HAMMER thrower Emma O’Hara produced the star performance at a rain-soaked Oxfordshire Schools’ Track & Field Championships at Tilsley Park, Abingdon.

Despite the atrocious conditions, the 16-year-old Vale athlete improved her personal best by more than two metres with a throw of 48.63m in the intermediate girls’ event.

O’Hara, from Larkmead, Abingdon, completed a hat-trick of wins with victories in the shot (9.92m) and the discus (31.62m). North Oxford Academy’s Cosima Berry kept her feet to produce a season’s best and national standard 1.68m to win the high jump.

With the rain lashing down it was also a nightmare for hurdlers, so Vale’s Gina Sunderland national standard time of 12.5secs to win the junior girls’ 75m hurdles was even more admirable. Teammate Kathryn Woodcock also produced a national standard performance with her winning throw of 31.03m in the discus. North’s Lois Waknell sprinted home to take the 100m in an entry standard 12.7, and doubled up with victory in the 200m in 26.9. Ed Burgess produced a personal best to take the intermediate boys’ event 100m hurdles in 13.9secs. He recorded an English Schools’ entry standard as did runner-up Alex Orr (Vale), who posted a personal best of 14.1. In the junior boys’ competition, Vale’s Christian von Eitzen was just a whisker outside a national standard when taking the 800m in 2mins 3.9secs. The 14-year-old, from European, Culham, completed a brace of wins with victory in the 400m in 55.4. Liam Grieveson (North) matched the entry standard when storming home to take the 100m in 11.8 The teenager made it a sprint double with victory in the 200m in 24.8.

OXFORDSHIRE CHAMPIONS BOYS Senior – 100m: B McCallum (v) 11.3. 200m: P Barnshaw (v) 27.3. 400m: P Barnshaw (V) 5.20. 800m: J Cody (C) 2.04.0. 1500m: S Ferguson (N) 4.12.3. 4x100m relay: Vale. Triple jump: J Burgess (V) 11.81. High jump: 1 J Lambert (V) 1.55. Discus: G Lane (N) 39.71. Shot: D Burford (N) 11.78. Javelin: Allen (V) 37.70. 2000m s/c: J Cody (V). 3,000m: Cornish (V). Intermediate – 100m: J Dorrian (V) 11.7. 200m: J Dorrian (V) 24.2. 400m: B Rowett (N) 53.0. 800: C Hewitt (S) 2.08.3. 1500m: B Upjohn (V) 4.28.2. 100mH: E Burgess (N) 13.9. 4x100m relay: North. Long jump: S Edwards (N) 5.85. Triple jump: J Finch (S) 12.06. High jump: S Edwards (N) 1.80. Discus: Hamer (V) 34.92. Shot: T Napiorkowski (N) 12.26. Javelin: E Wilson (N) 44.70. 3000m: A Vessey (N). 1500m s/c: M Lomas (V). 400mH: B Rowett (N). Junior – 100m: L Grieveson (N) 11.8. 200m: L Grieveson (N) 24.8. 400m: C von Eitzen (V) 55.4. 800m: C von Eitzen (V) 2.03.9. 1500m: L Watkins (N) 4.37.1. 80mH: S Gillingham (C) 13.0. 4x100m relay: City 49.7. Long jump: K Patterson (C) 5.74. Triple jump: P Haynes (N) 10.32. High jump: O Boughen (S) 1.70. Discus: H Sawbridge (S) 23.09. Shot: J Chainey (C) 11.51. Javelin: T Anstice (N) 39.15. Year 7 – 100m: M Bellis (S) 13.2. 800m: M Nolan (V) 2.40.3. Long jump: J Ostridge (S) 4.91. Shot: R Crowther (V) 7.32. GIRLS Senior – 100m: L Farrell (N) 15.0. 200m: G Gregory (S) 27.6. 800m: B Swords (C) 2.32.5. 1500m: G Bridge (V) 5.15.3. 100mH: R Kingston (V) 17.1. Long jump: L Cartwright (N) 4.58. 400m: G Gregory (S). Intermediate – 100m: H Brooke-Little (N) 13.4. 200m: Hodgson (V) 26.8. 300m: Hodgson (V) 45.0. 1500m: L Hawtin (N) 5.08.3. 80mH: M Chapel (C) 13.9. 4x100m relay: Vale. Long jump: J Weston (N) 5.04. Triple jump: M Gold Blyth (C) 10.49. High jump: C Berry (N) 1.68. Discus: E O’Hara (V) 31.62. Shot: E O’Hara (V) 9.82. Javelin: J Weston (N) 26.99. Hammer: E O’Hara (V). 3000m: C Parker (S). 300mH: E Johnson-Watts (C). Junior – 100m: L Waknell (N) 12.7. 200m: L Waknell (N) 26.9. 800m: M Humphreys (N) 2.21.7. 1500m: B Hawtin (N) 5.17.6. 75mH: G Sunderland. 4x100m relay: City. Long jump: S Fajemisin (C) 5.02. High jump: S Phillips (N) 1.40. Discus: K Woodcock (V) 31.03. Shot: A Herrington (S) 8.98. Javelin: A Hallas (V). Year 7 – 100m: A Byles (C) 13.6. 800m: F Brew (V) 2.40.0. Long jump: A Byles (C) 4.75. Shot: A Byles (C) 6.56. NON-SCORING EVENTS Boys Senior – 2000m s/c: J Cody (C) 7.04.2. 3000m: Cornish (V) 9.35.1. Intermediate – 400mH: B Rowlett (N) 1.09.70. 1500m s/c: Lomas (V) 4.57.9. 3000m: A Vessey (N) 10.02.0. Girls Senior – 400mH: G Gregory (S) 1.08.2. Intermediate – 300mH: E Johnson-Watts (C) 51.1. 3000m: C Parker (S) 11.50.6. Hammer: E O’Hara (V) 48.63. TEAM WINNERS Boys – Under 20: Vale. Under 17: North. Under 15: South. Year 7: Vale. Girls – Under 20: Vale. Under 17: Vale. Under 15: North. Year 7: Vale. Overall: Vale. Key – C = City, N = North, S= South, V = Vale.