MATTHEW Pagan has sprinted to an inter-counties victory in Birmingham.

The West Cheshire AC member and Chester Catholic High student represented Cheshire Schools in the Mason Trophy event held at the Alexander Stadium.

Pagan clocked 49.80 seconds to win the intermediate boys 400m title in impressive fashion ahead of next month’s English Schools Track and Field Championships at Gateshead.

Emily Ball, of West Cheshire AC, represented Shropshire in the intermediate girls discus and finished second with a throw 34.21m.

Zac Barnsley posted 11.5 in the Intermediate Boys 100m while his sister Alice clocked 13.8 in the junior girls 100m.

Georgia Barlow posted 27.2 in the junior girls 200m, with Christy Mageean completing the junior boys 300m in 41.00.

Mark Davies was first home for West Cheshire AC at the Sport in the Port 10k Road Race, clocking 37 minutes and 12 seconds for 17th.

He was joined by club colleagues Robert Freeman (37th in 39:04), Robert Little (40th in 39:21), Stephen Cunningham (47th in 40:03), Steve Hillier (61st in 41:23), Alec Jervis (75th in 42:06), Neil Carter (108th in 43:47), Dave Hough (160th in 45:44), Helen Johnson (184th in 47:00), Stephen Howarth (427th in 56:45) and Andrew Home (487th in 59:11).

Mohammed Abu-Rezeq, from Altrincham, won the race in 31:02.

Kirsty Longley, from Liverpool Pembroke Sefton, was the women’s winner in 37:00.

Davies went into the race on the back of 15th-placed finish in the opening round of the Deestriders Off Road Grand Prix Series at Shotton. He came home in 29:49 and was followed by Cunningham (20th in 30:26), Jim Jones (43rd in 35:25), Tony Kennedy (45th in 35:42) and Mark Povey (52nd in 37:57).