A TEENAGER from Vicars Cross has won a top prize in a dance competition.

Molly Dutton, 15, finished third overall in the UK in the International Dance Teachers Association (IDTA) championship in Walsall.

The Christleton High School student was one of only 86 dancers, chosen from more than 5,000 eligible dance candidates throughout the UK, to be nominated by an IDTA examiner as having exceptional potential and ability.

The top 86 were invited to compete against each other over a number of rounds including street dance, freestyle, and specially choreographed routines.