Report by Peter Impett
Dorset is not usually regarded as a hotbed of athletics but unusually it is leading the way in the Girls under 13 Javelin with girls currently ranked first, second and seventh in the UK. Mila Desborough from Wimborne AC leads the national rankings with 38 metres 32. Teammate Bethany Cassidy is second ranked with a best throw of 34 metres 22. Seventh placed nationally is Lumen Myles of Poole Athletic Club with 30 metres 95. All three girls are exponent of the “fast arm” necessary for great javelin throwing but each has other strings to their bow with Mila and Bethany ranked in the top twenty in long jump and 70 metre hurdles respectively and Lumen occupying third place ranking in the discus.
The girls met up at the Ashdown track on Sunday in a round or the Wessex Young Athletes League. All three threw over 30 metres with Lumen coming within one centimetre of her personal best.
