On the June 15-16, the Deree Track & Field Academy participated in the Panhellenic U18 Championship in Patras with 4 female and 3 male athletes. The results were excellent, as our athletes met expectations with personal records, two silver medals, and a qualification for the European U18 Championship, which will take place in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia, from July 18-21.
Specifically, in Saturday’s preliminaries, Filippos Georgantas achieved the best time in the 100m with a performance of 10.79, which would have qualified him for the European U18 Championship, but the wind (+2.4m) exceeded the allowable limit. In the final, however, he set a personal record of 10.94, securing 2nd place in a very close race decided at the finish line.
Also competing in Saturday’s preliminaries were Aria Sarigiannidi with 15.98 (personal record) in the 100m hurdles, Sotiris Stathakos with 15.67 in the 110m hurdles, Eleni Stathopoulou with 1.50 in the high jump, and the youngest athlete of the team, Katerina Nikolopoulou, who belongs to the U16 category, with 10.98 (personal record) in the triple jump (4,94m).
On Sunday afternoon, in the long jump final, our athlete Evelin Mitropoulou achieved a jump of 6.02m, earning her 2nd place and a qualification for the European U18 Championship, as she confirmed the standard for the second time. It is worth noting that our athlete’s performance (6.08m in a previous competition) is the 13th best in Europe this year and the 11th best in Greece of all time, while she has another year in this age category!
Finally, in the long jump preliminaries, Aria Sarigiannidi with 4.90m and Katerina Nikolopoulou with 5.09m (personal record) also participated, while in the 400m hurdles preliminaries, Apostolos Kontarinis set a personal record with 60.04, but missed the final by one position. In the 200m final in the afternoon, Filippos Georgantas achieved 22.52, finishing in 9th place.
Congratulations to all the athletes and their coaches for their excellent performances!
