OAKBANK pupils raced away with 26 gold medals at the Bradford Schools Athletics Championships last weekend.

The Keighley school took 100 students to the competition and as well as having 26 Bradford Champions in their ranks they also collected 16 silver medals and nine bronze. Numerous others reached their finals through the heats and produced personal-best performances.

Champions -- (Inter boys 400m); Sam Clegg (Inter boys 1500m); Mark Hardman (Inter boys Steeplechase); James Sharples (Junior Boys 200m); Tom Wallbank JB 800m); Chris Cookson (JB long jump); Dayne Ward (JB triple jump); Luke Smith (JB javelin); Junior Boys 4x100m relay: K Shackleton, T Bolger, J Sharples, C Cookson. Perri Isa (Yr 7 400m).

Sarah Milner (Senior Girls 100m), Kayleigh Greenham (SG 800m); Laura Greenham SG 1500m); Naomi Thompson (SG javelin); Rachelle Houldsworth (SG shot), Sophie Nilon (SG 400m hurdles).

Nicole Lawn (Intermediate Girls 300m hurdles); Kristina Harris (IG sprint hurdles); Jade Temple (IG 100m); Emma Layton (Junior Girls javelin); Melissa Houldsworth (Yr 7 discus).

Silver Medals: Reece Bartle (Senior Boys 200m); Chris White (SB long jump); Nicki Holgate Inter Boys 400m); Mark Bentham (IB 800m); Richard Stack (IB 3000m); Zach Dickson (IB high jump); Andrew Lister (IB javelin)

Marc Westerman (Junior Boys high jump), Jonathan Baddley (Junior Boys shot), Nicola Leng (SG 800m); Kimberley Grice (Inter Girls shot); Natasha Mulligan (IG javelin); Laura Moore (IG hurdles); Cathy Frobisher (IG 300m); Lisa Rothera (Yr7 high jump); Natasha Bowen (JG discus).

Bronze Medals: Patrcik Holden, Keith Shackleton, Charles Clegg, Liam Booth, Larry Abbott, Casy Dickson, Rachel Peers, Niccola Mahomet, Samantha Connor.