Throwers on song as Harriers claim second place
THE Under-17/under-20 Harriers team travelled to Aberdare for the first match of the Upper Youth Development League with a slightly depleted team through injury.
The team scored really well in throws - with wins from Mimi Davis in the Under-20w javelin and Johnnie Stanimeros with a PB in the Under-17m hammer.
They also secured a fantastic double A & B string win and three PBS in the Under-17w shot as well as the Under-17w discus thanks to Mary Nasilasilas and Jess Asquith, with Charlie Mason and Fenton Weatherley-kaye (PB) also doing the double in the Under-17m javelin.
Skyla Turbard earnt a season’s best in the hammer to finish third in the A string U17 and Zoe Arrenberg finished second in the B string.
The men enjoyed two wins (Dom Martin and Sam Wilson) and two seconds (Tom Wightman and Rhys Haines) in the 1500m, also winning
the Under-17 pole vault (James Pound), Under-7b 400 (Lucas West) and scoring two seconds in long jump (Ollie Marchant and Fred Buckland) and the 4x400 Under-17 relay.
There were several PBS on sprints
too, with Conrad Beard and Fred Buckland registering 12.1 and 12.2 in the 100m and Ollie Marchant running 23.9 in the 200m.
Also on the track, Harriers dominated in the steeplechase, winning four of the six races with
Bexley Turbard winning the Under-20m and Sam Wilson and Tom Wightman - on his maiden run taking the Under-17 A and B string wins comfortably.
Abi Thornley took the Under-20w steeplechase win with a huge PB of 5.42, with Harriet Smith and Jess Shepperd stepping in and finishing first and third in the Under-17 race on their first attempts at the event.
A great run by Harry Knight on his first attempt at the 400 hurdles saw him take third with Robin Nishimura fractionally behind winning the B race with a PB.
With three injuriess the team rallied right to the end where we found two 400 runners for the very last event of the day and comfortably won both the Under-20 A and B mixed relays - the former with an Under-17 team.
This, and the last throw in the javelin, secured Harriers an overall second place.