Monmouth Comprehensive School took four squads to the Newport East athletics competition. Each squad, competing against five other schools, had to finish in the top two in order to qualify for the South Wales competition. The U14 and U16 boys squads and the U16 girls squad finished third in their respective competitions but the stand-out performance on the day was from the U14 girls who finished second, qualifying for the South Wales competition the following week. At the South Wales competition there were noticeable victories for Year 7 students Josie Harrison (Javelin) and Hannah Jenkins (1,500m), competing against a range of Year 7 and 8 students. As the competition is a team event, every point and place in each event mattered. The girls went into the final event, the relay, in third place but a fifth place finish moved the girls down to fourth. All the girls tried their very best but narrowly missed out on qualifying for the Welsh Final. The squad was: Harriet Kearsey 7SN, Josie Harrison 7PY, Hannah Jenkins 7SN, Darcy Mcguire 7TR, Jess West 7KO, Natasha Makondora 7VE, Sophie Pope 7VE, Katie Kersey 8NJ, Darcy Birkett 8NJ, Taryn Birkett 8AL and Sophie Richards 8NJ. MCS would like to congratulate all the girls who took part.