Buxton juniors made a splash at this years Derbyshire County Track and Field Championships! On a weekend of sunshine and showers the juniors ran and jumped themselves to personal bests and Gold medals with a dip in the water jump to boot! Coming away with U17 men’s and women’s victories in the 1500m Steeplechase.

First event for the juniors saw Heather Wilshaw taking on the U17 High Jump. She put in a strong performance equalling her personal best to finish just outside the medals in 4th position. She then ran in the final of the 800m, putting in a second personal best time to finish 6th.

Grace Longden ran in the under 15 girls 800m running a personal best time in her heat to qualify for the final. She then went even faster in the final knocking a full 10 seconds off her previous best!

The 1500m Steeplechase was a new event for Buxton juniors Will Longden and Ellie Wilson, but they both showed themselves well up to the challenge! Ellie was first up in the under 17 girls race where she experienced her first ever water jump and took a bit of a dip! But undeterred by her soaking she stormed on to not only win the under 17 race and become Derbyshire Champion but to run a County Qualification time of 5:45:83 on this her Steeplechase debut!

Will Longden also had a fantastic debut in his Steeplechase event also storming to victory in an outstanding time of 5:17:83 and becoming the U17 Derbyshire Steeplechase Champion!