Ashley Cochran had a superb weekend

Three students from the Harvey Grammar School enjoyed success in the Kent Indoor Track and Field championships.

The two day competition took place at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, Enfield and the Ashford AC trio of Tom Chambers, Ashley Cochran and Blake Robinson  secured between them one gold medal, two silvers and one bronze.

 In the Under 20 men Ashley contested the 400 metres on the Saturday and despite being heavily impeded off the final bend, managed to keep on his feet and secure the bronze medal in a new indoor personal best time of 53.66 seconds.

On Sunday Ashley ran a brilliant tactical race in the 800 metre final, sprinting the last 60 metres to take the gold medal and Kent title. His time of 2:5.28 seconds was a massive 10 seconds off his indoor best and two seconds off his outdoor best time.

 Tom took the silver medal in the Under 20 men’s 200m final, equalling his indoor personal best time of 23.49 seconds and because of random lane draw selection, Tom had to overcome the disadvantage of the inside lane.

 The third of the Harvey trio, Blake,  competed in the Under 17 men’s shot, putting the 5 kilo weight out to a personal best distance of 10.08 metres for the silver medal, only five centimetres short of the gold medal distance.

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