Bicester AC kicked off their UK Development League lower are group North and East Midland Division C match held last Sunday at Warwick University. They finished a creditable 3rd and there were a number of Bicester bests set throughout the day.
Charlie Simpson has started the season in scintillating form and he enjoyed another very successful day of track and field. He achieved one of Bicester’s two A string wins on the day with a superb win in the under 14 boy’s 800m with a new best an EA PB level 5 time of 3mins 29.80secs, his first sub 2 mins 30secs 800m. He also ran his first sub 14 sec 100m knocking nearly a second off his previous best with 2nd place in the A string and a 13.30secs clocking which is an EA PB level 7 time. Simpson also produced another fine effort in the long jump with 3rd place and an EA PB level 6 mark of 4.30m. Levi Fulcher put up a good effort in the under 14 boy’s high jump with 2nd place and a new best and EA PB level 5 mark of 5.30m. Fulcher’s other efforts included a 2nd in the A string discus (14.36m). Jake Hill produced his first ever 6 metre plus putt in the shot to finish runner up in the under 14 boy’s A event with 6.08m. And Brendan Kelly threw a new best in the javelin of 11.18m finishing 3rd in the under 14 boy’s A javelin. Bicester AC under 14 boy’s team were 3rd best on the day.
The under 16 boy’s team were 2nd best on the day and although there were no A string wins the team produced a number of strong performances. James Allison achieved two milestones on the day. He broke 25 secs for the first time finishing 3rd in the under 16 boy’s A 200m with an EA PB level 6 time of 24.40secs. Allison also produced his first ever 5 metre plus effort in the long jump with another 3rd place in the A string (5.11m). Allison’s trio of 3rds and personal bests were completed in the shot where he putted 9.78m. Cameron Waters broke the 5 minute barrier in the under 16 boy’s 1500 metres for the first time finishing 2nd in the A event with a 4mins 50.0secs clocking and also set a new best in the javelin where he placed 3rd (17.15m). Timi Alo’s efforts included a 2nd in the under 16 boy’s B 200m with a new best of 27.30secs. And Emeras Mohandes also set a new best in the B long jump where he placed 2nd in the B string (3.44m). The quartet of Allison, Alo, Waters and Mohandes then combined for 2nd in the 4 by 100m relay clocking 51.80secs.
There was a double first for Bicester AC in the under 16 girl’s 1500 metres. Megan Surman ran to a new best to win the A event in 5mins 31.4secs. And Erin Griffiths took the B string winning with 6mins 11.50secs. It was a very good meeting for Maya Korn. She ran a big new best in the under 16 girl’s 800m running under 2mins 40secs for the first time finishing runner up in the A event with 2mins 39.9secs. Korn also set a new best in the 300m breaking 50mins for the first time in clocking 49.60secs for 3rd in the B event. Bicester’s under 16 girls were 5th best on the day.
There were plenty of bests from the under 14 girl’s team. There was an EA PB level 5 effort from Ava Obina, who equalled her previous best height of 1.20m to finish 4th in the under 14 girl’s high jump. Ava Obina putted a new best in finishing 3rd in the shot (5.11m) and leapt to 3.48m for 2nd in the long jump. There was a trio of bests for Hannah Parsons. She ducked under the 2mins 50secs barrier for the first time finishing 3rd in the A 800m (2mins 49.1secs). She was also 5th in the under 16 girl’s A 200m (31.30secs) and was runner up in the B shot putt (4.57m). Ruby Majonga leapt to a new best finishing 4th in the under 14 girl’s A long jump (3.54m) as well as placing 2nd in the discus with a new best of 10.92m. And Olivia Maxwell’s efforts included a 4th in the B string under 14 girl’s 200m with a new best of 33.20secs. Bicester’s under 14 girls were 3rd best on the day.