A young Swindon Harriers athlete has cemented herself at the top of the UK rankings for javelin after throwing personal bests in back-to-back days.

Last weekend was a special one for Lucy Bull as the 13-year-old continued to display why she is ranked number one in the United Kingdom amongst under-15 javelin athletes.

On Saturday, she threw a then-personal best of 37.43 metres in Birmingham before competing in the Mark Cawte Memorial Open at the County Ground on Sunday and going even further with a throw of 39.70 metres.

Bull said: “It has been a bit of a shock! It is the first time I have thrown two personal bests back-to-back in a weekend.

“I'm quite annoyed that I was so close to breaking 40 metres because that is my target for the season.”

There were countless other impressive performances from Swindon Harriers at the County Ground on Sunday with many setting new records for themselves.

Holly Scott won the women’s hammer throw with a season’s best score of 39.70 metres, Archie Kinneir had a personal best in the under-17 men’s hammer throw with 48.36 metres, and Lottie Harding also set a new benchmark for herself in the under-15 women’s as she threw the hammer 36.27 metres.

It was a great day on a number of fronts for Arthur Manton-Haskell as he set three new personal bests across three different disciplines. He threw 28.58 metres in the hammer, 17.29 in the discus, and 28.05 in the javelin.

Craig Scott’s long jump squad also leapt into top gear with his group of young athletes managing a total of ten personal bests.

One of the best came from Ben Charlesworth, who smashed the five-metre barrier for the first time as he cleared 5 metres 10 centimetres, adding 35 centimetres to his previous best.

There was also plenty of success on the track with Emmanuel Daramola winning the G final and junior Harry Edwards winning the mile race ahead of Anubis Molina-Zekri and Fletcher Hart.

The Belgrave family certainly enjoyed a busy and successful day. The oldest sister Delleah won her heat of the 150 metres in 19.35 seconds while Laila-Jae did the double in the under-17s 80-metre hurdles and her final of the 150 metres. Then Lewis made it three out of three in the A final of the 150 metres and added victory in the under-13s 70-metre hurdles.