WARRINGTON athlete Ashley Nemits is in the form of her life - despite an injury!

The Appleton-based 19-year-old achieved a new 400m personal best of 54.01secs as she won silver for the Great Britain under 20s team at the Mannheim Gala in Germany on Saturday.

Nemits, a former Bridgewater High School student who continued her education at Warrington and Vale Royal College, also raced the third leg of the 4x400m relay in which GB also secured silver.

These achievements followed up the Co-op employee's previous weekend's success in the England Athletics U20/U23 Open Championships in Chelmsford, where she won her 400m heat and then finished second in the final.

They are fabulous successes for the Cheshire champion because she has been suffering with a foot injury for the past few weeks.

Nemits, ex-Warrington Athletics Club who now runs for Wigan and District under Trevor Painter and Jenny Meadows, will aim to continue her fine form after being invited to compete at the British Championships on July 8/9 at Sportcity in Manchester.

And she is hoping to be selected to go to Jerusalem as part of the Great Britain under 20s team in August.