Young athletes enjoy first taste of great outdoors

Several Chichester Runners & AC athletes were at the annual Basingstoke YA Open Meeting at a windswept Down Grange Sports Centre for their first outdoor competition of the year.
By The Newsroom
Published 19th Apr 2017, 11:27 BST
Updated 7th Jun 2018, 18:20 BST

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Chichester's young athletes at Basingstoke / Picture by Lee HollyerChichester's young athletes at Basingstoke / Picture by Lee Hollyer
Chichester's young athletes at Basingstoke / Picture by Lee Hollyer

With a bitterly-cold headwind, conditions were not conducive to good performances, although there were some exceptions.

The under-17s saw Rachel Laurie and Rosie Compton, both just coming off heavy blocks of winter training, having to battle their way round 200m to record 27.10sec and 28.58sec (PB) respectively.

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The adverse conditions continued to prevail in the 100m, with Laurie posting 13.61sec, and Compton 14.16sec.

In the under-15s, Fleur Hollyer ran her first 75m hurdles, clocking 15.92sec, did a 3.81m long jump and, despite running into a fierce headwind in the 100m, still managed to record a PB 14.37sec.

Emily Russell’s hard-fought 100m brough a PB clocking of 13.94sec – that after a valiant 29.29.40sec in the 200m.

Sophie Dudman ran a good 12.74sec PB in the under-13 70m hurdles and ten-year-old Lucy Hollyer competed in her first 100m, displaying good technique into a headwind to record a highly-creditable time of 16.31sec, not long after a 3.33m long jump.

David Churcher

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