Nia Wedderburn-Goodison claimed Great Britain & Northern Ireland’s first medal at the European Athletics Under-23 Championships as she took silver in the 100m.

Wedderburn-Goodison (Ryan Freckleton, Harrow) peaked at the perfect time to deliver her fastest time at the championship in the final, finishing in 11.38 to claim second.

“I’m just so happy, to have got through that race injury free, pick up a medal, it’s nice to have some silverware,” she said.

“This is probably the best I have handled a championships in a long time. Sometimes I get too excited in the heat and I would have put out a fast time there or in the semis but I think I handled it really well.

“I stayed composed through the rounds and then in the final I put out my best performance of the weekend.”

Faith Akinbileje (John Blackie, Blackheath and Bromley) narrowly missed out on joining her on the podium as she finished fourth in 11.50, agonisingly close to third place Polyniki Emmanouilidou (11.44).

“I just want to make sure when I’m at these tournaments I am enjoying myself, obviously it is a serious situation but if you’re not enjoying what you’re doing it is always going to go badly,” Akinbileje reflected.

Archie Yeo (Lukasz Zawila, Kingston upon Hull) finished sixth in the men’s long jump final as he jumped 7.86 on his first legal jump, a distance that would remain his best.

Sammy Ball (Rafer Joseph, Reading AC) kicked off the day with a second-placed finish in the decathlon 110m hurdles and went on to register the fifth best discus throw with 42.12.

After completing the pole vault, javelin throw and 1500m to round off the decathlon events, he finished in a commendable sixth place with 7817 points.

Jasmine Wood (Durham) and Jasmine Emma Trott (Rothwell) both took to the track in the 10,000m final and finished 15th and 16th, respectively.

Wood completed the race in 34:53.75 while Trott followed her closely over the line in a time of 34:54.00.

Trio Alyson Bell (Anne Scott, Glasgow Jaguars), Kissiwaa Mensah (Prince Duwai, Chelmsford), and Success Eduan (Anita Richardson, Sale Harriers Manchester) all qualified comfortably for the semi-finals of the women’s 200m.

Bell finished second in the first heat in 23.61 while Mensah came third in her heat in 23.51s and Eduan took victory in 23.12 in the final heat.

Jeriel Quainoo (Ryan Freckleton, Blackheath & Bromley) finished second in his men’s 200m heat in 20.90s but was later disqualified for a lane infringement.

Emily Parker (Kyle Bennett, Poole AC) then booked her place in the women’s 3000m steeplechase final as part of the leading pack in the first heat, eventually clocking 9:57.78 – the third fastest qualifier.

Ava Lloyd (Trevor Painter, Wigan & District) battled her way through a physical first heat in the women’s 1500m to seal her place in the final.

Lloyd timed her race to perfection, emerging from the leading pack to take the bell before streaking clear and finishing in 4:14.55.

She was joined by Mena Scatchard (Leeds City), who came through a slightly faster heat in second place in a time of 4:12.17.

Henry Jonas (Chris McGeorge, City of Norwich) came through a very quick heat to qualify for the final of the men’s 800m.

Jonas clocked a new personal best of 1:44.10 to take second, with heat winner Francesco Pernici setting a new championship record after finishing four-hundredths ahead of the Brit.

Justin Davies (Martin Rush, Team Bath) soon joined Jonas in the final by winning his heat in 1:44.67, while David Race (Kyle Bennett, Gateshead) finished third in his heat but missed out on the final in 1:47.15.

Daniel Goriola (Tony Jarrett, Blackheath and Bromley) then clocked a time of 13.92 in his 110m hurdles semi-final which left him in fifth, meaning he missed out on qualification for the final.

Emily Newnham (Nick Dakin, Shaftesbury Barnet) stormed to victory in her 400m hurdle semi-final, qualifying with the fastest time across all three of the semi-finals in 55.13.

Jake Minshull (James Wright, Coventry) also qualified for the 400m hurdles final in the men’s race as he finished second in his semi-final with a time of 49.39.

But Harry Barton (Wells City) missed out on a spot in the final in the same event as he ran 50.60 to finish sixth in an exceptionally fast semi-final.

In the 400m semi-finals, Brodie Young (James McMenemy, Airdrie) booked his spot in the final as he eased to a second-place finish in 45.52.

There was also British success in the field where Kimani Jack (Julian Reid, Shaftesbury Barnet) qualified for the high jump final as he cleared a height of 2.16.

Yemi Mary John (Alan James, Woodford Green Essex Ladies), Poppy Malik (Grant Barker, Harrow) and Rebecca Grieve (Francis Smith, Woodford Green Essex Ladies) will all compete in the 400m final, having all secured qualification from their semi-finals.

Co-captain John led the way to win her race with a time of 51.64 – the fastest across the semi-finals.

“I never intended to give it my all today, it was just about the big Q so the focus is tomorrow,” she said.

“The important thing was not getting caught up but still running a competitive race. I don’t want to do more than I need to, so it was just getting round.”

Malik qualified in third with a time of 52.00, while Grieve followed closely behind in 52.56 to earn her spot in the final.