Medway and Maidstone AC finished seventh of 21 clubs at the annual Kent County Athletics Championships, writes Alan Newman.

Nine gold medals featured in M&M’s total return of 34 awards as Blackheath and Bromley Harriers topped the table with 76 medals ahead of Tonbridge (54) and the host club Ashford AC (46).

New county champions for M&M were Megan Walsh in the under-17 300m, Quinn Austin in the U15 1,500m, Ashleigh West in the U15 75m hurdles, Isaac Milham in the U15 80m hurdles, Lewis Heffernan in the U20 400m hurdles, Tom Collins in the 2,000m steeplechase, Joseph Thurgood in the U17 high jump, Amber Durrant in the U17 high jump and Jade Oni in the U15 high jump.

The rather cool and windy conditions did not favour the athletes, but 10 new championship-best performances were set.

Bobby Clay (Invicta East Kent) ran a new best in the under-20 women’s 800m (2min07.08sec), Sabrina Sinha (Cambridge Harriers) did likewise in the under-17 800m (2.09.89), Lilly Coward (Invicta) raised the bar in the under-20 1,500m steeplechase (5.28.85) and Holly Page (Dartford Harriers) set a new best in the under-17 1,500m steeplechase (4.58.34).

Victoria Wiltshire (Blackheath & Bromley Harriers) improved in the under-17 hammer (46.48), Guy Thomas (Tonbridge) did so in the under-20 3,000m walk (12.28.84), Shaunagh Brown (Blackheath) was among the PBs, also in the hammer (61.36m), Heather Butcher (Cambridge Harriers) clocked a new best in the under-20 3,000m walk (15.03.34), Ailis McGovern (Bexley) cleared 3.70 in the under-20 pole vault and Paige MacHeath (Cambridge Harriers) threw 37.37 in the under-17 javelin.