Bicester AC’s athletes acquitted themselves well in the 2nd round of the Oxfordshire Track and Field League held recently in Banbury. There was a runner up spot for the Bicester under 17 women’s team and a 3rd place for the under 15 boys. Several personal bests were established throughout the afternoon as well as 8 A string wins.
Bicester ACs under 17 women’s team competed well in their team competition with 2nd place and they amassed 4 A string wins. Two of these were from Georgia Bower with an EA PB level 5 mark of 4.76m in the long jump and a 13.4secs clocking in a competitive 100m. Bower also won the B shot with a putt of 6.92m. There was another win for the 4 by 100m quartet of Bower, Olivia Naidshu-Johnson, Grace Jarvey and Yasmin Sheppard (55.3secs). And Sheppard took the A javelin with a throw of 20.07m. Sheppard also won the B 200m clocking 30.2secs and there also B string wins for Olivia Naidu-Johnson in the 100m (13.8secs) and Grace Jarvey in the discus (9.88m). Jessica Shepherd jumped to a new best in the non scoring long jump with a leap of 3.64m.
There were two wins for Bicester’s under 15 boys. Alexandra Collins has proved hard to beat in the 1500m metres this season and he was again victorious with another personal best and EA PB level 6 clocking of 4mins 38.2secs. There was another win for the 4 by100 metre relay quartet this time comprising James Allison, Cyrus Ariana, Emeras Mohandes and Theodore Cogan (52.7secs). Cyrus Ariana enjoyed a good meet with an EA PB level 7 clocking and 2nd place in the 300m (40.4secs), a win and new best in the 200m and EA PB level 5 clocking of 25.4secs and a new best of 5.97m for 4th place in the shot. James Allison was 3rd in a competitive A 100m clocking an EA PB level 6 time of 12.4secs and was also placed 3rd in the A 200m (25.8secs). Theoedore Cogan equalled his best in finishing 4th in the B 100m (13.6secs) and also competed well in the long jump for 5th (4.24m). And Emeras Mohandes won the B discus in his first attempt at the discipline (9.30m).
Oliver Jarvey produced an outstanding performance to win the under 13 boy’s long jump with an EA PB level 6 leap of 4.48m which smashed his previous best. Jarvey was also in good form in the sprints with 3rd place in the 100m and EA PB level 5 clocking of 14.2secs and the same placing in the 200m (29.5secs). Jake Hill also ran a new best in finishing 4th in the B 100m (14.8secs). Jack Lander-Farrow ran his first ever 1500m and ducked under the 6 minute barrier for 5th (5mins 56.4secs) and Lucius Mohandes went over 4 metres for the first time in shot for 4th in the B string (4.05m).
Erlgean Appiahkorang-Mensah came away with a win in only his 2nd 800m outing of the season clocking with an EA PB level 5 time of 2mins 6.9secs which was just a second outside his season’s best. Appiahkorang-Mensah was tantalisingly close to other season bests in the finishing 2nd in the long jump with an EA PB level 5 leap of 5.53m as well as 2nd in the shot falling just short of the 9 metre mark (8.95m).
Bicester’s Liv Babister came away with three personal bests in the under 15 girl’s competition. Best of these was her second place in the A strong 300m where she clocked 47.5 secs, over 4 seconds faster than her previous best. She also placed 3rd in the A string long jump, just falling short of the 4 metre mark (3.98m) and sprinted well for 5th in the 100m (14.4secs). Neive Lehane also produced a trio of bests which included 6th in the B 100m (15.1secs) and 4th in the B long jump (3.61m). There was also a best in the shot for Megan Surman who was 6th (5.40m) and her other efforts included 5th place in the 800m (2mins 54.9secs).
There was a spirited efforts from Bicester ACs under 13 girl’s relay quartet of Ruby Majonga, Ava Obina, Olivia Maxwell and Hannah Parsons as they finished 3rd out of 6 competing teams in the 4 by 100 metres relay clocking 62.3secs. Earlier in the day Majonga produced a superb new best in the 100m in finishing 4th with an EA PB level 6 clocking of 14.6secs. There was a good new personal best for Ava Obina, who cleared an EA level 5 height of 1.20m for 4th place in the high jump. Obina also competed in her first ever hurdles event finishing 4th in the 70m hurdles with 14.6secs and she also finished 3rd in a competitive B string 200m (32.0secs) with Majonga placing 6th in the A event (31.9secs). Hannah Parsons was 5th in the 800m (2mins 56.6secs) and also competed in her first ever discus event where she finished 7th (10.01m). Olivia Maxwell was 2nd in the B 800m (3mims 00.8secs) and also achieved bests in the 100m (16.0secs) for 6th in the B string and 3.30m in the long jump for 5th in the B string.
Josie Harrell made a superb debut in the under 11 girl’s quad competition where she finished 15th out of the 44 competing athletes with a haul of 153 points. Harrell’s efforts included a rapid 12.4secs in the 75m and a good throw in the howler (17.52m). Ruby Maxwell enjoyed her best competition with four new bests which included a 2mins 34.7secs clocking in the 600m. Her points tally of 108 points was good enough for 34th. Other Bicester athletes included another debutant, Naomi Stefanowicz, who was 40th, Emma Surman who was 41st and Lily Sheppard, who was also making her debut, 43rd. Chloe Stefanowicz was also making her debut in the under 9 competition where she finished 8th.
Bicester had 6 competitors in the under 11 boy’s competition. Theodore Simms competed strongly to amass over 200 points (203) for 12th place in the 59 strong field. Simms set a new best in the howler with an impressive 28.51m as well as equalling his best in the 75m (11.7secs) and setting a new best in the 600m (2mins 13.04secs). William Vandenberg made a promising debut to finish in the top half of finishers in 24th with 167 points which included an 11.9secs clocking in the 75m. Next in for Bicester was another debutant, Tom Fiala who was 31st. Fiala produced good efforts in both the long jump (3.17m) and 600m (2mins 11.2secs). Another Bicester athlete making his debut was Kuziwa Zhande and he finished in 40th which included a 24.87m in the howler. Other Bicester competitors were Reece Dunwell in 46th and debutant Jenson Ash who was 58th. In the under 9 boy’s quad competition Bicester had 4 competitors with Rufus Allen best placed in 12th, David Fiala 13th, Sam Dipple 15th and Luca Wilson in 16th.