PUPILS from Haygrove School have been excelling in track and field events at athletics competitions across the county.

At the Sedgemoor Area Championships Haygrove won both the Junior and the Senior Championship trophies after winning the Year 7, 8 and 9 competitions and finishing overall runner’s up in the Year 10 events.

At the Somerset Junior County Championships in Yeovil three students came home with medals: Jamie Close (100m Junior Boys County Champion), Devon Salinas (300m Junior Boys County Runner Up) and Kurt Hobbs (Triple Jump Junior Boys County Runner-Up and 3rd placed in the 300m).

And 14 senior Haygrove students were selected at the Sedgemoor trials to take part in the Somerset Senior County Championships held at Millfield School with Juste Mockeliuniate taking 1st place in the Shot Putt, Sarah Cavill came 2nd in the Hammer, Spencer Nicolson secured 2nd in the Discus and Olivia Handel was placed 3rd in the High Jump.