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.
