Grace defends her county crown

In between studying for her upcoming exams, Ashford School athlete, Grace Nicholls successfully defended her county crown at the Kent County athletics Championships over the weekend.

Competing in the Junior Women's Track and Field events she stormed ahead of 11 other competitors in the 1500m race and 7 others in the 800m event.

Following her success in both track and field events, Grace has been specially invited to spend the day training with Kelly Holmes at Loughborough University this saturday!

Well done Grace!