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!

For the first time, one female and one male athlete from the Deree Track & Field Academy will represent our club at the Balkan U18 Championship, which will take place on July 6, in Maribor, Slovenia.

Specifically, our athlete Evelin Mitropoulou will compete in the long jump, aiming to prepare for the European Championship in her category, which follows in mid-July.

Meanwhile, Filippos Georgantas will strive to secure a spot in the European U18 Championship with a good performance in his race. Notably, on Saturday, June 22, Filippos participated in the “Christos Voudouris 2024” games in Thiva, securing 2nd place with a time of 10.87 in the 100m. Apostolos Kontarinis also took part in the games, achieving a personal record of 55.82 in the 400m, while Aria Sarigiannidi recorded a performance of 5.19 in the long jump.

Congratulations to all the athletes and good luck in their efforts!

The first weekend of June was demanding for the Deree Track and Field Academy in pursue of the limits for the Panhellenic Championships coming up. The athletes competed in the season’s last championship, and the throws triathlon for the U14 category.

In the one-day meeting “Ameinias Pallinefs 2024” of Saturday, June 1, held in Pallini we had the most important performance with 6,08m. in the Long Jump by Evelyn Mitropoulou. Evelyn achieved the limit (5,80m) for the European Championships U18.

All the rest of the participating athletes brought wonderful results and even some personal records.

• Filippos Georgantas 1^st place, 100m, 11.07
• Aria Sarigiannidi 2^nd place, Long Jump, 5.28 (P.B.)
• Olga Fountoulaki 3^rd place, 300m., 42,78 (limit for the Panhellenic Championships U16)
• Eleftheria Zolota, Eleni Tzamakou, Lena Dragiou, Olga Fountoulaki
• 2^nd place, 4x80m. Girls U16, 42.13

In the “Vraimakeia 2024” day-event, Sunday, June 2, held in Chalkida, the DTFA achieved one more limit for the Panhellenic Championships U18.

• Apostolos Kontarinis, 1^st place, 400m. Hurdles, 60:41 – limit for the Panhellenic Championships K18
• Filippos Georgantas, 2^nd place, 110m. Hurdles, 14:95 (P.B.)
• Katerina Nikolopoulou, 2^nd place, Quadruple Jump, 13,99m.

At the U14 Championships, on Sunday, June 2, that held in Doukas’ School, participated 11 DTFA athletes.

Filippos Agalos won Vortex 1^st place, while Nancy Vlachou won 2^nd place at 50m.

Our U10 and U12 athletes also gave their best in dashes, Vortex, and Long Jump winning warm applauds.

Congratulations to all athletes for the participation, effort and achievements!