Zahara Malcolm 800m Essex Championships Gold 12 May 19
Zahara Malcolm (centre) with her U15 800m Gold medal. Photo from WGEL.
Year 9 student Zahara Malcolm won the Gold medal in the U15 800m at the Essex Championships in Chelmsford.
Competing for her club Woodford Green AC with Essex Ladies (WGEL), Zahara finished 2nd in her heat with a time of 2m 21.95s, then bettered this in the final claiming 1st place and the Gold medal with a time of 2m 21.11s.
The previous day Zahara also ran the 300m claiming 3rd in her heat in a time of 43.12s and then went on to compete in the final, which was a very tough race, coming 4th.
Congratulations to Zahara on her fantastic achievement and good luck in the upcoming Essex Schools Championships.
More details of the event can be found on the Woodford Green AC with Essex Ladies website.