Mila sets new record at English Schools Athletic Championships

Mila Desborough set a new English Schools’ record for the javelin at the Centenary Championships held at Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium. Wimborne Athletic Club member Mila threw 43m77, increasing the Under 15 age group record by nearly half a metre. Cranborne Middle School’s Mila still has another year in the age group.

Five other athletes from the Wimborne club competed for the county and all contribute points to the county’s total. Elliott Trickey was fifth in the Junior Boys triple jump with a personal best of 12m41, Jack Williams was sixth in the Senior Boys High Jump with 1m87 and Kayla Robbins was tenth in the Junior Girls high jump with 1m56 – all three of these are from Queen Elizabeth School.

Ava Elliott Smith was sixth in her heat in a highly competitive Junior Girls 100 metres in 12.61 seconds, and Rosie Gollings was similarly sixth in her heat in 300 metres in 41.90 seconds.

The points accumulated by the 32 athletes selected meant that Dorset won group C for smaller counties both in the Junior Girls group and in the overall category.