Blackheath & Bromley athletes featured prominently at the England Athletics Indoor Under 20 Championships at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham. There were not a large number in action but they won a disproportionate number of medals with three gold, three silver and four bronze.

Some impressive jumping in the Under 20 mens events saw Joe Lawrence win the triple jump with a leap of 15.10 and Jonathan Ilori take bronze with 14.86. Sarah Abrams won bronze in the long jump with a distance of 5.72 and Jonathan set a new best of 6.57 in the mens event but this was not good enough to win a medal.

On the track Kieran Daly was 7th in his 60 metres semi final, having run 7.12 in his heat, and Megan Southwart timed 9.02 in the heats of the 60 metre hurdles.

Dina Asher Smith was in outstanding form in the under 17 womens age group winning two gold medals. On the Saturday she took victory in the 60 metres in 7.61 and she returned the following day to win the 200 metres in 24.67. Both were new indoor bests and she is the second quickest in the country in her age group this year in both events. She is also the fourth fastest in the under 20 rankings for 200, quite an achievement for a first year under 17.

It was a new best also for Rachel Dickens in the 300 metres as she came second in 39.28 and she too is the second quickest in her event in the country. There was silver too for new second claim member Naomi Lee who cleared 3.20 in the pole vault. For the men Anton Daly continued his successful Winter by claiming bronze in the 60 metres in 7.13. Reuben Fakoya timed 7.38 in the heats. Maya Bruney was another athlete who won two medals. She missed out on silver in the 60 metres by the thickness of a vest timing 8.00 for bronze the same time as the runner up. She was not to be denied in the 200 metres, however, as she finished second in an impressive 25.95, the second quickest in the country this year.

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