Area Athletics 2025

Congratulations to all students in Years 8-10 who took part in the Area Athletics on Friday 9 May at the Thames Valley Athletics Stadium.
With beautiful weather and a superb track and field area, it certainly set the scene for a good day of athletics.

Girls
Both the U15 and U17 girls performed superbly despite some girls not taking part in their preferred events to ensure the teams were full ( thank you Year 10s in particular, for all your support and willingness to step outside your comfort zone to ensure the team was full).
In both age groups the girls finished in 2nd place out of 12 schools which was a tremendous achievement. Downe House managed to pip us to first place in both age groups! Very well done to you all and thank you for all your hard work!

There were some very good performances across the board but the following performed particularly well:

U15 Girls
Penny Prowse 1st in the 100m with a rapid time of 12.5 seconds
Eva Mahoney 3rd in 200m 30.06
Avi Hadadi 2nd in the 300m 47.1
Emi Lloyd 4th in the 800m 2.45
Anna Hall 2nd in the 1500m 5.17
Jessie McCurtin 3rd in the 1500m 5.31 and 2nd in the High Jump 1m35
Chloe Yorston 4th in High Jump 1m 30
Freya Ilsley 3rd Discus 15. 73
Anna Hall 4th Javelin 17.60
Holly Franklin Wilson 1st in Triple Jump 8.15

U17 Girls
Eleanor Clare 1st in Long Jump 4m 19 and 4th in 100m 14.4
Hazel Cook 2nd in the 200m 29.2
Sofia Hughes 3rd in the 800m 2.50
Katie Wake Shot Putt 7.21
Georgia Hillyer 4th in Javelin 18.85
Mariella Frood 1st place in Triple Jump 9.06
Kitty Hutchinson 4th place in Triple Jump 8.77

Boys
Both the U15 and U17 teams did really well, with the U15 (Years 8 and 9) boys team finishing 3rd overall, and the U17 boys team (Year 10) comfortably finishing 1st. Well done to all the students who competed and earned points for the team. However, there were also lots of notable individual performances. Some of these students will also have qualified to represent West Berkshire at the upcoming County Championships.

U15
Daniyal Mohammed – 200m – 3rd place – 27.33s and Long Jump – 2nd place 4.48m
Eli Bodin – Tripe Jump – 3rd place 9.45m
Oscar Hook – Discus – 2nd place 26.79m
Danny Smith-Mas – Shotput – 2nd place 9.36m
Euan Jones – Javelin – 3rd place 28.92m

U17
Jacob Tang – 100m – 2nd place 11.74s and Triple Jump – 1st place 10.39m
Antonio Valdivia – 400m – 1st place 55.95s
Henry Wilson – 800m – 1st place 2:08
Relay Team (Jacob Tang, Deacon Cullum, Ed Hancock, James Wheeler) 1st place
Freddie Fuller – Long Jump – 1st place 5.23m
Joe Richards – Shotput – 2nd place 9.55m
Harry Fenner – Javelin – 2nd place 36.48m