Teenager Olly Downs has enjoyed a fine start to the year. Downs, from Canterbury, achieved a second-placed finish at this month’s England Athletics under-15s pentathlon at the English Institute of Sport Sheffield, along with a few new personal-bests elsewhere.
The 14-year-old earned 2,755 points to end up behind winner Josh Dako of Blackheath & Bromley AC who, like Downs, is coached by Alex Pope.
Downs said: “I came second. I was 70 points behind first. "It’s quite cool to think about because I’ve not had that much training.” Downs has certainly thrown himself into action.
The under-15 boys’ pentathlon competition in Sheffield consisted of the 60m hurdles, the long jump, the shot put, the high jump and the 800m event.
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