Pole vault specialist Sophie Dowson and 100m sprinter Eden
Davis struck silver and bronze respectively at the English Schools
Championships at Gateshead. For both athletes, it was their third successive
year of reaching the Championship finals in their events, and also their first
year in the U20 division.
Dowson's silver, secured with a clearance of 3.70m, made up
for her slight disappointment last year when illness in the preceding week
meant that she finished fourth. "It was a very long competition, and the blustery
crosswinds made running with the pole very difficult,” Dowson said, “so I'm really
happy with my performance."
Davis battled a strong headwind to take 100m bronze in
11.06. The previous day, facing a less severe breeze, he had won his semi-final
in 10.80. “Being a lighter athlete, the wind pushes me back harder," he
explained. "But I'm really grateful to add to last year's bronze. The
Championships are an amazing experience and I have learned a lot from them."
Lia Radus, running in the English Schools for the first
time, was unlucky not to make the U15 1500m final, being the fastest
non-qualifier in the heats.
Hannah Viner scored multiple points for Highgate in the
Southern Athletics League at Parliament Hill, winning the 1500m in 4:54.3 and
1500m steeplechase in 5:23.0, and placing second in the 800m in 2:21.2.
Shaftesbury Barnet Harrier Matti Harris, 13, cut nine
seconds from his 1500m personal best, recording 4:41.9 in the Eastern Young
Athletes’ League at Ipswich.
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