County Development Meet - St Ives

Location: St Ives

Date: May 27 2009

Description: County Meet

News/Report: On a cool, breezy evening, the first of the three county development meets took place with Hunts AC athletes out in force. Leading the way with two wins was Dennis Penny-Toure who climbed up to 17th in the national Under 13 Boys rankings with an emphatic personal best of 13.38 sec to win the 75 metre hurdles race. Interestingly, his second victory came in the long jump where he also currently ranks 17th in the country. Another up-and-coming sprinter/hurdler/jumper, Anya Rodriguez, smashed her best in the Under 13 Girls 70m hurdles by over seven tenths of a second, winning with a time of 13.04 secs. Over the longer distances, James Downing made his debut in the 3000 metres and ran well in conditions that were getting windier as the race went on. He finished as first Under 15 Boy with his time of 10:05.91 ranking him 34th in the nation. Also out on the track, 15-year-old George Allen knock a massive 11 seconds from his best to comfortably win his 800m race while newcomer Katie Scholey won Race 6 by five seconds. The sprinters showed good form too with Ian McLaren and Lucy Readman both winning their 100m races. In the longer sprint race, Matt Leadbitter led all the way in the top 200m race while 14-year-old Lewis Hammond showed great potential with his victory in the 3rd 200m event, running to a personal best to add to his 100m best set earlier in the meet. In the younger age groups, Sabrina Hunt picked up the win the Under 11 Girls long jump. Under 13 Girls 70m Hurdles - 1st Anya Rodriguez 13.04 PB; Under 13 Boys 75m Hurdles - 1st Dennis Penny-Toure 13.38 PB; 800m Race 2 - 3rd Michael Scott 2:11.94, 5th Geoff Brewster 2:15.33; Race 3 - 3rd Luke Scott 2:22.93 PB; Race 4 - 1st George Allen 2:18.99, 2nd Alexander Cleland 2:21.92 PB; Race 5 - 2nd Derek Darnell 2:34.02; Race 6 - 1st Katie Scholey 2:41.74, 2nd Rebecca Pedley 2:46.56, 3rd Haydon Noble 2:49.30, 5th Polly Smith 3:25.14; 100m Race 1 - 4th Matt Leadbitter 11.87, 5th David Leadbitter 11.97, 6th James McLaren 12.06; Race 3 -1st Ian McLaren 12.17, 2nd Lewis Hammond 12.58 PB; Race 4 - 1st Lucy Readman 13.92, 3rd Dennis Penny-Toure 14.29, 6th Anya Rodriguez 14.63; Race 5 - 3rd Jessica Alden 16.40, 4th Hannah Leverington 16.59; Under 11 Girls 80m - 3rd Sabrina Hunt 15.11 PB; 200m Race 1 - 1st Matt Leadbitter 23.51, 2nd David Leadbitter 23.79, 5th Ian McLaren 24.21; Race 3 - 1st Lewis Hammond 24.78 PB, 3rd Lily Seach 27.71, 4th Richard Phelan 27.91, 5th Lucy Readman 28.67; Race 4 - 3rd Anya Rodriguez 30.64 PB; Race 5 - 5th Jessica Alden 34.44; Under 11 Girls 150m - 2nd Sabrina Hunt 28.22 PB; 3000m mixed race - 7th James Downing 10:05.91 PB, 16th Eleanor Smith 12:30.06 PB; Under 17 Mens Hammer - 2nd Jonathan Edwards 44.91, Under 13 Boys Long Jump - 1st Dennis Penny-Toure 4.34; Under 13 Girls Long Jump - 2nd Jessica Alden 3.21; Under 11 Girls Long Jump - 1st Sabrina Hunt 2.84, 3rd Amelia Darnell 2.20; Under 17 Mens Shot Putt - 2nd Jonathan Edwards 11.97

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Posted by Wayne Dubose on 29/05/2009 11:46:51

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