Arthur Mellows country girls are top of the class

Athletics - Peterborough Secondary Schools Cross-Country Championships

Arthur Mellows Village College and King’s School were top dogs at the Peterborough Secondary Schools CrossCountry Championships at Ferry Meadows on Friday.

Arthur Mellows provided the individual winner in three of the eight races and King’s came up trumps in two.

The two schools had 13 topthree places between them.

Harriet Salisbury, a national championship swimmer with City of Peterborough Swimming Club (COPS), showed she could move just as quickly on land as water by winning the junior girls race for the first Arthur Mellows success.

Then Ella Robinson, a talented distance runner for Nene Valley Harriers, won the intemediate girls race by a convincing margin to make it two wins for the Glinton school.

And finally Amelia Mongaghan, another swimming star from COPS who has represented Great Britain in the pool , won the senior girls race by a big margin as well to complete the AMVC treble.

Denying AMVC a clean sweep of the girls titles was Ruby Blakeley from King’s School. She won the minor girls race from Jaia Bull of Jack Hunt and Calleigh Caull of Hampton Gardens.

Owen Wilkinson came up with the other King’s School victory taking the intermediate boys honours ahead of Connor Walker from Orton Bushfield and Harvey Hancock from AMVC.

Callum Dalliday of Thomas Deacon Academy won the senior boys race for the second year running while Kai Chil- vers (Hampton) finished first in the junior boys race. He was chased hard by Joseph Reindel from Nene Park with Lewis Wiles from Hampton Gardens producing a gutsy run for third place.

The top 16 athletes in each race will go on to represent Peterborough in the Cambridgeshire County Schools Cross-Country Championships at Netherhall on January 12.

Whoops! There’s a faller at the start of the junior girls race.

PICTURES: DAVID LOWNDES Action from the minor boys race at Ferry Meadows.

First three inter girls were from the left Katie Tasker, Ella Robinson and Hollie Leggott.

First three inter boys were from the left Harvey Hancock, Owen Wilkinson and Connor Walker.

First three in the minor girls race were, from the left, Calleigh Caull, Ruby Blakeley and Jaia Bull.

First three junior boys were from the left Joseph Reindel, Kai Chilvers and Lewis Wiles.

First three senior girls were from the left Ellie Piccaver, Amelia Monaghan and Katie Wright.