Peterborough & Nene Valley AC ease relegation fears from the top tier of the Southern Athletics League

Dylan Phillips starred in the jumps and won the high jump with a clearance of 1.90m.

The Peterborough & Nene Valley AC track & field team are confident they've done enough to stave off relegation from the top tier of the Southern Athletics League after an impressive display at Norwich.

Although the team finished third, they achieved a mammoth 14 individual wins backed up by 13 second places.

Angus Bowling shattered his pole vault personal best (PB) by 21cm with a winning vault of 4.51m. He was also successful in the long jump finishing second.

Dylan Phillips starred in the jumps and won the high jump with a clearance of 1.90m. Phillips went on to win the B triple jump competition as well as placing second in the B long jump.

Tayla Benson pulled off a hat trick of first places, winning the high jump, triple jump and 100m. Benson attained a distance of 10.16m in the triple jump and a height of 1.50m in the high jump.

Grace Tidman also cleared 1.50m when winning the A string high jump.

The throwers were in fine form as Mindaugus Jurska won the shot put with a throw of 15.08m and Dave Bush threw 11.66m for first place in the B shot.

Jurska took second place in the discus with Simon Achurch 2nd in the B competition. Achurch placed second in the hammer and also in the B high jump.

Daniel Lornie threw an impressive 52.07m for his javelin win, with Dave Bush in the points again with a win in the B contest. He also scored well in the B hammer with a second place finish

Becky Hall placed second in the shot with a distance of 11.78m before going on to win the B discus. Andrea Jenkins came second in the hammer with a season's best 45.18m and second in the B shot.

Elizabeth Taylor clocked 59.8 when winning the 400m by a full 20 metres.

Alexa Boole won the B 200m, while Monika Janonyte was 2nd in the B 100m.

Luke Brown finished second in the 1,500m with a 4.04.0 clocking. Brown has lowered his PB by over 14 seconds this summer.

**Lawson Capes continued his winning ways at the Junior Inter Counties Championships.

Throwing for Lincolnshire the young Peterborough & Nene Valley AC ace threw a massive shot PB of 15.60m. He is now over a full metre ahead of the 2nd placed youngster in the national U15 rankings.