YDL Round 1

Sun 3 May 2015--admin

Antrim 25th April 2015
It that time of year again when our junior athletes do battle with the best clubs in Ulster in the YDL.
The first round was held in Antrim and saw quite a few new members getting an opportunity to represent the club in this competition.
Go to U15 athletes…………… Go to U17 athletes

U13 girls.
Our youngest girls got us off to a fine start with EllaA and EllenF sprinting to 4th and 6th places in their respective streams in the 75m. Connie and HollyW then combined over the 800m for 5th and 3rd places and some very valuable points. EllaA took the hurdles by storm winning the A race in 13.20s with Niamh placing 3rd in the B stream in her first run over the hurdles. Connie and Ella both cleared 1.10m in the HJ while EllenF and HollyW added to the points tally in the LJ. The relay team placed 3rd.

U13 boys
Some more new faces on display here with Gavin and Jude tackling the sprint in their first time on the team. They both showed their versatility by combining again later in the Shot. Jude also had his hurdle debut placing 3rd in the B race while Peter ran in the A event. Peter also competed well in the HJ and the 800m where he finished 3rd in the A stream with Lorcan 2nd in the B race. The relay team of Peter, Lorcan, Jude and Gavin matched the girls 3rd place finish.

U15 girls.
Our sprinters got this age group off to a great start with Anna running a 12.55s (pb) for 2nd in the A stream while Emilia won the B race. HollyM had a super first outing over the 75mHurdles winning the A race in an excellent 12.47s with Grace taking 2nd in the B race. Our jumpers took maximum points with wins for AnnaM and Erin in the HJ and Shannon and Emilia in the LJ. Tyla and Grace each took 4th in their Shot Putt contests with OliviaS winning the A Discus backed up by AnnaM’s 3rd in the B stream. Tyla finished 2nd in the Hammer. The relay team of Anna, Emilia, Grace and Holly won their race for maximum points.

U15 boys
RyanN and RobbieA were the 100m runners in this age group finishing 3rd and 2nd in their respective races. Brothers BenR and JoshR tackled the 300m with both finishing 4th in their stream. BenR was in action again in the 800m, this time backed up by JoshP with both lads taking a 3rd place apiece. AdamB had a good first run over the 80m Hurdles. RyanN won the A stream of the LJ with his 5.06m jump with Adam taking 4th in the B stream. BenR was in action again in the A Shot Putt where he placed 2nd while Ryan took 1st in the B event. The 2 Joshes threw the discus for 3rd and 2nd in their respective streams and Josh was in action again in the B Javelin finishing 4th while RobbieA took 5th in the A stream. The relay team of Ryan, Robbie Ben and Josh combined for 2nd.

U17 girls
KateF (13.07sPB) and SarahH took 1st and 2nd in their respective sprint streams of the 100m while Therese and AnnaS tackled the 300m finishing 3rd and 1st respectively. The CoLAC girls were invincible over the longer distances with SarahF and RebekahD in the 800m and Maddie and RebeccaW in the 3000m all winning their events. We had another clean sweep in the Hurdles with Kate and Therese taking full points and yet again in the HJ where AnnaS and Ellie won their streams. AnnaS was in action again in the LJ where she finished 3rd in the A stream with SarahH 2nd in the B. Our girls also took maximum points with wins for Alix and SarahW in the Shot Putt with SarahW and KateF doing the honours in the Javelin. Jodie threw the Hammer well for 3rd place. The relay team won their race.

U17 boys
Scott and Tom were the 100m runners in this age group taking 5th and 2nd in their respective streams. Scott was in action again in the 400m placing 3rd with Bradley 2nd in the B event. Sean took a great 2nd place in the 800m. Callum and Matt took maximum points for CoLAC in the 3000m and JoshA placed 2nd in the 100mH and was in action in the LJ where he placed 4th before tackling the HJ where he won the B stream behind RobbieM who won the A event. Robbie also won the Shot Putt with Sean placing 2nd in the B stream. Leon and Bradley tackled the long throws with Leon taking 4th in the Javelin ahead of Bradley’s 1st place in the B event before they swapped positions for a 3rd and 2nd in the hammer streams. The relay team placed 2nd.

Seniors
A few of our Senior athletes were also in action in the open events at the YDL. In the 100m Megan ran an excellent 11.87s on her first race after injury to win the women’s 100m ahead of Karyn while Karl’s 11.05s was the best of the CoLAC men in a wind assisted race with Jonny (11.47s) and JakeP(11.95s) also in action.
Chris Madden ran 9.10.91 in the 3000m and Ben won the LJ with 6.97m which would have been a PB had it not been for the wind reading. EllieM won the PV ahead of OliviaS. The results seem to indicate that Pole Vaulter Alex posted an impressive 2.00.29s 800ms but we are seeking confirmation on that!!

Well done to all our athletes!