Plenty of joy at Open meeting

Medway & Maidstone AC members showed what they could do during the Open Meeting at the weekend. Joshua Oshunrinde (U17) was one of those to record a sub-11 second time in the 100m with 10.91. In the 800m, M&M’s Jake Berry was the only athlete to dip under two minutes with 1.59.74. David Adeleye (U15B) was the fastest on the day in the 300m with a personal best 37.12. Michael Uzozie (38.41) and Ethan Burling (41.59) also had PBs. In the mile race, Reece Perkins (U17M) was the winner with a PB of 5.22.85. Alun Rogers set a new M50 age group club record in 5.45.42. There were good 100m sprints Reece Dimech (SM, 11.19), Alex Marshall (U20M, 11.23) and Kieran Isaac (U13B, 12.84). PBs were recorded by Lorcan Rodgers (U17M, 12.56), Nika Najjar (U17W, 13.27), Olivia Humphries (U15G, 14.01), Jack Morris (U13B, 14.87), Sam Amoh (U15B, 12.34), Jamie Pearce (U15B, 15.15) and Ameka Shaw (U15G, 14.05). In 400m, the M&M contingency was led by Conor Murphy (U17M) with a big PB in 51.44. Alex Marshall (U20M, 53.91) and Jake Berry (U20M, 55.66) recorded their first times at this distance. There were 20 entries in the long jump with Conor Murphy (U17M, 5.25m), Jermain Kervill (U15B, 5.28), Ollie Rodwell (U13B, 3.82) and Abigail Royden (U13G, 3.72) being the outstanding jumps. In the high jump, James Butcher (U15B) had a superb jump of 1.63m in his first meeting and Kelechi Ryan (U13B) had a PB of 1.25m. In the throws, Summer Salter (U15G) had a massive PB in the hammer with 34.16m. In the shot, club members recording for the first times were Will Burling (M60, 8.38m), Max Eldridge (U15B, 8.23m) and Toby Hughes (U13B, 7.75m). Burling also contested the discus for the first time, throwing 21.96m. Gypsy Nash (U13G) had a good day with throws of 31.46m (hammer), 8.11m (shot) and 26.49m (discus). M& M athletes with PBs in 200m: Lorcan Rodgers ( U17M, 25.35), Maya Marriner ( U15G, 27.47), Abigail Walters ( U15G, 27.62) and Sandra Obiefuna ( U15G, 27.68). M& M athletes with PBs in the 800m: Owen Featherstone ( U20) 2.09.13, Johannes Sadler ( U17M, 2.09.88), George Dadd ( U15B, 2.18.97), James Grogan ( U17M, 2.20.52), Cameron Featherstone ( U13B) 2.27.06, Erin Hughes ( U15G, 2.29.43), Callum Featherstone ( U13B, 2.30.18), Millie Morris ( U15G, 2.47.48) and Annabel Young ( U13G, 2.47.62).