SEAA Championships - Lee Valley Stadium - Sat 19th - Sun 20th Jan 2008
WSEH grabbed medals galore at the South of England Indoor Championships at Lee Valley, Enfield on the weekend and none more so than the Club’s hurdlers. In the U20 60m Hurdles event WSEH provided the 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed athletes in Rose Reynolds(8.98secs), Jenny Heckford(9.03secs) and Chanel Taite(9.08secs). In the Under 17 Age group it was Catherine Hall-Jones that took the silver medal with 8.98secs with Faye Williams in 4th place in 9.03secs. There were more WSEH finalists in the Boys Under 15 event – Sam Maguire placing 4th in 9.43secs and Cameron McRoberts 5th in 9.78secs.
There were also some excellent performances from the WSEH jumpers on display. Mark Holloway took silver in the Senior Mens Long Jump with 6m90 and Jenny Pacey gained a medal of he same hue in the Senior Ladies event with her 5m78. It was another silver in the Under 20 Mens High Jump for Cameron Lake with his 2m00 clearance. There was also a surprise bronze for Steve Walker in the Under 20 Pole Vault with a 3m40 clearance.
In the Under 17 300m Leah Barrow missed gold by the thickness of a vest, having to settle for silver in the same time as the winner -41.67 secs – a championship best performance.
Others to make the finals were:
60m Senior Men – Andy Matthews 6th/6.84secs
60m U20 Men – Nigel Levine 4th/6.89secs
200m U17 Men – Adam Medcraft 4th/23.27secs
400m U17Men – Ashley Fry 5th/56.04 secs
Long Jump U17 Men – David Harvey 5th/6m09
Other WSEH Results:
60m Senior Ladies - Helen Pryer 3rd Heat/7.81secs
Karlene Turner 5th Semi Final/7.9secs
60m U17 Men -Tom Evans 2nd Heat/7.50secs
Kyle Hodge 6th Heat/7.89secs
60m U17 Ladies – Harriet Hillson 4th Heat/8.56 secs
60m U15 Boys – Sam Maguire 4th Semi Final/7.95 secs
60m Hurdles U20 Men – Laurie Clarke 5th Heat/8.75 secs
60m Hurdles U15 Girls – Charlotte Banks 5th Heat/10.86 secs
