ASHFORD made a creditable start in the Kent Young Athletes League at the Julie Rose Stadium finishing second overall in the boys and third in the girls.
Alex Lynch was the star of the U15 boys winning the shot in convincing style with 10.90m with Oliver Marsh going close to making it a double second in the B event with 5.69m. It was a similar story in the discus with Lynch second in the A string with 22.33m while Ed Miller won the B string with 20.78m.
It was a good day for Miller too second in the A javelin with 30.60m with the B section won by Kyle Denning with 29.72m.
Kyle was also fourth in the A 800m with 2:34.5 and fifth in the long jump (4.41m) while Lynch was fifth in the 200m (25.9) with Owen Morgan fourth in the B string (28.8).
Jordan Rogers was third in the 1200m walk (14:20.4) and Miller sixth in the 100m (13.9) with Marsh fourth in the B 100m in 15.0.
Kieran Eland ran a fine 2:29.9 to be third in the B 800m and Alexander Hardy fourth in the B long jump 3.97m. Ashford were fourth in both relay events.
In the U13 boys Jake Timmins had a good day winning the long jump with 3.99m and a fourth in the 100m with 14.5 while Lewis Godden was second in the B sprint with 14.7. Lewis was also second in the B discus with 12.36m.
Elliott Rudd followed up his win in the high jump with 1.30m with third in the B 200m (34.2) and Kian Crawford performed well with a third in the A discus (15.00m) and second in the A hammer 17.63m plus a fourth in the A 200m with 31.1.
Ashford were third in the 4x100m relay.
Jaimee-Ann Heyes notched the only A victory in the U13 girls winning the javelin with 20.1m and Sienna Farrance almost made it a double for the club second in the B event with 10.99m.
Emelia Isaac had a fine day winning the B shot with 5.81m with Jaimee-Ann second in the A event with 6.04m and Emelia was second in the A long jump with 4m with Faith Cox winning the B event with 3.34m.
Sienna and Faith also had seconds respectively in the A and B 1200m walk and Faith was also fourth in the B 150m (23.9) with Jessica Box sixth in the A race with 23.2.
Jessica was also fifth in the 75m sprint (11.2) with Jacqueline Benson fifth in the B race with 12.9.
In the 600m Jessica Carley was fourth in the A race (1:53.1) with Alexandra Prickett fourth in the B race with 2:04.7. The duo also competed in the high jump with Alexandra third in the A section with 1.15m and Jessica third in the B event (1.10m).
Hannah Brooks won a C string 150m in 24.6 and the girls were fourth in their relay to be a fine third overall in their section.
In the U15 girls the only victory came in the 4x100m relay but there were a number of solid individual displays Mary Coleman second in the B shot with 6.94m with Hannah Owen fourth in the A event with 7.85m and the duo did well also in the hammer Hannah third in the A event (21.12m) and Mary third in the B with 15.10m.
Ciara Ewart had a second in the B discus with 11.32m with Rebecca Cock fourth in the A event with 12.38m and Ciara also had a fifth in the 100m sprint (13.4) with Eve Graham sixth in the B race (14.7).
Charlotte Tappenden, Rebecca and Casey Smith also worked well in the 200m while Casey and Eleanor Potter gained valuable points in the 800. Charlotte and Eve also secured vital points in the high jump.
Solid start for young athletes
George rises to the occasion
GEORGE Huxley was the pick of the five Ashford AC athletes who competed in Havering’s early warm-up meting at Hornchurch Stadium breaking the club’s 110m hurdles U20 record for the fourth consecutive time clocking 16 seconds dead.
He also showed good early form for the 400m hurdle season with a useful 43.0 in his first 300m hurdles race.
The five athletes enjoyed the good weather conditions with mixed success.
Short of competition practice and with mixed ability athletes extending the competition Luke Williams was a bit disappointed with his 3.5 metre best effort in the pole vault but will have benefitted from the meeting.
Blake Robinson unfortunately only managed to get one throw in the U20 men’s discus, achieving only 26.38 metres, well below his best of 32m. However, two of his “no throws” went out to around the 35 metre mark, so the rest of the season looks promising.
Sam Beckett had a poor start in the 300m hurdles, almost stopping at the first flight, and never recovering sufficiently. She did however run an excellent 100 metres, winning her race in 12.8 seconds.
Josh Brown-Araque, in only his second competition, gained personal best performances in the sprints, clocking 12.1s in the U 17 100 metres and 25.3s in the 200 metres. Once he is able to do more training sessions, he will develop into a useful sprinter.
Overall a good days work for the Ashford AC group.
Kushal on course
ASHFORD Athletic Club Paralympic hopeful Kushal Limbu confirmed he is in the form of his life running two personal bests in the 60m sprint at Crystal Palace.
The 28 year old athlete from Folkestone ran an impressive 8.18s to knock over two tenths of a second off his previous best.
Kushal opens his 2012 outdoor season in the venue he hopes to finish in the Olympic Stadium on Sunday April 1 for a charity 100m race and this will be followed by three key International Paralympic Committee endorsed competitions in which he hopes to run the Paralympic qualifying for both the 100m and 20om sprint events.
Coach Pete Le Rossignol said: “Kushals 60m personal best shows he is on course to run the qualifying times to compete at the London 2012 Paralympic Games this summer. His hard work and commitment to training is really paying off.”
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