New Rostrum
This year’s Kent Schools’ Track and Field medalist will receive their medals on our new podium. The brand new podium was sponsored and paid for by Central Park Track & Field Limited, so many thanks to them for their support of athletics in Kent.
SIAB XC Championships – 22nd March – Callander Park, Falkirk, Scotland
After their fine performances at the ESAA XC Champs last weekend at Ardingly, three Kent Schools athletes (Freddie Gibson, Joe Scanes and Sophie Richmond) were selected to represent England in the Home Countries International on Saturday 22nd March, in Scotland.
In the Inter Boys event over 6k England achieved a perfect 21 score with runners filling all the positions from 1st to 6th. Joe, who finished 5th at Ardingly, finished a place higher in England’s clean sweep, coming home in 4th.
In the Inter Girls over 4k, Sophie who has another year in this age group, also finished 4th. An Irish athlete was a clear winner, but Sophie was in a trio of English athletes who all finished within a second of each other. Again England were clear team winners with 26 pts, and Ireland 2nd with 73.
The third Kent athlete Freddie was part of the 4x2k relay team who finished 1st, but were unfortunately disqualified as the runners at the first changeover failed to touch hands.
Well done to all three. Once again you did Kent proud.
South East Inter-Counties Year 7 & 8 XC Championships – 22nd March – Southend High School for Boys, Essex
KSAA had another successful day at the SE Inter-Counties Year 7 & 8 XC Championships held in Southend last weekend. Both the Year 7 and Year 8 boys won their team event and the Year 8 girls were 2nd. Guy Bowers was the overall winner of the Year 8 boys race and Tyla Thomas was a very close 2nd in the Year 8 girls race.
Well done to everyone who competed for Kent Schools.
Click here for the full results.
ESAA XC Championships – 15th March – Ardingly
Well done to all the athletes who took part in the ESAA XC champs at the weekend.
The day started with our team captains Franklin Shepherd and Lauren Mitchell giving inspirational speeches. Followed by some creative face painting, ensuring the team were ready for the days action.
Highlight of the day was the Inter Boys team winning their team event and Sophie Richmond, Joseph Scanes and Freddie Gibson earning their places in the England squad for next weekend’s SIAB.
Congratulations again to all the team members. You did Kent proud.
Full results can be found at: https://results.sporthive.com/events/7305906195615711232
Athletics Weekly Report:
https://athleticsweekly.com/event-reports/alex-lennon-and-zoe-gilbody-triumph-at-english-schools-xc-champs-1039998165/
Thank You To Our Sponsors
A huge thank you to Ashford Coach Stella Bandu for providing the bags & beanies for all the athletes who will be representing the county next weekend at the ESAA XC Champs at Ardingly.
And in KSAA 100th centenary year we also continue to thank our sponsor Paul Nash of Phoenix Data for the amazing kit the Kent athletes are privileged to wear.
Plus a further thank you to Karen White of TCX4 for the centenary badges and the printing of the Kent kit.
Kent Schools Team Announced
The following athletes have been selected to represent Kent Schools at the ESAA XC Championships on the 15th March. Congratulations to you all and we wish you the best for the championships. We are sure you will do the county proud.
New KSAA Roll of Honour and ESAA Medalists Lists
A big thank you to John Mackie who to coincide with KSAA 100th centenary in 2025 has compiled a Roll on Honour list. Listing all the athletes who have won major championships throughout the years, some of whom have gone onto to represent Team GB at the Olympics.
He has also listed all previous Kent School athletes who have won a medal at a English Schools championships, dating back to 1925 and upto 2024.
The lists can be found here.
ESAA Combined Event Championships 2024 – 21st/22nd September – Stoke-on-Trent
KSAA sent a strong team of 15 combined eventers to Stoke-on-Trent for the ESAA Championships, all who had previously qualified via the South East Regional round in June.
The weather was horrendous for the entire 48 hours and this meant that the final Junior Boys event (the 800m) and the Seniors Boys High Jump and 400m had to be cancelled, due to thunder and lightning. This meant the strong Junior Boys team were unable to fully contend for the Team gold medal and had to settle for second place, with Toby Gwinnell winning an individual Bronze medal and he also gained selection for the England Schools’ representative team which will contest the home countries international in Glasgow in November.
Toby Gwinnell 3rd
Kai Rogan 12th
Thomas Webb 24th
Alfie Walach 26th
Toby will be joined in Glasgow by Sam Newton who easily won the Inter Boys Octathlon in a score that ranks him number 1 in the country and top 20 on the all time list.
Sam Newton 1st 5353pnts
Harry Wickers 12th 4453pnts
The curtailed Senior Boys Decathlon saw Dante McNichol secure a top five finish, with Joe Stone performing well after an injury hit season.
Dante McNichol 5th
Joe Stone 10th
Reef Page (withdrew after 6 events)
The Junior Girls braved the wet conditions and represented Kent proudly while Inter Ella Thomas hit several personal bests in her Heptathlon score of 4329 points
Junior Girls Pentathlon
Saskia Taylor 19th 2653pnts
Tess Hepple 22nd 2561pnts
Inter Girls Heptathlon
Ella Thomas 6th 4329pnts
Araba Taylor 17th 3781pnts
Team captain Matilda Secker won bronze in the Senior Girls Heptathlon (4458pnts), with Neve Bachelor’s 3807 points good enough for 13th place in a very competitive field.
Full results can be found here.
ESAA Race Walking Championships 2024 – 21st September – Stoke-on-Trent
Kent, as always, fielded the largest team and were represented in all bar two of the age categories.
Luke Eperon led the team home in the U13 Development race, achieving a strong 4th place finish. Medalists included Ellin Wilson who won the Junior Girls 2000m event and Trejan Checheku-Boamah who won silver in the Junior Boys. Jessica Wilton was another gold medallist (Senior Girls 3km), while Mimi Marshall smashed her pb to take silver in the Inter Girls race.
SIAB T&F International 2024 – 20th July – Carmarthen
The six Kent athletes who gained International honours at the previous weeks ESAA Championships, took part in the SIAB International match on the 20th July in Wales. Representing English Schools, they competed against athletes from Welsh, Scottish and Irish schools
The conditions looked less than ideal with wind and rain falling for most of the day. Nevertheless, the six athletes did themselves and their country proud.
Congratulations to them all, especially to Harriet Court who won the girl’s javelin competition.
Full results can be downloaded here. Kent athletes are highlighted in blue.
ESAA T&F Championships 2024 – 12th – 13th July – Birmingham
Congratulations to all our athletes who represented Kent in this years ESAA T&F Championships on the 12th/13th July in Birmingham.
The team gained 26 National standard and 26 English Schools standard points and over 45 athletes positioned 8th or above, which meant Kent placed second overall behind a very strong Essex team.
Seven Kent athletes became English Schools Champions and six of our inter age group athletes gained International honours.
Full results came be downloaded here. NB: Kent athletes are highlighted in blue.
