The first Young Athletes League meeting of the season was held at Darlington on Sunday, May 9. Shildon fielded a total of 22 athletes in both boys and girls and 12 of them achieved national standards.

Most notable performance of the day was achieved by Kate Avery gaining a grade 1 standard in the Girls U13 1200m winning by almost 100m in a time of 4:04.

Other competing teams were Birtley, Jarrow, Blackhill, Darlington, Sunderland and Durham.

Other results

Under-13 girls

75m: Kate Avery 5th 11.8secs

150m: Laura Hewitson 3rd 22.5secs

800m: Laura Hewitson 3rd 2m49secs

Under-15 girls

100m: Kate Ross 2nd 13.5secs; Catherine Bousfield 3rd 14.8secs

800m: Elizabeth Cain 6th 2m53secs

1500m: Abby Suffield 1st 5m25.2secs; Natasha Heslop 4th 5m52.5secs

Long Jump: Catherine Bousfield 3rd 4mtrs10cm

Under-17 girls

200m: Natalie Cross 30.3secs

800m: Natalie Cross 1st 2m37secs

1500m: Alex Snook 1st 5m15secs

300 Hurdles: Alex Snook 1st 51.8

Shot put: KMcAleese 2nd 5mtrs 84cm

Javeline: K McAleese 2nd 12m01cm

Under-13 boys

100m: D Hardy 5th 16.1

800m: Jonathon Griffiths 5th 2m.44secs

Shot Put: D. Hardy 5th 4m48cm

Under-15 boys

100m: N. Pennock 3rd 13.1secs

400m: N. Pennock 2nd 62.5secs

1500: K. Thompson 1st 4m54secs; C Grainger 3rd 5m21secs

300m: K. Thompson 1st 10m13secs

High Jump: K. Thompson 1st 1m35cm

Shot Put: E. Johnson 3rd 5mtrs; W. Todd 2nd 7mtrs

Javelin: E Johnson 3rd 11mtrs57cm

Under-17 boys

100m: Alex Todd 1st 11.7secs

200m: John Burns 1st 24.6secs; David Dodds 29.0secs

400m: John Burns 2nd 55.7secs; Alex Todd 1st 54.7secs

800m: Warren Roberts 1st 2m06secs; David Dodds 4th 2m30secs

1500: Warren Roberts 1st 4m26secs

100m Hurdles: Sam Stanislaus 2nd 16.3secs; H.J. M. Wilkinson 2nd 1mtr65cm; Sam Stanislaus 1st 1mtr78cm

LJ: John Burns 1st 5m33cm; Alex Todd 2nd 5m18cm

Triple Jump: Sam Stanislaus 1st 12m.66cm

Javelin: Anthony Brown 1st 32m50cm.