Three Oxfordshire athletes struck gold in the English Schools' Track & Field Championships at Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium.

Emma O’Hara, 18, from Larkmead School, Abingdon, won the senior girls’ hammer with a throw of 55.40m.

Christian von Eitzen, 16, of European School, Culham, was first home in the inter-mediate boys’ 800m in 1min 53.37secs.

And Headington School’s Simi Fajemisin, 15, struck gold in the intermediate girls’ long jump with a leap of 5.91m.

Full report & pictures in Saturday’s Oxford Mail