Lake enhances reputation
Published 14 Jan 2011 13:30
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Athletics
WINDSOR, Slough, Eton and Harrow (WSEH) athlete Morgan Lake enhanced her growing reputation by taking the South of England Indoor U15 Girls Pentathlon title with a Championship Best Performance points tally of 3628 points, which was also a National Age Record.
She beat off stiff competition from over 30 competitors, recording a new best of 1.75m in the high jump and repeating the feat in the shot (12.28m) and in the long jump (5.23m).
Team mate Nadya Wishaw finished eighth with 2424 points, her best event being the 4.58m recorded in the long jump.
Also on track was Ricky Harvie, who was fourth in the U17 800m final and Jordan Thomas who went out in the semi final of the U17 400m despite a personal best of 52.67s.
WSEH AC athletes also grabbed the spotlight in the various County Cross Country Championships.
There were championship golds for Rebecca Killip in the U15 Girls age group in the Middlesex event whilst Alex Goodall was in a class of his own in the Bucks U17 race, winning by nearly half a minute.
At the Middlesex event Jivendra Singh took silver in the U15 Boys, with Bradley Goater repeating the feat in the U17 Men.
Meanwhile there were plenty of team awards in the Surrey Champsionships.
The U13 girls were the pick of the bunch coming home with a team gold.
The U15 boys team of Charlie Critchley, Gus Cockle, George Gathercole and Jack Rowe grabbed silver and the same was true of the U17 mens team. The U15 Girls also returned with a bronze.
Individual silvers went to Becca Croft in the U15 Girls race in the Bucks Championships with Kieron Wye repeating the feat in the U15 Boys race. Cameron Smart finished in bronze position in the U20 Mens event.
Croft then led the U15 team to a team silver while Maryse Haynes was just out of the medals in the U17 Ladies race.
WSEH 60m hurdlers dominated Sunday's Indoor Open Meeting.
Harriet Shurley won the Senior Women's race (9.31s), Steph Clitheroe the Under 17 Women's (9.41s), Alex Walker the U17 Mens (8.68s) and Max Dorey in the U15 Boys (9.01s).
Clitheroe and Dorey also picked up golds in the 60m flat. Runner-up medals also went to U20 sprinter Kamoal MaCrae and Senior Shurley.
Oliver Carroll improved his best by half a metre to win the U17 Triple Jump (11.43m).
This article appeared in Royal Borough Observer 14 Jan 11
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