ATHLETICS: Radley edged out of second spot (From Herald Series)

ATHLETICS: Radley edged out of second spot

3:43pm Tuesday 9th June 2009

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Radley's men just missed out on second place after their long trip to Plymouth in Southern League Division 3 West.

They missed out by just half-a-point, but produced a number of victories in poor weather conditions.

James Broughton clocked a personal best of 1.03.8 to finish second in the A string 400m hurdles, and he also won the B string 200m in 24.3.

There were also victories for Alastair Duncan in the B string 400m (55.7 secs) and Andrew Potter, who won the B string 100m in 12.0.

Team captain Chris Franks was first in the A string discus, throwing 32.01m, and he also won the hammer.

In the B string hammer, Alex Ahmet recorded a throw of 25.17m for victory.

Result: 1 Plymouth 117.5pts, 2 Poole 90, 3 Radley 89.5, 4 Abingdon Amblers 55.

RADLEY A STRING DETAILS.

100m: 2 B Owen 11.4. 200m: 2 B Owen 23.4. 400m: 2 A Potter 53.8. 800m: 3 S Miller 2.14.7. 1500m: 4 A Evans 5.31.7. 5000m: 4 A Evans 20.14.2. 3000m s/c: 12.27.4. 400mH: 2 J Broughton 1.03.8 pb. 4x100m relay: 1 B Owen, D Ward, A Duncan, A Potter 45.4. High jump: 3 D Harkin 1.75. Long jump: 3 S Wren 5.70. Triple jump: 3 B Owen 10.69. Shot: 2 S Wren 10.02. Discus: 1 C Franks 32.01. Javelin: 4 S Wren 35.88. Hammer: 1 C Franks 36.48. Pole vault: 2 S Wren 2.60. 4x400m relay: 2 A Potter, D Ward, A Duncan, J Broughton 3.41.5.

l Paul Jégou broke into the top ten at the Motavation race at Bletchingdon.

The White Horse Harrier finished in a time of 23mins 15secs, less than a minute behind winner Steve Male of Oxford City.

Second Harrier home was John Peake, who finished 63rd in 26.40.

Abingdon Amblers’ Oz Ellis led home his teammates in third place, clocking 22.28.

For the ladies, Lauren Barklie was third in 26.32.

MOTA-VATION RESULTS.

Abingdon Amblers: 3 O Ellis 22.28, 7 P Egerton 23.06, 12 L Newell 23.20, 19 S Fisher 23.46, 35 C Bedford (V40) 24.54, 58 L Barklie (SL) 26.32, 75 N Hamilton (V50) 27.24, 79 J Moore (V40) 27.32, 85 S Gee 27.42, 112 L Purbrick (SL) 28.42, 116 A Hamilton (U19) 28.52, 119 P Stone (V40) 29.05, 137 J Bones 29.45, 148 T Greenland (V60) 30.13, 176 P Wilson (LV45) 31.35, 185 K Adams (SL) 31.50, 199 J Fleet (LV35) 32.28, 204 A Garner (V50) 32.37, 229 I Ramsell (V40) 33.28, 247 S Mead (LV35) 34.29, 264 L Hamilton (LV45) 35.51, 302 N Blatchford (LV55) 38.56, 312 S Egerton (LV35) 40.40, 320 S Thomas (LV35) 42.28.

White Horse Harriers: 10 P Jegou 23.15, 63 J Peake (V40) 26.40, 110 A Evans (V40) 28.39, 113 M Godden (V40) 28.43, 136 M Smith (V40) 29.44.

l Ivor Hopkins (Abingdon Amblers) finished an impressive 13th in the Chiltern Chase 5K.

He was first in the vet 50 category, after clocking 27mins 48 secs.

OTHER RESULT.

OTMOOR CHALLENGE RESULTS.

Abingdon Amblers: 4 P Fernandez 1.19.01, 122 J Oliver 1.43.42, 171 P Wilson 1.50.06.

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