Monday, September 24, 2012

Pentathlon


Rowan entered the Yorkshire U15 Girls Pentathlon. This consists of five events;
Long Jump [not brilliant at it]
Hurdles [never run it]
Shot Putt [unknown quantity]
High Jump [her forte]
800m [another strength]
I was raking the pit at the Long Jump and both Rowan and I were a little in awe at the standard that the other girls were reaching. Rowan came 3rd or 4th from last.
In the hurdles she looked good, but again was well in the bottom half of the field of 15.
In the shot she surprised us both by doing really well, but was still mid-table.
The high jump she came second to the girl who led going into the final event – the 800 metres. It looked like Rowan had to beat her by 29 seconds. She duly beat her by 30!
It was a total surprise, very unexpected but Rowan is now Yorkshire Pentathlon Champion!

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