TVH’s BUCs Indoors Medallists

Having finished 1^st in their respective qualifying pools, Lia Stephenson and Montana Jackson were the class act in the triple jump final where they were both well over half a metre ahead of their closest rival. Lia jumped a new indoor personal best distance of 12.66m to claim her first gold BUCS medal. Montana jumped a new life time best distance of 12.44m for the silver medal. Along with Angela Barrett, TVH have three of the top triple jumpers in the country and we look forwards seeing them push each other to even further distances.

Other highlights from the weekend came from:

Clieo Stephenson, who just missed out again on an individual medal, improving by one position from 2015 to place 4^th in the 60m final in 7.61, having run 7.56 in her semi-final. Clieo captained her Brunel University 4x200m team to well deserved gold medals with a final time from the quartet of 1:39.24.

There were two outstanding performances in the 400m and 800m from Chris McAllister and Gil Machado in their respective events. Both Chris (48.37 & 48.16) and Gil (1:56.07 & 1:54.95) set new life time best times in their heats and their semi-finals. Chris and Gil were again close to their new PBs in the final where they finished 6^th.

Danielle Opara equalled her bronze medal from 2015 in the shot putt with a good effort of 13.47m.

New member, Pippa Rogan, fresh from her recent TVH club record of 1.75m, had another fantastic competition to claim a bronze medal with a jump of 1.72m. Ella Widdop-Gray also did very well to make the final in her first BUCS championship with a jump of 1.66m.

Katie Mellor showed a great return to form by making the 3000m final where she finished 7^th in a time of 10:16.07 having run 10:12.92 the day before to qualify for the final.

BUCS Indoor Championships 2016, Sheffield, 19-21 February

60m SW Heat 7 Tayla Brade 1^st 7.90; Heat 9 Clieo Stephenson 1^st 7.64, Semi-final 2 Tayla Brade 6^th 7.94; Semi-final 3 Clieo Stephenson 2^nd 7.56; Final Clieo Stephenson 7.61 4^th

60m SM Heat 11 Danny Burrowes (U20) 6^th 7.53

200m SM Heat 2 Mark Dyble 1^st 22.79; Semi-final Mark Dyble 4^th 22.51

400m SM Heat 3 Chris McAlister 1^st 48.37 PB; Semi-final 2 Chris McAlister 2^nd 48.16 PB; Final Chris McAlister 6^th 48.61

800m SM Heat 2 Gil Machado 1^st 1:56.07 PB; Semi-final 2 Gil Machado 3^rd 1:54.95 PB; Final Gil Machado 6^th 1:56.84

1500m SW Heat 3 Alex Mundell 4^th 5:06.42

3000m SW Heat 1 Katie Mellor 4^th 10:12.92; Final Katie Mellor 7^th 10:16.07

High Jump SW Pool A Pippa Rogan 1^st 1.66m; Pool B Ella Widdop-Gray 6^th 1.66m; Final Pippa Rogan 3^rd 1.72m; Ella Widdop-Gray 12^th 1.60m

4x200m SW Heat 4 Brunel University (Clieo Stephenson leg 1) 1^st 1:42.55; Final Brunel University (Clieo Stephenson leg 3) 1^st (Gold) 1:39.24

Pole Vault SW Final Shannon Rapacchi 10^th 3.20m

Long Jump SW Pool A Marissa John 16^th 4.40m

Long Jump SM Pool B Danny Burrowes 15^th 5.48m

Triple Jump SW Pool A Montana Jackson 1^st 12.14m; Pool B Lia Stephenson 1^st 12.60m; Pool B Marissa John 10.19; Final Lia Stephenson 1^st (Gold) 12.66m PB; 2^nd Montana Jackson 2^nd (Silver) 12.44m PB

Triple Jump SM Pool A Danny Burrowes (U20) 16^th 11.85m

Shot Putt SW Pool B Danielle Opara 3^rd 12.64m; Final Danielle Opara 3^rd (Bronze) 13.47m

Shot Putt SM Pool B Danny Burrowes (U20) 14^th 9.50m PB