Young guns return as new Boston and District Athletic Club series gets under way

The first match in Boston and District Athletic Club’s 2022 Sportshall Series saw junior athletes from South Holland starting the new year with a number of improved performances.

Under-15 Hayden Quantrill looked sharp as he won the three-lap race (32.3secs), the six-lap event (78.7secs) and also the 4k shot putt (7.71m). Not done there, he also achieved a score of 75 in the 30-second duration of the speed bounce and cleared 6.46m in the standing triple jump.

At under 13 level, Jack Clark-Atkins won the four laps (46.6secs), cleared 1.25m with the restricted run up high jump and added a putt of 7.17m in the 3.25k shot competition.

In the under-13 girls’ category Issy Reid demonstrated her improved fitness, recording 37.1 secs for the three laps, 91.8secs for six laps, cleared 1.00m in high jump and produced a 5.40m leap in the standing triple jump.

Meanwhile, in the under-11 age group Devan Quantrill excelled in the track events, clocking 35.1secs, 50.6secs and 84.9secs in the three, four and six lap challenges respectively.

She also won the 30 second speed bounce, accumulating a total of 61 and the chest push with a distance of 4.75m.

In the same category, Noah Donnelly-Coles was first in both the standing long jump (1.60m) and the standing triple jump (4.42m) and finished the three-lap race in a time of 39.3secs.

Elsewhere, Mia Clark-Atkins cleared 1.44m and 3.94m in the standing long and triple jumps, recorded 44.0secs in the two lap race and 3.50m in the chest push.

Under-7 Flynn Donnelly-Coles was first in the vertical jump with a leap of 25cm, then managed 1.30m and 3.18m in standing long and triple jumps respectively, 3.00m in the chest push and scored a total of 33 in the 20-second speed bounce.

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