SOME talented young athletes produced a clutch of excellent performances at the Hereford District Schools Athletic Championships.

Sprinters Martin Welling (Bishop's) and Sarah Weaver (Aylestone) were outstanding, as were Jake Murphy (Fairfield) and Emily Lovelock (St Mary's).

In the 800 metres, Hereford Cathedral School runner Emily Tompkins ran strongly to hold off the challenge of Kelsi Smith (John Kyrle), who also lost out to team-mate Vanessa Brann in the 1500 metres.

Last year's minor section county high jump champion Lucy Chapman (John Kyrle, Ross) was again in excellent form with a leap of 1.46m to retain her title while Harriet Major (Bishop's) launched an impressive throw of 23.57m to clinch the javelin title.

Bishop's School athletes dominated the Inter Boys' track events but Kingstone's Josh Day and Cathedral's Matt Hitchener were in fine form to carry off the shot and javelin respectively.

RESULTS

JUNIOR GIRLS

100m: 1 S Weaver (Aylestone) 12.2 sec, 2 E Lovelock (St Marys) 12.9, 3 M Tucker (Hereford Cathedral School) 13.4.

200m: 1 S Weaver (Aylestone) 26.4, 2 H Major (Bishops) 27.1, 3 E Dunford (John Kyrle) 28.5.

800m: 1 E Tomkins (HCS) 2.35.2, 2 K Smith (JK) 2.36.7, 3 E Murgatroyd (St Mary's) 2.42.9.

1500m: 1 V Brain (JK) 5.29.3), 2 K Smith (JK) 29.8, 3 C Stanbridge (HCS) 49.7.

High Jump: 1 L Chapman (JK) 1.47, 2 B Elliott (HCS) 1.35, 3 J Jones (HCS) 1.30.

Long Jump: 1 Emily Tompkins (HCS) 4.04, 2 Lucy Chapman (JK) 4.02, 3 Ellie Pullen (Bishops) 3.96.

Shot: 1 J Newman (Whitecross) 7.68, 2 G Lawrence (St Marys) 7.44, 3 L Latham (St Mary's) 7.35.

Discus: 1 C Stanbridge (HCS) 18.72, 2 J Pearce (JK) 18.35, 3 S Mitchell (JK) 17.10.

Javelin: 1 Harriet Major (Bishops) 23.57, 2 Carla Chamberlain (Aylestone) 19.06, 3 Emily Tomkins (HCS) 18.09.

Relay: 1 St Marys 57.1, 2 Bishops 57.1, 3 JK 58.0.

JUNIOR BOYS

100m: 1 M Welling (Bishops) 11.5, 2 J Murphy (FF) 11.9, 3 J Scott (Cathedral) 12.3.

200m: 1 J Murphy (Fairfield) 24.8, 2 M Munro (Whitecross) 25.3, 3 P Crowther (Bishops) 25.3.

300/400m: 1 M Quartly (Bishops) 60.7, 2 R Cameson (Kingstone) 61.1, 3 C Bailey (Bishops) 62.9.

800m: 1 M Munroe (Whitecross) 2.24.3, 2 A Nicholls (Whitecross) 2.28.3, 3 S Hunt (Aylestone) 2.28.7.

1500m: 1 J Money (Bishops) 4.58.1, 2 R Watkins (HCS) 5.01.7, 3 B Oseman (St Marys) 5.12.3.

High Jump: 1 J Craddock and J Maggs (Bishops, Haywood) 1.40, 3 L Phillips (Kingstone) 1.40.

Long Jump: 1 M Welling (Bishops) 4.72, 2 J Robertson (St Marys) 4.55, 3 T Tregaskes (JK) 4.39.

Shot: 1 J Bateman (Bishops) 10.38, 2 S Goodwin (FF) 9.66, 3 A Belton (Whitecross) 9.37.

Discus: 1 S Harris (Bishops) 25.35, 2 C Bailey (Bishops) 22.58, 3 J Scott (HCS) 21.67.

Javelin: 1 M Weaver (Haywood) 31.97, 2 D Warren (Kingstone) 31.32, 3 Fred Harris (Aylestone) 25.31.

Triple Jump: 1 D Brezine (Aylestone) 9.35, 2 J Robinson (St Marys) 10.84, 3 M Goode (Bishops) 10.29.

Relay: 1 Bishops 50.9, 2 HCS 51.7, 3 Whitecross 54.3.

INTER BOYS

100m: 1 E Spink (Bishops) 11.7, 2 N Scott (Whitecross) 12.1, 3 M Hall (HCS) 12.1.

200m: 1 M Hall (HCS) 25.5, 2 K Poston (Haywood) 26.1, 3 C Morgan (Haywood) 26.6.

300/400m: 1 N Thomas (Bishops) 55.5, 2 J Hay (JK) 58.5, 3 S Robinson (Bishops) 59.4.

800m: 1 G Moculski (Bishops) 2.14.2, 2 S Bromage (Bishops) 2.24.2, 3 T Williams (Kingstone) 2.24.9.

1500m: 1 D Gower (Bishops) 4.46.1, 2 J Fox (Bishops) 4.57.7, 3 E Prater (Kingstone) 5.03.3.

3000m: 1 E Short (Bishops) 10.36.8, 2 S Harrison (Haywood) 11.52, 3 J Comar (Whitecross) 12.34.

High Jump: 1 E Praster (Kingstone) 1.55, 2 J Myatt (Whitecross) 1.45, 3 N Scott (Whitecross) 1.45.

Long Jump: 1 P Wood (Kingstone) 4.59, 2 N Scott (Whitecross) 4.52, 3 T Jones (St Marys) 4.39.

Shot: 1 J Day (Kingstone) 11.45, 2 J Coomber (St Marys) 10.98, 3 A Klass (Haywood) 10.15.

Discus: 1 J Dee (Kingstone) 29.49, 2 J Coomber (St Marys) 28.24, 3 C McCowley (JK) 25.42.

Javelin: 1 M Hitchener (HCS) 37.62, 2 C McCowley (JK) 31.75, 3 J Day (Kingstone) 30.74.

Triple Jump: 1 G Moculzki (Bishops) 12.09, 2 E Spink (Bishops) 11.75, 3 L Mayo (JK) 11.16.

Relay: 1 Bishops 50.2, 2 Kingstone 51.6, 3 JK 51.8.

INTER GIRLS

100m: 1 D Jenkins (Haywood) 13.4, 2 A Watkins (Bishops) 13.6, 3 L Graham (St Marys) 13.8.

200m: 1 A Straughan (Kingstone) 29.3, 2 R Lee (JK) 30.1, 3 C Jones (HCS) 32.1.

300/400m: 1 R Lee (JK) 52.4, 2 J Winney (JK) 53.4, 3 L Harley (Bishops) 54.1.

800m: 1 C Brace (Bishops) 2.47.4, 2 M Day (Kingstone) 3.07.8, 3 K Henesey (JK) 3.08.7.

1500m: 1 E Vaughan (Haywood) 6.20, 2 B Shewell (Kingstone) 6.24.7, 3 J Arbuthnutt (HCS) 6.27.7.

High Jump: 1 E Pullen (Bishops) 1.40, 2 D Jenkins (Hay) 1.35, 3 M Whitcombe (HCS) 1.30.

Long Jump: 1 A Straughan (Kingstone) 4.05, 2 J Winney (JK) 3.81, 3 M Dunford (JK) 3.69.

Discus: 1 F Dyer (St Marys) 17.60, 2 E Davies (FF) 16.93, 3 J Winney (JK) 16.77.

Shot: 1 A Robertson (St Marys) 8.67, 2 D Jenkins (Haywood) 7.50, 3 J Williams (St Marys) 6.68.

Javelin: 1 S Sayce (Bishops) 18.32, 2 W Brewster (Kingstone) 14.96, 3 C Jones (Haywood) 14.62.

Triple Jump: 1 G Whinney (JK) 8.70, 2 A Wakeley (JK) 8.09.

Relay: 1 JK 58.7, 2 Bishops 59.2, 3 Kingstone 60.5.

SENIOR BOYS

100m: 1 J Lewis (HCS) 11.2, 2 R Lewis (HCS) 11.4.

200m: 1 J Lewis (HCS) 22.9, 2 R Lewis (HCS) 23.4.

400m: 1 J Fletcher (HCS) 53.7.

800m: 1 W Lort (HCS) 2.17.

1500m: 1 W Lort (HCS) 4.53.

3000m: 1 C Ford (HCS) 10.49.

Long Jump: 1 J Fletcher (HCS) 5.57, 2 J Sweetman (HCS) 4.94.

Shot: 1 J Fletcher (HCS) 10.17, 2 J Sweetman (HCS) 8.41.

Triple Jump: 1 J Sweetman (HCS) 11.09.

SENIOR GIRLS

800m: 1 C Conway (Sixth Form) 2.38.

3000m: 1 V Frith (HCS) 13.25.

Shot: 1 S Hunter-Choat (HCS) 7.82, 2 T Jones (HCS) 7.01.

Discus: 1 H Williams (HCS) 16.92, 2 T Jones (HCS) 15.70.

Javelin: 1 H Williams (HCS) 16.73.