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Podium Places and PBs: Young Lewes Academy Sportshall Athletes Make Their Mark in Worthing
Sunday, 26th January, saw the final Sportshall for this Season take place in Worthing, and what a fantastically inspirational day it was!
Young athletes from every single club pushed themselves to their absolute limits to gain as many points for their club as possible, and Lewes athletes were amazing!
In total, we had only half a team of athletes competing compared to other clubs and still managed to improve from 160 points in round 2 to 243.5 points in round 3! This result is an excellent achievement for all the young athletes and meant that overall, Lewes came 6th.
Everyone participated so well and gained many points for Lewes.
Some young athletes achieved PBs and impressive podium places.
Here are the full results.
- Under 11 girls: Parlauf: 3rd Lexi and Astrid
- Under 11 boys: 4 lap B string, 3rd Archie Foster
- Under 11 boys: Standing Long Jump: 2nd Rory Williams
- Under 11 boys: Vertical Jump: 2nd Isaac Ojeniyi
- Under 13 girls: 4 lap: 2nd Sunshine Love
- Under 13 girls: Standing Long Jump A string: 1st Sunshine Love, B string 2nd Lara Gray
- Under 13 girls: Vertical Jump A String: 3rd Sunshine Love, B String 2nd Lara Gray
- Under 13 boys: 2 Lap B string, Herbie Benfield
- Under 13 boys: Standing Long Jump: 1st A string Herbie Benfield, B string 1st Rainbow Love
- Under 13 boys: Vertical Jump A string: 3rd Leo Ison, B string 3rd Rainbow Love
- Under 13 boys: Speed bounce: 3rd Herbie Belfield
- Under 15 boys: 2 lap A string: 2nd Hugo Johansen, B String: 2nd Philip Ojeniyi
- Under 15 boys: 4 lap: 3rd Hugo Johansen
- Under 15 boys: Standing Long Jump: 1st Philip Ojeniyi
- Under 15 Boys: Parlauf: 3rd Hugo and Philip
A special shout-out has to go to all the under-11 boys who ran in the non-scoring one-lap sprint! They were terrific, and all clocked in speedy times that were almost identical!
Every athlete should be proud of their performances and overcoming those pre-event nerves!!
I see the potential of how well Lewes Academy can do with entire teams for all age groups, in both Boys and Girls categories.
There is no reason why Lewes cannot be in the top three in all the competitions we enter!
Team spirit is building in the Lewes Team, and Lewes Academy Athletes are gaining a positive reputation for being fabulous athletes amongst their competitors.
Regional and County coaches are always watching out for athletes who also show their full strength and ability.
Let’s make it our goal to have complete competing teams ready and available for the 2025 Outdoor Track Season and the next Sporthall!
Lewes has excellent young athletes, and points are given to every individual in the scoring events, regardless of their placement. So please know you contribute to the Team points even if you are frustrated that you did not gain a 1st, 2nd or 3rd placement. You are all Brilliant!
Thank you to everyone who helped out on the day. The bigger our Team gets, the more help we need!
With Smiles, Emma Love and Lewes Academy Team.