Get yourself a Club record!

Anyone who's had a look at the Club track and field records, posted here a couple of weeks ago, will have noticed there are quite a few events where no record has been set or that the record has been set by "yours truly", so is probably quite easy to beat! One member has already got his eye on one of the more prestigious events, as a potential record holder.

Here's a summary of the adult and junior records set, so you can see or not see, what events are missing and are just waiting for someone to do them.

Adult male records:

Age Category	Event	Athlete	Record
V60	100m	Dorian Matts	15.78
V60	150m	Dorian Matts	25.43
V60	200m	Dorian Matts	33
V60	400m	Dorian Matts	74.17
V60	600m	Dorian Matts	2:08.28
V60	800m	Nick Holliday	2:36.0
V60	1500m	Nick Holliday	5:11.0
V60	mile	Nick Holliday	5:36.0
V60	3000m	Nick Holliday	11:12.0
V60	5000m	David Wright	18:30.1
V60	Long Jump	Dorian Matts	2.7
V60	Triple Jump	Dorian Matts	6.26
V50	Shot put (6kg)	Dorian Matts	4.87
V50	1500m	Tony Curry	5:38.1
V45	800m	Tony Curry	2:44.3
V45	3000m	Tony Curry	10:53.0
V45	5000m	Tony Curry	17:58.1
V45	10000m	Tony Curry	37:38.8
V40	800m	Brian Wither	2:28.7
V40	1500m	Brian Wither	5:00.2
V40	3000m	Brian Wither	11:30.4
V40	5000m	Brian Wither	18:03.2
V40	10000m	Bill Leggate	34:56.1
Senior	3000m	Julian Wilkie	8:30.5
Senior	10000m	Bill Leggate	32:16.8

Adult female records:

Age Category	Event	Athlete	Record
V45	400m	Lisa Carpenter	01:13
V45	800m	Caroline Cotterell	02:51
V45	1500m	Caroline Cotterell	05:25
V45	mile	Caroline Cotterell	06:04
V45	3000m	Caroline Cotterell	12:05
V45	5000m	Caroline Cotterell	20:31
V40	3000m	Ruth Fulford	13:34.1
V35	10000m	Wendy Nicholls	34:01.75
Senior	1500m	Ellen Leggate	04:14.46
Senior	mile	Ellen Leggate	5:05.5
Senior	3000m	Ellen Leggate	09:08.07

Juniors :

Gender	Age Category	Event	Athlete	Record
Male	U11	600m	Ted Lockhart	2:21.23
Male	U13	800m	Henry Sheffield	2:18.5
Male	U13	1500m	Henry Sheffield	4:34.5
Male	U13	mile	Henry Sheffield	4:59.1
Male	U13	1000m	Ben Conway	3:35.58
Male	U15	100m	Tom Hoskins	12.99
Male	U15	200m	Tom Hoskins	27.17
Male	U17	100m	Archie Hatt	12.37
Male	U17	150m	Archie Hatt	18.66
Male	U17	300m	Archie Hatt	40.84
Male	U17	400m	Archie Hatt	55.1
Male	U17	600m	Archie Hatt	1:42.73
Male	U18	1500m	Marc Fallows	4:07.6
Male	U20	Long Jump	George Whelan	4.76
Female	U11	Long Jump	Aria Stavrakakis	2.29
Female	U15	100m	Mimi Van Wyk	14.72
Female	U15	150m	Mimi Van Wyk	22.59
Female	U15	200m	Caitlin Musgrove	33.36
Female	U15	600m	Jasmyn Lloyd	2:16.1
Female	U15	Long Jump	Mimi Van Wyk	4.22
Female	U17	100m	Daisy Van Wyk	13.97
Female	U17	150m	Daisy Van Wyk	21.6
Female	U17	Long Jump	Daisy Van Wyk	4.47
Female	U17	300m	Daisy Van Wyk	44.8
Female	U17	600m	Caitlin Musgrove	2:12.78

Overall Club bests

From the above you can see that some of the best performances have been set by the Juniors, namely:

Archie Hatt for 100, 150, 300, 400, 600m; Tom Hoskins 200m, Henry Sheffield 800m, Ben Conway 1000m, Marc Fallows 1500m, Henry Sheffield mile, George Whelan long jump

Daisy Van Wyk 100, 150, 300m, long jump; Caitlin Musgrove 200m, 600m

and it's only the longer distances where the older members especially men start to contribute:

Lisa Carpenter 400m, Caroline Cottrell 800m, 5000m, Ellen Leggate mile, 3000m, Wendy Nicholls 10,000m

Julian Wicke 3000m, Tony Currie 5000m, Bill Leggate 10,000m

I suppose this says most about the Club's nature and its members interests, and maybe something about not recording the T&F records from the early days of the Club, when I'm sure the members throw shot, had a go at high jump, etc. But then there was no Power of 10, and so many great performances may have been lost to posterity, unless you know otherwise. Please let me know.

So why not give track and field a go? Just make sure you follow my advice on RAMP warm ups if you decide to choose a shorter event than you usually do, or try a field event, especially. I can provide detailed advice, so please don't hesitate to contact me.

Dorian