KING’S Ely students Harry Webster and Michael Simmonds outperformed the competition at the Cambridgeshire Schools Athletics Championships on Saturday (14), both recording a first and a second place in their two events.
Harry came first in the 100 metres and second in the 200 metres, while Michael took home gold in the long jump and silver in the high jump.
Along with Freia Gould, who came second in the discus, both boys have been selected for the Cambridgeshire team for the East Anglian Championships on June 21.
Head of Athletics, Richard Powell, commented: “Both Harry and Michael returned highly impressive performances at this meeting. Considering that both boys have spent most of the term on the cricket field instead of the athletics track, their achievements were even more outstanding.”
The other results were as follows:
M. Simmonds……..1st in LJ with 5m 64, 2nd in HJ with 1m 50
H. Webster…………1st in 100m in 12.1, 2nd in 200m in 24.5
F. Gould…………….2nd in Discus with 23m 20, 4th in HJ with 1m 35
R. Daniel…………….3rd in 800m in 2.23.4
C. Carolan…………3rd in TJ with 11m 09
M. Bridgman………3rd in Discus with 25m 64
L. Sandland……….5th in 100m in 13.6, 5th in 200m in 28.1
L. Halfpenny……..4th in 800m in 2.16.9
E. Ershov………….5th in 1500m in 5.18.3
M. Oddi……………..4th in TJ with 9m 41