Midlands champion on pentathlon debut
Mansfield Harriers starlet Matthew Young was ninth in his pentathlon national debut at the England Athletics Indoor Combined Championships – and Midlands champion.
The event at the English Institute of Sport, Sheffield, was the last major championship before the athletics competition calendar was shut down.
Young opened his under-15s competition in the 60-metre hurdles with 10.13 seconds to earn 517 points.
In the long jump he leapt 4.59 metres for 306 points and in the high jump cleared 1.54 metres for 419 points. Young fired the shot to 8.32 metres for 385 points and concluded in the 800 metres with 2.25.21 for 382 points – an overall score of 2009 points.