Girls Girls Girls at September Championships

Thanet AC took a triple gold medal haul at the Kent Combined Championships at Medway Park at the weekend.

Millie Vas (Senior Women), Bethany Shimmen-Smith (U20) and Gracie Lawton (U18) all took their County titles with aplomb to round off a long season in style.

Chair, Julien Lawton with Gracie, Bethany and Millie.

Millie’s results on day 1 of the Heptathlon started with 18.16s In the 100mH followed by a height of 1.35m In the high jump, 8.44m In the shot putt and 29.01s In the 200m.

Day 2 saw her long jump a distance of 4.51m, throw 19.15m In the javelin and run the 800m in 3:09.99 To accumulate a total points score of 2895.

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Millie in Shot Put action (left) and all 3 girls in the Hurdles (right).

Bethany started off her Heptathlon with 17.25s In the 100mH, 1.41m in the high jump and then a personal best of 8.02m In the shot putt before running her 200m in 28.33s.

Day 2 was long jump first with 4.33m, the javelin with 16.98m and then the tough 800m in 3:02.60. This gave Bethany a total points score of 3058.

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Bethany jumping into day 2 (left) and Gracie flying over the high Jump (right).

Gracie started her Heptathlon campaign off with an 18.94s personal best In the 100mH, an equal personal best in the high jump with 1.50m, a personal best of 9.97m In the shot and then 29.69s In the 200m.

Day 2 in the long jump saw her best effort of 3.94m, 34.32m In the javelin and then a gutsy 3:20.06 In the 800m whilst carrying an injury to give her a total points score of 3102.

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Millie, Gracie and Bethany in the 200m (left) and Kitty-Rose in the Javelin (right).

Thanet AC also managed to get 2 of our U14 athletes out last weekend in Amber Jackson and Kitty-Rose Hatton.

Amber was very busy competing in Bedford on the Saturday in the 2km walk at the English Schools Race Walking Championships placing 6th in a time of 13:48.78, and then again on Sunday in the 2km walk achieving the Silver medal in a time of 13:38.

Amber recieving her Kent medal.

Kitty-Rose competed in the javelin at the County Champs where her second best ever throw of 19m25 placed her 5th.

• Darren Hatton