HAMMER thrower Emma O’Hara bagged a silver medal in the England Under 20 Championships at Bedford.
The 18-year-old Radley athlete finished second in the under 20 ladies’ event, throwing 54.07m in blustery conditions.
O’Hara (pictured), who is second in the UK under 20 rankings, could not quite match her personal best of 55.60 set at the Oxfordshire Championships, with Louisa James (Shaftesbury) winning in 55.80.
Oxford City’s Simi Fajemisin collected a bronze medal in the under 20 ladies’ long jump.
Despite competing against athletes several years older than her, 15-year-old Fajemisin took third with a final round leap of 5.98m.
This lifetime best effort took her to second in the UK under 17 rankings.
Former Radley athlete Rhys Glastonbury, from Long Hanborough, finished fourth in the under 23 men’s 1,500m.
The 22-year-old Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow athlete missed out on a medal by 0.35 seconds as he ran a personal best 3mins 46.77secs.
Elswhere, Radley’s Rosie Kingston clocked a 100m hurdles best of 14.80secs in the under 23 heats.
Clubmate Stuart Ferguson was seventh in his under 23 men’s 1,500m heat, with his time of 4.04.17 way off his season’s best.
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