PHNOM PENH ATHLETICS CLUB

Thirty-two motivated athletes gathered for the third and concluding round of Phnom Penh Athletics Club's inaugural Youth Championship. For Round 3 athletes started with 200m in ten category-based heats of three or four runners, followed, after a short rest, by the 400m with just one heat per category. Event 4 - 200m The 200m sprint was the second event held fully in lanes on the track (after the 100m). Athletes set off from a staggered start on the back straight before negotiating the bend and finishing the race on the home straight. There were a number of exciting races with heats seeded by overall points ranking leading to some close finishes, including the top two U19 girls who were separated by just 0.05s at the line. Event 5 - 400m The 400m followed a unique format owing to the layout of the 300m track, with a staggered start in lanes from the 100m start point with all at...

Round 2 of the Phnom Penh Athletics Club 2022 Youth Championship took place this Sunday morning, following an early warm up with our regular 4-weekly 5km road race event, all held on a newly designed off-road course. 5km Road Race First up nine athletes and eight finishers tested the new course at Chbar Ampouv, running three laps of equal distance on the super smooth tarmac surface, with only pedestrian and canine traffic to negotiate. A fast and open course where the wind may play a factor saw Jack dropping 4.1s from his previous best for a new PB performance of 19:06. The top three scored over 500 points and top-two finishers Andarge and Jack scored the only sub-1.00 consistency ratings. Youth Championship Round 2 - 3km Road Race For round two of the Youth Championship we had twenty-eight finishers out of twenty-nine starters. The 3km road race is the longest of the five events making up this championship, better su...

Welcome to Round 1 of the first Phnom Penh Athletics Club Youth Championship! Youth athletes in U16 and U19 categories (aged 12-14 or 15-18) will race five events in three rounds over consecutive weeks. They will run 800m and 100m in the first round, followed by a road-style 3km race in week two and 200m and 400m in the third and final sprint round. Any athlete that wants to be crowned champion must participate in every event. Points are awarded to every athlete in each category by finishing order on a scale from 20 points down to 1 point (20, 17, 15, 13, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1). At the end of the competition the athletes with the highest points total from the five events will be declared the champions! Round 1 - 800m The competition began with one of the most notoriously challenging middle distance track events, the 800m. Athletes lined up on our 300m track for a group start, running an initial 200m s...