Invicta Athletics Club News

InterCounty Track & Field

IEK field Magnificent 7 in Kent royal blue at Crawley's K2 stadium

Mac Cole (sprints) and Scarlett Mann (Long & Triple jumps) were joined by no fewer than 5 middle distance runners at the K2 stadium in Crawley for the 2009 Regional u17 Intercounty match involving 8 Southern counties.
Mac is pictured far RIGHT taking the baton for the anchor leg of the 4x100 relay, and Scarlett [pictured left] had to overcome a hamstring tweak (picked up during her less favoured Triple Jump) before taking on her favourite Long Jump.
In a quick 1500m, where his best this season would have put him 3rd or 4th, Alex Newson {4th from LEFT] looked out of sorts and was 11th in 4.17.43
Meanwhile, despite a bee sting in her shin the day before, Emily Hosker Thornhill (4.55.79) continued her return to form by beating two athletes with pb 10 secs faster than hers - the No.1 of both Hertfordshire and of Essex, pictured left [red vest, letter E].
The 800m was the best represented event with 3 IEK athletes selected : unluckiest on the day was our leading female Rebecca Weston who, after looking awsome in recent training, was forced to pull out on the start line when a groin injury from hockey training the day before wrecked all her plans for an assault on the 30 year-old overall female club record.
Sam Hudson (pictured right, tracking the orange vest of Hertfordshire) kept good shape to finish 7th in the 'B' race in 2.11.01 where the winners were posting times in the region of 1.57.
Kieran Reilly put in a lion-heart performance for 6th in a scintillating 'A' race : he boldly went with the early pace of 2 of the country's top 10 ranked athletes who are 1.55 men... passed the bell (with them) in 55-56 secs.... hung on gamely... and was duly rewarded with his best ever time of 2mins 01.67 and is now ranked 119th in UK - breaking the 2 minute barrier would put Kieran in the top 80.