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we finally have a sub-par event, following her earlier 3k!), U17 battle round for bronze and the
but all is not doom and gloom, National and School Games U20s (Grace, Megan, Yasmin
all three girls contribute and winner, Morgan Squibb, and and Louise) send us all home
Alice Prentice comes away with Ellie Osmond. happy with a dominant, winning
a bronze. But we’re quickly back performance. Our athletic day
into our stride in the 200m: Retaining the title is done and now we must wait
Parris picks up another medal in A bronze medal and two silvers for the final results. We’re more
3rd while Megan Walsh wins the in the discus from Carys Mars- than quietly confident and not
B string and Holly completes den, Anna Barnett and Hannah at all quiet when it’s announced
the flush with 2nd in the U17. Macaulay lead us also into the that we have retained our
We’re off on a roll again and final field event of the day, the National League title by the
looking forward to a strong triple jump. Jade adds another remarkable margin of nearly 150
finish, which kicks off with a win to her good day’s work and points and that we’ll be off to
second place from Iyata Santos Karina Harris is pre-eminent Europe again next year, with the
and a B string win from Ava in the B string. And it’s relay boys, in our 150th year.
White in the U20 800m, while time. (Where has the day gone?)
Amy Miller wins the U17 sup- In the sprint relays, the U17 Before then, we have 6 days
ported by a 2nd from Lucrezia team come a fine second and before our season finale in
Polloni. You may think that you the U20s, with a new combo Castellon. Work still to do! But,
can’t do much better than that, – Mhairi Brooks, Anastasia, in the meantime, on behalf of
but you’d be wrong and, in the Megan ad Parris – as a result all the girls, our thanks, as ever,
last track event before the relays, of Transatlantic absences, still to everyone who has been with
we produce a clean sweep in the bring us home where we’ve us and helped us on our journey
steeplechase courtesy of English grown used to being for some this season.
Schools champion, Yasmin time now for a great win. In
Austridge, Lucy Elms (on debut, the longer relays, the U17s Tim Souter

Immanuela Aliu Lucrezia Polloni Hannah Macaulay
Zsiriah Thomas Yasmin Austridge Yinka Shokunbi
Parris Johnson Morgan Squib Daisy Dowling
Katia Cienciala Millie Smith Mhairi Brooks
Megan Walsh Ellie Osmond Lois Warden
Ofejiro Otomewo Jess Sellar Madelina Samoila
Louise Evans Ruby Bridger Bethany Paton
Holly Mpassy Annie Davies Jess Keene
Katy-Ann McDonald Grace Fullerton Ella Brown
Natasha Bennett Issie Hilditch Karina Harris
Grace Scopes Holly Platt Funminiyi Olajide
Amy Miller Jade Oni Victoria Wiltshire
Iyata Santos Alexadra Kelsey
Jess Neal Lauren Farley Rebecca Hawkins
Eloise O’Shaughnessy Anika Olalere Charlotte Kerr
Lily Tappenden Zoe Austridge Mary Adeniji
Lucy Elms Eloise Locke Zoe White
Sabrina Mannes Zoe Martial Molly Walsh
Magda Cienciala Carys Marsden Morgan Squibb
Ava White Alice Prentice Charlotte Faries
Steph Fisher Anna Barnett Kamiyla Robinson-Pascal
Sophie Hoare Ellie Barrett Eva Stephanou
Amy Leach Bekah Walton Titobioluwa Akinrele