Isle of Wight Athletics Club with impressive performances

The team, led by captains Noah Cherry and Finlay Brown, displayed strong outings in the U17M events.

Noah took third place in both javelin and discus and secured second place in the shot put with a distance of 9.93m.

Finlay also claimed third in the high jump with 1.60m and javelin and took second in the B-string shot.

Joey Cooper, another U17M competitor, achieved seasonal bests across three events, finishing second in the 400m with a time of 56.24s, and third in both the 200m (25.18s) and discus (22.93m).

Szymon Paraszeski, competing in the U13 boys' category, triumphed in the 75m hurdles and finished second in the high jump.

Meanwhile, U15 boys' athlete Remy Deegan, recently crowned the Hampshire Schools 300m champion, replicated his victory in the 300m with a commendable time of 38.46s.

Ollie Donovan also achieved a seasonal best of 2:27.33m in the 800m, earning him a second-place finish.

The U13 girls' category saw sprinters Darcey Ettritch and Alessia Rega both secure fourth place in their respective 100m races and third in their 200m races.

In the U15 girls' events, Daisy Selway and Daisy Taylor performed well across the sprints, with both finishing third in the 75m hurdles.

Alicia Feather threw 31.17m in the U15 girls' javelin to secure second place.

She also finished second in the shot put and third in the discus.

Team captains named Adana Ukwuoma as the athlete of the match, following her personal bests in the U17W discus (18.74m) and shot put (8.53m).

In the U11 Quadkids events, Amelia Riggs secured second place out of 51 athletes.

She broke her own long jump club record with 3.87m and achieved personal bests in both the vortex (24.63m) and 600m (2:01.60).

Wilfred Smith was the highest-scoring IWAC Quadkid, finishing ninth out of 53.

Overall, the Isle of Wight AC came fifth, with Winchester and District AC taking the top spot.

The club continues to grow its junior membership and aims to challenge larger clubs in future competitions.