District Athletics Success

Bishop’s athletes show their talents at District Athletics

On Friday 30th June, Miss Cameron, Mrs Waters, Miss Esterhuizen and Mrs Newberry took the Athletics teams in Years 7,8,9 and 10 to the District Athletics Competition at Ridlins Athletics Stadium in Stevenage.

It was a fantastic day full of excellent individual and team results in surprisingly good weather (compared to last years unexpected washout which left us looking like drowned rats for most of the day!).

Notable performances below –

Year 7 Favour Nwoka – 200m – 1st place and District Champion with a time of 29.2 seconds. Favour Nwoka – 100m – 2nd place with a time of 14.3 seconds (1st place also got 14.3 but track judges deemed the Dame Alice Owens athlete to have just beat Favour with the dip at the line) Ruby Euesden – Day – Javelin – 2nd place with a best throw of 19.61m and a new PB Isobel Lofty – 800m – 3rd with a time of 2:51.4 seconds

OVERALL – The Year 7 girls placed 3rd out of 12 schools with 40 points.

Year 8 Connie Dykes – Hurdles – 1st place and District Champion with a time of 13.3 seconds. Huri Kamara – 300m – 1st place and District Champion with a time of 46.3 seconds. NEW DISTRICT RECORD Anneliesse Agbanyo – Discus- 2nd place with a best throw of 19.65m Georgia Wharton – Long Jump – 2nd place with a best jump of 4.24m Connie Dykes – High Jump – 2nd place with a best jump of 1.31m Georgia Wharton – 200m – 3rd with a time of 31.5 seconds Huri Kamara – Triple Jump – – 3rd with a best throw of 8.36m 4 x 100m relay team (Connie, Huri, Zahra and Georgia)- 3rd place with a time of 57.1 seconds.

OVERALL – The Year 8 girls placed 3rd out of 12 schools with 56 points.

Year 9 Arabella Ashby – Discus – 1st place and District Champion with a best throw of 20.60m. Arabella Ashby – Javelin – – 2nd place with a best throw of 18.22m Dyllis Osei – Agyemang – High Jump – 1st place and District Champion with a best jump of 1.37m Dyllis Osei – Agyemang – Long Jump – 1st place and District Champion with a best throw of 4.53m Evie Dixon – 100m – 3rd place with a time of 14.5 seconds Jolana Hewitt – 300m 3rd place with a time of 49 seconds 4 x 100m relay team (Erin W, Jolana, Dyllis and Zoe)- 3rd place with a time of 57.5 seconds

OVERALL – The Year 9 girls placed 2nd out of 12 schools with 64 points

Year 10 Daniella Okoye – 200m – 1st place and District Champion with a time of 28.9 seconds. Lucy Claridge – 800m 2nd place with a time of 2:56.2 seconds Evie Jackson – Discus – 2nd place with a best throw of 19.77m Ella Studholme – Javelin – 2nd place with a best throw of 23.68m Daniella Okoye – Triple Jump – 2nd place with a best jump of 10.34m Gracie Kirby- Long Jump – 2nd place with a best jump of 3.90m Libby Porter – Hurdles – 3rd place with a time of 14.3 seconds Libby Porter – Hurdles – 3rd place with a best jump of 1.35m Ruva Rusike – 100m – 3rd place with a time of 14.2 seconds Erin Munday – 300m – 3rd place with a time of 49.3 seconds Anna Stewart – 1500m – 3rd place with a time of 05:55.3 seconds

OVERALL – The Year 10 girls placed 2nd out of 12 schools with 60 points

This left us with an overall score of 220 points and finishing in 3rd place behind Queenswood in 2nd and Dame Alice Owens in 1st place.

A fantastic day of competition and excellent effort, teamwork and resilience shown throughout. Well done to all of the pupils in the District teams! Thank you to Mrs Waters, Miss Esterhuizen and Mrs Newberry for coming along on the day and to all staff who allowed pupils to miss their lessons to attend.