AKS athletes finished the season in style as they claimed 3 of the 4 Wyre & Fylde championships and finished runners-up in the 4th after a superb day of athletics at Stanley Park.
It was an action packed day with the full range of track and field events for all year groups and with a host of personal best performances and yet another record breaking performance from Yr 10 Shelby Q in the High Jump it certainly was one to remember for the AKS athletes.
The U13 team finished as champions after two great runs in 80m & 150m from Grace W to claim 3rd place. Paige S’s superb throw of 17.00m in the discus earnt her top spot and Arabella C achieved a personal best of 7.39m in the shot for second spot. Penny A finished 4th in the roundersball throw with 30.80m whilst in the hurdles Amelie Y and Emily B finished 4th & 5th respectively. Further points from Priya P 4th in the 100m and Paige S 8th in Discus added to the team total and with 58 points the team picked up the Champions trophy ahead of St.Aidans 57 points & Lytham 55 points.
The U14 team dominated the team competition scoring 91 points to finish as Champions ahead of Kirkham 68 points and Lytham 63 points. Star performer was Sadie A who recorded a double victory in the 1500m ( 5m29s) and High Jump ( 1.39m) whilst Charlotte R won the 800m ( 2m34.5s) and finished 3rd in Long Jump ( 4.19m). Other double points scorer were Alyssa W who was 3rd in the 200m ( 29.3s) and 4th in the shot ( 7.62m) , Sophia T 2nd in Javelin ( 18.80m ) and 5th in hurdles ( 14.9s) and Olivia C 3rd in the 100m and 6th in the Long Jump. Valuable points were scored by Louisa B ( 2nd in Discus 17.10m) , Gracie S ( Javelin 4th) Evie G ( 1500m 5th) and Faye J ( Shot 8th ).
The U15 championships were a much closer affair but AKS triumphed over St.Aidans by just 1 point thanks to a great team effort. The team was led admirably by Adrianna E who won both the Hurdles ( 13.3s) and long jump ( 4.54m) whilst Elsie T was only 0.1s outside the school record with 46.1s to win the 300m. A great run in the 100m by Camilla W saw her take 2nd spot and there were 3rd place finishes for Elsie T ( 800m) Isabelle W ( 1500m ) Lauren M ( High Jump) and Esme M ( shot ) . Other points winners were Isla J ( 4th High Jump ) Natalie H ( 6th Discus ) Camilla W ( 7th Shot) and Emily F ( 7th 1500m ).
The U17 team did themselves proud finishing in runners-up spot with 99 points. There was another record breaking performance by Shelby Q who increased her own school Year 10 High Jump record to 1.52m. There were top performances from Sophia M who won the 300m ( 45.5s) and Olivia D winning the 100m ( 13.8s) . Sophie S was second in both the Javelin ( 19.22m) and 800m ( 3m03.7s ) while Ameia H was 2nd in 300m. Maisie W achieved two 4th place finishes in the 200m and shot , Emily B ran a gutsy 1500m in 3rd place along with placing 4th in the High Jump. Niamh M was in 3rd place in the shot and 4th in the Javelin and the team rounded off the day with the relay finishing second . Overall a great team performance from all the girls , especially the Year 11 athletes returning to represent the school for the last time , with some athletes competing in their less favoured events to earn valuable points for the school and they epitomised the school values of ‘teamwork’ and working together towards a team goal.
Overall a great day of athletics and three trophies was the perfect way to finish the athletics season at AKS.