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The English Schools' Athletics Championships are annual national athletics competitions organised by the English Schools' Athletic Association ESAA for students in England aged 12–18 for track and field, cross country and race walking.
The English Schools' Athletic Association (ESAA) [1] hosts three major competitions a year for athletes under 15, under 17 and under 19 years of age. The events are cross-country running , a track and field competition and combined events with race walking .
the UK Athletics Championships which existed from 1977 until 1997 and ran concurrently with the AAA Championships. [ 2 ] The AAA Championships were open to international athletes but those athletes were not considered the National Champion in this list if they won the relevant Championship, with the highest ranking British athlete given that title.
Emily first competed at the English Schools Athletics Championships in Telford when she was aged 13. The following year she failed to qualify for the competition in Nottingham and watched from the stands. In 1996 she made a return, finishing 6th in the 200m.
In 2006, Jackson won a gold medal in the 800m at the English Schools Athletic Championships. [3] In 2007, Jackson was 2nd in the European Junior 800 metres final in Hengelo, Holland. She was also the World's fastest female Junior for 800 metres.
As a youngster, he showed great promise as a footballer, but gave it up for athletics, because he preferred individual rather than team sports. [citation needed] As a youngster he won the under-15 (Junior boys) English Schools' Athletics Championships title at 400 metres in 1970 and the under-17 (Intermediate boys) 800 metres title in 1972. [2]
Shakes-Drayton came to prominence at the English Schools Championships where she set a UK junior record time in the 400 m hurdles. [6] She made her first major international appearance at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics where she finished eighth, achieving a new personal best of 57.52 seconds. [7]
Smith won 3 individual 200m English Schools' Athletics Championships titles 1988 to 1990, and was part of the winning 4x100m relay teams 1988, 1990, representing Essex County.