf into fitness through the coming months.
Rosa-May Sprake made a shock decision to compete in the discus after a 1 and a half year abscence and limited training but still managed a 4th place finish with a 25 metre throw. Rosa-May will now be in full training with the ambition of taking part in the English Schools Championships and I'm sure she will be working hard in the next few months.
Katherine Brook took part in the 100m straight final at the Sussex Championships and achieved a 5th place finish in a time of 14.01 seconds (13.85s wind adjusted)
U15 Boys
Benjamin Wilson took part in 2 events wight next to each other in the program and swapped betwen the 2 with his first jump of 4.93m (Massive PB) eventually gaining a bronze medal in 3rd place. He then went on to run in the 200m but suffered from cramp coming down the home straight. Still a fantastic achievement on his county champs debut. On Sunday Ben took part in the 100m finishing one place off of qualification in fourth with a Personal Best time of 13.81s (13.65s wind adjusted)
U20 Men
Isaac Fatunwase arrived later on in the day with the final of the U20 mens 200m being a straight final at 2.50pm. Issac running in lane 3 came home in a respectful 6th Place with a time of 24.41s (24.14s wind adjusted)
Benjamin Boyle is a long standing SETAFA AC athlete and has been steadily improving each year. Now in the U20M age bracket Ben found himself in a straight 100m final at 4.30pm. With the pressure on in this new older age category Ben still managed to finish in a respectful 6th position with a time of 11.93s (11.87s wind adjusted). Maybe not the result Ben was hoping for but after some issues with growth pains taking part was just the boost needed to now push on in the rest of the season.
V40 Veteran Men
Kevin Wheeler taking part in the Senior Mens 100m was hoping for a place in the final and was very close with a clocking of 13.60s (13.26 wind adjusted). A fantastic time just coming back from Covid and time away from training. Things can only get better.
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