It has been a successful week for pupils at Bromsgrove Preparatory School following success in two major athletics competitions.
For the girls, twelve-year-old Abigail Saker competed in the British Biathlon Championships where she recorded the fastest 1000m time of the day, with a lead of over six seconds. She then swam over a second faster than at her previous attempt at Crystal Palace and won the Championship for her age group. Pupils Kitty Luscombe, Nicol Green and Katie Morrice (all aged 10), also represented the School at the competition, with placings of 29th, 49th and 53rd respectively.
In addition to the Biathlon success, girls from the Prep School also competed in the County Clubs Track and Field competition. There were some excellent performances and some County champions crowned, with Abigail Saker again proving her talent with first place in the 800m in a personal best time of 2 min 33 seconds, just two seconds off the school record. Ellie Childs (aged 12) came second in a time of 2 min 36 seconds which was also a personal best for her. Ellie was also second in the 200m in a time of 30.8 seconds
Elouise Brookes (aged 11) won the javelin, throwing over 18m and earning herself the County championship. To round off the successful day, Lauren Brown (aged 13) was also a County champion, winning the hurdles in a time of 12.4 seconds.
The boys also proved their talents at the County championships. Dominic Gardner (aged 12) came fifth in the 100m with a personal best of 14.3 seconds , while Charlie Sapwell (aged 11) came sixth in the 800m with a time of 2 min 40 seconds, also a personal best. The champion of the day for the boys’ team was Zachary Jeacock (aged 11), who won the 100m in 13.5 seconds, making him the fastest pupil in the Prep School this year for all age groups, even though he is only in Year 6 (school record 13.44 seconds). If that wasn’t enough, Zachary also came first in the 200m with a School record-breaking time of 28.4 seconds – beating the previous record which had stood since 1984. Zachary also earned an impressive third place in the long jump.
Head of Boys’ Games Gareth Jones said of Zachary’s victories: “For Zachary to have achieved the sprint double running against pupils in Year 7 is a great achievement indeed and highlights what a talented athlete he is.”