A take a look at among the finest performances from the following technology this previous weekend in Birmingham.
The 2026 English Colleges Monitor & Discipline Championships befell this weekend (July 10-11) at Alexander Stadium, with the nation’s best younger athletes writing the following chapter in one of many sport’s most prestigious home competitions.
Usually described because the „Youngsters Olympics“, the championships have launched the careers of numerous British stars over greater than a century. For generations of athletes, an English Colleges vest has represented the head of faculty sport, whereas for a lot of future Olympians it has supplied the primary glimpse of what competing on the massive stage appears like.
This yr was no completely different, with 1000’s of youngsters competing over a mess of occasions in Birmingham, all with the ambition of being the very best within the nation for his or her age group.
Listed below are simply among the many highlights, with a lot of them coming within the discipline, from the championships:
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Daniel Emegbor soars out to a HUGE CBP & PB 7.82M to win the SB LJ🥇
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Daniel Emegbor soars as soon as once more
After triumphing within the inter boys lengthy leap final yr – he set a championship file of seven.80m – Daniel Emegbor as soon as once more dominated, this time within the larger age group. Emegbor blew away the senior boys discipline with a finest mark of seven.82m, bettering his distance final yr by two centimetres and beating Julian Moore’s championship file of seven.68m from 2001.
This needs to be no shock as Emegbor has already demonstrated his credentials on the worldwide stage, putting fifth for Nice Britain on the 2025 European Below-20 Championships in Tampere. He has additionally been chosen for the 2026 World Below-20 Championships in Oregon. His 7.82m ranks him twelfth on the planet within the under-20 class this yr.
Duncan Williams shines within the lengthy leap
Duncan Williams, representing Buckinghamshire, set the early tone with an unbelievable leap of seven.06m within the junior boys lengthy leap. Not solely did it higher the championship file by 30 centimetres nevertheless it was additionally an age 13 world finest within the occasion. The earlier world finest for that age was 7.02m, recorded by European indoor lengthy leap bronze medallist Gabriel Bitan again in 2012. The Romanian went on to characterize his nation on the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.
Extremely Williams was pushed within the closing, with Kent’s Emmanuel Famokun producing a finest mark of 6.78m in a extremely aggressive lengthy leap. Williams had a better of 6.71m going English Colleges and likewise set the age 12 world finest with 6.18m final yr.
Lawson Capes continues the household success
To observe within the footsteps of the late nice Geoff Capes will take some doing however Geoff’s grandson Lawson has began effectively. The youthful Capes received his fifth successive English Colleges shot put title on the weekend, securing the win with a private better of 17.74m.
Representing Lincolnshire, Capes added 26 centimetres to his finest and the 17-year-old will now have his eyes set on breaking the 18-metre barrier. He received convincingly from Hampshire’s Olivier Coulibaly (15.84m) and Berkshire’s Chummy Anthony-Uzoeto (15.36m).
Emilia Adese stars within the shot put
Emilia Adese was one of many stand-out performers at this yr’s English Colleges after decimating Isabelle Stamp’s championship file of 16.04m with a formidable 17.36m. She’s now ranked second amongst European U18s, forward of Rieti, and is simply three centimetres shy of the GB junior file.
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Emilia Adese sends the shot to a HUGE 17.36m to win the IG SP😳
Over 2 METRES separates her and the remainder of the sphere.#EnglishSchools #ESAA pic.twitter.com/x2aePl2luU
— Vinco (@VincoSport) July 11, 2026
Capree Cooper wows over two laps
With the likes of Phoebe Gill having emerged victorious at English Colleges in recent times, the 800m is at all times an occasion to look out for. This version was no completely different as Middlesex’s Capree Cooper triumphed in a stacked discipline, outclassing the opposition to win the junior women 800m in 2:08.61.
Cooper, who can also be the reigning England under-15 champion indoors and out, was near her PB of two:07.34 set on the South of England Championships final month.
Eve Beddow, who has loved plenty of success on the cross-country scene in her junior years, was second 2:09.36. Each athletes weren’t too distant from the championship file of two:06.20.
