Hammer thrower Emma O’Hara will bid to strike gold for Oxfordshire again at the English Schools’ Track & Field Championships at Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium on July 5 and 6.

The 18-year-old, from Larkmead School, Abingdon, won the intermediate girls’ competition at Gateshead in 2011, but had to settle for bronze 12 months ago.

Now in her second year as a senior, O’Hara, who recorded a throw of 53.26m at the Oxfordshire Schools Championships, will be looking to do better.

LOCAL ATHLETES SELECTED

Boys Senior – 200m: J Dorrian (King Alfred’s)..

Intermediate – A Wilson (Radley College). 800m: C Von Eitzen (European).

Junior – Javelin: R Crowther (John Mason).

Girls Senior – Hammer: E O’Hara (Larkmead).

Intermediate – 800m: G Harvey (Didcot). Discus: K Woodcock (Our Lady’s Abingdon). Junior – Discus: E Smith (Fitzharrys).