On a busy Bank Holiday Weekend YOAC Athletes enjoyed success at the Somerset Combined Events, BUCS Championships, YDL League Match in Hereford and the PB Classic BMC meeting at Millfield School. Far too many individual performances to list them all but special mentions for.....
Georgia Silcox who, at the Combined Events in Millfield, was crowned County Champion with a new PB score in the Senior Girls Heptathlon.
Lottie Garrett won bronze medal in the Heptathlon.
Elise Thorner... gained silver medal in the Inter Girls with a new PB score.
Emilia Smith was First in the U13G Quadrathlon
Toby Sauter was also First in the Inter Boys Octathlon with a big PB points score.
At the BUCS championships in Bedford there were a number of YOAC athletes competing for their University Teams.
Lilly Hawkins ran a superb 1500m heat then followed up with a PB in the Semi Final on her 21st Birthday to qualify for the final.
Sam Sommerville also ran a great PB of 3.56.18 in the 1500m Semi-Final & just missed out on a place in the final.
Ziana Azariah & Joe Trickey competed on the Field in Hammer and Discus.
A small but dedicated group of athletes travelled to Hereford for the first YDL U17/20 match of the season. The team performed well in very windy conditions and came away in 4th place out of 7 teams, A solid start to the season!
Monday saw the BMC PB classic at Millfield where a number of YOAC/WCH athletes gained new PBs or SBs in 800/1500 & 3000m races.