Lower YDL Final 2025

Our U13/U15 athletes impressed at the National YDL final among many highlights (including 25 Harrier medals!) we’ve picked out just a handful for your attention:

• *Club Record* Carter Ackwany lowered the U13 boys 75m record winning the A race in an impressive 9.88. Carter was also 2nd A in the 150m in 19.51. Fellow U13 Rupert Bridges had a busy day and was rewarded with 2 podium finishes 150m B 2nd (20.35 PB) and 75m hurdles B (12.42 PB).
• * YDL Record* Hugo Bucher won the U15 boys Javelin with a throw of 66.41, the performance also earned him athlete of the match!
• Along with Hugo’s Javelin win Joseph Sheppee won the U13 boys A event with a PB of 40.10 to move to 3rd in the UK and Theo Nock won the U15 boys B event with a best of 43.75
• Rosie Atkins won the U15 girls 800m, after being DQ last year in the B race it was brilliant to see her comeback stronger than ever to win the A race by 30m
• There was further 800m success with PBs for U15 boys Noah Seabright (2:16.85) and Ethan Hendry (2:19.19) and Kimberley Hodgkinson was 3rd in the U15 girls B race in 2:27.70.
• Jack Shingler comfortably won the U15 boys A 1500m in a PB of 4:21.33. Eleanor Thomson was 3rd in the U15 girls A race in 4:56.86 and Ivy Wightman won the B race in 5:04.68. Eliza Nolan ran well to finish 2nd in the U13 girls 1200m in 3:58.92.
• Our hammer throwers impressed with Arthur Roberts leading the way with gold in the U15 boys A event with 34.12, he also took silver in the A discus with a PB of 30.02. Henry Longden made it a double victory taking the B event with 32.49. In the U15 girls throws Naomi Kelly made two podiums with 2nd in the B Hammer (23.22 PB) and 3rd in the A javelin (26.25)

U15B:

• William Robinson –
  • 100m A 6th 12.00
  • 200m A 6th 25.18
  • LJ B 3rd 5.16
• Joshua Jones
  • 100m B 6th 13.12 
  • 80mH A 4th 13.45
• Theo Carr
  • 200m B 5th 25.75
• Oscar Elkins
  • 300m A 6th 41.62
• Henry Longden
  • 300m B 4th 41.30
  • Hammer B 1st 32.49
• Noah Seabright
  • 800m A 6th 2:16.85 PB
  • SP A 5th 9.29
  • Discus B 2nd 23.26
• Ethan Hendry
  • 800m B 5th 2:19.19 PB
• Jack Shingler
  • 1500m A 1st 4:21.33 PB
• Noah Dix
  • 1500m B 3rd 4:42.55
• Austin Harris
  • 80mH B 5th 14.12
  • LJ A 4th 5.17
  • SP B 3rd 8.99
• Sam Belbeck
  • HJ A 6th 1.50 PB
• Raphael Hamada
  • HJ B 7th 1.35 PB
• Arthur Roberts
  • Discus A 2nd 30.02 PB
  • Hammer A 1st 34.12
• Hugo Bucher
  • Javelin A 1st 66.41
• Theo Nock
  • Javelin B 1st 43.75 
• 4x100m 6th 48.96
• 4x300m 5th 2:52.32

U15G:

• Alicia Taylor
  • 100m A 4th 13.25
  • 200m A 6th 27.22
• Verity Gaskin
  • 100m B 4th 13.71
  • SP A 6th 7.95
  • Javelin B 1st 21.48
• Naomi Lawal
  • 200m B 5th 27.85
• Isla Harvey
  • 300m A 5th 43.86 PB
  • 75mH A 5th 12.38
• Kimberley Hodgkinson
  • 300m B 5th 46.14
  • 800m B 3rd 2:27.70
• Rosie Atkins
  • 800m A 1st 2:16.35
• Eleanor Thomson
  • 1500m A 3rd 4:56.86
  • HJ B 7th 1.20
• Ivy Wightman
  • 1500m B 1st 5:04.68
• Bonnie Shrilaw
  • 75mH B 4th 12.71
  • LJ A 7th 4.52
  • SP B 5th 7.21
• Lucy Wilson
  • LJ B 6th 4.31
• Isla McRitchie
  • HJ A 6th 1.40
• Zephie Turbard
  • PV A 5th 2.40 PB
  • Discus A 2nd 27.35
  • Hammer A 4th 27.46
• Efa Owen
  • PV B 4th 2.10 PB
• Grace Gilgal-Sale
  • Discus B 3rd 18.91 PB
• Naomi Kelly
  • Hammer B 3rd 23.22 PB
  • Javelin A 3rd 26.25
• 4x100m 5th 51.29
• 4x300m 4th 3:02.40

U13B: 

• Carter Ackwany
  • 75m A 1st 9.88 PB 
  • 150m A 2nd 19.51
• Rupert Bridges
  • 75m B 4th 10.52 PB
  • 150m B 2nd 20.35 PB
  • 75mH B 1st 12.42 PB
• Benjamin Lewis
  • 800m A 6th 2:42.23
• William Johnson
  • 800m B 7th 2:42.02
• Joseph Bradshaw
  • 1200m A 6th 4:19.30 PB
• Lewis Shirlaw
  • 1200m B 6th 4:31.78
• Liam Green
  • 75mH A 6th 13.87
  • HJ B 4th 1.30
  • Javelin B 5th 21.77
• Alastair Mackie
  • LJ A 7th 4.12
  • HJ A =6th 1.30
• Freddie Harrison
  • LJ B 5th 4.09 PB
• Dylan Hockin
  • SP A 7th 5.94 PB
• Ben Mcfarlane
  • SP B 7th 5.77 PB
• Joseph Sheppee
  • Javelin A 1st 40.10 PB
• 4x100m DQ 

U13G:

• Julia Wieczorek
  • 75m A 6th 11.10 
  • 150m A 6th 21.81
• Eliza Mason
  • 75m B 7th 11.62
  • Javelin A 7th 12.96
• Annabelle King
  • 150m B 7th 24.18
• Avery Church
  • 800m A 6th 2:44.57
• Niamh Pettingell
  • 800m B 7th 2:47.75
• Eliza Nolan
  • 1200m A 2nd 3:58.92
• Jess Bailey
  • 1200m B 4th 4:16.09 PB
• Nylah Abitimo-Jones
  • 70mH A 7th 13.02
  • LJ B 5th 3.87
  • HJ B 7th 1.05
• Isla Richens
  • 70mH B 6th 13.77
  • SP A 5th 6.89
• Annabelle Weldon
  • LJ A 5th 4.02 PB
• Kitty Wiegand
  • HJ A 7th 1.25 PB
  • SP B 4th 6.05 PB
• 4x100m 6th 57.52