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Athletics | 8th June 2023
 

Pure gold from Matilda B

 
 
SUPER-CHAMP: Matilda Brockley takes pride of place and was crowned Scottish Schools’ Champion at last weekend’s U17 Scottish Schools Pentathlon Championships
 

Four PBs as Langholm star is crowned school’s champ

Langholm athlete Matilda Brockley was crowned Scottish School’s Champion at last weekend’s U17 Scottish Schools Pentathlon Championships.

On a hot, sunny day in Grangemouth, the 15-year-old Academy pupil registered an incredible four personal bests to win the gold medal with a total of 3359pts.  

Matilda started the day with a new PB of 1.60m in the high jump. This was quickly followed with another new PB of 12.13 seconds in the 80m hurdles.

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