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Eleven Chiltern Harriers took part in this prestigious
championships
for Bucks on Sunday and one for Herts. The competition at Kingsmeadow
stadium in Kingston-on-Thames featured the best athletes from thirteen
southern counties in A string and B string events
There were many PBs for the youngsters in high calibre competition. The
middle distance events proved particularly successful for Bucks’
Chiltern athletes.
Will Perkin was second in the A string 800m in a new
PB of 2.18.94 with Tom Conway, running for Herts, in fifth – also in a
PB of 2.23.17. The B string race saw Sam Henning run well for second
place in new best figures of 2.25.53. Robert Hall was running in the B
string 1500m and ran strongly from the front to come home third in a
new record of 4.55.94.
For the girls Hannah Thear had a superb race to finish fourth in the A
string 1500m with a huge new PB of 4.58.61, which places her 11th in
the national rankings. Lizzie Barraclough ran in the B race and took
seven seconds off her old time to finish an excellent fifth in 5.30.35.
In the sprints Jack Denton featured in both B string 100m and 200m. He
achieved bests in both races – 14.08 in the 100m and 28.17 in the 200m.
Daniel Richards and Alex Ahern ran in the non-scoring 100m with new PBs
respectively of 13.71 and 14.15. Jack, Alex and Mohammed Irsalan teamed
up with Scott Clare of Wycombe to finish a very good third in the 4
x100m relay in 53.29.
Francesca Luttrell was an excellent eighth in the A string 70m hurdles,
recording a PB of 12.25 in an event still quite new to her. Claire
Buttivant ran in the B string 200m and recorded a PB of 31.24. Claire
Buttivant and Hannah Thear featured in the girls 4 x 100m team that
came eleventh.
In the field events, Jack Denton was eighth in the A string long jump
in a new best of 4.59m and Tom Conway was second in the B string long
jump with 4.64m. Hannah Thear jumped 3.97m in the girls A string long
jump and Daniel Richards was seventh in the A string shot with 8.97m.
This was great experience for all the young athletes taking part and
with Chiltern providing eleven of the nineteen Bucks athletes taking
part, a reflection of the strength of the club in the county in the
younger age groups.