Some of Bicester AC’s athletes enjoyed a very successful weekend’s competition at the recently held Oxfordshire Track and Field Championships in Milton Keynes. The championships were held in conjunction with Buckinghamshire’s County Championships. Ten Bicester AC athletes competed securing a total of 5 first places between them.
Erlgean Appiahkorang-Mensah had a very successful two days with a double championship win in the under 18 men’s 400m and 400m hurdles. Appiahkorang-Mensah was a superb winner of the 400m hurdles taking the title with an EA PB level 9 clocking of 56.46secs which was also a new best. At the current time this puts him in 8th place in the national under 18 men’s ranking for 400m hurdles. Appiahkorang-Mensah also won the under 18 men’s 400m with another new best and EA PB level 8 time of 51.40secs.
Oliver Jarvey produced his best ever jump to emerge as under 14 boy’s champion in the long jump. Jarvey leapt to an EA PB level 7 mark of 4.90m. Charlie Simpson competed well in the same event setting a new best and EA PB level 7 mark of 4.58m for 4th. And Bicester’s Brendan Kelly also competed in the same event finishing 13th (3.10m). Jarvey, Simpson and Kelly all competed in the under 14 boy’s 100m which involved navigating heats. Jarvey and Simpson ended up in the same heat and it was Simpson who qualified for the final in 1st place with 13.63secs. Although Jarvey was back in 4th he also qualified for the final (14.06secs) but Kelly missed out finishing 5th in his 100m heat (17.13secs). Simpson ran superbly in the final with a superb 2nd placing in an EA PB level 6 time of 13.44secs. Although running a new best of 13.61secs Jarvey had to settle for 4th.
It was a busy championships for Simpson as he also contested the under 14 boy’s 1500 metres where he finished 6th in 5mins 10.25secs. Kelly also contested three further events. His best placing was in the under 14 boy’s shot putt where he placed 3rd with a new best of 5.94m. Kelly also threw a new best in the discus with a throw of 13.19m for 4th. And Kelly also contested the 200m where he finished 6th in 36.54secs.
The busiest Bicester athlete in these championships was James Allison. Competing in only his second javelin competition Allison emerged victorious in the under 16 boy’s javelin with a new best throw of 27.55secs. Allison also made the top three of the under 16 boy’s 300m with 2nd place and a superb new best and EA PB level 8 clocking of 37.91secs. Allison also made it through to the final of the under 16 boy’s 100m finishing 3rd in his heat in a new best time and EA PB level 6 time of 13.09secs. He was not able to match that time in the final finishing in 5th place (12.24secs). Allison also competed well in the 200m where he finished 4th with an EA PB level 5 time of 24.75secs. Allison was also 4th in the long jump with a leap of 4.77m.
Georgia Bower finished in first place in the under 18 women’s long jump with a season’s best and EA PB level 5 mark of 4.96m. Bower was also 4th in the 100m (13.24secs). Hannah Parsons was in personal best form in both of the events she contested. She produced a promising effort in the under 14 girl’s 800m finishing 5th with a new best of 2mins 47.32secs. Parsons was also 4th in the under 14 girl’s discus throwing a new best of 13.42m.
Bicester had two competitors in the under 16 girl’s 800m. It was a close thing between the pair of them with Maya Korn just coming out on top with 7th place and a new best of 2mins 38.38secs. Megan Surman also ran a new best in 8th clocking 2mins 38.41secs. Bicester has one competitor in the men’s 1500m with Finley Colverson-Martin taking 4th (4mins 46.86secs).