Four Darlington school teams ventured to Middlesbrough Sports Village on Monday for the ‘A’ Final of the Track & Field Cup. Having already qualified from the previous round, a Junior Boys team from Carmel, along with Inter Boys teams from Carmel and Hummersknott and an Inter Girls team from Carmel took on teams from Northumberland down to Humberside in a bid for a place in the Cup Finals. As usual, there was a host of Harrier talent competing, producingsome outstanding performances.
Junior Boys There were 3 Junior Harriers competing for Carmel College here today. Gentle giant, Benedict Davies, was excellent in the 100m finishing 1st in his race in a time of 12.8s, bagging 22 points for Carmel. He added another 17 points when he jumped an impressive 4.41m in the high jump! Nat Bell ran the 200m in the last round but fancied increasing that to 300m after trying the distance for the first time at last week’s NYSD. It was a great decision as he romped home 50m ahead of 2nd place in a time of 38.7s (unofficially an English Schools Entry Standard time, AAA grade one and the Year 8 school record) and 30 points for Carmel. Nat finished in 2nd place in the long jump after a best on the day of 4.66m, adding another 18 points to the pot. In the 1500m, James Wilcock impressed with a time of 5:27.1 adding another 12 points to Carmel’s total. A great effort from all the boys, well done!
Inter Boys Teams from Carmel and Hummersknott were competing in the Inter Boys category, and there were Darlington Harriers in both. Dan Boyer is always a leading contender for the top spot in the 1500m and it was the same again here today. He had a tremendous run, finishing 1st in a time of 4:21.9, scoring 23 points for Carmel. He also added another 7 points by throwing the javelin 20.4m. Hummersknott had four Darlington Harriers in their squad. John Russell had a great race in the 1500m, finishing in 4th place in 4:40.3, bagging 18 points in the process. Twin brother, Adam Russell, took on the 800m this time, always looking in control, and winning his race in a time of 2:13.0. A 6.04m throw in the shot putt added a few more points for a total of 23 from Adam. Harry Wilson secured another 11 points after an excellent 1500m finishing in 5:14.9, and some top jumping from Joseph Sawyer added another 13 points after clearing 1.41m. Well done to our Inter boys, some great athletics!
Inter Girls It was a tremendous effort from Niamh Bishop in the 100m. She finished her race in 2nd place, crossing the line in 14.4s and bagging 12 points for Carmel. She then doubled that total after an impressive 6.75m throw in the shot. One of Sarah Wilcock’s top events is the 300m and she scored highly here again today; 24 points after finishing 2nd in 43.9s. Sarah added a cool 20 points in the long jump, finishing joint 2nd after a best of 1.47m.
Megan Noble scored highly in her 300m race as well, also finishing 2nd in 46.7s. Impressive stuff girls, well done
Carmel Junior Boys 353 points 3rd Carmel Inter Boys 379 points 3rd Hummersknott Inter Boys 329 points 7th Carmel Inter Girls 301 points 5th
As always, some top performances from our junior Harriers; they really stood out from the crowd. What a talented bunch they are!