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Three members secure medals at the English Schools Track and Field Championships.
Wednesday 14th Jul, early evening
Three members secure medals at the English Schools Track and Field Championships.
Kelly Baker, Victoria Anderson and Danielle Bentley represented Cheshire and claimed second-placed positions at Birminghams Alexander Stadium.
Baker, who attends Bishops High School, powered her way to a best effort of 11.94m for second place in the junior girls shot put.
Anderson, a pupil at Queens School, Chester, delivered a clearance of 1-68m to earn second position in the Inter Girls high jump competition.
And Bentley, a Whitby High School student and also a member of Sale Harriers, launched the javelin to a distance of 46.70m for runners-up spot in the senior girls competition.
Olivia Montez-Brown finished fifth with a time of 11.37 seconds in the junior girls 75m hurdles final, after posting a winning time of 11.55 seconds in her heat.
Bryony Potter, representing Merseyside, clocked 12.6 seconds for fifth position in her heat of the senior girls 100m, and Alice Jennings, representing Cheshire, finished sixth with 46.80 seconds in her heat of the inter girls 300m hurdles.
Tom Kellett hit 32.13m for 16th position in the junior boys hammer, and Stephen Jones posted 23.66 seconds for seventh place in his heat of the inter boys 200m.
Aidan Stoakley clocked 11.6 seconds for sixth place in his heat of the senior boys 100m, and Laura Rigby achieved 13.29 seconds for seventh position in her junior girls 100m heat.
West Cheshire AC is celebrating a quartet of relay title victories.
Tuesday 6th Jul,
West Cheshire AC is celebrating a quartet of relay title victories.
The Chester and Ellesmere Port club secured four gold medal performances at the Cheshire County AA Track Relay Championships, held at Crewe.
James McMahon, Matthew Pagan, Daniel Vickers, and Chris Harrop combined for a winning time of 53.5 seconds in the under 13 boys 4x100m relay final.
Amy Williams, Olivia Williams, Georgia Barlow, and Charlotte Williamson teamed up for gold medals in the under 13 girls 4x100m final with a time of 54.8 seconds.
Olivia Montez-Brown, Kelly Baker, Lucy Earl, and Laura Rigby secured top spot in the under 15 girls 4x100m relay final with a time of 51.9 seconds, and the same quartet teamed up to win the medley relay title in 2:38.7.
Matt Simpson, Max Himbury, Yousef Khalifa, and Alex Kirk claimed bronze medals from the under 15 boys 4x100m relay.
Steve Jones, Sam Rimmer, Tom Gresty and Alex Hailes combined for second spot in the under 17 mens 4x100m, while Ryan Jones joined Steve Jones, Rimmer, and Hailes for second place in the medley.
Danielle Erskine, Ali Burkett, Alice Jennings, and Leah Ferrie were second in the under 17 ladies 4x100m relay.
Josh Hinchly, Joseph Morrison, Tom Harrop, Matthew Bate, Taylor Kearns, Bradney Lloyd Watson, Mason Flavell Anderson, and Harry Ford represented the clubs under 11 boys.
And other West Cheshire members in action included Jenni Potter, Jenna Sheehy, Emma Johnson, Sophie Baker, Bethany Lewis, Toni Lammond, Hattie Williams, Core Finlay, Amy Hinchly, Sophie Davis, Sophie Carter, Sophie Percival, Emily Wood, Chloe Hunt, and Laura Jones.
Squad Photo http://www.westcheshireac.co.uk/docs/load.php?id=1118
U13 medalists photo http://www.westcheshireac.co.uk/docs/load.php?id=1119
U15 Girls photo http://www.westcheshireac.co.uk/docs/load.php?id=1120
Olivia Wins English Schools NW Regional Combined Events
Sunday 27th Jun, early evening
Multi-Talented Olivia Montez-Brown will round off a busy season with a National Championship appearance. The West Cheshire AC all-rounder has been crowned Cheshire Schools Combined Events champion after winning the junior girls pentathlon title at Telford in the regional round event. She scored 2993 points which featured a time of 11.4 seconds in the 75m hurdles, 8.40m in the shot, a 1-50m clearance in the high jump, a leap of 5.05m in the long jump, and an 800m time of two minutes 35 seconds, and contributed towards Cheshire winning the overall combined events schools trophy for the fourth year in a row.
Montez-Brown won the North of England under 15 girls 75m hurdles title with a winning time of 11.66 seconds at Leigh last month, and added a bronze medal from her long jump appearance with a leap of 4.93m. The Ellesmere Port Catholic High School pupil kicked-off her season when she produced a sensational new county and West Cheshire AC under 15 girls triple jump record of 10.44m to claim the gold medal from the triple jump at the Cheshire Championships in May, and she added a gold from the 75m hurdles (12.4), and secured top spot in the long jump with 4.99m. Montez-Brown, who won this years Cheshire Schools junior girls 75m hurdles title with 11.8 seconds, will now look forward to representing Cheshire at the English Schools Combined Events Finals to be held at Stokes Northwood Stadium, in September.
Four West Cheshire AC members crowned North of England champions.
Tuesday 1st Jun, late afternoon
Four West Cheshire AC members have been crowned North of England champions.
Olivia Montez-Brown, Tom Kellett, Kelly Baker, and Amy Williams all secured victories at the Northern Athletics Track and Field Championships staged at Leigh Sports Village.
Olivia, from Ellesmere Port, negotiated the under 15 girls 75m hurdles in a winning time of 11.66 seconds after qualifying with a winning heat time of 12.14 seconds.
And the multi-talented youngster added a bronze medal from her long jump appearance with a leap of 4.93m.
Tom Kellett, from Malpas, powered his way to victory in the under 15 boys hammer competition with a winning throw of 35.22m. which is also a new club record.
Kelly Baker, from Ellesmere Port, nailed a winning put of 11.70m to claim the under 15 girls shot title, after finishing fourth in the discus with a throw of 25.79m.
And Amy Williams, from Chester, continued her memorable season by grabbing success from the under 15 girls long jump with a winning leap of 5.14m.
Amy had broken the 20-year long jump record at the Cheshire Championships earlier in the month on her way to pocketing five gold medals at the two-day county event.
Victoria Anderson cleared 1-65m for a bronze medal in the under 17 womens high jump, just five centimetres ahead of West Cheshire ACs Alice Jennings in fourth spot.
And Victoria finished fourth in the long jump event with 4.91m.
Alice Jennings claimed fourth position in the under 17 womens 300m hurdles final with a time of 46.85 seconds, just two positions ahead of club mate, Gemma Hale, who posted 49.16 seconds.
And Alice also finished sixth with a time of 12.66 seconds in the under 17 womens 80m hurdles final.
Stephen Jones clocked 23.48 seconds for sixth position in the under 17 mens 200m final.
And Leah Ferrie qualified for the under 17 womens 300m final with a time of 42.67 seconds, but did not start in the final.
County Champs Medal Haul & County and Club Records Broken
Monday 10th May, evening time
Amy Williams secured a memorable medal haul in West Cheshire ACs record-breaking appearance at the two-day Cheshire County AA Track and Field Championships.
The multi-talented Chester and Ellesmere Port club member claimed both the Best Female Track and Field Performance Awards during the event held at Macclesfield.
Amy clocked a new West Cheshire AC under 13 girls club record of 11.8 seconds to pocket a gold medal in the 70m hurdles, and she achieved 5.10m to win the long jump to smash a county record of 4.61m that had stood for 10 years, and equal her own club record performance.
Amy returned home with a collection of five gold medals after also winning the 80m in 11.1 seconds, the 150m in 20.5 seconds, and the high jump with a grade one clearance of 1-38m.
Kelly Baker, Olivia Montez-Brown, and James McMahon also achieved Championship Best Performances at Macclesfield in a weekend that featured seven new West Cheshire AC club records being smashed.
Kelly nailed success in the under 15 girls hammer with a new championship best of 29.04m, and added a new county best of 10.97m in the shot.
Olivia produced a sensational new county and West Cheshire AC under 15 girls record of 10.44m to claim the gold medal from the triple jump, added a gold from the 75m hurdles (12.4), and secured top spot in the long jump with 4.99m.
And James McMahon launched the javelin to a new county best of 28.31m to claim victory from the under 13 boys javelin, after claiming a winning 1-35m high jump clearance, and a winning put of 7.38m in the shot.
Other newly-crowned county champions from West Cheshire AC included Bryony Potter who posted 13.0 seconds in the junior ladies 100m and 26.6 seconds in the 200m.
Stephen Jones grabbed glory in the under 17 mens 100m with 11.7 seconds; while Laura Rigby claimed the under 15 girls 100m crown with a time of 27.5 seconds; and Chris Goodwin clocked a time of nine minutes 37.8 seconds for victory in the under 17 mens 3,000m.
Victoria Anderson posted 12.6 seconds for victory in the under 17 ladies 80m hurdles, cleared a winning height of 1-63m in the high jump, a triple jumped her way to victory with 10.20m.
Leah Ferrie delivered a gold medal performance of 44.2 seconds from the under 17 ladies 300m; and Robbie Dagnall rounded the junior mens 400m in a club record winning time of 50.7 seconds.
Matthew Pagan claimed gold from the under 13 boys 100m with a time of 14.0 seconds; while Alice Jennings clocked 46.9 seconds for top spot in the under 17 ladies 300m hurdles.
Tom Kellet powered his way to victory with a new club record throw of 33.90m in the under 15 boys hammer.
Nicola Gore delivered 28.34m for success in the ladies hammer and spun the discus to a winning mark of 31.78m, before hitting 10.55m for victory in the shot.
Michael Lyness catapulted himself to a gold medal with a 2-80m clearance in the junior mens pole vault, and cleared a winning height of 1-75m in the high jump; and Michael Bailiff won the under 17 mens high jump with 1-75m.
Niamh Reilly launched the ladies javelin to a winning mark of 32.80m, and David McKay secured the mens javelin title with 60.57m.
Amy Williams receives one of her two Female Best Performance Awards from Cheshire County AA Track and Field Championship Secretary, John Ashton, whose daughter Gemma saw her 10 year long jump record broken by Amy. http://www.westcheshireac.co.uk/docs/load.php?id=1108
