EMILY Wright soared to victory at the England Athletics Indoor Championships held in Sheffield.
The 17-year-old Bristol & West athlete and former Easy Runner athlete of the month winner cleared a season’s best of 6.18m to not only lift the under 20 women’s long title but as move to No 1 in the UK Rankings. Emily also broke the Welsh record.
There was also bronzes for clubmates Kurt Cameron in the under 15s pole vault and Rownita Marston in the under 20 women’s shot.
Team Bath’s Rory Howorth won silver in the under 15s 800m and North Somerset AC junior international Ada’Ora Chigbo came fourth in the under 20s high jump and shot.
Yate middle distance runner Ellie Leather came sixth in the under 20s 1500m.
England Athletics Indoor Championships, Sheffield – U20 women 60m: 6 Sophie Yorke (C ) 7.67 (s/f 7.65); hts: Yvette Westwood (Y) 7.85; Annie Lewis (Y) 8.12; 200hts: Westwood 25.54; 800: Charlotte Cayton-Smith (CAC) (hts 2:13.66); 1500: 6 Ellie Leather (Y) 4:54.04; 60H: 1 Mollie Courtney (C ) 8.34; 2 Hope Sarti (Guildford) 8.50; 3 Sophie Yorke (C ) 8.69; hts: Rebecca Gray (CAC) DNF; PV: 7 Rebecca Gray (CAC) 3.45; LJ: 1 Emly Wright (B&W) 6.18 (Welsh record); SP: 3 Rownita Marston (B&W) 12.55; 4 Ada’Ora Chigbo (NSAC) 12.32; HJ: 4 Chigbo 1.69; 9 Gray 1.60; U17 women – SP: 4 Olivia Dobson (Ex) 13.51; PV: 1 Molly Caudery (CAC) 3.80.
U15 girls – 800: 1 Molly Canham (Newton Abbot) 2:14.53; 2 Maia Hardman (Brighton) 2:18.96; 60H: 1 Marcia Sey (Millfield Sch) 8.93.
U20 men – 200hts: Patrick Channings (N&P) 23.64; 400: 1 Cameron Chalmers 48.01 (s/f 48.38); 2 Lee Thompson (Rotherham) 48.14: hts: Channings 52.09; 800m hts: Ciaran Cooper (Swin) 2:00.09; 1500: 6 Archie Walton (Taun) 4:06.24; 60H: 5 Sam Talbot (Ex) 8.01 8 Imran Qureshi (C ) 8.30 (hts 8.19).
U17 men: PV: 3 Kurt Cameron (B&W) 3.65.
Under 15 boys – 60s/f: William Pinder (TBAC 7.91; 800: 1 Oliver Carvell (Bridgnorth 2:03.30; 2 Rory Howorth (TBAC) 2:04.00; 3 Laurance Edwards (Harrow) 2:06.29.