Title delight at the Nationals
Stover School were represented by four athletes at this year’s National Prep School Athletics Championships held at Alexander Stadium, Birmingham.
Bethany Matthews qualified for the Under 14 Girls’ Discus and Gemma Bulbulian competed in the Under 13 Girls’ High Jump event, finishing in the top ten with a clearance of 1.30m.
However, Luke Bowen-Price and his twin sister Millie Bowen-Price took the Championships by storm!
Luke won the Under 13 Discus title with an all-time record-breaking throw of 43.56m. He then followed-up this performance by winning the Under 13 Shot Putt, with a new Nationals record distance of 13.97m.
Millie battled the elements to finish 2nd in the U13 Shot Putt with a distance of 9.67m and then, with her last throw of the competition, she became U13 Discus Champion with a throw of 25.99m
Last week, Luke and Millie were competing at the evening athletics meeting, run by Exeter Harriers, at Exeter Arena. Millie recorded a distance of 9.48m in the U13 Shot Putt and Luke recorded a distance of 14.48m, the longest Shot Putt ever, by an Under 13 UK athlete.
Photo – Millie Bowen-Price, Bethany Matthews, Gemma Bulbulian, Luke Bowen-Price