CARL van Schie finished second in the North of England U20 Combined Events Championships and 10th in the Senior England Athletics Championships at Northwood Stadium, Stoke.

The West Cheshire AC multi-eventer posted five personal-best performances and broke the 6,000-point barrier with an overall personal best tally of 6,017 points.

Carl started day one with a new 100m best of 11.50 seconds and followed that with a new long jump best of 6.31m, before ending his opening day with a new 400m best of 51.03 seconds.

He improved as day two progressed, producing a 3.35m clearance in the pole vault, and then hitting two new bests in the javelin (41.59m) and 1,500m (four minutes 41.35 seconds).

* Fixtures this weekend include the Inter-Counties Schools Track and Field Championships tomorrow and the North of England Senior Track and Field Championships at Waver-tree, Liverpool, tomorrow and on Sunday.