Olivia Wins English Schools NW Regional Combined Events

Multi-Talented Olivia Montez-Brown will round off a busy season with a National Championship appearance. The West Cheshire AC all-rounder has been crowned Cheshire Schools Combined Events champion after winning the junior girls pentathlon title at Telford in the regional round event. She scored 2993 points which featured a time of 11.4 seconds in the 75m hurdles, 8.40m in the shot, a 1-50m clearance in the high jump, a leap of 5.05m in the long jump, and an 800m time of two minutes 35 seconds, and contributed towards Cheshire winning the overall combined events schools trophy for the fourth year in a row. Montez-Brown won the North of England under 15 girls 75m hurdles title with a winning time of 11.66 seconds at Leigh last month, and added a bronze medal from her long jump appearance with a leap of 4.93m. The Ellesmere Port Catholic High School pupil kicked-off her season when she produced a sensational new county and West Cheshire AC under 15 girls triple jump record of 10.44m to claim the gold medal from the triple jump at the Cheshire Championships in May, and she added a gold from the 75m hurdles (12.4), and secured top spot in the long jump with 4.99m. Montez-Brown, who won this years Cheshire Schools junior girls 75m hurdles title with 11.8 seconds, will now look forward to representing Cheshire at the English Schools Combined Events Finals to be held at Stokes Northwood Stadium, in September.