SIX Bolton United Harriers made the short journey to Leigh Sports Village to compete in the Northern Athletics under-13/u15/u17 track and field championships and several returned with medals.

In poor conditions and against the best junior athletes from across the north of England it was a tough test for the Bolton youngsters.

Hannah Kelly decided to race over her shorter distance, the 100m rather than her usual 200m, and cruised through her heat, winning by five metres and clocking a time of 12.32secs.

She lined up in the final with high hopes of a fast time but a massive downpour partway through the race put paid to anything exceptional.

Hannah was never troubled, though, and took the gold medal in 12.16 – equalling her personal best.

Olivia Kimbowa, with one eye on the upcoming EA national championships, raced in the u17 women's 300m and ran a fantastic final to finish an encouraging seventh at her first Northern championships.

Two other Northern debutants were training partners, Eniola Adedotun and Josh Povey.

Eniola chose to race over the longer 200m and came through in fourth in his heat in 25.16.

His final was hampered by a sore hamstring but it was still a great performance, finishing eighth in 25.44.

Josh raced in the u17 men’s 100m on the Sunday and opened up with 12.12 to finish second in his heat and easily qualify for the final.

After a hesitant start, the young sprinter had a fantastic pick up and powered through to finish sixth overall in a time of 11.97.

U13s' competitor Porscha Johnson had tough competition in the 100m, however she was not overawed and ran well to finish fourth in her heat, though narrowly missed out on a place in the final.

The last Blue Vest for the weekend was rising star Julia Winogrodzka who had a busy day, entering three different events in 100m, long jump and the shot put.

The talented multi-eventer started well with a consistent second in her 100m heat before storming through the last 30 metres in the final to claim the bronze medal and equal her PB in a time of 13.36.

Her second event was her favoured long jump as she went into the event ranked number one in the UK.

It was not to be on the day and Julia had to settle for silver with a best jump of 5.03m.

Although bitterly disappointed not to claim gold, she dusted herself off and stepped up to compete in the shot put.

Showing massive heart, she set a new PB of 8.82m and finished an agonising fourth, however she still picked up two medals over the weekend.

Elsewhere, the fourth Horwich 5M of the 34th Jubilee Road Races series saw a small field of 68 – a low number of entries during holiday season – with several Blue Vests involved.

BU&AC results: fifth – Simon Dally 29:57 (M45 1), 10th Liz Proctor 32:42 (F40 1), 25th Craig Kenny 35:18, 53rd John Grimshaw 42:00.

The associated street race for juniors saw three finishers – fourth – Lily Philbin 6:14 (F13 1), fifth – Harvey Kenny 6:15 (MU11 3) and 20th Sam Philbin 7:01 (MU9 3).

Meanwhile, Stretford’s BMC Grand Prix  saw several athletes compete over a range of distances, with Karl Darcy getting a PB.

BU&AC results: 800m – second – Jonothan Kay 1:53.29; 1500m – 14th – Tom Lancashire 3:47.45; 10,000m – fourth – Karl Darcy 31:35.24.