B & B go international

The European Junior Championships take place at Novi Sad in Serbia at the end of the month and five club members have been selected - Lorraine Ugen (long jump), Shaunagh Brown (discus), Kola Adedoyin (triple jump), Funmi Sobodu (4x100) and second claimer Jack Green (400 hurdles).

James Alaka is in the Great Britain team for the European under 23 Championships in Lithuania next weekend and five athletes have been selected to represent England in the Home Countries international next weekend following their performances at the English Schools Championships in Sheffield.

A number of athletes achieved wins at Sheffield. Kola Adedoyin has been chasing the qualifying distance for the European Junior Championships in the triple jump and he achieved this with a winning leap of 15.63.

Andrew Jordon took the Hammer title with a distance of 62.87. Lorraine Ugen won the Senior Girls long jump title with a leap of 5.94.

The reward for a top two placing in the Intermediate age group is selection for the Home Countries Schools international this weekend and five athletes from the Club achieved this.

Ben Hopkins and Ben Parkin won gold and silver in the 400 hurdles in times of 54.32 and 54.55 the two fastest times in the country this year.

Second claimer Samantha Milner won the discus title with a throw of 40.06. Sabine Efiannayi's reward for a personal best of 12.21 in the shot was a silver medal.

Tom Bensted has also been picked for international. He was third in the 400 but one of those ahead of him is unavailable.

Bronze medals were also won in the Senior Girls age group by Savannah Echel Thompson in the 400 with a time of 55.43 and from Christina Moore in the pole vault with a clearance of 3.20.

Georgina Middleton, Rhiannon Jones and Dina Asher Smith were three quarters of the Kent 4x100 team that won bronze in the Junior Girls age group.

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