Rebecca Keating was the toast of Oxfordshire after retaining her senior girls’ hammer title at the English Schools’ Track & Field Championships at the Gateshead International Stadium.

The 18-year-old, from Henley College, was winning her fourth successive gold at the championships, having triumphed twice in the intermediate age group when representing Berkshire.

She launched the hammer an impressive 53.39m to grab the glory this time, with Humberside’s Maggie Okul taking silver with 50.76.

Henley College’s Amy Herrington made it a memorable competition for Oxon by winning bronze with 49.51, to add to her intermediate silver last year.

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Headington School’s Simi Fajemisin was denied a hat-trick of golds when finishing second in the senior girls’ long jump with a leap of 5.71m.

Hertfordshire’s Naomi Harryman turned the tables on the Oxfordshire girl from last year to strike gold with 5.92.

It was a fourth medal at the championships for Fajemisin, who also won silver in 2012.

Discus thrower Kathryn Woodcock won silver for the third successive year.

The 18-year-old, from Our Lady’s Abingdon, finished runner-up in the senior girls’ competition with a throw of 41.40m as Essex’s Georgie Taylor struck gold with 47.45.

Oxon’s senior girls also won the CF Gosling Trophy for the smallest counties by population.

Emily Thompson (Warriner, Banbury) came agonisingly close to a medal in the intermediate girls’ 800m, finishing fourth in 2mins 8.55secs.

OXFORDSHIRE RESULTS BOYS Senior – 100m 1st rd ht: 1 J Parry (Henley College) 11.25; 2nd rd ht: 4 J Parry 11.34. 400m ht: 2 B Claridge (King Alfred’s) 48.59**; final: 6 B Claridge 48.64**. 400mH: 4 T Stephens (Magdalen College School) 55.53*.

Intermediate – 100m hts: 4 R Craze (St Birinus) 11.56; 5 M Johnson (Abingdon) 11.60. 800m ht: 2 W Crisp (Faringdon) 1:55.73**; final: 8 W Crisp 2:04.87. Long jump: 7 S Way (Radley) 6.31. Hammer: 12 M Dawes (Warriner) 51.77*. 4x100m relay: Oxon DNF.

Junior – 1500m ht: 11 N Wiltshire (St Birinus) 4.22.34.

GIRLS Senior – 100m ht: 6 L Waknell (Cokethorpe) 13.2. Long jump: 2 S Fajemisin (Headington) 5.71**. Discus: 2 K Woodcock (Our Lady’s) 41.40**. Hammer: 1 R Keating (Henley College) 53.39**, 3 A Herrington (Henley College) 49.51. 4x100m relay: 5 Oxon 53.18.

Intermediate – 800m ht: 1 E Thompson (Warriner) 2:11.57**; final: 4 E Thompson 2.08.55**. 80mH hts: 2 A Hopkins (Lord Williams) 11.62**, 4 J O’Dowda (Gosford Hill) 11.97*; semi-final: 3 A Hopkins 11.48**; final: 8 A Hopkins 12.31. 300mH ht: 4 A Byles (Cherwell) 46.11*. High jump: 6 K Hetherington (Headington) 1.62*. Discus: 7 L Chantler Edmond (Cherwell) 35.14*.

Junior – 200m: 5 E Turner (Matthew Arnold) 25.99*. 1500m ht: 6 N Bowley (Gillotts) 4.43.55*; final 9 N Bowley 4.44.21*. Shot: 7 P Chantler Edmond (Cherwell) 11.29**. Hammer: 8 E Lovibond (St Helen & St Katharine) 38.94.