English Schools Track and Field Championships

Chiltern Harriers had good representation again at the English Schools Championships, held at Alexander Stadium, Birmingham on July 12th and 13th. There were nine athletes competing for Buckinghamshire Schools and three for Hertfordshire Schools.
 
The English Schools is the main summer target for school-age athletes and all those competing (around 1800 athletes) have qualified for their county schools teams by reaching very tough entry standards.

Chisom Nwafor retained her Senior Girls long jump title, winning comfortably with a jump of 6.09m. Frankie Baxter was seventh in a straight final for the Senior Girls 1500m steeplechase. Kara Gorman made the final of the Junior Girls 1500m, finishing ninth, and Evelyn Wildman ran well in her heat. Issy Robinson ran a good race in her Intermediate Girls 800m heat, just two-hundredths off her PB. Ffion Harman raced well in her heat of the Intermediate Girls 300m hurdles.
 
Alex Hughes made the final of the Intermediate Boys 3000m, finishing tenth. Taye Awuku-Chan and Emile Morti both hit hurdles in their 80m hurdles heats, both finishing fifth and not making it to the final unfortunately.  Evelyn and Emile were part of the Junior Mixed 4 x 100m Relay team that made the final, coming seventh. Ffion led off the Inter Mixed  4 x 10m Relay team in the heat.
 
For Hertfordshire Tom Ford made the final of the Junior Boys 1500m, finishing fifth. Emily Ford was fourteenth in the Inter Girls 3000m straight final. Leon Doran was in the first heat of the Senior Boys 1500m, finishing ninth.
 
All gave a very good account of themselves in this high level environment.