On Wednesday, our junior and senior girls’ athletics teams represented Afan Nedd Tawe Schools at the Welsh Schools Athletics Finals in Brecon.

They represented the school superbly and what the senior girls achieved on the day was incredible.

Our junior team finished in 6th place with some standout performances.

Lily Shubin - 1st place in the 200m

Lottie Saunders - 3rd place in long jump

Edna Umweni -2nd place in shot put

Our senior girls finished in 1st place making them national champions!

There were some exceptional performances.

Grace Chesweka - 1st place in the hurdles and long jump

Elizabeth Nsozzi - 4th place in the 300m

Rosie Jones - 2nd place in the 800m

Zoe Thompson - 2nd place in the 1500m

Freya Birt- 2nd in the triple jump

Alice Caldwell - 4th in the discus

Constance Makari - 3rd in shot put

Relay team - Tochi, Grace, Katriel, Freya - 1st place

A special mention to Katriel Udoh who came first in the 100m running 12.04 seconds. Breaking the previous championship record of 12.10 that was set way back in 1999.

Katriel also set a new high jump championship record of 1.70m beating the previous record of 1.66m that had stood since 1995!