“I need to reach 3.90m to qualify for English Schools,” said Cohen. “But in the first six months of 2018 I improved by 65cm and this year I have already upped my PB by seven cm. So I think it’s something I can realistically look to achieve, though I still have a lot of work to do.”
Sophie Dowson and Eden Davis were both in action at the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) championships in Sheffield. Dowson, 20, placed third in the pole vault with 3.70m, while Davis, 19, won his 60m heat in a promising season’s best of 6.91.
“I was ahead of the pack in the semi-final,” said Davis, “but I cramped up and only just managed to get over the line in the end. I was feeling very strong until then and I think I would have done well in the final.”
The last Start Fitness Metropolitan League fixture of the season saw Hannah Viner, 22, run another storming cross-country race to claim victory over nearly 250 other runners, finishing 23 seconds ahead of the second-placed competitor.
