Competing in the Somerset Schools Combined Events Championships at Street, Somerset on 29th/30th April Sam Talbot (Exeter Harriers) scored 7377 points for the U20M Decathlon. This was the best score by a Surrey athlete for a Decathlon with Under-20 events and is the 5th best performance on the UK all-time lists. His performances in each event were: 100m 10.97/+1.1, LJ 7.19m/+1.8, 6kg SP 12.92m, HJ 1.96m, 400m 49.89, 110m Hurdles (0.991m) 14.36/-2.9, 1.75kg DT 35.83m, PV 4.10m, 800g JT 49.87m, 1500m 4:43.12.
(23) NEW SURREY RECORD FOR SENIOR WOMEN'S 3000M STEEPLECHASE
Competing in the Payton Jordan Invitational at Palo Alto, California, USA on 5th May Rosie Clarke (Epsom & Ewell Harriers) was timed at 9:36.75 when winning the 3000m Steeplechase. This was an improvement of more than 15 seconds on the previous record of 9:51.97 which she set at the London Olympic Stadium in July 2016.
(27) ENGLAND ATHLETICS U23/U20 CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEDFORD, 17TH/18TH JUNE 2017
Romell Glave (Croydon H) won both the 100m & 200m Under-20 Men titles. In the final of the 100m his time of 10.21/+1.0 was a new Surrey Under-20 record. The previous record of 10.25 was set by Jason Livingston (Croydon H) in the 1990 World Junior Championships held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Pippa Earley (Kingston AC & Polytechnic H) won the Under-18 Women 100m Hurdles in 13.61/-0.5 which is a new Surrey Under-17 record. As this event (100m Hurdles at 76.2cm) is rarely run we have not, until now, shown it as a County Record. We think that the progression in this event goes from 13.82 by Claire St. John (Epsom & Ewell) in 1979; then 13.71 by Shirin Irving (Croydon H) in 2013; then 13.66 by Pippa in May this year. Morgan Lake (Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow) equalled the Surrey Senior record when she won the Under-23 Women High Jump title with her clearance at 1.94m. There had been 3 previous clearances at this height - 2 by Debbie Marti (Bromley Ladies) both in 1996 and one by Morgan in 2014.
Surrey athletes gained 7 Gold, 3 Silver and 3 Bronze medals in these championships. Many of these will be hoping to have been recognised by the Selectors for the forthcoming World Youth Championships (12th-16th July, Nairobi, Kenya); European U23 Championships (13th-16th July, Bydgoszcz, Poland); European U20 Championships (20th-23rd July, Grosseto, Italy) and Commonwealth Youth Games (18th-23rd July, Bahamas).
(29) EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS, LILLE, FRANCE, 23RD-25TH JUNE 2017
The performances by the Surrey athletes were:-
Men 100m & 4x100m - Harry Aikines-Aryeetey (Sutton & District) 100m: 1st 10.21/-0.7; 1h1 10.33/+0.9. Ran 4th leg in relay for team which finished 1st in a Championship Record of 38.08.
Men 400m - Dwayne Cowan (Hercules Wimbledon AC) 1st 45.46; 1h1 46.06 Q.
Women 400m - Mary Iheke (Enfield & Haringey) 6th 52.60; 5h2 52.92 q.
Women 800m - Katie Snowden (Herne Hill) 9th 2:05.19.
Women High Jump - Morgan Lake (Windsor SEH) =7th 1.85m.
Women Discus - Jade Lally (Shaftesbury Barnet) 10th 54.01m.
(30) UK CHAMPIONSHIPS & WORLD TRIALS, BIRMINGHAM, 1ST/2ND JULY 2017
DAY 1 (SATURDAY) Morgan Lake (Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow) set a new Surrey Senior record when she won the Womens High Jump title with her clearance at 1.96m. This was an improvement on the previous record of 1.94m which was held jointly by Debbie Marti (Bromley Ladies) twice in 1996 and by Morgan once in 2014 and once in 2017.
Morgan's victory and James Dasaolu's 2nd place in 100m means that they have gained selection for the World Championships to be held in London in August. DAY 2 (SUNDAY) Jade Lally's victory in the Discus and Adelle Tracey's 2nd place in the 800m mean that they should be included in the First Round of selections for the World Championships.
(31) SENIOR TRACK & FIELD INTER-COUNTY, KINGSMEADOW, 2ND JULY 2017
In the Senior Women's 4kg Hammer Pippa Wingate's winning throw of 59.76m was a new Surrey County Record. The previous record of 59.14m was set by Pippa in 2016.
Competing at the Belfast International Meeting on 5th July Robert Sakala (Croydon Harriers) was timed at 13.60/+1.6. This was an improvement on the previous record of 13.66 which he set in 2016. Robert hopes that this will be sufficient to persuade the selectors to include him in the "2nd pick" for the GB & NI team for the European Junior Championships as their standard for the event is 13.75.
(33) ENGLISH SCHOOLS TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BIRMINGHAM, 7TH/8TH JULY 2017
Surrey County qualified athletes gained 26 medals in individual events including 14 Gold medals. Most were representing Surrey Schools followed by London Schools and one from Somerset Schools.
(34) EUROPEAN UNDER-23 CHAMPIONSHIPS, BYDGOSZCZ, POLAND, 13TH-16TH JULY 2017
UKA announced the selection of the following Surrey athletes:-
Women 100m & 4x100m - Imani Lansiquot (Sutton & District AC)
Women 10,0000m - Phoebe Law (Kingston AC & Polytechnic H)
Women High Jump - Morgan Lake (Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow AC)
Men 400m Hurdles - Jacob Paul (Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow AC)
Men 4x100m - Theo Etienne (Hercules Wimbledon AC
(35) COMMONWEALTH YOUTH GAMES, BAHAMAS, 20TH-23RD JULY 2017
The following Surrey athletes were selected for the England team:-
Women 3000m - Claudia Lance Jones (Guildford & Godalming AC); Women 100m Hurdles - Pippa Earley (Kingston AC & Polytechnic H) and Men 200m - Chad Miller (Hercules Wimbledon AC).
Chad Miller won a BRONZE MEDAL in the individual 200m followed by a SILVER MEDAL in the Mixed 4x200m Relay.
(36) EUROPEAN JUNIOR (UNDER-20) CHAMPIONSHIPS, GROSSETO, ITALY, 20TH-23RD JULY 2017
UKA announced the selection of the following Surrey athletes:-
Women 100m & 4x100m - Olivia Okoli (Guildford & Godalming AC)
Women 200m - Maya Bruney (Blackheath & Bromley H)
Women 4x100m - Jazz Crawford (Blackheath & Bromley H)
Men 100m & 4x100m - Rechmial Miller (Hercules Wimbledon AC)
Men 110m Hurdles - Robert Sakala (Croydon H)
Decathlon - Sam Talbot (Exeter H)
Maya Bruney set a Surrey U20 Record of 23.04 in winning the 200m. Robert Sakala also set a Surrey U20 Record of 13.48 when finishing second in the 110m Hurdles.
(37) EUROPEAN MASTERS TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS, AARHUS, DENMARK, 27TH JULY - 6TH AUGUST 2017
Congratulations to the following Surrey athletes on their medal-winning performances:- Di Norman (Epsom & Ewell) W40 Heptathlon GOLD MEDAL 5642pts (just 200 points off World Record). Alison Murray (Hercules Wimbledon AC) W50 Pole Vault 2.90m GOLD MEDAL Anna Garnier (Hercules Wimbledon AC) W60 1500m 5:46.93 GOLD MEDAL & 5000m 21:18.53 GOLD MEDAL Chris Taplin (Walton AC) M45 4x100m GOLD MEDAL & 4x400m SILVER MEDAL Susie McLoughlin (Walton AC) W40 100m 12.97/2.7 SILVER MEDAL; 200m 26.05/-1.6 SILVER MEDAL & 400m 59.26 SILVER MEDAL Dominic Bokor-Ingram (Hercules Wimbledon AC) M45 400m 51.75 SILVER MEDAL & 800m 2:02.82 SILVER MEDAL Mark Roberts (Kingston AC & Polytechnic H) M45 Decathlon BRONZE MEDAL.
(38) CAU INTER-COUNTY TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEDFORD, 29TH/30TH JULY 2017