TWO Herefordshire athletes have been selected to compete for Herefordshire and Worcestershire at the English Schools Championships in Gateshead.

Megan Turton, who is third in her age group in the West Midlands 100m, will be running the Under-17 Inter Girls 100m event, while Sylvia Misztal, sixth in her age group in the regionals, will be in the 300m hurdles.

The pair have also been selected to be part of the 4x100m relay team at the event that starts tomorrow and finishes on Saturday.

Turton is also ranked second in the West Midlands in the Under-17 Ladies pole vault and 9th in the Under-17 Ladies, while Misztal is 12th in the region in the Under-17 Ladies 80m hurdles and triple jump.

Both compete for Hereford and County Athletic Club, who came away in third place in the Midlands Track and Field League Division Six meeting in Sutton-in-Ashfield.

Turton was pipped in the 100m but beat the same woman in the 200m, while Mizstal was first in the 'b' 100m, 100m hurdles and 400m hurdles.

There were also wins for John-Jordan Price-Evans in the men's javelin, Clara Evans in the 'b' discus and Ruth Wells in the 'b' javelin.

Meanwhile, a small group of athletes competed in the third YDL meeting at Neath Harriers.

Owen Maroney had a win in both the a and b string in 100m and high jump, while fellow under-13 athlete Patrick Morgan won the shot put.

Under-15's Luke Darwin came out on top in the 8-0m and pole vault with a personal best of 2.40 and Archie McNivel won the 100m b string.

The Under-13 girls came fourth in the 4x100m relay, while the Under-15s won theirs to ensure Hereford finished fourth overall.

Results

Under-15 Boys: M Glancy. - 100m 12.4(3a), 200m 25.5(4a), discus 25.20 (3a); A McNiven –100m 12.7(1b), 200m 26.3(2b), shot 8.22(3a), J Lovejoy – 300m 46.9(5a), 800m 2.44.1(5a), long jump 4.16(3a), B.Corry – 1500m 5.04.06(2a), K Tanner –1500m 5.52.3(2b), discus 12.47(2b), long jump 3.58(2b), L Darwin – 80m hurdles 15.3(1a), pole vault 2.40(1a), javelin 21.29(2a), 4x100m relay 53.9 (1st).

Under-13 Boys: W Lovejoy –100m 14.5(3a), 200m 29.3(2a), long jump 3.70(2b), O Maloney – 100m 13.4(1b), long jump, 3.90(2a), high jump 1.25(1a), J Flannery – 200m 32.7(2b), P Morgan – javelin 25.24(2a), shot 6.40(1a).

Under-15 Girls: G Fennessy –100m 16.8(5a), discus 10.98(5a), javelin 9.74(4a), E King – 300m 50.9(4a), long jump 3.73(4a), high jump 1.35(2a), O Thomas – 200m 31.0(6a).

Under-13 Girls: Y Pearson – 75m 11.3(3a),150m 22.1(6a), J Hanson 75m 11.9(5b), long jump 3.09(5a), N Roberts – 800m 3.40.1(6a), 70m hurdles 18.5(2b), shot 3.63(4b), H Oaker – 70mH 17.5(2a), long jump 3.06(3b), A Pennington – shot 4.17(4a), L Fennessy – javelin 15.22(2a), high jump 1.00(3a), 4x100m relay 62.9 (4th).