Bicester AC enjoyed a very successful day’s competition at the recently held 2nd round of the Oxfordshire League held at Banbury. Bicester’s under 16 boy’s team won their competition, the Bicester mens/boys team was 2nd overall, several new personal bests were set and two EA PB level 5 performances were achieved in the throwing events.
Bicester AC’s under 16 men’s team have enjoyed a very successful summer and they produced a string of superb performance to take the under 16 boy’s competition with 112 points. James Allison continues to churn out the personal bests, irrespective of the type of discipline, and he set a further trio of bests in each of his individual events. Few Bicester athletes have managed to putt over 10 metres for the shot but Allison set a new best and EA PB level 5 mark of 10.37m to win the under 16 boy’s shot putt. Allison also set a new best of 32.70secs in the A string 300m and although he was 2nd on the day, this was still an EA PB level 9 mark, the highest level of attainment in the EA PB awards. Allison also set a new best in the 800m finishing 3rd in the A event in 2mins 18.7secs. Bicester’s other A string win came in the 1500 metres with Bicester achieving a double first as Alexander Collins took the A string in an EA PB level 5 time of 4mins 37.5secs and Harry Cruickshank the B string (5mins 3.0ses). Cruickshank also placed 3rd in the A string javelin with 23.09m. Thomas Andrade set a superb new best in the A string long jump with the longest jump achieved by a Bicester athlete this season leaping out to an EA PB level 6 mark of 5.51m. Andrade’s other efforts included a new best in the 200m where he finished 3rd in the B event (25.30secs). Timi Alo won the B shot putt with 7.27m and also set a new best and EA PB level 5 mark of 12.30secs in finishing 4th in the B 100m. Theo Cogan was in good form in the long jump as he leapt to a win the B event with 4.55m. There was a double set of bests for Raef Holden with 5th in the A 200m (25.3secs) and 3rd place in the B 300m clocking an EA PB level 5 mark of 40.70secs. And then the quartet of Allison, Andrade, Holden and Alo ran one of the fastest times in recent years by a Bicester 4 by 100m relay team as they ducked under the 50 second barrier to finish 2nd in the relay with a 48.70secs clocking.
There was a great effort by the Bicester under 13 boy’s team as they finished 3rd in their team competition. Although there were no A string wins, their performance was augmented by four A string runner up performances and two B string wins. Charlie Simpson set a new best of 26.50 secs in finishing 2nd in the A 200m which was an under 13 boy’s EA PB level 7 mark. His other efforts included a 4th in the A discus with an under 13 boy’s EA PB level 5 throw of 18.49m. Oliver Jarvey had a strong competition with 2nd place and a new best of 13.3secs in the 100 which was an EA PB level 5 time and he was also 2nd in the A long jump with an EA PB level 5 jump of 4.47m. Jarvey also took the B 200m clocking an EA PB level 5 time of 27.2secs. Samuel Wilson had a good day’s competition and he finished a good 2nd in the high jump with a new personal best clearance of 1.29m. He also won the B 800m in his first attempt at the distance clocking 3mins 20.6secs. And Jake Hill’s efforts included a 2nd in the B 100m (14.4secs) and 4th in the A string shot (6.46m).
Bicester AC’s Erlgean Appiahkorang-Mensah contested three events in the under 18 men’s competition. His efforts included a win in the 400m where he recorded an EA PB level 7 time of 53.60secs. Perhaps most eye catching of all was his run in the 200m where he produced a new best of 23.60sec for 3rd which was an EA PB level 6 time.
Bicester ACs under 16 girl’s team performed creditably to finish 4th in their team competition which included two A string wins. Lily Childs made her debut in the 80m hurdles a winning one producing an EA PB level 5 clocking of 13.9secs in the process. Childs was also 5th in the A string 100m (14.0secs). Bicester’s other win came from Maya Korn in the 800m (2mins 53.50secs). Korn also produced two new bests in the shot putt (6.41m), where she placed 6th in the A event and 48.30secs for 2nd in the B string 300m. Erin Griffiths was in good form in the long jump where she finished a competitive 3rd with 4.04m. And Neive Lehane also set a new best of 3.73m for 2nd place in what was a competitive B long jump.
Hannah Parsons and Olivia Maxwell made up Bicester’s under 14 girl’s team. Hannah Parsons has had a good season in the 800m and she was 4th in the A event clocking 2mins 49.40secs. Olivia Maxwell set a new best in the long jump with a 3.45m leap for 6th in the A event and Parsons also set a new best jumping 3.29m for 5th in the B event. Olivia Maxwell was also 6th in the A string 100m clocking 16.00secs.
Bicester AC had a reduced contingent in the under 12 boy’s quad competition. There was a strong performance from Theodore Simms who amassed a total of 237 points for 11th place out of the 42 competitors. This included a superb new best of 2mins 00.1secs in the 600m. Bicester’s other competitors were Reece Dunwell in 40th (123 points) and Jenson Ash in 42nd (76 points).
In the under 10 boy’s quad competition Luca Wilson set four new bests on his way to149 points in 14th place. This included a splendid 2mins 12.5secs in the 600m as well as 13.7secs in the 75m, 2.74m in the long jump and 15.88m in the howler. Also competing for Bicester were Rafferty Simms in 22nd (102 points) and Sam Dipple in 24th (79points).
Bicester had 6 athletes in the under 12 girl’s quad competition. Ottilie Maclean led the team home in 21st place with 175 points. This included two new bests in the long jump (3.33m) and howler (22.07m). Eva Brunt had a strong competition and she also made the top half of finishers in 25th (166 points). This included new bests in the long jump (3.13m) and howler (19.72m). Lorelei Whelan was just one point adrift of Brunt in 27th (165 points) and this included 3.25m in the long jump. Bicester’s other finishers were Isla Cruickshank in 37th (154 points), Ruby Maxwell 47th (123 points) and Naomi Stefanowicz 55th (80 points).
Bicester AC’s Aida Fraser was making her competitive debut in the under 10 girl’ s quad competition. Frazer finished a competitive 10th amassing 121 points. This included a 2mins 34.5secs clocking in the 600m and a 14.1secs in the 75m. Chloe Stefanowicz was Bicester’s other competitor and she finished 18th (69 points).