CATRIONA Whitcombe proved herself a girl for the big occasion at Portsmouth on Saturday.

Aiming for her first ever trip to the English Schools' Championships, the 14-year-old, pictured, came up trumps with victory and a personal best in the junior girls' 800 metres at the Hampshire Schools Championships.

Showing New Forest's Hayley Pointer and Southampton's Charlotte Benning a clean pair of heels, the Romsey schoolgirl powered home in 2.18.8, well inside the English Schools qualifying time of 2.20.0.

For more reports and pictures from the Hampshire Schools, see today's Daily Echo