Young Athletes Show They Are Ready For Action
Almost fifty young athletes opened their outdoor seasons at the Woodford Young Athletes Trials at Ashton Playing Fields on Saturday 9 April. Their results show a WGEL team that is ready to perform strongly in the first Eastern Young Athletes League match at Watford on Sunday 17 April.
Along with a large number of personal bests and first attempts at a variety of events, there were some noteworthy standards achieved despite the cold and initially damp conditions. U15B Lucas Negroni recorded PBs of 12.08 and 38.94 in the 100m and 300m respectively. U17M Jos Farquharson won his corresponding events in 11.39 and 37.34. U17W Kyesha Robinson eased to a dominant 42.60 in the 300m. On the field U15G hammer thrower Andrea Golban claimed victory in her lesser throws events, including 20.53 DT and 8.59SP. U15B Joseph Geller confirmed the improvement he has shown indoors with an easy 600m win in 1:33.55.
The trials event helped highlight how much athletes have progressed with winter training. Good performances from those just moving up in age group included U15 boys Abdul Icare (12.57 100m) and Samuel Oshodi (44.61 300m), U17M Joey O’Neil (1.65HJ), U15G Nicole Alves (14.10 100m, 1.30HJ) and U17W Rebecca Fafowora (13.55 100m). Other multiple age group winners included U17M Boris Bozhkov (SP,DT), U13G Charlotte Rothera (100,LJ), U13B Kaiden Chambers (100m, LJ) and U13B Luke Finch (DT,SP).