Sprint and throws records broken at Devon Schools’ Track & Field Championships

PHOEBE Milburn, Hazel Stead, Annabelle Fasuba and Bryan Oldfield were among the athletes to set new records at the Devon Schools’ Track & Field Championships at Exeter on Saturday.

Milburn and Stead’s both came in hammer events, while Fasuba and Oldfield’s were in the sprints.

English Schools’ medallist Milburn (Tavistock College) won the senior girls’ hammer competition with PB throw of 50.18m.

Fellow Tavistock College student Stead took victory in the junior girls’ event and broke a record previously held by Milburn. Stead threw 46.95m on her way to victory. She also won the junior girls’ discus with 24.15m.

The throwing events, as usual, were strong on Saturday.

Last year’s English Schools’ junior girls’ hammer champion Tegan Brown (Tavistock College) eased to victory in the intermediate event on Saturday with a big throw of 48.44m. She was also second in the discus behind Tavistock team-mate Orla White, who won with 27.55m.

Mount Kelly’s Evie Palmer won the intermediate girls’ javelin with 33.31m, while in the intermediate boys’ events, Owen Fileman (Ivybridge CC) won both the hammer and discus and came second in the shot. In the hammer he threw a PB of 50.83m and in the discus he won with 38.89m.

In the senior throwing events, three-times English Schools’ champion and UK under-20 number one, Nubia Evans-Shields (Plymouth College) eased to victory with 44.23m, while Louisa Hess (Mount Kelly) came second to Milburn in the hammer with 42.58m.

In the senior boys’ javelin, Angus Harris (Plymouth College) took victory with 43.80m.

In the junior boys’ hammer, George Brown (Tavistock College) took the top honours with 31.98m, while Evans Acres (Plymstock CC) won the javelin with 31.10m.

In the minor girls’ throws, Mabel Maguire topped the podium in the javelin with 23.84m.

In the sprint events it was not really a surprise to see City of Plymouth youngsters Annabelle Fasuba and Bryan Oldfield claim new records as they have both been in impressive form.

Coombe Dean’s Fasuba clocked 12.13 seconds to win the junior girls’ 100m in a new championship best. She also won the 200m in 25.54 seconds.

Devonport High School’s Oldfield won both the junior boys’ 100m and 200m. His record came in the 100m where he clocked a slightly wind-assisted 11.44 seconds. He then clocked 23.66 seconds in the 200m.

Tavistock College’s Joe Wake also claimed a sprint double in the intermediate boys’ age group. He won the 100m in PB time 11.38 seconds and the 200m in 22.89, which was also a new best, albeit wind-assisted.

Devonport High School’s Evie Lacey won the intermediate girls’ 200m in 27.63 seconds. She was also second in the 100m in 13.54, which was the same time as Evie Palmer clocked for third.

Mount Kelly’s Ashton Gifford-Groves won the senior boys’ 100m in 11.72 seconds, while Ivybridge CC’s Tara Green was second in the senior girls’ 100m in 12.93 seconds.

City of Plymouth’s Poppy Northcott claimed an impressive victory in the senior girls’ 400m hurdles on her debut at the Devon Schools’ Championships, having previously competed in Cornwall. She clocked 64.58 seconds for the victory. She was also second in the 200m in 25.85.

In the sprint hurdles, Isabella Trowell won the intermediate girls’ 80m in 12.80 seconds, while Olivia Divall was second in the junior girls’ 75m hurdles in 12.64.

In the senior boys’ 400m, Plymouth College’s Rory Summers clocked 50.40 seconds to take the win.

In the intermediate boys’ one lap event, Mount Kelly’s Caleb Gifford-Groves came second in 53.77 seconds, but he won the 800m in 1:59.80.

Nia Harradine-Cole (41.69) and Alice Oldham (43.29) came second and third in the intermediate girls’ 300m.

In the minor age 800m, Finley Eales and Elsie Goodspeed both took second places, while Zoe Bigham came second in the 1,500m in a PB time of 5:07.25.

In the intermediate boys’ 1,500m, Isaac Lamerton came second in 4:25.35, while in the 3,000m Barnaby Hutchings and Luke Hayes were second and third in 9:13.71 and 9:17.19, respectively.

Plymouth College’s Molly Shorey won the senior girls’ 3,000m in 10:43.74, while Ivybridge CC’s Matthew Gilvear won the senior boys’ 1,500m in 4:07.01.

Mount Kelly’s Reuben Ganfield enjoyed a good day in the intermediate boys’ jump events. He won the high jump in 1.78m and came second in the long jump and triple jump.

Tavistock College’s Katelyn Milburn won the intermediate girls’ long jump and was also third in the triple jump (10.56), with Isabelle Trowell (10.72) just ahead in second.

Mount Kelly’s Hermance Vellaud won the junior girls’ high jump with 1.45m, with Isabella Drew and Nell Maguire second and third with 1.40m, while Lamara Hammoudeh took victory in the minor girls’ long jump with 4.23m.

Devon have now picked a team to compete at the South West Schools’ Championships this coming weekend at Exeter. The team can be found HERE.