Shropshire Schools

Full Results 

Shropshire Schools Track and Field Championships.

Alex Nwenwu from Thomas Telford School was in record breaking form as he 
smashed the previous 100m hurdles mark by 4 tenths of a second to win in 
13.8, a new personal best. Alex who last year won a silver medal at the 
English Schools Track and Field Championships at 80m hurdles has now moved 
up into the older age group and is finding the longer distance and higher 
hurdles to his liking. The previous championship best was shared between 3 
athletes, one mark dating back to 1984. For this superb performance he was 
awarded the Bristow Sports Trophy for the best boys performance on the day. 
Alex also won the 100m in 11.5.

The girls trophy was won by Bethan Partridge of Oldbury Wells School who 
cleared  a new personal best height of 1.69 and an English Schools 
qualifying height.She was also not far from a qualifying distance in the 
triple jump where she leapt to victory with 11.21m.

The meeting attracted hundreds of athletes from most schols and colleges 
from throughout Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin Authorities. There was a 
minutes silence impeccably marked for Brian Cunningham of Nescliffe who died 
last week. Brian was a long established athletics coach with Shrewsbury 
Athletic Club who had done so much for Shropshire athletes for many years 
especially combined events athletes when for many years he organised the 
county championships.

Kez Ogden from Lakelands School, Ellesmere, had the distinction of being the 
only junior girls to take two titles as she won the high jump clearing 1.46, 
a full 15 centimetres higher than anything else as well as an impressive win 
in the 75m hurdles in 12.5 a new personal best.

Leila Armstrong Green, from Shrewsbury Girls High School the Shropshire 
Heptathlon champion, ran 12.1 for the intermediate girls 80m hurdles which 
equals the English Schools entry standard although she has already run 
quicker at the Midland Championships where she finished third. She also won 
the long jump clearing 5.20m. Amelia Reynolds,from Thomas Telford School, 
English Schools silver medallist at Gateshead last year won the shot, 9.77m 
and discus 31.76m. Midland Champion Cerian Lancaster from Church Stretton 
was another double winner in this age group as she strode to victory in the 
300m in 42.6 and the 800m in 2.20.2.

Emma Pullen from Shrewsbury Sixth Form College ran an impressive 400m in 
58.2, well inside an English Schools qualifying mark in the senior girls age 
group.

Josh Geritz from Thomas Telford School was a double winner in the junior 
boys triple jump clearing 10.64 and 800m running 2.16.4, winning by a 
massive 13 seconds. Ashley James from William Brookes comfortably won the 
100m in 12.7 and was later second in 25.6 to Adams Newport's Dave Edwards in 
the 200m,25.5. There was a close contest in the javelin with Kieran 
Honeywell winning with a 36.25m throw with silver medallist Aiden Reynolds 
from Thomas Telford just 2 centimetres behind.

Toby Griffiths from Mary Webb School, 6th in last years English Schools 
800m, ran what was almost an exhibition race as he won the intermediate boys 
800m in 1.58.3, an English Schools entry standard. He also won the 400m in 
impressive style in 53.4. Ben Riekstins from Idsall School recovered wel to 
win the 200m in 23.3 after pulling up with cramp in the 100m final after 
winning his heat in the days fastest time of 11.4. In a high quality triple 
jump competition Namdi Odum from Adams Newport jumped an entry standard of 
13.13m with Micahel Pugh of Marches not far behind with a 12.93 performance. 
Midland Champion Chris Carter comfortably won the 1500m in 4.22. Edward 
Dawes from Idsall was a double champion as he won the pole vault clearing 
2.40m and the high jump clearing 1.72m.

Shropshire decathlon champion Jason Green won the senior boys high jump, 
1.81m and shot 11.78m and guested in the pole vault clearing 3.10m. Sam 
Tough from Adams, produced a good quality discus performance throwing 38.39m 
in his first year in the senior age group.

Shropshire teams in the junior and intermediate age groups now travel to the 
Mason Trophy Inter County Meeting on Saturday facing top class competition 
from 7 other counties.

Paul Sanderson