Hurst Athletics

With the sun bursting through the sky, the stage was set for this season’s first athletics meet. Roedean fielded a junior and intermediate team, competing in a variety of track and field events. This was a good tester to see whether the old adage 'winter miles=summer smiles' was reflected in the performances.

Katherine in Year 7 ran an outstanding 3000 against a field of older girls, and won convincingly, lapping a number of athletes, to cross the line in a time of 11:14.27. Other notable junior performances were achieved by Harriet, who started the season with a PB of 1.35m in the High Jump.

Aimee led the intermediate Hurdles until a late trip saw her unable to defend the strong lead she had built up. Pearl was an impressive 2nd in the Discus, throwing a distance of 23.52m. Similarly finishing 2nd, this time in the Triple Jump, Lizzie jumped 9.00m. Alicia stepped up to run her first ever 1500m, and, it is safe to say, I hope that this is the first of many – it was a promising first attempt at the distance, with a top 5 finish. Katie threw 7.00m in the intermediate Shot Putt. Aimee also came 5th in the junior Javelin, with a distance of 20.52m.

We have a new star of 100m in the making, with Ava running strongly to position 3rd in 14:50 seconds. Minnie ran the same distance in 15:03, and went on to compete in the Long Jump in 3.73m. There were other strong performances by Bella in Discus and 200m, and Solari sprinted well in the same distance.

Congratulations, team – what a great start to the season!