UK National Final Young Athletics League

UK National Final Young Athletics League, Sports City, Manchester, 5th September 2010

Our young athletes had a superb end to the 2010 season with 3^rd place in the UK final of the Young Athletes League – the best ever by a Scottish team.
The conditions were reasonable – dry and warm but rather breezy, mainly behind the sprinters.

64 medals were won – 14 Gold, 25 Silver and 25 Bronze (2009 – total of 58, 27 G, 20 S and 11 B) and there were 57 personal best performances.

Among our highlights were the following:
Meeting record for Kimberley Reed in the U17 Women’ s Hammer with 47.96m – this won her the award for Female U17 Field Athlete of the Match.

The performances of our U17s who were representing Scotland at Gateshead in the UK School Games on Friday/Saturday and then travelled down to take part in the match on Sunday – Tom Holligan, Cameron Goodall, Jay Younger, Kieran Kivlin, Kimberley Reed and Paula Gass.
They made an enormous difference to the success of the team, not only in the points they won, but in increasing morale by turning out.

Our ‘A’ string winners –
Jay Younger U17 men 400m 49.36
Olivia O’Hare U17 women 800m 2.16.45
Kimberley Reed U17 women Hammer 47.96
U13 boys 4 x 100m relay (Felipe, Silvano, Craig and Kingsley) 51.99
U17 men 4 x 100m relay (Cammy, Tom, John and Kieran) 43.50 (EAC U17 record)

4 Scottish Young Athletes League Records –
Kimberley Reed U17 women Hammer 47.96
U13 boys 4 x 100m relay 51.99
U17 men 4 x 100m relay 43.50
U17 men 4 x 400m relay (Tom, John, Kieran and Jay) 3.24.53

The team spirit was epitomised by the efforts of Ruaridh Miller (first year U17) who competed in the 800m (1 sec outside his best), 1500m and then finished of with his first ever 1500m Steeplechase – he gave everything in each race.

Apologies to the other athletes – I can’t mention everyone – you were all great and every point counted!!
Thanks to the team managers, coaches and the large number of parents for all their support – it was much appreciated.
(Keith Ridley)

Photos from Manchester are available on:
http://www.darkstarphotos.com/gallery.htmland
http://www.whiteflyerphotography.com/events/NATYAL%20Finals%202010/Main/index.html

Rob Cleat was at the competition and took over 1000 photos – a selection of these should be available soon.

Full Results available on
http://www.natyal.co.uk/assets/files/FINALS/nyal_2010_finals_MAIN(1).pdf

The match result and our atheltes results:


	Match Result	Place	Points
	Enfield & Haringey	1	779.5
	Windsor Slough E & H	2	745.5
	Edinburgh AC	3	714.5
	Rugby & Northants	4	691
	Birchfield Harriers	5	684
	Swansea Harriers	6	638
	Sale Harriers Manchester	7	606.5
	Gateshead Harriers	8	604
Age Group
Event	‘A’ String	Place		‘B’ String	Place
U13 Boys
100m	Kingsley Cunningham	3^rd	12.75	Craig Lennie	2^nd	13.15
200m	Silvano Marcantonio	2^nd	26.15	Kingsley Cunningham	3^rd	27.54
800m	Duncan Darling	5^th	2.26.44	Sean Stout	1^st	2.30.48
1500m	Josh Kerr	2^nd	4.44.00	Joe Arthur	3^rd	5.15.12
75m Hurd	Silvano Marcantonio	6^th	13.41	Connor Lane	1^st	13.47
High Jump	Jamie Underwood	3^rd	1.35	Connor Lane	3^rd	1.30
Long Jump	Josh Kerr	6^th	4.15	Craig Lennie	5^th	3.97
Shot	Felipe Alves	5^th	8.01	Silvano Marcantonio	2^nd	7.09
4 x 100m	Felipe Alves, Silvano Marcantonia, Craig Lennie, Kingsley Cunningham	1^st	51.99
U15 Boys
100m	Jamie Batho	4^th	12.21	Daniel Holligan	7^th	12.65
200m	Ben Robbins	7^th	23.98	Coran Darling	3^rd	24.91
400m	Coran Darling	3^rd	55.15	Daniel Holligan	5^th	59.04
800m	Cameron Gilmour	7^th	2.20.68	Jake Kerr	2^nd	2.16.62
1500m	Robert Bough	4^th	4.32.44	Michael Hudson	3^rd	4.42.26
80m Hurd	Jamie Batho	2^nd	11.64	Ben Black	7^th	13.52
High Jump	Ben Black	4^th	1.65	Callum Jones	7^th	1.40
Long Jump	Jamie Batho	6^th	5.31	Callum Jones	4^th	5.04
Pole Vault	Callum Robertson	7^th	1.70	—
Discus	Gary Robertson	8^th	26.90	Hamish Campbell	8^th	21.44
Javelin	Jake Kerr	3^rd	32.14	Ben Black	2^nd	30.67
Hammer	Max Stirling	7^th	28.11	Gary Robertson	4^th	24.87
Shot	Gary Robertson	4^th	12.25	Hamish Campbell	3^rd	11.26
4 x 100m	Jamie Batho, Ben Robbins, Callum Jones, Coran Darling	4^th	47.84
4 x 400m	Coran Darling, Daniel Holligan, Cameron Gilmour, Ben Robbins	7^th	3.57.11
U17 Men
100m	Tom Holligan	2^nd	11.08	Keiran Kivlin	2^nd	11.60
200m	Keiran Kivlin	5^th	23.30	John Glen	3^rd	23.46
400m	Jay Younger	1^st	49.36	Tom Holigan	1^st	50.94
800m	Ruaridh Miller	8^th	2.13.63	Ciaran Turton	7^th	2.14.13
1500m	Ruaridh Miller	6^th	4.29.39	Ciaran Turton	7^th	5.00.97
3000m	Jake Wightman	4^th	9.43.67	Peter Cameron	3^rd	10.12.59
1500m S/C	Ruaridh Miller	8^th	5.13.47	Angus Inwood	5^th	5.22.54
100m Hurdles	Cameron Goodall	2^nd	13.85	Seumas Thomson	1^st	14.50
400m Hurdles	Seumas Thomson	5^th	60.09	Damon Salmanzadeh	5^th	64.48
Pole Vault	John King	8^th	2.40	—
High Jump	Michael Fernie	8^th	1.60	Damon Salmanzadeh	3^rd	1.60
Long Jump	Micahel Fernie	8^th	5.12	Angus Inwood	7^th	4.84
Triple Jump	Seumas Thomson	7^th	11.04	Damon Salmanzadeh	7^th	9.76
Javelin	Angus Inwood	6^th	36.19	Barney Withall	5^th	31.70
Discus	Fergus Greig	4^th	34.14	John King	3^rd	26.03
Hammer	John King	4^th	31.09	Fergus Greig	2^nd	24.50
Shot	Andrew Loudon	8^th	10.00	Fergus Greig	4^th	9.96
4 x 100m	Cameron Goodall, Tom Holligan, John Glren	1^st	43.50	(Club record)
4 x 400m	Tom Holligan, John Glen , Keiran Kivlin, Jay Younger	2^nd	3.24.53	(Club record)
U13 Girls
75m	Lauren Gage	7^th	10.89	Katie Robinson	4^th	10.88
150m	Isis Moody	5^th	20.70	Lauren Gage	5^th	21.64
800m	Hilary Lewin	8^th	2.57.33	Jade Carlyle	5^th	2.44.93
1200m	Esme Stewart	7^th	4.32.51	Katie Smith	6^th	4.35.20
70m Hurdles	Ellie McGinty	3^rd	12.18	Amy Costello	7^th	13.88
Long Jump	Ellie McGinty	8^th	3.89	Isis Moody	8^th	3.84
High Jump	Amy Costello	3^rd=	1.40	Ellie McGinty	4^th=	1.30
Shot	Natalie Robbins	2^nd	8.14	Isis Moody	2^nd	6.92
4 x 100m	Isis Moody, Lauren Gage, Ellie McGinty, Katie Robinson	3^rd	55.82
U15 Girls
100m	Lizzie Wells	7^th	13.74	Emma McGinty	5^th	13.66
200m	Kirsty McKean	6^th	27.36	Caitlin Hardie	5^th	27.61
800m	Rosie Wilson	5^th	2.30.59	Anna Hyde	1^st	2.24.19
1500m	Isla Pawson	3^rd	5.05.24	Ali Hunter	1^st	5.08.19
75m Hurd	Emma McGinty	7^th	12.73	Kerry-Ann Hastings	4^th	13.03
High Jump	Kerry Ann Hastings	3^rd=	1.45	Katie Robertson	4^th	1.40
Long Jump	Kirsty McKean	2^nd	4.89	Lizzie Wells	2^nd	4.66
Pole Vault	Kerry Ann Hastings	4^th	2.00	Emma McGinty	3^rd	1.80
Shot	Morayo Benson	5^th	8.81	Kirsten Turnbull	6^th	7.42
Discus	Kirsten Turnbull	5^th	22.21	Morayo Benson	5^th	16.96
Javelin	Samantha Higgs	6^th	21.29	Morayo Benson	3^rd	20.57
4 x 100m		DQ	—
U17 Women
100m	Rebecca Caswell	3^rd	12.6	Charlie Eyeington	6^th	13.88
200m	Charlie Eyeington	6^th	28.22	Faye Kearney	6^th	28.42
300m	Faye Kearney	5^th	44.73	Kirsten Peters	5^th	45.95
800m	Olivia O’Hare	1^st	2.16.45	Kirsten Peters	1^st	2.21.52
1500m	Olivia Mackenzie	5^th	5.06.22	Rachael Dunn	2^nd	5.10.39
3000m	Rachael Dunn	2nd	11.01.42	Caitlin Gray	2^nd	11.47.99
80m Hurd	Caitlin O’Neil	6^th	13.66	Rachel Dinsdale	5^th	13.77
300m Hurd	Laura Robertson	8^th	50.78	Olivia Nackenzie	5^th	52.55
Long Jump	Katie Logan	5^th	4.93	Rachel Dinsdale	2^nd	4.76
High Jump	Caitlin O’Neil	3^rd	1.55	Paula Gass	2^nd	1.45
Triple Jump	Rachel Dinsdale	7^th	9.08	—
Pole Vault	Caitlin O’Neil	5^th	2.20	Katie Logan	3^rd	2.00
Discus	Kimberley Reed	2^nd	30.97	Bethany Valente	2^nd	26.08
Javelin	Paula Gass	2^nd	35.92	Bethany Valente	1^st	30.16
Shot	Bethany Valente	4^th	8.70	Katie Logan	2^nd	7.88
Hammer	Kimberley Reed	1^st	47.96	Kelly Bodley	1^st	33.20
4 x 100m	Caitlin O’Neil, Rachel Dinsdale, Faye Kearney, Rebecca Caswell	3^rd	52.17
4 x 300m	Paula Gass, Faye Kearney, Kirsten Peters, Olivia O’Hare	4^th	2.57.84