Stumpenhusen stars as Rugby & Northampton get season off to a flying start
Rugby & Northampton Athletics Club have kicked off the new season in style.
R&N recorded a resounding victory in the first United Kingdom Youth Development League Midlands Upper match which was held in Nottingham.
The league is for for Under-18 and Under-20 athletes, and clubs need to field competitors in all of the events.
R&N dominated proceedings from the off with emphatic victories in the 400m hurdles for William Hovell (U18M) and Elliot Godfrey (U20M).
The wins set the tone for the meeting as R&N racked up a whole procession of outstanding performances.
Moyo Stumpenhusen led the way with a massive 60m throw in the discus - one of the furthest throws ever by a UK athlete.
Stumpenhusen was backed up by the other throwers in the team, with the female throwers of Grace O'Malley, Chelsea Adams, Emily Gascoigne and Emily Kendrick really showing the way.
In the 110m hurdles Jayden Allen Bramble leapt to number one on the UK rankings with a rapid 14.4 seconds, as well as securing victory in the long jump with a new lifetime best of 6m 58cm.
The track team also excelled with victories coming in all events.
After the gruelling day's athletics, the points were tallied up leaving R&N victorious - gaining more than 150 points more than the second placed team - a combined Coventry & Leamington outfit.
The second of the three regional rounds will take place in Milton Keynes on May 24.