YDL Final 31st August 2014
Fri 12 September 2014--admin
What a fantastic day we had at the NI Final of the YDL. We had qualified in the top spot having won each of the 3 rounds but none of that mattered as the scores on the day were all that counted.
Click on link for the different age groups
U13 athletes…………… U15 athletes…………. U17 athletes.
U13 Girls
Our U13 girl hurdlers got us off to the perfect start with HollyM and Erin taking full points in the first event of the day in the 2 fastest times seen in NI for some time. Holly’s excellent time of 11.80s (wind -0.1m/s) and Erin’s of 12.42s into a -1.7m/s headwind would have won any race over several years. Erin then dashed straight to the high jump where she jumped 1.30m for second place with AlexM taking 4th in the B stream in her first outing at this event. Alex then took a medal of her own in the 75m with her 3rd place in the A stream, Cara taking 4th in the B stream.
HollyM took a 6th place in the 150m with AnnaH lifting a fantastic bronze in the B stream. Alex and Cara tackled the 800m both picking up valuable points for the team. AnnaH took another brilliant medal in the 1200m where her 4.18.30 finish was the second fastest of the day.
Erin and HollyM teamed up again in the long jump where Erin’s 3.96m took 4th in the A stream ahead of Holly’s 3.74m lifting silver in the B stream.
HollieG and AnnaH both took 2nd place in their respective streams in the shot putt with Hollie’s 7.77m a new PB for her.
Erin, Alex, Cara and HollyM combined to win the relay to top off a great performance by the U13 girls team.
Athletes of the Match: Cara & AnnaH
Athletes of the season: Erin and HollyM
U13 Boys
Once again the boys started things off in the best way with JackT and Adam taking double gold in the hurdles, both running PBs in the process. Adam then moved to the high jump where he joined Peter for a double silver with Peter clearing a PB of 1.30m.
BenG and Zach combined in the 100m, both placing 3rd in their respective streams. Jack and Lewis took 2 more bronze medals in the 200m sprint with Jack running another PB of 29.50s.
Peter and Adam teamed up again in the 800m where Peter ran a huge PB of 2.35.54 to win the A stream. In the longer 1500m the 2 Joshs both ran well with JoshP placing 4th in the A stream and JoshR winning the B.
Jack and Lewis were back together in the long jump where Jack’s 4.14m was enough for A stream silver while Lewis took the B bronze. Lewis also gained us some valuable points with his 4th place in the A shot putt.
Relay team of Lewis, BenG, JoshR and Jack placed 3rd.
Athlete of the match: Lewis
Athletes of the season: Jack and Peter
U15 Girls
The U15 girls got off to an eventful start with Ellie taking 3rd in the A hurdle race while Shannon took a tumble in the B heat. It was an anxious moment as she has only just got her cast off after breaking her arm but thankfully she was okay and bravely finished the race and finished 3rd. In the sprints AnnaM took silver in the 100m A race with Emelia grabbing gold in the B and then Grace took 4th in the 200m with Aimee running a PB of 27.95s for silver in the B heat.
AnnaM was in action again in the high jump clearing 1.45m for A silver with KatieO taking the B gold. Shannon and Eve could only be separated by 1cm in the long jump with Shannon lifting the A silver and Eve the B gold. Shannon also putt the shot for a 3rd place in the A stream with Grace taking 4th in the B. Eve tackled the discus for the first time for more points for CoLAC and AnnaM and OliviaS threw the javelin with Olivia earning a silver in the B stream before taking 5th in the A hammer, Ellie taking B silver in her first outing as a hammer thrower!
The middle distance races were covered by Charlotte and SarahT who finished 4th and 2nd in their respective streams in the 800m while OliviaN and KateG took double gold in the 1500m where Kate ran a PB of 5.00.86.
The relay team of Grace, Aimee, Emelia and AnnaM won their race to ensure the CoLAC girls finished as the highest point scorers in the U15 girls section.
Athletes of the Match: SarahT and KateG
Athletes of the season: OliviaN and Emelia.
U15 Boys
Once again the hurlders got this age group off to a flying start with JoshA and Ethan winning their streams for maximum points for CoLAC. They repeated their double gold act in the high jumpo where Josh cleared a PB 1.65m and Ethan equalled his 1.63m PB. Long jumpers Chris and BenR repeated that feat with BenR leaping to a new PB.
In the sprints RobbieA and TomO took 4th and 3rd in their 100m streams while Chris ran a PB of 26.29s to take the 200m bronze with Robbie taking the B silver. Over the 300m Bradley and Simon both lifted silver medals.
Bradley was in action again in the throws where his 25.67m discus throw was enough for the A gold while BenR threw another PB of 17.73m for B silver. In the javelin Bradley and TomO combined with Tom taking the B silver medal. Simon put the shot to a new PB of 9.07m to win the A stream with Sean managing a PB of his own for B bronze.
Sean was in action again in his more familiar guise as a middle distance runner in the 800m where he took the gold in the A stream, backed up by Matthew’s PB run of 2.30.58 for B silver. In the 1500m Callum won the A stream with BenR producing his 3rd PB of the day for 2nd in the B stream in 5.07.62.
The 4x100m relay team of Chris, RobbieA, Ethan and JoshA finished 3rd while Simon, Sean, Callum and Bradley won the 4x300m event to help the U15 boys to the top spot.
Athletes of the Match: BenR and JoshA
Athletes of the season: Bradley and Simon.
U17 Girls
More drama in the hurdles where KateF won the A stream comfortably while Therese suffered a horrible fall in her heat. Once again she was shaken but not badly injured and was able to run the 100m where she finished 2nd in the B stream with AnnaA taking bronze in the A stream. Over 200m Jess was the gold medal winner in the A race with CaraB taking silver in her heat. Cousins Sophie and SarahH combined in the 300m for 4th and 2nd in their respective heats.
Jess was in action again in the horizontal jumps where she was part of a double gold partnership with Cara again who jumped a PB of 4.79m for the B win. In the triple Jump Jess managed 2nd in the A stream with Therese making her debut in the B stream where she also took the silver medal.
The jumps were rounded off by a great double first place for Phoebe and Cara who equalled her 1.55m PB.
AlixG and SarahW repeated the double gold finish in the shot while Lauren and Jodie both took home silver in the discus. Lauren took another silver in the AB javelin with SarahW taking the same place in the A stream. Natalja took the bronze in the a hammer with Jodie lifting gold in the B event.
SarahF ran well in the 800m for a 4th place finish. In the 1500m we had Jodie and SarahW in what was definitely unfamiliar territory for both girls. They clearly enjoyed themselves on the way to their PB times for 2nd and 1st in their respective streams! I hear their coaches were so impressed that they are planning a lot of distance training for them over the winter!
The relay teams of Kate, AnnaA, Cara and Phoebe in the 4x100m and Therese, Sophie, SarahH and Jess in the 4x300m finished off the day with bronze and gold respectively to see our ladies topping their age group on points.
Athletes of the Match: Jodie and SarahW
Athletes of the season: Jess and SarahH.
U17 Boys
This age group was seriously depleted with Mark, Ciaran, Ben and Andrew all away on “International” duty but the rest of the team really stepped up to the plate with many fine performances.
Aidan and ConorG tackled the 100m and finished 4th and 1st in their respective streams while Conor was in action again in the 200m where his 4th in the A stream was backed up by TomM’s silver in the B stream. Jake and Leon took a double gold in the 400m both in new PBs with Jake taking more than 7 seconds off his previous best to finish in 53.58s.
In the long jump Tom and Aidan both managed bronze place finishes in an unfamiliar event while Ryan was much more at home in the triple jump where he lifted gold.
We were short of throwers but Leon and Ryan took 4th and 2nd in their respective discus competitions and Leon lifted the silver medal in the hammer with his 18.45m PB. Jake threw the discus for some more valuable points for CoLAC.
Ryan ran a PB of 2.27.66 in the 800m for a 4th place finish and ConnorI took the bronze medal in the 1500m.
One of the events of the day was also one of the last with Robbie and Jake combining for yet another double gold and maximum points with Robbie’s new PB (at the time) clearance of 1.98m getting the biggest cheer of the day.
All the boys were then required to run the relays with the 4x100m team finishing 3rd and the 4x400m team 2nd.
Athletes of the Match: ConorG and RobbieM
Athlete of the season: Ciaran and BenF
At the end of a long day the scores showed we had won the final by an impressive 100 points.
Well done to each and every athlete who ran, jumped or threw for us over the course of these events throughout the season. You were all fantastic!!