Bicester AC’s Georgia Bower competed in her first combined event at the recent ESAA Midlands Combined Championships finishing 6th in the senior girl’s heptathlon which comprised 7 different disciplines . Bower competed in several unfamiliar events and her final tally of 2822 points represented a creditable effort.
Bower opened with her first ever effort at the 100m hurdles and did well to run 19.0secs for 368 points which took her to 4th place in the standings. She then equalled her personal best in the high jump with a clearance of 1.35m for 460 points but this slipped her down two places to 6th in the standings. Her first ever effort in the 4kg shot (5.85m) yielded 262 points which left her in 6th place. Her best effort came in the next event the 200m where she ran a new best and an under 18 women’s EA PB level time of 27.8secs for 628 points which moved her back up to 5th in the standings. She then collected 500 points in what is normally her strongest event the long jump (4.78m) which kept her in 5th in the overall standings with two events remaining. Competing in her first ever javelin she threw a respectable 16.09m for 217 points but this slipped her back to 6th in the standings. Her final event was the 800m and making her debut at the distance Bower did well to break 3mins with her time of 2mins 57.7secs yielding 387 points.