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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 .
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]
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In 2009, Packer was inducted into the England Athletics Hall of Fame. [7] Ann was coached by Denis Watts and was a member of Reading Athletic Club when she was selected for the British Olympic team. In 1966 Packer appeared in an experiment for the BBC TV history programme, Chronicle to see how far geese could walk in a day. She was chosen ...
Sanderson was a member of Wolverhampton & Bilston Athletics Club, competing in the javelin throw and multi-event disciplines. [1] In 1972, aged 16, Sanderson won the Intermediate javelin event at the English Schools' Athletics Championships. [1]
In 1963, aged 14, she won the junior long jump title at the All-England Schools Championships (now known as The English Schools Championships) with a leap of 17 ft 3 in (5.26 m), and then finished second (17 ft 5 + 3 ⁄ 4 in or 5.328 m) in the long jump at the Women's Amateur Athletic Association's national junior championships.
She started training for athletics at the age of 12, joining Tonbridge Athletics Club, where she was coached by David Arnold and went on to win the English Schools 1,500 metres in her second season in 1983. Her hero was British middle-distance runner Steve Ovett, and she was inspired by his success at the 1980 Summer Olympics.