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Time to switch eventsEDITOR’S LETTER
REGULARS06 NewsQueen’s honours for athletesTrack memorabilia under the hammerAlexander Stadium open for business
25 CommentIs the distance decline down to the water in our taps?
28 Young AthleteRunning talent Joshua Schofi eld
32 Your SayYet more 2012 ticket complaints
62 Dip FinishCrazy ending to high-profi le 100m
ACTION12 Bislett GamesBolt back on top form in Oslo
16 Adidas New York Grand PrixIdowu wins in Big Apple
18 BMC Watford Grand PrixTop-lines ups at middle-distance gala
22 Bedford International Field-eventers shine despite weather
SPOTLIGHT26 Sally GunnellBritain’s golden girl on life after athletics
30 Dan TalbotRaring to go after missed date with Bolt
PERFORMANCE34 ProductsAthletics undergarments reviewed
36 The minimal approachBarefoot running pioneer Bruce Tulloh on why and how to go shoe-free
38 How they trainWheelchair racer Jade Jones
EVENTS40 ResultsTop marks for Brits from home and abroad
52 Euro Team ChampionshipsPreview of this weekend’s big international match in Stockholm
56 What’s OnComprehensive guide to forthcoming domestic and overseas fi xtures
Cover: Usain Bolt wins the 200m at the Samsung Diamond League in Oslo (Mark Shearman)
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USAIN BOLT created headlines last week when he said he’d love to play for Manchester United one day. More realistically, though, I wonder if there’s time for Britons to switch events before London 2012. The Olympics are little over a year away and several athletes are surely dancing in the last-dance saloon when it comes to making an impact at the Games.
Moving up from 400m to 800m is one of the more popular moves. Ann Packer, for example, was an international sprinter, hurdler and long jumper before taking up 800m in 1964. Then, at the Tokyo Games, she won gold despite only having raced over two laps fi ve times previously. Similarly, Kenyan Paul Ereng was a 400m specialist before taking up 800m in 1988, just in time to win gold in Seoul.
So who are the obvious Brits to switch? For me, Martyn Rooney and Nicola Sanders are tailor-made for 800m. I’d like to see Christian Malcolm put his silky-smooth style to the test at 400m. Jemma Simpson might have more potential at 1500m. Andy Baddeley could
be dangerous in a tactical 5000m fi nal.Elsewhere, the women’s long jump is
crying out for one or two top sprinters to take it up. Some of the many decent distance runners might profi t from a career in race walking.
Kelly Sotherton has led by example by quitting heptathlon for 400m. It may have been due to injury, but it was a bold move that could lead to Olympic glory while others let the opportunity pass them by.
» MUCH has been written about barefoot running, but no one writes with more authority on the topic than “Barefoot Bruce” Tulloh. In addition to his own victories with no shoes, his son and twin daughters all won national titles barefoot. Consequently, his feature on page 36 is surely the defi nitive piece on the subject.
» FINALLY, my email has been bombarded with angry views on London 2012 ticketing and I could have printed many more letters than those on page 32.
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Athletics a winner in honours list
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PHILLIPS IDOWU, Jessica Ennis and Frank Horwill are among those from the world of athletics recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list last week.
Idowu and Ennis, were honoured with MBEs for winning gold medals at the 2009 IAAF World Championships.
Horwill, a renowed coach and the founder of the British Milers’ Club (BMC), also gained an MBE.
Idowu and Ohuruogu are the fi rst contemporary elite athletes to be honoured by the Queen since Christine Ohuruogu and David Weir in 2009.
Ennis, who like Idowu was in New York preparing to compete in the Diamond League when the honour was made public, said: “When I heard I was to be given an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours I felt so proud.
“It is hard to put into words what it feels like to get such an honour in recognition of my sporting achievements. I love my sport and can’t think of anything I would want to do more, and to be recognised for the years of hard work and the success I have had over the past two years means so much.”
Meanwhile, before taking triple jump victory in New York, Idowu said: “I am absolutely delighted to have been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours this year. It means a lot to get this extra boost ahead of the Olympics in 2012. I look forward to putting on my fi nest for a day at the Palace.”
However, there was a great deal of support within the sport for Horwill’s nomination. On Tuesday night some of his friends and athletes were due to celebrate his 84th birthday fi ve days in advance and he said he could not have asked for a better present.
“When I fi rst got the letter I thought someone was having a joke with me,” said Horwill.
“To be honest I thought I had missed the boat on that score and hadn’t really given it much thought. After all, coaches like Harry Wilson didn’t get one.
“Obviously I am delighted with the news and very proud.”
In a coaching career which began in 1961, he has coached 49 Great Britain and Northern Ireland endurance athletes.
His work with the BMC over the last 38 years since its inception will be one of his greatest legacies, though.
“Never in a thousand years did I imagine that when we set up the BMC in 1963 that it would progress into becoming the successful organisation that it is today,” added Horwill.
“It started off pretty well but nearly folded in the early 80s and I can remember one meeting when the chairman told the committee that we were broke so we all threw in £10 and kept it afloat.
“Then Pat Fitzgerald took over as chairman, Peter Thompson secured sponsorship and that was when the BMC really took
off and we haven’t looked back since.”
Horwill has also been a prolifi c writer of coaching publications and articles and much of his work has appeared in Athletics Weekly.
Away from the high-profi le end of the sport, Jane Ashworth, chief executive of StreetGames, received an OBE for services to community sport.
She formed StreetGames in 2007 to create opportunities for disadvantaged youngsters to compete in sport.
“This is not an award for me but for all those who have worked with StreetGames to bring sporting opportunities to disadvantaged young people,” she said.
Meanwhile, Lesley Forrest, who has won medals at swimming and athletics at the World Transplant Games, was honoured with an MBE.
THE expected batch of team changes has taken place since Britain’s team for this weekend’s European Team Championships in Stockholm was announced.
Phillips Idowu’s withdrawal came not via UKA, but via the triple jumper’s Twitter account – as happened in the case of the Commonwealth Games last year – and no reason has yet been given.
The world’s champion’s shoes were particularly diffi cult to fi ll as the no other Brit has exceeded 16 metres this year with Nathan Douglas out for the season through injury.
Kola Adedoyin, a 20-year-old Newham & Essex Beagle, who jumped 15.81m into a strong headwind earlier this month, makes his GB senior debut. He represented Britain at the IAAF World Junior Championships last year.
James Shane and Conrad Williams will fi ll the vacant 1500m and 400m slots.
The day after he was selected Williams was replaced at the top of the UK rankings by Michael Bingham, who ran 45.42 in poor conditions in New York.
Meanwhile, Chris Tomlinson has replaced the injured Greg Rutherford in the long jump.
All change for Stockholm
Frank Horwill: made MBE
MARK EDWARDS, Britain’s No.3 shot-putter in history, has been handed a three-year doping ban.
The 37-year-old tested positive for testosterone and a metabolite of the prohibited substance clostebol in September 2010, having been tested as part of UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) Pre-Commonwealth Games out-of-competition programme. He was provisionally suspended from November 2010 before he had chance to throw for England in Delhi.
UKAD took the unusual step of extending the usual ban from to years because of “aggravated circumstances”. He runs a sports therapy business and attended the Paralympic Games in 2008 as a UKA performance coach.
Edwards threw 20.88m in 2008,
improving his personal best by one metre that season. Despite this he had not competed for Britain in a major championships and attended only trials outdoors in the space of nine years.
Edwards gets three-year ban
“When I � rst got the letter I thought someone was having a joke with me”FRANK HORWILL MBE
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Mark Edwards: UK all-time No.3
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THE chief timekeeper’s stopwatch that recorded Roger Bannister’s historic sub-four-minute mile will be auctioned off in aid of Oxford University AC this month.
The Omega Olympic split-second sports timer in stainless steel case is part of Jeff rey Archer’s collection off ered up in a charity sale at Christie’s in St James’s on Monday June 27.
If you are interested in owning the watch that on May 6, 1954 was one of those used to ratify the mile world record of 3:59.4 at Iffl ey Road, Oxford, you are likely to need at least £15,000-20,000.
Archer, a former Great Britain international sprinter and now
author, will put around 20 items from his collection under the hammer. Also up for sale will be mementoes and experiences donated by other individuals.
Nigel Wray, chairman of Saracens Rugby Club, will auction off the original top hat, megaphone and wicker carrying case used for announcements at venues by City of London toastmaster Albert William Knightsmith at the 1908 London Olympics.
Continuing the Olympic theme, this lot also includes the 1948 Olympic torch and an original print depicting all the winners from the Games
with their names below. The estimated sale value for these is £10,000-15,000.
However, the Bannister stopwatch could arguably draw the most attention.
Both Bannister and Archer are former presidents at Oxford University AC.
Current president Matthew Johnson said: “We are honoured that Jeff rey Archer has chosen to help raise funds for the club, any of which will be used to help secure a strong future of athletics in Oxford.”
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Peter OgieSOUTH of England official, coach and administrator Peter Ogie has died aged 77.
A former discus thrower for Belgrave Harriers, he was later key in forming Tring AC and prominent in the amalgamation with Dacorum AC.
He later became a high jump coach and official, and eventually chairman of the South of England Athletics Association.
His voice was well known in many stadia as an announcer at events like the Southern Championships.
His wife Ann was always on duty with him in her capacity as timekeeper and they were to have celebrated their golden wedding anniversary this year.
His funeral will take place
at Amersham Crematorium, Amersham, on June 22 at 11.45am and afterwards at the Red Cross Centre in Tring.
Erin SheeALDERSHOT, Farnham & District AC (AFD) is mourning the death of one of its most promising athletes, Erin Shee, at the age of 17.
A Hampshire age-group triple jumper winner three years in a row, Erin died after a car accident last month. She joined AFD in 2007 and set her best of 10.71m last summer. At her last competition on May 21, a Southern Women’s League match, she leaped over 10 metres for the third time this season.
Mike Neighbour, chair of AFD, said: “She was a loyal and valued member
of the AFD team, representing the club at 100m, 200m, 300m, long jump, triple jump, hammer and discus, and was always willing to compete.
“The statistics do not do her credit. She was a happy, cheerful member of her training squad and her smile always lifted those around her. She will be sorely missed.”
Carly BeattieSCOTTISH international sprinter Carly Beattie died last week aged 21 in a light plane crash in Florida.
The member of Edinburgh AC, who had gone to the USA to study to be a commercial pilot, died along with her brother Daniel when the plane she was flying went down.
Carly had competed for Scotland in the Celtic Games and Celtic Cup
and last year won a bronze medal in the 60m at the BUCS Indoor Championships and has bests of 12.37 and 24.95 for 100m and 200m respectively.
She also won medals at the Scottish Power Schools Championships and Bank of Scotland Under-23 and Under-20 Championships.
Edinburgh AC are planning to name a race and a cup in her memory.
George DayantisTHE funeral service for George Dayantis, whose death AW reported last week, will be held at All Saints Church in St Ives, Ringwood, at 11am today (Thursday). George was an ultra-running international and an AW results compiler.
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HAVING recently recovered from injury, one of Britain’s top juniors from last year, Laura Weightman, is confi dent that her time out from running earlier this year will not thwart her transition to the senior ranks in 2011, writes Emily Moss.
The World Junior 1500m sixth-placer sustained a tear in the medial cartilage in her knee, resulting in a minor operation in February that forced her out of action for six weeks. However, the 19-year-old is back on track and has enjoyed a solid opening to her season.
The Morpeth athlete explains: “My winter was one of two halves. I was doing more mileage and I did a few cross-country races, including claiming bronze in the Northern junior race. Then a niggling knee pain was diagnosed in February following an MRI scan, but I am back running now and training is progressing well.”
Since linking up with Steve Cram almost two years ago, Weightman has gone from strength to strength, resulting in improving her PB to 4:14.31 on
her international debut at the World Juniors in Moncton last July and then 4:09.60 in August. She also clocked a promising 2:03.18 over 800m, suggesting she boasts some of the versatility for which Cram was famed.
Weightman reveals: “I have been improving all the time
since being coached by Steve. Due to his experience, he is full of knowledge and advice. We are always in close contact and I see him for the majority of my track sessions in the summer.”
Having started studying for a degree in sport and exercise science at Leeds Met University last September, Weightman resisted the off er to attend a UKA-supported altitude training camp this winter, preferring to focus on her university exams. She is full of praise for the excellent set-up in place at the university under the leadership of Mick Hill and feels the facilities have contributed to her development.
Weightman’s major target this year is the England Athletics Under-23 Championships, with the hope of qualifying for the European event in that age group in Ostrava over 1500m at the end of July. The teenager says her successes from last year are a source of real inspiration and a timely confi dence boast as she attempts to make the step from junior to senior level.
Weightman on recovery trail
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LONDON 2012 last week unveiled prototypes of the Olympic torch that will be carried by 8000 individuals across Britain next year.
The design for the torch that will be carried on a 70-day 8000-mile trip around the country is full of symbolism.
The 80cm high implement, weighing 800g, will carry 8000 perforated circles to represent the number of people who will carry it.
The triangular form has been inspired by the number three in terms of the three Olympic values of respect, excellence and friendship; the three words that make the Olympic motto – faster, higher, stronger and the fact the UK has hosted the Olympic Games three times –
in 1908, 1948 and next year in 2012.
It has also been designed to
be lightweight, given that half of the torchbearers will be between the ages of 12 and 24.
Olympic torch is unveiled
Seb Coe and Denise Lewis show off prototypes of the London 2012 Olympic torch
Laura Weightman: tore the medial cartilage in her knee during the winter
HARRY SH
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ª I like how you can sit back and relax, and wait for the right moment, it' s not like the 800m where you just need to go ... One thou five, you can watch the race and decide what to do, but 800m is always sprinting... One thou five, I like it, but maybe it' s one for the future. Maybe next year, Olympics, I can double up.ºWorld 800m champion CASTER SEMENYA explains in an interview published in The Observer that she prefers the 1500m
ª That' s something we keep asking ourselves. And the honest answer is no. First come, first served, would have been a very unfair way of doing it.ºSEB COE responds to The Daily Mail on whether London 2012 should have used a different process for distributing tickets
ª Ok in English, I did 10x1 mins efforts at a speed of 17.5, 18, 18.5, 19, 19.5, 20, 20.5, 21, 21.5, 22kmph with 9x1mins rec @12.5kmphºKELLY HOLMES reveals on Twitter a treadmill running session she undertook last week
ª I was never really out of business. Business was just a bit slow.º USAIN BOLT gives a thumbs-up to his 19.86 victory in Oslo last week and responds to his season-opening 9.91 runs at 100m
ª Americans don' t always like second best. They like guys like Jesse Owens and Carl Lewis. But if I' m 100 per cent and still run second, I accept that.ºTYSON GAY talking to news agency AFP
ª My parents applied for tickets, and unfortunately they didn' t get any. They applied for the 5000m and 10,000m finals, but they were both sold out.º MO FARAH, in a media conference call on Monday, talking about the elusive quest for Olympic tickets
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Vernon chasing barrier success
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ANDY VERNON plans at least one more attempt at the 3000m steeplechase following his disappointing return to the event at the BMC Nike Grand Prix in Watford last Saturday.
The cross-country international, who was thought to have been in good shape following a 13:27 5000m in April, ran just 8:51.61 in his fi rst appearance over the barriers for seven years.
Vernon was ranked third junior in the UK in 2004 with 9:05.20 and decided at the start of this year to experiment with a switch back in distance. His best event has been the 5000m in recent years, while he has regularly been the No.1 runner frequenting the domestic
cross-country circuit.Vernon said after fi nishing
third at Watford: “It’s been in the plans for a few months. I was hoping it was going to go a bit better than that.”
The Aldershot, Farnham & District athlete suggested the problem at Watford was linked to technique rather than fi tness. He still believes he can gain the World Championships ‘B’ standard of 8:32.
While the success of Mo Farah and Chris Thompson has made selection for major events tougher, the 3000m steeplechase has become one of Britain’s poorest events in recent years. In 2011 just one British man – Luke Gunn – has broken 8:40.
Vernon said: “The water jump let me down a lot. I lost ground at the water jumps and because I knew that I was losing ground, I lost a bit of interest as well.
“Halfway through I mentally lost it and thought let’s just get it done and use it as practice over the hurdles rather than trying to run a fast time.”
Vernon’s next steeplechase could take place at the BMC Grand Prix in Solihull on July 9.
“I was hoping to run a bit faster tonight and maybe get in to a faster one abroad but I don’t think what I did will get me far.
“We planned to do a couple and just see how it went. If the next one is just as bad, and if I’m really not suited and can’t get it right, then I’ll just go back to 5km.”
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Andy Vernon: 8:51.61 in steeple return
Olympic torch is unveiled
HE may have been overlooked for a place at this weekend’s European Team Championships, but UK 1500m No.1 Nick McCormick is confi dent of of a productive season.
The Morpeth Harrier continued his positive start to the summer with his second-best ever 800m at Watford on Saturday.
But he will be racing at Bilbao in Spain over 1500m on Saturday as the up-and-coming James Shane was preferred in the GB team for Stockholm.
McCormick clocked 1:48.68 in the B race at the BMC Nike Grand Prix and plans to use the two-lap event more often to improve his chances at the metric mile.
The 29-year-old said on Saturday: “I know there’s quite a lot of work to do at the short end, so this year we’ve intentionally targeted 800m early in the season when I’m fresher. I’m planning them through the summer as a stimulus to get faster because when I go back to 1500m it feels very easy to go through in 1:54.”
McCormick feels after his two 3:38 1500m performances to open his season over the past
month that he will reproduce his best ever form this year.
“It’s looking good so far,” said McCormick, whose PB of 3:33.9 dates to 2005 and who is keen to attain the ‘A’ standard of 3:35.0 for the World Championships.
“I’ve done it before and I’m in as good a shape as I’ve ever been in so I’ve got to believe I can get that ‘A’ standard and push on to even faster times towards the end of the year at Crystal Palace and hopefully the World Championships,” he said.
McCormick in good nick
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Nick McCormick: aiming for 3:35
this year
CHARLENE THOMAS will head into this weekend’s European Team Championships full of confi dence after a dominant performance at last weekend’s BMC meeting, but she is desperate to fi nd some faster races.
The Wakefi eld & District Harrier will compete over 1500m in Stockholm after clocking 4:06.87 with a front-run victory in Watford.
“It was quite tough,” admitted Thomas, who just missed the ‘A’ standard of 4:05.9 for this year’s World Championships. “The fi rst 800m wasn’t quite quick enough, but I think that’s because it was my fi rst fast one out as it’s just been tactical races that I’ve done, but I think the next one will feel a lot easier.”
Thomas, who represented Great Britain at the last World Championships in Berlin in 2009, said the Watford run shows she is in form. Her PB of 4:05.6 is surely within her capabilities in the right race, given there was no one within two and a half
seconds of her at Watford.“Hopefully my agent can
get me in some decent races because I’ve been on waiting lists the past two weekends,” she said. “I couldn’t get into Hengelo, couldn’t get into Rabat. I was hoping tonight there would be more girls up there, but I had to do it on my own. So in a good race, good conditions, I’ll go quicker. I’m in good shape.”
Thomas’s need for speed
Charlene Thomas:
looking for fast race
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The annual awards, which will be given out at an England Athletics dinner in Birmingham on October 22, will see winners chosen in 10 categories, at both regional and national level. These awards cover clubs, volunteers, offi cials, coaches, disability athletics and athletics networks.
The awards, which are also supported by Sweatshop and Sunwise, give the sport the chance to reward people who have shown an extraordinary commitment to the sport over the past 12 months, while there are also a more limited number of lifetime service awards.
The process starts with regional awards, which will be held in September and early October. All regional winners are then automatically considered for recognition at the national
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THE first athletics meeting since work started on the new stand took place at Alexander Stadium last week, but, 31 days before it is due to be packed out with spectators for the Samsung Diamond League, work was still ongoing.
The Independent Schools Association Midlands region meeting took place on June 9 despite weather-linked delays on work to add 5000 seats to the Birmingham venue’s capacity.
Work was halted last October until this spring as
the temperature needs to rise to a certain degree in order for the Polytan track surface to be laid.
In early May, the stadium’s manager, Kevin Levack, admitted to Athletics Weekly they were facing a race against time to meet the deadline of July 1.
Alexander Stadium, which regularly hosts the national championships, will hold a Diamond League meeting for the first time on July 10.
Britain’s other Diamond League event will take place at Crystal Palace on August 5-6.
Alexander Stadium hosts � rst event Work continues on the new back-straight stand ahead of the Diamond League
English Schools Champs ticketsTICKETS are on sale for the 81st English Schools Track and Field Championships at Gateshead on July 1-2.
Entry for the event, which is sponsored by Aviva, costs £10 and £4 for adults and under-16s respectively on Friday and £12 and £5 on Saturday. Uncovered seats on the South Terrace are £5 and £3.
To buy tickets, go to gateshead.gov.uk/whatson
Jumps masterclassENGLAND Athletics will host a horizontal jumps masterclass on the morning of July 10. Coaches Frank Attoh and Peter Stanley and long jumper Chris Tomlinson are among the speakers at the class, which will include a Q&A session and round-table discussions.
Attoh is coach to former world triple jump champion Trecia Smith and former Commonwealth champion Larry Achike.
Bookings are on a first come, first served basis. Contact [email protected] for more.
Boddington 50kmTHE first man inside 3:20 and the first woman inside 3:50 at the Boddington 50km in Gloucestershire on June 26 will be invited to compete in the IAU 50km Trophy Final in Assen, Netherlands, on August 20. Entries will be taken up until race day.
NEWS BRIEFS
WELSH Athletics has announced its new “Athlete Support Plan”, which includes Commonwealth Games Support funding of up to £5000 plus additional benefi ts.
The Athlete Support plan is designed to support Welsh athletes who have the potential to deliver success at the next Commonwealth Games or
who are under-20 (or under-17 in some exceptional cases) athletes identifi ed by the Welsh Athletics performance team as having the ability to deliver at the Commonwealth Games in the future.
The plan, which is a reorganisation of the support structure and includes new elements, is supported by
Sport Aid for four years.Under Commonwealth
Games Support, which is just one of the packages, athletes can receive fi nancial assistance of £1500, £3000 or £5000, plus access to coaching, medical, sport science and sports facilities.» SEE www.welshathletics.org for more
Funding system laid out for Welsh elites
England Athletics’ annual awards are on October 22
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ACTIONSamsung Diamond League, Oslo, June 9
LAST year’s Bislett Games was one of the highlights of the whole Samsung Diamond
League series, with memorable clashes between David Rudisha and Abubaker Kaki in the 800m and Blanka Vlasic and Chaunte Lowe in the high jump. There was also Asafa Powell’s windy 9.72 in the 100m, while ten men broke 13 minutes in the 5000m.
One year on and the Oslo meeting was one to forget. The torrential rain certainly didn’t help, but rain or no rain, the fi elds in most events seemed depleted and unexciting – perhaps due to the event’s close proximity to the New York Diamond League meeting two days later, which had secured most of the American and Caribbean sprinters.
And the two most popular winners of the night – Usain Bolt and Christina Vukicevic – appeared to have their victories handed to them on a plate as they lined up against weak fi elds. Nevertheless, Bolt produced arguably his most convincing performance of the year so far to win the 200m in the rain as his season continues to gather pace.
The multiple world record-holder has so far twice clocked
9.91 in the 100m this year, but only won by narrow margins on both occasions. His race in Oslo was his fi rst 200m of the year and he had promised beforehand that he would give it 100 per cent, but as the torrential rain continued to pour down all evening, any chances of a truly fast time appeared to slip away.
When the meeting record of 19.82 was set 15 years ago, it came when Frankie Fredericks
pulled off a memorable upset over Michael Johnson, less than a month before the American went on to break the world record at the Atlanta Olympics with 19.32.
But in Oslo there were no such surprises and Bolt duly won with a world-leading 19.86, more than half a second ahead of his nearest challenger, Norway’s Jaysuma Saidy Ndure (20.43). European silver medallist Christian Malcolm clocked a season’s best of 20.57 in fi fth.
Like most of the events, the weather meant the winning times were slower than would have been otherwise expected, and the prestigious ExxonMobil Dream Mile was no exception. Kenyan newcomer Nixon Chepseba has not lost a 1500m race all year, but he could not extend his winning luck to the mile.
He was near the front with a lap to go, but was soon overtaken by Mekonnen Gebremedhin of Ethiopia. In the closing stages Olympic 1500m champion Asbel Kiprop hit top gear and worked his way through the fi eld to take the win in 3:50.86 with Haron Keitany sneaking through for second (3:51.02). Former Dream Mile
And the two most popular 9.91 in the 100m this year, but pulled off a memorable upset
Bolt makes a splash
Usain Bolt did not disappoint with his world-leading 19.86 in the 200m
DESPITE USAIN BOLT’S WORLD-LEADING 200M RUN, THE BISLETT GAMES WAS A RATHER DAMP AFFAIR – IN MORE WAYS THAN ONEPictures: Mark Shearman
Asbel Kiprop ran a well-timed race to win the Dream Mile
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winner Andy Baddeley fi nished eighth in a UK-leading 3:54.29.
The only track meeting record of the night came in the men’s steeplechase. Olympic champion Brimin Kipruto and European champion Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad had been hoping to break through the eight-minute barrier with the help of Paul Kipsiele Koech.
But both Kipruto and Mekhissi-Benabbad failed in achieving their time goal as Koech ran away from them on the fi nal lap to clock a world-leading 8:01.83. Kipruto held on for second in 8:05.40 with the Frenchman a further nine seconds adrift.
It was six years to the day of Ivet Lalova’s fi nal 100m race before she sustained a freak injury during warm-up for a competition when she broke her femur. The road to recovery has been a long one, and the Bulgarian has only this year regained her 11.0 form.
In Oslo the 2004 Olympic fi nalist produced her third
fastest run under any conditions to win the women’s 100m in 11.01 (2.2m/s), beating European indoor champion Olesya Povh (11.14).
The women’s 800m saw a three-way clash between three global champions – 2007 world champion Janeth Jepkosgei, world indoor champion Mariya
Savinova and world champion Caster Semenya. But all three were upstaged by Morocco’s Halima Hachlaf, who ran a strong fi nal 100m to take the win in 1:58.27, a PB and world-leading time.
The next four athletes past the line all set season’s bests – Savinova (1:58.44), Semenya (1:58.61), Jepkosgei (1:59.05)
and Jenny Meadows (1:59.27). World bronze medallist Meadows was pleased with her UK-leading performance after illness held her back in Rabat.
Czech record-holder Zuzana Hejnova lived up to her favourite billing in the women’s 400m hurdles, but Britain’s Perri Shakes-Drayton provided a
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before she sustained a freak injury during warm-up for a competition when she broke her femur. The road to recovery has been a long one, and the Bulgarian has only this year regained her 11.0 form.
Bolt makes a splashIvet Lalova is back to her best and ran a storming second half to win the 100m in 11.01
Paul Kipsiele Koech took off on the last lap of the 3000m steeplechase to set a meeting record of 8:01.83
Perri Shakes-Drayton: second in 400m hurdles with 54.77
Halima Hachlaf
(centre): 800m
winner
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strong challenge. Hejnova won in 54.38 with European bronze medallist Shakes-Drayton clocking 54.77 in second – her fastest time ever outside a major championships.
Liu Xiang, Dayron Robles and David Oliver were all missing from the men’s 110m hurdles, but it gave USA’s Aries Merritt the opportunity to shine. The former world junior champion produced his second-fastest time ever of 13.12 to fi nish ahead of Dwight Thomas, who improved his own Jamaican record to 13.15. European champion Andy Turner ran a solid 13.32 for fourth after fading slightly over the fi nal two hurdles.
Meseret Defar returned to the scene of her 2007 world 5000m record, but the weather put paid to any hopes of another record-breaking run. The former world champion was given a strong challenge from her fellow Ethiopians, but Defar hit the front with 150m remaining and held on to win in 14:37.32, 0.18 ahead of Sentayehu Ejigu.
Genzebe Dibaba set a PB of 14:37.56 in third with Meselech Melkamu taking fourth
(14:39.44). Spain’s Delores Checa had the run of her life to clock 14:46.30 in seventh place, the second fastest ever by a Spanish woman.
Botswana’s Amantle Montsho proved her victory in Eugene the week before was no fluke and she notched up her second consecutive Diamond League victory over 400m. The Commonwealth champion won by almost a full second in 50.10 ahead of European indoor champion Denisa Rosolova (51.04).
World champion Valerie Adams and European champion Nadezhda Ostapchuk clashed in the shot for the fi rst time this year. One week prior Ostapchuk had broken Adams’ world-leading mark in Eugene, but the Kiwi athlete gained revenge in Oslo, setting a meeting record of 20.26m. Ostapchuk’s best of the night was 19.92m.
For the fi rst time since 2001, world and Olympic javelin champion Andreas Thorkildsen
was forced to miss the Bislett Games because of a groin injury. In his absence, European silver medallist Matthias de Zordo won with a throw of 83.94m ahead of Robert Oosthuizen (82.07m) and Petr Frydrych (81.09m).
But the crowd in Oslo were treated to a home win, courtesy of Vukicevic in the women’s 100m hurdles. The European indoor bronze medallist clocked a season’s best of 12.79, 0.16 ahead of USA’s
Aries Merritt (left) ran 13.12 to win the 110m hurdles from Dwight Thomas (centre)
Amantle Montsho: season’s best of 50.10 in the 400m
Valerie Adams: meeting record of 20.26m
Matthias de Zordo won the javelin in the absence of Andreas Thorkildsen
A determined Meseret Defar held off her Ethiopian team-mates to win the 5000m
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Men200 (0.7): 1 U Bolt (JAM) 19.86; 2 J Saidy Ndure 20.43; 3 M Forsythe (JAM) 20.49; 4 K Collins (SKN, M35) 20.56; 5 CHRISTIAN MALCOLM 20.57; 6 S Ernst (GER) 20.70; 7 P van Luijk (NED) 20.73; 8 B Dzingai (ZIM) 20.88. 1500: 1 N Kemboi (KEN) 3:37.25; 2 H Maiyo (KEN, U20) 3:37.27; 3 I Touil (ALG) 3:37.47; 4 J Bolas (USA) 3:38.39; 5 S Eberhardt (GER) 3:39.09; 6 H Driouch (QAT, U18) 3:39.53... 11 COLIN McCOURT 3:42.09. 1M: 1 A Kiprop (KEN) 3:50.86; 2 H Keitany (KEN) 3:51.02; 3 M Gebremedhin (ETH) 3:51.30; 4 M Shaween (KSA) 3:52.00; 5 J Riseley (AUS) 3:52.53; 6 N Chepseba (KEN) 3:53.36; 7 A Choge (KEN) 3:53.81; 8 ANDREW BADDELEY 3:54.29; 9 D Ruiz (ESP) 3:57.21; 10 A Rodríguez (ESP) 3:58.15. 3000SC: 1 P Koech (KEN) 8:01.83; 2 B Kipruto (KEN) 8:05.40; 3 R Gari (ETH) 8:10.41; 4 M Mekhissi-Benabbad (FRA) 8:14.38; 5 P Langat
(KEN) 8:16.17; 6 H Yego (KEN, U20) 8:20.75; 7 B Kiplagat (UGA) 8:21.76; 8 B Kristensen 8:23.19; 9 A Jiménez (ESP) 8:26.16; 10 B Nganga (KEN) 8:26.29. 110H (0.1): 1 A Merritt (USA) 13.12; 2 D Thomas (JAM) 13.15 (rec); 3 J Brown (USA) 13.20; 4 ANDREW TURNER 13.32; 5 T Akins (USA) 13.34; 6 R Wilson (USA) 13.36; 7 D Berger (USA) 13.39; 8 J Richardson (USA) 13.78. HJ: 1 K Ioannou (CYP) 2.28; 2 A Silnov (RUS) 2.28; 3 R Spank (GER) 2.28; 4 J Bába (CZE) 2.24; eq5 O Torro (FIN) /J Williams (USA) 2.24; 7 D Thomas (BAH) 2.24; 8 A Shustov (RUS) 2.24; 9 Y Rybakov (RUS) 2.20; I Ukhov (RUS) NM. LJ: 1 G Mokoena (RSA) 8.08/1.1; 2 M Jensen (DEN) 8.01/0.9; 3 L Tsátoumas (GRE) 7.96/0.0; 4 M Tornéus (SWE) 7.95/1.2; 5 I Gaisah (GHA) 7.93/1.3; 6 GREG RUTHERFORD 7.89 (7.74/0.9, 7.72/0.5, 7.63/0.8, 7.89/0.6, 7.84/0.6, 7.79/0.8); 7 CHRIS TOMIINSON 7.87 (7.73/0.8, 7.60/0.7,
7.75/0.2, 7.53/1.5, 8.87/1.0, 7.60/-0.3); 8 F Lapierre (AUS) 7.74/1.3; 9 C Reif (GER) 7.71/1.2. DT: 1 G Kanter (EST) 65.14; 2 Y Casañas (ESP) 64.54; 3 V Alekna (LTU) 64.00; 4 M Israel (EST) 63.30; 5 Z Kövágó (HUN) 62.81; 6 N Arrhenius (SWE) 62.03; 7 E Cadee (NED) 61.84; 8 M Wierig (GER) 61.16. JT: 1 M de Zordo (GER) 83.94; 2 J Oosthuizen (RSA) 82.07; 3 P Frydrych (CZE) 81.09; 4 V Vasilevskis (LAT) 80.50; 5 T Pitkämäki (FIN) 80.22; 6 O Pyatnytsya (UKR) 79.55; 7 A Mannio (FIN) 79.51Women100 (2.2): 1 I Lalova (BUL) 11.01; 2 O Povh (UKR) 11.14; 3 E Okparaebo 11.17; 4 M Ryemyen (UKR) 11.18; 5 R Zang Milama (GAB) 11.19; 6 S Durst (USA) 11.33; 7 V Sailer (GER) 11.46. 400: 1 A Montsho (BOT) 50.10; 2 D Rosolová (CZE) 51.04; 3 N Williams-Mills (JAM) 51.17; 4 K Zadorina (RUS) 51.26; 5 A
Krivoshapka (RUS) 51.36; 6 T Firova (RUS) 52.28. 800: 1 H Hachlaf (MAR) 1:58.27; 2 M Savinova (RUS) 1:58.44; 3 C Semenya (RSA) 1:58.61; 4 J Jepkosgei (KEN) 1:59.05; 5 JENNY MEADOWS 1:59.27; 6 Y Rusanova (RUS) 1:59.65; 7 L Klocová (SVK) 1:59.92; 8 S Klyuka (RUS) 1:59.97; 9 Y Hak (NED) 2:00.30. 5000: 1 M Defar (ETH) 14:37.32; 2 S Ejigu ETH) 14:37.50; 3 G Dibaba (ETH) 14:37.56; 4 M Melkamu (ETH) 14:39.44 ; 5 E Anteneh (ETH, U20) 14:43.29 ; 6 P Cherono (KEN) 14:43.30; 7 D Checa (ESP) 14:46.30; 8 W Ayalew (ETH) 14:49.36; 9 P Korikwiang (KEN) 14:54.36; 10 S Moreira (POR) 15:11.97; 11 H Ayalew (ETH) 15:12.52; 12 G Yalew (ETH, U20) 15:16.13; 13 A Bekele (TUR) 15:22.96; 14 P Rionoripo (KEN, U20) 15:25.55. 100H (1.0): 1 C Vukicevic 12.79; 2 K Castlin (USA) 12.95; 3 N Denby (USA) 13.06; 4 V Dixon (JAM, W35) 13.07; 5 Y Snikur (UKR) 13.36; 6
GEMMA BENNETT 13.39; 7 A Antonova (RUS) 13.42. h1 (0.4): 1 Vukicevic 12.97; 2 Denby 13.04; 3 BENNETT 13.41. h2 (-0.7): 1 Castlin 12.99; 2 Dixon 13.20; 3 Snikur 13.60; A Whyte (CAN) DQ. 400H: 1 Z Hejnová (CZE) 54.38; 2 PERRI SHAKES-DRAYTON 54.77; 3 N Antyukh (RUS) 55.45; 4 N Wilson (JAM) 55.87; 5 Q Harrison (USA) 56.01; 6 N Leach (USA) 56.08; 7 C Spence (USA) 56.12; 8 J Lucas (TRI) 57.08. PV: 1 F Murer (BRA); 2 A Kiryashova (RUS) 4.50; 3 A Rogowska (POL) 4.40; 4 M Pyrek (POL) 4.30; C Hingst (GER) NM. TJ: 1 Y Savigne (CUB) 14.81/1.4; 2 O Saladuka (UKR) 14.71/0.3; 3 M Gay (CUB) 14.31/0.2; 4 K Demut (GER) 14.17 -0.1; 5 O Rypakova (KAZ) 14.04/1.0. SP: 1 V Adams (NZL) 20.26; 2 N Ostapchuk (BLR) 19.92; 3 Gong Lijiao (CHN) 19.57; 4 J Camarena-Williams (USA) 19.14; 5 N Kleinert (GER) 18.50; 6 L Xiangrong (CHN) 18.08.
RESULTS
Kristi Castlin. Britain’s Gemma Bennett was sixth in 13.39.
Only two men broke eight metres in the long jump as world silver medallist Godfrey Mokoena found 8.08m enough to win. British duo Greg Rutherford (7.89m) and Chris Tomlinson (7.87m) fi nished sixth and seventh respectively.
High jump performances were also massively hampered by the rain, and world indoor champion Ivan Ukhov failed to clear his opening height of 2.15m. The event turned into a three-way battle between Russia’s Olympic champion Andrey Silnov, world bronze medallist Raul Spank and world silver medallist Kyriakos Ioannou. All three cleared 2.28m, but missed out on 2.30m. Ioannou and Silnov then went into a jump off , with the Cypriot taking the eventual victory.
The women’s triple jump saw another close fi nish. World champion Yargelis Savigne and European champion Olga Saladuka both leapt 14.71m, but with their second-best marks being 14.70m and 14.69 respectively, the Cuban took
the victory on countback by the narrowest of margins.
The rain prevented three women from registering a valid mark in the pole vault, but world indoor champion Fabiana Murer kept her composure to win with a 4.60m clearance
from Aleksandra Kiryashova (4.50m). World champion Anna Rogowska was third with 4.40m.
Earlier in the night Olympic champion Gerd Kanter overcame the slippery circle to win the discus with 65.14m, 60cm ahead of Frank Casanas.
Fabiana Murer found 4.60m enough to win the pole vault
Godfrey Mokoena won the long jump with just 8.08m
Cuba’s Yargelis Savigne won
the triple jump on count back
with 14.71m
Gerd Kanter: 65.14m to win the discus
Norway’s Christina Vukicevic was a popular winner, taking the 100m hurdles in 12.79
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WET and windy conditions in New York wreaked havoc with the
athletes’ performances at the latest Samsung Diamond League meeting and the big race of the night, the men’s 100m, was a strange aff air with Steve Mullings beating Tyson Gay by a whisker.
Running into a headwind of 3.4m/sec, both men clocked 10.26, with the Jamaican getting the verdict over Gay, the latter of whom had suff ered a terrible start in an edgy race that saw three disqualifi cations before the athletes eventually got away.
Boos rang around the stadium
from the soggy spectator stands as the race proved a mild anti-climax. It was hard to tell who came out with the most satisfaction because, while Mullings took the victory, he only did so after Gay had eff ectively given him a couple of metres headstart due to his slow getaway.
It was a great night, however, for Phillips Idowu as the British triple jumper beat a top-class fi eld. His winning leap of 16.67m was not a huge distance, but he handled the wet and cold conditions far better than his rivals as Christian Olsson of Sweden was second with 16.29m, Leevan Sands of Bahamas third and Teddy Tamgho of France only seventh with 15.55m.
Jessica Ennis had an average day at the offi ce. First she long jumped 6.03m (-3.5) in a competition won by Funmi Jimoh with 6.48m (-0.9),
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There was almost another upset in the 400m, but Jeremy Wariner held on to win by 0.03 with 45.13
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Tyson Gay tried his best to catch Steve Mullings, but just missed out on the line
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although she did beat European champion Ineta Radevica (6.01m) and Olympic bronze medallist Blessing Okagbare (5.86m).
The world heptathlon champion was then drawn in lane one in the 100m hurdles and again faced a strong headwind of 3.7mps as she fi nished seventh in 13.27. UK record-holder Tiff any Ofi li-Porter was third in 13.11 as Danielle Carruthers of the United States took the win in 13.04.
All of the performances were poorer than most Diamond League results due to the weather and Allyson Felix of the United States won a strong 200m but had to make do with 22.92 into a stiff headwind.
Elsewhere, there were a number of surprises, with Dejene Gebremeskel beating Bernard Lagat in the 5000m in 13:05.22. Like Gay in the 100m, Lagat gave his rival a few strides with 300m to go and closed hard in the fi nal straight,
but it was too little, too late.
Blanka Vlasic of Croatia was also beaten in the high
jump for the fi rst time this year, with European silver medallist Emma Green-Tregaro of Sweden taking the victory with 1.94m.
European champion Dai
Greene beat the 2011 world No.1 LJ van Zyl of South Africa, but they fi nished only third and fourth as Javier Culson of Puerto Rico ran 48.50 to beat Bershawn Jackson of the United States by fi ve hundredths. Greene clocked 49.07 and Van Zyl 49.09 – both men perhaps struggling with jetlag and a slippery track.
Jeremy Wariner won a close 400m – the American ran 45.13 to hold off the fast-fi nishing Jermaine Gonzales of Jamaica and Rondell Bartholomew of Grenada, with four hundredths of a second separating the trio. In fi fth, Oscar Pistorius was only eight hundredths of a second outside his PB when he ran 45.69.
Britain’s European silver medallist Michael Bingham won the ‘B’ race in a UK-leading 45.42 just 24 hours after the fi nal team selections had been made for the European Team Championships, for which Bingham had missed out.
In the 800m world indoor champion Abubaker Kaki pulled up after 300m holding his hamstring. Alfred Yego of Kenya, the 2007 world champion, went on to win in 1:46.58.
Diamond League leader Milcah Chemos notched up another victory, although she was pushed all the way by Ethiopia’s Sofi a Assefa. Chemos held on to win in 9:27.29 with Assefa 0.08 behind. Olympic champion Gulnara Galkina competed in her fi rst steeplechase post-childbirth, fi nishing third.
Phillips Idowu: the only jumper to break 16.50m
in tough conditions
Emma Green-Tregaro inflicted a rare Diamond League defeat on Croatian Blanka Vlasic
Men (US unless stated): 100: (-3.4): 1 S Mullings (JAM) 10.26; 2 T Gay 10.26; 3 K Bledman (TRI) 10.33; 4 N Ashmeade (JAM) 10.36; 5 M Rodgers 10.38; 6 T Kimmons 10.51; R Thompson (TRI)/ T Padgett/ M Edwards DQ. r2 (-1.5): 1 K Roach (JAM) 10.50; 2 R Sorrillo (TRI) 10.53; 3 M Burns (TRI) 10.56; 4 L Dixon 10.56; 5 J Smyth (IRL) 10.60. 400: r1: 1 J Wariner 45.13; 2 J Gonzales (JAM) 45.16; 3 R Bartholomew (GRN) 45.17; 4 C Brown (BAH) 45.50; 5 O Pistorius (RSA) 45.69; 6 K Borlée (BEL) 45.86; 7 R Quow (TRI) 46.39; 8 R Chambers (JAM) 46.74. r2: 1 MICHAEL BINGHAM 45.42; 2 E Hurtault (DMA) 46.30; 3 J Torrance 46.61; 4 D Gillick (IRL) 46.64. 800: r1: 1 A Yego (KEN) 1:46.57; 2 M Mulaudzi (RSA) 1:46.68; 3 B Lalang (KEN) 1:46.75; 4 L Renshaw (AUS) 1:47.33; 5 B Som (NED) 1:47.34 ; 6 K Williams 1:47.59; A Kaki (SUD) DNF. r2: 1 K Miller 1:47.27.
1500: 1 D Torrence 3:36.15; 2 N Willis (NZL) 3:36.46; 3 C Ndiku (KEN, U20) 3:37.04; 4 H Legesse (ETH) 3:37.47; 5 N Brannen (CAN) 3:38.52; 6 L Lomong 3:38.90; 7 L Manzano 3:39.71; 8 J McNamara 3:41.92; 9 R Myers 3:43.97; 10 LEE EMANUEL 3:44.63. 5000: 1 D Gebremeskel (ETH) 13:05.22; 2 B Lagat (M35) 13:05.46; 3 T Bekele (ETH) 13:06.06; 4 I Koech (KEN, U20) 13:07.22; 5 J Barrios (MEX) 13:09.81; 6 E Soi (KEN) 13:11.75; 7 M Kigen (KEN) 13:12.07; 8 A Cragg (IRL) 13:12.21; 9 G Kipsang (KEN, U20) 13:12.23; 10 L Rotich (KEN) 13:15.38; 11 D Salel (KEN) 13:19.51; 12 J Kipkoech (KEN) 13:19.96; 13 D Komen (KEN) 13:20.80; 14 D Masai (KEN) 13:23.53; 15 B True 13:24.11; 16 T Longosiwa (KEN) 13:31.20. 400H: 1 J Culson (PUR) 48.50; 2 B Jackson 48.55; 3 DAVID GREENE 49.07; 4 LJ van Zyl. (RSA) 49.09; 5 J Gaymon 49.24; 6 M Tinsley 49.46; 7 J Gordon (TRI) 49.79 ; 8 J
Dutch 50.24. PV: 1 R Mesnil (FRA) 5.52; 2 B Walker 5.52; 3 J Clavier (FRA) 5.42 1; 4 D Dossévi (FRA) 5.42; eq5 D Miles/ F Schulze (GER) 5.22; A Jeng (SWE)/R Lavillenie (FRA)/M Mohr (GER) nm. TJ: 1 PHILLIPS IDOWU GBR 16.67(16.61/-1.8, 16.04/-3.9, 16.67/-1.9); 2 C Olsson (SWE) 16.29; 3 L Sands (BAH) 16.28/-0.7; 4 M Oprea (ROU) 16.22/-3.1; 5 W Davis 16.09/-4.8; 6 T Oke (NGR) 15.90/-2.2; 7 T Tamgho (FRA) 15.55/-4.4; 8 K Bell 15.02/-3.9. High Sch 1M: L Verzbicas 3:59.71
Women100 (-3.9): 1 M Myers 11.36; 2 M Ahoure (CIV) 11.55; 3 G Asumnu 11.57; 4 O Osayomi (NGR) 11.59; 5 L Williams 11.63; 6 A Anderson 11.63; 7 S Henry (JAM) 11.83; 8 M Lee 11.98. 200 ( -2.8): 1 A Felix 22.92; 2 B Knight 22.96; 3 S Solomon 23.03; 4 C Jeter 23.15; 5 D Ferguson-McKenzie (BAH, W35) 23.25; 6 C Williams 23.45; 7 S Fraser-Price
(JAM) 23.52. 400: 1 K Spencer (JAM) 50.98; 2 R Whyte (JAM) 51.54; 3 D Trotter 51.87; 4 SHANA COX 52.42; 5 M Hargrove 52.84; 6 F Magiso (ETH, U20) 53.04; 7 F McCorory 53.21; 8 C Day (JAM) 53.84. 800: 1 M Beckwith 2:01.09; 2 E Moore 2:02.26; 3 JEMMA SIMPSON 2:02.30; 4 H Kampf 2:03.19. 1500: 1 K Sinclair (JAM) 4:08.06; 2 M Uceny 4:08.42; 3 K Gezahegne (ETH) 4:08.46; 4 G Burka (ETH) 4:09.84; 5 A Pierce 4:10.38; 6 T Moser 4:10.40; 7 M Elmore (CAN) 4:10.48; 8 B Felnagle 4:11.85; 9 S Kipyego (KEN) 4:11.89; 10 M Huddle 4:12.03; 11 L Chojecka (POL) 4:13.00; 12 S Rowbury 4:13.11. 3000SC: 1 M Chemos (KEN) 9:27.29; 2 S Assefa (ETH) 9:27.37; 3 G Galkina (RUS) 9:29.75; 4 L Rotich (KEN) 9:35.19; 5 F Britton (IRL) 9:37.60; 6 B Franek 9:38.92; 7 S Reilly (IRL) 9:42.91; 8 B Ramos (PUR) 9:45.78 (rec). 100H (-3.7): 1 D Carruthers 13.04; 2 K Wells 13.06; 3 TIFFANY OFILI-PORTER 13.11;
4 L Jones 13.22; 5 G Crawford 13.23; 6 P Felicien (CAN) 13.27; 7 JESSICA ENNIS 13.27; 8 D Ennis-London (JAM, W35) 15.32; B Foster-Hylton (JAM) DNF. HJ: 1 E Green (SWE) 1.94; 2 B Vlašic (CRO) 1.90; eq3 S Francis (JAM)/M Melfort (FRA) 1.82; 5 L Spencer (LCA) 1.82. PV: 1 L Janson 4.27; 2 K Hutson 4.22. LJ: 1 F Jimoh 6.48/-0.9; 2 J DeLoach 6.41/-1.5; 3 B Reese 6.35/-2.5; 4 V Rybalko (UKR) 6.33/-0.8; 5 B Glenn 6.29/-1.9; 6 J Jarrett (JAM) 6.18/-2.4 7 T Madison 6.18/-3.1; 8 ENNIS 6.03/-3.5; 9 J Veldáková (SVK) 6.03/-2.5; 10 I Radevica (LAT) 6.01/-1.8; 12 B Okagbare (NGR) 5.86 -2.2. DT: 1 S Brown Trafton 62.94; 2 2 G Lewis-Smallwood 59.89; 3 A Thurmond 59.38; 4 J Wisniewska (POL) 58.73; 5 Z Glanc (POL) 57.97; 6 S Powell Roos 57.69. JT: 1 C Obergföll (GER) 64.43; 2 S Viljoen (RSA) 60.39; 3 R Yurkovich 58.43; 4 J Klimešová (CZE) 57.17
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No doubting Thomas
IT WAS appropriate that Frank Horwill MBE was among the spectators on the day his honour from the
Queen was announced.Horwill founded the British
Milers Club (BMC) in 1964 and one of the stated aims was to “raise British miling to world supremacy”. That has not happened of course, but the BMC has nevertheless continued to have improving middle-distance standards as its ethos. It is all about times, personal bests, season’s bests and qualifying marks and it operates its races accordingly.
This Watford meeting was a demonstration of what happens when it works. Of the 344 performances, there were 121 personal bests, another 125 seasonal bests and 15 qualifying marks for major championships.
The Woodside track is known for fast times, particularly due to being sheltered and, although it appeared to be a little windier than normal, the temperatures were ideal for racing, if not chilly for spectating.
Thomas tanks to 4:06
CHARLENE THOMAS’S campaign to represent Britain at a second consecutive world outdoor championships is looking good after a comfortable 1500m A race victory in 4:06.87 – a great early-season time given she was not severely pushed.
The Wakefi eld Harrier, whose two previous 1500m races this season had been slow, tactical
aff airs, may have been expecting a stern challenge on this occasion. UK indoor champion Stacey Smith and Poland’s 4:02 runner Sylwia Ejdys were among those on the start line.
However, typically aggressive racing put her in front of the fi eld early on with only the pacemaker, who went through 800m in 2:11, to chase. After the pacemaker dropped out with 500m to go, Thomas heard the bell at 3:00.
Her time represented a ‘B’ standard for this year’s IAAF World Championships in Daegu. A clocking of 4:05.90 or lower would have secured not only the ‘A’ standard which will surely be needed, but would have matched the mark required for the $5000 top prize for winning her event. She had to make do with the £600 under the graduated reward scheme and the knowledge that the ‘A’ mark and her lifetime best of 4:05.06 are within reach in a more competitive race.
“It felt very hard on my own, but I feel like I blew away the cobwebs. 4:06 on my own is
not bad,” said Thomas, who will represent Britain in the 1500m at this weekend’s European Team Championships.
Germany’s Corinna Harrer was second in 4:09.63, while Smith was third in 4:10.10 having moved through the pack on the last two laps.
Geele closes on PBMOUMIN GEELE led six others under 14 minutes in the men’s 5000m A race as he showed that his six weeks training in Addis Ababa with a group which included double Olympic 10,000m silver medallist Sileshi Sihine was paying off .
The UK-based Somalian felt the start was a little slow in hindsight and he was around two seconds off his target with 13:37.41, but he was happy with his second-best ever time.
The 25-year-old Newham & Essex Beagle, whose application for a GB passport has been going on for years, feels his best of 13:34.66 and even 13:20 are within his grasp this season.
The fi rst GB-eligible athlete to cross the line was Luton
CHARLENE THOMAS’S 4:06 WAS A HIGHLIGHT ON A NIGHT OF PERSONAL BESTS
Moumin Geele: Somalian is seeking 13:20 this season after his 13:37 on Saturday
Charlene Thomas was in front most of the way in the 1500m, while Stacey Smith (244) came through to take second on the last lap
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AC’s John McDonnell, whose 13:56.17 was a 12-second PB. Two places behind was another 19-year-old, Cardiff AC’s Adam Bitchell, who recorded 13:57.61 to knock 39 seconds off his best as both gained the qualifying time for the European Under-23 Championships in Ostrava.
Simon Jones took the B race in 14:06.57 by overhauling Jon Pepper in the fi nishing straight, the fi rst six setting PBs.
Wootton second in hot 5000mKATRINA WOOTTON was runner-up behind Switzerland’s Sabine Fischer as 14 PBs were set by the 17 fi nishers.
Wootton was on her own for much of the race as she chased pacemaker Emma Pallant and Fischer on her way to 15:43.77 for second.
However, after going through halfway on pace for around 15:30, she faded and at 600m was caught by Sonia Samuels
and Gemma Steel, who raced much of the twelve and a half laps together.
However, the former UK 1500m champion reacted positively to pull away over the last 400m and was ultimately untroubled as she came within four seconds of her PB.
“I could hear them behind me, but I knew I had more in the tank so I just put my competitive head on,” said the Bedford & County athlete, who will now go back to doing more metric miles. “I wasn’t really going for a time. I just wanted a solid run to show my endurance work had been going okay.”
Sale Harrier Samuels revised her best by 12 seconds to fi nish third in 15:44.24, while Lauren Deadman (15:46.34) overtook
Steel (15:47.21) for fourth. For prolifi c road racer Steel, who beat Paula Radcliff e to fi nish second at the recent Bupa 10,000 and has represented Britain at the World Cross, this was remarkably her debut 5000m on the track.
Hannah Walker (15:48.69) and Kate Avery (15:55.54) both set European under-23 qualifi ers.
Fast 1500 juniorsOVERSEAS athletes fi lled the fi rst three places in the A race, but several junior Brits particularly caught the eye in the 1500m races.
Birchfi eld Harrier Adam Cotton clocked 3:41.33 behind Spanish winner David Bustos to gain the qualifying time for the European Under-20 Championships in Tallinn, one of fi ve athletes to do so.
But perhaps most impressive was 17-year-old Charlie Grice. Taking nearly six seconds off his best with 3:42.86, the 2010 Youth Olympic Games 1000m bronze medallist closed in on the UK age-17 best of 3:40.09 held by Steve Cram. He will still be a junior next season, too.
Although last in the A race, Jonathan Hay recorded 3:43.61, while Richard Goodman (3:6.84) and Tom Curr (3:46.82) also set marks for Tallinn in the B and C races respectively.
Eilish McColgan continued her fantastic season with a clear
victory in the 1500m B race. The Dundee Hawkhill Harrier already has the Ostrava qualifying marks in the steeplechase and 5000m this year and was just outside the 1500m equivalent of 4:13.00 with 4:14.44.
Her previous PB of 4:21 was overdue revision. “My coach (her mother Liz, the 1991 world 10,000m champion) thought I could do close to 4:10, but I said I’m not going to get anywhere near that. But after running that today, I think I can knock a couple of seconds off it as I got boxed in the fi rst 800m and ran a really poor race.”
Her main aim this summer is the European Under-23s, but she says she will see how her training goes over the next few weeks before deciding which event to focus on.
Georgia Peel was second with 4:16.55, a season’s best which was easily inside the European Juniors mark for the 17-year-old.
Vernon struggles in‘chase returnANDY VERNON was an intriguing name on the start list for the 3000m steeplechase. In 2004 when he last competed in the event, he was ranked third junior in the UK with 9:04 but since then has become one of the best athletes on the domestic cross-country scene and with his 13:27.85 5000m in April, it seemed he was on form.
However, he was always short of the leaders’ pace and clocked 8:51.61. (See p.9 for more.)
Runner-up James Wilkinson found himself behind Morocco’s Dacha Abdellah for the second time in as many weeks. With 8:45.44, he was just four hundredths off the PB he set in the Moroccan capital on June 9.
“It was okay, but it would have been nice to go have gone a bit faster,” said Wilkinson, who needs 8:40 for the European Under-23s and 8:32 for the World Championships.
“I think by the end of the season those marks are doable but I’m running out of time for the under-23s now. It’s positive but a little frustrating as well.”
Eilish McColgan (257) chases Jessica Sparke
in the B 1500m
James Kelwon leads the 1500m A race from eventual winner David Bustos (143)
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Katrina Wootton tries to stay with Sabine Fischer (371) in the early stages
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Men800 A: 1 R Schembera (GER) 1:47.71; 2 G Warburton (Card) 1:47.74; 3 K Davide (BRA) 1:47.78; 4 M Mohammed (Sheff RC) 1:47.89; 5 M Claesson (SWE) 1:47.97; 6 A Okken (NED) 1:48.07; 7 N Brooks (Sale) 1:48.58; 8 F Pecanha (BRA) 1:49.39; 9 J Thomas (Card) 1:50.25; 10 D St. Clair (E&H) 1:50.26. B: 1 S Ludolph (GER) 1:47.33; 2 M Scapini (ITA) 1:47.53; 3 E Aston (C&C) 1:48.15; 4 A El Manaoui (MAR) 1:48.15; 5 E Jackson (Sale) 1:48.59; 6 N McCormick (Morp) 1:48.68; 7 R Ward (Norw) 1:49.50; 8 P Bradshaw (B’burn) 1:50.70; 9 W Frey (Bir) 1:53.55. C: 1 A Dubrovin (RUS) 1:48.60; 2 V Koslovas (LTU) 1:49.31; 3 M Conrad (GER) 1:49.77; 4 G Learmonth (Lass, U20) 1:50.06; 5 M Berridge (BMH) 1:51.34; 6 J Bowness (Traff) 1:51.39; 7 O Heeks (Orion) 1:52.56; 8 A Daehlin (NOR) 1:52.75. D: 1 S Fennell (Ton) 1:48.85; 2 K Flannery (Gate) 1:49.81; 3 C Smith (Wirr) 1:50.33; 4 B Wallis (G&G) 1:50.37; 5 D Barkes (Mans) 1:50.67; 6 R Hill (Notts) 1:51.13; 7 J Cook (WG&EL) 1:51.90; 8 A Bloem (NED) 1:52.83. E: 1 S Evison (Sheff) 1:50.24; 2 S Bennett (Prest) 1:51.19; 3 N Jensen (DEN) 1:51.26; 4 C Healy (IRL) 1:51.58; 5 O Blake (Osw) 1:52.34; 6 V Dahle (NOR) 1:53.64. F: 1 R Schofield (NEB) 1:50.38; 2 P Goodall (Norw) 1:50.49; 3 M Salter (Leeds C) 1:50.53; 4 C Stewart (Harrow) 1:50.70; 5 H Fisher (Soton) 1:50.87; 6 A de-Camps (Glouc) 1:50.95; 7 A Bennett (Soton, U20) 1:51.21; 8 J McMurray (St Alb, U17) 1:52.38; 9 F Kelly (Kent) 1:52.74. G: 1 S Horsfield (E Ches) 1:52.50; 2 S Petty (N Dev) 1:52.76; 3 A Provost (AFD, U20) 1:52.99; 4 F Ellis (IRL) 1:53.36; 5 R Hodges (KuH) 1:53.61; 6 D Platt (N Dev) 1:53.78; 7 G Hill (B&A) 1:53.93; 8 S Morrow (Liv H) 1:54.34. H: 1 I Williamson (Bir) 1:53.7; 2 M McLaughlin (SB, U17) 1:53.8; 3 T Graves (Bir, U20) 1:54.6; 4 R Farnham-Rose (Ton, U20) 1:55.0. I: 1 J Slade (Soton) 1:53.62; 2 C Bradbury (Read) 1:53.76; 3 M Booth (Wyc P) 1:54.70; 6 R Franks (WSEH, U20) 1:56.41. 1500 A: 1 D Bustos (ESP)
3:40.01; 2 B Nowicki (POL) 3:40.19; 3 O Laaroussi (MAR, U20) 3:40.70; 4 A Cotton (Bir, U20) 3:41.33; 5 B Raeside (Notts) 3:41.36; 6 S Mitchell (B&W) 3:41.92; 7 D Proctor (Roch) 3:42.50; 8 C Grice (Phoe, U20) 3:42.86; 9 R Chesser (Ennis T) 3:42.94; 10 S Davies (Belg) 3:42.95; 11 J Hamm (FIN) 3:43.14; 12 J Hay (AFD, U20) 3:43.61. B: 1 D McBrearty (IRL) 3:42.68; 2 J Mays (Kent) 3:43.15; 3 F Baddick (NEB) 3:44.09; 4 C Warburton (Notts) 3:44.26; 5 G Bellino (ITA) 3:44.73; 6 M Geissbühler (SUI) 3:45.07; 7 D Roszko (POL) 3:45.30; 8 H Fløystad (NOR) 3:45.98; 9 E Everard (IRL) 3:46.15; 10 S Scullion (NBH) 3:46.41; 11 R Goodman (SB, U20) 3:46.84; 12 J Coghlan (IRL) 3:47.28; 13 H Dixon (AFD, U20) 3:49.38. C: 1 A Bueno (DEN) 3:45.32; 2 T Curr (Stroud, U20) 3:46.82; 3 N Collins (Finn) 3:47.07; 4 A Heyes (Hallam) 3:47.27; 5 T Egerton (Traff) 3:47.59; 6 M Bridger-Wilkinson (Newb, U20) 3:47.94; 7 C Kays (E Ches) 3:48.01; 8 R Weir (Der) 3:48.21; 9 J Alnes (NOR) 3:50.87; 10 J Blackledge (Belg) 3:51.11; 11 T Gayle (Stoke) 3:51.22; 12 C Boyek (Shild, U20) 3:51.35; 13 J Mills (Card) 3:53.13; 14 T Carroll (Norw) 3:54.28. D: 1 T Dalton (Severn) 3:47.82; 2 I Thomas (Card) 3:47.93; 3 C Parr (Gate) 3:48.26; 4 L Markham (IRL, U20) 3:48.46; 5 J Shelley (SB) 3:48.77; 6 A Clarke (AFD) 3:48.93; 7 C Ruddy (I’clyde) 3:49.22; 8 D Clutterbuck (Bas, U20) 3:49.32; 9 P Owor (Belg) 3:50.28; 10 M Nicholson (Morp) 3:50.67; 11 A Bruce-Littlewood (B&B) 3:51.50; 12 C Carter (E&H) 3:51.54; 13 E Palmer (Ips) 3:51.98; 14 B Wiffen (Ton) 3:52.32; 15 L White (HW, U20) 3:52.40. E: 1 N Hooker (Leeds C) 3:50.44; 2 T Phillips (Der) 3:50.91; 3 R Finnegan (IRL, U20) 3:51.24; 4 K Reilly (Inv EK, U20) 3:52.36; 5 B Sharman (Bir) 3:52.67; 6 D Hawkins (Kilb) 3:52.92; 7 T Comerford (Mil K) 3:54.01; 8 T Grant (SB, U20) 3:54.33; 9 S Mitchell (Notts) 3:54.52; 10 M Kershaw (Card) 3:55.12; 11 P Bridger (Swan) 3:56.31; 12 A Flynn (AFD) 3:56.43; 13 S Phillips (Soton) 3:57.45. F: 1 M Mitchell (Bir)
3:48.56; 2 L Caldwell (DMV) 3:51.11; 3 M Fayers (Hill, U20) 3:53.09; 4 M Haskett (A’deen) 3:53.55; 5 R Best (New M) 3:54.00; 6 R Glastonbury (WSEH) 3:54.18; 7 R Stephenson (Gate) 3:54.40; 8 S Mears (Charn) 3:54.49; 9 K Clements (Ips, U20) 3:55.12; 10 J Gratton (Hallam) 3:55.53; 11 M Shaw (New M, U20) 3:55.93; 12 J Prickett (Inv EK, U20) 3:59.24; 13 T Traynor (W Horse) 3:59.98. 5000: A: 1 M Geele (NEB) 13:37.41; 2 M Rasanen (FIN) 13:44.46; 3 S Connolly (IRL) 13:55.36; 4 J McDonnell (Lut) 13:56.17; 5 R Corcoran (IRL) 13:57.39; 6 A Bitchell (Card) 13:57.61; 7 D Mulhare (I’clyde) 13:58.62; 8 A Fernandez (ESP) 14:00.31; 9 P Richardson (Charn) 14:01.23; 10 B Tickner (Wells) 14:02.29; 11 J MacDonald (Traff) 14:04.26; 12 M Mulhare (IRL) 14:04.33; 13 K Kyereme (SB) 14:05.53; 14 J Lilly (Tip) 14:05.62; 15 S Sharp (Belg) 14:06.35; 16 H Manninen (FIN) 14:10.00; 17 M Goose (Norw) 14:14.37; 18 M Hanrahan (IRL) 14:30.55; 19 A Aziz-Abdulrahman (SUD) 14:40.30. B: 1 S Jones (Belg) 14:06.57; 2 J Pepper (E&H) 14:08.09; 3 J Hannibal (DEN) 14:09.28; 4 T Anderson (Win) 14:10.57; 5 T Fitzpatrick (IRL) 14:11.83; 6 A Combs (Ton) 14:11.90; 7 M Barnes (Alt) 14:12.63; 8 E McGinley (Liv H) 14:14.67; 9 I Kimpton (Linc W) 14:17.78; 10 P Natali (Camb U) 14:19.10; 11 P Martelletti (VP&TH) 14:19.50; 12 M Sanford (Bas) 14:30.92; 13 K Skinner (NEB) 14:32.89; 14 J Ellis (NEB) 14:34.28; 15 J Harboe (DEN) 14:35.76; 16 T Windheim (NOR) 14:35.86; 17 M Pollard (Belg) 14:38.61; 18 M Janes (Bed C) 14:45.65; 19 S Dawes (NEB) 14:45.83; 20 N Sheehan (IRL) 14:48.64; 21 S Sterling (NEB) 14:51.75; 22 D Fitzmaurice (IRL) 14:52.23; 23 A Harrell (Norw) 14:59.46; 24 D Cummins (W Wat) 15:04.45; 25 M Conroy (Swan) 15:13.54. 3000SC: 1 D Abdellah (MAR, U20) 8:42.18; 2 J Wilkinson (Leeds C) 8:45.44; 3 A Vernon (AFD) 8:51.61; 4 F Lara (ESP) 8:54.46; 5 B Nagy (E&H) 8:55.58; 6 C MacLean (B&W) 8:56.39; 7 C Discombe (Les C) 8:57.53; 8 S
Bradley (Ton) 8:58.82; 9 M Ali (SUD) 9:09.35; 10 E Jennings (IRL) 9:10.32; 11 S Lisgo (Mans) 9:12.12; 12 J Bailey (Sale) 9:14.08; 13 S Collins (E&H) 9:16.06; 14 J Partridge (Poole R, U20) 9:16.58; 15 T Doe (Linc W) 9:17.25; 16 M Carey (Harrow) 9:30.45; 17 J McCarthy (B&H, U20) 9:38.45
Women800: A: 1 L Sharp (Edin) 2:02.48; 2 A Cichocka (POL) 2:02.64; 3 C Best (Craw) 2:02.73; 4 E Jackson (Stoke) 2:02.96; 5 Y Krevsun (UKR) 2:03.04; 6 M Okoro (SB) 2:03.42; 7 R Galligan (Glouc) 2:04.87; 8 A Leonard (B’burn) 2:04.94; 9 C Gibson (Kilb) 2:07.51. B: 1 T Bird (WG&EL) 2:05.29; 2 R Cole (Cov, U20) 2:05.74; 3 K Harewood (Corby, W35) 2:05.86; 4 P Aukett (SB) 2:06.19; 5 M Manders (NED) 2:06.23; 6 S Kelly (Dund H, U20) 2:06.26; 7 E Niedereder (AUT) 2:08.75. C: 1 K Snowden (Herne H, U20) 2:05.26; 2 J Tan (Fife) 2:06.57; 3 D Hunt (WSEH) 2:06.69; 4 L Dowsett (C&C) 2:07.94; 5 S Oskan (WSEH) 2:08.02; 6 A Bell (P&B, U20) 2:08.16; 7 R Thompson (Liv H) 2:08.90; 8 E Moss (WG&EL) 2:09.41; 9 J Beckingham (Soton, U20) 2:10.78. D: 1 E Murty (B&B) 2:08.77; 2 V Fouhy 2:09.56; 3 J Williams (Amman, U20) 2:11.00; 4 K Evans (I’ness) 2:12.27; 5 E Gilmore (Ports, U20) 2:12.60; 6 A Tracey (G&G, U20) 2:12.77; 7 C Ford (Camb H, U20) 2:15.41; 8 A Holopainen (FIN, U20) 2:16.79. E: 1 C Gallagher (Liv H) 2:11.37; 2 N Shaw (Der) 2:13.27; 3 N Silva (E&H) 2:13.92; 4 H Archer (W Suff, U20) 2:14.14; 5 A McGhee (VPCG) 2:14.65; 6 S Wheat (Col H) 2:14.95; 7 B Strange (Card) 2:15.69; 8 C Corsini (TVH) 2:16.88. 1500 A: 1 C Thomas (Wake) 4:06.87; 2 C Harrer (GER) 4:09.63; 3 S Smith (Gate) 4:10.10; 4 S Ejdys (POL) 4:12.73; 5 D Sujew (GER) 4:13.68; 6 H Stellingwerff (CAN) 4:14.14; 7 O Drumm (IRL) 4:15.58; 8 J Lehtinen (FIN) 4:16.13; 9 E Sujew (GER) 4:16.18; 10 K McNeice (Lisb) 4:16.40; 11 L Brathwaite (Herts P) 4:17.91; 12 S Stockton (Vale R) 4:19.16; 13 V Lehmann (SUI) 4:19.45; 14 A Horna (GER) 4:19.94. B:
1 E McColgan (Dund H) 4:14.44; 2 G Peel (AFD, U20) 4:16.55; 3 J Wenth (AUT) 4:16.96; 4 C Tarplee (SSH) 4:17.06; 5 J Sparke (WG&EL) 4:17.66; 6 A Van Es-vd Hurk (NED) 4:17.68; 7 C Riley (Traff) 4:17.78; 8 B Potter (SB) 4:18.54; 9 K Harty (WSEH) 4:19.66; 10 A McGhee (VPCG) 4:21.03; 11 J Kinney (RSC) 4:21.28; 12 S Connor (SB, U20) 4:22.13; 13 F Fullerton (Hav M) 4:22.53; 14 E Gorecka (AFD, U20) 4:23.20; 15 J Moultrie (VPCG) 4:23.32; 16 C Arter (Eden) 4:24.19; 17 A Strausa (GER) 4:24.27; 18 J Van Lieshout (NED) 4:24.56. C: 1 C Mitchell (Soton) 4:22.97; 2 A Campbell (SB) 4:24.67; 3 E Stewart (Edin) 4:25.11; 4 M Koster (NED, U20) 4:25.59; 5 J Adams (R&Z) 4:26.53; 6 A De Soccio (ITA) 4:27.02; 7 N Sharp (Kilb) 4:27.30; 8 C Blew (Taun, U20) 4:27.48; 9 G Kersey (Bas, U20) 4:27.82; 10 S Johnson (C&S) 4:28.69; 11 J Hill (Sale) 4:29.43; 12 E Wicks (AFD) 4:30.62; 13 G Nicholls (Ton) 4:31.34; 14 L Scott (N Down) 4:31.53; 15 M Courtney (SB, U20) 4:35.92; 16 N Maddick (KuH) 4:38.73. D: 1 L Lattimore (Harrow) 4:33.03; 2 D Niccol (B&W) 4:34.82; 3 L Farrar (St Alb, U20) 4:34.97; 4 R Robinson (AFD, U20) 4:36.31; 5 P Woolven (Wyc P, U20) 4:37.54; 6 J Maddick (KuH) 4:38.21; 7 J Finlay (Mil K, U17) 4:38.33; 8 J Andrews (AFD, U20) 4:38.71; 9 F Thompson (Centr) 4:38.74; 10 H Branco (Serp) 4:39.70; 11 E Roche (Mil K, U20) 4:40.24; 12 L Kipling (Rane, W35) 4:42.05; 13 H Munn (Kett) 4:43.85; 14 A Abe (Soton) 4:44.33. 5000: 1 S Fischer (SUI, W35) 15:38.25; 2 K Wootton (Bed C) 15:43.77; 3 S Samuels (Sale) 15:44.24; 4 L Deadman (Hav M) 15:46.34; 5 G Steel (Charn) 15:47.21; 6 H Walker (Bir) 15:48.69; 7 H Whitmore (Charn) 15:50.48; 8 A Ciolek (POL) 15:50.89; 9 K Avery (Shild) 15:55.54; 10 R Randell (B&W) 16:39.48; 11 S Sig Møller (DEN) 16:39.83; 12 N Doel (AFD) 16:45.79; 13 I Ainsworth (B&W) 16:49.07; 14 S Bush (Newb) 16:50.25; 15 S Del Fava (ITA) 16:52.99; 16 E Wimshurst (B&W) 16:53.76; 17 K Good (TVH) 17:09.61
RESULTS
Two-lap dust-upsfall shortDESPITE plenty of drama and great line-ups, the 800m A races failed to provide the expected fast times, although there was a big PB for the women’s winner, Lynsey Sharp – 2:02.48.
The Edinburgh AC athlete was by far the slowest in the fi eld on paper. With PBs ranging from 1:57.32 to 2:01.82, she could have been outclassed. Ukraine’s Yuliya Krevsun, who was fourth at the 2009 World Championships, led behind the pacemakers for the fi rst lap, British international Marilyn Okoro a couple of metres adrift. Sharp was last but one at the bell, two to three seconds behind the fi rst pacemaker, who split 57 seconds. Sharp accelerated down the back
straight but was not much nearer the front with 200m left and was fi fth off the fi nal bend.
Poland’s Angelika Cichocka was second in 2:02.64 with Charlotte Best, Emma Jackson, Krevsun and Okoro next across the line in that order.
In the lower-string races Katie Snowden, Rowena Cole and Sarah Kelly went below the European Juniors standard of 2:07.5.
Kleberson Davide, who had run a PB 1:44 last month, came all the way from Brazil especially
for this race and looked like he was in a hurry to get back as he sped through the fi rst 200m. The pacemakers had to work to get in front at the half-lap point, reached in a suicidal 23 seconds. Only Sweden’s Mattias Claesson resisted this pace and 400m was reached in 50.35. Through 600m in 1:18, the runners were slowing drastically and Germany’s Robin Schembra held on to win in a disappointing 1:47.71. Cardiff ’s Gareth Warburton was three hundredths back in second , just ahead of Davide. The B race was quicker as another German, Soren Ludolph was 1:47.33.
In the F race, James McMurray ran 1:52.38 to top the UK under-17 list for this year.» SEE News page 9 for more from Watford
Lynsey Sharp (95) steals a close 800m on the line from Poland’s Angelika Cichocka
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Spotlight on the � eld!
COLD, wet and windy conditions failed to dampen spirits at the 17th edition of Bedford
International Games (BIG) on Sunday, with an array of personal bests and top-class performances from some of Britain’s leading athletes.
The performances of the day came from javelin thrower Dan Pembroke and triple jumper Nadia Williams. Known as a meeting that aims to raise the profi le of the fi eld events, it lived up to expectations here, boasting some encouraging performances particularly from the jumpers and throwers.
Nineteen-year-old Pembroke enjoyed a massive breakthrough, improving his
72.54m personal best from 2010 on four occasions during the competition. He saved his best throw for the fi nal round, where his 75.89m catapulted him to 11th on the under-23 all-time lists, although still marginally shy of the UKA standard of 76m for the European Under-23 Championships next month.
The 2010 world junior fi nalist said: “That was the best performance of my life. Now I just need to get the European standard at the Southerns this weekend or the Trials. I had shin splints last year and had an operation in March. Now they have healed and I am throwing better than ever.”
Williams was the other athlete to shine, setting a personal best of 13.77m and propelling herself to top spot in the 2011 UK rankings and fi fth on the all-time list. It marked a welcome return from injury for the 2006 Commonwealth Games bronze medallist and confi rmed that a recent coaching switch to Peter Stanley was the right decision.
One of the most high-profi le names in action was 2010 European 400m hurdles bronze medallist Perri Shakes-Drayton. Fresh from her second-place
fi nish in Oslo last Thursday, Diamond League athlete Shakes-Drayton was full of praise for the competition and chose to test her speed over 200m despite the typical British weather conditions. Summing up the ethos of the event, Shakes-Drayton said: “BIG has always supported my development, so I will continue to support the meeting.”
With world junior silver medallist Jodie Williams also in the fi eld, the women’s 200m promised to be one of the best races of the day and it did not
disappoint, Williams again showing her class with a win in 23.81 compared to Shakes-Drayton’s 24.06. They were both well clear of bronze medallist Ashleigh Nelson (24.56).
Williams, meanwhile, went on to record a fi ne double with victory over in-form Bernice Wilson and a resurgent Asha Philip in the 100m with 11.67 (-1.6).
Despite the quick Mondo track and the competitive line-ups, sprint times were inevitably slow due to the headwind and wet surface. Williams was far from disheartened with her day’s work, though.
She said: “Considering the conditions, I’m quite pleased
THE THROWERS AND JUMPERS PRODUCED THE BEST MARKS AS THE WEATHER BLIGHTED THIS ANNUAL FIXTURE
Nadia Williams: triple jump PB of 13.77m
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Dan Pembroke: improved PB by more than three metres
Jodie Williams won 200m from Perri Shakes-Drayton (left) and Ashleigh Nelson (centre)
Meghan Beesley: in the form of her life, she won the 400m hurdles in style
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with how I ran and I am feeling good. It is not about times today, so I just wanted to execute my races well. I got the worst start ever in the 100m, which gave my rivals a two-metre advantage, but I came through well. I felt really strong in the 200m and think I am in as good shape as when I ran sub-23 last year, so the times will come.”
Another junior to take top honours was Woodford Green star Sam Watts, who powered through in the latter stages of the 200m to take the win in 21.93 (-4.5). With a windy 20.8 already to his name this year, 2009 world youth fi nalist Watts is confi dent he can run the UKA time of 21.25 for the European Juniors next month.
He explained: “I got a really good start for once. It was my fi rst race for a few weeks, so I will get quicker. It was a very good quality race and Deji was on my inside so I was just waiting for him to come past. When he did, I worked and overtook him. The time wasn’t too bad considering it was a headwind the entire way.”
Fresh from her 56.21 personal best in Geneva two weeks earlier, Meghan Beesley took a comfortable victory in the women’s 400m hurdles in 58.64. Ranked third under-23 in Europe, Beesley admitted the race did not go as smoothly as she had hoped, but felt it served as good preparation for the forthcoming season.
She said: “I came to have a good smooth race, but I didn’t do that. I was stuttering into several of the hurdles, which caused me to lose momentum. It was maybe just the wind, but it is good to practise adapting to the diff erent conditions.” Ese Okoro and Ireland’s Jessie Barr also dipped under 60, clocking 59.14 and 59.48 respectively.
In one of Britain’s strongest events at the moment, Niall Flannery took top spot in the men’s one-lap hurdles in 51.34. With Britons Jack Green, Nathan Woodward and Flannery occupying the top three spots among Europe’s under-23s with sub-50 clockings, Flannery, who has improved his time by almost two seconds in 2011, hopes he can come out on top at the Trials and bring home a medal from the Europeans.
He said: “There are four athletes with the time for the European under-23s, so I need to get it right at the Trials to ensure I get there. BIG is at a good time of the year and with it being at the same venue as the Trials, it is good preparation.”
Emma Perkins lived up to her reputation as one of the breakthrough athletes of 2011 by winning the women’s high jump with 1.79m. Having won all seven of her high jump competitions so far this season, including BUCS , CAU Inter Counties and now BIG, Perkins has been on a roll. A highly talented teenager, she jumped 1.80m when aged 16, but became disillusioned with the sport and had a few years competing for fun during her early university years.
This year she is back with aplomb and has increased her personal best to 1.82m. Having recently gained selection for the European Team Competition in Stockholm this weekend, Perkins said: “Today was a solid performance. I had three attempts at a would-be PB of 1.83m and I feel it is there in better conditions. I have no real expectations this year, so I am just concentrating on enjoying it and trying to improve.
“I am really excited for my senior GB debut this weekend. I need to get used to big competitions and there will be a big range of abilities so I should be okay.”
Billed as one of the events to
watch in the lead-up, the men’s high jump failed to live up to its hype, partly because of the conditions but also owing to the withdrawal of several of the top entries. Robbie Grabarz, who is originally from Bedford, prevailed with 2.16m, but was disappointed with the height. He said: “I was jumping well, but I just need some good conditions to get the heights. I’m having to jump in England until now and the weather has been bad at most of the competitions so far. Bedford is a good track and it’s nice to come back and jump on what was my home track, as there is always a great atmosphere.”
The women’s shot proved to be an exciting contest with Rachel Wallader holding the lead until round three when her 15.73m was surpassed by Rebecca Peake’s season best of 16.16m.
Peake said: “I changed coaches in March to Gert Damkat, who is based in Holland. We are currently changing my technique, so I have re-evaluated my aims for this year and I am now focusing on technical aspects and I hope that will lead to greater distances further down the line. It is starting to come together now.”
Scott Rider won the men’s shot by nearly two metres with a season’s best of 18.77m.
Having set a personal and championships best last year with a throw of 60.68m, Commonwealth Games fourth-placer Laura Whittingham again topped the podium in the javelin with 55.27 metres.
Spotlight on the � eld!
Niall Flannery (right) took the400m hurdles from Ben Sumner
“I have no real expectations this year, so I am just
concentrating on enjoying it and trying to improve”
EMMA PERKINS
Rebecca Peake: 16.16m in shot
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Men100: r2 (-2.5): N Levine (WSEH) 10.95. r3 (-2.5): J Simpson (Der) 10.92. r4 (-1.8): D Walker-Khan (Bir) 10.95. r5 (-2.8): G Cackett (Belg) 10.89. r6 (-2.4): 1 A Durotoye (WG&EL) 10.92; 2 I Ojuriye (Herne H) 10.96. r7 (-1.7): 1 A Gemili (B&B) 10.59; 2 E Ayanful (WG&EL) 10.86; 3 M Findlay (NEB) 10.87; 4 A Matthews (WSEH) 10.93; 5 S Bajere (B&W) 10.94; 6 J Huggins (E&H) 10.99. r8 (-1.8): 1 J Ellington (NEB) 10.41; 2 D Bolarinwa (NEB) 10.52; 2 D Tobais (WSEH) 10.52; 4 L Yearwood (VP&TH) 10.63; 5 T Gilling (B&B) 10.70; 6 J Swaray (Hill) 10.78; 7 A Robertson (Sale) 10.81. 200: r1 (-1.7): W Oyowe (Sheff) 21.94. r3 (-0.5): I Ojuriye (Herne H) 22.00. r4 (-4.2): 1 L Lennon Ford (Bir) 21.76; 2 D Walker-Khan (Bir) 21.87. r5 (-4.2): 1 S Watts (WG&EL) 21.93; 2 D Tobais (WSEH) 21.99. 400: r1: 1 R Morrissey (Hav M) 48.36; 2 M Hunt (Chelm) 48.47; 3 J Dunn (Bir) 48.83; 4 P Scanlan (WG&EL) 49.55; 5 G Hawkes (Card) 49.84; 6 J Street (S Lon) 49.97. r2: 1 B Gregan (Sale) 47.45; 2 L Persent (Col H) 48.44; 3 W Oyowe (Sheff) 48.63; 4 P Swan (Gate) 49.82. 110H: r1 (-3.8): 1 J Yde Bentsen (DEN) 14.97; 2 R Askros (SWE) 15.07; 3 M Field (K&P) 15.10; 4 R Skedd (Sheff) 15.36; 5 T Riley (Manx) 15.68. r2 (-3.0): 1 B Reynolds (WSEH) 14.25; 2 C Baillie (Bir) 14.26; 3 N Gayle (Sale) 14.27; 4 M Hudson (Sheff) 14.31; 5 E Okoro (Bir) 14.58; 6 J Adeniran (SB) 14.64. 400H: r1: 1 N Flannery (Gate) 51.34; 2 B Sumner (E&H) 52.03; 3 T Burton (Tam) 52.17; 4 S Merrill (Bir) 52.18; 5
D Martin (VPCG) 52.74; 6 E Harrison (B&B) 52.99; 7 T Nikitin (SWE) 53.30; 8 N Larsson (SWE) 54.01. r2: 1 C Wakeford (Sale) 52.42; 2 P Byrne (IRL) 52.76; 3 J Fagan (IRL) 53.54; 4 B Hopkins (B&B) 53.84; 5 G Morris (Ashf) 53.98; 6 T Moakes (Notts) 54.77; 7 C Forde (Charn) 55.03; 8 J Lodowski (E&H) 55.04. 4x100: 1 GBR U23 40.78; 2 GBR U20 A 40.83; 3 ENG U23 40.84; 4 Birm 41.72; 5 GBR U20 B 42.44. HJ: 1 R Grabarz (NEB) 2.16; 2 R Bobrownicki (VPCG) 2.10; 3 C Baker (E&H) 2.06; 4 P Stewart (Bir) 2.06; 5 D Smith (Giff N) 2.01; 5 S Phelan (NEB) 2.01. PV: 1 N Cruchley (Hale) 5.00; 2 J Thoirs (Glas C) 4.60; 2 D Gardner (SNH) 4.60; 4 R May (Bir) 4.40. LJ: 1 C Kirk (NEB) 7.63/2.7; 2 D Bramble (SB) 7.61/1.1; 3 J J Jegede (NEB) 7.58/0.3; 4 B Pickup (B’mth) 7.39/2.8; 5 E Safo (Croy) 7.27/2.3; 6 J Carr (SB) 7.22/1.8; 7 J Olasan (B&B) 7.21/1.6; 8 A Fernandez (NEB) 7.21/1.8; 9 R Groh (Bath U) 7.15/2.5; 10 P Oluyemii (Herne H) 7.12/1.0; 11 R Bailey (Bir) 7.01/1.5; 12 D Cook (K&P) 7.00/1.7; 13 J Groocock (Soton) 6.81/1.4. TJ: 1 M McKernan (Bir) 15.57/1.6; 2 B Amosu (Croy) 15.47/0.3; 3 G Matthews (Sheff) 15.23/1.0; 4 J Golley (NEB) 15.21/0.3; 5 J Lawrence (Sutt) 15.04/0.5; 6 J Ilori (B&B) 14.33/0.9; 7 S Ojo (WG&EL) 14.31/1.8; 8 J Sawyers (WSEH) 14.17/0.8; 9 N Fox (SB) 14.09/1.0. SP: 1 S Rider (Bir) 18.77; 2 Z Duquemin (CI) 16.85. DT: c1: 1 G Mayer (AUT) 60.83; 2 L Okoye (Croy) 58.05; 3 C Scott (SB) 57.05; 4 A McInroy (SB) 53.17; 5 E Udechuku (WG&EL) 52.60;
6 Z Duquemin (CI) 51.23; 7 D Coleman (Card) 49.76; 8 S Cooke (NEB) 48.75; 9 T Norman (WG&EL) 47.86. c2: 1 D Greaves (Charn) 53.24. HT: S Bown (NEB) 65.46. JT: 1 D Pembroke (WSEH) 75.89; 1 F Curtis (Mil K) 60.03; 2 B Buwembo (E&H) 68.19; 3 R Shuttleworth (Lough S) 66.04; 4 M Cox (Mil K) 63.14; 5 S Harvey (WG&EL) 61.33; 6 M Mortimore (Ips) 60.99U20110H (-3.6): 1 J Meredith (Liv H) 14.12; 2 A Pozzi (Strat) 14.12; 3 B Kelk (Camb H) 14.34; 4 J Gladman (Warr) 14.39; 5 D Needham (Wig D) 14.44; 6 M Djurovic (E&E) 15.09; 7 M Hewitt (B&H) 15.72. DT: 1 A Damadzic (Bir) 49.81U18110H (-3.4): 1 J Yarde (Croy) 14.39; 2 N Ofonagoro (VP&TH) 14.55; 3 J Wright (R&N) 14.99; 4 J Taylor (Stoke) 15.05. 400H: 1 J Paul (E&E) 53.25; 2 M Loftås (NOR) 54.28; 3 C Morten (B&B) 54.65; 4 S Maguire (WSEH) 54.81; 5 A Khan (Sheff) 55.40; 6 L Oluwole-Ojo (E&E) 56.76; 7 T Healy (Ton) 57.77
Women100: r1 (-1.5): 1 T Nuga (NEB) 12.17; 2 J Duck (Mil K) 12.22; 3 A Lewis (KuH) 12.24; 4 A Tyson (Bir) 12.28. r2 (-0.7): 1 D Henry (E&H) 11.92; 2 T Thompson (E&H) 12.02; 3 S Papps (WSEH) 12.13; 4 M Moore (Card) 12.29. r3 (-1.6): 1 J Williams (Herts P) 11.67; 2 B Wilson (Bir) 11.95; 3 A Philip (NEB) 11.99; 4 A Nelson (Stoke) 12.01; 5 M Nwawulor (Harrow) 12.12; 6 B Williams (E&H) 12.16. 200: r1 (-3.7): A Tagoe (TVH) 24.85. r2 (-0.9): 1 A Philip (NEB)
24.82; 2 K Wall (Bas) 24.86; 3 B Williams (E&H) 24.98. r3 (-0.8): 1 J Williams (Herts P) 23.81; 2 P Shakes Drayton (VP&TH) 24.06; 3 A Nelson (Stoke) 24.56. 400 r1: 1 M Carey (IRL) 53.70; 2 S Adams (Traff) 54.39; 3 E Pullen (Shrews) 54.52; 4 L Wake (Herts P) 54.57; 5 S Oskan (WSEH) 54.60; 6 L Maddox (Bath) 54.71. r2: 1 M Nottingham (Liv H) 54.45; 2 T Bird (WGEL) 55.44; 3 R Dickens (B&B, U17) 56.09; 4 Y Adewakun (B&B, U20) 56.30; 5 L Owusu (WSEH) 56.46; 6 L Barrow (WSEH, U20) 57.85. 100H: r1 (-3.5): 1 K Robilliard (CI) 14.17; 2 M Nwawulor (Harrow) 14.39; 3 S Lawler (IRL) 14.47; 4 L Dewdney (Gate) 14.61; 5 L O’Reilly (Newp) 14.68; 6 R Liddell (Gate) 14.85. r2 (-2.2): 1 G Bennett (SB) 13.68; 2 L Wood (Chelm) 13.71; 3 A Helsby (Liv H) 13.84; 4 S Solomon (B&B) 14.16; 5 S Gaynor (WG&EL) 14.27; 6 A Moeller (DEN) 14.65. 400H: r1: 1 M Beesley (Bir) 58.64; 2 E Okoro (Bir) 59.12; 3 J Barr (IRL) 59.48; 4 C Granville (Swan) 60.67; 5 E Peters (Card) 61.07; 6 E Parker (E&E) 62.03; 7 E Stevens (Herts P) 62.95; 8 A Fitzpatrick (Sale) 64.55. r2: 1 M Southwart (Bath U) 61.07; 2 K Sockett (Sheff) 61.94; 3 G Coveney (ESM) 62.42; 4 J Surman (Bir) 62.43; 5 I Eriksson (SWE) 63.67; 6 N Boholm (DNK) 64.08; 7 C McMillan (Banb) 64.74; 8 S Brown (Dartf) 65.29. 4x100: 1 GBR U20 A 45.63; 2 GBR U20 B46.39; 3 GBR U23 46.65. HJ: 1 E Perkins (Worth) 1.79; 2 J Nisbet (Edin) 1.75; 3 E Nuttall (Edin) 1.75; 4 B Partridge (Bir) 1.75; 5 S Pywell (Sale) 1.71; 6 P
Hughes (Birm U) 1.71; 7 A Lassu (Sale) 1.66. PV: A Haywood (Sale) 3.55. LJ: 1 A Woodman (Bir) 6.41/2.8; 2 A Irozuru (Sale) 6.21/3.2; 3 K Murray (WG&EL) 5.97/1.8; 4 L Hazel (Bir) 5.90/4.9; 5 S Abrams (B&B) 5.86/0.0; 6 L Ferguson (Edin) 5.82/3.1; 7 G Clements (Dartf) 5.68/2.4. TJ: 1 N Williams (SB) 13.77/1.7; 2 Y Regis (WSEH) 13.34/1.9; 3 L Samuel (Bir) 13.29/1.6; 4 S Gutzmore (Bir) 13.21/3.3; 5 H Frankson (WG&EL) 12.95/1.3; 6 N Reid (Der) 12.58/1.9; 7 M Carr (Shild) 12.56/0.7; 8 K Hilton (Wig D) 12.32/1.8; 9 C Matthews (NEB) 12.25/1.4; 10 E Pringle (Gate) 12.16/0.9; 11 S Alaneme (B&B) 12.15/1.6; 12 C Linskill (Sale) 11.99/3.9; 13 A Rose (Sale) 11.97/-1.3; 14 S Whight (WSEH) 11.47/0.9. SP: 1 R Peake (Sale) 16.16; 2 R Wallader (WSEH) 15.73; 3 S McKinna (Gt Yar) 14.86; 4 S Brown (B&B) 14.80. DT: 1 M Jansen (NED) 56.41; 2 J Nicholls (SB) 53.89; 3 S Henton (B’burn) 48.33; 4 F Aardenburg (NED) 46.20; 5 M Harrison (E&H) 40.81; 6 P Dowson (B’mth) 40.39. HT: 1 R Gair (Traff) 61.64; 2 S Brown (B&B) 55.46; 3 H Murray (Bir) 55.16; 4 B Ogun (WSEH) 51.39; 5 S Hendy (P’boro) 40.00. JT: 1 L Whittingham (Sale) 55.27; 2 E Eberl (AUT) 54.53; 3 S Utriainen (FIN) 51.74; 4 I Jeffs (N Dev) 49.08; 5 K Watts (Ports) 47.82; 6 S Thomas (Bir) 43.44; 7 K Oniwinde (Hav M) 42.80; 8 K Herbert (M&M) 42.05; 9 G Clements (Dartf) 40.73; 10 R Semenytsh (Sale) 40.08U17. 100: 1 C Stephens (Norf) 12.53; 2 S Bakare (Bed C) 12.62. Ht1 (-1.9): C Stephens (Norf) 12.63
RESULTS
Traff ord’s Rachel Gair won the hammer competition by more than six metres from Shaunagh Brown with a personal best of 61.64m.
The only championships best of the day came in the men’s discus from international star Gerhard Mayer. The 10-time Austrian champion threw 60.83m to win from Lawrence Okoye (58.05m) and Chris Scott (57.05m). Two women beat the six-metre barrier in the long
jump. Amy Woodman continued her run of good form to surpass her personal best with 6.41m, albeit with an illegal following wind of 2.8mps. Abigail Irozuru jumped 6.21 (+3.2) for second.
Michelle Carey won the women’s 400m A race in 53.70, while Mica Nottingham won the B race in a PB 54.45, in what was only her third ever race at the distance.
This meeting tries to off er rising junior athletes the opportunity to achieve qualifying times for their respective championships or compete alongside the sport’s leading
contenders. In the under-17 Inter-Counties events, 2009 English Schools 100m champion Clieo Stephenson (Norfolk) took her second consecutive title in 12.53 (-0.5), while Essex athlete George Perkins took the men’s equivalent with 11.50 (-2.8).
Training partners world junior silver medallist Jack Meredith and 2011 UK under-20 No.1 Andy Pozzi enjoyed a close tussle in the under-20 110m hurdles, both athletes recording 14.12 (-3.6). Joe Yarde comfortably won the under-18 equivalent in 14.39 (-3.4).
Amy Woodman:wind-assisted 6.41m to take long jump
Rachel Gair: 61.64m in
hammerMichelle Carey: in wet and windy weather the Irish athlete ran 53.70 to win 400m
Gerhard Mayer: Austrian won discus with 60.83m
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THERE is no doubt that people have signifi cantly diff erent physiques than
those in the Seventies and earlier. You just need to look at video footage from the Sixties.
Recently, I watched footage of a holiday camp swimming pool in the Sixties and was impressed at the physiques of the young people. They were well honed, had low fat levels and were naturally athletic. A few minutes later a news item showed young men on a building site, shirtless and working hard lifting heavy loads and climbing ladders all day. But the physiques of these young men were not nearly as athletic as they would have been 50 years earlier.
They may have been taller than their predecessors from the Sixties but these modern young men had less well-defi ned muscles smoothed out by a layer of body fat. The usual reasons given for the increasing levels of fat are lack of exercise and poor diet. Now you’re not telling me men on building sites had a better diet in the Sixties than they do today. Their diet consisted of pints of beer, cooked breakfasts and piles of fat-laden chips with everything twice a day. And you can’t say that a current-day building site worker lacks exercise.
We’re not just getting fatter, we are also getting taller. Paul Dodge, the outstanding England centre from the Seventies and Eighties, was described as “the Colossus” and yet he weighed just 12st 7lb. Rugby players now are usually at least two to
three stones heavier and it is not uncommon for internationals to be 18 stone or more. It’s not just rugby players who are getting bigger either. Everyone is! Children are noticeably taller than they were in the Sixties. It is now not uncommon for children, both girls and boys, to tower over their parents.
What has this got to do with athletics? This article aims to point to the real reason for the decline in the standards of distance running in the UK and other Western countries since the Seventies. Having a big body is not an advantage to a distance runner. A 12st man or 11st woman, for example, will never win the Olympic marathon.
Endless reasons are given for the decrease in general running standards in the UK: not enough miles over a suffi cient period of time, computer games, fast food, Western affl uence making runners less hungry for success.
I disagree with all of these views. Whatever is causing people to be fatter and bigger is also making it more diffi cult for young Westerners to be world-class distance runners. The cause? Undoubtedly, in my opinion, the reason for our changing physiques is environmental pollution.
Among the main suspects are
chemicals known as Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs). The endocrine system controls the secretion of hormones into the body. Hormones are substances that among other things regulate growth and development. EDCs alter the normal functioning of this vital bodily system.
We can’t escape EDCs. Wastewater pumped into our rivers for re-use in the water supply contains them. The EDCs in this wastewater originate not only in natural hormones that people secrete but also contraceptive pill hormones, medicines, detergents, pesticides, flame retardants, chemicals in cosmetics and all manner of plastics. In addition to EDCs in wastewater vast quantities of EDC-bearing fertilisers are also washed into our rivers from farm land.
There have been many well-researched cases of the feminisation of the reproductive organs of male fi sh in rivers containing EDCs, while modern Western men are also showing a dramatic decrease in their sperm count. EDCs are also known to aff ect mood and I would look to this type of pollution as a reason for the vast increase in attention defi cit disorder among youngsters.
Many of the pollutants in our drinking water are oestrogen-imitating chemicals. Oestrogen is not only a growth hormone; it is also the hormone that helps to stimulate the growth of fat cells in women.
When we are looking at a phenomenon that seems to be aff ecting nearly everyone then I think we need to look at universal factors beyond an individual’s control. It is most unlikely that everyone simultaneously has stopped exercising and started eating unhealthily. And I strongly disagree that there are not enough young British runners training suffi ciently hard. The really naturally talented runners usually come through with a much lighter training load than a more established international runner.
Oestrogen-imitating chemicals are not only aff ecting men but increased fat levels are making it more diffi cult for fully matured young females to progress in athletics – in sprints and distance running. Females now need to look at not only the discipline of hard training but also to the controlled diets of stars such as Paula Radcliff e. Africans are brought up in a relatively pollution-free environment and so far have not been aff ected by these chemical agents.
Of course it does seem that more youngsters are sitting around watching TV and playing video games. But what I say is that the lack of desire to exercise is a result of young people fi nding it very diffi cult to avoid putting on weight because of EDCs. More research needs to be done but in the meantime we can only sit back and admire African distance runners and hope that the Western world will eventually take action to clean up its water supply.» DEREK HOUGH is an amateur scientist and member of Stroud AC
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Comment
DEREK HOUGH BELIEVES THE DECLINE IN WESTERN DISTANCE RUNNING STANDARDS IS DUE TO CHEMICALS IN TAP WATER AND ELSEWHERE THAT LEAD TO FAT GAIN
Lean and mean: Western runners from the Sixties are lighter and faster than today
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EVERYBODY loves Sally Gunnell. One of the most popular ex-athletes around, she is forever smiling and always friendly. It is easy to see why, too.
“Hi! How are you doing?” she bubbles, as I begin a phone interview that aims to act as a
taster for the next British Olympic Legends booklet, which is included in next week’s Athletics Weekly.
I can’t say I know her very well. We’ve crossed paths a few times over the years but I think the only proper interview I have done with her was a fi ve-minute chat at the Bedford International Games during the twilight of her career in 1997.
But the 44-year-old puts me immediately at ease. In fact, within seconds it feels like she’s interviewing me.
“So I hear you’ve done the Great Ethiopian Run,” she says. “What’s it like?”
Gunnell is doing the race later this year and hoping to raise money for ActionAid in the process but she is intrigued as to how hard it is to run at high altitude in Addis Ababa. I tell her not to worry, as there are so many offi cial – and unoffi cial – runners that she will barely be able to run anyway.
Still, she sounds a bit apprehensive. “I’ve been to Africa a few times but never done a run there,” she says. And despite being more than a dozen years retired she sounds just as diligent in her preparations as she must have been during a heyday that saw her win Olympic and world titles in 400m hurdles.
So apart from charity work in Africa, what does Gunnell do with her time now? Well, for starters she is a mother to three boys – Finley, Marley and Luka – and her husband Jon is a busy coach of, among others, the English Schools 1500m champion Charlie Grice.
In addition to that, she does work for Aviva and McCain. “It’s grassroots stuff and really keeps me in with my athletics,” she says, adding that she also does lots of motivational speaking, the promotion of healthy living and wellness in business, plus various other charity work. “The speaking has gone mad,” she adds, with the Olympics being next year.
Ever modest and with her feet fi rmly on the ground, she adds: “I’m just lucky that people still want to know me after all these years!”
There’s no danger of being forgotten. After a good career as a 100m hurdler – winning Commonwealth gold in 1986 among other things – Gunnell moved to 400m hurdles with devastating success. At that distance she won Commonwealth titles in 1990 and 1994, plus European gold in 1994, Olympic gold in 1992 and the world title in 1993, with a world record of 52.74 in the latter event in Stuttgart. Uniquely, she held Commonwealth, world, Olympic and European titles simultaneously, too.
So what does Gunnell think of the athletes trying to follow in her footsteps – such as Perri Shakes-Drayton, Eilidh
Spotlight Sally Gunnell
1992 OLYMPIC 400M HURDLES CHAMPION SALLY GUNNELL TELLS JASON HENDERSON HOW SHE’S FILLING HER RETIREMENT YEARS
SUPERMUM SALLYis as busy as ever!
RIGHT: Sally Gunnell says public speaking has ‘gone mad’ due to the London Games
Perri Shakes-Drayton: Sally Gunnell says the young London hurdler is ready to come of age
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Child and Tasha Danvers? “It’s lovely to see Perri, Eilidh and hopefully Tasha will get back,” she says.
“Look what’s happened in the women’s 800m – it’s been so competitive, which has helped all the athletes in that event. I saw Perri couple of times last winter and she’s starting to believe in herself. She’s still so young but I think she can really do something quite special this year.”
Looking ahead to 2012, Gunnell adds, “I believe once you’re in the final next year anything can happen. And Perri is not just running it any more but thinking about what stride pattern she will use and what will work for her.”
Was Gunnell surprised to see Shakes-Drayton win a European medal in 2010? “Yes and no. She’s still young but you have to take your opportunity when it’s there and maybe the next year or two is her opportunity.”
On the men’s hurdles, Gunnell says Dai Greene is “a brilliant hurdler”. She continues: “I enjoy his attitude and following him on Twitter. He’s a great technician and very exciting. I think he’s got what it takes and I’d put my money on him this year and next.”
Being a former combined eventer when she was younger, Gunnell has an interest in all events, too. She says: “Generally I love watching Jenny Meadows and how she’s grown as an athlete and how she’s gone out there and done it herself.
“It’s the same with Jess (Ennis) – she deals with a massive amount of pressure and has got what it takes to be a top athlete. Jodie Williams is another young talent. She has got to be nurtured but she seems a very sensible girl and has a good team behind her.”
Gunnell reveals her own boys are also enjoying sport. “They do everything and that’s what I’ve encouraged
them to do,” says Gunnell, who believes it is healthy for youngsters to try lots of sports.
“My oldest, Finley, is 13, loves football and he does 400m this year. He’s quite a technician and might make a good 400m hurdler, but what’s the chance (of him being as good as his mum!). Luka is 10 and might be better at 800m – he has more of an engine on him. But they do cricket, rugby, all sorts. Then there is Marley, who is six. He’s a little toughie!”
Given this, what is Gunnell’s advice to parents of young athletes? “It’s a challenge and we’re trying to work it all out too to be honest,” she admits. “I’ve had a history of watching pushy parents and seeing that is not right and it has to be led by the child.
“Yes you’ve got to be there and support them but it’s a lot about developing all kinds of different skills at this age. I think the more sports they do, the more general strength they develop and that’s better in the long run.
“It’s great if your kid wants to join the athletics club at the age of 8-9, but they shouldn’t really be doing athletics at that age 5-6 days per week. Jon was reading research the other day about the kids who are at their peak at 12-14 often tailoring off. The ones just underneath start to grow up – and I can see that happening all the time.
“Athletics is not like gymnastics or swimming. You can come to athletics late and you can also cross over from one sport to another. But if you have the basic speed and fitness then there is a lot of choice for kids out there today.
“Part of me wonders if I encourage them too much, another part thinks we’re being too lapse. The main thing is for them to enjoy it, I suppose.”
Spotlight Sally Gunnell
SUPERMUM SALLY
ABOVE: A supreme talent, Sally Gunnell was world, Olympic, European and Common-wealth champion at 400m hurdles
British Olympic Legend: Gunnell is featured in a special tribute booklet in next week’s magazine
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HAVING grown 10 centimetres over the past year, Joshua
Schofi eld is becoming head and shoulders above his rivals in more ways than one – and is looking to go still further in the sport.
Since taking a surprise win in the Virgin Money Giving London Mini Marathon back in April, the 13-year-old has his sights set on qualifying for the English Schools’ Championships on the track.
The City of York athlete enjoyed something of a breakthrough winter, lifting Northern and Yorkshire under-13 cross-country titles, before going on to fi nish fourth in the Inter-Counties and fi fth in the National, the latter a vast improvement on his 130th position from 2010.
However, Joshua says nothing came close to his London victory. He says: “I had been hoping to fi nish in the top three, but I never expected to win. I managed to stick with runners that I never dreamed I could run
with and I found mental strength that I never knew I had.”
The bubbly youngster goes on to explain how by pushing the early pace, he gradually broke free from all of the other athletes. He recalls: “The race was fast and the group at the front kept getting smaller until it was just George Butler (the Inter-Counties champion) and myself. With 150 to go, I passed him and didn’t look back. It was an honour to be selected to represent my region and the atmosphere was something I have never experienced before.”
All the more remarkable is that Joshua is also the British triathlon champion and perhaps it is the mental and physical strength that he has acquired through his six years in this sport that has contributed to much of his running success. He
says: “At the moment I prefer triathlon because I have been doing it for longer, but I love running as well. I want to keep doing both sports for as long as I can and see where it takes me.”
Coached by Ian Wilcock, Joshua trains twice a week with the middle-distance group and completes usually two other runs on his own. He also cycles three times weekly, totalling 70km, and swims up to fi ve times a week for New Earswick Swimming Club, saying that such a vigorous regime in his other sports greatly improves his fi tness for running.
He has also been boosted by his growth spurt, he believes. “My long legs are a huge advantage and mean I have a long stride length,” he says.
Having won the Yorkshire under-15 1500 title on the track
and reduced his best time to 4:24.2, Joshua hopes to break the 4:20 barrier in the coming weeks and qualify for the English Schools. Although he enjoys the atmosphere of big cross-country events and the mud is the surface on which most of his athletics success has come so far, it is the speed necessary for the track that he really enjoys along with the constant striving to better your times.
Despite his wealth of experience in high-level sport, Joshua admits to feeling the pressure that goes with being a champion. He says: “Trying to fi t in all the training can be hard. My lack of confi dence can be a weakness, especially as I know I do not run as much as some of the other boys, as I have two other sports to train for! But I know that the only reason I feel this pressure is because I have earned it by doing well.
“I am also aware that the extra endurance I’ve acquired through my triathlon can translate into a powerful fi nish.”
Joshua’s standing tall
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Joshua Schofi eld: winning the London Mini-Marathon in April
Born February 10, 1998Coach Ian WilcockClub City of YorkPBs 800: 2:12.9; 1500: 4:24.2; 3000: 9:43.7Achievements 2011 London Mini Marathon 1st; Yorkshire Championships 1500 1st 800 5th; National Cross 5th; Inter Counties 4th; Yorkshire 1st; Northern 1st
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THIS TIME last year 200 metres specialist Danny Talbot had never broken 21 seconds. Yet last week he was off ered a lane in the Samsung Diamond League in Oslo to race against Usain Bolt. Things have certainly changed for the 20-year-old Wiltshire athlete
in the last 12 months.Talbot had to miss his date with the world’s fastest man
because of a small hamstring tear, but the bad news was tempered by his selection for Britain for the European Team Championships in Stockholm this weekend.
Nicknamed the “Trowbridge Rocket” by fellow West Country athlete Jason Gardener, Talbot burst to prominence this winter, when winning the UK indoor 200m title. He had only once before dipped below 21 seconds so to clock 20.89 on a tight indoor track and beat the favourite Andy Turner was a shock to him. He made his senior GB debut at the Aviva International the following weekend in Glasgow, where he gained the scalp of former world 100m champion Kim Collins.
This summer the Birchfi eld Harrier has gone from
strength to strength. He opened up by winning the invitational 100m race at the Loughborough International with a World Championships ‘B’ qualifi er and a big new personal best of 10.21. He then went on to take victory for England in his more favoured event but, as he was aided by a strong following wind of 6.1mps, many were questioning the validity of his swift 20.6 clocking. However, just six days later Talbot proved any doubters wrong, improving to 20.54 – a World Championships ‘A’ qualifi er – at an EAP Meeting in Geneva. Awarded a huge knife as prize for his victory, the easy-going Talbot opted to wrap it in towels in his suitcase and admits he “just prayed” it got on the plane.
The UK No.1 on times this year is struggling to take in his advancement to international level. Recalling his race at the Aviva International in Glasgow, he says: “It was such an honour to be selected to run for Great Britain. I couldn’t believe Kim Collins took the time to chat to me at dinner and congratulate me on my race.
“I still cannot believe that I have been selected to represent all of the sprinters in the UK who train to be the best that they can. Running for my country is something very special to me.”
So as he prepares to make his GB international debut outdoors, does he know what has led to this apparent sudden breakthrough?
Talbot off ers an increase in strength as one reason. Known as “The Rake” to his friends, due to his slim frame, Talbot’s is not your stereotypical sprinter’s build. In fact he is more like that other exception to the rule, Collins.
“I’m like the skinny kid racing the men really,” he says. “For that reason, I never won a national title at junior level. My strength has gradually progressed each year, but I am still not as physically mature as the other athletes my age, so I know I have that improvement to come.”
But he did put on weight and strength over the winter, as he explains: “We started speed training much earlier this year and I am getting stronger as I mature. This winter I also took on a nutritionist, Phil Richards, who plans my diet to ensure I get the most out of my body.”
That’s the conventional explanation, but he adds with a smile: “I also have a lucky pair of adidas socks to thank, which I only ever wear for races, as I don’t want them to wear out.”
The other stereotype he is out to destroy is that white sprinters cannot be competitive and he wants to follow on from Frenchman Christophe Lemaitre, who last year became the fi rst white man to run sub-10 for 100m. He said: “My ultimate aim is to win an Olympic medal and to do so, I will need to go sub-20. Britain has the talent, we just have to work hard.”
Spotlight Danny Talbot
HALF-LAPPER DANNY TALBOT HAS PROPELLED HIMSELF TO INTERNATIONAL LEVEL THIS YEAR, WRITES EMILY MOSS
ROCKETINGto theTOP
Name: Danny TalbotBorn: May 1, 1991Coach: Dan CossinsClub: Team BathPBs: 100: 10.21; 200: 20.54Achievements: 2011: Loughborough International 100 and 200 1st; UK indoor 200 1st; Aviva Grand Prix 2nd; Aviva Indoor International 3rd2010: BUCS 100 2nd; England Athletics under-20 200 2nd; South 200 2nd; CAU Inter Counties 200 1st; World Juniors sf 4th
FACTFILE ‘Trowbridge Rocket’ Danny Talbot turned down the chance to race Usain Bolt in Oslo
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He is also unlike most of Britain’s top sprinters in that he is not part of a UKA training group.
“It is his training environment under the guidance of Dan Cossins at Bath University that he credits for much of his success. Having chosen to study sports performance at Bath in order to keep his training set-up the same, he explains: “I hope one day people will consider our group to be one of the leading sprints squads. Dan used to be a top sprinter so knows what it is like and I am truly indebted to him. My training partners are great and we have fantastic facilities at the university and at the new gym we use, called Team Breakthrough”.
Despite his recent 100m success, Talbot insists he is not aiming to double up at the European Under-23 Championships in Ostrava on July 14-17. However, he would like the opportunity to race at the World Championships in Daegu. He says: “The Worlds would be too good an opportunity to turn down. With the Olympics next year, I need all of the experience that I can get. My start is too inconsistent to race over 100m at that level, but I hope I can challenge for a medal over 200m at the under-23s.”
When it comes to his starting problems, Talbot confesses: “In the heats of the UK Champs, I got such a bad start that Craig Pickering had made up the stagger
within four strides. In the final, I was desperate to get out quick. I reacted so well I thought, ‘Oh no I’m going to get disqualified’, but when there was no recall, smiled to myself that I had got away with a flyer. When I looked at the end, I still had the slowest reaction of anyone in the race!”
Inspired in greater measure by 1996 Olympic 200m and 400m champion Michael Johnson than the much more predictable Bolt, he is looking forward to one day exploring his potential over the one-lap sprint.
Even now he has a liking for speed-endurance training workouts. He said: “You can be a good 200m runner off speed, but to be truly one of the greats you have to have the versatility to be able to run a good 400m as well. I love sessions like 5x200m, providing it isn’t raining. In 2016 I will be looking to make the 4x400m team on top
of contesting the 200m and sprint relay. Johnson was at the top of his game for so long and I would love to meet him one day.”
Talbot is realistic and lets his legs do the talking, but possesses the self-belief required to reach the top. If he can continue to transfer his dream into reality, he may not only get to meet Johnson with a medal round his neck, but could go some way to emulating the feats of his idol. Well, so long as it isn’t raining and he remembers his lucky socks.
“I’m like the skinny kid racing the
men really”
Spotlight Danny Talbot
ROCKETING
ABOVE: Danny Talbot winning at Loughborough last month
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» 2012 ticket ‘farce’I AM a coach with about 30-40 young athletes and the London 2012 ticket fi asco has left me – and plenty of others – really disillusioned with our sport.
I have already registered my disgust at the exorbitant prices, even for the early rounds, and the fact that all these privileged people with no other interest in athletics will be there hobnobbing while thousands of true, genuine grassroots athletes, will have to be content with viewing on TV.
It is a farce and leaves me wondering why I give up so much time, voluntarily, to coach in the hope of producing the future stars, etc. Then I remember why. It’s because those at grassroots matter.
Finally, I have a large group of athletes from one family who applied for tickets and didn’t get any, and these people put a hell of a lot into the sport. I know this will fall on deaf ears. Graham Patterson, Wirral AC
» No turning back?I AM sure I am not alone in my delight that the members of the British Athletics Supporters Club have had their loyalty and support rewarded by being issued with a good number of tickets for the Olympic athletics. But what about the club members, coaches, offi cials, administrators, young athletes, their parents and all the other athletes? How is their loyalty and support rewarded?
They keep athletics going and without them there is no sport. A straw poll at a local club showed that of 25 people who had applied for tickets, just three had received any.
I did a rough calculation and
had 10 per cent of tickets for athletics been sold directly to the 1400 or so affi liated clubs, it would have meant roughly an average of 100 tickets for each club. What would have been wrong with that?
As it is, most people I know are massively disaff ected and very negative now towards everything to do with the Olympics. When there is a big push to sell the tickets for the Paralympics, these people will respond with two fi ngers.
Is it really too late to retrieve what has rapidly turned into a fi asco?Mike Martineau, Bromley Veterans AC
» Olympic ticket � awsYOUR correspondence suggests two major oversights in the allocation of Olympic tickets. Firstly, athletics clubs should have received a share in the same way that rugby clubs do for games at Twickenham.
Secondly, the refusal to off er tickets to Olympic medallists such as Kelly Sotherton, Sally Gunnell and Bradley Wiggins, and perhaps Lord Coe, were he not a VIP, is just shameful.
I have correspondence from George Baird, who led off the USA 4x400m gold medallists in 1928, saying that he and Fred Alderman, the second-leg runner, had been invited to Atlanta in 1996, tickets and reservations assured.
As a spectator in Munich 1972, plus Worlds in Rome 1987 and Paris 2003, I’ve been given one pair of tickets out of 12 sessions applied for (six being athletics). Like many, this meagre ration eliminates me from featuring in the second round of sales.David Jenkins, Ealing
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» No reward for a lifetime of athletics supportAS a 14-year-old in 1948, I attended the last days of the London Olympics. I became hooked and in 1965, soon after Britain’s inspirational performances in Tokyo, I took my involvement further by becoming a timekeeper.
Since then I have offi ciated at all levels of the sport – from the lowliest local leagues to the IAAF World Cup, European Cup and World University Games. In addition, in the last decade I have travelled (with the excellent Track & Field Tours) to watch the IAAF Worlds in Edmonton, Paris and Berlin, Commonwealths in Melbourne and Europeans in Munich. This week I go to Stockholm for the European Team Championships.
A year or so ago, like many other senior offi cials, I was given the chance by UKA to volunteer to help (in a non-technical capacity) with the athletics programme. After much thought, I decided not to put my name forward – largely because I thought
there was a good chance that, aged 78, health issues might necessitate pulling out. So I decided, in my naivety, that I would try to watch some of the athletics there instead.
I applied for £700 of tickets spread over three morning and three evening sessions. You can guess the rest. I have drawn a complete blank!
I am sure there are many with similar cases like me. But what really infuriates me is that I will take a bet that, at least for the morning sessions, there will be nothing like a full stadium. I predict row upon row of empty seats where “package deals” and “corporate hospitality” have not taken up their options.
It would, perhaps, be admirable to be philosophical. But it is a lot easier to feel very bitter about this shambles of a system – a system about which the organisers do not even seem willing to come clean with details of the number of tickets available.Keith Pover, Norwich
» At least it’s popular!HERE is a contrarian view of the Olympic ticketing process. Shouldn’t we be glad that demand for athletics sessions has been so overwhelming? Doesn’t this mean there’s a huge audience for athletics out there, waiting to be tapped? If some people in the stadium have never seen live athletics before, why isn’t that a good thing?
Those who think stalwarts of the sport should have had fi rst pick should consider how the rest of Britain would feel if that had been the case. Angry, is my guess. Everyone’s taxes pay for
the Games so everyone should have a shot at tickets.
There were a million applications for 40,000 tickets for the night including the men’s 100m fi nal. That means there was a 1 in 25 chance of success (ignoring the complexities of pricing), so why do people who didn’t get lucky feel as if they’ve been robbed?
A lottery is, well, a lottery. Of course the system has its flaws – a lack of transparency being one, and another being that there isn’t an Olympic medal for whingeing.Hilary Muray, Ross-shire
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FURTHER to our discussion of the side-lying hip extension test as discussed previously (AW, May 5), the ankle joint is the other very
important area of the body for runners. It is the fi rst major joint in the body that comes into contact with the ground every time an athlete walks or runs. Dysfunction in this joint can mean uneven force distribution from the ground right up through the knee, hip and back. Poor ankle mobility has been shown in some studies to predispose athletes to injuries such as hamstring or Achilles problems. At my Pro Sport physiotherapy practice we have a nice and easy way for runners to check and ensure that their ankles are good and mobile before running (see below and picture right)
Place your foot by a wall and bend your knee so it touches the wall without your heel lifting off the floor as shown in the illustration. The knee should be over the fourth toe when touching the wall. (This helps avoiding excessive pronation to help and cheat!) If you can do this then move your foot back a few more centimetres and re-test. Find the exact point at which you can just touch the wall with your knee without the heel coming off the floor. Measure the distance from your toe to the wall with a measuring tape or mark it with a piece of tape and note the distance. This will be your distance for that leg. Repeat on the other leg and compare both sides. If there is a diff erence of more than one centimetre, this could potentially cause asymmetries in your stride.
Points to note: Ensure that the knee stays over the fourth toe while touching the wall. Sometimes there will be a tendency to let the knee cave inwards past the big toe in order to reach the wall. This is a compensation pattern and do not allow this to happen.
What we look for at my practice is that the left ankle has the same mobility as the right ankle. If this is not the case then there may be increased work demands on the
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PERFORMANCEStretching
The ankle is the fi rst major joint in the body that comes into contact with the ground
GOOD ANKLE MOBILITY IS IMPORTANT FOR ATHLETES. DAVE O’SULLIVAN PRESENTS A SELF-TEST AND MEANS OF IMPROVEMENT
decreased side. We expect all of our athletes to have 10cm toe-to-the-wall on each side. Ankle mobility will vary from person to person and females that wear high heels for long periods of the day may struggle with this test.
I have a di� erence between left and right, what now?THE advantage of this easy test is that it also becomes your corrective exercise. Find that exact spot where you can just touch your knee to the wall without the heel coming off the ground.
Come back 2.5cm further and repeat this movement 10 times and then repeat but in a circular motion clockwise for 10 times and then in an anti clockwise motion 10 times trying to touch the knee to the wall. After you have done this, re-test your range again. This can take some time to change and should be done before every run on both sides to promote good running mechanics while decreasing the risk of injury.
Other points to note: If you feel a jamming pain in the front of the ankle when doing this exercise or test then there may be a joint problem that could require manual therapy
from a physiotherapist. If the restriction is just above the Achilles then calf stretching along with the above exercise is needed.
Now you have two quick self-tests (side-lying hip extension test and ankle mobility test) to ensure that you are safe to run every day. This will ensure that you are giving your body a good stimulus while training and allowing for improvements and, more importantly, decreasing the risk of injury.
Fun point to checkA PERSON with decreased ankle mobility on one side usually has a poorer hip extension score on the opposite side. This shows how wonderfully complex the human body is and how compensations occur all over the body due to poor ankle mobility.
» DAVE O’SULLIVAN is head physiotherapist for rugby league club Leeds Rhinos and holds an honours degree in physiotherapy and a higher certifi cate in physiology and health science. He also treats athletes from Lancashire and Yorkshire at his clinics in Huddersfi eld, Leeds and York. See www.prosportphysiotherapy.co.uk
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FalkeTHIS brand will be familiar to some readers as the manufacturer of socks and here we tried their athletics underwear. Using polypropylene, the fabric is excellent at wicking moisture and keeps the wearer dry and comfortable. The fabric is very light in weight and our testers were amazed at the minimalist feel of the garments. The fi t was superb, being a little stretchy but very comfortable all the same. Both our male and female testers praised the garments and found themselves wearing them not only for training, but also for everyday use.
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PERFORMANCEProducts
Understated garmentsPAUL FREARY REVIEWS SOME OF THE LATEST BASE LAYERS, VESTS AND UNDERWEAR ON THE MARKET FOR ATHLETES WHO LIKE TO STAY DRY AND COMFORTABLE
Essential Base
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OdloEvolution Cool SingletTHE singlet is seamless and constructed from a 3D circular knit, which makes it hug the body in a comfortable and supportive manner. The knit also integrates various ventilation zones, which help with moisture management. Our athletes said it was light, comfortable and remained dry and moisture-free even during intense activities.Cost: £25
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Gore Running WearEssential Base Layer ShirtDESIGNED to be worn as a base layer under their range of wind-stopper and waterproof jackets, the shirt uses polypropylene as the basis for its construction. The lightest fi bre in the world makes the shirt lightweight, super-thin and exceptionally comfortable. Our testers commented that they hardly noticed they had it on. The fabric does not absorb moisture, instead allowing it to pass through it, keeping the wearer dry. Perfect for all-year-round use as either a base layer or standalone item in the warmer months, the garment is available for both men and women in short-sleeve and sleeveless versions in black or white.Cost: £34.99
Ladies’ Comfort Fit First Layer T Cost: £30
Ladies’ Comfort Fit First Layer Pants Cost: £20
Men’s Comfort Fit First Layer SingletCost: £25
Men’s Comfort Fit First Layer BoxerCost: £20
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PERFORMANCEProducts
OrcaALL the Orca garments we tested used Merino wool in their construction. The wool, from sheep on New Zealand’s South Island, is super-fi ne, so it doesn’t itch and is also very comfortable – it’s also a sustainable and environmentally friendly product. The wool off ers superb insulating properties but also wicks moisture very well, making it great for underwear. The garments were found to off er a very luxurious and comfortable feel and our testers were full of
praise for the quality and fi nish of the products. One said: “These are nice
enough to go out in!”
CraftLayer 1 Cool BoxerA SUPER-light mesh construction off ers a highly breathable garment that our testers found just about perfect in the warmer conditions lately. The channelled knit of the boxers worked well and ensured they kept cool and dry. They fi tted well and proved comfortable even during longer workouts, as well as washing well and drying exceptionally quickly.Cost: £29
Men’s Energizer BoxerCost: £21.50
Ladies Energizer BoxerCost: £21.50
Ladies BriefCost: £21.50
Ladies StringCost: £21.50
X-BionicTHE primary feature of these products is to keep the body at its optimum temperature. The underwear achieves this by the fabrics used and the construction of the garments. One of the materials used is “SilverNODOR”, which as well as being very good at transferring heat also reduces odour.
As with all the products we’ve tried from this brand, all of our testers, both male and female were very impressed.
The fi t, feel and performance of the products were rated by all as exceptional. They also commented that the underwear fi tted very well and was snug and supportive without “digging in”, ideal for long training sessions or just all-day use. All the products carry a two-year guarantee and the testers also noted that the garments washed extremely well, dried quickly and looked like new even after several washes.
Ladies BriefLadies BriefCost: Cost: £21.50£21.50
Ladies StringCost: £21.50
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Right: Ladies Brief
Right: Ladies String
Men’s Merino Wool Base Layer VestCost: £30
Men’s Merino Wool VestCost: £22.50
Ladies Merino Wool Cami TopCost: £25
Above: Men’s Merino Wool Vest
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Below: Ladies Merino Wool
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The bare necessities
WHEN I fi rst began running in North Devon, there were no cinder tracks within 50 miles. My training was done on a
beach which had a kilometre of fi rm sand along with a good range of sand dunes. I raced on grass at places like Paignton and Torquay where there were fi ne tracks and at village meetings where the track had been a hayfi eld only weeks earlier.
I also soon found out that barefoot running was much easier and on uneven grass surfaces the bare foot, with its thousands of nerve endings, adapts to changes far more quickly than the shod foot. A few years later, when I was the guinea-pig for Dr Griffi ths Pugh, the leading exercise physiologist of the day, we showed that there is a straight-line relationship between the weight of the shoe and the energy cost of running. At middle-distance speeds on a fi rm surface the barefoot gave me a one per cent advantage over lightweight spikes – this equates to four metres a lap or around 50 metres in a 5000m race.
The human foot is designed for running. It is three or four million years since our ancestors came down from the trees and started hunting for their food on the African plains. The foot has evolved for running on the earth – but it is not designed for running on tarmac or cobbles, nor is it designed for running on sharp rock or frozen tundra.
Archaeologists have shown us that as humans colonised diff erent habitats, they took to wearing moccasins or sandals. Civilised Europeans, with a cold climate and hard roads, naturally took to wearing shoes if they could aff ord them and bare feet soon became a sign of poverty.
When track and fi eld developed as an amateur sport and the fi rst all-weather tracks were laid in the late nineteenth century it was mainly a sport for “gentlemen”, so running in bare feet would have been unthinkable. According to Roger Robinson in Running Times (April 2011) in an excellent overview of the topic, the fi rst
recorded example of barefoot running in the Olympic Games was in 1904, when a Tswana tribesman, representing South Africa fi nished ninth in the marathon.
Although I had often raced barefoot on grass, I had never tried it on a cinder track until May 1959 when Southampton University held its sports day on their newly laid track, which was similar in composition to the White City Stadium in London – a top surface of fi nely ground black ash, rather like a fi rm beach. I had run a mediocre mile race, in spikes of course, and was disappointed with my time, so in a masochistic state of mind I took my shoes off to run in the three-mile event. Almost immediately, I felt
lighter and easier and cruised round to a comfortable win.
Two weeks later I was at the White City Stadium, representing Devon in the Inter-Counties Championships – I was in my fi fth year of competition, aged 23 with a PB of 13:59 for three miles. Running shoeless, I fi nished fi fth in 13:46, with a 59-second last lap. Two days later I ran double the distance and set another PB in fi nishing sixth with 29:10.
That was it! It was clear to me that “Barefoot Bruce”, as the press dubbed me, was a better runner than “Bruce-in-shoes” – when conditions allowed. In July 1959 I won the AAA Championships in 13:31 and
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BRUCE TULLOH, THE 1962 EUROPEAN 5000M CHAMPION AND A PIONEER OF BAREFOOT RUNNING, EXPLAINS WHY HE SHOOK OFF HIS SPIKES AND WHAT YOU NEED TO CONSIDER BEFORE DOING THE SAME
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PERFORMANCEBarefoot running
“Barefoot Bruce” Tulloh, as the press fi rst dubbed him in 1959,
believes running shoeless is faster – by perhaps four metres
per lap in a 5000m race – but not always practical
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was picked to run for GB against the Soviet Union. The Lenin Stadium had a suitable track, so I ran in bare feet and set a PB for 5000m of 13:53. For the rest of my amateur career I ran in bare feet whenever possible, winning the European Championships 5000m, breaking the British record for two, three and six miles, winning the AAA three miles three times and the Inter-Counties title six times, twice fi nishing second in the National Cross-Country and placing seventh in the International Cross-Country. Others followed my example, particularly Ron Hill, Jim Hogan and Tim Johnston. Johnston fi nished runner-up in the International Cross-Country, while Ron Hill actually ran a road marathon in bare feet in 2:23.
Like all gimmicks, it doesn’t work every time. I once had to drop out of the AAA three miles championships because we had a downpour just before the event started and I had not brought any spikes. When the surface is too hard you obviously need protection – when I ran 3000 miles across America, I ran in marathon shoes. When the surface is slippery you need spikes or studs to get a better grip.
My British two miles record and my only sub-four-minute mile were both run on hard grass tracks in New Zealand where I had to run in spikes. On some surfaces I would put a strip of plaster around each toe, which prevented blisters.
The most famous barefoot victory on the road was that of Abebe Bikila, winning the Olympic marathon in the Rome Olympics in an Olympic record of 2:15. This was by a man who had spent most of his life running around in bare feet, so the skin of his feet was much thicker than one would fi nd in those who were brought up in shoes. This shows barefoot running on the road can be done successfully, but not by just anybody.
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PERFORMANCEBarefoot running
BRUCE TULLOH came from a very sporting background. All his aunts and uncles did sport and his grandfather was also an international tennis player. This meant that he tried all sports and at school, as he was no good at rugby, he found that all he could do was run.
However, he was not a top-class runner and was often at the back of the team but still enjoyed the experience. In his national service he went to Hong Kong in 1955 and won their 5000m championship and this was to be his fi rst breakthrough.
Looking back, he reminisces about the White City stadium and its fantastic atmosphere. “Being completely enclosed made a big diff erence with less wind,” he says. “We used to get big crowds in those days of 30,000 or more for an international athletics match or the AAA Championships.
“That made a huge diff erence and it was very exciting and also very frightening, but made it a great place to run. It’s a pity we haven’t got a central venue now.”
He won his age category in the London Marathon at the age of 58 running 2:47. “I like to measure my decline for medical interest – the rise-and-fall of a runner and how fast you decline.
“If you don’t have the odd race you don’t have the incentive to train. The older you get, the more you need to look after yourself,” he says.
He coached Mike Boit from Kenya, who fi nished in third over 800m in the 1972 Olympics and also claimed silver in the 1974 Commonwealth Games before going on to win the gold in Edmonton in 1978.
Richard Nerurkar was another athlete he coached. Tulloh says: “He was a talented runner and worked hard. He was not particularly fast but he still ran 7:48 for 3000m and had the capacity of not being injured and fi nished a fi ne fi fth in the Olympics.
“He ran 13:23.36 for 5000m, 27:40.03 for 10,000m and of course an excellent 2:08:36 for the marathon.”
Alastair Aitken
For the last 40 years or so I have been coaching athletes at all levels – from 11-year-old schoolboys and girls to international middle and long-distance runners. During my two years of living in Kenya I saw many examples of top-class running from those brought up in the barefoot tradition. I also noticed that athletes ran in shoes as soon as they could aff ord it. On some occasions, running on rough grass tracks, I was the only one running in bare feet. Clearly, running in shoes is as much a question of economic status as of running speed!
I once spent a couple of weeks living amongst the Tarahumara Indians in order to write a piece about them for a national newspaper. They run in basic rubber sandals, because the mountain trails are too hard and stony for bare feet, but they are tremendous ultra-runners, taking part in races of 24 hours and sometimes 48 hours.
Their running gait is an economical shuffl e – partly because they are wearing sandals. Kenyans run at similar altitudes on similar terrain, but they usually run with a powerful, fast, bounding action – and of course, they are brilliant steeplechasers as well as producing world-class runners at every distance from 800m to the marathon.
Richard Nerurkar and I were doing a hill session in Kenya once – going up and down a long hill – and every few minutes we would pass this boy, wearing sandals,
who was cutting grass without a great deal of enthusiasm. The fi rst three times he just looked and said nothing, but when we passed him for the fourth time he looked up at us and said: “Where are you getting those Reeboks?”
Some points to consider are: If you are trying to switch to bare feet after a British winter, you should do it gradually, starting on soft surfaces. Your running style will alter. You can accelerate quickly by picking up your leg speed, but you can’t drive as hard, because of the tendency to slip. If you want to run fast, choose the lightest possible shoe appropriate to the surface. Barefoot is obviously the lightest, but it doesn’t work in mud or snow and it’s not much good on the road unless you have tough feet like Abebe Bikila. There are now some excellent flexible lightweight shoes on the market now which also give adequate protection. You can only get away with bare feet if you are light in weight with Zola Budd being a prime example. My son and twin daughters all won national titles in bare feet – they were all very light. You must always balance the advantage of barefoot running (a saving in energy) against the disadvantages – lack of grip, loss of protection against bruising. But if you can overcome your inhibitions, go for it!
Tulloh’s racing and coaching CV
“The human foot is designed for running,” says Bruce Tulloh
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Jade Jones» Training JADE JONES is a 15-year-old wheelchair athlete who competes in the T54 category. She only started in the sport three years ago and, coached by Tanni Grey-Thompson and her husband Ian Thompson, has risen to prominence very quickly.
Her favourite session tends to be sprint intervals, such as one minute flat-out and one minute easy recovery, repeated eight times. She lists long, easy push sessions as her least favourite type of work.
Most of her training in her racing chair is done on the roads and cycle paths near her home in Middlesbrough. “Training on the road is much better for developing speed,” she says.
She also uses training rollers (similar to a cycle turbo-trainer) and a Woodway treadmill in the Thompson’s garage.
Ian supervises most of her training, especially on the road, from his bicycle. “It’s good to get feedback push by push at times on your technique, especially when we are doing something new,” she says.
As with many wheelchair athletes, she covers a wide range of events in championships, but she is not sure of what her best event is yet.
Although her least favourite event is the 100m, getting away quickly is needed for success over all distances. “Even in the marathon, the top girls are the ones who get away from the line and into the leading pack the quickest!” she notes.
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PERFORMANCEHow they train
DID YOU KNOW?SHE attends Ormesby Comprehensive School in Middlesbrough, where she is studying her GCSEs and has ambitions of becoming a solicitor. She has to balance her training and competition schedule against her exams and school priorities (she deferred on this year’s World Junior Championships to prepare for forthcoming exams).
She has been racing since the age of 12 and has been a keen supporter of the local 5km Parkrun where she has also assisted with officiating. She also helped out at the water stations on the Bupa Great North Run last year.
Her favourite colour would appear to be pink, judging from the white and pink paint job on her racing chair with black and pink wheels and her range of brightly coloured pink racing tops and the pink streak in her hair! She says: “Looking good always adds to your confidence as well as making me more visible while out training.”
Born January 4, 1996Club New MarskeCoach Tanni Grey-Thompson/ Ian ThompsonPBs 100m 17.86; 200m 31.31; 400m 59.79; 800m 1:57.33; 1500m 3:37.23; 5000m 12:23.64 (all performances 2010)Achievements2011 IPC World 200m 5th, 400m 7th, 800m 8th; London Mini-Marathon gold2010 IWAS World Junior 100m gold, 200m gold, 400m gold, 800m gold, 1500m gold, 5000m silver; BWRA 100m silver, 200m silver, 400m gold, 800m silver, 1500m gold, 5000m gold, London Mini- Marathon silver2009 BWRA 100m silver, 200m silver, 400m silver, 800m silver, 5000m 7th
FACTFILE JADE JONES
» Training example (March): Monday Normally a rest day. Tuesday (am) Conditioning (body weight, plus medicine ball). (pm) Road sprints 4 x 40m (slight uphill), 4 x 40m (slight downhill) with two minutes recovery. She also has an upper-back massage in the evening.Wednesday (am) Assisted stretching. (pm) Flat road 400m – 90 per cent rolling eff orts with two to fi ve minutes recovery (3 sets of 3).Thursday (am) Weights (elastic system) 3 x 8 reps fast main lifts. (pm) Roller (lactate tolerance) – Standing start maximum 15-second sprint, cruise 15 seconds, kick 15 seconds, hold 15 seconds, kick 15 seconds, hold 15 seconds, kick 15 seconds, hold 15 seconds, kick 15 seconds (5 x 15 seconds hard/15 seconds trying to hold). 2-3 minutes easy pushing recovery x 3. 8 minutes easy pushing between sets x 2. Friday (am) Conditioning. (pm) PE at school. Evening: 10km fartlek.Saturday (am) Treadmill strength endurance: 1 minute rolling hill eff orts x 8 – 1 on and 3 off , fi rst 6 at 14mph/2 per cent. (pm) Evening: Weights 3 x 6.Sunday Long, steady push – 60 minutes at 150-160bpm heart rate working on technique.
Developing her all-round abilities at this age is key and she is developing her core strength and muscle balance from conditioning and a light weights programme, as well as developing the time she is able to train in the chair. She says: “Early last season, I was only able to train well in the chair for around 40 minutes, but now I can now do sessions of more than an hour – the training in the racing chair is so important.”
Part of her conditioning work is to
strengthen the lower right side of her trunk as she does not have a femur in her right leg (she walks with crutches) and has been working on this imbalance. She uses a wrist weight on her right leg to help her carry out sit-ups, crunches and back work to help increase her power in the chair.
» THESE sessions are specifi c to the individual athlete and may not be suitable for other athletes
Coached by Tanni Grey-Thompson and her husband Ian, 15-year-old Jade Jones is improving fast
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OVERSEASARGENTINASouth American Championships, Buenos Aires, June 3BRAZIL gained the most medals with 51 in total, 21 of which were golds.Men: 100 (0.0): N Andre (BRA) 10.35. 200: D Gruesso (COL) 20.90 (20.84/0.6 ht) 400: K Davide (BRA) 46.75. 800: R Rodríguez (COL) 1:51.38 1500: L Oliveira (BRA) 3:45.55. 5000: J Carriqueo 13:58.27. 10.000: G dos Santos (BRA) 28:41.02. 3000SC: 1 Hudson de Souza (BRA) 8:36.53. 110H (0.3): M Inocencio (BRA) 13.72. 400H: A Silva (URU) 49.94. HJ: D Ferrin (ECU) 2.23. PV: F Gomes (BRA) 5.35. LJ: J McFarlane (PER) 7.95. TJ: M Díaz 16.51/1.2 (rec). SP: G Lauro 19.61. DT: R Julião (BRA) 62.72. JT: A Ibarguen (COL) 73.61. HT: J Cerra 72.12. Dec: 1 L de Araujo (BRA) 7944. 4x100: Brazil 39.87 4x400: Brazil 3:08.95. 20,000W: 1 A Chocho (ECU) 1:20:23.8 (S Am track rec); 2 G Restrepo (COL) 1:20:36.6; 3 Y Ayala (CHI) 1:20:47.2. Women: 100 (0.1): A Silva 11.46. 200 (0.4): 1, Silva 23.18; 2 N González (COL) 23.22. 400: N Gonzalez (COL) 52.14. 800 /1500: R García (COL) 2:04.76/4:22.18. 5000: F da Silva (BRA) 15:39.67. 10,000: 1 S Alves (BRA) 31:59.11; 2 R Godoy (ARG) 32:51.10 (rec). 100H: B Merlano 13.07. 400H: J Sales 57.13. HJ: M Rojas (VEN) 1.80. PV: F Murer (BRA) 4.70. LJ: M Maggi 6.52/0.0. TJ: C Ibargüen (COL) 14.59w/2.2 (14.58/0.2). SP: N Duco (CHI) 17.15. DT: 1, A de Morais (BRA) 57.54. HT: J Dahlgren 72.70. JT: M Murillo (COL) 55.85. 4x100: Colombia 44.11 4x400: Brazil 3:31.66. 20,000W: I Hernandez (COL) 1:32:09.4 (S Am track rec).
AUSTRALIAMelbourne, June 7Men: 10km: 48 ANDREW COLES 33:08.Women: 10km: 1 ABIGAIL BAYLEY 33:18; 29 CLAIRE BASSILL 39:23Sydney, June 4Women: 10km: 15 AMY STAFFORD 37:18
AUSTRIAVienna, May 12Women: PV: D Auer 4.00 (world W40 rec)
BELARUSMinsk, June 3/4Men: HT: P Krivitskiy 79.23. Women: 100: 2 Y Nesterenko 11.63. 400: S Usovich 51.20. LJ: A Mironchyk-Ivanova 6.85; 2 V Shutkova 6.67. TJ: A Mironchyk-Ivanova 14.29. HT: 1 E Matoshko 70.24; 3 O Menkova 67.78
BELGIUMSint Niklaas, June 2Men: 200 r2 (1.9): 1 JUNIOR EJEHU 21.94
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINAZenica, June 1Men: SP: H Alic 20.33. DT: 1 R Varga (CRO) 64.34; 2 R Fazekas (HUN) 64.08
CANADABritish Columbia High School Champs, Vancouver, June 3/4Men: 200 (2.2): 3 HODSON HARDING (U20) 22.28 (22.26/2.1 ht). 400: 2 HARDING (U20) 47.53 (48.83 ht)Guelph, May 28Men: 2000: T Milne 5:01.57 (rec)
CONGOBrazzaville, June 12Men: 100 (-1.0): 1 A Seoud (EGY) 10.27; 2 B Meite (CIV) 10.32. 200: 1 Seoud 20.68; 2 Meite 20.77. 400: O Mogawane (RSA) 45.67. 1500: D Daba (ETH) 3:38.48. 3000sc: 1 R Mateelong (KEN) 8:11.46; 2 J Kipchoge (KEN) 8:13.06; 3 E Chelimo (KEN) 8:17.19. SP: C Veliz (CUB) 21.40 (rec); 2 D Kusiak (POL) 20.65. Women: 400: A Thiam (SEN) 53.10. 1500: B Feyisa (ETH) 4:04.85; 2 A Meskerem 4:06.32. 400H: W Theron (RSA) 56.39. LJ: T Voykina 6.42/-1.2
CZECH REPUBLICPrague, June 13JACK GREEN enjoyed another breakthrough run with a top-class 49.17 400m hurdles victory. The teenager took 0.31 from his time earlier in the week in Kassel and is a big favourite for the European Under 23 Championships. Lynsey Sharp lost her unbeaten record at 800m, but she did run her first sub-2:02 in the under-23 race,Men: 100: (0.8): 1 A Ouhadi (MAR) 10.21; 2 A Zakari (GHA) 10.24. 1500: 1 F El Kaam (MAR) 3:35.93; 2 D Wolde (ETH) 3:36.23. 110H (0.6): 1 T Akins (USA) 13.39; 2 F Townsend (USA) 13.47; 3 J Porter (USA) 13.47. 400H: 1 JACK GREEN 49.17; 4 DAVID HUGHES 50.06; 5 RICHARD DAVENPORT 50.15; 7 RICHARD YATES 50.99. HJ: 1 J Baba 2.31; 2 D Hondrokoukis (GRE) 2.28; 3 K Baniotis 2.28. SP: M Urtans (LAT) 20.27. HT: 1 K Pars (HUN) 78.68; 2 M Esser (GER) 77.23; 3 L Charfreitag (SVK) 76.57; A Zagorniy (RUS) nt. Women: 200 (0.2): Y Chermoshanskaya (RUS) 22.92. 800: 1 Z Bouras (ALG) 1:59.21; 2 L Klocova (SVK) 1:59.48; 3 S Klyuka (RUS) 1:59.65. U23: 1 A Tkachuk (UKR, U20) 2:01.51; 2 LYNSEY SHARP 2:01.98. 3000sc: B Alemu (ETH) 9:30.25. 100H (-0.3): 1 K Castlin (USA) 12.83; 6 SARAH CLAXTON 13.31. 400H: 1 Z Hejnova 54.44; 2 N Antyukh (RUS) 55.11; 4 EILIDH CHILD 55.82. PV: J Ptacnikova 4.52. JT: 1 B Spotakova 65.77; 2 K Molitor (GER) 63.32; 3 K Mickle (AUS) 61.25.
FINLANDTampere, June 12Men: 400H: 1 C Fredericks 49.20; 2 NATHAN WOODWARD 49.80. HJ: 1 D Thomas (BAH) 2.23; 2 O Torro 2.23. LJ: K Mokoena (RSA) 7.78/-1.8Helsinki, May 31Men: 10,000: L Korir (KEN) 27:41.33
FRANCEStrasbourg, June 12DWAIN CHAMBERS may not be welcome at Diamond League meetings, but he is well received at other events and is able to boost his bank balance. Following his Brazilian tour, he ran in his third 100m race in a few days in Europe and he recorded 10.04 in a race won by Antigua’s Daniel Bailey in 9.97. There was one British victory, though, as Lee McConnell won the 400m in an encouraging 51.56, while Joice Maduaka ran her fastest 200m for two years and was just 0.01 off her British masters record.Men: 100 (0.5): 1 D Bailey (ANT)
9.97; 2 Y Blake (JAM) 9.98; 3 DWAIN CHAMBERS 10.04; 4 J Vicaut (U2 0) 10.28; 6 RIKKI FIFTON 10.45. 400: 1 J Borlee (BEL) 45.04; 2 M Mathieu (BAH) 45.54. 800: J Kinyor (KEN) 1:46.23. 3000: 1 P Lonyangata (KEN) 7:39.72; 2 H Welday (ERI) 7:40.49; 3 Y Biwott (KEN) 7:40.65; 6 C Birmingham (AUS) 7:42.11; 9 R Gregson (AUS) 7:49.53. 3000sc: P Langat (KEN) 8:24.37. 110H (0.2): 1 J Richardson (USA) 13.35; 2 G Darien 13.41. TJ: 1 A Copello (CUB) 17.29; 2 B Compaore 17.29. JT: 1 D Tarabin (RUS) 82.86; 2 J Vadlejch (CZE) 80.76; 3 V Vesely (CZE) 78.54. Women: 100 (0.4): 1 M Ryemyen (UKR) 11.21; 2 O Povh (UKR) 11.24; 3 N Pogrebnyak (UKR) 11.33; 4 LAURA TURNER 11.43. 200 (0.7): 1 Ryemyen 22.68; 2 Povh 22.80; 3 M Soumare 23.10; 4 JOICE MADUAKA (W35) 23.23. 400: 1 LEE McCONNELL 51.56; 2 M Hurtis 51.62; 3 A Krivoshapka (RUS) 51.98. HJ: 1 V Styopina (UKR) 1.90; 2 M Jungfleisch (GER) 1.90. PV: Y Silva (CUB) 4.45Valbonne, June 11Men: 100 r1 (0.8): 1 PHILIP DOORGACHURN 10.72. r2 (1.5): 1 DOORGACHURN 10.74. 400 r1: 1 ROBERT TOBIN 46.14; 3 JONATHAN HORNBLOW 48.55; 4 DWAYNE LEWIS 48.63. Women: 100 r1 (1.6): 1 HAYLEY JONES 11.70. r2 (2.1): 1 JONES 11.73. 400: 1 KELLY MASSEY 53.22; 4 LAURA LANGOWSKI 54.72Hérouville Saint Clair, June 10Men : LJ: 2 EZEKIEL EWULO 7.56/2.6; - EWULO 7.55/0.9. Women: 100H (1.3): 2 SARAH CLAXTON 13.26. h1 (1.5): 1 CLAXTON 13.20.Nice, June 8Women: PV: 2 CAROLINE ADAMS 3.35Montreuil-Sous-Bois, June 7DWAIN CHAMBERS finished fourth in the 100m with Yohan Blake’s 9.95 just edging Christophe Lemaitre’s French and European under-23 record. It was a good meeting for the French as there were world-leading marks for triple jumper Teddy Tamgho and pole vaulter Renaud Lavillenie.Men: 100 (0.9): 1 Y Blake (JAM) 9.95; 2 C Lemaitre 9.96; 3 D Bailey (ANT) 10.00; 4 DWAIN CHAMBERS 10.09.
400: 1 M Mathieu (BAH) 45.73; 3 ROBERT TOBIN 46.09. 800: 1 M Aman (ETH, U17) 1:45.74; 2 M El Amine (MAR) 1:46.21. 5000: 1 A Abshero (ETH) 13:11.01; 2 Y Biwott (KEN) 13:11.19; 3 P Loyangat (KEN, U20) 13:11.2; 4 J Kiplimo (KEN) 13:13.77; 5 G Kusuro (UGA) 13:14.02; 15 MARK DRAPER 13:49.39. 110H (1.0): 1 J Brown (USA) 13.22; 2 J Porter (USA) 13.34. PV: 1 R Lavillenie 5.83; 2 R Mesnil 5.73. TJ:T Tamgho 17.67. Women: 100 (0.3): 1 M Ryemyen (UKR) 11.25; 2 O Povh (UKR) 11.32. 800: M Arzamasava (BLR) 1:59.74. 1M: 1 H Dehiba 4:29.59; 2 B Feyisa (ETH) 4:31.04; 3 T Gudkova (RUS) 4:32.89. 100H (1.3): 1 P Felicien (CAN) 12.75; 2 A Talai (BLR) 12.94. HT: Z Marghieva (MDA) 70.18Willer Sur Thur, June 2Men: 13.2M: 12 ADAM OSBORNE 65:18; 14 ORLANDO EDWARDS 65:30. Women: 8.5km: 5 EMMA CLAYTON 52:22Frejus, May 28Men: 10km: 6 KARL SHAW 33:19; 11 ASA SHAW 34:59Nice, May 28Women: PV: 1 CAROLINE ADAMS 3.00
GERMANYRehlingen-Siersburg, June 13Men: 100 (-1.6): 1 J Vicaut (FRA, U20) 10.41; 3 K Collins (SKN) 10.57. 400: Y Masrahi (KSA) 46.09; 2 MARTYN ROONEY 46.18. 1500: 1 A Iguider (MAR) 3:34.12; 2 B Seurei (KEN) 3:34.67; 5 B Nowicki (POL)3:36.68. 3000: 1 M Yehwalaeshet (ETH) 7:47.78; 2 V Rono (KEN) 7:48.36. HJ: 3 SAMSON ONI 2.18. PV: 1 STEVEN LEWIS 5.62; 2 K Dilla 5.62. Women: PV: 1 K Gadschiew 4.45; KATE DENNISON nhFrankisch Crumbach, June 12 Men: HT: S Litvinov (RUS) 77.71.Women: HT: 1 B Heidler 77.53; 2 Z Wenxiu (CHN) 75.65 (Asia rec); 3 K Klaas 73.54Kassel, June 8Men: 400H: 1 JACK GREEN 49.48. Women: PV: 7 KATE DENNISON 4.30
GREECEHania, June 11Men: 100 (0.1): 5 JUNIOR EJEHU
10.87; 7 FABIAN COLLYMORE 10.91. Women: 3000SC: 3 SHAVAUN HENRY 11:24.3. TJ: P Papahristou 14.72. DT: N Grasu (ROU) 61.08.Athens, June 1Women: HJ: V Veneva (BUL) 1.87. LJ/TJ: P Papahristou 6.55/0.1/14.34/-0.5
IRELANDCork, June 6Men: Mar: 9 DANIEL ROTHWELL 2:37:37; 16 MATTHEW WELLS 2:46:54; 27 GRAHAM HEDGER (M45) 2:54:21; 32 PHILIP PIPER (M55) 2:57:18Flora Women’s minimarathon, Dublin, June 6Women: 10km: 4 CATHY McCOURT (W35) 36:15; 20 JULIE BUTLER (W35) 39:23.Aviva Irish Schools Championships, Tullamore, June 4U20 men: 1500: 2 ANDREW MONAGHAN 3:55.04. 5000: 4 JOHN PAUL WILLIAMSON 15:35.47; 6 EOGHAN TOTTEN 15:59.43. 2000SC: 1 JAMES SPEIGHT 6:14.52. LJ: 1 CIARAN DOLAN 6.83. SP: 1 ANDREW DOYLE 15.80. HT: 1 DOYLE 62.58. JT: 2 KEVIN MURRAY 50.17. U17: 100H: 2 MARK MCGARVEY 14.19. 400H: 2 ANDREW BOLSTER 58.16. 1500SC: 5 THOMAS WEBB 4:53.90. LJ: 2 MARK MCGARVEY 6.57. SP: 6 ANDREW RICHARDSON 12.01. DT: 3 JOSH ATKINSON 39.94. HT: 3 SAM MATTHEWS 43.64. JT: 1 MATTHEW STOCKTON 49.80. U15: 200 (-0.5): 4 STUART MCEWAN 24.10. 800: 1 SHANE MCGOWAN 2:03.42; 2 CHRISTOPHER CONNELLY 2:03.79. 80H (-2.2): 1 ANDREW HUTCHINSON 11.71; 2 RUARI BROGAN 11.83. HJ: 2 ANDREW HUTCHINSON 1.75; 4 RYAN MCATEER 1.70. PV: 3 JOE KENNEDY 2.60. DT: 4 MICHAEL LOGAN 35.72; 6 CONNOR ELLIOTT 33.54. HT: 3 SCOTT MCMURTRY 41.09. JT: 1 ROWAN JENKINSON 42.98; 2 JORDAN GREER 42.90. U20 women: 200 (-0.3): 1 KATIE KIRK 25.01. 400: 1 JOANNA MILLS 55.09. 1500: 3 EMMA MITCHELL 4:49.92. 3000: 1 EMMA MITCHELL 10:19.01. 3000W: 4 EMMA DOHERTY 14:58.20. PV: 2 LUCY DUGAN 2.90. DT: 2 KATHY HETHERINGTON 36.01. LJ: 1
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MEN100: Tyson Gay (USA) 9.79/1.1200: Usain Bolt (JAM) 19.86/0.7400: Rondell Bartholomew (GRN) 44.65800: Abubaker Kaki (SUD) 1:43.681500: Nixon Chepseba (KEN) 3:31.421M: Haron Keitany (KEN) 3:49.09 3000: Yenew Alamirew (ETH) 7:27.265000: Imane Merga (ETH) 12:54.2110,000: Mo Farah (GBR) 26:46.5710kmRd: Micah Kogo (KEN) 27:15HM: Zersenay Tadese (ERI) 58:30Mar: Emmanuel Mutai (KEN) 2:04:40 (DH: Geoffrey Mutai (KEN) 2:03:02)3000SC: Paul Koech (KEN) 8:01.83110H: David Oliver (USA) 12.94400H: LJ van Zyl (RSA) 47.66HJ: Aleksey Dmitrik (RUS) 2.35PV: Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) 5.83LJ: Mitchell Watt (AUS) 8.44/0.8TJ: Teddy Tamgho (FRA) 17.67/0.6SP: Reese Hoffa (USA) 21.87DT: Robert Harting (GER) 68.99HT: Aleksey Zagorniy (RUS) 81.73JT: Vadims Vasilevskis (LAT) 88.22Dec: Trey Hardee (USA) 868920kW: Zhen Wang (CHN) 78:3050kW: Sergey Bakulin (RUS) 3:38:46 4x100: Jamaica 38.334x400: Texas A&M 3:00.45
WOMEN100: Carmelita Jeter (USA) 10.70/2.0200: Kimberlyn Duncan (USA) 22.24/1.5400: Allyson Felix (USA) 49.81800: Halima Hachlaf (MAR) 1:58.271500: Maryam Jamal (BRN) 4:00.331M: Hind Dehiba (FRA) 4:29.59 3000: Viola Kibiwott (KEN) 8:46.575000: Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) 14:31.9210,000: Sally Kipyego (KEN) 30:38.3510kmRd: Mary Keitany (KEN) 30:45HM: Mary Keitany (KEN) 65:50Mar: Mary Keitany (KEN) 2:19:193000SC: Milcah Chemos (KEN) 9:12.89100H: Kellie Wells (USA) 12.58/1.3400H: Lashinda Demus (USA) 53.31HJ: Blanka Vlasic (CRO) 1.97PV: Fabiana Murer (BRA) 4.70LJ: Veranika Shutkova (BLR) 6.95/0.2TJ: Olga Saladuka (UKR) 14.98/0.6SP: Nadezhda Ostapchuk (BLR) 20.59DT: Sandra Perkovic (CRO) 69.99HT: Betty Heidler (GER) 79.42JT: Martina Ratej (SLO) 65.89Hep: Jessica Ennis (GBR) 679020kW: Vera Sokolova (RUS) 1:25:084x100: USA 42.284x400: USA 3:22.92
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Kentfield, May 30Men: 10km: 46 SIMON FISHER 33:55.Women. 10km: 33 EMILY FERENCZI 39:52San Mateo, May 29Women: 5000: 1 EMILY FERENCZI 18:56.09Monroe, May 28Men: DT: J Morgan (JAM) 64.11 (rec)Abilene, May 12Men: 400: M Smith 45.21Tempe, April 8Women: HT: J Cosby 72.22Los Angeles, April 2Men: 400: J Mance (U20) 45.86. Women: 200 (1.6): A Payne 23.09Starkvile, April 1Men: 200 (0.0): T Tate 20.88. 110H (0.8): A Hicks 13.59 San Luis Obispo, April 1Men: DT: A Eaton 44.19Orem, April 1Men: SP: Z Loyd 20.21Starkville, March 26Men: 200 (-2.5): 1 H Adams 20.74. HJ: 1 D Drouin (CAN) 2.23; 2 J Harris 2.23
MILLS 5.86. TJ: 3 HOLLIE JOHNSTON 10.69; 4 RACHEL HEALY 10.63. HT: 2 GABY MCNALLY 51.94. JT: 1 LAUREN STEAD 40.96. U17: 800: 4 AISLINN CROSSEY 2:18.23; 6 AMY JACKSON 2:19.18. 3000: 1 ZARA MOORE 10:18.79. 300H: 4 CIARA ARMSTRONG 47.01. DT: 2 CARIS GREENWOOD 36.38; 3 BETH WILSON 35.12. TJ: 2 ANNABEL BARR 11.15; 3 CLARE DOUGHERTY 10.83. HT: 5 KATHRYN WALLACE 34.23; 6 HANNAH ALLEN 33.94. U15: 200 (-1.5): 2 ROSEANNA MCGUCKIAN 26.15. 800: 4 GEORGIA DICK 2:20.02. 75H (-0.4): 3 JANE ANDERSON 11.88. HJ: 2 SARAH CONNOLLY 1.56. LJ: 2 ROSEANNA MCGUCKIAN 5.10. TJ: 3 KATHRYN CASE 9.52. SP: 5 KATHRYN MCNALLY 9.90. HT: 4 MICHAELA MCNALLY 32.51; 5 MELISSA MOFFETT 29.89. JT: 2 JACQUI BURNS 32.85
ITALYTurin, June 10GOLDIE SAYERS defeated European champion Linda Stahl as she was over 60 metres in the javelin, while the track highlight was Amine Laalou’s solo 3:31.92 1500m run.Men: 100: (-0.5): A Ouhadi (MAR) 10.25. 1500: 1 A Laâlou (MAR) 3:31.92; 2 El Kaam (MAR) 3:36.73; 3 R Limo Ndiwa (KEN) 3:37.52. 5000: 1 A Lahbabi (MAR) 13:14.07; 2 J Kiplimo (KEN) 13:17.44. 110H: (-0.5) 1 D Robles (CUB) 13.25; 2 J Porter (USA) 13.49. HJ: 5 SAMSON ONI 2.19. HT: 1 A Zagorniy (RUS) 81.49. Women: 800: 1 Santiusti (CUB) 1:59.00; 2 Lobanova (UKR) 1:59.26. JT: 1 GOLDIE SAYERS 60.30; 2 L Stahl (GER) 60.14
JAMAICAJamaican Under 20 Championships, Kingston, June 11/12Men: 100 (-4.2): 3 NETHANEEL MITCHELL-BLAKE (U20) 11.03. (10.98/-2.9 ht). 200 (-1.5): 1 MITCHELL-BLAKE 21.54. (22.05 ht). Women: 400: C Gordon 52.65Mona, June 4Men: 200 (-2.4): 1 NETHANEEL MITCHELL-BLAKE (U20) 21.59
Kingston, May 29Men: 100 r7 (nwi): 1 TOBY SANDEMAN 10.53NACAC Championships, Kingston, May 28Men: Dec: M Smith 8078Spanish Town, May 29Men: 100 (-0.4): 1 N Carter 10.27; 2 O Bailey 10.30. 400: M Mason 45.91
JAPANJapanese Championships, Kumayaga, June 11/12KOJI MUROFUSHI won his 17th successive Japanese title at the hammer with 77.01m.Men: 100 (-0.5): M Eriguchi 10.38. 200: S Takahira 20.49.400: 1 Y Kanemaru 45.68; 2 H Hirose 45.84. 5000: B Karoki (KEN/gst) 13:15.76. 400H: 1 T Kishimoto 49.28. HT: K Murofushi 77.01. JT: Y Murakami 82.75. Women: 200 (-0.7): C Fukushima 23.44. 5000: M Kinukawa 15:09.96. JT: R Miyashita 60.08Kawasaki, June 5Men: Dec: K Ushiro 8076 (rec)
LATVIAValmiera, June 4Men: Dec: E Erins 8312 (rec)
LITHUANIAKaunas, June 4Men: LJ: P Mikolaitys 8.15/0.5 (rec)
LUXEMBOURGLuxembourg, June 11Women : Mar: 7 ALISON SHAW (W35) 2:56:06; 10 TORIELLE PERREUR-LLOYD (W45) 3:19:14
NETHERLANDSLeiden, June 11Men: 400: 2 GRAHAM HEDMAN 47.17. PV: 5 NED QUINEY 5.00; 6 GREGOR MACLEAN 5.00. TJ: 3 KOLA ADEDOYIN 15.81/-1.5. Women: 100 (-0.4): 1 LORRAINE UGEN 11.85. 200 (-0.8): 6 VICTORIA BARR 24.71. 400: 3 BARR 54.56. LJ: 2 LORRAINE UGEN 6.12/1.1. DT: 5 NAVDEEP DHALIWAL 46.01
Groesbeek, June 5Men: 10km P Langat 27:54. Women: 10km: R El Moukim (MAR) 33:02
NORWAY Floro, June 4Men: 200 (2.5): J Wissman (SWE) 20.66.Women: 100 (2.0): E Okparaebo 11.24. 1000: 1 I Maracheva (RUS) 2:36.31; 2 M Arzamasava (BLR) 2:37.93
POLANDKrakow, June 12Men: 100 (1.2): 1 D Kuc 10.15; 2 F Obikwelu (POR) 10.18. 400: CONRAD WILLIAMS 46.00. 800: A Kszczot 1:45.41. 110H (0.5): A Noga 13.65. SP: T Majewski 21.00. DT: P Malachowski 67.97. 4x100: Poland 39.01. Women 100 (1.3): M Jeschke 11.33
ROMANIABucharest, June 3Men: TJ: M Oprea 16.64/1.5. Women: HJ: E Petre 1.92. LJ: V Tigau 6.70. TJ: A Gavrila 14.27/-0.5. DT: N Grasu 62.62. HT: B Perie 69.24
RUSSIAMoscow, June 12Men: 400: D Alekseyev 45.73. 110H (0.1): Y Isakova 13.57. SP: M Sidorov 20.45. Women: 800: 1 Y Martynova 1:59.17; 2 Y Zinurova 2:00.39. 400H: E Churakova 56.25. HJ: 1 S Shkolina 1.95; 2 T Mnatsakanova 1.95. LJ: L Kolchanova 6.75Russian Multi Events Championships, Cheboksary, June 8/9Men: Dec: 1 A Drozdov 8334 (11.28/-0.8, 7.27/0.0, 16.31, 2.12, 51.67, 14.98/0.0, 51.24, 5.10, 63.82, 4:45.00); 2 Kharlamov 8066. Women: Hep: 1 Kurban 6102 (14.02/0.3, 1.74, 13.42, 24.18/0.2, 6.13/0.5, 42.71, 2:14.80)Saransk, June 12THE Barcelona bronze medallist Sergey Bakulin won the Russian 50km walking title and qualified for Daegu with a world leading 3:38:46.Men: 50KW: S Bakulin 3:38:46; 2 Y Andronov 3:42:25
Chelyabinsk, May 29Women: 800: M Savinova 1:58.9 HJ: A Shorstova 1.94Russian Team Championships, Adler/ (field)Sochi (track), May 25Men: HJ: A Shustov 2.30; 2 A Silnov 2.24. PV: I Pavlov 5.64. LJ: S Polyanskiy 8.00. TJ: A Fedorov 17.01. SP: 1 A Lobynya 21.00; 2 I Yushkov 20.38. HT r1: A Zagorniy 81.73. r2: 1 A Zagorniy 80.96; 2 S Litvinov 76.88. Women: 200 (0.5): Y Chermoshanskaya 22.81. 800: 1 S Klyuka 1:59.26; 2 Y Kostetskaya 2:00.39; 3 Y Soboleva 2:03.45. 1500: 1 Y Zaripova 4:07.01; 7 Y Soboleva 4:10.36. HJ: A Chicherova 1.96; 2 I Gordeyeva 1.94; 3 M Kuchina (U20) 1.92. LJ: 1 Y Pidluzhnaya 6.80; 2 L Kolchanova 6.68; 3 Y Sokolova 6.65. TJ: 1 A Kuropatkina 14.35. SP: A Omarova 19.05. HT: A Bulghakova 68.90; 2 G Khanafeyeva 68.02. DT: 1 D Pishchalnikova 63.61; 2 N Sadova 59.78
SWEDENHässleholms, June 12Men: 1500: 2 LEWIS MOSES 3:46.56Gothenburg, June 11Men: 400: 1 R Yousif (SUD) 45.53; 2 ANDREW STEELE 46.17. 800: 9 STUART ROSS (U20) 1:52.78. Women: 800: 4 CELIA TAYLOR 2:05.55
TURKEYIstanbul, June 11Men: 100 (-0.4): 1 DWAIN CHAMBERS 10.17; 2 R Guliyev 10.26; 3 A Griffith (BAH) 10.33; 4 A Ouhadi (MOR) 10.405 RIKKI FIFTON 10.47. 200 (0.8): 1 Guliyev 20.32 (rec); 2 FIFTON 20.87. JT: F Avan 82.48; 2 R Avramenko (UKR) 82.43; 3 D Kosynskyy (UKR) 81.92Women: 400/400H: V Stambolova 51.43/54.33. 800: 4 EJIRO OKORO 2:07.03. HJ: V Veneva (BUL) 1.93. SP: J Camarena-Williams (USA) 19.48; 2 A Avdeyeva (RUS) 18.61
USA New York, June 11WORLD 10,000m champion Linet Masai dominated the 40th edition of
the race as Jo Pavey finished seventh, beating Liliya Shobukhova.Women: 10km: 1 L Masai (KEN) 31:40; 2 A Kiros (ETH) 32:09; 3 B Gebre (ETH) 32:10; 4 E Kiplagat (KEN) 32:24; 5 E Chebet (KEN) 32:31; 6 K Smith (NZL) 32:32; 7 JO PAVEY 32:46; 8 A Aguilar (ESP) 32:56; 9 E Wellings (AUS) 33:06; 10 M Lewy Boulet 33:09; 11 A Incerti (ITA) 33:25; 16 L Kiplagat (KEN) 33:55; 19 CLAIRE HALLISSEY 34:23;25 D Kastor 35:00; 28 L Shobukhova(RUS) 35:31Clermont, June 11SHARA PROCTOR went top of the UK rankings and equal fifth all-time with a 6.81m long jump leap, though it was a mixed competition.Men: 100 (2.8): 1 L Clarke (JAM) 9.90 (10.08/1.3 ht); 2 J Gatlin 9.97; 3 B Christian (ANT) 10.06. 200 (1.9): J Connaughton (CAN) 20.45. 110H (0.0): R Ash 13.40. LJ: T Quinley 8.21/0.1. Women: 100 (2.0): B Pierre 11.14. 100H r2 (1.8): 1 ANGELITA BROADBELT-BLAKE 13.18. h1 (1.4): 6 BROADBELT-BLAKE 13.42. LJ: 1 SHARA PROCTOR 6.81/1.4San Diego, June 5Men: Mar: N Terfa (ETH) 2:11:18; 12 BRAD POORE 2:21:14. HM: M Keflezighi 62:50. Women: Mar: B Deba (ETH) 2:23:31 (69:20 HM); 2 M Mekonnin (ETH) 2:25:21; 3 H Kirop (KEN) 2:27:01; 4 O Shurkhno (RUS) 2:28:34Albany, June 4Women: 5km: 1 M Daska, (ETH) 15:19; 2 A Kiros (ETH) 15:23; 3 E Chebet (KEN) 15:29Clermont, June 4Men: 100 r1 (1.0): 5 JASON SMYTH (IRL) 10.29. (10.30w ht). Women: 100H r1 (2.3): 5 ANGELITA BROADBELT-BLAKE 13.32. (13.13/4.2 ht)Bolder BOULDER 10K, May 30Men: Elite 10km: 24 NEILSON HALL 32:36; 25 JON PEPPER 32:37; 27 MATT JANES 34:58. 10km: 34 EWEN NORTH 34:18. Elite 10km: 5 CLAIRE HALLISSEY 34:48; 20 SARAH TUNSTALL 37:44; 24 MARY WILKINSON 39:23. 10km: 10 KATHY BUTLER (W35) 37:37
Makusha triple highlights NCAAUSANCAA Division I Championships, Des Moines June 8-11ON A weekend when competitions all around the world were affected by poor weather conditions, there were plenty of records here despite the thunder and lightning. The weather had some effect as the combined events, for example, ended up spanning three days.
Zimbabwe’s Ngonidzashe Makusha was the star of the championships. Earlier this year the long jump specialist clocked 9.97 in his first 100m for four years and he backed that up with a national record of 9.89 (1.3mps), also breaking Ato Boldon’s 15-year-old collegiate record.
Rakieem Salaam finished second with a PB of 9.97 from Maurice Mitchell (10.00) as City of Sheffield’s Gerald Phiri took fourth (10.15).
The following day Makusha teamed up with Mitchell on the victorious 4x100m team as Florida State took gold in 38.77.
In the long jump, Makusha won his first of three titles with a national record of 8.40m (0.0mps) in a competition where four athletes broke 8.15m.
Also jumping to new lengths was
Christian Taylor in the triple jump. He took an early lead with an outdoor PB of 17.28m, lost it in round three and responded with another PB of 17.40m. Long jump third-placer Will Claye then regained his lead with 17.41m
Taylor, though, saved the best to last, a final round 17.80m – only slightly wind assisted at 2.3mps. Claye responded well with the final jump but his 17.62m (2.9mps) fell short.
Nineteen-year-old Kimberlyn Duncan missed out by 0.01 on triple
gold in the women’s sprints, but her golds in the 200m and 4x100m and silver in the 100m made her one of the highest-scoring athletes of the championships.
Duncan took silver in the 100m in 11.09, just a whisker behind Candyce McGrone (11.08). She then anchored LSU to 4x100m gold in 42.65 and just half an hour later she won the 200m with another big PB and world-leading time of 22.24.
The men’s 800m saw Charles Jock lead through 400m in 49.85 and 600m in 77.22. At this stage, Robby Andrews was a clear last, but he denied Jock a gun-to-tape win as he kicked past in 1:44.71 to win by four hundredths of a second as he missed Mark Everett’s 1990 championship record by just 0.01.
In the women’s 4x400m Jessica Beard, who won the 400m in 51.10, ran a storming 49.14 anchor leg to take Texas A&M from third to first, winning with 3:26.31.
The best UK performers were Hannah Brooks and Rory Fraser, who finished sixth in the 1500m and 5000m respectively.Men: 100: 1 N Makusha (ZIM) 9.89 (rec); 2 R Salaam 9.97; 3 M Mitchell
10.00; 4 G Phiri (ZAM) 10.15. 200 (2.6): 1 M Mitchell 19.99 (20.39/1.1 ht); 2 M Niit (EST) 20.38 (ht: 20.43/1.1 (rec). ht (1.2): R Salaam 20.29. h2 (1.1): 6 JAMES ALAKA 21.07. 400: 1 K James (GRN) 45.10; 2 T McQuay 45.14; 3 M Berry 45.18; 4 D Pinder (BAH) 45.23. G Roberts dq (45.10). 800: 1 R Andrews 1:44.71;2 C Jock 1:44.75; 3 E Greer 1:45.06; 4 C Loxsom 1:45.31. 1500: 1 M Centrowitz 3:42.54; 11 CHRIS O’HARE 3:47.61. h1: 12 DAVID BISHOP 3:52.30. h2: 3 O’HARE 3:43.03. 5000: 1 S Chelanga (KEN) 13:29.30; 6 RORY FRASER 13:39.40; 15 THOMAS FARRELL 14:00.24. 10,000: 1 L Korir (KEN) 28:07.63; 2 Chelanga 28:12.18; 7 KEITH GERRARD 28:36.33. 110H (3.6): 1 B Nugent 13.28; 2 A Riley (JAM) 13.34; 3 B Ames 13.34. in ht: O Osaghae 13.32/0.9. 400H: J Anderson 48.56. .h3: 6 THOMAS PHILLIPS 50.86. 3000SC: M Hughes (CAN) 8:24.87. h1: 10 TOM WADE 8:54.73. HJ: E Kynard 2.29.LJ: 1 N Makusha (ZIM) 8.40/0.0 (rec); 2 D Forbes 8.23; 3 W Claye 8.20; 4 M Goodwin 8.16w. TJ: 1 C Taylor 17.80w/2.3 (17.40/2.0); 2 W Claye 17.62w/2.9 (17.35/1.5); 2 Claye 17.62/2.9 (17.40). SP: J Clarke 19.75. DT): 1 J Wruck (AUS) 61.81; HT: 1 A Ziegler (GER) 72.69; 2 M Lomnicky
(SLO) 72.35. JT: 1 T Glover 80.33. Dec: 1 M Morrison 8118; 2 N Beach 8084. 4x100: 1 Florida State 38.77; 2 Texas AM 38.91. 4x400: 1 Texas AM 3:00.62; 2 LSU 3:01.07. Women: 100 (1.5): 1 C McGrone 11.08; 2 K Duncan 11.09; 3 J Young 11.14; 4 A Scott (U20) 11.19; 7 E Gardner (U20) 11.25. 200 (1.5): 1 K Duncan 22.34 (22.39/1.2 ht); 2 T Townsend 22.58. h3 (0.0): 8 NATALIE PEARSON 23.99. 400: J Beard 51.10. 800: A Kessering (GER) 2:02.15. 1500: 1 S Reid (CAN) 4:14.57; 6 HANNAH BROOKS 4:16.81. h1: 5 BROOKS 4:18.94; 9 KIRSTY LEGG 4:23.81. 5000: Reid 15:37.57. 10,000: 1 J Bottorff 34:25.86; 9 RUTH SENIOR 35:04.52. 3000sc: E Coburn 9:41.14. 100H (2.1): 1 N Ali 12.63 (12.82/-0.6 ht).; 2 C Manning 12.72; 3 J Coward 12.79. 400H: 1 T Brown 55.65. HJ: B Barrett 1.86. PV: 1 M Gergel 4.45; 2 T Sutej (SLO) 4.45. LJ: 1 T Bowie 6.64/-1.61; 14 AMY HARRIS 6.19/2.6 (6.17/1.5). TJ: P Mamona (POR) 14.05/1.7. SP: J Labonte (CAN) 18.31 (rec). DT: 1 T Rew 58.64. HT: D Habazin (CRO) 68.15. JT: B Borman 54.32. Hep: R Krais 5961. 4x100: 1 LSU 42.64; 2 Texas AM 42.93. 4x400: 1 Texas AM 3:26.31; 2 Auburn 3:26.46; 3 Oregon 3:28.18.
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TRACKJUNE 12BMAF THROWS PENTATHLONMilton KeynesM35 men: PenWt: 1 G Holder (Bexley) 3026 (54.29, 10.95, 36.21, 32.53, 14.88); 2 S Achurch (Nene V) 2904 (46.95, 11.35, 35.26, 43.05, 12.22); 3 S Thurgood (Wat) 2664; 4 W Clarke (Bost) 2477M40: PenWt: 1 D Kerr (Bed C) 2710 (46.09, 10.39, 24.11, 30.37, 12.96); 2 J Twiddle (KuH) 2700M45: PenWt: 1 S Whyte (TVH) 4329 (55.17, 14.14, 43.48, 39.93, 16.35); 2 D Burrell (Lut) 3390 (43.56, 11.02, 34.62, 37.41, 13.32); 3 T Tipping (Camb H) 3196 (39.42, 11.22, 34.68, 34.49, 12.19); M50: PenWt: 1 B Broadbridge (Newb) 3506 (46.52, 12.97, 40.75, 33.23, 15.20); 2 C Privett (Belg) 3256 (41.66, 10.71, 36.63, 34.25, 16.46); 3 R Hanbury-Brown (AUS) 2586 M55: PenWt: 1 D Maggs (Gate) 2854 (41.09, 8.65, 29.34, 27.44, 12.13); 2 J Wild (VAANE) 2780 (34.89, 8.86, 32.43, 27.92, 11.61); 3 J Stevens (Bexley) 2566M60: PenWt: 1 N Griffin (WSEH) 3880 (40.55, 13.17, 48.08, 34.65, 15.62); 2 A Richards (Croy) 2959; 3 K Bricis (Worth) 2835M65: PenWt: 1 M Hazlewood (N Vets) 4027 (40.20, 11.36, 42.58, 35.98, 15.14); 2 C Melluish (Camb H) 2999 (41.25, 8.72, 30.71, 15.93, 13.61); 3 D Kuester (Bic) 2919M70: PenWt: 1 J Kee (Mil K) 3703 (45.20, 10.11, 29.29, 24.74, 16.25); 2 W Gentleman (Edin) 3286 (42.86, 9.20, 26.05, 16.12, 16.35)M75: PenWt: 1 C Brand (B&B) 3618 (31.73, 9.56, 30.75, 33.35, 10.19); 2 I Miller (Swan) 2860 ; 3 G Hickey (B&B) 2690; 4 P Barber (Camb H) 2533 W35 women: PenWt: 1 A Jenkins (Nene V) 3341 (44.60, 9.90, 38.04, 23.27, 14.73)W40: PenWt: 1 S Lawrence (Thurr) 3116 (33.04, 10.19, 35.12, 28.79, 10.49); 2 C Thrush (K&P) 2890 W45: PenWt: 1 J Smith (WSEH) 3288 (43.58, 8.06, 29.32, 18.55, 11.81); 2 J Wilson (Read) 3141W50: PenWt: 1 J Ibbitson (Holm) 3601 (41.46, 10.11, 28.28, 23.55, 12.59); 2 D Smith (KuH) 2995 (41.19, 7.48, 16.67, 20.21, 12.45); 3 C Cameron (VPCG) 2759; 4 W Dunsford (E&E) 2662; 5 J Jagger (Gran) 2592W55: PenWt: F Crompton (York) 2392 (22.56, 7.94, 18.76, 18.20, 7.38)W60: PenWt: R Martin (C&C) 2737 (25.99, 8.48, 19.57, 14.55, 8.35)W65: PenWt: 1 L Sissons (E&E) 3587 (23.51, 9.12, 21.01, 24.26, 9.99); 2 B Terry (B&B) 3077 (23.34, 7.64, 18.86, 16.37, 9.92); 3 M Coombe (Banb) 2233W70: PenWt: C Derrien (Jer) 2981 (21.41, 6.09, 17.54, 13.44, 8.52)W75: PenWt: B Dunsford (E&E) 1535 (18.18, 1.63, 8.94, 7.16, 4.88)
JAVELIN CARNIVAL. BarlboroughMen: JT: 1 J Campbell 71.04; 2 N Crossley 67.15; 3 M Hunt 66.87; 4 B Byrd 62.91; 5 A Crawford 62.15; 6 G Millar 57.67; 7 J Copsey 55.97U20: JT: 1 J Dunderdale 63.95; 2 S Turnock 56.19; 3 G Millar 55.13; 4 H Newenham 48.02U18: JT: 1 T Peters 65.49; 2 A Reynolds 61.37; 3 H Bevan 61.33U17JT: 1 T Peters 63.19; 2 H Bevan 61.31; 3 B Whipp 53.78; 4 L Blundell 50.42; 5 R Curtis (U15) 46.58U15: JT: 1 R Curtis 53.49; 2 J Pownall 51.02U13: JT: 1 J Moncur 38.48; 2 S Wilson
34.98Women: JT: 1 T Ward 50.57; 2 F Jones 47.92; 3 E Meakins 41.34; 4 S Ellis 39.93U20: JT: 1 F Jones 47.07; 2 K Bramhald 40.29U18: JT: 1 F Jones 48.86; 2 K Bramhald 41.20; 3 H Webb 36.05U17: JT: 1 N Wilson 42.55; 2 B Wooley 38.58U15: JT: 1 X Mendes-Jones 30.70; 3 C Brown (U13) 17.19U13: JT: 1 E Doran 28.41; 2 J Hirst 24.39
EASTERN YOUNG ATHLETES’ LEAGUEBraintreeMATCH: 1 Chelmsford 551; 2 C&C 406.5; 3 Basildon 384; 4 Southend 377.5; 5 Thurrock 328; 6 Braintree and District AC 279.U17 men: 100H: A: 1 K Riley-Laborde (Thurr) 13.9; 2 L Yarwoord (Chelm) 14.4. B: R Clarricoats (Thurr) 14.0. 4x100: Thurr 47.0. SP: A: O Holway (C&C) 13.53. HT: A: 1 O Holway (C&C) 50.09; 2 S Grant (S’end) 40.21U15: 800: B: 4 A Jordan (S’end) 25.3. 80H: A: M Harding (Bas) 12.4. SP: A: A Lemming (Bas) 13.25. DT: A: A Lemming (Bas) 32.54U13: 75H: A: 1 J Ellis (Chelm) 12.1; 2 M Shields (Bas) 13.5. HJ: A: J Peason (Thurr) 1.50. SP: A: J Pearson (Thurr) 10.61U17 women: 80H: A: G Green-Muid (Chelm) 12.4. DT: A: D Castle (Chelm) 31.28U15: 300: A: N McKechnie (Chelm) 42.1. 1500: A: G Holloway (Thurr) 4:59.3. 75H: A: M Howard (Chelm) 11.5. SP: A: M Deer (Brain) 10.03. HT: A: E Cockell (Brain) 36.99U13: 1500: A: J Judd (Chelm) 5:09.8. HJ: A: S Raouf (S’end) 1.40. DT: A: V Coppolaro (C&C) 22.89
Bury St EdmundsMATCH: 1 West Suffolk 533; 2 St Albans 448.5; 3 E & H/B & D 442; 4 Colchester H 287; 5 Herts Phoenix 269.5.U17 men: 100H: A: C Gaddes (St Alb) 13.9. B: L Yaxley (St Alb) 14.4. ns: J Tang (St Alb) 14.9. 4x100: St Alb 46.5. HJ: A: T Buckle (St Alb) 1.85. SP: A: A Parkinson (W Suff) 13.09U15: 100: A: R Arthur (E&H/B&D) 11.8. 200: A: R Arthur (E&H/B&D) 24.3. 1500: A: S Anthony (W Suff) 4:23.8. 80H: ns: T Knight (W Suff) 12.9. PV: A: T Rottier (E&H/B&D) 2.70. DT: A: H Hughes (W Suff) 33.35. JT: A: H Hughes (W Suff) 46.98U13: 75H: A: S Bazanye-Lutu (E&H/B&D) 12.9. B: O O’Sahon-Lubel (E&H/B&D) 13.4U17 women: 300: A: F Frederick (Herts P) 41.5. 80H: A: 1 A Tymon-Mcewan (St Alb) 11.7; 2 F Frederick (Herts P) 12.1. TJ: A: C Wade (W Suff) 10.82. JT: A: A Wilde (St Alb) 34.16U15: SP: A: A Townend (St Alb) 9.88U13: 800: A: S Tooley (W Suff) 2:24.2. 1500: A: N Waters (W Suff) 5:14.9. 70H: A: Z Benton (Herts P) 12.4. HJ: A: B Keswick (W Suff) 1.41StevenageMATCH: 1 Stevenage 524.5; 2 Bedford 421; 3 Luton 348.5; 4 Ryston 262; 5 Peterborough 259; 6 Biggleswade 175.U17 men: 100H: A: 1 E Dickson-Earle (Bigg) 14.0; 2 S Thomas (Lut) 14.2; 3 M De Nobrega (Bed C) 15.0. HJ: A: 1 M De Nobrega (Bed C) 1.88; 2 J Watson (Bigg) 1.88. PV: A: 1 J Devereux (Bed C) 3.40; 2 E Borrmann (Ryst) 3.20. HT: A: 1 A Sydee (Lut) 49.80; 2 O Thompson (Ryst) 42.31. ns: J Potton-Burrell (A’deen U) 50.13U15: 100: A: G Matthew (Lut) 12.0. 200: A: G Matthew (Lut) 24.2. 80H: A: D Spicer (SNH) 12.9. HJ: A: J Conroy
(Bed C) 1.75. PV: A: N Gardner (SNH) 2.70. SP: A: C Rodgers (Bed C) 12.12. HT: A: D Howe (Ryst) 39.38U13: 75H: A: C Dickson-Earle (Bigg) 13.3U17 women: 800: A: S Billington (Lut) 2:17.9. SP: A: S Pam (P’boro) 11.28. HT: A: E Evans (SNH) 32.80U15: 800: A: 1 A Edwards (Lut) 2:21.8; 2 L Russell (Bed C) 2:22.6. 75H: A: L Underwood (Bed C) 11.9. SP: A: M Hunt (Bed C) 9.92WatfordMATCH: 1 Hav May 538; 2 Ipswich 528.5; 3 D&T 448.5; 4 Watford 299; 5 Harlow 64.U17 men: JT: A: F Hudson (Ips) 49.36U15: 100: A: A Law (Hmay) 11.9. 200: A: L Manser (Ips) 24.4. 400: A: H O’Brart (Wat) 54.9. 800: A: C Keane (Wat) 2:08.5. 80H: A: 1 A Law (Hmay) 11.6; 2 J Durrant (D&T) 12.8. ns: J Weller (AFD) 12.9. DT: A: A Law (Hmay) 32.62U13: 200: A: 1 B Ellis (Hmay) 26.6; 2 B Craven (Ips) 26.8. 800: A: B Ellis (Hmay) 2:23.4. 75H: A: H Chadwich (D&T) 13.9U17 women: HJ: A: M Smith (D&T) 1.66. LJ: A: C Shelley (Ips) 5.25. TJ: A: C Shelley (Ips) 10.78
U15: 75H: A: S Bentley (Wat) 11.8. LJ: A: S Prescott-Smith (Ips) 5.13. DT: A: G Taylor (Hmay) 38.38. B: 1 R Forder (Hmay) 29.08; 2 E Bloomfield (Ips) 26.31. HT: A: 1 E Bloomfield (Ips) 32.72; 2 G Taylor (Hmay) 26.65U13: HJ: A: 1 R Hawtin (D&T) 1.40; 2 M Shokunbi (Hmay) 1.40. DT: B: K Law (Hmay) 24.42
SOUTH YORKSHIRE YOUNG ATHLETES’ LEAGUE, Doncaster U15 boys: 80H: J Filluel (Sheff) 12.1. SP: J Rowley (Roth) 11.84U13: 100: r1: 1 J Filluel (Sheff) 12.5; 2 J Rowley (Roth) 12.8; 3 L Paley (Barns) 12.8. r2: B Salt (Roth) 12.9. 800: O Dane (Sheff) 2:21.7. SP: 1 L Rowley (Roth) 9.91; 2 K Smith (Roth) 8.22; 3 D Daly (Donc) 7.24; 4 D Bell (Sheff) 6.77; 5 J Bilton (Roth) 6.67; 6 W Stasi (Sheff) 5.55; 7 M Bishell (Sheff) 5.45; 8 A Manthorpe (Sheff) 5.09; 9 G Richards (Donc) 4.83; 10 R Jackson (Donc) 4.48; 11 E Bridges (Donc) 4.37; 11 L Edmonds (Donc) 4.37; 13 M Miller (Hallam) 4.23; 14 A Parperi (Womb) 4.00; 15 R Brown (Sheff) 3.67U11: 80: 1 J Humberstone (Hallam)
12.6; 2 J Law (Donc) 12.7U15 girls: 75H: 1 L Toop (Donc, U13) 12.3. DT: 1 T Buckingham (Barns) 25.02U13: 70H: A Mussett (Donc) 12.4. HJ: R Oliver (Sheff) 1.48
WESSEX YOUNG ATHLETES’ LEAGUEHorspathMATCH: 1 Oxford City 410; 2 Southampton AC 380; 3 Poole AC 155; 4 Dorchester 128; 5 Weymouth St Paul’s H 30U17 men: LJ: N Hunt (Soton) 6.66U13: 75H: L Sheppard (Poole) 13.31. DT: E Jenkinson (Soton) 29.36. JT: 1 E Jenkinson (Soton) 35.55; 2 R Crowther (Oxf C) 33.75U15 girls: SP: S Merritt (Soton) 11.86. DT: A: S Merritt (Soton) 32.55. B: E Green (Soton) 28.52. JT: A: S Merritt (Soton) 36.14. B: E Green (Soton) 34.18U13: 200: A Byles (Oxf C) 27.93. 800: C Stafford (Oxf C) 2:28.3SouthamptonMATCH: 1 Marlborough Juniors 187; 2 New Forest Juniors 178; 3 Andover 168; 4 Newbury 167; 5 Isle of Wight 119 (Abandoned due to adverse weather)U17 men: DT: A: R Doran (Newb) 39.04
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JUNE 12NORTH WEST CHAMPIONSHIPSStretfordDESPITE poor weather conditions leading to a number of athletes staying away on the day, there were a plethora of bright performances at the second edition of these championships, Stephen Green reports.
A UKA-recognised 10,000m, a specially organised event by Bashir Hussain, proved to be the highlight of the championships. Simon Horsfield paced to 3km before a group of five broke away, including James Smith, Dewi Griffiths and Alex Hains. They worked together taking a lap each, before Hains broke away with eight laps to go to win in 29:30 from debutant Smith (30:01). Three athletes, Paul Thompson (30:30.97), Karl Billington (30:58.13, and David Vernon (31:03.14), all recorded European Juniors qualifying times.
Several championship bests were recorded, the most significant being UK fourth-ranked Mike Floyd’s hammer throw, which was just shy of the 70-metre mark. Ben Fisher won the javelin with 60.27m.
Defending champion Laura Riches did not let either the rain, nor being the only competitor in the race, concern her on her way to victory in the 1500m steeplechase as she recorded a time a whisker outside the five-minute barrier.
Again, there was enough quality at the front end of these championships to suggest that with the right conditions and support they could become a worthy successor to the struggling county championships.Men400: 1 D Barry (Traff) 49.30; 1 J Oguntayo (Sale, U20) 48.91; 2 J Mukuna (Sale, U20) 50.01; 3 A Thompson (Liv PS, U20) 50.22. r1: N Hilton (Liv PS) 49.94. r2: D Barry (Traff) 49.70. 10,000: 1 A Hains (Card) 29:30.48; 2 J Smith (Leeds C) 30:01.23; 3 J Bailey (Salf) 30:10.07; 4 M Clowes (Staffs M) 30:28.44; 5 D Griffiths (Swan) 30:28.77; 6
K Seaward (Card) 30:29.30; 7 P Thompson (BRAT, U20) 30:30.97; 8 K Billington (B’burn, U20) 30:58.13; 9 D Vernon (VPCG, U20) 31:03.14; 10 T Davies 31:12.72; 11 S Bayton (Sheff U) 32:06.35; 12 T Eoghan (Newc, U20) 33:00.55; 13 A Clews (Vale R, U20) 33:11.01. HJ: M Hartley (Liv H, U20) 1.90. LJ: C Jones (Liv H, U17) 6.98. SP: 1 W Lowndes (Liv H) 15.69; 2 J Nicholls (Sale) 14.48. HT: 1 M Floyd (Sale)
69.34; 2 M Bomba (Liv H) 65.76; 3 R Bate (Traff) 56.51. JT: B Fisher (Liv H) 60.27U20HT: A Reynolds (Liv H) 47.41Women1500SC: L Riches (Leigh, U20) 5:00.2. HT: V Johnson (Liv H) 47.77U20400: 1 T Watson (Sale) 56.96; 2 B Hicken (Warr) 58.29
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WokingMATCH: 1 Basingstoke Mid-Hants 467; 2 Camberley 402; 3 Woking 400; 4 Slough Juniors 268; 5 Winchester 121U17 men: SP: J Watson (Slough J) 12.16U15: SP: C Sandford (C’ley) 11.97U13: 200: A Condon (Slough J) 26.5U17 women: SP: F Brown (Win) 9.84U15: 75H: A: 1 M Lake (Slough J) 12.0; 2 E Bushall (C’ley) 12.5. HJ: A: K Barker (BMH) 1.66. LJ: A: M Lake (Slough J) 5.56. SP: A Binnion (Woking) 10.06U13: 1200: 1 P Myall (C’ley) 4:09.9; 2 L Wildash (BMH) 4:16.2League standings after two matches: 1 Basingstoke Mid-Hants 10; 2eq Camberley/Southampton AC/Team Kennet 9; 5eq Aldershot/Andover/Oxford City 8
JUNE 11COUNTY SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPSBerkshire, ReadingU20 men: 400: D Smith 49.1. 800: 1 M White 1:52.0; 2 J Williams 1:54.2; 3 L Conway 1:56.6. 110H: S Plumb 16.0. 400H: S Maguire 56.3. 2000SC: 1 Z Seddon 5:42.2; 2 D Lewis 6:20.0. HJ: R Bonifas 1.90. PV: C Smith 4.40. HT: L Doran 46.71. JT: 1 J Bransgrove 53.33; 2 B Taplin 48.69U17: 100: A Thomas 10.9. Ht1: A Thomas 11.1. 400: 1 S Randall 49.7; 2 L MacDevitt 49.9; 3 J Speed 50.9. 800: J Saissi 1:59.7. 1500: S Halsted 4:11.1. 3000: J Davies 8:39.8. 100H: 1 A Walker 13.6; 2 J Hatton 14.2; 3 O Ayton 14.5; 4 M Davies 14.8. 400H: D Brock 58.1. 1500SC: 1 M Seddon 4:26.8; 2 R Harvie 4:30.3. HJ: 1 M Field 1.93; 2 A Craninx 1.90. PV: D Trussler 3.30. LJ: B Pearson 6.46. TJ: A Scardifield 13.04. SP: 1 D Philbey 13.17; 2 J Watson 12.01. DT: R Doran 43.75. HT: 1 T Campbell 58.56; 2 M Felix 43.67. JT: 1 D Payne 49.08; 2 L Angell 48.51U15: 100: 1 C Grint 11.6; 2 A Hakeem 11.8; 3 T Fowodu-Williams 12.0. Ht1: 1 C Grint 11.6; 2 T Fowodu-Williams 11.9. 200: 1 J Willcock 23.7; 2 H Jensen 24.0. 800: 1 K Nelson 2:08.3; 2 D Riddington 2:08.7. 80H: 1 M Dorey 11.6; 2 L Batup 12.3; 3 M Bucknor 12.7; 4 B Crook 12.8. Ht1: 1 M Dorey 11.9; 2 M Bucknor 13.0. Ht2: L Batup 12.4. HJ: P Neale 1.69. LJ: G Butler 6.10. TJ: O Copper 11.84. SP: G Tagoe 11.83. HT: J Kuehnel 37.16U20 women: 200: F Fabunmi-Alade 24.3. 400H: E Barratt 66.2. HJ: P Rogan 1.75. PV: L Fisher 3.00. DT: C Webb 35.50. JT: H Johnson 41.29U17: 100: S Papps 12.1. 200: J Palmer 26.0. 800: J Gibbon 2:21.8. 1500: F Brereton 4:51.2. 3000: N Swaffield 10:11.9. 300H: F Eaton 47.4. PV: S Wakeley 2.70. LJ: Y Nicholson 5.24. SP: D Opara 13.18. DT: A Holder 34.92. JT: 1 K Alexander 35.59; 2 E Cooper 34.69U15: 100: 1 K Hannawin 12.8; 2 J Gilkes 12.8. Ht1: J Gilkes 12.8. 800: H McClay 2:21.8. 1500: 1 S Rayment 4:43.1; 2 Y Ryder 4:49.4; 3 S Chapman 4:53.6. 75H: E Osborne 11.6. Ht1: E Osborne 11.5. LJ: M Lake 5.35. SP: L King 9.83. DT: C Pritchard 32.05. JT: 1 I McHattie 38.00; 2 K West 31.10
Buckinghamshire, High WycombeU17 men: SP: L Barnes 13.11. DT: L Barnes 39.41. HT: L Barnes 43.70. JT: J Panter 48.18U15: 100: D Oderinde 11.8. 200: D Oderinde 23.9. 400: H Sutherland 54.6. Ht2: H Sutherland 55.0. 800: J McCarthy 2:10.0. SP: 1 H Sutherland 13.25; 2 J Peters 11.64. JT: 1 J Pownall 42.75; 2 R Gardner 42.29U13: 800: W Perkin 2:25.0. LJ: M
Isralan 4.78. SP: J Tunney 10.91U17 women: 800: 1 S Street 2:21.4; 2 G Childs 2:21.9. 80H: S Clitheroe 12.2. 300H: E Duck 46.8. PV: K Lai 3.10. SP: P Powell 10.45. DT: K Presswell 31.68. HT: K Presswell 38.23U15: 800: R Croft 2:20.4U13: 4x100: Wycombe High School 57.9
Cambridgeshire, PeterboroughU20 men: HT: T Burton 43.69U17: 200: B Snaith 22.7. 400: B Snaith 50.8. 100H: M Everest 13.6. LJ: J Grenfell 6.95. SP: O Holway 13.48. HT: O Holway 49.22. JT: J Bailey 48.47U15: 400: I Brown 54.1. SP: T Davies 12.06. DT: R Mohsar 33.29. JT: A Pavelin 43.52U20 women: HT: J Richards 35.16U17: SP: 1 S Pam 11.58; 1 J Fox 10.60U15: 800: H Parker 2:18.7. 75H: 1 L Underwood 11.6; 2 E De Lucis 12.2. JT: I Coutts 31.23
Cleveland, MiddlesbroughU20 men: HJ: B Daley 1.95. HT: B Daley 54.25U17: 200: J Crosby 22.4. 800: B Sandie 1:59.2. HJ: P O’Connor 1.85U15: 100: N McGinley 12.0. 800: 1 J Blackburn 2:06.2; 2 H Johnson 2:08.7. PV: C Myers 3.00U13: SP: 1 L Tweddle 9.89; 2 G Dawson 9.83; 3 C Allen 9.29U20 women: HT: 1 C McEwan 43.55; 2 H Johnson 38.73U17: 100: R Highfield 12.6. 200: R Highfield 25.8. 800: C Loredo 2:15.9U15: HT: L Samuels 26.40
Cornwall, Carn BreaU20 men: SP: M Halton 14.66. DT: M Halton 41.26 (CBP)U17: 1500: 1 H Martin 4:07.4; 2 C Jones 4:10.9. 1500SC: T Rawet 4:35.8. SP: J Baneviscus 12.56. DT: J Baneviscus 40.60U15: 100: L Prynn 11.9. 200: P Channings 24.2. 4x100: Penryn 50.00. DT: 1 P Swan 35.24; 2 D Head 33.67. SP: 1 K Westlake (Corn, U15) 12.30/nsU17 women: HJ: J Morrish 1.69 (CBP). SP: K Pay 10.68U15: 800: 1 C Cayton-Smith 2:17.6; 2 M Long 2:19.0
Devon, ExeterU20 men: 800: M Peper 1:57.77. 110H (0.6): 1 D King 14.91; 2 N Higgins 15.35; 3 T Fayers 15.60. JT: S Turnock 58.43U17: LJ: J Bush 6.34. JT: B Green 55.08U15: 800: 1 L Rutley 2:09.19; 2 C Hall 2:09.41. 1500: 1 J Blackford 4:25.16; 2 N Oliver 4:27.22. 80H (1.3): W Irving 12.97. 4x100: West 49.45. HJ: J Adams 1.69. SP: 1 T Dyer 11.67; 2 A Bulpett 11.60. DT: 1 A Bulpett 37.19; 2 J Rees 35.91. JT: D Allen 45.76U20 women: 100 (2.8): 1 R Chapman 12.02; 2 R Brown 12.44. 100H: R Brown 14.23. 4x100: EE 51.90. LJ: R Chapman 5.86. HT: B Lenehan Hodge 39.33. JT: L Smith 35.32U17: 800: R Chamberlain 2:19.98. JT: T Thorne 33.18U15: 75H (2.0): 1 J Simpson 11.80; 2 S Robertson 11.86; 3 N Kellie-Smith 12.21. DT: L Godwin 26.07. JT: L Goodwin 30.64
Dorset, BournemouthU20 men: 110H: A Lee 14.5. 2000SC: A Sloan 6:12.1. SP: A Elkins 13.28. HT: 1 A Elkins 65.49; 2 A Tuck 44.68U17: 200: 1 A Hately 22.8; 2 R Young 22.9. 400: R Young 51.3. Ht1: R Young 51.5. 100H: 1 D Shannon 14.9; 2 M Curtis 14.9. 1500SC: 1 B Westhenry 4:20.7; 2 B Mogg 4:53.5; 3 D Toth
4:54.6. HJ: 1 T Kenny 1.85; 2 A James 1.85. PV: 1 J Snook 3.70; 2 M Curtis 3.20. SP: J Guildford 12.15. JT: T Searight 48.43U15: 100: 1 D Munday 11.7; 2 A Watts 11.7; 3 T Mead 11.7; 4 D Arnold 12.0; 5 S Rutter 12.0. Ht1: 1 T Mead 11.9; 2 A Watts 12.0. 400: 1 A Martin 54.1. 1500: A Smith 4:28.2. 80H: 1 N Brooks 12.4; 2 M Waker 12.5; 3 R Farnie 12.7; 4 B Daughters 12.8. 4x100: 1 Dors Sch 48.8; 2 Dors Sch 49.5. DT: 1 L Parker 36.53; 2 R Smith 33.75; 3 W Neish 33.33U13: 100: S Wheeler 12.7. Ht1: P Sylla 13.0. 200: S Wheeler 26.7. 1500: P Copeland 4:46.6. 75H: 1 L Sheppard 12.6; 2 L Bevan 13.4; 3 C Long 13.7; 4 G Griffiths 13.8. LJ: 1 P Sylla 5.24 (CBP); 2 R Allan 4.97; 3 R Crabbe 4.85; 4 T Blair 4.79. SP: J Bettesworth 8.98U20 women: 100: S Wilson 12.1 (CBP). 200: S Wilson 25.1. 400H: S Kearsey 65.2 (CBP). HJ: G Rowsell 1.65. PV: K James 3.10. LJ: G Rowsell 5.71U17: TJ: 1 H Winton 10.87; 2 A Stock 10.47; 3 K White 10.46. JT: N Whisken 38.77U15: 1500: 1 E Hood 4:45.9; 2 I Glaisher 4:56.0. LJ: L Dearden 4.93U13: 200: L Cooper 28.5. 70H: K Snook 12.4
Essex, ChelmsfordU17 men: 100 (-2.7): K Tairou 11.02. Ht1 (1.0): K Tairou 10.99. 200 (-1.6): J Hamilton 22.37. 400: B Argent 51.44. 800: J Kerridge 1:56.94. 1500: 1 T Richardson 4:07.86; 2 H Gikunghu 4:11.44. 100H (-1.1): 1 R Clarricoats 13.85; 2 K Riley-Laborde 13.98; 3 S Wright 14.14; 4 G Derby 14.47; 5 K Tucker 14.51; 6 M Scott 14.54. Ht1 (-2.6): S Wright 14.01. Ht2 (-2.4): 1 J Barrat 14.32; 2 S Scott 14.61. 400H: G Hadler 58.52. 1500SC: J Stockings 4:43.40. HJ: 1 M Pallin 1.93; 2 H Ritchie 1.81; 2 I Ijo 1.81; 4 J Jones 1.81. PV: 1 M Etheridge 4.20; 2 L Yarwood 4.10; 3 P Osborne 3.20. LJ: J Dewar 6.58. TJ: 1 J Olawore 13.94; 2 C Alabi 13.26; 3 J Pinnock 12.78. SP: 1 P Hope 12.50; 2 L Watts 12.44; 3 H Williams 12.24. DT: 1 D Wilson 41.14; 2 J Taylor 40.54. HT: 1 T Head 55.03; 2 D Scupham 48.66; 3 J Hamblin 47.85; 4 L Hanna 47.23; 5 S Grant 41.09; 6 A Dean 40.88. JT: M Cockerill 48.67U15: 100 (-2.9): 1 D Akinyem 11.89; 2 E Wright 11.98. Ht1 (1.6): 1 D Akinyem 11.86; 2 A Oakes 11.99; 2 J Griffiths 11.99. Ht2 (2.7): 1 E Wright 11.62; 2 C Durbridge 11.82. Ht3 (1.2): 1 T Adeyemi 11.62; 2 J Randell 11.95. 200: 1 R Arkeu 23.58; 2 G Amuzie 24.15; 3 A Sakey 24.19. 400: M Iley 54.62. 800: 1 G Elliott 2:08.49; 2 J Fodder 2:09.84. 1500: 1 C Charleston 4:22.65; 2 C Waltham 4:24.34; 3 P Rowen 4:25.21; 4 J Nadin 4:27.76. 80H (-1.1): 1 D Donaghue 11.84; 2 M Hardy 12.10; 3 T Forde 12.17; 4 F Durham 12.37; 5 M Ragunathan 12.62. Ht1 (1.5): 1 T Cunningham-Fahie 12.37; 2 L Keeble 12.85; 3 H Connors 12.95. HJ: 1 D Stratton 1.80; 2 J Downes 1.72; 3 E Idehen 1.72; 4 S Shoyeju 1.69; 5 J Bailey 1.69. PV: 1 J Longhurst 3.00; 2 J Nutman 2.65; 3 S Kolomiytsev 2.65. LJ: 1 O Aina 6.40; 2 A Laws 6.33; 3 D Sheffield 5.71. TJ: 1 R Ozongwy 12.47; 2 G Cherian 12.04; 3 A Ogunlaga 11.79; 4 J Townsend 11.78. SP: 1 A Leeming 13.12; 2 J Loom 12.22. DT: 1 J Prentice 41.60; 2 T Guy 37.35; 3 D Agbabiaka 35.69; 4 D Peddle 33.53; 5 G Ward 32.24. HT: 1 B Walker 39.55; 2 H King 35.85; 3 K Smith 34.85; 4 W Weston 34.62U13: 100 (-0.3): R Haydan 12.95. 200: Ht1 (1.4): B Ellis 26.79. 800: 1 C
Soloman 2:17.16; 2 M Jones 2:18.92; 3 M Manduakili 2:22.91. HJ: P Pinkerton 1.46. SP: 1 T Kalagez 9.79; 2 E Cruz 9.78; 3 B Naeck-Boolavky 9.11; 4 L Batty 9.01; 5 S Smith 9.01U17 women: 100 (-2.9): H Smithdale 12.45. 800: 1 K Dodd 2:08.32; 2 S Riches 2:10.82; 3 K Johansen 2:19.63. 1500: J Judd 4:22.76. 80H (-0.8): 1 E Nnofor 12.25; 2 H Hill-Williams 12.30. 300H: 1 H McLean 43.93; 2 G Green 48.05. HJ: P Lake 1.73. PV: N Epsly 3.40. LJ: C Parrott 5.25. TJ: 1 R McKenzie 10.79; 2 B Chambers 10.62; 3 K Ronald 10.46. DT: D Blamey 30.11. JT: 1 D Bromfield 34.92; 2 D Knight 34.22U15: 800: 1 C Daily 2:16.36; 2 I Ives 2:17.46; 3 R Prideaux 2:21.55; 5 H Surman-Wells TBC. 1500: 1 L Hallam 4:49.33; 2 G Tuckfield 4:52.75; 3 M Smith 4:52.92; 4 G Holloway 4:53.05. 75H (-2.2): 1 M Howard 11.46; 2 G Green 11.67; 3 G Duke 12.50. HJ: 1 L Peattie 1.60; 2 L Armorgie 1.57. LJ: 1 N McKechnie 5.31; 2 A Richards 5.01. SP: 1 M Deer 10.42; 2 S Meek-Rose 10.18. DT: 1 G Taylor 37.78; 2 R Forder 28.50U13: 600: 1 K Tippett 1:45.07; 2 J Judd 1:45.07; 3 D Phillips 1:50.00. 75H: 1 A White 12.20; 2 H Coughlan 12.37; 3 J Sleer 12.69; 4 H Taylor 12.74; 5 A Athlete 12.93; 6 S Wright 13.51; 7 L Lumley 13.63; 8 D Adpoku 13.64. Ht1 (-1.1): 1 A White 12.17; 2 H Taylor 12.50; 3 L Lumley 13.36; 4 D Adpoku 13.52. HJ: 1 S Raouf 1.45; 2 M Manyewe 1.42
Gloucestershire, CheltenhamU20 men: 800: 1 W Paulson (U17) 1:56.3; 2 A Phelps 1:57.0. 3000: K Hale (U17) 9:08.0. DT: J Taylor 39.14. HT: R Wallace 55.29. JT: L Downer 53.48U17: SP: G Salter 12.43. HT: 1 G Salter 53.95; 2 J Lange 43.44U15: 100: 1 M Eynott 11.7; 2 O Thorley 11.9; 3 L Leat 12.0. 200: R Hampson 24.0. Ht1: 1 R Hampson 24.0; 2 M Eynott 24.4. 1500: H Mahoney 4:24.5. 80H: 1 C Bell-Hartley 12.3; 2 T Rossiter 12.8; 3 A Wheeler 13.0. LJ: 4 J Webb 6.16. TJ: A Wheeler 11.82. SP: M Botrill 11.73U20 women: 800: A Watson 2:17.0U17: 80H: E Pascoe 12.5. 300H: 1 L Cowin 47.3; 2 H Dent 47.6. TJ: H Hunter 10.46. HT: 1 D Bird 37.87; 2 C Stallard 37.09U15: 75H: 1 M Courtney 12.0; 2 M Bishop 12.2; 3 A Martin 12.5. SP: A Sherry 11.6. DT: 1 A Sherry 33.49; 2 M Wood 31.20
Greater Manchester, StretfordU20 men: 400: J Mukuna 49.74. 800: J Oguntayo 1:56.19. 1500: C Greenwood 4:02.11. 2000SC: T Jervis 6:09.92. HT: 1 J Vickery 43.40; 2 L Almond 40.19U17: 200: 1 R Ejiakuekwu 22.14; 2 C Roughneen 22.21; 3 N Selby 22.74. Ht1: R Ejiakuekwu 22.33. Ht2: C Roughneen 22.79. 400: C Asong 47.64. Ht1: C Asong 48.07. 800: C McGahan 1:59.81. 1500: 1 R Moore 4:07.53; 2 A Burchill 4:09.35. 3000: J Bundred 9:16.0. 1500SC: C Middleton 4:48.24. HJ: 1 S Okome 1.90; 2 C Mann 1.84; 3 D Nturo 1.81. PV: J Sutcliffe 3.50. HT: J Hill 40.19. JT: 1 B Whipp 56.47; 2 R Makin 52.31U15: 200: 1 J Malcolm 24.13; 2 A Roome 24.34. Ht2: J Malcolm 24.12. 400: 1 D Massey 51.77; 2 F Tighe 53.21. 1500: J Crabtree 4:11.43. LJ: J Marchan 6.19. DT: 1 J Grundy 42.91; 2 J Booth 34.20; 3 D Carding 33.00. HT: J Mirfin 44.73U20 women: 800: 1 C Walley 2:16.0; 2 T Watson 2:17.4; 3 K Reynolds 2:18.9. 1500: 1 L Riches 4:38.9; 2 A Howarth 4:43.0. TJ: A Rose 12.42
U17: 300: S Preece 41.13. 800: 1 C Grant 2:19.93; 2 C Donald 2:21.46. 1500: S Walley 4:51.32. 3000: M Davies 10:49.59. 300H: 1 B Bolton 45.26; 2 L Bowen 48.23. PV: S McKeever 2.75. LJ: J Clarke 5.39. SP: C Dickinson 10.88U15: 200: E Edwards 26.20. 800: 1 C Cook 2:22.05; 2 E Borthwick 2:22.34; 3 M Ashelby 2:22.73. 1500: 1 H K-Jones 4:54.55; 2 M Williams 4:57.22; 3 E Peplow 4:59.62. 75H: T Cuff 11.80. JT: 1 M Dargan 33.03; 2 N Dacre 30.52
Hampshire, AldershotU20 men: 400: B Winstanley 49.6. 800: 1 A Provost 1:54.2 (CBP); 2 C Ladhams 1:56.6. 400H: S Adams 54.3 (CBP). HJ: A Cox 2.08. SP: J Kelly 12.50U17: 800: D Mason 1:57.8. 3000: 1 S McCallum 9:03.4; 2 T Smith 9:12.7. 100H (-1.4): 1 I Cox 14.7; 2 S Thomas 14.7. 400H: 1 C Rowe 58.6; 2 L Holman 59.9. 1500SC: H Curling 4:37.7. HJ: 1 M Aldridge 1.93; 2 J Mitchell 1.90; 3 I Cox 1.84; 4 Z Turner 1.81. PV: L Hodgetts 3.90. LJ: S Adams 6.51. TJ: 1 S Adams 13.01; 2 L Fanutza-Davis 12.81. SP: H Ridgers 13.96. DT: N Percy 53.93 (CBP). HT: D Avery 53.19U15: 100: Ht1 (-1.3): L Parkes 12.0. 200 (-2.1): 1 M Richardson 23.1 (CBP); 2 M Chant 23.7. Ht1 (-2.5): M Chant 24.0. Ht2 (0.6): M Richardson 23.2 (CBP). 400: 1 S Barker 52.6; 2 J Ness 52.6. Ht2: J Ness 53.1. 800: C Upton 2:09.8. Ht1: C Upton 2:08.1. 1500: 1 T Newnham 4:20.3; 2 O Butler 4:28.4; 3 P Ellis 4:29.1. 80H: 1 J Davidson 12.8; 2 B Brierley 12.9. HJ: 1 J Williamson 1.81; 2 R Farrell 1.78. PV: 1 C Maw 3.45 (CBP); 2 T Farres 2.85. SP: 1 C Sanford 12.65; 2 B Griffiths 12.19. DT: L Parkes 34.04. HT: K Phillips 47.28U20 women: 400: A Allcock 58.3. 800: 1 R McClay 2:12.3 (CBP); 2 E Gilmore 2:13.7. 3000: J Chen 10:06.5. HJ: I Pooley 1.75 (CBP=). SP: F Jones 10.38. DT: P Dowson 40.62 (CBP). JT: 1 F Jones 47.65 (CBP); 2 T Langford-Smith 36.29U17: 100: Ht1: O Parrott 12.6. 300: E Jenkinson 41.2. 800: G Morris 2:15.5. 1500: 1 D Bennett 4:50.0; 2 R Stewart 4:50.3. 3000: 1 R Howard 10:41.4; 2 C Charwin 10:46.5. HJ: 1 C Hayes 1.68; 2 E Cowell 1.68. TJ: R Hawkins 10.77. SP: 1 T Clayton 11.58; 2 F Brown 10.49; 3 S Anthony 10.43. HT: S Anthony 43.57 (CBP). JT: J Carey 33.56U15: 800: R Upton 2:22.1. 1500: 1 H Knapton 4:48.3; 2 E Stoodley 4:52.5. HJ: K Barker 1.63. JT: E Green 37.17
Humberside, HullU20 men: 200: B Marshall 22.5. JT: A Mimmack 54.98U17: SP: 1 A Norfolk 13.31; 2 D Preston-Routledge 13.00. DT: D Preston-Routledge 42.09. HT: A Russell 40.48U15: 100: D Gray 11.5. 400: D Gray 50.2. 80H: D Hardman 12.2. TJ: D Hardman 12.00U20 women: HT: A Carter 55.47U17: 100: M Taylor 12.6. 200: M Taylor 25.8. 1500: J Lonsdale 4:52.9U15: 75H: C Walker 12.4. HJ: C Robinson 1.57. LJ: C Patterson 4.93. DT: L Copley 26.22. HT: A Lockett 40.49
Kent, AshfordU20 men: 2000SC: 1 K Al-Abaidy 6:07.8; 2 R Driscoll 6:08.5; 3 T Claessens 6:24.3U17: 800: 1 S Molloy 1:55.5 (CBP); 2 D Brown 1:56.7; 3 B Somogyi 1:58.6. 1500: L Dawson 4:11.1. 3000: 1 L Probert 9:09.4; 2 C De’Ath 9:20.0. 100H (-1.1): 1 A Lloyd 13.76 (CBP); 2 T Healy 13.86; 3 L Carter 14.92. 400H:
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1 T Healy 57.95; 2 T Williams 58.50. HJ: D Hall 1.95. PV: T Healy 3.20. TJ: T Sho-Silva 13.72. SP: 1 M Blanford 14.48; 2 T Howlett 13.66; 3 D Hollett 13.44; 4 O Tipler 12.12. DT: 1 M Blanford 45.71; 2 L Mascarenhas 38.83. HT: T Parker 62.58 (CBP). JT: M Blanford 61.97U15: 100 (0.2): T Ramdhan 11.44. Ht1: T Ramdhan 11.48. 800: 1 G Duggan 2:02.2 (CBP); 2 S Ball 2:04.8; 3 J O’Hara 2:08.7. 80H (-2.2): 1 J Masterson 12.16; 2 B Isaac 12.88; 3 R Boeg 12.96. Ht1 (-1.3): 1 J Masterson 12.16; 2 B Isaac 12.92. Ht2 (-2.7): R Boeg 12.82. HJ: 1 J Clark 1.77; 2 D Snee 1.71. PV: L Ryan 2.60. SP: J Botchway 11.65. HT: T Redman 41.77U13: 100 (-1.3): 1 C Lyttle 12.56 (CBP); 2 J Wong 12.90. Ht1 (-1.1): J Wong 12.94. Ht3 (-0.6): C Lyttle 12.78. 200 (0.2): C Lyttle 26.77. 1500: S Rowatt 4:57.3. SP: A Jones 10.52U17 women: 100 (0.5): G Middleton 12.66. 300: G Middleton 42.00. Ht2: G Middleton 41.77. 1500: 1 R Bourne 4:42.7; 2 A Clay 4:44.5; 3 K Curran 4:44.5. 80H (-1.5): 1 R Jones 12.15; 2 K Miller-Leslie 12.37; 3 S Ayre 12.44; 4 M Russell 12.45. 300H: L Hickmott 47.04. LJ: S Ayre 5.24. DT: 1 G Brown 32.83; 2 N Gregory 32.57. HT: H Searing 35.62U15: 100 (-3.1): S Hylton 12.76. 800: B Clay 2:14.1. Ht1: B Clay 2:17.6. 75H (-3.4): A Hurlock 12.29. Ht1 (-2.3): 1 N Carlisle 12.47; 2 E Gooding 12.48. Ht2 (-3.5): A Hurlock 12.42. HJ: A Wheelwright 1.56. LJ: 1 R Wallwork 5.02; 2 S Cordell 4.92. SP: S Ledger 10.13. DT: 1 J Stevens 27.61; 2 R Wallwork 22.98; 3 V Blincoe 21.79; 4 G Ims 21.18; 5 C Benham 19.31; 6 M Coleman 19.19; 7 G Mason-Reeves 18.72; 8 E Farndon 18.15U13: 200 (-2.7): R O’Hara 28.20. Ht2 (-1.8): R O’Hara 27.51. 800: R O’Hara 2:28.8. 1500: 1 A Russo 5:07.9 (CBP); 2 G Taylor 5:09.7. SP: S Haftke 8.85
Leicestershire & Rutland, LeicesterU20 men: 100: 1 W Couch 11.1; 2 C Walker 11.1. SP: A Mohan 14.03. JT: T Morris-Reid 53.45U17: 100: J Linney 11.2. Ht1: J Forrester 11.2. 100H: D Williams 14.7. SP: 1 C Gerniak 12.45; 2 R Evans 12.36; 3 S Murphy 12.10. DT: F Francis 48.71. JT: J Brown 48.00U15: 100: 1 O Sinclair 11.1; 2 A Haynes 11.4; 3 I Silcott 11.4; 4 J Wong 11.7; 5 S Burton 11.9. 400: R Lee 54.3. Ht1: R Lee 52.9. 80H: 1 O Champion 12.3; 2 H Wells 12.4; 3 S Clarke 12.6; 4 C Price 12.9. SP: L P-Champion 11.98U13: 100: S Adebayo 13.0. 1500: A Thompson 4:56.6.U20 women: 800: B Bendle 2:18.4. 1500: L Crookes 4:49.5. JT: A Burdett 42.32U17: 2000W: 1 J Nichols 10:58.4; 2 T Patel 13:52.4. DT: S Preston 34.27U15: 100: S Lloyd-Mclear 12.9. 800: M Smith 2:20.6. 75H: 1 H Milson 12.0; 2 H Barton 12.3. 2000W: 1 F Brown 13:57.4; 2 J Adkins 14:16.8; 3 E Woods 15:05.4. LJ: T Thompson-Trigony 5.15U13: 1200: 1 L Jones 4:02.6; 2 S Baker 4:11.4; 3 E Mulvaney 4:17.9. 70H: Ht1: K Preston 12.5. SP: L Karawulva 8.59
London, Battersea ParkU20 men: 200: Q Michael 22.4. TJ: A Assinor 13.42U17: 100: 1 T Carnegie 11.1; 2 A Daly 11.1; 3 J Connell 11.1. 400: 1 V Dos Santos Soares 49.7; 2 K Aiken 50.3. 100H: 1 N Baker 13.9; 2 R Young 14.1; 3 J Coates 14.6; 4 J Epps 14.9. HJ: C Johnson-Smith 1.83. PV: J Ferris-Choi 3.32. LJ: 1 K Thompson 6.60; 2 J Ige 6.30. TJ: D Oamen 13.02. SP:
1 L Keen 14.88; 2 S Ofosu 14.63; 3 J Arthurworrey 12.37U15 100: 1 Z Plummer 11.1 (CBP); 2 F Okunola 11.3; 3 J Baliddawa 11.5; 4 F Afrifa 11.6; 5 O Godwin 11.6; 6 F Vainio-Doiseul 11.9. 200: 1 F Afrifa 23.3; 2 F Okunola 23.5; 3 F Vainio-Doiseul 23.6; 4 J Olasunkanmi 23.8; 5 J Parris 24.1; 6 J Oksu 24.2. 400: E Gayle 54.2. 80H: 1 A Magni 11.5; 2 M Taylor 11.9; 3 E Regis 12.0; 4 J Otu 12.1. HJ: M Taylor 1.75. LJ: 1 T Adeniyi 5.99; 2 E Regis 5.92. TJ: 1 T Adeniyi 12.72; 2 J Graham 12.28. SP: A Magni 13.54U20 women: 200: S Harrison 24.8. 400H: 1 A Naibe-Wey 66.3; 2 H Edwards 67.4. PV: C Garrett 2.90. TJ: R Zelic 10.65. SP: G Roseje 11.30. DT: G Roseje 33.77. JT: C Kanini-Parsons 37.70U17: 100: 1 R Onyekwe 12.2; 2 D Neita 12.2. 200: R Munroe-Graham 25.4. 800: S Parkes 2:20.6. 80H: 1 R Onyekwe 12.1; 2 S Swaby-Constantine 12.1. TJ: F Read 10.48. HT: A Stephenson 33.10 (CBP)U15: 100: D Santos 12.8. 200: R Ross-Gordon 26.2. 1500: F Basham 4:57.4. SP: 1 E Gbeneber 10.47; 2 M Obijiaku 10.23; 3 R Joseph 9.96. DT: 1 Y Sofolarin 33.63; 2 I Enwerem 29.74
Merseyside, BebingtonU20 men: 100: S Landsborough 11.0. 200: 1 S Landsborough 21.7; 2 S Dolman 22.5. 1500: J Ashcroft 4:04.0. HJ: M Hartley 1.95. LJ: J Kelly 6.91U17: 100: M Tappa 11.2. 1500: 1 M Shirling 4:05.9; 2 N Cullen 4:10.9. LJ: M Causer 6.64. SP: F Mulvaney 12.14. HT: F Mulvaney 43.28U15: 100: 1 J White 11.5; 2 D Warnock-Dumbell 11.6; 3 A Higham 11.8. Ht1: 1 J White 11.8; 2 D Warnock-Dumbell 11.8. Ht2: A Higham 12.0. 200: 1 J White 23.3; 2 A Higham 24.1. 800: M Wigelsworth 2:07.0. LJ: T Catton Hand 5.92. TJ: T Catton Hand 11.79U20 women: 400: L Shanley 58.3. 800: R Linney 2:11.2. 1500: H Tarver 4:36.4. SP: R Doran 10.03U17: 300: 1 A Mansfield 40.3; 2 S Wareing 41.1. 800: C Jarvis 2:13.1. 3000: S Astin 10:39.1. 80H: M Wells-Nicholls 12.2. HJ: R Dee 1.65. LJ: D McGifford 5.44. DT: A De Bruin 33.32. HT: P Spark 35.23. JT: L Bibby 36.70U15: 1500: S Tarver 4:59.2. HJ: A McLaughlin 1.65. LJ: L Sharp 5.11
Norfolk, NorwichU20 men: TJ: 1 J Tele 14.09; 2 K Hewitt 11.18. HT: C Brown 59.99U17: 100H: S Hadley 14.2. HJ: 1 F Baron 1.85; 2 Z Mario-Ghae 1.85. PV: O Brice 3.50. SP: 1 M Painter 14.72; 2 I Lacey 12.09. DT: M Painter 47.73. HT: M Painter 65.38. JT: O Bradfield 49.43U15: HJ: J Steel 1.70. LJ: R McLachlan 5.78. DT: G Worth 34.55. JT: G Haw 44.30U20 women: LJ: L Green 5.28. TJ: L Green 10.97. JT: S Birch 41.21U17: 100: C Stephenson 12.6. Ht2: C Stephenson 12.7. 200: C Stephenson 25.4. 800: 1 K Mooney 2:18.7; 2 N Potgieter 2:21.8. HJ: 1 E Tilbrook 1.62; 2 C Oliver 1.60. LJ: E Tilbrook 5.23. SP: 1 E Buck 10.25; 2 S Gatlin 10.08. HT: G Vickery 33.60U15: 75H: Ht1: E Blunt 12.4
Northants, CorbyU17 men: 200: L Watson 22.9. 100H: 1 B Mason 14.9; 2 K Russ 14.9; 3 M Wong 15.0. 4x100: 1 STH 45.7; 2 NTH 46.3; 3 N’pton 46.3. HJ: S Round 1.85. LJ: S Meyler 6.39. SP: ns: D Stark 13.39. DT: N Aarre 38.44. HT: O Dancer (STH) 42.63. JT: 1 D Hauck 51.22; 2 S Kendall 48.80
U15: 100: R Segun 11.7. 200: C Downes 24.4. 80H: W Ehrman 12.3. 4x100: 1 EE 49.8; 2 N’pton 48.1. LJ: R Richard Noel 5.73. TJ: C Boons 11.75. DT: J Arrimoro 35.95. HT: 1 D Foster 50.54; 2 J North 34.30U17 women: 200: L Hatton 25.3. HJ: N Bailey 1.60U15: 100: S Ager 12.7. DT: M Butler 26.42. JT: M Exley 29.14
Northumberland, GatesheadU20 men: HT: J Bowser 43.21U17: 100H: 1 J Wilkinson 14.4; 2 N Lee 14.6. HJ: J Roach 1.93. SP: T Morgan 12.29. HT: R Straker 48.79. JT: T Morgan 56.91U15: SP: 1 B Sansom 13.35; 2 C Chick 11.92; 3 D Gray 11.74U20 women: 800: S MacDonald 2:17.4. TJ: H Pringle 10.82. HT: R Simpson 40.51U15: 75H: 1 J Gilmour 11.7; 2 E Gilmour 12.0; 3 G Oakenfold 12.4; 4 G Perrins 12.4. JT: G Perrins 31.08
Nottinghamshire, NottinghamU17 men: 100H: T Wallet 14.5. LJ: S Street 6.32. TJ: N Nevers 12.99. SP: C Clarke 15.05. JT: T Peters 63.53U15: 80H: 10 A Franco 12.4; 11 P Stasson 12.6. 4x100: 1 Rush 49.1; 8 Australian Boys 49.1. HJ: H Wainwright 1.70. PV: I Ilyk 2.80. TJ: E Henry 12.38U17 women: 80H: 1 D Davies 12.2; 2 R Robbins 12.4. 4x100: Rush 52.8. PV: R Robbins 3.20. JT: R Woolley 34.38U15: 200: 1 C McLenaghan 25.4; 2 R Norris 25.8. Ht2: R Norris 25.7. Ht3: C McLenaghan 25.6. 1500: M Johnson 4:59.6
Somerset, YeovilU20 men: 100H: 1 M Ashworth 15.77; 2 M St.clair 16.68; 3 C Kossen 17.04; 4 L Guest 17.26; 5 B Thompson 17.77; 6 C Carpenter 20.66. 2000SC: B Brown 6:27.23. LJ: J Lelliott 6.87. SP: A Athersuch 12.68. DT: 1 J Lelliott 40.20; 2 A Athersuch 39.21. JT: 1 R Danaher 57.18; 2 J Lelliott 55.38; 3 B Thompson 53.13; 4 C Hartley 52.73U17: 100 (-0.8): R Wells 11.05. 200 (nwi): R Wells 22.68. 400: E Rutter 51.47. 800: S Bedford 1:55.95. 1500SC: 1 R Preece 4:42.66; 2 J Walton 4:54.46. PV: 1 S Leitch 3.70; 2 A Harvey 3.30; 3 D Huntley 3.20. SP: T Ellis 13.47U15: 100 (nwi): J Charles 11.94. 800: L Livingstone 2:09.02. 80H (-0.1): 1 J Tostevin 11.99; 2 J Rockey 12.08. HJ: J Cooke 1.72. SP: M Trickey 11.76U20 women: 1500SC: 1 I Ness 5:27.39; 2 R Langbein 5:51.55. HJ: 1 E Grogan 1.66; 1 M Toon 1.66; 3 J Sawyers 1.63. LJ: J Sawyers 6.00. TJ: 1 H Moorhead 10.64; 2 M Toon 10.63. DT: A Grosjean 36.02U17: LJ: S Baker 5.16. DT: F Thompson 30.27U15: 800: A Cooper 2:18.42. 1500: H Brown 4:57.74. 75H (nwi): G Hoff 12.47. DT: K Cross 31.64. JT: J Loxton 35.71
South Yorkshire, DoncasterU20 men: 100: 1 B Shields 10.5; 2 A Ransford 11.1. 110H: L Ramsey 14.7. PV: L Bilam 4.00. LJ: L Ramsey 6.94. SP: J Carter 12.15. HT: A Elston 40.14. JT: J Carter 59.34U17: 200: 1 A Langton 22.5; 2 C Burrows 22.9. 400H: A Davies 57.7. PV: 1 N Cole 4.50; 2 A Harrison 3.70. LJ: A Khan 6.59. TJ: A Khan 14.05. SP: T Kirk 13.56. JT: J Anderson 49.43U15: 100: R Rubamba 11.7. HJ: E Pain 1.75. PV: 1 A Hague 3.50; 2 M Salt 3.10. TJ: A Cooper 11.88. SP: J Rowley 12.35. HT: J Small 42.20U13: 100: L Widowson 12.9
U20 women: 100: C Hall 12.3. 100H: K Clarke 14.7. LJ: S Brown 5.58. SP: S Wilding 10.26. DT: S Wilding 33.15. JT: 1 K Bramhald 39.75; 2 L England 36.55U17: 100: L Frid 12.4. 200: L Frid 25.3. 80H: N Bewley 12.2. 300H: A Hodgson 45.8. LJ: C Wignall 5.25. TJ: L Hodgson 10.61. SP: N Bewley 10.64U15: 100: 1 K Edwards 12.5; 2 R Hall 12.9. 200: K Edwards 25.7. 75H: L Toop 12.2. HJ: L Chappell 1.57. LJ: L Chappell 5.08. SP: T Buckingham 10.28U13: 100: A Musset 13.4
Staffordshire, StokeU20 men: 100: P Watling 11.1. LJ: R Bailey 6.74. DT: N Fox 48.63. JTU20M: R Stanley 40.73U17: 1500: D Sheldon 4:11.9. 100H: 1 J Lowe 14.7; 2 C Kenny 14.8. 400H: 1 B Millward 59.7; 2 R Kirkham 59.8. 4x100: C&S 46.9. HJ: J Sykes 1.84. TJ: K Lee 12.87U15: 80H: O Sawyers 12.2. Ht1: O Sawyers 11.9. 4x100: Staffs M 49.3. DT: 1 B Godbold 34.09; 2 J Holdcroft 32.24U17 women: 200: 1 O Walker 25.3; 2 C Jones 25.7. Ht1: 1 C Jones 25.4; 2 O Walker 25.7. 300: Ht1: K Oakley 42.0. 80H: O Walker 11.9. 4x100: C&S 52.9. DT: E Nicholls 31.60. JT: L Heap 33.37U15: 100: Ht1: E Proud 12.9. 200: E Proud 25.9. 800: T Stone 2:20.6. JT: E Hamplett 36.22
Surrey, Kingston U20 men: 800: Z Curran 1:56.23. 3000: 1 J Grace 8:41.6; 2 I Bailey 8:44.9. 2000SC: 1 N Ditton 6:17.0; 2 B Kennard 6:22.3. LJ: E Safo 6.78. TJ: 1 D Murray 13.65; 2 S Brown 13.32. DT: R Barrett 45.28U17: 200 (-1.6): 1 A Kiwomya 22.3; 2 J Atille 22.8. Ht1 (-1.0): A Kiwomya 22.22. 400: G Munt 50.73. 800: 1 C Todd 1:58.57; 2 P Lucas 1:59.99. 1500: 1 P Chambers 4:06.88; 2 D Wallis 4:09.27. 3000: 1 A Hulin 9:01.5; 2 B Bradley 9:04.3; 3 S Eglen 9:11.8; 4 E O’Brien 9:16.0; 5 M Arnold 9:18.7; 6 J Rowe 9:19.2. 100H (-1.6): 1 D Searle 13.90; 2 J Bell 14.09; 3 J Josephs 14.57; 4 G Lawson 14.71; 5 K Beswick 14.76; 6 T Borthwick 14.94; 7 D Fitzpatrick 15.00. Ht1 (-3.2): 1 R Thomas 14.86; 2 K Beswick 14.96; 3 G Lawson 14.97. Ht2 (-3.0): 1 D Searle 14.15; 2 J Bell 14.53; 3 J Josephs 14.58; 4 T Borthwick 14.96. 400H (CBP): 1 J Paul 53.1; 2 L Oluwole-Ojo 55.8. 1500SC: C Critchley 4:44.8. HJ: 1 M Vlassak 1.81; 2 Z Lindo 1.81. LJ: O Newport 7.06. SP: 1 L Smith 13.45; 2 A Lickfold 12.59. DT: 1 F Rafi 43.29; 2 N Carty 42.10. JT: G Dale 53.18U15: 200 (-1.6): 1 L Overtoom 23.95; 2 A Spahn 24.25; 3 A Other 24.35. Ht1 (-0.6): L Overtoom 24.03. 400: 1 S Cooke 53.84; 2 J Tudor 54.44. 800: 1 H Stainthorpe 2:04.55; 2 J Stanley 2:04.91; 3 J Hancock 2:07.61. Ht1: 1 H Stainthorpe 2:06.54; 2 J Stanley 2:07.25; 3 J Geraghty 2:08.95. Ht2: J Hancock 2:09.84. 1500: 1 T Holden 4:15.9; 2 G Cockle 4:21.5; 3 T Carnell 4:28.6; 4 J Haasz 4:29.9. 80H (-2.0): 1 N Yankel 12.2; 2 D Roofe 12.35; 3 J Tarrant 12.76. Ht1 (-1.8): 1 N Yankel 12.16; 2 J Tarrant 12.57; 3 D Roofe 13.00. TJ: 1 J Berkeley-Agyepong 12.30; 2 S Amokwonoh 12.24; 3 A Adekoya 12.20U20 women: 800: M Renfer 2:11.6. 3000: R Haynes 10:30.5. 100H (-2.0): J McCabe 15.22. 400H: L Burke 64.1. TJ: L O’Brien 11.06. DT: C Letheby 37.62. HT: 1 P Wingate 45.83; 2 S O’Brien 33.59U17: 300: 1 R Dickins 39.4; 2 M Rainsborough 40.2. 800: 1 L Ferguson 2:19.60; 2 R Pritchard 2:20.07; 3 L
Thompson 2:20.27. 1500: 1 P Disley-May 4:46.17; 2 S Monk 4:54.35. 3000: S Shiel-Rankin 10:13.0. 80H (-0.9): E Nanson 12.19. 300H: S Richards 45.6. DT: I Obi-Adewole 30.31U15: 200 (-1.6): M Bruney 25.86. Ht1 (0.4): M Bruney 25.77. Ht2 (-2.2): E Smith-Hahn 26.29. 800: 1 M Sharples 2:21.11; 2 L Lafreniere 2:21.22. 1500: 1 K Shiel-Rankin 4:47.8; 2 E Reeves 4:50.0; 3 E Headley 4:58.9; 4 M Pocock 4:59.0; 5 A Chandler 4:59.5. 75H: 1 S Irving 11.2; 1 L Foster 12.2; 1 S Irving 11.15 (CBP); 2 L Foster 11.95; 2 T Campbell 12.2; 3 I Grant 12.2; 3 I Grant 12.03; 4 T Campbell 12.03; 4 E Bushell 12.4; 5 E Bushell 12.41; 6 A Bissix 12.49. LJ: J Hall 4.95. SP: A Binnion 9.92
Warwickshire, Leamington SpaU20 men: 110H: J Wright 15.3. SP: C Murch 12.01. HT: C Murch 57.44. JT: C Murch 52.00U17: 800: A Parkes 1:58.6. 100H: 1 L Townsend 14.7; 2 A Grant 14.8. 4x100: War Sch 46.0. LJ: C Sinnott 6.31. SP: 1 C Guest 13.65 (CBP); 2 M Burke 12.49. DT: C Guest 39.91. HT: C Guest 46.43. JT: J Goodrum 49.27U15: 100: 1 T Chin 11.9; 2 T Melville 11.9. 1500: 1 L Jones 4:21.3; 2 C Davis 4:27.6. 80H: 1 L Lakin[g] 12.1; 2 L Bromley 12.5. 4x100: 1 War Sch 47.9. HJ: R Dwyer 1.79 (CBP). TJ: L Lakin 12.10U20 women: 100H: I Green 15.9. HJ: H Oliver 1.64. LJ: I Green 5.27U17: 80H: K Murch 12.2. 300H: 1 H Scales 47.5; 2 Y Webb 48.4. 4x100: 1 War Sch 51.1. JT: K Murch 39.95U15: 800: A Dunstan 2:22.9. 75H: 1 E Wake 12.2; 2 A Pask 12.2. 4x100: 1 War Sch 51.9. LJ: 1 E Wake 5.40 (CBP); 2 A Pask 4.99. JT: M Moran 30.08
West Yorkshire, CleckheatonU20 men: 100 (1.3): J Toth 10.90. 200 (3.6): 1 R Brown 22.15; 2 D Nelson 22.26. 1500: 1 M Wood 4:03.0; 2 M Kaye 4:04.9. HJ: W Mulroy 1.90. DT: 1 J Armstrong 44.00; 2 C Westerman 42.94U17: 200 (3.0): 1 H Mallinson 22.69; 2 I Kitchen-Smith 22.84. 400: S Atkinson 49.08 (CBP). 800: J Bransberg 1:59.1. 1500: B Houghton 4:08.5. 1500SC: J Worton 4:46.3. PV: A Russell 3.90. LJ: M Campleman 6.36. TJ: 1 L Craven 13.30; 2 W Rotherforth 13.03. HT: K Thackray 41.53. JT: C Barr 50.82U15: 100 (2.7): 1 J Ammon 11.50; 2 E Nakuti 11.78; 3 J Abbott 11.82. Ht1 (2.3): J Ammon 11.73. 200 (0.3): 1 S Allan 23.39; 2 L Greenwood 23.58. Ht2 (1.1): 1 L Greenwood 23.62; 2 S Allan 24.04. 800: E Whitelow 2:09.9. 80H: H Maslen 11.91 (CBP). PV: A Jones 2.95. LJ: 1 F Fuller 5.91; 1 F Fuller 5.91. DT: G Armstrong 36.20U20 women: 800: J Walsh 2:13.9. 100H (0.8): B Crowley 15.49. 400H: S Brook 67.40. SP: L Holmes 11.26. HT: 1 J Mayho 47.17; 2 S Evenden 33.45. JT: S Roberts 40.65 (CBP)U17: 100 (2.2): L Powell 12.42. 200 (0.6): J Ellis 25.97. 300: 1 G Eyles 39.66 (CBP); 2 C Flannery 39.81; 3 G Yearby 41.44. 800: B Ellis 2:18.9. 80H (1.2): B Porter 12.15. 300H: B Sharp 45.18 (CBP). SP: C Mitchell 11.04. DT: H Yates 32.10. HT: E Greenwood 35.35U15: 800: R Parkin 2:21.0. 1500: 1 G Kier 4:56.4; 2 R Firth 4:59.4. LJ: H Walker 5.04. SP: B Thomas 10.56
Wiltshire, SalisburyU20 men: 400: J Eades 50.4. 110H: J Hutchinson 15.0U17: 3000: W Chritoffi 9:17.0. 100H: B Hill 15.0. 400H: R Brown 57.9. HJ: J Poulton 1.85. SP: S Flippance 12.00
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U15: 200: 1 W Kennedy 23.9; 2 J King 24.3. : 1 W Kennedy 24.1; 2 J King 24.4; 2 S Fry 24.4. 800: G Downie 2:06.5. 80H: 1 J Wiiliamson 11.9; 2 N Abbott 12.6; 3 H Purdie 12.8. : 1 J Wiiliamson 12.1; 2 N Abbott 12.8; 4 R Dyba 13.0. PV: W Megill 2.65. SP: D Beckles 11.78U13: 70H: 1 E Falconer 12.6U20 women: 400: A Clifford 55.2. 800: K Turner 2:14.8. 3000: A Stainthorpe 10:27.8. LJ: M Gascoigne 5.39. SP: G Young 10.42U17: 300: L Bleaken 39.5. h: L Bleaken 40.4. 800: 1 L Bleaken 2:13.0; 2 A Mundell 2:18.6. 1500: L Bellamy 4:48.5. 80H: K Chapman 12.3. PV: D Scott 2.75U15: 800: P Rochford 2:21.0. 1500: C Huynh 4:58.9. HJ: C Merritt 1.57. SP: 1 S Merritt 11.62; 2 E Hutchinson 10.70. DT: S Merritt 34.89
NI & ULSTER SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS, AntrimMen: 100 (2.0): 1 D Adams (B&A) 10.87; 3 B McGillian (Strab, U19) 11.43; 5 M McGarvey (Derry, U18) 11.60; 7 C Graham (Reg H, U18) 11.78. 200 (0.8): 2 A McMullan (Mid U, U20) 22.29; 3 M Armstrong (N Down, U19) 22.57. 400: 1 C Lynch (Shercock) 49.53; 4 A Montgomery (Lag V, U19) 52.92; 5 L O’Donnell (Derry, U19) 54.32. 800: N Robinson (N Down) 1:54.12. 1500: 1 D Mooney (L’kenny) 3:51.72; 2 C Bradley (Derry) 3:51.95; 3 J O’Hare (Anna) 3:55.94; 4 A Agnew (Anna) 3:56.94; 5 A Monaghan (Lag V, U19) 3:58.12; 9 S Kerr (Armagh, U19) 4:08.16; 10 N Johnston (Springw, U19) 4:10.90; 12 J Gibbons ( U18) 4:14.32. 5000: 1 D Reed (Derry) 15:00.84; 2 P Pollock (Kent) 15:02.58; 3 P Brennan (L’kenny) 15:02.79; 4 D Morwood (Anna)
15:07.26; 5 J Falls (B&A) 15:09.87; 6 A Doherty (Derry) 15:12.96; 7 O Carleton (Anna) 15:21.71; 8 P McKinney (L’kenny) 15:32.85; 9 V O’Sullivan (Sli Cual, U20) 15:40.33; 12 R Holt (Willow, U19) 15:58.44; 13 C Kelly (IRL, U19) 16:03.11; 15 C Hession (Inish, U19) 17:39.47. 110H (1.3): 1 B Reynolds (N Down) 13.98; 2 S Taggart (Dono) 14.70; 3 T Reynolds (N Down) 14.96; 4 L Reynolds (N Down) 15.49. 400H: 1 F Smith 53.63; 2 B Murphy (Lisb) 54.86. 3000W: 1 C Griffin (IRL) 12:19.20; 2 D McAree (Glasl, U18) 15:30.42. HJ: 1 N Lyons (B&A, U19) 1.70; 2 A Hill (Lisb, U18) 1.65; 3 D Frimpong (Clones, U18) 1.65; 4 K Scott (Reg H, U18) 1.60. PV: C Doherty (Tir C, U18) 3.60. LJ: 1 C Dolan (Mid U, U20) 6.85; 2 A McMullan (Uls U) 6.85; 4 M McGarvey (Derry, U18) 6.26; 6 D Frimpong (Clones, U18) 5.69; 7 C Hamilton (Reg H, U18) 5.43; 8 D David (Shercock, U18) 4.36. TJ: 1 A Kennedy (Abbey) 14.39/0.0; 2 C Graham (Reg H, U18) 13.18/1.4; 3 M Williamson (U18) 12.85/2.4; 4 A Hill (Lisb, U18) 12.11/1.5; 5 D Frimpong (Clones, U18) 11.52/3.7. HT7.26K: 1 D Little (Glas C) 54.20; 2 M Swann (B&A) 37.53; 3 G Moffett (B&A, M35) 34.29. JT800g: 1 S McBride (Strab) 52.60; 2 D Crawford (Strab) 49.68. DT2K: 1 J Harper (N Down) 47.05; 2 C Reynolds (Lisb) 41.14; 3 D Quinn (Anna) 36.89; 4 M Doyle (Mid U) 33.60; 5 J McWhinney (Lisb) 28.84. SP7.26K: 1 J Harper (N Down) 12.22; 2 D Quinn (Anna) 11.77; 3 M Doyle (Mid U) 10.21; 4 T McGrane (Stpl) 8.91U20: SP: A Doyle (Mid U) 15.66. HT: 1 A Doyle (Mid U) 64.25; 2 J Millar (Reg H, U19) 34.50. DT: 1 A Doyle (Mid U) 43.06; 2 M Bassett (Reg H) 22.53U18: SP: 1 M Martin (N Down) 13.22; 2
T Jess (Lisb) 12.34. DT: 1 T Jess (Lisb) 43.03; 2 J Atkinson (Lisb, U17) 41.56. JT: 1 M Martin (N Down) 58.35Women: 100 (0.4): 1 J Mills (B&A, U19) 12.19; 2 C Boomer (Lag V, U19) 12.48. 400: 1 K Kirk (Lag V, U17) 55.03; 2 J Patterson (B&A) 55.90; 4 A Barr (Derry, U18) 61.34. 800: 1 C McGlynn (DSD) 2:16.01; 2 P O’Hagan (Stpl) 2:16.36; 3 W Davis (Lag V) 2:16.47. 400H: M Gault (Lag V) 65.21. PV: 1 Z Brown (Raheny) 3.80; 2 C Wilkinson (B&A) 3.60. LJ: 1 H Lewis (N Down) 5.79. TJ: 1 H Johnston (Lisb, U19) 10.85; 2 R Healy (B&A, U19) 10.83; 3 J Herron (Derry, U20) 10.70; 4 A Barr (Derry, U18) 10.67. DT: 1 K Hetherington (N Down, U20) 34.94; 2 C Greenwood (Lisb, U18) 32.03. HT: 1 G McNally (B&A, U19) 51.57. JT: 1 L Stead (Strab, U18) 35.35Mixed events: 1500: 1 C Mageean (Lisb, W) 4:23.07; 2 J Turley (Drom, W) 4:37.36; 3 E Mitchell (B’bridge D, W) 4:42.44; 4 E Sharkey (Lag V, U18, W) 4:49.15; 6 L Fitzpatrick (Beech, U19, W) 4:49.78; 7 E Laverty (Lag V, U18, W) 4:50.76
WELSH CLOSED U17/OPEN U20 CHAMPIONSHIPSWrexhamU20 men: 100 (-0.9): 1 D Hammond (B&R) 10.87; 2 M Prentice (Card) 10.90; 3 T Knight (Card) 10.93. 200: 1 M Prentice (Card) 22.17; 2 T Knight (Card) 22.22. 400: 1 P Bennett (Swan) 49.95; 2 M Richards (Pemb) 50.23. 800: 1 C Hulson (Sale) 1:57.13; 2 D Banwell-Clode (Cwmb) 1:57.70. 110H (0.4): 1 J Sansom (Swan) 15.50; 2 T Blake (Cardiff Aac (u17m), U17) 15.59. 400H: 1 P Bennett (Swan) 53.85; 2 J Sansom (Swan) 56.85. HJ: 1 A Smith
(SB) 2.05; 2 A Davies (Pemb) 1.90; 2 S Guest (B’end) 1.90. PV: 1 L Newton (Card) 4.00; 2 R McGregor (B’end) 3.90; 3 E Jones (Carm) 3.90. SP: J Bussell (Cwmb) 14.28. HT: 1 O Jones (Menai T&F) 54.27; 2 S Evans (Worth) 52.57; 3 A Andrews (FoD/Rhon) 52.47. JT: 1 R Leonard (Card) 50.40; 2 B Cole (Card) 50.33U17: 100: Ht2 (1.2): 1 T Williams (B&V) 11.17; 2 G Perkins (Chelm) 11.17. 400: 1 O Smith (Dees) 49.24; 2 S Edwards (Card) 50.59. Ht1: O Smith (Dees) 51.20. Ht2: S Edwards (Card) 50.67. 800: 1 E Slade (Card) 1:53.43; 2 T Earley (Col B) 1:56.90; 3 C Evans (Swan) 1:58.05; 4 R Granville (Carm) 1:59.66. 1500: 1 K Roberts (Carm) 4:06.37; 2 M Ward (Card) 4:10.13; 3 L Heckler (Carm) 4:11.25. 100H (-0.3): D Blain (Carm) 13.59. 400H: 1 R Cooper (Card) 59.27; 2 A Willmott (Carm) 59.73. 1500SC: 1 M Edwards (B&V) 4:44.53; 2 N Jones (Col B) 4:48.70; 3 E Wynne (Newp) 4:50.08; 4 R Llyr (Carm) 4:50.16. PV: 1 D Callan (Card) 3.90; 2 S Scarfi (Cwmb) 3.70; 3 L Preece (Swan) 3.30. LJ: J McGuire (Card) 6.34/-0.5. TJ: L Robbins (Sale) 13.3/0.4. SP: 1 M Field (Card) 15.48; 2 M Reece (Col B) 14.40; 3 C Laverty (Menai T&F) 14.13; 4 R Blake (Brec) 12.48. DT: 1 M Reece (Col B) 44.96; 2 M Field (Card) 44.77; 3 L Taylor (Carm) 38.08. HT: 1 M Reece (Col B) 51.46; 2 J Palmer (Card) 50.56; 3 M Holmes (Card) 44.79. JT: T Norton (Cwmb) 51.64U20 women: 100 (0.7): 1 H Thomas (Wrex) 12.04; 2 R Johncock (Col B) 12.17; 3 M Moore (Card) 12.17. 200 (1.0): 1 H Thomas (Wrex) 24.50; 2 R Johncock (Col B) 24.64. 400: C Jones (Wrex) 56.89. 800: J Osborn (Swan) 2:17.35. 1500: S Livett (Menai T&F) 4:43.90. 400H: M Rogers (Wrex) 63.85. 1500SC: 1 R Price (Brec) 5:24.59; 2 K Reynolds (Swan) 5:36.79. HJ: S Swanson (Maldwyn Harriers) 1.68. PV: 1 R Davies (Dees) 3.50; 2 N James (Swan) 3.40. TJ: M O’Sullivan (Card) 11.2/1.2. SP: L Griffiths (Pemb) 11.24. DT: 1 N Prells (Swan) 37.84; 2 L Griffiths (Pemb) 36.65. HT: T Wells (Swan) 50.87. JT: 1 Z Priestley (Pemb) 38.52; 2 R Bevan (Cwmb) 34.19U17: 200: 1 B Sargent (Wrex) 25.82; 2 R Jeffreys (Neath) 25.93. 300: A Backshall (Col B, U15) 42.01. 800: 1 L Bell (Pemb) 2:14.25; 2 M Rezougui (Cwmb) 2:18.11; 3 C Heaher (Vale R) 2:19.03. 1500: M Rezougui (Cwmb) 4:52.74. 80H (-0.9): 1 E Badhams (Dees) 12.29; 2 C Jones (Sale) 12.37. 300H: 1 R Williams (Dees) 46.13; 2 L Roberts (B’end) 47.58; 3 L Durrani (Card) 48.11. 1500SC: K O’Neill (Carm) 5:40.80. HJ: 1 G Bates (Dees) 1.60; 1 C Jones (Swan) 1.60. SP: 1 A Nicoll (Bir) 12.26; 2 A Nicoll (Bir) 11.41. DT: 1 A Rosser (Carm) 37.74; 2 A Rosser (Carm) 33.26; 3 A Nicoll (Bir) 32.47. HT: Z Dakin (B’end) 45.74. JT: 1 C Mansfield (Carm) 42.86; 2 M Arthur (Newp) 40.30
INTERTRUST GOLDEN SERIESSt Peter PortMen: 300: 1 T Druce (Guern) 33.40; 2 D Riley (Lough S) 34.18; 3 P Judson (Lough S) 35.06; 4 U Hameed (Sale) 35.86. 400: E Marsh (Guern, U17) 51.00. 5000: 1 T Collins (M&M) 15:44.1; 6 A Rowe (Guern, M40) 16:09.2. 400H: 1 D Garland (Guern) 51.82; 2 A Clements (WSEH) 54.66; 3 L Rice (Guern) 55.80. HJ: J Cowdrey (Guern, U17) 1.97. LJ: 1 D Garland (Guern) 7.22/2.3; 2 D Martin (CI) 7.19/1.1; 3 R Jeffs (Jer, U23) 6.89/1.7. TJ: N Childs (RAF) 14.42/2.8Women: 100 (-0.5): T Roberts (Guern,
U17) 12.63. 200: T Roberts (Guern, U17) 25.82. 800: 1 H Corbin (Exe) 2:14.45; 2 C Reynolds (Havant) 2:17.54. LJ: 1 S Shone (Card, U23) 5.52/2.7; 6 M Garland (Worth, W45) 4.24/0.5. JTW|: 1 S Skinner (Exe) 35.08; 2 D Doherty (Guern, W35) 28.13; 3 N Breaks (Bath) 27.74; 4 S Shone (Card) 26.33; 5 K Jehan (Guern, W35) 25.76Mixed events: 200: T Johnson (Exe, W) 22.68. 3000: 2 F Wright (Guern, U15) 9:54.4; 3 L Perrio (Guern, W) 9:59.6U15: 1500: 1 K Rowe (Guern, W) 4:55.58; 2 E Mason (Guern, U13) 4:56.58
JUNE 10SOUTHERN COUNTIES VETERANS’ LEAGUEKent 1: BromleyMen: MATCH: 1 Dartford 67; 2 Blackheath & Bromley 66.5; 3 Cambridge H 65.5; 4 Ashford 61; 5 Paddock Wood 43.5; 6 Bromley Vets 27.5M35: 200: A: 2 D Kemp (Dartf, M45) 24.6; 4 C Leon (B&B, M55) 26.7. 1500: A: 2 K Ewing (B&B, M50) 4:27.4. B: D Hall (Dartf, M45) 4:31.3. SP: 1 S Timmins (B&B) 12.55; 2 A Tipping (Camb H, M45) 11.96. JT: 1 M Van Den Dobbelsteen (B&B, M40) 50.42; 2 A Tipping (Camb H, M45) 38.39; 4 P Greenfield (Brom Vets, M50) 30.68M50: 200: 1 M Woods (Padd W) 26.0; 2 I Gower (Camb H) 26.8; 4 T Phillips (B&B, M55) 27.7. 1500: 1 K Williams (Ashf) 4:44.1; 2 A Camp (B&B, M55) 4:45.6; 3 R Daniel (Camb H) 4:48.2. HJ: G Capon (Dartf) 1.50. SP: J Fenton (Dartf) 11.12. JT: 1 J Fenton (Dartf) 45.20; 2 S Langdon (B&B) 42.84; 3 A Exall (Padd W) 39.53; 4 W Howe (Ashf) 39.41M60: 200: 2 B Ferguson (Camb H, M65) 30.2. JT: C Brand (B&B, M70) 32.23Women: MATCH: 1 Dartford 75; 2 Blackheath & Bromley 72; 3 Cambridge H 65; 4 Bexley 40; 5 Maidstone & Medway 38; 6 Bromley Vets 15W35: 200: A: 2 M Miller (B&B, W45) 29.7. 1500: A: 2 H Garrett (Camb H, W45) 5:24.3. B: K Pratten (B&B) TBC. 4x400: 1 B&B 4:42.9; 2 Camb H 5:08.7; 3 Dartf 5:21.5; 4 Bexley 7:00.1. HJ: 1 C Bond (Camb H, W45) 1.35; 2 T Eades (Dartf, W50) 1.30. SP: 4 P Oakes (M&M, W65) 6.28W50: 200: H Godsell (B&B, W55) 30.3. 1500: 1 R Tabor (Camb H, W60) 5:51.4; 2 P Halstead (Dartf, W55) 5:58.2. HJ: C Clements (Dartf, W55) 1.20. SP: 1 A Goad (Dartf) 9.01; 2 B Terry (B&B, W65) 8.28; 3 F Argent (M&M, W55) 6.20; 4 C Hall (Camb H, W60) 6.14; 5 G Legon (Bexley) 6.07; 6 P Cliffe (Brom Vets) 3.87. JT: 1 A Goad (Dartf) 26.07; 3 N Cross (B&B, W70) 12.16W60: HJ: P Oakes (M&M, W65) 1.00. JT: 1 B Terry (B&B, W65) 18.00; 2 J Burns (Brom Vets, W70) 12.74; 3 P Oakes (M&M, W65) 12.73Kent 2: BromleyMen: MATCH: 1 Bexley 84; 2 Medway & Maidstone 72; 3 Istead & Ifield 70; 4 Invicta EK 65; 5= Dartford 41; 5= Sevenoaks 41; 7 Kent AC 29M35 men: 200: A: P Stack (Kent, M45) 25.9M50: 200: 3 G Kitchener (S’oaks, M60) 28.2. SP: 1 J Stevens (Bexley, M55) 10.30; 3 J Gilbert (Inv EK, M65) 8.09. JT: P Oakes (M&M, M55) 37.14Women: MATCH: 1 Paddock Wood 86.5; 2 Blackheath & Bromley 58; 3 Istead & Ifield 32; 4 Kent AC 30.5; 5 Invicta EK 5W35: 4x400: 1 B&B 5:32.0; 2 Padd W 5:42.3W50: 1500: S James (Padd W, W60)
Sussex, CrawleyA PACKED grandstand witnessed a series of championship bests, as a number of 2010 English Schools medallists prepared for action at this year’s event in Gateshead, Martin Duff reports.
Leading the way were hammer throwers Louisa James and Woody Cox with county standards. James, silver medallist in Birmingham last year with 52.43m, threw the 4kg hammer to 53.30m in the first round for a 14m improvement on the previous best.
Cox also set a new mark with his fourth-round 54.00m.
Brothers Matt and James Lasis notched up a family double in the senior and intermediate boys’ events. Matt was outside his own 2010 championship best with 54.08m, while James set a PB of 54.14m to take his age group.
National indoor under-17 60m hurdles silver medallist Jordan Auburn was another championship record-setter with 13.3.
Over 3000m, the senior boys’ race saw Max Pickard lead in the early stages before Ludo Goodliffe broke well away to win in 9:06.0.
Over two laps, Inter-Counties under-13 bronze medallist Grace Cook continued her local domination in the junior girls’ event with a 2:19.5 PB.
Grace Baker has been improving significantly this year and, breaking away from senior girls’ winner Abigail Ashbee-Simmonds at 800m, comfortably took the intermediate 1500m title with 4:42.2.
Naomi Lee cleared 3.30m in the intermediate girls’ pole vault, just 10cm shy of the county record. This was an outdoor PB for the athlete who was top under-15 in the UK last year.U20 men: 400: 1 J Ketley 49.9; 2 O Smith 50.1. 800: 1 M Thomas 1:56.9; 2 S Bennett 1:57.8. 110H (-1.5): 1 N Ofonagoro 14.9; 2 M Hewitt 15.0; 3 J Beckett 16.0. 400H: G Grainger 55.9. 4x100: Brighton Hove & Portslade 45.7. HJ: H Lane 1.95. SP: 1 G Hammond 13.31; 2 M Grant 13.13; 3 R Duke 12.99; 4 T Anderson 12.49; 5 A Mshelia 12.10. DT: 1 A Vermes 41.37; 2 M Lasis 39.04. HT: 1 M Lasis 54.08; 2 R Duke 51.95. JT: E Pillai 50.92U17: 100H: r1 (0.6): 1 J Auburn 13.3; 2 H Colwell-Leviene 14.7; 3 R Spivey 15.0. 1500SC: 1 M Stevenson 4:52.9; 2 B Collier 4:54.8. 4x100: Brighton Hove & Portslade 45.7. PV: 1 B Williams-Watson 3.20; 2 R Smith 3.20. HT: J Lasis 54.14. JT: A Coombs 51.78U15: 100: Ht1 (2.7): D Sheriff 12.0. Ht2 (1.9): T Palmer 12.0. 400: 1 T Ackerman 53.9; 2 B Gold 54.9; 3 R Selby 54.9. 800: 1 B Golding 2:05.0; 2 B White 2:05.5; 3 S Kitchen 2:06.7. 80H (3.9): 1 N Parker 12.0; 2 S Cunningham 12.2; 3 D Brown 12.8; 4 A Cowie 13.0. 4x100: 1 Mid Sx T 49.3; 2 West Sussex South 49.4; 3 Crawley Schools 49.5; 4 West Sussex West 49.6; 5 South Downs 49.6. PV: R Mason 2.70. SP: J Hebbard 11.78. HT: 1 W Cox 54.00; 2 E White 36.15U20 women: 400: K Body 58.4. DT: E Kirk 36.21. HT: L James 53.30. JT: 1 H Webb 37.15; 2 L Allymohammed 36.21; 3 J Simmonds 35.86
U17: 1500: 1 G Baker 4:42.2; 2 M Smith 4:53.3. 80H (-1.1): B Close 12.2. 300H: L Milnthorpe 46.5. HJ: 1 R Pettit 1.70; 2 I Brown 1.65; 3 K Lambert 1.60. PV: 1 N Lee 3.30; 2 E Blackwell 3.10; 3 H Turner 3.00. LJ: N Godden 5.15. HT: E Marshall 37.93. JT: G Hailstone 38.22U15: 100: Ht2 (2.0): S Spinner 12.7. 800: 1 G Cook 2:19.5; 2 S Mansfield 2:21.4. 1500: L Harris 4:58.6. 75H (2.1): 1 A Short 12.1; 2 B Crocker 12.4; 3 E Cox 12.5; 4 L Bradbury 12.5. 4x100: 1 Mid Sx T 52.5; 2 Crawley Schools 53.1. HJ: 1 E Killick-Bird 1.57; 2 K Garland 1.57. DT: 1 I Adlam 26.20; 2 H Clark 26.20
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6:26.8. SP: 1 J Woods (Padd W) 5.83; 2 Z Graffen (Kent, W55) 4.65; 3 A McDonough (B&B) 3.62W60: HJ: M Brown (Padd W) 1.05
JUNE 9CHARNWOOD OPENLoughboroughMen: HJ: 1 L Powell (Sheff) 1.93; 1 M Ashley (Notts) 1.93. PV: G Showell (Tam, M35) 4.10U20: HT: C Murch (R&N) 57.44U17: HT: R Douglas (Charn) 49.42Women: PV: C Blunt (KuH) 3.05U20: JT: A Burdett (Charn) 42.12Mixed events: 100: r6 (1.4): 2 V Bonner (Bir, W60) 14.13. r9 (1.3): 1 A Goulding (Notts, U20) 10.92; 3 D Donald (Corby, M50) 12.23. r10 (1.2): 5 L Grieveson (Banb, U15) 11.90. r11 (1.2): 2 O Sinclair (Charn, U15) 11.42; 6 T Barton (Charn, M40) 12.06. 200: r4: 3 V Bonner (Bir, W60, W) 29.47. r7 (0.9): 5 D Donald (Corby, M50) 25.35. 400: r4: 3 S Edwards (Card, U17) 50.71. 1500: r3: 9 A Stone (Der, U13, W) 5:10.02. r4: 5 A Donnelly (Linc W, U15W) 4:55.26; 6 C Ross (Mans, U15W) 4:55.63; 7 T Mobley (Banb, U15, W) 4:59.43; 9 K Gigg (C’field, U13, W) 5:04.05. r5: 1 J Fradley (Newc S, U13) 4:33.16; 9 J Leggett (Mil K, U17W) 4:50.00. r6: 1 S Atkin (Linc W, U20) 4:04.28; 2 A Smith (Mans, M45) 4:13.34; 3 L Ball (Linc W, M40) 4:14.33
JUNE 8BEDFORDSHIRE SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPSBedfordU17 men: 100 (-0.3): L Taylor 11.2. 400: D O’Callaghan 50.3. 1500: M Harrison 4:09.9. 100H (0.6): E Dickinson-Earl 14.2. HJ: 1 M Danobrega 1.86; 2 J Watson 1.83. PV: J Devereux 4.15. TJ: C Amadi 12.82. HT: 1 A Sydee 51.74; 2 J Potton-Burrell 45.84U15: 100: 1 G Matthews 11.6; 2 Z Rowe 12.0. 80H: J Conroy 12.8. HJ: J Conroy 1.75. TJ: A Other 11.82. SP: C Rogers 11.82. HT: 1 H Murtagh 35.34; 2 R Cleverley 34.94
U17 women: 100: R Davies 12.7. 300: S Bakare 40.4. 800: S Billington 2:18.5. 1500: R Walcott 4:46.1. 80H: 1 R Davies 12.2; 2 H Conquest 12.5. JT: O Da Costa 39.45
CAMBRIDGESHIRE AA SUMMER EVENING OPEN St IvesM40 men: SP: G Parsons (C&C) 11.21. DT: G Parsons (C&C) 34.59U20: SP: 1 J Edwards (Hunts) 14.62; 2 D Stark (Tam) 13.20. DT: J Edwards (Hunts) 46.52Mixed events: 100: r2.1 (0.2): R Palmer (Hunts, U20) 11.1U11: 80: 3 T McCarthy (WSAC) 12.82
LOUGHBOROUGH V COMBINED SERVICES V ACHILLES LoughboroughMen: 100 (1.3): 1 E Ayanful (Lough S) 10.58; 2 S Benson (CS) 10.85; 3 A Mohammed (Lough S) 10.96. 400: 1 D Putnam (Lough S) 48.64; 2 M Audu (CS) 49.22; 3 P Judson (Lough S) 49.54; 4 P Goodall (Lough S) 49.55. 800: 1 R Schofield (Lough S) 1:53.68; 2 T Griffiths (Lough S) 1:53.99. 1500: T Doe (Lough S) 3:58.11. 110H (1.0): 1 A Blow (Lough S) 14.78; 2 A Nwenwu (Lough S) 14.91; 3 L Okoroafo (CS) 15.67; 4 G Dunson (CS, M45) 16.09. 4x100: CS 42.46. PV: 1 N Crutchley (Hale) 5.20; 2 A Marsh (Bir) 5.20; 3 R Warensjo (Lough S) 4.90; 4 M Cullen (Sale) 4.60; 5 J Douglas (Ach) 4.00. LJ: 1 T Gaye (CS) 7.35; 2 F Maisey-Curtis (Lough S) 6.80. SP: 1 R Mohan (Lough S) 14.48; 2 T Haseler (Ach) 13.14. HT: 1 J Pearson (Lough S) 58.26; 2 J Bloomfield (Lough S) 58.24; 3 T Williams (Lough S) 56.85. JT: J Constantinu (Lough S) 56.8. ns: 1 J Knapp (Lough S) 1:59.63; 2 S Kerr (Lough S) 2:01.62; 3 M Burton (Lough S) 2:04.01; 4 V Mpolang (CS) 2:05.20; 5 M Mpenduka (CS) 2:11.26Women: 100 (1.4): 1 H Croxford (Lough S) 12.23; 2 K Russell (Lough S) 12.28. ns (0.7): K Robilliard (Lough S) 11.96. 400: S Adams (Lough S) 54.81. ns: R Anglim (IRL) 57.41. 800: 1 J Kinney
(Lough S) 2:12.76; 2 M Smith (Leic C) 2:15.64; 3 D Hodgkinson (CS) 2:15.93. 1500: 1 L Whittle (Lough S) 4:29.58; 2 S Crumly (Lough S) 4:30.17; 3 R Deegan (Ach) 4:40.20; 4 D Hodgkinson (CS) 4:42.03. 3000: K Addy (Lough S) 10:15.28. 100H (2.1): 1 K Robilliard (Lough S) 13.62; 2 E Parker (Lough S) 14.58. 4x100: Lough S 50.24. 4x400: Lough S 4:13.44. HJ: C Boulter (Lough S) 1.65. PV: 1 S Peake (Liverpool) 4.20; 2 S Scott (Lough S) 3.90; 2 A Massey (SB) 3.90; 4 S Upton (Lough S) 3.90; 5 A Haywood (Lough S) 3.90; 6 R Webster (Canada) 3.75. SP: 1 S Thomas (Lough S) 12.93; 2 L Rann (Comb Services) 11.10. HT: 1 M Perkins (Lough S) 57.58; 2 H Broadbridge (Ach) 43.81
MANX 10km WALKS CHAMPIONSHIPSDouglasMixed events: 10000W: 1 J Caprice (DSD) 46:42.9; 2 M George (Manx, M45) 50:04.7; 3 J Waddington (IOM Vet, M45) 51:49.5; 4 R Gerrard (IOM Vet) 53:38.2; 5 A Eaton (Manx, U17) 54:38.6; 6 V Lynch (IOM Vet, M50) 57:10.6U20: 5000W: A Cowin (Manx) 25:01.0
ROSENHEIM LEAGUEEast: WimbledonMen: MATCH: 1 Belgrave H 82; 2 Hercules Wimbledon 55; 3 Herne Hill H 49; 4 Croydon H 35; 5 Striders of Croydon 17; 6 Serpentine 11400: N Attwell (Herne H) 50.0. 800: 4 M Trees (Belg, M45) 2:08.1; 5 S McDuell (HW, M45) 2:10.7. 3000: 1 P Owor (Belg) 8:43.6; 5 M Trees (Belg, M45) 9:14.2; 14 H Saxby (HW, M55) 10:21.0. 110H: T Ashby (Herne H) 15.4. DT: 1 T Ashby (Herne H) 44.61; 2 C Privett (Belg, M50) 32.23; 3 R Dinsdale (HW, M45) 31.00. HT: C Privett (Belg, M50) 39.77Women: MATCH:: 1 Belgrave H 27; eq2 Hercules Wimbledon/Serpentine 15; 4 Croydon H 11; 5 Herne Hill H 6400: J Knight (Herne H, U20) 57.6. 800: E Headley (HW, U15) 2:20.8. 3000: C Grima (HW) 10:28.0
SOMERSET JUNIOR SCHOOLS YeovilU15 boys: 100/200: E Scott 11.96/24.2. SP: M Trickey 11.78U13: 800: J Bridge 2:22.49. HJ: S Dove 1.46. SP: D Richards 9.98U13 girls: 70H: G Silcox 12.33
JUNE 7CARDIFF & VALE OF GLAMORGAN U15 CHAMPIONSHIPSCardiffU15 boys: 100/LJ: G Griffiths 11.90/5.57. 1500W: 1 A Osman 9:01.9. 4x100: 1 St Cyres 49.76; 2 Radyr 49.95. Ht1: Cowbridge 49.49. SP: J Gaughan 11.56U15 girls: 75H: A (-1.9): C Taylor 12.48. Ht1 (-3.5): C Taylor 12.05. 1500W: 1 T Carter 10:09.1. PV: O Evans 2.4
MIDDLESEX SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS, HendonU17 men: 400: L Field 49.87. 100H (-1.7): 1 B Thornhill 14.26; 2 C Dale 14.91. : B Thornhill 14.36. 400H: C Owen Edmunds 58.41. 1500SC: D McGuigan 4:39.70. HJ: 1 C Kandu 1.90; 2 L Phillips 1.85. SP: L Roach-Christie 16.24. HT: 1 R Morawski 58.37; 2 D Palmer-Leandre 42.07U15: 100 (-1.0): 1 R Arthur 11.51; 2 C Kema 11.65; 3 J Harding 11.80; 4 J Collis 11.92. : 1 R Arthur 11.69; 2 C Kema 11.81; 3 J Harding 11.83. 400: H Sharif 54.72. 800: 1 J Singh 2:04.71; 2 P Asgodom 2:08.09. : 2 P Asgodom 2:09.37. 1500:
1 P Asgodom 4:21.85; 2 J Finnegan 4:23.37; 3 B Kelsey 4:24.08; 4 L Hussey 4:24.14. 80H (-0.6): 1 J Kirby 11.17; 2 T McFarlane 12.29; 3 W Minsahi 12.90; 4 E McCorkle 12.99. HJ: N Brown 1.69. TJ: D Igbokwe 12.19/1.0. SP: 1 K Jones 16.16; 2 S Tedjame-Mortty 12.92; 3 R Deryaddriz 11.99; 4 H Farhad 11.86. DT: J Abanhi 34.18. JT: K Brewer 43.43U17 women: 200 (-1.0): C Wingfield 25.56. 800: E King 2:21.43. 80H: K Cook 12.24. : K Cook 12.29. LJ: C Quansah 5.42/1.9. SP: Y Cazeau 10.65. HT: C Gould 35.78U15: 75H (-1.3): H Wiltshire 12.38. HJ: E Widdop-Grey 1.63. SP: V Eyesola 10.45
TONBRIDGE AVRIL BOWRING OPENMen: JT: C Lacy (Camb H) 59.29U15 girls: PV: 1 L Connor (Lewes) 2.90; 2 V Warren (Lewes) 2.60Mixed events: 100: r5 (-1.5): 1 M Poulton (M50) 13.12; 2 G Kitchener (S’oaks, M60) 13.81. 200: r4 (0.9): 3 G Kitchener (S’oaks, M60) 27.99. 400: 3 A Knight (Camb H, M40) 55.19. 800: r4: 3 T Kendrick (Ton, U13) 2:15.24; 5 R Weston (Inv EK, U20, W) 2:16.26; 8 A Ashee-Simmonds (Crawley AC, U20, W) 2:19.85; 9 E Hosker-Thornhill (Inv EK, U20, W) 2:19.88. r5: 1 B White (Phoe, U15) 2:08.27; 7 K Bird (Chich, U20, W) 2:19.77. r6: 2 W Durkin (Phoe, U17) 1:56.61. 3000: B Reynolds (Ton, M45) 9:14.50. 1000W: 1 B Parsons (Ton, U17) 4:39.28; 2 G Thomas (Ton, U15) 5:00.51; 3 C Cotterill (Ton, U17, W) 5:34.66; 4 E Symons (Ton, U20, W) 5:34.66; 5 J Wood (Ton, U15) 5:54.99; 6 G Parsons (Ton, U15, W) 6:08.26; 7 C Porritt (Ton, U15) 7:00.03
WOODFORD GREEN OPENMenL HT: 1 A Williamson (NEB) 64.12; 2 A Wlliamson (Met P) 61.96; 3 P Clarke (WG&EL) 55.98; 4 L Hyland (R&N) 48.14M40: HT: F Harford (WG&EL) 35.03M50: HT: R Earle (Col H) 59.92U20: HT: H Clarke (WG&EL) 55.90U17: HT: J Hamblin (Col H) 46.51Women: HT: B Knapp (SNH, U20) 41.31U17: HT: S Goddard (SNH) 33.90U13: HT: K Head 26.64Mixed events: 100: r3 (1.7): M Maisey (Herts P, M60) 13.91. r4 (3.9): 5 J Martin (Barn, W45) 13.77. r8 (1.9): O Abiodun (WG&EL, U20) 10.98. 200: r6 (1.1): 1 O Abiodun (WG&EL, U20) 21.91; 2 P Scanlon (WG&EL, U20) 22.32. 800: r4: 3 C Dailly (Chelm, U15W) 2:21.20; 4 G Tuckfield (Orion, U15W) 2:21.77. 3000: 2 T Pamphilon (WG&EL, M50) 10:10.91; 4 L MacGregor (WG&EL, U20, W) 10:39.29. 1500SC: J Stockings (WG&EL, U17) 4:35.93. 3000W: F Reis (Ilf) 14:00.82. PV: K Cowley (Hav M, W) 3.10U11: 75: r2: T Allen (WG&EL) 10.83
JUNE 6BMC REGIONAL RACES, JarrowMen: 1500: A: 1 M Grimes (Dur, U20) 3:57.2; 2 M Jones (M&C) 3:58.8; 3 A Robinson (HW) 3:59.0; 8 L Weightman (Morp, W) 4:17.5. B: 3 P Winkler (Morp, U15) 4:27.7; 4 T Goulding (CleS, U15) 4:28.0; 9 S Forster (Birt, U17W) 4:52.9.
NORTH EAST VETERANS’ LEAGUEJarrowM35 men: 200: r1: D Butler (J&H, M70) 30.8. r2: 1 S Todner (H&P, M55) 26.8; 2 A Readman (H&P, M55) 27.9. r3: 1 D Deacon (SSH, M45) 25.2; 2 P McClusky (SSH, M45) 26.0; 3 M Wilson (NE Vets, M50) 26.7. 400: r2: S Todner (H&P, M55) 60.7. r3: D Deacon (SSH, M45) 55.6. Mile: r1: 1 G Bayne (Morp, M55) 5:27.6; 2 P Hawthorn (Heat, M60)
6:07.6; 3 P Parkin (Crook, M65) 6:22.9; 4 S Ecclestone (H&P, M60) 6:25.8; 6 I Bainbridge (Crook, M60) 6:41.7; 7 P Payne (NSP, M65) 6:43.6; 8 A Elders (Low F, M60) 6:51.9; 9 B Brown (Dur, M60) 6:56.8; 10 P Donaghy (NSP, M70) 7:19.2; 11 A Potter (SSH, M65) 7:21.2; 12 R Checkley (Heat, M70) 7:28.2; 13 G Routledge (Heat, M60) 7:54.6. LJ: 7 A Readman (H&P, M55) 4.83; 9 D Peffer (Heat, M60) 4.38M40: HT: ns: S Hudson (Gate, M45) 33.95M45: HJ: D Deacon (SSH) 1.60. SP: P Corrigan (York) 11.58. DT: P Corrigan (York) 33.47M55: DT: D Maggs (Gate) 30.97. HT: ns: D Maggs (Gate) 41.12M60: SP: R Philip (Tyne) 9.02M65: SP: 1 T Hudson (J&H) 10.57; 2 P Wheater (NE Vets) 8.11. DT: T Hudson (J&H) 35.28. HT: ns: T Hudson (J&H) 31.80M70: HJ: D Butler (J&H) 1.25. SP: J Scott (NE Vets) 10.11. DT: J Scott (NE Vets) 28.26M80: DT: D Field (Sun) 21.81W35 women: 400: 4 K Stewart (NSP, W70) 84.2. Mile: 9 J Kilgour (Clare, W60) 7:49.1; 10 K Stewart (NSP, W70) 7:50.9W60: DT: J Kilgour (Clare) 9.35
JUNE 5BMAF PENTATHLON CHAMPS (INC 10,000m) OxfordMen: 10,000: 1 H Evans (WMAA, M35) 33:40.68; 2 S Hallas (N Vets, M35) 33:55.01; 3 A Hussey (Mid M, M45) 34:06.34; 4 D Butler (E Vets, M55) 34:08.49; 5 J Cornish (Wit) 34:11.78; 6 T Tuohy (Vets, M45) 34:44.14; 7 J Ridley (Wit) 34:55.10; 8 L Armitage (SC Vets, M45) 34:59.36; 9 G Spellman (Mid M, M45) 35:03.23; 10 P Lemmon (Vets, M45) 35:07.89; 11 J Shapland (SW Vets, M55) 35:33.18; 14 D Cox (Vets, M55) 36:00.23; 15 S Thorp (SC Vets, M55) 38:28.01M35: Pen: M West (SC Vets) 2285 (5.54, 33.42, 25.64, 21.65, 5:24.44)M40: Pen: 1 R Buckingham (Vets) 2340 (5.29, 31.97, 26.22, 32.29, 6:19.43); 2 M Ronchetti (SC Vets) 2071 M45: Pen: 1 G Powley (E Vets) 2741 (4.93, 35.30, 26.29, 26.41, 5:23.05); 2 J Dickinson 2490; 3 M Gray (E Vets) 2462; 4 A Smerdon (SC Vets) 2262; 5 A Easey (Vets) 2206M50: 10,000: 1 M Bridgeland (E Vets) 34:42.18; 2 R Fox (Mid M) 35:39.02; 3 D Oxland (Mid M, M60) 35:53.89; 7 P Giles (Vets, M65) 40:06.93; 9 T Brackstone (SC Vets, M65) 40:11.95; 10 G Jones (Vets, M65) 42:07.66. Pen: 1 B Slaughter (SC Vets) 3319 (5.32, 34.43, 26.11, 35.98, 5:01.85); 2 J Mayor (E Vets) 2809; 3 A Duncan (SC Vets) 2649; 4 K Moncrief (Sco Vets) 2568; 5 B Matthews (Vets) 2534; 6 K Powell (WMAA) 2507M55: Pen: 1 I Reeve (E Vets) 2739 (4.49, 27.07, 28.54, 25.43, 5:28.14); 2 C Leon (SC Vets) 2646M60: Pen: J Charlton (N Vets) 3153 (4.89, 34.29, 27.91, 32.93, 6:36.36)M65: Pen: 1 P Eddy (Sco Vets) 2466 (3.38, 30.69, 32.93, 31.97, 7:18.71); 2 J Treadwell (Vets) 2303; 3 B Loten 2231M75: Pen: D Burton (Mid M) 3228 (3.60, 24.07, 31.84, 22.64, 7:06.49)W40 women: Pen: A Wale (WMAA) 3145 (12.80, 1.42, 8.94, 4.51, 2:49.89)W45: Pen: 1 A Rowley-Jones 1844 (17.64, 1.24, 6.35, 3.79, 3:50.92); 2 R Bird (Mid M) 1725W50: Pen: G Clarke (E Vets) 3374 (13.47, 1.36, 8.05, 4.28, 3:11.54)W60: Pen: S Hine 2928 (15.83, 1.09, 6.54, 3.26, 3:25.02)
George Griffi ths won a 100m and long jump double at the Cardiff and Vale Championships
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Mixed events: 10,000: 1 W King (E Vets, W35) 39:51.45; 2 S Hawkins (SC Vets, W45) 40:40.77; 3 J Batchelor (Vets, M70) 41:14.29; 4 A Garnier (Vets, W55) 42:32.71; 5 L Hall (SC Vets, W55) 43:29.50; 6 J Mather (Mid M, W45) 43:37.47; 7 J Georghiou (Vets, W55) 43:52.22; 8 R Tabor (Vets, W60) 43:58.72. 10,000W: 1 M Williams (Mid M, M45) 51:31.47; 2 T Jones (Vets, M50) 54:58.73; 3 S Allen (SC Vets, M55) 56:38.01; 4 R Michell (Mid M, M60) 57:58.25; 5 A Wheeler (Mid M, W55) 60:34.24; 6 R Penfold (Vets, M65) 60:56.66; 7 C Duhig (E Vets, W55) 51:00.69; 8 M Bradley (Vets, M50) 62:19.13; 9 M Harran (SC Vets, M70) 63:26.99; 10 A Belchambers (Vets, W55) 63:32.91; 11 N Blatchford (SC Vets, W60) 63:41.33; 12 K Knight (SC Vets, M50) 64:19.34; 13 R Powell (SC Vets, M75) 67:27.42; 14 D Stevens (Vets, M75) 69:31.54
DEVON OPEN SERIES, PlymouthMen: 5000: S Antell (B&W) 15:30.3U20: JT: T Cawsey (Bid) 24.57U17: 4x200: Ply 1:42.1U15: Mile: J Blackford (Ply) 4:47.9U13: 150: 1 M Whitecross (N Dev) 19.7; 2 R Dabbs (N Abb) 21.1. 75H: S Dove (Exe) 13.4. JT: J Moncur (Exe) 34.03Women: 75: A Waldron 10.2. 100: K Endacott (Ply) 11.9. 200: K Endacott (Ply) 25.0W35: 100: J Hubbard (SW Vets) 12.9. 200: J Hubbard (SW Vets) 26.2U20: HT: B Lenehan (Ply) 38.57U15: 300: J Strang (Ply) 42.2. SP: J Dobson (N Abb) 8.19. DT: L Godwin (Exe) 27.54. JT: L Godwin (Exe) 29.55
PETROFAC GRAMPIAN ATHLETICS LEAGUE: East: AberdeenMen: MATCH: 1 Aberdeen 353; 2 Arbroath 254; 3 Banchory Stonehaven 245; 4 Montrose 231; 5 Perth Strathtay 193; 6 Dundee Hawkhill H 59; 7 Ellon 55PV: A: 3 K Lyon (A’deen, M50) 3.10; 4 T Leeson (Banc, M45) 3.00. B: R Masson (A’deen, M60) 2.90U17: PV: A: 1 D Mann (A’deen) 3.30 (rec); 2 J Watson (Mont) 3.20. SP: A: 1 D Webster (Mont) 12.94; 2 D Murray (Arb) 12.26U15: 4x200: A’deen 1:41.25U13: 800: A: B Greenwood (Perth) 2:22.30Women: MATCH: 1 Aberdeen 356; 2 Arbroath 264; 3 Banchory Stonehaven 238; 4 Montrose 182; 5 Dundee Hawkhill H 178; 6 Ellon 139; 7 Perth Strathtay H 101
800: A: 1 E Leask (Arb, U20) 2:18.01; 2 I Brodie (Dund H, U20) 2:18.48; 3 E Buchan (A’deen, U20) 2:18.95. 100H: A: C Pennet (A’deen) 14.97. B: L Rogers (Dund H, W35) 16.98. 4x200: A’deen 1:47.90U17: 200: A: 1 K Christie (Banc) 25.24; 2 Z Clark (A’deen) 25.28. PV: A: S Somers (A’deen) 2.80 (rec)U15: 800: A: K Stewart (Banc) 2:20.31. 75H: A: N Guest (Perth) 12.40. 4x200: A’deen 1:57.49
McCAIN YOUNG ATHLETES’ LEAGUEMidland Premier S: SolihullMATCH: 1 Solihull & Small Heath 607; 2 Cheltenham 587; 3 Yate & District 416U17 men: 100H: N Wilson (SSH) 13.9. HJ: J Hill (SSH) 1.89U15: 100: 1 S Garner (SSH) 11.8; 2 J McDonagh (SSH) 11.9; 3 C Blake (Yate) 11.9. 200: 1 J McDonagh (SSH) 24.4; 2 C Blake (Yate) 24.4. 80H: 1 J Gavigan (SSH) 12.1; 2 S Garner (SSH) 12.2; 3 C Bell-Hartley (Chelt) 12.2; 4 L Gardiner (Chelt) 12.9. SP: J Gavigan (SSH) 11.56U13: 75H: 1 O Russell (SSH) 13.6; 2 N Hatherley (Chelt) 13.7U17 womenTJ: M Eales (SSH) 10.84. SP: A Sherry (Chelt) 11.05. DT: A Sherry (Chelt) 32.93. HT: A Sherry (Chelt) 36.28U15: 200: M Barrett (Chelt) 26.0. 75H: 1 M Courtney (Chelt) 12.0; 2 A Martin (Chelt) 12.1. HJ: A Martin (Chelt) 1.55U13: 75: 1 E Belcher (SSH) 10.4; 2 D Jansen-Van-rensburg (SSH) 10.4. 150: 1 D Jansen-Van-rensburg (SSH) 21.0; 2 B Sutton-Page (Chelt) 21.7; 3 G Taylor (Yate) 21.8; 4 H Graveney (Chelt) 21.8. 1200: E Cox (SSH) 4:14.4. 70H: D Jansen-Van-rensburg (SSH) 12.5. SP: M Bird (Chelt) 8.78
Northern Premier W: BlackburnMATCH: 1 Sale HM 782; 2 Blackburn 553; 3 Horwich 303.U17 men: 100: R Ejaikuekwu (Sale) 11.0. 200: 1 R Ejaikuekwu (Sale) 22.1; 2 D Heald (Sale) 22.4. 400H: C Asong (Sale) 55.9. 4x100: Sale 46.6. 4x400: Sale 3:27.8. PV: J Sutcliffe (Sale) 3.35. TJ: L Robins (Sale) 12.76U15: 100: D Morrison (Sale) 11.7. 200: D Morrison (Sale) 23.7. 400: F Tighe (Sale) 53.4. 4x400: Sale 3:52.6U13: 75H: J Jameson (B’burn) 13.6U17 women: 3000: M Davies (Sale) 10:49.6. 80H: 1 L Randles (Sale) 12.5; 2 C Jones (Sale) 12.5. 300H: B Bolton (Sale) 46.6. 4x300: Sale 3:03.9. HJ: A Hastie (Sale) 1.64. SP: C Dickinson (Sale) 10.09
U15: 75H: 1 A Carrs (Sale) 12.0; 2 L Taylor (Horw) 12.4. 4x100: Sale 52.4. LJ: A Williams (Sale) 5.18U13: 75: K Chadwick (Sale) 10.3. 150: 1 S Ullah (Sale) 21.2; 2 E Evans (Sale) 21.9. 1200: 1 E Greenwood (B’burn) 3:51.2; 2 C Lydon (Sale) 4:12.2; 3 B Atkinson (Horw) 4:19.8. 70H: S Ullah (Sale) 12.4. 4x100: Sale 57.4. SP: S Ullah (Sale) 8.98WarringtonMATCH: 1 Crewe & Nantwich 582; 2 Blackpool, Wyre & Fylde 496; 3 Warrington 480.U17 men: 200: J Platt (C&N) 22.7. 400: O Hopkins (BWF) 51.5. 100H: J Webster (Warr) 14.2. 400H: J Webster (Warr) 56.3. 1500SC: M Hulse (Warr) 4:49.1. 4x100: C&N 45.2. 4x400: Warr 3:36.1. HJ: A Howell (C&N) 1.88. PV: M Walker (BWF) 3.90. TJ: A Howell (C&N) 13.30U15: 100: J Boulton (C&N) 11.6. 200: J Boulton (C&N) 23.7. 4x100: C&N 49.1. SP: N Clowes (C&N) 11.71. DT: N Clowes (C&N) 34.40. JT: E Bell (Warr) 42.73U13: 800: J Evans (Warr) 2:21.2. 1500: J Lonsdale (BWF) 4:45.2. 75H: C Meakin (Warr) 13.0U17 women: 4x100: C&N 52.5. LJ: L James (C&N) 5.25. DT: C Needham (BWF) 30.90. HT: C Needham (BWF) 37.88U15: 100: K Lawler (BWF) 12.9. 200: K Lawler (BWF) 26.2. 800: E Smith (Warr) 2:23.0. 1500: H Knowles-Jones (Warr) 4:45.2. PV: 1 G Pickles (C&N) 2.50; 2 F Hockey (BWF) 2.45U13: 75: D Bailey (Warr) 10.5. 150: 1 D Bailey (Warr) 20.5; 2 E Nickisson (C&N) 21.6. 1200: S McGrail (Warr) 4:16.9. 70H: D Bailey (Warr) 12.3. 4x100: C&N 57.8
WELSH MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS, Cardiff M35 men: 100: M Grey (M45) 12.1. 800: 3 B Gardner (M55) 2:21.1; 4 R Marks (M60) 2:26.8M40: 400H: D Osborne (M50) 68.2M50: 100: 1 G Sutton (M65) 12.8; 3 G Trueman (M60) 14.0; 4 P Wright (M60) 14.2; 5 T Madigan (M65) 14.4. 200: P Bevan (WMAA) 26.7. 100H: 1 D Boaler 19.0; 2 R Atkins 20.6; 3 D McAttee 20.8M60: 200: 1 G Sutton (M65) 27.3; 2 G Trueman 28.7W35 women: 100: 1 K Waring 12.9; 2 K Madigan (W40) 13.1; 3 L Byfield-Moore (W45) 13.2; 4 A Kelly (W50) 14.5. 200: 1 K Waring 26.5; 2 K Madigan (W40) 27.5; 3 L Byfield-Moore (W45) 27.8; 4 S Hooper (W45) 29.3; 5 A Kelly (W50) 30.2; 6 C Marler (W60) 32.5. 400: 1 K
Waring 61.3; 3 C Marler (W60) 72.9. 800: 2 S Haikala (W40) 2:31.7; 3 J Phillips (W45) 2:38.8; 4 P Gallagher (W65) 2:59.5W40: 80H: S Fletcher 14.2
JUNE 4NORTH OF ENGLAND LEAGUE1: LincolnMATCH: 1 Lincoln W 373; 2 Holmfirth H 364; 3 Blackburn H 346; 4 Manchester 317; 5 Preston H 314; 6 Blackpool WF 303.Men: 200: A: L Evans (Blac) 22.0. 5000: A: 1 B Fish (Blac) 15:27.1; 2 D Turnbull (Holm) 15:32.9. 3000SC: A: T Doe (Linc W) 9:34.8. 4x100: Com 43.8. TJ: A: J Barrett (Com) 13.81Women: 400H: A: J Simmons (Com) 65.6. 4x100: BWF 51.0. SP: A: S Henton (Blac) 11.00. DT: A: S Henton (Blac) 46.86. HT: A: 1 L Benin (Com) 55.57; 2 S Stanhope (Linc W) 44.34
SOUTHERN MEN’S LEAGUE1: EtonMATCH: 1 Woking 121; 2 Met Pol 109; 3 St Marys Richmond 105.5; 4 WG&EL 104.5; 5 AFD 83.Men: 400: A: P Scanlon (WG&EL, U20) 50.0. 800: A: J Cook (WG&EL) 1:53.2. 5000: A: 1 S Connor (AFD) 15:18.2; 2 P Tucker (Met Pol) 15:41.5. 110H: A: M Elliot (Met Pol) 15.9. HJ: A: M Glover (SMR, U20) 1.90. PV: A: J Phipps (Woking, U20) 4.30. SP: A: A Oshodi (WG&EL, U20) 15.34. B: C Linque (WG&EL) 13.17. DT: A: D Douglas (WG&EL) 46.39. B: C Linque (WG&EL) 46.17. HT: A: 1 P Clarke (WG&EL, U20) 55.30; 2 P Derrien (SMR) 45.00. JT: A: 2 G Bridgman (SMR, U20) 51.972N: Colchester (Match 1)MATCH: 1 Hunts 100; 2 Colchester 94; 3 London Heathside 84; 4 Loughton 62.Men: 4x400: Hunts 3:17.80. SP: A: J Edwards (Hunts) 14.73. DT: A: 1 J Edwards (Hunts) 42.88; 2 R Earle (Col H) 42.87. HT: A: 1 R Earle (Col H) 53.75; 2 J Edwards (Hunts) 52.84Colchester (Match 2)MATCH: 1 Bedford 86; 2 Braintree 80; 3
Belgrave 77; 4 West Suffolk 75Men: HT: A: D Kerr (Bed C) 47.182S: Crawley (Match 1)MATCH: 1 Kent 112; 2 SLH 92; 3 Crawley 80; 4 East Grinstead 67.Men: 800: A: 3 W F-Jewell (E Grin) 2:08.0. B: R Martin (Kent) 2:06.0. 1500: A: 3 A Haines (Craw, M40) 4:45.0. B: 2 G Quinn (Kent) 4:53.0. 3000SC: A: 2 R Creed (Craw, M50) 10:53.4. TJ: A: S Bibilolu (S Lon) 13.90. SP: A: C Green (Kent) 13.00. HT: A: P Spivey (E Grin) 54.12
UP & RUNNING MIDLAND LEAGUE4: TelfordMATCH: 1 Telford AC 395; 2 Stratford upon Avon 315; 3 Shrews 312; 4 Solihull 284; 5 Banbury H 282; 6 DASH 254.Men: 100: A: B Simons (Tel) 10.8. 3000: A: C Davies (Tel) 8:44.3. TJ: A: S Edwards (Shrews) 14.55. DT: A: P Wilkins (Banb) 42.40. JT: A: 1 J Hopley (Tel) 65.99; 2 R Woodhall (DASH) 58.24. B: J Bell (Tel) 54.35Women: 3000: A: C Martin (Tel) 10:18.7. 100H: A: S Worrall (Tel) 15.40. 400H: A: C McMillan (Banb) 65.10. PV: A: H Rubery (Tel) 3.10. TJ: A: 1 A Kelly (Shrews) 11.55; 2 E Goulding (DASH) 11.15. DT: A: H Rubery (Tel) 36.007: NuneatonMATCH: 1 Leicester C 440.5; 2 Nuneaton H 428; 3 OWLS 319.5; 4 Tamworth B 237; 5 Notts AC B 207; 6 Daventry 163.Men: JT: A: T Morris-Reid (Leic C) 55.53Women: TJ: A: T Longwe (Leic C) 11.34
JUNE 1ATHLETICS NORTHERN IRELAND OPENBelfastU20 men: HT: A Doyle (Mid U) 60.97U18: HT: R Moffett (B&A) 53.64Women: HT: L Glover (Lag V) 40.02Mixed events: 3000: r1: 7 B McKee (Drom, M45) 9:31.94; 9 T Eakin (N Down, M60) 10:37.74. r2: 8 R Campbell (Lag V, W) 10:28.43
Men100 Dwain Chambers 10.01/2.0200 Danny Talbot 20.54/-0.8400 Michael Bingham 45.42800 Michael Rimmer 1:45.121500 Nick McCormick 3:38.07Mile Andy Baddeley 3:54.293000 Mo Farah 7:35.81i5000 Mo Farah 13:10.61i10,000 Mo Farah 26:47.573000SC Luke Gunn 8:38.18110H Andy Turner 13.28/1.8400H Dai Greene 48.24HJ Tom Parsons 2.31iPV Steve Lewis 5..62LJ Greg Rutherford 8.18/0.4TJ Phillips Idowu 17.59/-0.6SP Scott Rider 18.77DT Brett Morse 64.49HT Andy Frost 72.79JT James Campbell 80.18Dec Daniel Awde 7869
Women100 Anyika Onuora 11.18/1.6200 Jessica Ennis 23.11/1.8400 Shana Cox 51.24800 Jenny Meadows 1:59.22i1500 Lisa Dobriskey 4:06.353000 Helen Clitheroe 8:39.81i5000 Katrina Wootton 15:43.7710,000 Helen Clitheroe 32:11.293000SC Hatti Dean 9:37.95100H Tiffany Ofili-Porter 12.77/1.0400H Perri Shakes-Drayton 54.77HJ Jessica Ennis 1.91PV Holly Bleasdale 4.50PV Kate Dennison 4.50 LJ Shara Proctor 6.81/1.4TJ Nadia Williams 13.77/1.7SP Eden Francis 16.68DT Eden Francis 57.49HT Sophie Hitchon 69.43JT Goldie Sayers 61.61Hep Jessica Ennis 6790
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ROADJUNE 13SELF TRANSCEDENCE 5km, BatterseaMen: 1 N Shasha (Torq) 15:52; 2 E Wilson (ESM) 16:05; 3 M Shore (THH) 16:08M45: T Tuohy (Dulw) 16:44. M50: D Child (Kent) 17:01Women: 1 B Anderson (SB) 18:27; 2 O Toye (Morn C) 19:49W55: A Sanders Reece (Morn C) 20:46; 2 K Hancock (Serp) 21:52
JUNE 12POLAROID EYEWEAR VALE OF LEVEN 10km, AlexandriaRECENTLY graduated to the W50 ranks, Fiona Matheson wasted no time in setting a UK record of 35:28, finishing 17th overall. The Falkirk Harrier and recently crowned European masters champion lowered Daphne Elmore’s previous mark by 25 seconds.Overall: 1 T Mengisteab (Shett) 29:57; 2 T Tewelde (Shett) 30:16; 3 P Sorrie (Shett) 30:56; 4 A Adams (Shett) 30:59; 5 R Stewart 31:32; 6 M Deason (Shett) 32:04; 7 L Traynor (Giff N, U20) 33:25; 8 S Campbell (Arb, M40) 33:48; 9 R Whittington (Bella R, M40) 34:30; 10 S Mulrine (Gars, M40) 34:44; 11 C Black (Bella R) 34:53; 11 E Geddes (Gars) 34:55M40: 4 C Upson (W’lands CC) 35:37. M50: 1 P Thompson (Helen) 35:15; 2 A Potter (VPCG) 37:02. M55: B Kirkwood (Lass) 37:39Women: 1 F Matheson (Falk, W50) 35:28 (UK W50 rec); 2 A Docherty (Centr) 36:22; 3 K Husband (Gars, W35) 37:05; 4 J Knowles (Sc Pris) 37:44; 5 C Couper (W35) 38:07; 6 L Morrison (Centr) 38:21; 7 J Smylie (Giff N) 38:48; 8 A Cassidy (W35) 39:02; 9 J Doncaster 39:12; 10 J Emsley (Centr) 39:12; 11 A Winship (Gars, W35) 39:51W50: 2 E Christie (Bela H) 41:52; 3 L Chapman (Gars) 44:24. W60: B McLafferty (SVHC) 47:33
ISLE OF HOY HALF-MARATHONOverall: 1 J Trevelyan (High HR) 80:43; 2 T Cooke (M45) 80:58; 3 A Ward (Edin, M50) 84:39M60: B Adams (Metro) 90:15Women: 1 L Leslie 1:42:46; 2 S McCafferty 1:44:54
POTTERS ARF MARATHON, HanleyMen: 1 M Williams (Tip) 70:17; 2 B Gamble (Tip) 71:14; 3 R Plant (Stoke, M40) 77:14M40: 2 J Goodwin (Boalloy) 77:54. M45: K Lilley (Sheff RC) 77:51. M60: G Farmer (Oak P) 89:21. M65: 1 J Keeling (Trent) 93:40; 2 S Winterton (Trent) 95:16. M70: A Lewis (Trent) 1:41:30Women1 M Vernon (Trent, W40) 84:53; 2 S Hollinshead (Trent, W40) 86:23; 3 M Buckle (Newc S, W35) 86:52W40: R Watchorn-Rice (Chead) 90:06. W45: C Hemming (Spec) 93:02. W65: D Fellows (C&S) 1:52:25
ALDRIDGE 10kmMen: 1 M Miles (Belg) 30:26; 2 D Webb (Leeds C) 30:33; 3 A Halliday (B’ville, V35) 31:24; 4 S Abrahams (Tip) 34:55; 5 S Massey (Tip) 34:59; 6 S Marklew (RSC, M45) 35:31M55:1 R Stanier (Tip) 38:37; 2 P Parker (RSC) 38:47. M70: R Hagan (W&B) 44:49Women: 1 L Cox (Tip) 37:35; 2 S Gray (Staff H) 38:51; 3 S Walker (Tip, W40) 40:18
ALRESFORD ROTARY 10kmOverall: 1 J Manning (Denm) 34:39; 2 M Powell 36:37; 3 J Bradford (BMH) 37:07Women: 1 M O’Rourke (Win) 42:09; 2 J Humphries (Alton, W40) 42:18
BURTON PIDSEA 10kmMen: 1 S Bateson (E Hull) 32:45; 2 P Taylor (Brid) 33:05; 3 S Carmichael (Bev) 34:02; 4 J Pearson (Bev) 34:18; 5 J Leskiewicz (Bev) 34:21M40: R Lilley (E Hull) 35:18. M50: L Kirlew (E Hull) 36:31Women: 1 N Dawson (Bev, U17W) 43:26; 2 L Stamford (Bev, W35) 44:37
HEROES HALF-MARATHONBassingbournOverall1 G Spellman (M40) 77:20; 2 A Pritchard (C&C) 79:46; 3 K Liddle (unatt) 79:50M65: 1 J Fanshawe (unatt) 95:29Women: 1 L Cowley (Herts P) 81:00; 2 S Juggins (W40) 87:37
MORECAMBE 10kmOverall: 1 G Butler (Prest, M40) 33:06; 2 M Sawrey (Traff) 33:35; 3 I Quinn (Barr) 33:38; 4 R Affleck (Prest) 33:40; 5 N Leigh (Alt) 33:55M50: S Moran (Astley) 37:19. M55: R Padgett 38:40. M60: E Cook (B’burn) 39:30Women: 1 D McVey 41:40; 2 J Maley (Astley) 41:57; 3 J Mann (Astley, W45) 42:10W50: A Sweeney (Prest) 43:10
SOUTHEND HALF-MARATHONOverall: 1 P Martelletti (VP&TH/NZL) 67:56; 2 J Lawler (Bed C) 68:14; 3 J Connor (Kent) 69:28; 4 S Whittaker (Chelm) 74:08; 5 P Hasler (Padd W) 74:51M40: 1 R Edmonds (Serp) 77:40. M45: 1 S Whelan (Lon F) 75:41Women: 1 S Amend (Belg) 80:10; 2 S Anne Mooney (L’field) 87:11W55: 1 L Tanner (Spring S) 98:34
MERSEY TUNNEL 10km, LiverpoolOverall: 1 J McCole (Liv H) 31:31; 2 A Pierce 31:49; 3 M Rose (Buck) 32:38; 4 B Rothery (Eryri) 32:51; 5 D Mahon (Warr) 33:38; 6 J Cherriman (Orping) 33:48; 7 M Swensson (Penny L) 34:05M40: P Sankey (Liv RC) 35:04. M45: A Wilcox (Liv RC) 35:20. M50: L Murphy 36:58. M55: 1 B Beecroft (Wirr) 38:27; 2 T Metcalf (Mossley) 39:00. M70: F Shilleto (N Vets) 47:13Women: 1 J Clague (Liv H, W35) 38:49; 2 C Quaness 39:20W50: L Fisher (B’den RR) 44:02. W60: R Rogers (Dee) 46:01. W70: N Young 57:14
RUBY RUN HALF-MARATHONHatherleighOverall: 1 V Pincombe (W35) 79:13; 2 I Gooding 80:00; 3 A Vallance 81:38Women: 1 Pincombe 79:13; 2 S Maclean-Thorne 97:52
REDCAR HALF-MARATHONMen: 1 G Taylor (J&H) 71:07; 2 D Kirkland (Aln) 72:22; 3 B Bennett (Red, M40) 74:42M40: 2 V Brudenell (N Yks M) 75:29; 3 G Dunn (T&S) 75:51. M45: D Young (Tyne Br) 76:38. M50: 1 G Hetherington (Sedge) 79:00; 2 T Clough (Leeds C) 81:20Women: 1 C Summersgill (M&C) 84:59; 2 G Frost (Black B, W) 89:01; W45: J Keavney (Swaled) 90:53. W50: F Shenton (Elv) 92:30. W55: 1 P Costello (Redc) 96:44; 2 L Valentine (Sun S) 1:40:50
DECATHLON 10km, BelfastMen: 1 P Pollock (Kent) 32:19; 2 P Rowan (Willow, M45) 33:02; 3 P Carroll (Anna, M40) 33:55; 4 S Taylor (Abbey) 34:01; 5 C Curran (NBH) 34:19; 6 M Wray (B&A, M45) 34:37Women: 1 F Johnston (W35) 43:37; 2 R Gibson 44:21
LONG EATON 5Overall: 1 J Rainsford (Hean, U20) 27:00; 2 C Curtis (Corby) 27:16; 3 C Allwood (SinA) 27:34M60: R Booth (Shelt) 31:49Women1 J Doyle (Charn) 27:35; 2 A Whitehead (Sale) 28:19; 3 L Palmer 30:34; 4 L Hill (Der) 31:50W45: J Burke (Hean) 32:29. W55: A Ford (Red) 34:12. W65: S Poole (Holme P) 42:47
TWO CASTLES RUN 10km, WarwickMen: 1 M Lole (Cov) 32:06; 2 R Simkiss (Kenil) 32:51; 3 M Greenwood (Nene V) 33:07; 4 P Thompson (Spark) 34:01; 5 P Gould (Kenil) 34:04; 6 A Siggers (Kenil) 34:13; 7 G Allen (Leam, U17) 34:18; 8 C McCarthy (Tip) 34:22; 9 H Davies 34:36; 10 E Combstock (Cov) 34:38; 11 E Hargreaves 34:48; 12 J Langley (Leam) 34:57; 13 J Mee (Leam, U20) 35:45M50: G Stephens 37:00. M60: R Elliott 39:27Women: 1 M Boardman (C&C) 38:57; 2 S Randhawa (W45) 39:20; 3 M Williamson (Leam, W50) 39:32; 4 K Banerjee (Knowle & Dorridge, W35) 40:48; W45: D Compton) 42:59
SWITHLAND 6, MountsorrelOverall: 1 T Hartley (Notts, M40) 30:12; 2 M Powell (Tip) 30:40; 3 N Stirk (Tip) 31:29; 4 T Shardlow (Hinck) 32:07; 5 S Spencer (Barr R) 32:13; 6 P Swaine (Charn) 32:18; 7 T Hughes (Leic C, M50) 32:57; 8 C Southam (Stilt, M45) 33:00; 9 M Munday (Road, M45) 33:18; 10 K Beardall (W End) 33:29; 11 M Couldwell (Charn) 33:37; 13 J Burch M45) 33:48; 14 A Hart (Coritanians, M45) 33:57Women: 1 J Potter (Charn) 33:46; 2 N Nealon (Hunc, W40) 35:43; 3 J Toon (Leic Tc) 37:12; 4 E Ault (Barr R) 37:14; 5 G Smith (Birstall) 37:18; 6 L Johnson (Charn, W) 37:40; 7 S Newman (Wreak, W50) 38:28; 8 L Insley (S Derb, W40) 39:05W55: J Davisworth (Beau L) 43:20. W60: L Griffin (Birst) 43:56
WARGRAVE 10kmOverall: 1 D Lewis (Read) 34:35; 2 R Brookling (M40) 34:41; 3 M Davenport (M’head) 34:42; 4 P Gregory (VoA, M55) 34:49; 5 H MacKenzie (unatt) 34:55M40: 2 S Barnes (Newb) 35:09; 3 H Bampton (B&W) 35:11. M55: 2 T Hughes (W Horse) 35:33. M60: 1 D Parsons (Oxf C) 37:47; 2 G Anderson (Newb) 39:54. M65: 1 I Spencer (Datch) 42:51. M70: 1 R MacNeil (Read RR) 45:00Women: 1 N Aitken (VOT) 37:21; 2 L Hartney (Read RR, W45) 37:24W45: 2 J Eaton (Team K) 42:52. W50: 1 L Whiley (Read RR) 41:21
WYMONDHAM MIDSUMMER 10Overall: 1 G Davis (Ips J) 56:24; 2 D Middleton (Norw RR) 56:59; 3 H Decker (Ips J, W) 58:21M45: 1 S Pettit (Ely) 58:21. M50: 1 P Muffett (N Norf) 61:14. M55: 1 C Robilliard (Colt) 61:40; 2 J Leversedge (E&H) 63:08. M60: 1 R Blake (G Yar) 67:35
Women : 1 H Decker (Ips J) 58:21; 2 N Alford (Norw) 65:25W40: 1 K Archbold (Low) 67:55. W50: 1 G Pryke (Ips J) 68:26. W55: 1 C Wright (Corby) 75:49. W60: 1 V Manly (E Vets) 82:14. W65: 1 C Spong (G Yar) 89:15
BRAISHFIELD 5Overall: 1 P Bernsten (Win) 25:37; 2 J Baker (Chich) 26:08; 3 C Jacobsen (Sparta) 26:45M45: 1 M Grist (Poole R) 28:02. M55: 1 D Brisco (And) 30:20Women: 1 H Cartwright (unatt) 34:02; 2 A Brown (E’leigh) 34:41
EPSOM 10kmOverall: 1 K Quinn (AFD) 31:25; 2 M Donnery (Sps O) 33:17; 3 A Jackson (Strag) 33:39; 4 P Bal (S Lon) 33:47; 5 P O’Callaghan (Tad) 34:45; 6 S Flack (E&E) 34:54Women: 1 J Perrin (Read RR, W35) 38:55; 2 H Furze (SoC, W45) 40:32W45: 2 P Flynn (Strag) 40:51; 3 V Caulfield (E&E) 42:32. W60: 1 J Davies (E&E) 42:46. W65: 1 P Elliott (Wav’ley) 48:10
HAMSTREET 10km, Kent.Overall: 1 G Nicholls (Ton, W) 38:21; 2 D Pyne (Dartf) 38:58; 3 K Williams (Ashf, M50) 39:18Women: 1 G Nicholls (Ton) 38:21; 2 C Brown 44:54
PUDDLETOWN PLOD 20kmOverall: 1 I Habgood (B’mth) 71:02; 2 J Sharkey (B’mth) 71:02; 3 S Monro (B’mth) 71:44; 4 P Rabjohns (Poole, M35) 74:59; 5 D Jones (Poole) 76:13M45: 1 S Way (B’mth) 76:58. M50: 1 A Beavers (Eg H) 77:32. M55: 1 H Murray (Purb R) 83:31DORSET LEAGUE: 1 Bournemouth 22; 2 Poole AC 60; 3 Wimborne 82Women: 1 J Chapman (B’mth, W40) 88:47; 2 N Sandell (Littled, W35) 89:18; 3 C Horder (B’mth J, W60) 92:18; 4 B Beavers (Eg H, W55) 94:14DORSET LEAGUE: 1 B’mth J 12; 2 Egdon Heath 15; 3 Littledown H 27
ST ALBANS HALF-MARATHONOverall: 1 D Mitchinson (NEB) 69:58; 2 R Scott (S’end) 72:48; 3 S Riley (St Alb) 74:11; 4 D Davies (SB) 74:11; 5 A Cracknell (D&T) 74:44M40: 1 M Hunt (Traff) 77:41. M50: 1 J Oakes (C&C) 79:27; 2 D Desborough (Gard CR) 81:09. M60: 1 R Solomons (High) 89:38; 2 B James (Wat J) 90:16. M65: 1 G Newton (Tad) 88:16Women: 1 J Guard (Leeds C, W35) 86:19; 2 S Onn (St Alb, W35) 86:47; 3 K Hadley (Serp, W35) 86:57W45: 1 D Steer (St Alb) 88:58; 2 S Enhard (Comp) 91:08; 3 Z Lowe (St Alb) 91:11. W50: 1 S Spong (Hav 90) 96:00; 2 L Walls (St Alb) 98:36
JUNE 11BENDRIGG 10km, KendalOverall: 1 D Parkinson (Kend) 33:30; 2 E Simpson (Dallam, M40) 35:52; 3 S Garner (W Cumbria TC) 36:41M50: P Muller (Horw) 36:48Women: 1 K Aubrey (Helm H, W45) 42:07; 2 A Richards (Helm H, W35) 45:24; 3 D Priestley (Kend, W55) 47:11
ISLE OF SKYE HALF-MARATHONPortreeOverall: 1 H Campbell (Lucky) 71:17; 2 K Hood (Corst) 72:14; 3 D Burgess (Anst) 82:12M55: T Coyle 86:00TEAM: 1 Hunters Bog Trotters 48; 2 Lauderdale Limpers 49Women: 1 G Carr (Corst, W35) 91:12; 2 R Peters (W35) 96:26W50: J Smith (Storn) 99:43TEAM: 1 Hunters Bog Trotters 24; 2 Stornoway RAC 104
CELEBRATE ABERDEEN UNION STREET MILEOverall: 1 R Russell (Centr) 4:14; 2 M Edwards 4:20; 3 J Joy (A’deen) 4:27; 4 B Hukins (A’deen) 4:29M45: K Farquhar (Metro) 4:48Women: 1 J Bannerman (I’ness) 5:14; 2 G Cormack (A’deen, U20) 5:27; 3 L Mahady (A’deen, W50) 5:30; 4 E Prise (A’deen, U17) 5:30
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TEAM: 1 Preston H 108; 2 Blackpool Wyre & Fylde 237; 3 Wesham RR 257Women: 1 C Betmead (BWF, W35) 25:47; 2 J Goorney (Wesh, W40) 27:25W45: P Walsh (Prest) 28:44. W50: B Wright (BWF) 29:46. W55: M Hesketh (Prest) 31:09TEAM: 1 Blackpool Wyre & Fylde 34; 2 Wesham RR 41; 3 Preston H 54
SPEN GREENWAY 10kmOverall: 1 M Pierson (Holm) 33:17; 2 A Adams (Leeds C) 33:47; 3 K Ogden (Spen) 34:42M40: A Whitworth (Melt) 35:56. M50: 1 M Forth (Q’bury) 36:58; 2 K NcGhie (Spen) 37:19. M60: K Williams (N Vets) 37:04Women: 1 K Hallas (Leeds C) 38:52; 2 B Massey (Barns, W40) 43:17
OTLEY 10Overall: 1 T Woldemichael (Shett) 52:05; 2 O Beilby (Wharf) 57:50; 3 T Midgley (Bing) 58:05M70: F Gibbs (Bing) 74:07Women: 1 K Pickles (Puds P, W40) 68:42; 2 R Cesar De Sa (Skyrac, U20) 70:15; 3 S Malir (Ilkley, W45) 71:46W50: C McCarthy (Pont) 74:14. W55: A Baldwin (Stain) 76:27
JUNE 7CUBERT 5, CornwallOverall: 1 J Cole (Tav) 25:40; 2 D Alsop (StA RR) 26:20; 3 D Nash (E Corn, U17) 26:24; 4 C Snook (Corn) 26:39; 5 D Buzza (Corn, M45) 26:48M45: 2T Dunn (Corn) 27:10; 3 P Gregg (Tamar) 28:28; 4 D Oakes (StA RR) 28:52. M50: T Symons (Tav) 28:49. M55: G Letchford (Mt B) 30:35. M75: T Berry (Truro) 35:21Women: 1; E Stallard (Corn, W40)
28:35; 2 N Tier (Corn) 29:28; 3 L Hodgson (N&P, W35) 29:30; 4 K Burgess (Corn) 31:00W40: 2 N Hill (Mt B) 33:05. W45: 1 R Crowle (E Corn) 32:35; 2 F Ruetsch (Hayle) 33:43. W55: S Ogilvie (Newq RR) 33:52
MELKSHAM 5kmOverall: 1 S Plummer (Salis) 15:33; 2 T Fisher (AVR) 16:07; 3 M Towler (AVR) 16:11Women: 1 K Butler (AVR, W50) 20:27; 2 D Jones (Chipp H) 20:43W50: 2 A Sloane (Salis) 21:35. W60: 1 R Barber (AVR) 23:02 EMGP BANBURY 5Overall: 1 S Naylor (W’stock) 24:55; 2 R Kenny (Cov) 25:47; 3 M Aldridge (Woot B) 26:08; 4 J Bull (Der, U20) 26:14; 5 S Fenwick (Harb, M40) 26:44M45: 1 N Pacey (Sils) 28:17; 2 G Spellman (R&N) 28:23. M50: 1 T Egan (R&N) 29:33. M55: 1 B Vaughan (W’stock) 29:55. M60: 1 J Skelton (Mil K) 30:40. M70: 1 J Thomas (Corby) 36:25TEAM: 1 Coventry Godiva 1:51:57; 2 Wootton RR 1:52:30Women: 1 K Gallagher (Woot B, W35) 29:32; 2 M Kirkham (Cov) 30:58; 3 M Williamson (Leam, W50) 31:29; 4 J Webber (W’stock) 31:49; 5 J Rogers (Thame, W35) 31:53W40: 1 J Dixon (Woot B) 32:08; 2 M Bartlett (Banb) 32:15; 3 T Pike (Corby) 33:37. W60: 1 A Copson (R&N) 33:08TEAM: 1 Wootton 94:22; 2 Rugby & Northampton 1:48:44; 3 Silson 1:49:57W35 TEAM: 1 Wootton 95:45; 2 Rugby & Northampton 14:8:44; 3 Cherwell 1:44:37
BEARSDEN AND MILNGAVIE 10kmGlasgowOverall: 1 N Deason (Shett) 34:45; 2 G Harvie (Kirkin, M40) 37:26; 3 M McColl (Shett) 37:43Women: 1 K White 40:57; 2 R Joss (Glas U) 41:58
SELF TRANSCENDENCE 10kmBattersea ParkOverall: 1 F Del Valle (Serp) 33:25; 2 B Wallace (Herne H) 33:41; 3 J Chettle (Camb U) 33:44; 4 D McNeely (Serp) 33:50M45: 1 S Philcox (Bark RR) 35:46Women: 1 V Carter (Serp, W35) 39:35; 2 G Wu (Serp, W40) 40:09
JUNE 9BOWDON 5km, AltrinchamOverall: 1 D Norman (Alt) 15:59; 2 M Hatch (Sale) 16:03; 3 H Valentine (S Ches, U20) 16:05M40: 1 A Timmins (Warr) 16:32; 2 P Mannion (Astley) 16:51. M45: 1 R Downs (Wiom) 16:53; 2 G Rowlinson (Sale) 17:05; 3 G MacNeil (Wilm) 17:06; 4 G Astin (Stock H) 17:25; 5 T Morris (Wilm) 17:30. M50: 1 A Barbat (W’sey) 17:46; 2 C Martin (Spec) 17:51. M55: 1 D Carrington (Alt) 18:07; 2 P Maher (Vale R) 18:46. M60: A Melling (Astley) 19:31. M65: F Reilly (Stock H) 18:53. M70: A Peers (Spec) 22:44U20: 2 L Renton (Warr) 16:14Women1 L Thompson (Leigh) 17:52; 2 G Connolly (SHS) 17:58; 3 J Taylor (Wig P, W50) 18:50W45: 1 J Lott (Traff) 20:32; 2 C Hemming (Spec) 20.33; 3 C Geraghty (Wilm) 20:52. W50: 2 A Gresty (Sale) 21:06. W55: A Pugh (Alt) 21:58
FULL BRONTE 5, HaworthOverall: 1 J Walsh (Leeds C) 24:33; 2 J Thomas (K&C) 26:31; 3 W Smith (K&C) 27:50M45: N Bedell (K&C) 29:12. M55: P Pyrah (Bing) 30:30. M65: R Hall (Hali) 34:03.Women: 1 S Cumber (Hali, W40) 32:37; 2 D Campbell (Bail) 35:35
JUNE 8PUMA WORTHING 10kmOverall: 1 M Dumigan (Worth) 33:00; 2 J Guilmant (Phoe) 33:31; 3 J Baker (Chich) 33:55; 4 C Thompson (B&H) 34:34; 5 A Robinson (Horsh J) 34:58M65: 1 A Haig (Phoe) 42:49Women: 1 R Moore (Worth, U20) 38:26; 2 E Richards (Hail) 39:16W45: 1 C Wood (Arena) 41:54; 2 C Ulliott (B&H) 41:56. W60: 1 K Bowler (Hail) 47:04. W65: 1 J Etheridge (B&H RS) 51:00
YEOVILTON SUMMER 5km SERIESOverall: 1 N Young (B&W) 15:48; 2 A Murchison (Win) 16:04; 3 A Lindsay (Wells) 16:29M50: 1 S Hale (Bath) 17:44. M55: 1 M Lascelles (MNR) 17:42; 2 G Seward (Exe) 18:04. M60: 1 C Harwood (Wells) 18:20; 2 I Snow (Torr) 19:10. U17M: 1 K Young (B&W) 16:53Women: 1 J Thompson (Bath, W50) 18:10; 2 C Hodgson (Exe Un) 18:35; 3 A Murray-Gourgay (Wells) 18:48; 4 L Lascelles (MNR, W45) 18:49; 5 J Moore (Wells, W45) 19:00W45: 3 L Faulkner (Dors) 19:41. W50: 2 A Sloane (Salis) 21:19
CORSTORPHINE 5, EdinburghOverall: 1 R Houston (Centr) 24:14; 2 A Douglas (Inver) 24:27; 3 M Strain
(HBT) 25:40; 4 S Cairns (HBT, M40) 25:45; 5 A Christy (Corst, U20) 25:58; 6 S O’Brien (Corst) 26:38; 7 G Wilkie (Corst, M40) 26:43l 8 C McGill (Edin) 26:54M40: A Derrick (Cald) 27:58. M50: 1 J Farquhar (Pit) 27:22; 2 P Thompson (Helen) 27:59; 3 A Law (Mid Arg) 29:27; 4 A Ward (Edin) 29:34; 5 G Montgomery (C’dale) 29:41Women: 1 S Ridley (Edin, W40) 29:36; 2 C Couper 30:01; 3 B Junnier (Wee C, W40) 30:51; 4 E McKechanie (HBT) 30:58; 5 K Jenkins (HBT) 30:59; 6 S Scott (Edin) 31:18; 7 G Carr (Corst) 31:32; 8 J Kirby (Corst) 32:00
BIRKENHEAD PARK 5Overall: 1 J Riley (Liv H) 26:16; 2 M Keeley (Liv H) 26:39; 3 R Tudor (W Ches, M45) 26:42; 4 P Peerless (Wirr) 26:58M40: 1 P Sankey (Liv RC) 27:20; 2 J Heap (Hallam) 28:17. M45: 2 N Vengdasalam (Liv H) 27:54; 3 O Cooper 28:35. M50: 1 R Bowker (S’port W) 28:49; 2 A Barbat (W’sey) 28:51; 3 R Cole (Liv H) 29:29. M55: 1 G Ratcliffe (Wirr) 28:20; 2 A McDevitt (Wirr) 30:15; 3 L Coathup (Buck) 30:23. M60: P Bailey (S’port W) 30:35Women: 1 E Robinson (Buck) 29:21; 2 J Clague (Liv H) 30:21; 3 L Grantham (Wirr, W35) 31:12; 4 S Kearney (Wirr, W35) 31:37W55: S Cooper (S’port W) 34:08
INTER CLUB SERIES, PrestonOverall (4.37M)1 S Robinson (BWF) 22:17; 2 C Livesey (Prest) 22:23; 3 S Littler (Wesh) 22:41; 4 G Pennington (Prest, M40) 22:52; 5 P Leybourne (BWF) 23:06; 6 G Butler (Prest, M40) 23:19M50: A Rowe (Wesh) 24:35
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START FITNESS BLAYDON RACENewcastle to Blaydon, Tyne & WearMIDLAND-based Kenyan Edwin Kipkorir was the overall winner as Justina Heslop wook the women’s title for the third successive year.
Nick Swinburn soon led the 3500-strong field out of Newcastle, establishing a 40-metre lead after two miles. However, his efforts against a stiff headwind took their toll, as the chasing pack of eight had caught their rival some 800m later.
Ryan McLeod was left to head the leading group before attempting to kick for victory with 800m remaining. Although he opened up a 10-metre lead, he was overhauled by the African contigent with the finish in sight. Ethiopian Tewodros Shiferaw was five seconds adrift of Kipkorir in second place with Edwin Kiptoo in third.
McLeod finished fourth ahead of the leading veteran, Ian Hudspith.
Heslop comfortably repeated her previous victories, pulling away fom her nearest challenger, Kenyan Edinah Kwambai after the halfway point to win by 16 seconds. Getenesh Tamirat took third ahead of Rosie Smith.
A delighted Heslop said: “I may live in London now, but I definitely consider myself a Geordie. I’ll be back to make it four next year. I had no idea how far I was ahead at the end. I never look back so I thought the other girl was on my shoulder.”
In contrast, McLeod said: “I finished fourth last year and underperformed. I feel as if I have done so again.”
Overall (5.9M)1 E Kipkorir (Bir/Ken) 28:25; 2 T Shiferaw (Bir/Eth) 28:30; 3 E Kiptoo (VP&TH/Ken) 28:33; 4 R McLeod (Tip) 28:35; 5 I Hudspith (Morp, M40) 28:37; 6 I Kimutai (VP&TH/Ken) 28:46; 7 J Shegumo (Pol) 28:56; 8 J Ndayisenga (Bir/Bur) 29:11; 9 L Timmins (Morp) 29:36; 10 P Newton (Morp) 29:43; 11 N Swinburn (Morp) 30:07; 12 A Norman (Alt) 30:13; 13 M Hood (Sun) 30:35; 14 M Hill (Tip) 30:36; 15 D Bradford (Shett) 30:37; 16 D Garbutt (Dur) 30:37; 17 M Dawson (Morp) 30:53; 18 M Crawley (Dur) 30:58; 19 R Floyd (Morp) 31:05; 20 J Buis (Heat) 31:07; 21 I Twaddle (NSP, M40) 31:09; 22 D Purvis (Birt) 31:21; 23 D Kirkland (Aln) 31:40; 24 J Heslop (Clap C, W) 31:44; 25 T Geremew (ETH) 31:45; 26 T Carter (Tyne Br) 31:53; 27 H Coates (Walls) 31:54; 28 C Birchall (Leeds C) 31:56; 29 E Kwambai (VP&TH, W) 32:00; 30 G Bracken (NSP, M45) 32:06; 31 P Besford (Sun, M40) 32:07; 32 G Tamirat (Belg, W) 32:11; 33 M Likeman (Heat) 32:12; 34 J Raven (Card) 32:18; 35 C Franks (Gate) 32:24; 36 W Buswell (Gosf, U20) 32:29; 37 B McMillan (Clare) 32:37; 38 G Jones (Morp) 32:39; 39 P Turner (Els) 32:45; 40 A Lawrence (Morp) 32:51; 41 D Colvin (unatt) 32:52; 42 L Foster (Leeds C) 32:54; 43 R Smith (Dur, W) 33:02; 44 G Moore (NSP, M40) 33:05; 45 R Parker (Tyne, M45) 33:07; 46 P Coulson (CleS) 33:11; 47 P Waterston (Morp, M45) 33:15; 48 K Calvert (Sun) 33:25; 49 P Redman (Sun, M45) 33:27; 50 L Smith (Heat, M40) 33:30;
51 L Longman (Heat) 33:32; 52 P Duffy (Crook) 33:35; 53 G Hall (Morp) 33:36; 54 P Collins (Sun, M50) 33:37; 55 A Cairns (NSP) 33:39; 56 L Bennett (Els, M40) 33:43; 57 N Camilleri (Gate) 33:44M55: 1 G Bayne (Morp) 35:07. M60: 1 M McNally (Els) 37:17. M65: 1 T O’Gara (Walls) 40:15TEAM (4 to score): 1 Morpeth Harriers 47; 2 Morpeth H B 150; 3 Heaton H 173Veterans: 1 North Shields Poly 187; 2 Sunderland H 196; 3 Morpeth H 372Women1 J Heslop (Clap C) 31:44; 2 E Kwambai (VP/TH) 32:00; 3 G Tamirat (Belg) 32:11; 4 R Smith (Dur) 33:02; 5 G Measso (Bir/Eth) 33:52; 6 S Tunstall (Kend) 33:57; 7 L Young (Heat) 34:07; 8 H Dix (Blay) 34:15; 9 K Yincheneku (ETH) 34:37; 10 S Rogers (Walls) 35:21; 11 J Hodgson (Morp) 35:58; 12 A Hunter (CleS) 36:24; 13 A Fox (Dur) 36:39; 14 A Dargie (Els, W35) 36:44; 15 J Lee (Tyne, W35) 36:49; 16 V Hindson (Walls) 36:59; 17 E Birchall (Leeds C) 37:27; 18 Y Thiru (Els, W45) 37:36; 19 M Holt (Sun) 38:12; 20 V Stobbart (unatt, W35) 38:30; 21 L Robinson (NSP) 38:36; 22 H Reed (Sun) 38:46; 23 O Tindale (Dur) 39:05; 24 H Robinson (CleS, W45) 39:16; 25 K Chapman (Morp) 39:24; 26 C Acaster (Blay, W40) 39:25; 27 P Williams (Els, U20) 39:28; 28 V Booth (Sun S) 39:28W45: 3 S Phillips (Darl) 40:10. W55: 1 H Ross (unatt) 39:36; 2 L Valentine (Sun S) 41:25. W60: 1 P Woodcock (Morp) 44:57; 2 M Collinge (Mans) 46:03. W65: 1 C Lee (Els) 48:32; 2 P
Gold (Heat) 48:55. W70: 1 K Stewart (NSP) 54:32; 2 M Avery (Els) 56:04. W75: 1 J Archibold (Clare) 57:19. U20W: 2 R Lundgren (Gosf) 39:54. U17W: 1 H Buswell (Gosf) 40:49TEAM (4 to score): 1 Elswick H 101; 2 Wallsend H 101; 3 Blaydon H 109; 4
Morpeth H 149; 5 Tynedale H 151; 6 Sunderland Strollers 188Me and Wor Lass Trophy: 1 C & E Birchall 69:23; 2 A & J Hodgson 77:00; 3 S & C Maley 79:15Henderson 48:29. W65: J Morrell 50:56
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MULTI-TERRAINJUNE 12CHILTERN CHASE 10km, EwelmeOverall (10km): 1 R Storey (Eynsh, M40) 36:00; 2 C Bedford (Abing, M40) 37:06; 3 D Jackson (Achille) 37:12M40: 3 P Summers (Handy C) 37:16; 4 J Thorn (Head) 37:23. M50: 1 G Tull (A’maston) 40:13Women: 1 M Spalton (Belg, W35) 40:30; 2 H Davies (unatt) 41:12W40: 1 B Tull (Read RR) 41:31. W55: 1 C Brighton (Abing) 47:54. W60: 1 M Moody (Handy C) 44:56; 2 A Bowles (Marl) 49:31
DECHMONT LAW 10km, LivingstonOverall : 1 O Chepelin (Shett) 33:22; 2 T Johnston (M40) 33:47; 3 A Hart (HBT) 34:01; 4 B Turner (Loth) 34:38; 5 G Glendinning (Bella R, M40) 34:55; 6 A Ramage (Cambus, M40) 35:13Women: 1 E Mooney (Loth) 35:22; 2 S Inglis (Loth, U20) 36:20; 3 S Ridley (Edin, W40) 37:23; 4 M Wright (HBT) 37:42; 5 C Cox (Loth) 37:57
GRASMERE GALLOP 10kmOverall: 1 C Bell 36:16; 2 W Smith 38:19; 3 G Foster (Amble) 40:42; 4 R Proud (Amble, M40) 40:56; 5 S Peach 41:29
Women: 1 J Zalrzewski (Dumf) 41:52; 2 F Halls 44:48; 3 H Mort 47:05
WARRINGTON LEGACY 5kmOverall: 1 N Hamlin 16:47; 2 P Rice (M45) 17:00; 3 A Dunning 17:54U15: D Crawley (Warr TC) 19:55. U13: A McBride 21:07Women: 1 J Eccleston (W35) 21:08; 2 A Stellings 21:21; 3 C Pearce 22:57
ELTHAM PARK 5Overall: 1 M Ryall (VP&TH) 26:45; 2 A Green (Dartf RR, M40) 27:50; 3 M Penny (Camb H) 28:28; 4 B Maillardet (N Elth) 28:43; 5 A Tappin (DPR) 28:47M50: 1 S Smythe (Dulw) 31:09. M60: 1 T Avey (Phoe) 32:57Women: 1 H Vuvi (Dartf RR, W35) 32:39; 2 C Reeves (Bex) 32:46; 3 S Musson (Ton, W55) 33:04; 4 K Aldridge (Camb H, W35) 33:41; 5 L Birghall (VP&TH) 34:03
SOUTH DOWNS MARATHON Slindon Overall (26.2M): 1 D Doherty (BMH) 2:52:34; 2 A Murchison (M40) 3:02:35; 3 R Watts 3:08:29; 4 W Clark (E&E) 3:12:24; 5 J Cracknell (unatt) 3:12:35M50: 1 J Hudpith (Serp) 3:22:08. M55: 1 G Rayner (Spring S) 3:29:35
Women: 1 K Rushton (SW Vets, W40) 3:28:22; 2 H Taranowski (W4H, W35) 3:28:49
CHEDDAR 10km, CharterhouseMen: 1 M Hiscott (M’head) 37:57; 2 K Ham (Thornb, M45) 40:40; 3 M Bird 41:56Women: 1 S Johnson 47:56; 2 S Davis 48:25
NINESPRINGS 9km, YeovilMen: 1 S March (Yeov T) 36:03; 2 S McDaid 36:51; 3 S Cobb (Yeovil) 40:11Women: 1 S Jordan-Whittaker (W40) 42:04; 2 H Young (Yeov T, W45) 45:26
CASTLE HOWARD 10kmMen: 1 J Hood (York A) 37:42; 2 P White (York A, M40) 38:03; 3 P Baker (CoH) 38:23M50: A Normandale (York) 39:31Women: 1 C Sanderson (T&S) 40:33; 2 E Yates (Knaves, W40) 41:02
JUNE 6-10MARATHON WINDOWS TOUR OF EPSOMRace 1: Horton Country Park, June 6Overall (3.3M): 1 P O’Callaghan (Tad) 17:33; 2 J Wisely (E&E) 17:59; 3 D Williamson (Tad, M40) 18:49M50: M Lloyd (Coll) 19:54
Women: 1 H Hart (Eps O) 20:30; 2 R Hutton (S Lon, W45) 20:57W50: R Thevenet-Smith (Wok) 22:14. W60: 1 J Davies (E&E) 21:33; 2 G Hart (Eps A) 24:08
Race 2: Nonsuch Park, June 7Overall (3.7M): 1 P O’Callaghan (Tad) 20:30; 2 J Wisely (E&E) 20:51; 3 D Williamson (Tad, M40) 21:39M50: 1 D Beaver (unatt) 22:29; 2 M
Lloyd (Coll) 22:50Women: 1 H Hart (Eps O) 23:29; 2 R Hutton (S Lon, W45) 23:49W50: R Thevenet-Smith (Wok) 25:33. W60: 1 J Davies (E&E) 24:34; 2 G Hart (Eps A) 28:00
Race 3: Hogsmill Open Space, June 8Overall (3.7M): 1 P O’Callaghan (Tad) 20:24; 2 J Wisely (E&E) 20:49; 3 D Williamson (Tad, M40) 21:41M50: M Lloyd (Coll) 22:49Women: 1 H Hart (Eps O) 23:33; 2 R Hutton (S Lon, W45) 24:03W50: R Thevenet-Smith (Wok) 25:07. W60: 1 J Davies (E&E) 24:52
Race 4: Jane Prince Time Trial, Nonsuch Park, June 9Overall (3.1M): 1 P O’Callaghan (Tad) 16:13; 2 J Wisely (E&E) 16:18; 3 D Williamson (Tad, M40) 17:19M50: M Lloyd (Coll) 18:11Women: 1 H Hart (Eps O) 18:57; 2 R Hutton (S Lon, W45) 19:15W50: R Thevenet-Smith (Wok) 20:07. W60: 1 J Davies (E&E) 19:37; 2 G Hart (Eps A) 22:35
Race 5: George Cousins Handicap, NESCOT, Ewell, June 10Overall (3.8M): 1 P O’Callaghan (Tad) 22:42; 2 J Wisely (E&E) 22:50; 3 D Williamson (Tad, M40) 23:56M50: M Lloyd (Coll) 25:10Women: 1 H Hart (Eps O) 26:33; 2 R Hutton (S Lon, W45) 26:53W50: R Thevenet-Smith (Wok) 27:44. W60: 1 J Davies (E&E) 27:51; 2 G Hart (Eps A) 32:02Final Standings after 5 racesMen: O’CallaghanM40: Williamson. M50: Lloyd. M60: J Munday (Sutt R)Women: HartW40: Hutton. W50: Thevenet-Smith. W60: Davies
JUNE 11NEWPORT CARNIVAL 10kmOverall: 1 M Dalkins (Tel, M40) 32:34; 2 R Holroyd (Staffs M) 33:07; 3 P Gibbings (Trent, M45) 35:12Women: 1 J Harvey (Tel) 40:46; 2 H Bramwell (Shrop S, W40) 43:10
JUNE 10FIFE MINI TOUR, KingbarnsU18 (3M, Fife unless stated)1 Z Delaney (Anst) 18:24; 2 E Paton 19:33; 3 J Crisp (unatt) 20:05U18 women: 1 J Cruickshanks 21:46; 2 F Cruickshanks (Anst) 23:47; 3 R Grieve (Anst) 23:55U15: 1 O Fraser-Krauss 19:57; 2 R McInstray (Anst) 20:08; 3 T Harris (unatt) 21:44U15 women: 1 A Cruickshanks (Anst) 22:14; 2 E Primmer 24;34; 3 L Mortimer (unatt) 26:09U13: 1 T Rees 19:41; 2 F Allan (unatt) 20:54; 3 S McKiddie 21:22U13 women: 1 A Brocklebank 21:51; 2 R Hamilton 23:08; 3 E Mortimer 23:46U11 (1M): 1 G Rees 5:51U11 women: 1 A Hay 6:49Series winners: U18 men: Delaney. U15: Fraser-Krauss. U13: T Rees. U11: G Rees
U18 women: J Cruickshanks. U15: A Cruickshanks. U13: Brocklebank. U11: Hay
STOWMARKET STRIDERS FRIDAY 5Overall (5M): 1 M Delo (W Suff, U20) 27:50; 2 R Reason (Harw) 28:00; 3 D Thackeray (W Suff, U20) 28:07; 4 D Moaa 28:13; 5 V Coogan (Newm) 28:50M50: 1 J Oakes (C&C) 28:56; 2 T Back (Ips J) 30:02. M70: 1 G Peck (Harw) 38:41. U20M: 3 J Ling (Ips J) 28:54TEAM: Harwich RWomen: 1 L Hampshire (Sudbury) 32:09; 2 M Shirley (Sudbury) 33:25W55: 1 D Wooller (C&T) 39:40TEAM: St Edmunds Pacers
JUNE 8ARMADA 5km SERIESPlymouthOverall: 1 S Hall (Tip, M45) 16:43; 2 P Waumsley (Tamar, M35) 17:12; 3 N Holmes (Erme, M45) 17:34Women: 1 A Yetton (Ply H) 18:59; 2 A McEwing (Ply H) 19:45
MINI TOUR OF FIFE, Heatherhall Woods, Ladybank,U18 (3M, Fife unless statred)1 Z Delaney (Anst) 17:48; 2 Paton 19:12; 3 J Crisp (unatt) 20:21U18 women: 1 J Cruickshanks 20:51; 2 F Cruickshanks (Anst) 22:07; 3 C Christie 24:08U15 (3M): 1 R McInstray (Anst) 19:26; 2 E Strachan (Dund) 19:56; 3 O Fraser-Krauss 19:59U15 women: 1 A Cruickshanks (Anst) 21:37; 2 E Primmer 24:22; 3 L Mortimer 24:53U13 (2M): 1 T Rees 12:12; 2 J Ingledew 12:25; 3 F Allan (unatt) 12:57U13 women: 1 A Brocklebank 13:37; 2 R Hamilton 14:06; 3 E Mortimer 14:14
TRENT 5, BeestonOverall: 1 P Butcher (S’well, M40) 26:19; 2 R Harris (Long E) 26:38; 3 J Mee (Mans) 26:49Women: 1 S Harris (Long E, W35) 28:41; 2 M Wilkinson (Bing) 29:15; 3 S Gaunt (Notts) 31:06; 4 S Orridge (Long E, W45) 31:33; 5 J Mather (Long E, W45) 33:52
JOGSCOTLAND 5km CHALLENGEHaddo House, Tarves, AberdeenshireOverall (5km, age not declared)1 B Hukins (A’deen) 16:12; 2 J Whittet (Keith) 17:47; 3 K Greig (Forres) 17:50Women: 1 G Strachan 20:31; 2 S Duncan 23:04
JUNE 7BASH GRUELLER TRAIL 5kmAccringtonOverall: 1 A Buttery (Ross, M40) 16:36; 2 S Clawson (Ross, M40) 17;04; 3 C Barnes 17:37M50: T Taylor (Ross) 17:58Women (all Acc RR) : 1 J Brady 20:45; 2 V Mousley 20:56; 3 D Gowans (W45) 21:36
KRUNCE SERIESKirkhill nr AberdeenOverall (3.5M/500ft)1 D Whitehead (Dees R) 21:47; 2 S Peachey (Cosmic) 21:52; 3 K Harfper (Cosmic) 22:46; 4 R Brookes (Cosmic) 23:23M40: C Tomlin (Cosmic) 24:33. M50: A Smith (Dees R) 25:42. M60: B Manning (Cosmic) 28:52Women: 1 L Provan (HBT) 29:30; 2 L Delaney (Cosmic) 29:34; 3 J Davidson 29:39W50: A Hamilton (Cosmic) 31:37
JUNE 11/12WELSH CASTLES RELAYBROTHERS Hugh and Nick Torry helped London based Club Serpentine to a convincing win over Cardiff club Les Croupiers as the latest version of this ever popular relay saw 58 teams complete the 20 stage event that takes in historic sites, spread over two days, Martin Duff reports.
Nick took stage 16 from Brecon to the Brecon Beacons Reservoir over 8.8M in 50:40, while Hugh was third on stage 14. Serpentine also came on top over the six so called mountain stages by ten minutes from Wirral.
Deep in the field one of the best races was between Dan Robinson and Williard Chinhanhu on the final stage of
Vernon hits a peakJUNE 12UK MOUNTAIN UPHILL CHAMPIONSHIPS AND EUROPEAN TEAM TRIALSKeswickTHE versatile Steve Vernon added a UK mountain title to his National cross country victory from earlier this year, finishing 37 seconds ahead of Andi Jones.
The uphill-only races incorporated the trials for the European Championships in Bursa, Turkey, on July 9. The senior races formed round two of the McCain Mountain Running Challenge, therefore having prize money and points at stake.
Vernon took an early lead, closely pursued by Jones and that is how they stayed until the finish. Further back Nick Swinburn was clear in third. Behind him there was a real tussle for the minor places with mountain running stalwart Martin Cox losing a
couple of places on the short descent before the final climb to Skiddaw summit.
The women’s race was closer with Victoria Wilkinson only six seconds faster than Lizzie Adams after sitting back in the early stages while struggling with a recent injury.
Scots Gary Rankin and Scout Adkin had their biggest successes to date in the junior events.
Many thought these were the best-ever domestic uphill-only mountain races with real strength in depth. Senior men (12.2km/1100m)1 S Vernon (Stock H) 55:03; 2 A Jones (Salf) 55:40; 3 N Swinburn (N’land F) 56:49; 4 A Osborne (Leeds C) 57:14; 5 C Smith (TVH) 57:30; 6 M Cox (Salf, M40) 57:35; 7 O Edwards (SB) 57:55; 8 R Simpson (Dees R) 58:05; 9 J McMullan (TVH) 58:54; 10 H Lobb (Bed C) 59:11; 11 S Deakin (Leeds C) 59:26; 12 J Morwood (AFD) 59:43; 13
S Cale (Mercia) 59:53; 14 S Hesling (C’thy) 60:00; 15 M Whitfield (Bing) 60:19M50: D Armstrong (N’land F) 75:59U20 (8.9km/900m): 1 G Rankin (Kilb) 52:34; 2 D Mahoney (B’burn) 53:24; 3 J Ross (Staffs M) 53:34; 4 J Johnston (Ross) 54:15; 5 M Scott (R&Z) 54:50; 6 W Neill (Staffs M) 56:46Senior women (8.9km/900m): 1 V Wilkinson (Bing) 55:42; 2 L Adams (Hallam) 55:48; 3 E Clayton (Bing) 56:07; 4 C Whitehead (Dees R) 56:57; 5 O Walwyn (Alt) 57:18; 6 N Meekin (L’ber) 57:53; 7 Dionne Allen (Leigh) 58:09; 8 R Smith (HBT) 59:18; 9 C Buchanan (Ochil) 59:23; 10 T Hill (High) 59:32U20 (3.8km/395M): 1 S Adkin (Moorf) 22:26; 2 F Price (Brec) 22:38; 3 B Taylor (B’burn) 22:53; 4 L Hill-Stirling (Ayr S) 23:37; 5 L Mercer (Tev) 24:05; 6 N Jackson (Prest) 25:29
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FELLJUNE 12SWALEDALE FELL MARATHONOverall (23M/3586ft, h:m only)1 M Hayes (E Hull) 3:06; 2 R Watson (Ripon) 3:09; 3 M Forrest (Lon Fron, M45) 3:10TEAM: Swaledale RRWomen: 1 H Mochrie 3:37; 2 J Featherstone (Totley) 3:40; 3 H Gilbert (Totley) 3:47TEAM: Totley
SHINING CLIFFS, AmbergateOverall (4.9M/1060ft)1 J Bull (Der, U18) 33:22; 2 H Rowland (Norw, W) 35:36; 3 I Hunter (Kimberley) 37:02Women: 1 Rowland 35:36; 2 S Attfield (Derw, W40) 50:51; 3 E Bridgen (E’wash, W40) 51:16
KNOWL HILL, Norden, RochdaleOverall (6M/1300ft): 1 M Proctor (Roch) 44:24; 2 J Wright (Tod, M40) 44:35; 3 J Titmuss (P&B) 44:39Women: 1 A Kelly (Clay , W45) 57:40; 2 J Ransome (RRC, W45) 58:03; 3 K Forster (Spec, W45) 58:43
EDALE COUNTRY DAYOverall (4.7M/1328ftl all Dark Pk): 1 S Bond 33:44; 2 O Johnson 34:02; 3 R Baker (Dark Pk) 34:26Women: 1 H Elmore (Dark Pk) 41:37; 2 J Jepson (Fat B, W40) 41:54; 3 S Curtis (Pennine, W40) 43:44
KETTLEWELLOverall (1.5M/600ft)1 T Mason (Wharf) 12:44; 2 A Dunn (Helm H) 12:58; 3 I Nixon (P&B) 13:03Women: 1 E Flanagan (Ross) 17:29; 2 L Lacon (Holm) 18:16; 3 J Marshall (Sett) 19:59U17 (1.2M/400ft approx)1 J Hall (Wharf) 10:02; 2 B Johnstone (Wharf) 10:54; 3 J Pendle 11:00U17 women: 1 A Mason (Wake) 11:08; 2 L Williamson (Ross) 12:45; 3 Z Knappy (K&C) 13:38U14 (1M/250ft approx): 1 N Orr (Bord) 7:34; 2 H Muir (Wharf) 7:44; 3 L Davies (Wharf) 7:50U14 women: 1 E Lambert (Wharf) 8:53; 2 R Flanagan (Ross) 9:10; 3 E Robinson (K&C) 9:29U12 (0.75M/100ft approx): 1 C Lowrie (Wahrf) 6:14; 2 T Crorken (Pend) 6:19; 3 J Newbold (Wharf) 6:45U12 women: 1 S Atkinson (Helm H) 7:28; 2 S Williamson (Ross) 7:45; 3 I Burrow (Helm H) 7:49
JUNE 11-12LOWE ALPINE MOUNTAIN MARATHON, Inverlael nr UllapoolElite course (36km/1900m+28.5km/1690m)1 D Archer/J Mann 10:50:37 (Day 1 6:00:50, day 2 4:49:47); 2 D Gay/A Anthony 11:13:32 (6:02:56, 5:10:36); 3 F Blunt/C Burn 11:45:45 (6:35:31, 5:10:14) Mixed: 1 A Welsh/A Raw 13:45:11 (8:05:51, 6:38:16)Course A (33km/1340m+26km/1350m): 1 N Talbott/J Davies 9:51:42 (5:09:00, 4:42:42); 2 G Clarke/S Watkins 10:32:12 (5:39:23, 4:52:49); 3 M Adnersson/F Hedin 11:08:01 (6:03:07, 5:04:54)Women: 1 J Higginbottom/F Thompson 12:21:59 (6:31:28, 5:50:31)Course B (25km/1480m+21.5km/1210m)1 A Llewellyn/S O’Neil (mixed) 8:39:00 (4:27:44, 4:11:16); 2 S Martin/B Burke
(M40) 9:16:17 (5:06:25, 4:09:52); 3 C Sproson/JP Challinor 9:17:08 (5:04:41, 4:12:27)Mixed: 1 Llewellyn/O’Neil 8:39:00; 2 C Rhodes//S Ward 10:15:37 (5:34:33, 4:41:04); 3 B Wallace/K Page 10:18:04 (5:33:34, 4:44:30)Women: 1 J Anderson/H Bonsor 10:31:27 (5:32:20, 4:59:07); 2 R Browne/K Nash (W40) 10:35:48 (5:44:04, 4:51:44); 3 H Barnett/J Nolan 12:50:50 (6:50:46, 6:00:04)Course C (24kkm/1390m+22km/850m)1 T Gomersall/D Gooch 7:55:05 (4:12:30, 3:42:335); 2 D Brown/I Pledger 8:58:52 (4:25:54, 4:32:58); 3 M Mahr/P Marsland 9:31:52 (4:57:19, 4:34:33)Mixed: 1 R Hope/O Kamarainen 9:50:22 (5:16:36, 4:33:46); 2 P Scriven/D Palmer 10:29:18 (5:45:03, 4:44:15)Women: 1 D Gilbert/S Allsion 10:10:51 (5:33:19, 4:37:32); 2 E Gooch/J Douglas 11:22:29 (6:02:21, 5:20:08); 3 S Clarke/L Richardson (W40) 12:06:01 (6:28:57, 5:37:04)Course D (21km/1240m+18km/860m)1 M Nilsson/L Erixon 7:31:15 (3:56:56, 3:34:19); 2 A Richter/R Zierold 8:05:29 (4:27:15, 3:38:14); 3 A Marshall/R Marshall (mixed) 8:06:44 (4:26:25, 3:40:19)Mixed: 1 Richter/Zierold 8:05:29; 2 J Oakshatt/A Firth 8:58:01 (4:45:45, 4:01:16)Women: 1 B Boersema/M Stork 9:05:58 (5:03:01, 4:02:57); 2 K Neumann/J Jones 9:36:33 (5:14:53, 4:21:40); 3 H Ramsden/H Taylor 10:40:37 (5:59:55, 4:40:42)
JUNE 11MAN V HORSE, Llanwrtyd WellsOverall (22M/4000ft): 1 C Pearson 2:25:45; 2 R Collinson (W’bury) 2:34:06; 3 S Simms (G’town, M40) 2:35:56Women: 1 J Horne (Donut) 2:46:41; 2 L Barker (Aberys) 3:04:52; E Smith (Durs) 3:07:58First horse: Next In Line Grangeway (B Gordon) 2:08:37
ROMAN WALL SHOW, Steel RiggOverall (4.4M/620ft): 1 S Newport (B’hth, M40) 29:04; 2 J Raven (Card) 30:15; 3 P Vincent (Tyne) 31:12Women: 1 E Raven (Bing) 32:35; 2 K Robertson (N’land F, W40) 34:36; 3 D Tunstall (Dur F, W40) 41:28
WALKSJUNE 4MOULTON COMMUNITY 5MoultonOverall (5M): 1 R Francisco (Ilf, M50) 40:36; 2 S Uttley (Ilf, M50) 43:09; 3 T Jones (Steyn, M55) Women: 1 D Bradley (Ton, W45) 45:28; 2 H Middleton (E&H, W45) 47:38; 3 C Duhig (Royst, W55) 48:49
PARKRUNSJUNE 11Parkrun 5kmFastest women:JUSTINA HESLOP followed up her Blaydon win with the fastest women’s time, taking the Newcastle race outright.Newcastle: J Heslop 16:18Richmond: L Hasell 17:15Grovelands:A Bradshaw 17:29Bushy Park: L Custance 17:47Middlesborough Albert: A Snook 18:02Heaton: B Jenkins 18:05
Sheffield: R Proctor 18:06Edinburgh: E Mc Kechanie 18:08Greenwich: C Elms 18:15Norwich: E Matthew 18:22Wimbledon: C Grima 18:28Sheffield: J Buckley 18:29Bushy Park: V Callaway 18:41Hull: E Storey 18:58Fastest menMiddlesbrough Albert: M Hynes 14:52Bushy Park: A Wiles 15:07Newcastle: T Gerehew 15:39 Braunstone: P Street 15:40 Norwich: J Senior 15:51 Newcastle: J Buis 16:05 Strathclyde: I Maccorquodale 16:13 Brighton & Hove: K Rojas 16:15
Leeds Hyde Park: G Comish 16:16 Bushy Park: J Murdoch 16:16 Strathclyde: R Milne 16:24 Bushy Park: A Jackson 16:28 Bushy Park: N Phillips 16:28 Winning age-graded performancesSheffield Hallam: J Buckley 18:29 W50 96.30% Edinburgh: J Waterhouse 20:14 W55 92.92%Frimley Lodge: P Fudge 20:40 W55 92.18% Poole: L Newman 21:43 JM14 91.02% Newcastle: J Heslop 16:18 W30 91.00% Braunstone: L Griffin 21:48 W60 89.91% Greenwich: C Elms 18:15 W45 89.41%
Middlesbrough Albert: S Gibson 23:01 W60 89.07% Norwich: N Arnold 17:03 M50 88.66% Brighton & Hove: J Lennon 20:10 W50 88.26% Basingstoke: C Wheeler 19:23 W50 87.27% Cambridge: R Holland 17:23 M50 86.19% Richmond Park: L Hasell 17:15 W30 86.18% Coventry: L Denley 24:32 W65 86.14% Bramhall Park: M Fowler 16:53 M45 85.98% Hull: I Grewar 17:30 M50 85.62% Bushy Park: J Murdoch 16:16 JM15 85.55%
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Serpentine crowned king of the CastlesJUNE 11/12WELSH CASTLES RELAYBROTHERS Hugh and Nick Torry helped the London-based Serpentine Running Club to a convincing win over Cardiff’s Les Croupiers as 58 teams completed the 20 stages over two days, Martin Duff reports.
Nick took stage 16 from Brecon to the Brecon Beacons Reservoir over 8.8 miles in 50:40, while Hugh was third on stage 14. Serpentine also came on top over the six so-called mountain stages by 10 minutes from Wirral.
Deep in the field one of the best races was between Dan Robinson and Williard Chinhanhu on the final stage of the first day from Llanfair Caereinion to Newtown over 13.3 miles. It was Robinson who narrowly came on top there in 72:00.
Other good marathoners were also on show. Altrincham’s Vicky Perry, the British W50 record-holder won stage eight, from Dinas Mawddwy to Foel over 10.8 miles in 73:20. Twice London M65 winner Colin Rathbone ran 69:58 on the opening stage from Caernarfon Castle to Penygroes over 9.1 miles.Overall: 1 Serpentine RC 21:04:57; 2 Les Croupiers RC 21:22:54; 2 Sale H 21:45:16; 4 Wirral 21:51:04; 5 Team Bath 22:05:22; 6 Clevedon 22:33:28; 7 Thames Hare & Hounds 22:36:51; 8 San Domenico 23:06:28; 9 Bitton RR 23:14:33; 10 Poole R 23:18:22; 11 Bromsgrove & Redditch 23:30:52; 12 Bridgend 23:31:03; 13 Altrincham & District 23:31:24; 14 Neath H 23:32:58; 15 Salford H 23:49:51; 16 Wigan Phoenix 23:37:56; 17 Sarn Helena 23:59:32; 18 Les Croupiers B 24:05:16; 19 Winchester District 24:11:44; 20 Swansea H 24:16:3958 teams finishedDay 1 (June 11)Stage 1: Caernarfon Castle to Penygroes (9.1M): 1 J Williams (Salf, M40) 54:48; 2 P Gordon (THH) 54:54; 3 P Hayman (Serp) 56:04M40: 2 A Walling (Sale) 56:44. M55: M McGeoch (Les C) 60:45. M65: C Rathbone (Vale R) 69:58Women: 1 S Childs (Ab’Stwyth) 61:49; 2 C Oliver (Win) 66:54 W45: T Williams (Denbigh) 71:36Stage 2: Penygroes to Criccieth Castle (10.7M): 1 M O’Neil (Wig) 59:47; 2 J Nugas (Serp) 61:30; 3 S Howell (Les C, M40) 61:35Women: 1 R Clifton (THH) 65:32; 2 S Wilder (S Dom) 67:09W45: M Watson (TROTS) 69:44. W50: J Palmer (Poole R) 71:57Stage 3: Criccieth Castle to Maentwrog (12.1M): 1 D Norman (Alt) 66:14; 2 S Rees (P Talb) 66:17; 3 A Woods (Wirra, M40) 68:03Women: 1 T Gaillard De Laubenque
(Serp, W35) 82:17; 2 L Souch (SWRR) 80:39Stage 4: Maentwrog to Harlech Castle (9.4M): 1 E Phillips (Serp) 53:35; 2 T Kennedy (Sale) 54:21; 3 R Bullen (Les C,M40) 54:29Women: 1 L Parsonage (T Bath) 54:37; 2 H Dyke (Poole R, W40) 61:20W45: A Vesey (Alt) 68:29Stage 5: Harlech Castle to Barmouth (9.6M): 1 P Leybourne (Saflf, M40) 52:11; 2 S Van Der Pois (Harlem, NED, M40) 55:47; 3 B Southin (Serp, M40) 56:59Women: 1 S Pinkum (P Talb) 64:44; 2 V Crawford (Serp) 65:07W50: L Eynon (TROTS) 66:52Stage 6: Barmouth to Dolgellau; Distance (10.7M)1 B Reynolds (THH, M45) 57:02; 2 M Hurford (Les C, M40) 62:07; 3 L Barlow (Wesh, M40) 64:06M50: P Sperrin (Bitt) 67:25Women: 1 B Wright (BWF, W50) 73:11; 2 C Thomas (Poole R, W50) 73:49Stage 7: Dolgellau to Dinas Mawddwy (9.75M): 1 A Norman (Alt) 52:19; 2 J Brontseema (Haarlem, HOL) 55:12; 3 J Rogers (Cleve) 56:33M50: A Rowe (Wesh) 60:12Women: 1 K Laforet (Serp) 69:34; 2 K Bonham (Win) 70:36W50: J Webb (Bitt) 75:35Stage 8: Dinas Mawddwy to Foel (10.8M): 1 J Morris (Wig P) 61:23; 2 X Desse (Wirr, M40) 61:52; 3 D Hancox (Serp, M40) 62:46Women: 1 V Perry (Alt, W50) 73:20; 2 J Jeffries (Win, W35) 74:19Stage 9: Foel to Llanfair Caereinion (8.6M): 1 G Ratcliffe (Wirr, M55) 47:18; 2 P Simons (Salf, M45) 47:58; S Lloyd (Serp, W) 48:34Women: 1 Lloyd 48:34; 2 J Gomey (Wesh, W35) 53:45Stage 10: Llanfair Caereinion to Newtown (13.3M): 1 D Robinson (Stroud) 72:00; 2 W Chinhanhu (Poole R) 72:22; 3 H Zietsmann (Serp, M40) 75:36Women: 1 E Patel (Win) 96:43Stage 11: Newtown to Llanbadarn Fynydd (12.2M): 1 M Lewis (Poole R) 70:16; 2 S Crees (Les C) 71:53; 3 P Griffiths (Neath, M40) 72:37Women: 1 M McCallum (Win, W40) 83:31; 2 C Wilding (Serp, W40) 84:56Stage 12: Llanbadarn Fynydd to Crossgates (11.2M): 1 A Greenleaf (Win) 59:49; 2 P Scowcroft (Sale) 63:11; 3 A Baker (Cleve) 65:18Women: 1 J Thompson (T Bath, W50) 67:55; 2 M Densmore (Serp) 70:18W45: J Jones (Wig P) 73:15Stage 13: Crossgates to Builth Wells (10.6M): 1 A Taylor (Serp) 59:34; 2 M Crosby (Alt, M40) 61:28; 3 R Sage (Les C) 62:28Women: 1 C Finch (Wig P, W35) 68:57;
2 M Koth (Lyth, W435) 70:23Stage 14: Builth Wells to Drovers Arms (11.0M): 1 S Robinson (BWF) 64:24; 2 P Green (Sale) 64:33; 3 H Torry (Serp) 64:46Women: 1 L Commander (SWRR) 76:26; 2 A Heeley (San D) 77:56Stage 15: Drovers Arms - Red Kite Centre to Brecon (12.8M): 1 J Baker (Les C, M40) 70:20; 2 D Morgan (Serp) 73:49; 3 G Rowlinson (sale, M45) 74:14M50: J Watson (THH) 75:41. M60: D Cartwright (Poole R) 80:36Women : 1 R Moore (Wig P, W35) 85:28; 2 H Jessop (les C, W35) 86:19Stage 16: Brecon to Beacons Reservoir (8.8M): 1 N Torry (Serp) 50:40; 2 M Hatch (Sale) 52:23; 3 S Stevens (Win, M40) 54:12M50: T Devoy (Wirr) 58:30. M55: 1 M Farmery (THH) 63:29Women: 1 H Cavil (Sale) 63:24; 2 P Webster (Ab’stwyth) 65:35W45: S Curnow (Bitt) 70:12Stage 17: Beacons Reservoir to Cyfarthfa Castle (9.2M): 1 D Rees (Tata) 52:03; 2 M Gummin (Swan) 53:15; 3 D Buchanan (San D) 54:00Women: 1 T Ashworth BWF, W35) 63:38; 2 L Woodhams (GWR, W40) 66:12W55: J Radford (Win) 69:19Stage 18: Rhyd-y-Car Centre to Abercynon (Navigation Park) (9.1M)1 C Cobbold (Les C, M40) 51:14; 2 A Blair (Sale) 53:55; 3 N Urquhart (T Bath, M45) 56:25Women: 1 H Howard (E’leigh RC) 57:53; 2 J Collins (B&R, W35) 59:08Stage 19: Navigation Park to Caerphilly Castle (10.4M): 1 I Lloyd (Swan, M50) 66:04; 2 C Phelan (Strag, M50) 66:34; 3 A Arbour (THH) 67:08Women: 1 S Bowers (Win, W35) 77:47; 2 F Alexander (Serp) 78:22Stage 20: Caerphilly Castle to Cardiff Castle (10.4M): 1 C Discombe (Les C) 57:45; 2 R Gardiner (SW Pol) 58:03; 3 M Morgan (Swan) 61:23M45: J Wright (BWF) 62:54Women: 1 M Umer (Serp) 69:29
Dan Robinson: won the 10th stage
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European Team ChampionshipsPreview
BRITAIN fi nished runner-up to Russia last year in Bergen and a strong
team captained by European 400m hurdles champion Dai Greene will be vying for its third successive podium fi nish, having placed third in the inaugural event in Leiria two years ago.
MENSprints and hurdles
DWAIN CHAMBERS beat Christophe Lemaitre with a sub-10 clocking last year but the Frenchman turned the tables on his British rival at the European Championships in Barcelona and Lemaitre, who turned 21 on Saturday, has continued to put distance between himself and the rest of Europe.
While Chambers fi nished one ahead of him at the European Indoor Championships in Paris, Lemaitre is a more renowned competitor outdoors. And in a low-key meeting in Montreuil on June 7, he improved his PB to
9.96, while Chambers fi nished a well-beaten fourth.
Lemaitre starts as the pre-race favourite on the basis of their most recent head-to-head but Chambers has already ducked under the 10.1 barrier on four occasions and shouldn’t fi nish worse than second.
Assuming Lemaitre chooses to double up, he will be expecting to accumulate maximum points in the 200m too. He opened his outdoor campaign with 20.33 into a -2.2m/s headwind.
Aiming for his third victory in the 110m hurdles, European and Commonwealth champion Andy Turner is the fastest in the fi eld with 13.28 ahead of former world champion Ladji Doucoure’s 13.52.
Dai Greene will also start favourite in the 400m hurdles. The Welshman posted a European-leading mark of 48.24 in Rome which compares favourably to Ukraine’s Stanislav Melnykov’s distant 49.62 – the second fastest non-Brit in Europe.
Conrad Williams was given the nod over European 400m medallists Michael Bingham and Martyn Rooney and the Commonwealth fi nalist should go head-to-head with European indoor silver medallist Thomas Schneider from Germany, who
opened his outdoor season with a PB of 45.56.
Endurance
CHRIS THOMPSON deputises for European champion Mo Farah in the 5000m. Thompson has been overshadowed by some of Farah’s recent performances but the European 10,000m silver medallist is also in the form of his life. He opened with a 10,000m PB of 27:27.36 and was the runner-up to Haile Gebrselassie in the Bupa Great Manchester Run in May. In Stockholm is faces Jesus Espana of Spain.
Andy Baddeley steps up from his favoured distance of 1500m to tackle the 3000m and a Spaniard is again likely to be the main danger, this time Juan Carlos Higuero.
Michael Rimmer gave former Olympic champion Yuriy Borzakovskiy a close race last year but after a good run in Doha last month, the European silver medallist hasn’t distinguished himself since. Adam Kszczot ran a European-lead of 1:44.30 in Bydgoszcz and the European indoor champion from Poland hasn’t lost a race this summer.
James Shane, 21, makes his senior GB debut and the Basildon athlete – who has improved to 3:39.11 in the 1500m – could
face a tough baptism with fast-fi nishing former half-miler Manuel Olmedo from Spain and Carsten Schlangen from Germany as the leading athletes.
European junior cross-country champion Abdelaziz Merzougui of Spain is the fastest athlete on paper in the 3000m steeplechase in the absence of European champion Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad, who will be training in Font Romeu.
Jumps
WORLD and European champion Phillips Idowu has indicated that he won’t compete in Stockholm, leaving world indoor record-holder Teddy Tamgho as the strong favourite.
But nothing is guaranteed because despite being billed as the likely winner last year, Tamgho was upstaged by Ukraine’s Viktor Kuznyetsov. Former world and Olympic champion Christian Olsson will be vying for maximum points on home-soil too.
Greg Rutherford has competed well in the long jump this summer, having taken victory at the Diamond League meeting in Eugene. Pavel Shalin from Russia and Luis Felipe Meliz from Spain are the leading challengers.
Having cleared six metres for the fi rst time in this competition in 2009, Renaud Lavillenie of France has fond memories of this competition and the European
THE SEASON STARTS IN EARNEST FOR MOST BRITONS THIS WEEKEND AT THE EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS IN STOCKHOLMWords: Steven Mills
Pictures: Mark Shearman
GB rise to Euro challenge
Dwain Chambers and Christophe Lemaitre will clash again in the 100m
Teddy Tamgho: triple jump favourite
Dai Greene: leads European rankings by big margin
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indoor and outdoor pole vault champion will be favoured for maximum points ahead of German No.1 Malte Mohr.
Former world youth champion Aleksey Dmitrik, who won the European Cup in 2005, is tipped to win in the high jump.
Throws
OLYMPIC champion Tomasz Majewski from Poland will be aiming for a hat-trick of titles in the shot put. After missing the indoor season, the 29-year-old has returned with four competitions in excess of 21m, but he will face stiff competition from former world junior champion David Storl from Germany and Andrei Mikhnevich from Belarus.
Matthias de Zordo, who took the scalp of two-time Olympic champion Andreas Thorkildsen last year, has the best season’s best on paper of 85.78m ahead of Russian veteran Sergey Makarov’s 85.33m and Czech Petr Frydrych’s 85.32m.
World champion Robert Harting is unbeaten in the discus this season and based on this year’s performances, the German holds a healthy margin over European champion Piotr Malachowski from Poland.
Also unbeaten in 2011, Aleksey Zagorniy from Russia leads the world hammer rankings with 81.73m.
WOMENSprints and hurdles
UKRAINE took gold and silver in the 60m at the European Indoors and its athletes are targeting a brace of victories in the sprints. Olesya Povh, who won the 60m in Paris, has set PBs of 11.24 and 22.58 this year and she lines up in the 100m, while training partner Mariya Ryemyen, who has improved to 11.21 and 22.68, tackles the 200m. Through Anyika Onuora, 11.18 this year, and Abi Oyepitan, 23.21 this year, Britain is well represented.
Antonina Yefremova won the European Cup in 2002 with 50.70 and this remained her PB until last month, when she shaved one-hundredth from her
long-standing lifetime best. In what is shaping up to be one of the most high-quality events, Yefremova leads the European-rankings from Denisa Rosolova from Czech Republic (50.84), Svetlana Usovich from Belarus (51.20) and British newcomer Shana Cox (51.24).
Tiff any Ofi li-Porter made a notable start to international duty at the European Indoors and the former American is the pre-event favourite in the 100m hurdles. After setting a UK record of 12.77 last month, Ofi li-Porter leads the rankings by a clear margin too.
Perri Shakes-Drayton is the third fastest in the 400m hurdles fi eld with 54.77, just behind Hanna Titimets from Ukraine (54.69) and Zuzana Hejnova from Czech Republic (54.26).
Endurance
JENNY MEADOWS faces a tough test in the 800m. The winner from 2008 will face former quarter-miler Liliya Lobanova from Ukraine, who improved from 2:01.63 to 1:58.30 last month and Russia is always strongly represented.
Ukraine is also fancied in the 1500m through Olympic fi nalist Anna Mishchenko, who has been one of the in-form athletes this year. Mishchenko, who won last year, improved her PB to 4:03.00 when winning in Doha last month.
In the 5000m, Helen Clitheroe faces Sabrina Mockenhaupt of Germany, who outlasted Jo Pavey in last year’s event, and Dolores Checa of Spain. Yelena
Zadorozhnaya and Olesya Syreva are also expected to feature for the Russian team in the long distance events.
Former UK record-holder Hatti Dean started her season with a best-ever opener of 9:37.95 although the Russians are always strong in the steeplechase. Yuliya Zarudneva won last year in 9:23.00.
Jumps
WORLD champion Anna Rogowska from Poland is showing her best form at the age of 30. Rogowska won the European indoor title with an outright PB of 4.85m and she opened her outdoor campaign with a season’s best of 4.68m for her best season opener in six years. Holly Bleasdale also opened her campaign well, equalling her PB of 4.50m which augurs well for her fi rst outdoor appearance in a senior vest.
Olga Saladuka came very close
to breaking the 15m barrier in Eugene and the Ukrainian is the outright favourite in the triple jump. Likewise, Veranika Shutkova, who almost broached the seven-metre barrier last month, could take a rare win for Belarus in the long jump.
The high jump hasn’t really come alive yet but Emma Green-Tregaro could take advantage on home-soil.
Throws
WHILE their track team isn’t the strongest, Germany’s throwers could sweep maximum points across the board and world hammer record-holder Betty Heidler is the fi rm favourite to replicate last year’s winning feat. In the absence of previous world record-holder Anita Wlodarczyk from Poland – missing with a back injury – Heidler’s main rival is another former world record-holder Tatyana Lysenko from Russia.
Nadine Muller is tipped for a repeat win in the discus and the 25-year-old is more than two metres ahead of Darya Pishchalnikova, on the comeback trail from a doping suspension, in the European rankings.
Christina Obergfoll has a season’s best of 65.48m and faces world record-holder Barbora Spotakova from Czech Republic, not in her best form yet, as well as Mariya Abakumova from Russia and UK record-holder Goldie Sayers.
Nadezhda Ostapchuk probably won’t compete so veteran Nadine Kleinert should have the beating of Sydney Olympic champion Yanina Pravalinskaya-Karolchyk in the shot.
» THE action in Stockholm starts with the hammer at 13:35 local time (12:35 in UK) on Saturday and Sunday. BBC will cover the action live from 1:45pm on Saturday and from the same time on Sunday. AW’s coverage is part of an 84-page special issue next week, with in-depth reports, behind-the-scenes news and photographs. Follow twitter.com/AthleticsWeekly for updates and see stockholm2011.org
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www.moorfootrunners.co.ukEntry: £8. Extra on day: £2. NORTH DOWNS 30kmCascades Leisure Centre, Gravesend, Kent. 10.30am.http://isteadandifield.org.ukEntry: £20. STAVELEY STAMPEDE 10Village Hall, Staveley, North Yorkshire. 11am.www.staveley-yorks.org.ukEntry: £10. WELLINGBOROUGH MID SUMMER MADNESS 10/20/30kmIrchester Country Park, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire. 10am.www.gobeyondultra.co.ukEntry: £12/£14/£16. Extra on day: £3/£3/£4.
Monday June 20SELF TRANSCENDENCE 4Cutteslowe Park, Oxford. 7pm.http://uk.srichinmoyraces.orgEntry: £3.
Tuesday June 21CITY OF HULL CHAMPAGNE LEAGUEWauldby Green, East Yorkshire. 7pm.www.cityofhullac.co.ukLAINDON SUMMER 5km SERIESLangdon Visitor Centre, Laindon, Essex. 7.30pm.http://phoenixstriders.org.ukEntry: £2.
Wednesday June 22MEET YOUR MAX 6.7Truro RFC, St Clement Hill, Truro, Cornwall. 7.15pm.www.trurorunningclub.org.ukEntry: £9. Extra on day: £2. ROUND THE RESERS 5United Utilities Offices, Tintwistle, Derbyshire. 7.30pm.www.race-results.co.ukEntry: £6. Extra on day: £1.
Thursday June 23BAGGERIDGE 5kmBaggeridge Country Park, Dudley, West Midlands. 7pm.www.actionheartrunning.comEntry: £7.50. BRADFORD ON AVON 5km SERIESBarton Farm Country Park, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire. 7pm.www.dbmax.co.ukEntry: £5.50. Extra on day: £1. FORDE ABBEY 10kmForde Abbey, Chard, Somerset. 7pm.www.fordeabbeyrun.co.ukEntry: £8. Extra on day: £2.
Friday June 24CALDERGLEN HARRIERS 5/10kmEast Kilbride Sports Club, Calderglen Country Park, East Kilbride, Glasgow. 7.30pm.www.calderglenharriers.org.ukEntry: £6/£8. Extra on day: £1. COLWORTH 5Colworth Sports Clubhouse, Yelnow Lane, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire. [email protected] www.colworthstriders.org.ukEntry: £8.
CROSS-COUNTRYWednesday June 29PORTSMOUTH SUMMER OPEN 5Queen Elizabeth Country Park, Horndean, Hampshire. 7.15pm.www.pjc.org.ukEntry: £6.
FELLFriday July 1WHARFEDALE TTT 2.5Kettlewell, North Yorkshire. 8pm.www.bingleyharriers.org.ukEntry: £4.
Saturday July 2WHARFEDALE TTT 12.5Kettlewell, North Yorkshire. 11am.As above.
Sunday July 3WHARFEDALE TTT 1.5Kettlewell, North Yorkshire. 11am.As above.
Saturday July 9WELSH MOUNTAIN CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEDIUM COURSE)Llanuwchllyn, nr Bala. www.welshathletics.org
MULTI-TERRAINFriday June 17BLAKEDOWN BOLT 10kmBlakedown, near Kidderminster, Worcestershire. 7.15pm.www.blakedownvillage.co.ukEntry: £9. HAIRY HELMET RELAY (4 x 2.5)Darley Park, Derby. 7pm.www.hairyhelmetrelay.co.ukEntry: £3 / runner. LONDON TO CARDIFF RELAYTwickenham, London. 7pm.Until Saturday June 18.
[email protected] www.londoncardiff24.co.ukEntry: £360. MIDSUMMER MADNESS 12kmEastnor Castle Deer Park, Eastnor, Herefordshire. 8.45pm.www.mountain-mayhem.co.ukEntry: £16. RINGWOOD SUMMER SOLSTICE 8kmMoors Valley Country Park, Ringwood, Hampshire. 7pm.www.charity-run.co.ukEntry: £10.
Saturday June 18AVON VALLEY 10kmAvon Valley College, Durrington, Wiltshire. 11am.www.avonvalley.wilts.sch.ukEntry: £10. Extra on day: £2. BARBURY CASTLE 5Barbury Castle Country Park, Swindon, Wiltshire. 7.30pm.www.grassrootsevents.co.ukEntry: £5. Extra on day: £1. BARNSLEY SILKSTONE SHUFFLE 7km SERIESSilkstone Sports Pavilion, Barnsley, South Yorkshire. 10.30am.www.barnsleyharriers.org.ukEntry: £4. BREEDON ON THE HILL 6.5kmSt Hardulph’s Primary School, Breedon On The Hill, Derbyshire. [email protected] www.cambaevents.co.ukEntry: £8. GREAT LANGDALE 10km/HALF-MARATHONGreat Langdale, Cumbria. Noon.www.run3.co.ukEntry: £15/£25. MENDIP MASHUP 10Charterhouse Centre, Charterhouse, Avon. 2pm.www.mendipmashup.org.ukEntry: £15.
MIDSUMMER MUNRO HALF-MARATHONBox Hill, Mickleham, Surrey. [email protected] www.trionium.comEntry: £30. OUNDLE CARNIVAL 5kmOundle RFC, Oundle, Northamptonshire. 2pm.www.oundlecarnival.co.ukEntry: £5. PICNIC MARATHONBox Hill, Mickleham, Surrey. [email protected] www.trionium.comEntry: £40. THREE LAKES CLASSIC 15Rother Valley Country Park, Sheffield, South Yorkshire. 10.30am.www.killamarshkestrels.co.ukEntry: £5.
Sunday June 19CHELTENHAM CIRCULAR CHALLENGE 26Cheltenham Racecourse, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. 7am.www.thechallenge.org.ukEntry: £15. Extra on day: £5. F1 CHICKEN RUN 10kmBrackley, Northamptonshire. 9.30am.www.brackleyrunningclub.co.ukEntry: £10. HUNTINGDON CHARITY 10kmHuntingdon Race Course, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire. 10am.www.huntingdoncharity10Krun.co.ukEntry: £10. LEATHERHEAD ROTARY MIDSUMMER 10kmHeadley Heath, Leatherhead, Surrey. 10am.www.209events.comEntry: £15. MOORFOOT RUNNERS BELTANE 10kmGytes Leisure Centre, Peebles, Borders. Noon.
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What’s On TV guideBBC1Saturday June 18: 1.45pm – Live coverage from the European Team Championships in Stockholm.BBC2Sunday June 19: 1.45pm – Live coverage from the European Team Championships in Stockholm. EurosportSunday June 19: 12.30am – European Team Champs. Also June 20 at 1.45pm, 5pm, 6.30pm.Sky Sports 2Friday June 17: 2.30am – IAAF Athletix (plus various other times)
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NEAR AS DAMN IT 10km SERIESSLH HQ, Brighton Road, Coulsdon, Surrey. 7.30pm.www.southlondonharriers.orgEntry: £3. POOLE RUNNERS SUMMER 3.5 SERIESUpton Country Park, Poole, Dorset. 7.30pm.www.poolerunners.comEntry: £2 on the night. ULTRARACE 100Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. Noon.Until Saturday June 25.www.ultrarace.co.ukEntry: £40.
Saturday June 25ANGELA DEEGAN COWM RESERVOIR 5kmCancelled. COLWORTH 8Colworth Sports Clubhouse, Yelnow Lane, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire. [email protected] www.colworthstriders.org.ukEntry: £9. Extra on day: £3. DOWNLANDS FAYRE 5Downlands School, Dale Avenue, Hassocks, Sussex. 2.30pm.www.downlands.w-sussex.sch.ukEntry: £6. Extra on day: £2. G3 10km SERIESNewlands Corner, Drove Road, Guildford, Surrey. 7pm.www.g3series.co.ukEntry: £16. HOLLY CHALLENGE HALF-MARATHON/MARATHONLightmoor, Shropshire. Noon.www.codrc.co.ukEntry: £15. WHALEY WALTZ 5.75Carnival Show Ground, Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire. 2.15pm.www.goytvalleystriders.org.ukEntry: £5.
Sunday June 26AMBERSWOOD 5kmSpring View Sports Club, Wigan, Lancashire. [email protected]: £7. Extra on day: £1.50. BLANDFORD BRIDGES RUN 10kmBlandford School, Blandford, Dorset. [email protected] www.blandfordbridgesrun.co.ukEntry: £7. Extra on day: £1. COLWORTH HALF-MARATHONColworth Sports Clubhouse, Yelnow Lane, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire. [email protected] www.colworthstriders.org.ukEntry: £12. Extra on day: £3. G3 10km SERIESNewlands Corner, Drove Road, Guildford, Surrey. 8.30am.www.g3series.co.ukEntry: £16. GREAT LANHYDROCK 10Lanhydrock House, Lanhydrock Park, Bodmin, Cornwall. 10am.www.nationaltrust.org.uk/lanhydrockEntry: £10. Extra on day: £2. HEPWORTH DRYAD 5Hepworth, near Holmfirth, West Yorkshire. 10am.
[email protected] www.ukresults.netEntry: £8. Extra on day: £2. JHGSPA 10kmPenn House Estate, Amersham, Buckinghamshire. 10am.http://jhgspaschoolruns2011.weebly.comEntry: £12. Extra on day: £3. KIELDER 30kmKielder Castle Visitor Centre, Kielder, Cumbria. 10am.www.highterrainevents.co.ukEntry: £18. LITTLE EATON 5St Peters Park, Little Eaton, Derbyshire. [email protected]: £5. Extra on day: £2. NORTH DEVON AONB HALF-MARATHON/MARATHONThe Esplanade, Woolacombe, Devon. 10am.www.northdevonmarathon.co.ukEntry: £30. SAUCONY STANMER 5 ELITEStanmer Park, Brighton, Sussex. [email protected] www.stanmerparkraces.co.ukSHERBORNE 10kmC of E Primary School, Sherborne, Gloucestershire. 10am.www.sherborneschool.co.ukEntry: £6. Extra on day: £2. STANMER PARK 8kmStanmer Park, Brighton, Sussex. [email protected] www.stanmerparkraces.co.ukEntry: £10. Extra on day: £2. STAPLEHURST CARNIVAL 10kmSurrenden Road Playing Field, Staplehurst, Kent. 10am.www.nice-work.org.ukEntry: £10. Extra on day: £2. STORTFORD 10Bishops Stortford RFC, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire. 10.30am.www.bsrc.org.ukEntry: £10. Extra on day: £4. SUTTON COLDFIELD 10kmTown Gate, Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands. 10.30am.www.kpevents.netEntry: £12. Extra on day: £3. TAMWORTH GATE GALLOP 10kmAnker Valley Football Pitches, Tamworth, Staffordshire. 9.30am.www.gategallop.co.ukEntry: £8. Extra on day: £2. TRENT PARK TRIFFIC 10kmTrent Park, Cockfosters, London. 10.30am.www.trentparkrc.orgEntry: £13. Extra on day: £4. WIGAN THINK AHEAD 5kmHaigh Hall Country Hall, Haigh, Greater Manchester. 10am.www.think-ahead.org.ukEntry: £8. YTHAN CHALLENGE 11kmMeadows Sports Centre, Ellon, Aberdeenshire. [email protected] www.ythanchallenge.org.uk
Wednesday June 29CROWTHORNE WOODLAND 5Upper Broadmoor Road, Crowthorne, Berkshire. [email protected] www.finchcoasters.org.uk
Entry: £7. Extra on day: £1. IRONBRIDGE 4Tontine Hotel, Ironbridge, Shropshire. 7.30pm.www.telfordrunning.co.ukEntry: £5. JOYDENS WOOD 5km SERIESJoydens Wood, Dartford, Kent. 7.15pm.www.dartfordroadrunners.co.ukEntry: £5. LLANWONNO 5Brynffynon Inn, Ynysybwl, Glamorgan. www.pontypriddroadentsac.org.ukMONAUGHTY FOREST 4Torrieston Woodland Walks car park near Pluscarden, Inverness-shire. 7.15pm.www.forresharriers.org.ukEntry: £3 on the day. SUE ROTHWELL BROWNHOUSE RESERVOIR 5kmAlbion Inn, Rochdale, Lancashire. [email protected]: £4. Extra on day: £1.
ROADThursday June 16JESMOND DENE 5km SERIESPeople’s Theatre, Newcastle, Tyne & Wear. 7.30pm.www.heatonharriers.org.ukEntry: £4. Extra on day: £2. KIRKINTILLOCH 10kmLairdsland Primary School, Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire. 7.30pm.www.kirkintillocholympians.co.ukEntry: £7. Extra on day: £1. WHITE HORSE 5km SERIES White Horse, Sandhurst, Gloucestershire. 7.45pm.www.severnac.co.ukEntry: £4. Extra on day: £1.
Friday June 17BEVERIDGE PARK 5km SERIESBeveridge Park, Kirkcaldy, Fife. 7.30pm.www.fifeac.co.ukLONG BENNINGTON SUMMER SOLSTICE 10kmVillage Hall, Long Bennington, Nottinghamshire. 7.15pm.www.granthamrc.btinternet.co.uk/solstice_10k.htmEntry: £7. MARSTON FOREST 5kmMarston Vale Millennium Country Park, Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire. 7.30pm.www.marstonforest5k.org.ukEntry: £8. Extra on day: £3. RNLI SUMMER SERIES 10kmSnetterton Race Circuit, Snetterton, Norfolk. 7.30pm.www.rnli.co.uk/summerseriesEntry: £18. SEVERN LOOP 5kmQuarry Park, Shrewsbury, Shropshire. 7.30pm.http://shropshirerunnersnetwork.blogspot.comEntry: £5. Extra on day: £1.
Saturday June 18CRAGSIDE 10kmCragside, Northumberland. 9.45am.www.runnorthumberland.org
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Entry: £12. MHFS 10km FOR MENBellahouston Park, Glasgow. 10am.www.mens10k.comEntry: £17. OVER THE HILL AND FARWAY 10kmVillage Hall, Farway, Devon. 10.45am.www.farway.devon.sch.ukEntry: £9. PENN 7Tylers Green Common, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. 11am.www.bucksinfo.net/pennseven/2011-eventEntry: £10. Extra on day: £5. RANELAGH RICHMOND 10km (Inc SURREY CHAMPS)Kew AFC, Riverside Drive, Ham, Surrey. [email protected] www.ranelagh-harriers.comEntry: £10. STATHERN 10kmStathern Play Park, Stathern, Leicestershire. [email protected] www.stathern10k.co.ukEntry: £10. WYTHALL AND HOLLYWOOD 5kmWythall Park, Wythall, Birmingham, West Midlands. 9.30am.www.wythall-hollywood-funrun.org.uk Entry: £8. Extra on day: £2.
Monday June 20SELF TRANSCENDENCE RELAY (3xMILE)South Carriage Drive, Battersea Park, London. [email protected] http://uk.srichinmoyraces.orgEntry: £10.50/team.
Tuesday June 21EMGP WEEDON 10kmWeedon, Northamptonshire. http://mcs.open.ac.uk/mkac/the_emgp.htmlROMFORD MIDWEEK 5Raphael Park, Romford, Essex. 7.30pm.www.h90j.org.ukEntry: £5. SPRINGFIELD 5km SERIESSpringfield Leisure Centre, Corsham, Wiltshire. 7pm.www.dbmax.co.ukEntry: £5.50. Extra on day: £1.
Wednesday June 22BROADLAND 5km SERIESVillage Hall, South Walsham, Norfolk. 7.15pm.www.nrr.org.ukEntry: £6.50. Extra on day: £2. DULWICH RUNNERS MIDSUMMER 5kmDulwich Park, Dulwich, London. 7.45pm.www.dulwichrunners.org.ukEntry: £6. Extra on day: £4. GRIMSBY CLICK’EM INN 5 SERIESClick’em Inn, Swinhope, near Binbrook, Lincolnshire. 7pm.www.woldsvets.co.ukEntry: £3 on the night. HAWKSHEAD 10kmVillage Hall, Hawkshead, Cumbria. 7.30pm.www.kendalac.co.ukEntry: £7. Extra on day: £2.
Entry: £10.50. DROMORE 10kmMain Street, Dromore. 2pm.www.dromoresports.comGLOOSTON 10kmMain Street, Glooston, Leicestershire. 6pm.www.roadhoggs.org.ukEntry: £6. Extra on day: £2. HUMPH’S HILLY HALF-MARATHONBourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire. 6pm.www.bourtonroadrunners.co.ukEntry: £9. Extra on day: £2. STICKER 5Sticker AFC, Burngullow Road, St Austell, Cornwall. 6.30pm.www.staustellrunningclub.co.ukEntry: £9.50. Extra on day: £2. TIMBERHONGER 10kmSanders Park, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. 6pm.www.timberhonger10k.co.ukEntry: £8. Extra on day: £1.
Sunday June 19ARDEN 9Shadowbrook Lane, Hampton-in Arden, West Midlands. 10.30am.www.arden9.org.ukEntry: £10. Extra on day: £2. BMAF 5km CHAMPIONSHIPSHorwich. www.bvaf.org.ukBRADING 10kmSmallbrook Stadium, Ryde, Isle of Wight. [email protected] www.rydeharriers.co.ukEntry: £8. Extra on day: £3. BROOKS TORBAY HALF-MARATHONSea Front, Paignton, Devon. [email protected] www.torbayhalfmarathon.co.ukEntry: £18. FARNBOROUGH FLIER 12kmPlaying Field, Farnborough, Warwickshire. 10am.http://farnboroughflier.weebly.comEntry: £8. Extra on day: £2. FRECKLETON HALF-MARATHONBush Lane, Freckleton, Lancashire. 2pm.www.myfylde.co.uk/freckletonhalfmarathonEntry: £14. GIAAC FATHERS DAY HALF-MARATHONPleinmont, Guernsey. [email protected] www.guernseyathletics.org.gg/halfEntry: £12. Extra on day: £2. GLEN MORAY 10/10km (Inc NORTH DISTRICT CHAMPS)Roysvale Park, Forres, Inverness-shire. 2pm.www.forresharriers.org.ukEntry: £8. Extra on day: £1. HANWORTH HALF-MARATHONHanworth Common, Hanworth, Norfolk. 10.30am.www.nnbr.co.ukEntry: £7. JANE TOMLINSON’S LEEDS 10kmLeeds, West Yorkshire. 9am.www.runforall.comEntry: £26. LLANELLI WATERSIDE 10kmMillennium Coastal Park, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire. 11am.www.humanbeingactive.org
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Milton Keynes – Willen Lake. Newcastle – Exhibition Park. Newport – Tredegar House. Norwich – Eaton Park. Oldham – Alexandra Park.Poole – Poole Park.Richmond – Old Deer Park.Richmond – Richmond Park. Reading – Thames Valley Park. Redbridge – Valentines Park.Sheffield – Concord Sports Centre. Sheffield – Endcliffe Park. Slough – Black Park Country Park. Solihull – Brueton Park. Stockport – Woodbank Park. Strathclyde – Strathclyde Country Park. 9.30am.Sunderland – Silksworth Sports Complex. Swindon – Lydiard Park. Whitstable – Promenade. Entry: Free. Recurs every Saturday. 9am unless stated.www.parkrun.com
TRACKThursday June 16BIGGLESWADE JUMPS FESTSandy. 6.30pm.www.biggleswadeac.org.ukWILTSHIRE SUPER8 YOUNG ATHLETES’ LEAGUEMarlborough.
Saturday June 18ANGLIAN SCHOOLS’ CHAMPIONSHIPSTBC. COMBINED EVENTS INTERNATIONAL (GBR v FRA v SUI v ITA)TBC. Until Sunday June 19.www.uka.org.ukHERNE HILL HARRIERS OPENTooting Bec. 12.30pm.www.hernehillharriers.orgEntry: £3. INTER COUNTIES SCHOOLS’ CHAMPIONSHIPS (MASON TROPHY)Birmingham. www.esaa.netJSB PLUMBING FORTH VALLEY LEAGUE1/2: Grangemouth.www.jsbplumbing-forthvalley.fsnet.co.ukNI & ULSTER AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIPSAntrim. Until Sunday June 19.www.niathletics.orgNORTHERN U20/SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPSSportcity, Manchester. Until Sunday June 19.www.noeaa-athletics.org.ukOXFORDSHIRE JUNIOR LEAGUEAbingdon. www.oxfordcityathleticclub.com/oxon-junior-leagueSE SCHOOLS’ INTER COUNTIESErith. [email protected] U20/SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPSAshford. www.seaa.org.ukSOUTH WEST SCHOOLS’ CHAMPIONSHIPSExeter. WELSH OPEN SENIOR
CHAMPIONSHIPSCardiff. Until Sunday June 19.www.welshathletics.org
Sunday June 19EAST ANGLIAN LEAGUEChelmsford, Kings Lynn, Peterborough. 11.45am.MCCAIN YOUNG ATHLETES’ LEAGUEMidland Premier N: Burton, Corby, Derby. Midland Premier S: Abingdon, Horspath, Swansea.Midland 1 NE: Burton, Corby, Derby. Midland 1 NW: Nuneaton, Telford. Midland 1 SE: Abingdon, Horspath, Nuneaton. Midland 1 SW: Swansea, Yeovil.Northern Premier E: Barlborough, Hull. Northern Premier W: Crewe, Liverpool, Spenborough.Northern 1 NE: Sheffield, York Northern 1 NW: Bingley, Halifax Northern 1 SE: Barlborough, Sheffield, Spenborough. Northern 1 SW: Bingley, Crewe, Liverpool.Northern 2 EC: Grimsby. Northern 2 N: Hexham. Northern 2 NE: Shildon. Northern 2 W: TBC. Northern 2 WC: Stockport.Southern Premier E: Hastings, St Albans, Walthamstow. Southern Premier W: Harrow, Hendon.Southern 1 NE: Eltham, St Albans, Walthamstow. Southern 1 NW: Eltham, Watford, Woking. Southern 1 SE: Crawley, Hastings. Southern 1 SW: Hendon, Watford, Woking. Southern 2 A24: Eastbourne. Southern 2 Thames: Mile End.www.natyal.co.ukMIDLAND U20/SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPSBirmingham. www.midlandathletics.org.ukSCOTTISH ATHLETICS LEAGUE1/2: Scotstoun.www.scottishleague.org.ukSCOTTISH WOMEN’S ATHLETIC LEAGUEMeadowbank. [email protected]
Monday June 20BMC REGIONAL OPENJarrow. www.britishmilersclub.comNORTH EAST VETERANS’ LEAGUEJarrow. 6.30pm.www.communigate.co.uk/ne/veteransathleticsnortheastSOUTHERN COUNTIES VETERANS’ LEAGUEHants/Surrey: Winchester. Mid-London: Hillingdon. South London: Kingston.www.scvac.org.uk
Tuesday June 21INVICTA EAST KENT OPENCanterbury. 6.30pm.www.invictaeastkentac.org.ukEntry: £3. NORTH YORKSHIRE & SOUTH DURHAM LEAGUEDarlington. 6.15pm.http://new-marske-harriers.co.ukNORTHERN VETERANS’ LEAGUESportcity, Manchester. 7pm.www.nvac.co.ukSOUTH YORKSHIRE SENIOR LEAGUE
JIMMY BELL NEWBURN RIVER 6.5Newburn Activity Centre, Newcastle, Tyne & Wear. 7.30pm.www.elswickharriers.org.ukEntry: £10. LAVANT MIDSUMMER 5Village Hall, Lavant, Sussex. 7.30pm.www.chichester-runners.org.ukEntry: £7. Extra on day: £2. NAILSEA FESTIVAL 10kmNailsea RFC, Nailsea, Bristol. 7.30pm.www.nailsearunningclub.org.ukEntry: £6. Extra on day: £1. SELF TRANSCENDENCE EDINBURGH 2The Meadows, Edinburgh. [email protected] http://uk.srichinmoyraces.orgEntry: £2.
Thursday June 23WARRINGTON 10kmWoolston Park, Warrington, Cheshire. 7pm.www.warringtonroadrunners.co.ukEntry: £7. Extra on day: £1.
Friday June 24ARDS HALF-MARATHONArds Leisure Centre, Newtownards. 6.30pm.www.ards-council.gov.ukBROOKS SERPENTINE LAST FRIDAY 5kmThe Bandstand, Hyde Park, London. [email protected] www.serpentine.org.ukEntry: £2 in advance only. BURY FRIDAY 5Nowton Park, Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk. 7.30pm.www.pacers.org.ukEntry: £7. Extra on day: £3. FELINFACH 6Felinfach School, Felinfach, Ceredigion. 7.30pm.www.sarnhelen.org.ukEntry: £6. HEANOR 5Shipley Hall CC, Shipley Park, Heanor, Derbyshire. 7.30pm.www.heanorrunningclub.comEntry: £8. Extra on day: £2. JOHN O’CALLAGHAN MEMORIAL 5Vauxhall Recreation Club, Gypsy Lane, Luton, Bedfordshire. 7.30pm.www.lutonathleticclub.co.ukEntry: £8. Extra on day: £2. SWEATSHOP CHORLEY PARK 5km SERIESAstley Park, Chorley, Lancashire. 7pm.www.youspoon.com/cac/index.phpEntry: £5.
Saturday June 25CROWLAND SHOW 12kmSnowden Field, Crowland, Cambridgeshire. 10.30am.www.nvh.org.ukEntry: £9. Extra on day: £2. LANCASTER 5km SERIES Salt Ayre Leisure Centre, Lancaster. 6.30pm.www.lancasterathletics.co.ukEntry: £3.50. Extra on day: £1. LYMM 5kmCherry Tree Primary School, Lymm, Cheshire. 4.30pm.www.spectrumstriders.org.uk
Entry: £5. Extra on day: £1. TATTYREAGH 5Tattyreagh GAC, Fintona Road, Omagh. 11am.http://omaghhalfmarathon.onjoomlahosting.comYATE 5.5kmSt Mary’s School, Church Road, Yate, Gloucestershire. 11am.www.stmarysrun.co.ukEntry: £6.50.
Sunday June 26ABERDARE PARK WILL BURROWS MEMORIAL 5Aberdare Park, Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taff. Noon.www.avaac.netEntry: £4. BARTS AND THE LONDON CHARITY 10kmVictoria Park, Hackney, London. 10am.www.bartsandthelondoncharity.org.ukEntry: £18. Extra on day: £2. BODDINGTON 10km/MARATHON/50kmBoddington Manor, Boddington, Gloucestershire. 10am/11.15am.www.beyondthelimitations.co.ukEntry: £5/£28/£28. HORNDON FEAST AND FAYRE 10kmHorndon-on-the-Hill, Essex. [email protected] www.horndon10k.co.ukEntry: £8. Extra on day: £4. HUMBER BRIDGE HALF-MARATHONHumber Bridge Car Park, Ferriby Road, Hessle, East Yorkshire. 10am.www.humber-half.org.ukEntry: £20. Extra on day: £2. HUMPTY DUMPTY 10kmVillage Hall, Reedham, Norfolk. [email protected] www.gydac.org.ukEntry: £9. Extra on day: £2. LORDSHILL 10kmLordshill Outdoor Recreation Centre, Southampton, Hampshire. [email protected] www.lordshillroadrunners.org.ukEntry: £10. Extra on day: £2. MANSFIELD HALF-MARATHONBerryhill Park, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. 10am.www.mansfieldhalf.co.ukEntry: £12. MORTON 6kmNew Street Playing Field, New Street, Morton, Derbyshire. 11am.www.runmorton.comEntry: £5. Extra on day: £1. PURBROOK LADIES’ 5Purbrook Heath Sports Ground, Purbrook, Hampshire. 10am.www.pjc.org.ukEntry: £7.50. Extra on day: £2.50. RUN NORTHUMBERLAND BAMBURGH 10kmBamburgh, Northumberland. [email protected] www.runnorthumberland.orgEntry: £10. SNIPE 6Snitterfield Sports and Social Club, Snitterfield, Warwickshire. [email protected] www.snitterfieldfc.co.ukEntry: £10. Extra on day: £2.
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SOTOS 10kmSea Cadet Base, Princes Way, Fleetwood, Lancashire. 11am.http://weshamroadrunners.comEntry: £7.50. Extra on day: £2. STONE ST MICHAEL’S 10kmSt Michael’s First School, Stone, Staffordshire. 10am.www.stone10k.co.ukEntry: £9. TENOVUS 5kmBand Stand, Marine Parade, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion. Noon.www.onlineraceresults.org.ukEntry: £5. THAME CPM 10kmme Leisure Centre, Thame, Oxfordshire. 9.30am.www.thamerunners.co.ukEntry: £11. WEALD OF KENT 10Links Farm, Ayleswade Lane, Biddenden, Kent. 10am.www.maidstoneharriers.co.ukEntry: £14. Extra on day: £3.
PARKRUNSAbingdon – Rye Meadow. Ashford – Bedfont Lakes Country Park. Banstead – Banstead Woods. Barnsley – Locke Park.Basingstoke – War Memorial Park. Bedford – Bedford Park.Belfast – Victoria Park. Belfast – Waterworks Park. Birmingham – Cannon Hill Park.Bolton – Leverhulme Park.Bradford – Lister Park. Bramhall – Bramhall Park. Brighton – Hove Park. Bristol – Ashton Court EstateCamberley – Frimley Lodge Park. Cambridge – Milton Country Park. Cardiff – Blackweir. Conkers – near Ashby-de-la-Zouch. Coventry – War Memorial Park. Croydon – Lloyd Park. Croydon – Roundshaw Downs. Eastleigh – Lakeside County Park. Edinburgh – Silverknowes Promenade. 9.30am.Edmonton – Pymmes Park.Enfield – Grovelands Park. Forest of Dean – Covenham Enclosure. Glasgow – Pollock Country Park. 9.30am.Great Yarmouth – Gorleston Cliffs. Greenwich – Avery Hill Park. Huddersfield – Greenhead Park. Hull – East Park. Kingston – Canbury Gardens. Killerton – near Exeter. Leamington – Newbold Common. Leeds – Hyde Park. Leeds – Roundhay Park. Leicester – Braunstone Park.Leigh – Pennington Flash.Liverpool – Princes Park. London – Brockwell Park. London – Bushy Park.London – Crystal Palace Park. London – Finsbury Park.London – Hackney Marshes. London – Norman’s Park. London – Wimbledon Common. London – Wormwood Scrubs. Middlesbrough – Albert Park. Manchester – Heaton Park. Manchester – Platt Fields Park.
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Rotherham. 6.30pm.www.xoolon.com/sycaa
Wednesday June 22AVON AA OPENStoke Gifford. 6.40pm.www.bristolandwestac.orgEntry: £3. BIRMINGHAM ROWHEATH OPENBirmingham University. 6.45pm.www.birminghamrowheath.co.ukEntry: £4. BMC REGIONAL OPENBirmingham University. 7.55pm.Crawley. Eltham. 8pm.www.britishmilersclub.comCAMBRIDGE HARRIERS OPENEltham. 7.15pm.www.cambridgeharriers.org.ukEntry: £3.50. CARDIFF & VALE OF GLAMORGAN U14 & U16 CUP FINAL ACardiff. 1pm.CRAWLEY AC OPENCrawley. 6.45pm.www.crawleyac.org.ukEntry: £2.50. Extra on day: £1. MANX HARRIERS LEAGUEDouglas. www.manxathletics.comMEDWAY & MAIDSTONE OPENGillingham. 7pm.http://mandmac.orgEntry: £3 on the day. NORTH EASTERN ATHLETICS LEAGUEJarrow. 7pm.www.gateshead-harriers.co.ukRAF INTER-STATION CHAMPIONSHIPSRAF Cosford. www.raf.mod.uk/rafathleticsROSENHEIM LEAGUEEast: Battersea.WELSH MASTERS’ LEAGUECardiff. 6.30pm.www.welshmastersathletics.comWELSH U20 v WELSH SCHOOLS v HARVARD & YALESwansea. www.welshathletics.org
Thursday June 23CARDIFF & VALE OF GLAMORGAN U14 & U16 CUP FINAL BCardiff. 1.30pm.EDWARDS & CO SUPER FIVE SERIESBelfast. 7pm.http://laganvalley.orgEntry: £3. SHROPSHIRE YOUNG ATHLETES’ LEAGUEShrewsbury. www.oswestryolympians.co.uk/juniors/j-leagues1.html
Saturday June 25AVIVA U20/U23 CHAMPIONSHIPS (Inc EUROPEAN TRIALS)Bedford. Until Sunday June 26.www.uka.org.ukBRITISH MASTERS’ CHAMPIONSHIPSBirmingham. Until Sunday June 26.www.bmaf.org.ukDASH YOUNG ATHLETES’ QUADRATHLONSport City. www.clubnet.org.uk/sites/dash-athletics-club
ENGLISH SCHOOLS’ REGIONAL COMBINED EVENTSSouthampton. Until Sunday June 26.HUMBERSIDE LEAGUE Grimsby. 10.30am.MID LANCASHIRE LEAGUE1/2: Hyndburn.www.midlancs.org.ukMIDLAND SCHOOLS’ COMBINED EVENT CHAMPIONSHIPSDerby. NATWEST ISLAND GAMESIsle of Wight. Until Friday July 1.www.natwestislandgames2011.co.ukSOUTH WEST SCHOOLS’ COMBINED EVENTS CHAMPIONSHIPSExeter. Until Sunday June 26.WELSH SCHOOLS’ COMBINED EVENT CHAMPIONSHIPSNewport. 11.30am.Pete Morris. 029-2089 1248. www.welshathletics.org
Sunday June 26ALDER VALLEY GIRLS’ LEAGUEGuildford. www.wseh.info/AlderValleyGirlsCHESHIRE LEAGUECrewe, Macclesfield, Stockport. www.cheshireaa.comEBBISHAM BOYS’ LEAGUEWalton. HEART OF ENGLAND LEAGUE1: Worcester, 2: Brierley Hill, 3: Nuneaton.www.hofe-league.org.ukINGRAMS LEAGUEYork. 11.15am.www.athleticsyork.org.ukWELSH U15 LEAGUEWest: Swansea.www.welshathletics.orgWILTSHIRE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPSTidworth. www.wiltshire-athletics.org.uk
WALKSTuesday June 21SOUTH YORKSHIRE LEAGUEMillhouses Park, Sheffield, South Yorkshire. www.xoolon.com/sycaa
Friday June 24SARNIA 3kmAmarreurs Road, Vale, Guernsey. 6.30pm.http://sarnia.wordpress.com
OVERSEASFriday June 17WORLD TRANSPLANT GAMESGothenburg, Sweden. www.wtgf.org
Saturday June 18IRISH MILERS’ CLUB OPENDublin, Ireland. www.irishmilersclub.comSPAR EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPSStockholm, Sweden. Until Sunday June 19.www.european-athletics.org
Wednesday June 22DUBLIN ATHLETIC BOARD GRADED OPEN
Dublin, Ireland. 7pm.www.dublinathletics.com
Thursday June 23US CHAMPIONSHIPSEugene, USA. Until Sunday June 26.www.usatf.org
Friday June 24EUROPEAN PERMIT MEETINGNancy, France. www.european-athletics.org
Saturday June 25EUROPEAN CLASSIC MEETINGSofia, Bulgaria. www.european-athletics.orgEUROPEAN PERMIT MEETINGKuortane, Finland. www.european-athletics.orgEUROPEAN PREMIUM MEETINGSzczecin, Poland. www.european-athletics.orgWORLD SCHOOLS’ CUPPoland. Until Thursday June 30.
Sunday June 26AAI JUNIOR/U23 CHAMPIONSHIPSTullamore, Ireland. www.athleticsireland.ieEUROPEAN RACE WALK PERMIT MEETINGDublin, Ireland. www.european-athletics.org
Monday June 27EUROPEAN PREMIUM MEETINGMoscow, Russia. www.european-athletics.org
Tuesday June 28EUROPEAN CLASSIC MEETINGVelenje, Slovenia. www.european-athletics.orgFOLKSAM GRAND PRIXSollentuna, Sweden. www.folksamgp.se
Wednesday June 29EUROPEAN CLASSIC MEETINGBiberach, Germany. www.european-athletics.orgEUROPEAN PERMIT MEETINGOhrid, Macedonia. www.european-athletics.org
Thursday June 30SAMSUNG DIAMOND LEAGUELausanne, Switzerland. www.iaaf.org
Saturday July 2BAUHAUS JUNIOR GALAMannheim, Germany. Until Sunday July 3.www.juniorengala.deCORK CITY GAMESCork, Ireland. www.corkcitysports.ieEUROPEAN CUP COMBINED EVENTSBrassanone, Italy. Until Sunday July 3.Torun, Poland. Until Sunday July 3.EUROPEAN PERMIT MEETINGSotteville, France. www.european-athletics.org
Sunday July 3IAAF WORLD CHALLENGE MEETINGZhukovskiy, Russia.
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ORGANISERS at last weekend’s US collegiate (NCAA) championships switched the direction of the women’s 100m so the races would avoid a headwind, but the diff erent markings on the track confused one of the pre-event favourites so much that she stopped running 10 metres before the actual fi nish line.
Semoy Hackett, a Trinidadian sprinter studying at Louisiana State University, has a best of 11.18 (and a wind-assisted 10.98) and was leading her race, but she dipped at 90 metres and
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then got passed by her rivals and missed out on a qualifying spot.
Ironically, the wind also switched direction and the athletes ended up running in a headwind of 0.7mps, too!
Hackett follows a long list of athletes who have eased up too early, though. And fans of British athletics will remember 800m runner Tom McKean falling victim at the 1991 World Championships where he eased off in his fi rst-round heat, fi nished third and failed to make the next round.
Bolt in soccer dreamlandUSAIN BOLT’S ambition to play for Manchester United when he retires from athletics has been mocked by former footballers.
Mark Bright, the former Crystal Palace striker, told BBC Five Live that neither Darren Campbell nor Daley Thompson “could cut it” as footballers. Meanwhile Nigel Walker, the former sprint hurdler and rugby international, also doubted Bolt’s dream and said he was able to combine both sports because he had worked on his rugby skills a lot as a child and Bolt did not have a football background.
But the debate remains open and for every athlete who has failed to make it in two sports, such as Dwain Chambers in American football, there are athletes who have successfully made the transition, such as Renaldo Nehemiah (hurdles and American football), Eric Liddell (sprints and rugby) and Marion Jones (sprints and basketball).
Bolt admits that he perhaps lacks the necessary skills to hack it in the Premier League. But when asked in Oslo why he thinks he can make it, he said simply: “Because I’m quick.”
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ONE of Britain’s top sportswriters has lambasted UKA and its chief coach Charles van Commenee for “cheating” by signing international athletes with a British link such as Tiffany Ofili-Porter and Shara Proctor.
Writing in the Daily Mail, sports journalist of the year Martin Samuel said: “He (Van Commenee) has a plan. We’re going to cheat. Not literally, obviously. That would be wrong. Team GB’s cheating is more a convenient manipulation of the rules, coming together with our colonial past, to create the option of securing the best of America’s cast-
offs, plus the odd Caribbean ringer.”Samuel’s article was headlined
“Plastic Brits are using Team GB to fulfil their own Olympic dreams” and he said: “The usual cheerleaders who pride a podium finish above trifles such as fair play and self-respect are hoping our new imports will be as good.”
Samuel added that Ofili-Porter, who has a British mother, “would not get anywhere near the Games if representing her own country” because when she broke Angie Thorp’s UK 100m hurdles record recently she was fifth behind four Americans.
Newspaper blasts ‘plastic Brits’
Athletes on locationCOMPETITORS being put up at the athletes’ hotel at the Diamond League in New York on Saturday were surprised to see the fi lming of Men in Black 3 on the streets right outside.
“Just saw Will Smith around the corner from my hotel fi lming Men in Black 3!!” tweeted Jemma Simpson.
The athletes revealed the fi lm must be a prequel as actors were in Seventies gear.
Stranded at WatfordOFFICIALS at the recent Watford Open Graded meeting were concerned to fi nd a 10-year-old girl had been left behind at the end of the night.
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