More than 160 young athletes took part in a quadrathlon at Woodbank Park.

The Life Leisure event, which was hosted by Stockport Harriers, has been a key date for the borough’s young athletes for the past 11 years.

Each athlete competes in four individual events – a throw, a sprint a jump and a middle distance run – and receives points for each. The overall top three athletes in each age group receive awards.

Stockport Harrier Megan Lasseter became the first athlete in an under 15 category to jump over 5ft, and went on to finish third in the quadrathlon behind fellow Stockport Harrier Holly Aitchison and first placed Praise Owoeye, from Sale Harriers.

Abraham Fobil, who trains with the Diane Modahl Sport Foundation, took a full second off the U13 boys 100m to run 12.6 seconds, with Benjamin Verbickas of Crewe going on to win the overall title in that age group.

Event director and Stockport Harriers coach Mike Frost said: “The Young Athletes Quadrathlon is always a wonderful and inspirational event – it’s so great to see athletic talent of the future in action. I think the fact we saw two records broken on the day says a lot about the standard, especially given the weather conditions.

“Working with Life Leisure to hold the event also meant that the athletes, and indeed their coaches and supporters, really benefited from a fantastic atmosphere – the spectator stand was extremely lively.

“The day was special for all involved and also waved the flag for athletics here in the north west.”

The Life Leisure Young Athletes Quadrathlon also included age category relays and a team event, where collective scores from members of the same club where tallied for overall team champions.

Clubs involved on the day came from areas including Macclesfield, Bolton , Sale , Oldham , Crewe, Preston, Manchester and Warrington .

Life Leisure CEO Malcolm McPhail added: “As a former athlete, this event really chimes with me – the buzz and motivation you get from competing in organised events as a youngster really is hard to beat.

“It’s so important to support young sporting talent and I’m delighted that Life Leisure could do just that with the quadrathlon.”