THE Avon star at the England Schools Championships in Gateshead was undoubtedly sprinter Cameron Sprague.
Ranked No 1 in the UK and a hot favourite Sprague, who is a student a Norton Hill and competes for Team Bath AC, showed he can handle the pressure with an emphatic victory in a time of 22.40secs.
The only other Avon meal winner was Rownita Marston in the senior girls’ shot.
But there were also 13 other top ten performances the most notable of which were a fourth for sprinter Melissa Roberts in the senior 200m, fifth for Anna Burt in the inter 800m and sixth places for Ben Holbrook and Daniel Brooks.
English Schools’ Championships, Gateshead, leading Avon performances.
SB LJ: 6 Ben Holbrook 6.34; 7 Toby Pentreath 6.34; DT: 9 Sam Boulton 39.76.
IB – 3000: 24 Hugh Sadler 9:18.35; HJ: 13 Adam Brooks 1.87.
JB – 100: 6 Daniel Brooks 11.52; 200: 1 Cameron Sprague 22.40 (0.34secs clear); SP: 10 Harry Gooding 10.75;
SG – 100: 7 Katie-Jane Priest 12.34; 200: 4 Melissa Roberts 25.05; SP: 3 Rownita Marston 12.66.
IG – 800: 5 Anna Burt 2:13.76; 1500: 4 Ellie Walllace 4:37,62 (0.64 off bronze); 6 Hannah Hobbs 4:38.95; 7 Ellie Leather 4:39.41; LJ: 21 Samantha Barrett 4.80; DT: 14 Catherine Clayton 30.79.
JG – PV: 7 Caroline Walder 2.85; SP: 9 Emma Bakara 11.19; DT: 13 Sophie Peters 26.08; HT: 11 Anna Loughlin 37.18.