44 Westbourne House athletes went to the Sussex County Athletics Championships, which took place in K2, Crawley. More children had reached the qualifying standards, which is a credit to our school, but unfortunately we could only take one athlete per event. Any one athlete is can take part in just two events plus a relay. As this championship involves all independent schools in Sussex and has minimum standards, there is a very high standard and it is a tough competition in itself. On top of that the athletes have the added pressure of knowing that this is their opportunity to get to nationals.
Our athletes really stepped up with a massive 29 new personal bests (PBs), highlighted in blue on the results sheet. They also broke four school records (SR) along the way and we have county champions in three events. 13 athletes also qualified for the nationals and some in multiple events. A very successful day!
School Record Breakers:
- Jack Skinner – Discus 31.93
- Francesca Aston – Triple Jump 8.45
- Juliette Franks – Shot 7.83
- Fleur Hill – 300m 52.14
Sussex Champions & Qualifiers:
- Jack Skinner – Discus
- Juliette Franks – Shot
- Hornby, Barratt, Yeates, Murphy - Relay
Additional Qualifiers:
- Lara Simpson – 1500m & Javelin
- Grace Hornby – Hurdles
- Sophie Murphy – 100m
- Laura Hantrais – 800m
- Ollie Morison – High Jump
- Mitford, Nelson, Mackenzie, Aston - Relay
Special Mentions:
- Jack Skinner broke his own record for discus.
- Ollie Bradford was painfully close to qualifying.
- The U14 boys relay team were also very unlucky not to qualify.
- Grace Hornby made it safely through the hurdles.
- Lara Simpson qualified for two different individual events.
- Rocco and Lara got PBs for 1500m in very hot conditions.
- Lulu James and Imi Marley got 2 new PBs.
- Francesca got a PB and a new school record and finished 2nd but there are no
Nationals for TJ for her age group:
- Henry got a PB and finished 2nd but there are no nationals events for 300m for his age group.
- Ollie Morison missed out on being county champion for high jump only on count back.
- Juliette Franks managed 2 new PBs, a new school record, becoming a county champion and qualifying for the nationals!
Well done to all involved!
