After making his mark initially as a shot-putter, Prince has shown that he is just as capable – if not more – with this alternative implement in his hands by demolishing Simon Burdett’s 38-year-old record for the age group at Sunday’s Aztec Track and Field Series Six.
The 16-year-old threw the 1.5kg discus a huge 49.05m to dominate the discipline overall at Footes Lane, having gone in with a best of 43.59m from four weeks prior.
Burdett is the man who holds the senior discus record and the bar for U18s had been set by him at 47.10m, which Prince neared on his first effort – 46.81 – before smashing through with a 48.61, following with a 45.82 and then that outstanding 49.05 effort. This put him 12th in the national age-group rankings an extra two places above his shot put standing.
On the day, he finished far clear of senior thrower Tom Brierley, who managed a season’s best 34.31m with 2kg.
One of the stand-out track performances had come from Jack Le Tissier as he made a significant jump up the all-time senior 800m list.
The 21-year-old called upon the pacemaking of Orkney 2025 individual medallist Gian-Luca Robilliard and flew through the opening lap in under 56sec.
He held on well to come home in 1min. 54.55sec., a 1.52sec. improvement on his PB from last year. The result also lifts him to Guernsey’s 12th-fastest athlete of all time for the distance.
U18 James Stafford-Bell finished distant second in 2-09.90, just 0.37sec. clear of All Terrain Challenge winner Mickey Haimes, with veteran Toby Mann another 0.40sec. back.
Eloise Scholes secured the women’s honours but concluded a long track season outside her PB, posting 2-14.84.
U20 woman Eleanor Jamieson, who has recently returned from America, nevertheless put in a notable run of 2-21.97 to dominate the B race.
On the same day as female runner Emily Torode secured outright victory in the Donkey Drop Out, Abi Galpin so nearly emulated that over a fraction of the distance – the 100m.
Behind only U20 Jake Taylor, who won in 11.77, the recent Glasgow 2026 competitor ran 11.89 for a clear second.
U18 long-sprinter and middle-distance runner Tom Holt took third in 12.17, tuning him up for a later victory over 200m.
He ran 24.53 for top spot, while Amelia Hart in the same race claimed women’s honours in 27.34, 0.40sec. clear of U18 Joselyn Ford.
Jersey’s versatile Katie Le Rougetel threw the furthest overall in the javelin, managing 30.87m, ahead of veteran Jon Sexton’s PB of 27.46m.
U16 Finley Nicolle won the triple jump overall on 11.20m, with all competitors facing mild headwinds.
Holly Drake took women’s honours with 9.92m but was jumped close by U16 Victoria Jackson, who recorded 9.80m as a newbie to the event.
Notably, the meeting also included masters’ 100m and 800m races.
Veteran-50 Lee Garland won the well-supported 800m in a very respectable 2-20.36, while from the corresponding women’s age group, Herne Hill Harriers’ Alexandra Shamloll ran 15.77 to win the 100m and edge V60 Simon Bradbury by 0.04sec.
