Whilst many of the Senior club members were running The London Marathon, 35 of our Junior Athletes donned the White & Blue (with one in the pink of Allerton due to a misplaced DHAC vest!!) to represent the club in the first fixture of the 2023 NEYDL season. After a third placed finish last season for our composite team with Allerton Juniors Athletics Club, the team were looking to get off to a good start to build on that.
Provisional results, DHAC/AJAC finished the match with 612 points to finish second behind Harrogate.
The track session opened with the sprint hurdle races for all age groups. DHAC had six athletes covering three of the age groups:
U13G (70mH):
Beth Johnson – 14.66s
Isla Massingham – 16.55s
U15G (75m H):
Izzy Edinboro – 13.02s (PB)
Chloe Graham – 16.02s (PB)
U15B (80mH):
Hugo Douglas-Reeves – 12.61s (PB)
U17W (80mH):
Tori Buckley – 12.70s
The middle distance athletes were next up on track with the 800m races for all age groups. Ten DHAC athletes toed the line for the two lap event:
U13G:
Sasha Patterson – 2:40.43 (PB)
Charlotte Seniscal – 3:02.90 (PB)
U13B:
Daniel Callaghan – 2:41.68 (PB)
Jacob Addison – 3:15.58 (PB)
U15G:
Charlotte Owens – 2:43.90 (PB)
Grace Robinson-Tregear – 2:44.45
U15B:
Rowan Steel – 2:13.84
U17W:
Savannah Tarn – 2:28.98
Sophie Bannister – 2:31.62 (PB)
U17M:
Freddie Hall – 2:26.42 (PB)
We headed back to the home straight for the next track action, the 100m sprint. Seven of our athletes took the start line:
U13G:
Beth Graham – 17.47s (PB)
U15G:
Elizabeth Clay – 13.88s
U15B:
Oscar Fluen – 12.18s (PB)
Aidan Patterson – 14.62s
U17W:
Jess Sweet – 13.08s
Libby Hammond – 13.30s
U17M:
Ashton Harrison – 13.21s
The challenging long hurdles were next on track. DHAC had one athlete on the start line, U17W Tori Buckley. Unfortunately Tori had a fall at hurdle six (of seven) which meant she needed support from the medical team on hand. Fortunately there were no serious injuries and Tori will be back in action very soon.
Back to the middle distances for the next track action with the 1500m. Nine DHAC athletes prepared for the 3 & 3/4 laps of the track:
U13G:
Sasha Patterson – 5:39.68 (PB)
U1BB:
Danial Callaghan – 5:24.03 (PB)
U15G:
Matilda Owens – 5:29.85 (PB)
Chloe Graham – 5:41.61
U15B:
Matthew Foster – 4:42.67 (PB)
Finn Pentland-Rice – 4:52.46 (PB)
Willoughby Croslegh – 5:19.96 (PB)
U17W:
Freya Talman – 5:19.40
U17M:
Freddie Hall – 4:45.10 (PB)
Half lap sprints were next up, with six DHAC athletes taking on the 200m races:
U13G:
Charlotte Seniscal – 33.05s (PB)
U13B:
Jacob Addison – 36.44s (PB)
U15G:
Lottie Graves – 30.19s
U15B:
Oscar Fluen – 24.78s (PB)
U17W:
Jess Sweet – 27.30s
U17M:
Thomas Hill – 25.09s (PB)
The final individual track races were the longest sprints, the 300m (400m for U17M) with five DHAC athletes starting:
U15G:
Izzy Edinboro – 44.1s (PB)
U15B:
Hugo Douglas-Reeves – 40.54s (PB)
Ian Turnbull – 48.30s (PB)
U17W:
Libby Hammond – 44.60s
Savannah Tarn – 47.90s
As is the norm for league fixtures, the track session closed with a series of 4x 100m relays. This is the first time for many years that we have had a relay team in every age group, with 13 DHAC athletes playing their part:
U13G – 61.82s with Sasha Patterson joining three AJAC athletes
U13B – 64.40s with Jacob Addison and Daniel Callaghan joining two AJAC athletes
U15G – 54.64s with Izzy Edinboro and Lottie Graves joining two AJAC athletes
U15B – 54.55s with Aidan Patterson and Oscar Fluen joining two AJAC athletes
U17W – 57.86s from a full DHAC team, with some middle distance athletes stepping down to get the baton round, Libby Hammond, Freya Talman, Fleur Liddle & Savannah Tarn
U17M – 50.59s with Ashton Harrison and Thomas Hill (between Javelin throws) joining two AJAC athletes.
A full programme of field events (age group dependant) took place across the day. These featured 16 DHAC athletes.
SHOT PUT
U13G: Beth Johnson – 6.59m (PB)
U13B: Jacob Addison – 5.74m
U15G: Lottie Graves – 9.54m
U15B: Tomos Cowell – 9.59m (PB)
U17W: Fleur Liddle – 4.90m
U17M: Josh Davison – 8.52m
JAVELIN
U13G: Beth Graham – 6.66m (PB)
U17M: Thomas Hill – 24.31m & Jack Wood 9.96m (PB)
DISCUS
U13G: Sasha Patterson – 9.58m (PB)
U15G: Matilda Owens – 14.61m (PB)
U15B: Tomos Cowell – 22.49m
U17M: Jack Wood – 12.94m (PB)
HAMMER
U15B: Tomos Cowell 17.97m (PB)
U17M: Jack Wood – NM – unfortunately three fouls for Jack in his first attempt at the event, he’ll be back at the next fixture to get it right
LONG JUMP
U13G: Beth Johnson – 3.47m
U15G: Charlotte Owens – 3.31m (PB)
U15B: Hugo Douglas-Reeves – 5.31m (PB) & Ian Turnbull – 3.64m (PB)
U17W: Fleur Liddle – 3.54m (PB)
U17M: Josh Davison – 4.94m & Ashton Harrison – 4.64m
HIGH JUMP
U15G: Lottie Graves – 1.30m
U17M: Josh Davison – 1.70m (PB)
TRIPLE JUMP
U17W: Jess Sweet – 9.31m (PB)
U17M: Ashton Harrison – 10.49m
POLE VAULT
U17M: Thomas Hill – NM – picking your start height is a challenge the vertical jumpers take at every competition. Unfortunately on this occasion Thomas fouled his opening height of 3.20m. But he’ll be back to correct that next time out.
A great opener to the league season for our young athletes with some outstanding performances and amazing team spirit. The next league fixture is Sunday 21st May at Whitley Bay, before that we have NEGP 1 at Jarrow on 26th April, Charles Stuart Open at Middlesbrough on 30th April, NYSD 1 at Middlesbrough on 2nd May and the North East Counties Championships at Middlesbrough on 14th and 15th May. All the information we have on the events can be found in the “Members Area” when you sign in to the website.
Pictures courtesy of various parents and supporters
Full results can be found HERE