Bicester AC finished their season in the UK Development League on a high. In their recent Midlands North East divsion1b match held at Tamworth, Bicester AC finished a competitive 3rd emboldened by a strong showing from Bicester’s under 15 boys. The overall Bicester AC turnout was double that for fixture 1.
Out of the seven Bicester A string wins on the day, six of these were achieved by Bicester’s under 15 boys. A superb day of action was rounded off with a superb win by the Bicester quartet of Theo Cogan, Finley Harrell, James Allison and Cyrus Ariana in the 4 by 100 metre relay clocking a superb 51.5secs, which was less than 1.5secs behind the club’s existing under 15 boy’s club record which has stood since 2007. There was a double first for Bicester in the 300m with Cyrus Ariana taking the A event with an EA PL level 7 time of 40.0secs and James Allison, in his first ever 300m, took the B string with an EA PB level 5 time of 42.7secs. In addition to his win in the 300m, Ariana also won the A 800m in 2mins 16.1secs with Emeras Mohandes setting a new best in taking runner up spot in the B event (3mins 3.5secs). Alexander Collins, in only his 2nd competitive outing, shaved a number of seconds off his previous outing in winning the 1500 metres with an EA PB level 6 clocking of 4mins 39.3secs. William Cleaver had a double win in the filed events taking the high jump with an EA level 6 leap of 1.50m and the javelin (26.39m). He was also 2nd in the discus with a new best of 16.88m. In addition to his best in 300m, James Allison, in only his 2nd Bicester AC competitive outing, clocked an EA PB level 5 time of 25.3secs for a new best and 3rd in the 200m as well as setting a new best in the long jump (4.42m) where he was 4th. There was a win and new best for Theo Cogan in the B string discus (12.15m) and Finley Harrell won the B shot also in a new best of 5.69m.
There were some good individual performances form the under 13 boys. The one A string win on the day came from Jake Hill who putted a new best of 5.36m in the shot with teammate Lucius Mohandes making it a double win in taking the B event also with a new best of 3.83m. Oliver Jarvey set a new best in the 75m finishing 3rd in an EA level time of 10.8secs. Jarvey was also 4th in the 150m (21.9secs) with Charlie Simpon winning the B event (22.3secs). Simpson broke his recently set under 13 boy’s 1200 metre club record finishing 3rd with 4mins 23.1secs. Jack Lander-Farrow made his Bicester AC competitive debut and ran under 3mins for the 800m finishing 4th with 2mins 55.7secs. Stanley Conlon was runner up in the B event and he too set a new best of 3mins 1.6secs. Lander-Farrow also became only the 2nd under 13 Bicester boy this season to tackle the hurdles where he finished 2nd in the 75m hurdles (17.9secs). Stanley Conlon again showed promise in the javelin with 2nd place and 17.18m. Teammate Brendan Kelly finished runner up in the B event with a new best of 10.50m. And the relay quartet of Jarvey, Simpson, Hill and Kelly finished 2nd in the 4 by 100m relay (60.6secs).
Bicester’s under 15 girls put in a spirited effort and all were rewarded with new bests. Grace Fulcher went over 6 metres for the first time outdoors in the shot placing 4th (6.13m). She went one better in the discus finishing 3rd with her first ever 14m plus throw (14.04m). Fulcher made it a trio of bests with 5th in the A 200m (32.3secs). Erin Griffiths went over 4 metres for the first time in the long jump placing 3rd with 4.02m. It was a day for beating milestones as Griffiths also ran under 15 secs for the first time in the 100m placing 5th in the A event (14.9secs). There was a big new best for Maya Korn in the shot as she putted over 5 metres for the first time finishing 3rd in the B string (5.58m). Korn was just short of her best in the 800m where she finished 4th in 2mins 50.2secs. And Kristina Stauskaite made her track and field debut competing in three track events where she managed 4th places in the B 200m (33.8secs) and 300m (58.1secs). Three Bicester athletes contested the under 13 girl’s events. Ruby Majonga was 3rd in a competitive 75m with an EA PB level 5 clocking of 11.2secs and was only just short of her best in the long jump placing 3rd (3.45m). The Bicester girls contesting the 800m were closely matched. Hannah Parsons finished close to her best with 3rd in the A string (2mins 54.3secs). And there was a new best for Olivia Maxwell who was 3rd in the B event clocking 2mins 56.4secs. Parsons also set a new best in the long jump where she finished 2nd in the B string with 3.19m. And Maxwell was 4th in the A high jump with 1.05m.