The final league meeting of the season saw some great performances from the squad. Holidays affected the number of competitors from the squad, but the club still managed to finish 4th overall on the day.
The standout performance of the day came from the athletes in the mixed 4 x 400m relay who set a new club record of 4.00.0 seconds. Lewis-Morgan Barton ran the 1st leg to give the team a lead, handing over to Charlotte Rainbow who managed to extend the lead further before handing over to Holly Abbott. Holly managed to maintain the lead for 240 meters, before being overtaken by the Stratford-Upon-Avon male athlete. Cole Sinnott was on the anchor leg, and with a gap of 35-40 metres between him and Stratford-Upon-Avon when he took the baton, and the Stratford athlete moving away, the pressure was on to overtake them. He managed to do this after 180 metres though, and brought the team home to set the new record.
The 4 x 400m relay team who set a new club record, with Elizabeth Reading (left) who ran her first 400m on the day
There were some close run races in the 100m on the day. Lewis-Morgan Barton competed in the men’s A race and went over the finish line with Luke Lorenzi of Abingdon AC. Both athletes were given the same time of 11.1w seconds, with Lorenzi being given the nod for 1st place. Cole Sinnott had the same experience in the B race, crossing the finish line with Charlie Palmer of Witney A C in 11.5 seconds with Palmer given 1st place. Iesaldo Barbosa was 3rd in the C race in 12.3 seconds, whole Peter Kraftl and Oliver Davies were 4th and 5th in the non scoring race in 12.7 seconds and 13.1 seconds respectively.
The women’s 100m races saw Abigail Akinyemi-West run a PB to finish 3rd in 13.3 seconds. Holly Abbott was 5th in the B race in 14.5 seconds, and Charlotte Rainbow set a new PB of 13.7 seconds in the C race. Emily Kraftl was the only on scorer for the women, finishing 2nd in 14.8 seconds, into a minus 1.2 headwind.
There was no drama in the 200m races. Cole Sinnott competed in the A race, finishing 3rd in 23.1 seconds to Harvey Nelson of Solihull and Small Heath, who won in 22.5 seconds. The B and C races were combined with Iesaldo Barbosa finishing 3rd in 25.6 seconds, and Oliver Davies setting a new PB of 27.2 seconds in 4th place.
Abigail Akinyemi-West also set a PB in the women’s 200m A race, finishing 2nd in 27.1 seconds. Charlotte Rainbow was 2nd in the B race in 28.9 seconds, while in the C race, Holly Abbott was 3rd in 29.9 seconds.
Elizabeth Reading’s participation in the 400m was to allow her to gain experience in the event. She had a well measured run, with no close competition to push her, and was able to pull away from the other competitors to win in 63.5 seconds.
Both 4 x 100m relay teams finished 2nd in their races, with the men running a time of 46.1 seconds, and the women running 52.5 seconds. Both races were won by Abingdon AC.
Iesaldo Barbosa and Peter Kraftl also competed in the men’s long jump. Iesaldo jumped 4.75 metres for 8th place in the A stream, while Peter was 4th with a jump of 4.61 metres. Emily Kraftl competed in the women’s event, finishing 5th with a jump of 4.17 metres.
Some of the KTH athletes who competed on the day
Well done to all athletes who competed in the league this season. You’ve all represented the club extremely well!