August 27/28: England Athletics titles for D’mitri Varlack and Ayesha Jones
Marshall Milton Keynes had a strong turnout for the England Athletics Under 15/Under 17 Championships at Bedford. Two athletes, D’mitri Varlack and Ayesha Jones, returned with gold medals.
D’mitri came within 2cm of his own club record to win the M17 Long Jump with 7.06m, while Ayesha Jones set a new Championship Best in the F17 Javelin with a throw of 50.85m, just under a metre short of her club record.
Ayo Fatoki was unlucky to miss out on a place in the M17 200m final after achieving the same time as the last of the fastest losers. Louis Nash achieved a new personal best in the M15 Discus to finish sixth. Millie Freeland set a new personal best in the F17 1500m to qualify for the final. Hayley Dimond made the Final of the F17 80m Hurdles and finished sixth in the Shot. Sophia Chapman qualified for the final of the F15 1500m.
| Under 17 Men | |||||
| 200m heats | 5 | Ayo Fatoki | 22.62 | w+0.6 | |
| Long Jump | 1 | D’mitri Varlack | 7.06 | ||
| Under 15 Boys | |||||
| Discus | 6 | Louis Nash | 37.09 | pb | |
| Under 17 Women | |||||
| 300m heats | 6 | Lizzie Garner | 42.88 | ||
| 1500m heats | 5 | Millie Freeland | 4:40.78 | q | pb |
| 1500m Final | 11 | Millie Freeland | 4:51.85 | ||
| 80mH heats | 2 | Hayley Dimond | 11.93 | w-2.3 | Q |
| 80mH Semis | 4 | Hayley Dimond | 11.87 | w-1.0 | q |
| 80mH Final | 7 | Hayley Dimond | 12.17 | w-2.2 | |
| Shot | 6 | Hayley Dimond | 13.24 | ||
| Javelin | 1 | Ayesha Jones | 50.85 | CBP | |
| Under 15 Girls | |||||
| 800m heats | 7 | Olivia Chilton | 2:21.06 | ||
| 8 | Orla Enright | 2:25.79 | |||
| 1500m heats | 7 | Sophia Chapman | 4:56.07 | q | |
| 7 | Katie Webb | 5:01.27 | |||
| 8 | Elsie Jacobs | 5:03.68 | |||
| 10 | Lauren Webb | 5:07.99 | |||
| 1500m Final | 9 | Sophia Chapman | 4:50.26 |
Day 2 report from England Athletics featuring Ayesha and D’mitri.