- Samoa 2015 Youth Commonwealth qualification for Spartan trio.
- A number of other athletes meet standards for NatWest Island Games.
- See our gallery of Saturday’s action below.
THREE Island athletes met 2015 Youth Commonwealth Games qualification standards at FB Fields on Saturday as Jersey Spartan Athletics Club held their first Le Masurier Open.
Used as an early-season tester for over 80 athletes from Jersey, Guernsey and London-based St Mary’s & Richmond AC, the Open gave NatWest Island Games hopefuls the chance to put themselves in pole position for selection for Jersey 2015, but the Spartan trio of Sam Stenhouse, Dami Williams and Yuri Pereira went one step further.
With September’s Youth Commonwealth’s in Samoa in sight, Williams ran, Pereira threw and Stenhouse jumped to personal success in the St Clement sunshine and are now likely to be considered for the long trip out to the Pacific nation.
Following a first competitive track appearance for former Great Britain bobsledder Will Golder in the 100 metres (the 26-year-old ran 11.76 seconds in race one to finish third behind Jersey’s Ross Jeffs and Guernsey’s Ala Chalmers), Williams claimed second in race two, behind St Mary’s Mutara Sheriff, clocking a new personal best of 11.14s.
Jeffs led the way again in the long jump, leaping 6.96m, but second-placed Stenhouse (16) smashed his lifetime best by 36 cm (6.71m) to exceed the mark set by Commonwealth selectors. This feat was also achieved by Pereira in the shot putt, with the breezy conditions having no effect on his winning throw of 14.97m.
Elsewhere, Sarnians Hywel Robinson and James Sermon claimed a one-two finish in the 200m and club colleagues Cameron Chalmers and Sam Wallbridge did the same in the 400m, with Chalmers sneaking under 50 seconds by the finest of margins (49.99s).
Also breaking time ‘barriers’ were 3000m steeplechase runners Ed Mason and Dan Romeril; who both dipped under the ten-minute mark. Mason claimed an impressive win for Guernsey in a time that would have claimed silverware in the past two Island Games (9 min 57.62 sec), but it was Jerseyman Romeril’s performance that was perhaps the more impressive as he clocked 9.59.43 (good enough for gold at Bermuda 2013) on his first ever run in the event to meet the ‘A’ standard for Team Jersey.
There were also smiles on the faces of Jersey’s two female high-jump hopefuls, with Holly Widdowson (1.62m) and Elli Heyes (1.52m) finishing ahead of Guernsey’s Rebecca Toll to all-but secure Games selection with new personal bests, and junior Yasmin Lookess caused somewhat of an upset in the women’s 400m, finishing strongly in her first competitive run over one-lap to cross the line ahead of the field in 61.20s.
Island Games veteran Paul Derrien led the way for Jersey in the men’s hammer (43.95m), and is likely to be joined by the versatile Pereira at the end of June after the 17-year-old surpassed the A standard with a throw of 40.51m, while Emily Cassidy finished ahead of former multiple Games medallist Claire Lidster in the women’s 100m hurdles and Stan Livingston opened his 2015 account with a 55.01s run in the 400m hurdles.
Track events
(Team Jersey NatWest Island Games qualification – Q: A standard, q: B standard)
100m
Women: 1, Katrina Lindsay 13.0s (Q); 2, Holly Widdowson 13.2 (q); 3, Sara Marley 13.3; 4, Ogubemi Popo 13.3 (q); 5, Rosie Hill 13.4 (q); 6, Vicky Mann 13.5; 7, Molly Jehan 13.6.
Men (races combined): 1, Mutara Sheriff 11.05s; 2, Dami Williams 11.14 (Q); 3, Ross Jeffs 11.37 (Q); 4, Stephen Watson 11.58; 5, James Sermon 11.61; 6, Jonathan Le Grange 11.67 (q); 7, Ben Silva 11.68 (q); 8, Ala Chalmers 11.73; 9, William Golder 11.76; 10, Nathan Bizouarn 11.91; 11, Jason Hull 11.96; 12, Seb Zuniga 11.96; 13, Zac Hanley 12.01; 14, Charlie Rive 12.12; 15, William Cook 12.23.
200m
Women: 1, Katrina Lindsay 27.40s; 2, Charmaine Johnson 31.46.
Men (combined): 1, Hywel Robinson 23.15s; 2, James Sermon 23.76; 3, Stephen Watson 24.02; 4, Ala Chalmers 23.86; 5, Jonathan Le Grange 24.05; 6, Seb Zuniga 24.23; Sam Dawkins DNF; Charlie Rive DNF.
400m
Women: 1, Yasmin Lookess 61.2s (q); 2, Indi Gallagher 62.3; 3, Rebecca Toll 62.8; 4, Katie Silva 63.2; 5, Jasmin Norman 65.1; 6, Izzy Bougeard 66.6.
Men: 1, Cameron Chalmers 49.99s; 2, Sam Wallbridge 51.83; 3, Teddy Le Clerc 53.94; 4, Charlie Zaman 58.88.
800m
Men: 1, Anthony Jackson 2 min 11.15 sec; 2, Toby Glass 2.11.53; 3, Peter Christian 2.16.34; 4, Grant Stenhouse 2.16.84.
1500m
Women: 1, Jessica Troy 5 min 18.80 sec.
Men: 1, Sam Maher 4.06.85 (Q); 2, Max Le Feuvre 4.40.45; 3, Daniel Du Val 4.54.53.
3000M Steeplechase
Men: 1, Ed Mason 9 min 57.62s; 2, Dan Romeril 9.59.43 (Q); 3, Lee Garland 10.18.02; 4, Dan Galpin 10.33.05; 5, Barnaby Zaman 11.53.68.
5000m
Women: 1, Clare Graham 18 min 55.80 sec; 2, Chantilly McCarthy 20.31.19.
Men: 1, Dave Emery 16.25.55; 2, Anthony Jackson 16.30.04; 3, Paul Graham 17.23.94; Peter Christian 17.38.10.
100mH
Women: 1, Emily Cassidy 16.04s (q); 2, Claire Lidster 16.26 (q); Kamela Monks DNF.
Veterans’ 100mH
Veteran men: 1, Frank Blackwell 18.96s.
110mH
Men: 1, Jason Fox 16.67s (q); 2, Harry McCullough 18.88.
400mH
Women: 1, Claire Lidster 66.26s (Q).
Men: 1, Stan Livingston 55.01s (Q); 2, Sam Wallbridge 56.08s.
Field events
Hammer
Women: 1, Catarina Hallden 32.71m; 2, Kim Weir 31.76.
Men: 1, Paul Derrien 43.95 (Q); 2, Yuri Pereira 40.51 (Q); 3, Neil Jennings 35.39.
Discus
Women: 1 Cat Hallden 27.60m.
U17M (1.5k): 1, Edward Cook 43.29; 2, Nathan Thomas 40.65.
Men (2k): 1, Paul Derrien 36.91 (q); 2, Harry McCullough 29.96; 3, Neil Jennings 29.80; 4, Frank Blackwell 29.07.
Shot putt
Women: 1, Vicky Mann 9.72m.
Men (5k): 1, Yuri Perreira 14.97; Edward Cook 12.43.
Men (7.25k): 1, Paul Derrien 10.88; 2, Neil Jennings 10.11; 3, Harry McCullough 9.64.
Javelin
Women: 1, Mia Appleby 34.94m; 2, Zoe Fitch 32.95; 3, Ali Higgins 30.88; 4, Charmaine Johnson 26.36.
Men: 1, James Bougourd 53.18; 2, H McCullough 47.92; 3, Neil Jennings 37.62; 4, Paul Derrien 33.62; 4, Frank Blackwell 29.19.
Pole Vault
Men: 1, Harry McCullough 2.80m; 2, Paul Derrien 2.20; 3, Frank Blackwell 2.20.
Long Jump
Women: 1, Rosie Hill 5.03m (Q); 2, Sarah Waters 4.79; 3, Sara Marley 4.78; 4, Elli Heyes 4.70; 5, Sylvie Wilson 4.52; 6, Charmaine Johnson 4.26.
Men: 1, Ross Jeffs 6.96 (Q); 2, Sam Stenhouse 6.71 (Q); 3, Jonny Guille 6.20; 4, Harry McCullough 5.21.
Triple jump
Women: 1, Rosie Hill 10.54m; 2, Elli Heyes 10.17.
Men: 1, Jonny Guille 13.42; 2, Jason Fox 12.55; 3, Josh Daniels 12.03.
High Jump
Women: 1, Holly Widdowson 1.62m (Q); 2, Elli Heyes 1.52 (q); 3, Rebecca Toll 1.50.
Men: 1, Jason Fox 1.91 (Q); 2, Harry McCullough 1.73; 3, Josh Daniels 1.65.
