Golden girl Hollie heads record day
Athletes from across the county produced impressive performances at the annual Shropshire Schools' Track and Field Championships.















Athletes from across the county produced impressive performances at the annual Shropshire Schools' Track and Field Championships.
Youngsters produced 14 English Schools' qualifying standard displays and four championship best times at Telford Stadium.
The Bristow Sports Trophies, awarded to the best boy and girl performers, went to Hollie Williamson from Sundorne School in Shrewsbury and Scott Mackenzie from Idsall School, Shifnal.
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Williamson won the award for her performance in the junior girls 75m hurdles where she became the only athlete on the day to produce an
English Schools' National Standard performance as she won in 11.5 seconds – the fastest time by a junior girl in these championships. It was also the fourth fastest time by anyone in that age group so far this year.
A busy day also saw her win the high jump with another championship best of 1.58cm, adding one centimetre to the previous best that has stood for 20 years.
Williamson made it a hat-trick of golds as she also won the long jump with 5.14m.
Mackenzie won the junior boys' javelin with a throw of 45.96m, which is an English Schools' entry standard and was also second in the shotput.
Chike Kandi, from Shrewsbury School, won the 100m in 11secs, breaking a county schools best that has stood for 51 years.
Emily Ball from the Marches School, Oswestry, comfortably won the junior girls shot putt and discus.
She won the shot with a throw of 10.59m, a new championship best performance, adding nine centimetres to the previous record that has stood for 28 years. Ball claimed first place in the discus by 12 metres with 29.01m.
Jordan Hall from Sundorne was in fine form as she won a junior girls sprint double in 13.4secs and 28.3secs
Meole Brace's Danielle Lloyd won three events in the intermediate girls age group and set a new championship best in the hammer as she threw 29.27m.
She also won the discus with a throw of 27.31m and shot putt with 8.31m.
Amy Bowen from Charlton School, won the intermediate girls 200m in a time of 26secs and the 100m in 12.7secs.
Alexis Newton French, from Idsall, claimed a double with success in the 80m hurdles in 11.9secs and won the long jump with a leap of 5.24m.
Sophie Worrall gained two English Schools' entry standards in the senior girls age group, winning the long jump with 5.56m and the 100m hurdles where she set a championship best display of 14.9secs.
Haydn Finn, Thomas Telford School, won the junior boys sprint double with a 100m of 11.8secs and the 200m in 25.1secs.
Leo Read, from Lakelands took first in the 75m hurdles in 12.3secs and the long jump with 5.27m.
Alex Burrows, from William Brookes School, ran an impressive solo 800m in 2min 6.7secs, just outside a long-standing championship best performance.
In the intermediate boys age group, George Speakman, from Church Stretton School, won two gold medals with victory in the triple jump in 13.04m and a leap of 5.76m in the long jump. Josh Burrows followed in his brother's footsteps as he won the intermediate 800m in 2min 3secs.
Callum Rubery, from Adams Newport was the most impressive senior boy as he achieved an English Schools entry standard with a throw of 40.96m in the discus.





