Teenage talent shines through for Nene Valley

Molly Peel has recently joined Nene Valley from Bourne Town Harriers, and the 16 year-old made her mark at Reading winning the 1500m in a time of 4:58.6.

If that wasn’t enough fellow teenager Jose Fortune was an easy winner in the B race with a 5:11.6 clocking.

Several teenagers competed in multiple events, and sprinter Abraham Jones was the star turn winning the 400m with a 52.3 clocking along with the B 200m in a time of 23.3. Jones also took maximum points in the B 100m.

Callum Winchester-Wright finished second in the 100m and long jump, and Jasmine Allen competed in four events, taking second place in the B high jump and long jump. Kelsi Ellis won the triple jump.

Senior lady Emily Maltby achieved a hat-trick of second places, in the 100m hurdles, high jump and long jump, while Ellie Mae-Stokes won the javelin and B triple jump. Teenage throwing prospect Eleanor Smith launched the javelin 30.36m to win the B contest

Mae-Stokes and Smith weren’t the only throwers in good form and Becki Hall and Lydia Church were clear winners of the A and B shot with distances of 12.75m and 10.16m respectively.

Senior throwers Martin Tinkler and Simon Achurch completely dominated the men’s throws winning every event between them.

Tinkler won the shot with a 14.83m putt along with the discus and hammer. Achurch won the B competition in all three events, and the roles were reversed in the javelin which Achurch won with a throw of 47.40m.

Veteran sprinter Claire Smith took the honours in the 400m hurdles in a time of 75.1.

n Nene Valley’s James McCrae ran a new lifetime best time of 3:51.86 in the 1500m at the Loughborough International meeting on Saturday.

The Birmingham University student is now placed in the top 20 under 23s in the national rankings.