Press Report: Top Marks in English Schools

ATHLETICS
by Dennis Wall

HARRIET WHEELER has produced another impressive national title-winning performance.

The talented West Cheshire Athletic Club teenager, who won the England Athletics Under-20 women’s javelin title in Bedford last week, powered her way to the English Schools Championship title during the weekend at Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium.

Harriet, representing Cheshire, produced a winning throw of 50.54m to secure victory in the Senior Girls javelin event.

Club mates, Arwen Thorne and Alba March, also achieved podium places at Birmingham.

Arwen registered a throw of 44.32m to pocket a silver medal in the Intermediate Girls javelin, and Alba contributed towards a silver medal for Cheshire in the Senior Mixed 4x100m relay final.

Alba also posted 12.15 seconds in her 100m heat, while Kara Stoll finished fifth for Cheshire in the Senior Girls hammer with 45.16m, and Maya Jennings clocked 42.20 seconds for eighth spot in the Intermediate Girls 200m final.

Lewis Morris represented Cheshire in the Senior Boys 3,000m and posted 8:48:48 for eighth position, while Violet Thorne spun the Junior Girls discus for Merseyside and achieved 29.63m for 10th spot; Dun Xue hit 36.12m for Cheshire in the Senior Boys discus for 10th place; and Ella Bibby clocked 58.37 for Merseyside in her Senior Girls 400m heat.

THE quartet of Kara Stoll, Lewis Morris, Arwen Thorne and Emma Bradley celebrated victories for West Cheshire in Sunday’s third round of the Under 18 and Under 20 Youth Development Track and Field League held at Ellesmere Port Sports Village.

Kara delivered 45.40m for top spot in the Under 20 women’s hammer, while Lewis rounded the Under 18 men’s 1500m in 4:17.0.

Arwen and Emma completed the victorious quartet by winning the Under 18 women’s A and B javelin competitions with 39.78m and 27.11m respectively.

They were backed up by other important point-scoring club members Jacob Reese, Ruby Billington, Eleanor Wheeler, Louis Russell-Holdsworth, Evan Miller, Beth Manson, Erin Barnard, and Satine Wearden.

FIXTURES this weekend include the third round of the Under 14 and Under 16 Youth Development Track and Field League, on Saturday, at Ellesmere Port Sports Village; the Schools International Track and Field Championships, being held on Saturday, at Belfast, Northern Ireland; and the Northern Track and Field League third round being held at Witton Park, Blackburn, on Sunday.