Athletics Report
Shore and Trinity hosted the 2nd Invitational Carnival of the season at Homebush on Saturday 27 August. Showers and cooler weather made for trickier conditions for our athletes, but the Shore boys performed well. Continual improvements and developments in training, saw many pleasing personal bests in Saturday’s competition.
Tom Kierse ran a pleasing personal best in the Under 14 100m Hurdles, which was then followed by a 2nd place from Jack Riding in the Under 15 Championship Hurdles race in a personal best time. Charlie Mott ran his first hurdles of the season to place in the division. Ryan Adams completed his first hurdles for the season, while Henry Murray won the Open 110m Hurdles in 15.3s.
The 800m runners continued their fine improvements with Will Bestic, Jonty Jagger and Fraser Pandit all recording their best times for the season. Will finished off his day with 2nd place in the Under 13 1500m race. James Bestic recording another big personal best in coming 2nd in the Under 15 800m with 2.11.3s while the find of the season Will Nutt ran another 2 second personal best to place 2nd in the Under 17 800m in 2:00.6s. Wylie Hockey had a welcome return to top form winning the Under 16 400m in 53.1s, before Will Nutt again had a fine run to place second in the Under 17 race.
In the field events, Harrison Brunker once again threw very well to win the Under 13 Shot Put, while Hugh Trafford-Jones through 12.4m to place in the Under 15 Shot Put. Charlie Bowditch showed his consistency in the Under 17 Shot Put, while Jackson Stiel threw his best throw of the season in the Open’s Shot Put. Nathan Stanmore concluded a very good day for the Shore athletes in winning the Under 17 1500m in 4:05.4s.
We look forward to the 3rd Invitational Carnival this week at E S Marks Athletics Field on Saturday 3 September 2022.
- Junior Performance of the Week: Harrison Brunker winning the Under 13 Shot Put
- Intermediate Performance of the Week: Wylie Hockey winning the Under 16 400m
- Senior Performance of the Week: Will Nutt coming second in the Under 17 800m
Top Image Credit: Henry Murray Opens Hurdles
Reverend A Benn
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