Kentish Express Ashford & District
A class of their own
The Kent Schools Athletics Championships took place at the Julie Rose Stadium in Ashford on Saturday. Youngsters from all over the county were in action, producing fine performances in the mid-June heat.
Selected results: Senior boys: Pole vault: 1st Theo Fotheringham (Ashford & The Weald) 3.80.
Senior girls: 5000m walk: 1st Hannah Hopper (Dartford & Gravesham) 27.04.10, 2nd Rebecca Mitchell (Hampshire) 31.08.81, 3rd Rachel Harding (Ashford & The Weald) 31.44.24; Pole vault: 1st Lily Smith (Bromley) 3.00, 2nd Bronwyn Yeandle (Ashford & The Weald) 2.90; Long jump: 1st Sarris Teale (Ashford & The Weald) 5.37, 2nd Imogen Davis (St Augustine’s & Canterbury) 5.37, 3rd Freya Jury (Swale) 4.96; Triple jump: 1st Yasmin Sadler-Reeves (Ashford & The Weald) 10.92. Intermediate boys: 200m: 1st Dylan Purton (Medway) 22.57, 2nd Adam Islam-Medeaux (Bromley) 23.01, 3rd Jack Saxby (Ashford & The Weald) 23.24; 3000m 1st Joshua Prendergast (Tonbridge) 8.50.43, 2nd Hayden Gear (Swale) 8.58.25, 3rd Thomas Hutton (Ashford & The
Weald) 9.13.17; High jump: 1st Praise Oguadinma (Dartford & Gravesham) 1.75, 2nd Jack Butler (Ashford & The Weald) 1.70, 3rd Adam Chalmers (Tonbridge) 1.70.
Intermediate girls: Long jump: 1st Emily Algeo (Bromley) 5.27, 2nd Nadia Sadler-Reeves (Ashford & The Weald) 4.74. Junior boys: Long jump:
1st Zuriel Nwogwugwu (Tonbridge) 5.63, 2nd Charlie Johnston (Ashford & The Weald) 4.59, 3rd Samuel Fajuyigbe (Dartford & Gravesham) 4.56; Shot: 1st Damien Osei-Bonsu (Dartford & Gravesham) 12.21, 2nd George Levitt (Ashford & The Weald) 11.77, 3rd Debare Alade (Dartford & Gravesham) 11.47. Junior girls: 75m hurdles:
1st Elicia Lacey (Ashford & The Weald) 11.73, 2nd: Emily Moyle (Maidstone) 12.22,
3rd Isobel Walwyn (Bexley) 13.26; Long jump: 1st Daisy Snell (Sevenoaks) 5.34, 2nd
Eve Seery (St Augustine’s & Canterbury) 4.87, 3rd Poppy Claridge (Ashford & The Weald) 3.97.