- Island athletes collect 47 medals at County Championships as seniors prepare for Jersey 2015.
- Junior Maher meets Youth Commonwealth Games standard in U17 1,500m win.
- Full list of results below.
IT WAS yet another weekend filled with success for Jersey Spartan AC as the Island’s athletes took to the track in the Hampshire County Championships on Saturday and Sunday.
While some were after personal bests in their first county appearance, others were chasing silverware and NatWest Island Games qualification in Portsmouth, and there was even a Youth Commonwealth Games standard achieved by junior Sam Maher as he came agonisingly close to breaking the four minute mark in the under-17 boys’ 1,500 metres.
U17 Sam Maher, pictured in road-running action last year, achieved the 1,500m Youth Commonwealth Games standard in Portsmouth
Having put behind them the flight delays of Friday night – which prevented some from competing on Saturday – the squad wasted no time in building their medal tally on day one, and records continued to tumble on Sunday as the likes of U13 starlets Lucy Woodward (long jump), Amelia Shenton (javelin) and Archie Barnes (high jump) all broke lifetime bests on their way to podium finishes. Barnes’s efforts in particular were impressive, with the youngster equalling the Hampshire county record of 1.50m as he finished second on countback.
Also in form was 16-year-old Maher, who dipped under the two minute mark in the 800m before storming to 1,500m gold in 4 min 01.28 sec – fast enough to be considered for Samoa 2015 – while senior Sam Dawkins made a long-awaited return after injury; clocking a new personal best time of 49.57 sec in the 400m heats before claiming silver in the final.
Elsewhere at the Mountbatten Centre, Stanley Livingston broke JSAC’s U20 men’s 110m hurdle record with a 14.76s run, Yuri Pereira put his name into the record books with a 46.35m throw in the hammer and Kamela Monks added herself to the selection pool for Team Jersey with medal-winning displays in the senior women’s 100m hurdles and triple jump.
Hampshire representation is a likely possibility for those stepping highest in the medal ceremonies, although there is, for the senior athletes at least, the small matter of a home Island Games to contend with first.
U13 girls
100m: E Carroll 14.67s. 800m: L Hunt 2.37.95 (bronze). 70mH: L Woodward 12.38s. High jump: L Woodward 1.35m; E Carroll 1.30m. Long jump: L Woodward 4.62m (silver); E Carroll 4.02m; K Le Rougetel 3.60m. Shot putt: N Hamilton 7.65m; A Shenton 5.87m. Discus: N Hamilton 24.12m; A Shenton 15.49m. Javelin: A Shenton 27.17m (bronze); N Hamilton 24.30m.
U15 girls
100m: M Carré 13.46s; O Allbut 13.53s; E Couillard 14.72s. 200m: O Allbut 27.87s; L Spencer 28.17s; M Carré 28.49s. 800m: F Gothard 2.22.35 (bronze); A Maher 2.33.91; L McGarry 2.40.90. 1500m: F Gothard 5.04.84; A Maher 5.13.53. L McGarry 5.26.52. 75mH: O Allbut 12.61s (gold); L Spencer 12.99s. High jump: M Carré 1.35m. Long jump: L Spencer 4.75m (bronze); O Allbut 4.75m.
U17 girls
100m: B Popo 13.25s. 300m: Y Lookess 42.19s. 800m: Y Lookess 2.21.66 (silver); B Lidster 2.27.14; I Atkinson 2.53.42. 80mH: B Popo 12.68s (bronze).
U20 women
100m: H Widdowson 13.63s (bronze). 200m: G Gothard 27.40s (bronze). 400m: G Gothard 60.72s (bronze). 1500m: J Troy 4.58.58. 3000m J Troy 11.18.45. High jump: H Widdowson/E Heyes 1.50m (=silver). Long jump: E Heyes 5.02m (silver). Triple jump: E Heyes 10.39m (silver).
Senior women
100m: K Lindsay 12.92s; H Butler-Day 13.31s. 200m: K Lindsay 26.41s (silver). 400m: H Butler-Day 61.99s (silver). 100mH: C Lidster 16.13s (gold); K Monks 16.28s (silver). 400mH: C Lidster 66.70s (gold). Triple jump: K Monks 10.85m (gold). Discus/Hammer: C Hallden 27.54m (gold)/30.53m.
U13 boys
110m: J Stanton 14.25s. 200m: A Barnes 28.90s. 800m: J Stanton 2.32. 75mH: A Barnes 12.57s (silver). High jump: A Barnes 1.50m (silver, = CR). Long jump: A Barnes 4.71m (gold); Jakob Stanton 3.96m.
U15 boys
100m: G Burke 13.08s. 300m: I Du Val 40.25s. 800m: I Du Val 2.10 (bronze). 80mH: E Campbell 12.28s (silver). High jump: B Le Rougetel 1.80m (gold); E Campbell 1.70 (bronze). Long jump: E Campbell 5.20m (gold). Shot putt: E Campbell 9.89m (silver). R Thomas 8.32m. Hammer: G Burke 31.27m (gold). Javelin: E Campbell 31.19m.
U17 boys
100m: W Cook 11.91s; C Rive 11.92s. 200m: C Rive 24.31s; W Cook 24.35s. 800m: S Maher 1.59.54 (gold); W Brown 2.05.36; D Du Val 2.19.54. 1500m: S Maher 4.01.28 (gold); W Brown 4.21.63; D Du Val 4.47.07. 3000m/1500m SC: B Zaman 10.33.44/5.09.56. Long jump: C Rive 5.52m; C Livingston 5.40m. Triple jump: C Livingston 11.72m. Shot putt: C Campbell 11.37m (gold); E Cook 11.05m; N Thomas 8.19m. Discus: N Thomas 44.41m (silver); E Cook 37.02m; C Campbell 35.46m; C Livingston 25.01m.
U20 men
100m: D Williams 11.18s (bronze). 200m: D Williams 23.2s; C Zaman 26.5s. 1500m/3000m: P Maguire 4.24.52/9.25.20 (silver). 110mH: S Livingston 14.76s (gold). Long jump: S Stenhouse 6.21m (silver). Shot/Hammer: Y Pereira 13.38m (gold)/46.35m (silver).
Senior men
100m: J Le Grange 11.67; P Irving 11.72s. 200m: J Le Grange 24.1s. 400m: S Dawkins 49.57 (silver). 3000m SC: D Romeril 10.04.34 (gold). 110mH: P Irving 15.57s. High jump: J Fox 2.03m (gold); R Jeffs 1.95m (silver).
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