Top of the podium: Record-breaker Toby Conibear celebrate gold in the inter boys’ hammer
AVON’S top young track and field athletes scooped a total of 44 medals at the South West Schools’ Track & Field Championships, held at the Exeter Arena.
That impressive haul included a superb 21 golds from just 18 athletes with remarkably three of Avon’s finest claiming double successes.
On the track South Glos & Stroud College (SGSC) Filton student Dan Brooks not only scorched to a senior 100m and 200m double but also recorded personal bests of 10.71secs and 21.63secs respectively, the latter the first time he has crashed through the 22 seconds barrier.
Those times put the yate & District AC sprinter, who is coached by Sandra Woodman, top of the South West Rankings for under 20 men and on the national stage 14th and 12th respectively. A fantastic achievement by Brooks in such competitive events.
There were also doubles golds for Backwell School student Emma Bakare in the senior girls’ shot and triple jump – underlining her all-round versatility – and Clifton College newcomer Joshua Schrijver in the junior boys’ shot and discus.
Brimsham Green School student Toby Conibear also deserves a special mention as he broke the championship record with a personal best throw of 63.60m to win the inter boys’ hammer.
“There is a bigger throw in me but I am saving that for the English Schools’ Championships,” said Conibeare, who is coached by Matt Spicer at Yate & District AC.
SGSC’s junior international Jenna Blundell (bottom photo) set a legal PB of 13.85secs to win the senior 100m hurdles and Abbeywood’s Jess Frazer clocked a legal PB of 58.86secs to strike gold in the senior 400m.
In the junior boys’ high jump Brimsham Green School’s current UK No 1 Luke Ball (pictured in action below) was in imperious form as he added three centimetres to his PB with 1.93m.
AVON GOLD STANDARD
Tia Jackson
Jess Frazer
Jenna Blundell
Emma Bakare (2)
Anna Loughlin
Alexia Bennett-Cordy
Alice Wilson
Maisie Johns
Daniel Brooks (2)
Max Davis
Harry Meredith
Alex Parsons
Toby Conibear
Patrick J. Kyle
Luke Ball
Joshua Schrijver (2)
Matthew Page
Adam Nolan
South West Schools’ Track & Field Championships, Exeter
Senior girls – AVON: 100 (+2.2w); 1 Tia Jackson 12.08; 5 Kofi Khia’aama 12.64; 6 Mia Breeze 12.84; 200 (+0.9w); 3 Kia’aama 26.38; 400: 1 Jess Frazer 58.86; 100H (+0.4w); 1 Jenna Blundell 13.85; LJ: 2 Blundell 5.62; TJ: 1 Emma Bakare 11.71; 4 Lucy Durham 10.31; SP: 1 Bakare 11.95; Jav: 4 Chloe Phelps 32.50; Hammer: 1 Anna Loughlin 51.17; 6 Niamh Boulton 31.18.
Inter girls – AVON: 200 (+2.5w): 4 Imogen Leakey 26.11; 800: 2 Kate Howard 2:19.95; 6 Eleanor Webster 2:21.61; 1500: 4 Danni Sinclair 5:00.45; 1500 S/C: 5 Enya Maylor 5:23.52; 9 Emily Whitaker 5:40.49; 80H (+1.3w); 5 Ellie Mount 12.02; 300H: 1 Alexia Bennett Cordy 44.40; 3 Steph Brooks 46.77; 4x100m relay: 3 Avon 50.67; HJ: 9 Phoebe Gooch 1.48; TJ: 6 Gooch 10.06; 8 Amalie Parsons 9.89; PV: 2 Hannah Lewis 2.60; SP: 6 Libby Parker 10.31; Jav: 3 Jess Lewis 40.55; 4 Libby Parker 39.94; Hammer: 3 Thema Osbourne-Hendricks 37.09.
Junior girls – AVON: 100 (+3.3w); 6 Chloe Merrett 12.71; 300: 2 Lily Bailey 41.00; 800: 5 Keira Devereux 2:22.36; 6 Amelia Honor 2:23.18; 1500: 7 Lottie Silverton 4:56.31; 8 Megan Homung 4:56.59; 75H: 1 Alice Wilson 11.54; 5 Naomi Dawson 11.97; 4x100m relay: 4 Avon 51.66; LJ: 3 Alice Wilson 5.41; 11 Ella Bowel 4.84; 12 Eleni Francis 4.79; HJ: 6 Bailey 1.48; PV: 2 Grace Horswell 2.20; Hammer: 2 Kacey Banks 33.31; SP: 1 Maisie Johns 11.57; Discus: 4 Johns 22.29.
Senior boys – AVON: 100 (+0.0): 1 Dan Brooks 10.71; 3 Cory Isaac 11.12 (hts 11.05); 7 Charlie Bates 11.55; 200 (+1.6w): 1 Brooks 21.63; 3 Isaac 22.39; 400: 5 Nathanael Mitchell 52.54; 800: 2 Abdi Hasan 1:58.80; 6 Greg Hayward 2:01.86; 1500: 2 Sam Gentry 4:11.97; 3000: 1 Max Davis 8:50.24; 400H: 1 Harry Meredith 59.61; 4x100m relay: 3 Avon 46.79; LJ: 3 Marcin Olech 6.63; 6 Cameron Lohia 6.43; SP: 5 Jonathan Evans 12.41.
Inter boys – AVON: 100 (+0.1w): 5 Ben Game 11.32; 6 Ed Wilson 11.40; 7 Max Elliott 11.43; 200 (+1.7w): 2 Josh Maggs 22.88; 4 Elliott 22.92;400: 5 James Scott 53.52; 800: 3 Ollie Harper 2:01.28; 1500: 3 Justin Davies 4:05.35; 10 Oliver Lock 4:11.94; 3000: 1 Alex Parsons 8:57.80; 1500 S/C: 5 Steve Kerfoot 4:39.11; 4x100m relay: 2 Avon 45.06; LJ: 6 Game 6.14; 10 Maggs 5.84; TJ: 2 Jedani Wright 13.08; SP: 5 Elvis Webster 11.16; Discus: 7 Toby Conibear 33.06; Hammer: 1 Toby Conibear 63.60 (CBP); PV: 2 Liam Hillier 3.60.
Junior boys – AVON: 300: 6 Joseph Palmer 40.51; 800: 4 Alex Knight 2:09.21; 1500: 2 Seamus Robinson 4:19.94; 80H (+0.8w): 1 Patrick J Kyle 12.32; 4x100m relay: 2 Avon 48.38; HJ: 1 Luke Ball 1.93; LJ: 2 Dennis Alphonso 6.12; SP: 1 Joshua Schrijver 14.15; 8 Ryan Bradley 9.72; Discus: 1 Schrijver 43.75; Hammer: 1 Matthew Page 32.48; PV: 1 Adam Nolan 2.80.