National Champion, 3 Silvers, 1 Bronze and a 4th Place at National Prep School Athletics Champs

Five pupils from FCPS qualified for the National Prep School Athletics Track and Field Championships which took place on Tuesday 3rd July 2018.

Over 1500 children representing 12 regions around the country competed at the Alexander Stadium, Birmingham.

The five athletes; Will Lamprell, Emma Williamson, Archie Shelley-Taylor, Phillip Considine and Ben Smart performed extremely well setting 3 new school records and finishing with a 4th place, a Bronze medal, 3 Silvers and a National Champion! This was a truly astonishing day from this group of amazingly talented athletes.

Results:

U14 4 x 100m relay team consisting of Phillip Considine, Archie Shelley-Taylor, Ben Smart & Will Lamprell came 4th breaking the school record with a time of 51.88s

Archie Shelley-Taylor came 2nd in the U14 Discus with a school record breaking throw of 35.23m

Emma Williamson came 2nd in the U14 75m Hurdles and 3rd in the U14 300m breaking the school record in a time of 44.26s.

Will Lamprell came second in the U14 Shot Putt with 11.81m and became National Champion by coming first in the U14 High Jump with a jump of 1.70m.

Congratulations to them all on what has been an amazing season.

Photos available on flickr – click link below.