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MEN8 200m 9 400m 10 800m 12 1500m 13 10,000m 14 3000mSC 15 110m hurdles 16 400m hurdles 17 High jump 18 Pole vault 19 Long jump 20 Triple jump 21 Discus 22 Hammer 23 Javelin 24 Decathlon 26 4x100m relay 28 4x400m relay 29 1500m T54

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66 ResultsLast weekend’s top marks

77 What’s OnForthcoming fi xtures listings

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Memorable momentsWHAT was your highlight from the Commonwealth Games? Glasgow provided so many to choose from.

Was your No.1 performance one of the home nation victories – Greg Rutherford in the long jump, Steve Lewis in the pole vault, Libby Clegg in the T12 100m, David Weir in the T54 1500m, Dan Greaves in the F42/44 discus, or England in the thrilling men’s 4x400m?

Perhaps you were wowed by the English trio in the women’s 200m – smashing their PBs when it mattered to climb up the UK all-time rankings. Or maybe you were impressed with one of the unsung heroes, such as Jade Lally, whose recovery from a sickbed in hospital to a silver medal in the discus was similar to Lynsey Sharp’s, only not as well publicised.

Internationally, Blessing Okagbare of Nigeria dominated the sprints, while Kirani James of Grenada oozed raw talent as he bounded to a 44.24 Games record in the 400m. Aussie Michael Shelley out-manoeuvred the Kenyans in the marathon. The East African nation still topped the medals table, though, helped by a javelin thrower, Julius Yego, who learned his craft on YouTube. Then there was Usain Bolt, who many fans flocked to see, if only for a fleeting few seconds as he anchored Jamaica to relay victory.

Yet none of these are in my top fi ve. Instead, my favourite moments were as follows, in reverse order.

First, the women’s 10,000m, which featured two tremendous sprint fi nishes for the price of one. Next, Clegg’s medal ceremony, Scotland’s fi rst athletics gold for 20 years, bringing a tear to the eye and a lump to the throat.

Thirdly, another non-action moment, I loved the magical sound of the bagpipes and orchestra at the medal ceremonies (Dip Finish, p82). Back on the track and the ‘story’ of the Games – Sharp’s silver in the 800m.

But best of all? The 40-year-old mum-of-two, Jo Pavey, who refused to yield to the Kenyans in the 5000m and was rewarded with a medal no one will ever forget.

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THE ATHLETICS action in Glasgow 2014 was right up there with anything ever seen in the 84-year history of the

Commonwealth Games. The weather might have been cool and wet, but Hampden Park was packed to its 44,000 capacity for every session and there was something for everybody as international stars such as Usain Bolt took the track and home nation athletes rose to the occasion with some stirring performances.

Kenya topped the athletics medals table from Jamaica, but England had the satisfaction of winning more medals than anybody else courtesy of their large – and arguably frustrating – number of minor medals. Scotland also shone with Lynsey Sharp, Eilidh Child and Mark Dry making the podium and Libby Clegg striking gold to double the host nation’s medals tally achieved at recent Games.

As Flower of Scotland played around Hampden Park during Clegg’s medal ceremony, a few tears were shed. But it was just one of a number of fabulous moments over seven days of top-class track and field.

There were some truly world-class performances. Blessing Okagbare was majestic as she claimed a sprint double. Kirani James clocked 44.24 in the 400m – just one of eight Games records that fell. Jamaicans excelled in the relays, while Kenyans predictably dominated the distance events not to mention the men’s javelin. It was that kind of week.

Given this, it will be a shame to see the track dismantled as it returns to a football stadium. The Games were briefly clouded by a drugs scandal, too, when Amantle Montsho, the 400m runner, tested positive. Some painful queues into the stadium also caused grief, but no one was complaining once they were in the arena and the Gold Coast of Australia has a lot to live up to when it stages the next Games in 2018.

Coverage from the first two days of the Games was in last week’s AW

ACTION Commonwealth Games, Glasgow, July 29-August 2


The Empire strikes backFEW FANS OF ATHLETICS WOULD HAVE FAILED TO HAVE BEEN ENTERTAINED BY A MARVELLOUS SEVEN DAYS OF TRACK AND FIELD AT THE XX COMMONWEALTH GAMES IN GLASGOW Reports: Jason Henderson, Paul Halford, Steve Smythe & Jessica Whittington Pictures: Mark Shearman

Glasgow 2014 athletics medal and points table Gold Silver Bronze Points1 Kenya 10 10 3 2052 Jamaica 10 3 6 1843 Australia 8 1 3 2224 England 5 13 9 3305 Canada 5 2 10 1656 South Africa 3 4 2 1017 Nigeria 3 3 1 798 New Zealand 1 2 2 559 Scotland 1 2 1 7310 India 1 1 1 3611 Uganda 1 0 2 3312 Grenada 1 0 1 1413 Botswana 1 0 0 1714 Trin & Tobago 0 3 5 5415 Wales 0 3 1 5216 Cyprus 0 2 0 2717 Mozambique 0 1 0 718 Namibia 0 0 2 1619 Bahamas 0 1 1 3120 Saint Lucia 0 0 1 11

Points are based on eight points for first place, down to one point for eighth

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The Empire strikes back

The weather was often grey and wet but it did not spoil some tremendous

athletics at Hampden Park

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A JAMAICAN medal sweep was always on the cards, but the shock was in Rasheed Dwyer beating world No.2

Warren Weir.Dwyer finished strongly to

demote Weir to second by 0.12 with a time of 20.14.

Jason Livermore was third in 20.32 as times were slower than expected.

England’s Danny Talbot was the only Brit to make the final, running 20.45 for seventh.

Dwyer, who clocked a PB of 20.04 earlier this year, said: “It’s a really good feeling. Words cannot express how I feel right now. It’s a big stepping stone in my career.”

He had been disappointed with his performance in Delhi four years ago when he went out in the semi-finals with a time outside 21 seconds.

“In Delhi I didn’t perform so well but now I’m No.1, so that’s amazing. It’s another one, two, three for Jamaica and I’m so happy to be part of it,” he said.

Weir seemed to pull up slightly before the line and said afterwards: “It wasn’t necessarily an injury. I just felt something nagging.”

The world silver medallist, who has run 19.80 this year, added: “I’m disappointed because I knew that I could have done

better. I could have beat myself.”British champion Talbot

performed well in finishing just nine hundredths off his best.

“Obviously when you go into a championships race you want to execute the best race you can and unfortunately I didn’t do that today,” he said.

“I feel like I should have been in the top three because in the heats and the semi I was feeling pretty good and I was running the same times as them.”

The 23-year-old, who narrowly missed out on making the GB teams for the 2012 Olympics and 2013 World Championships, added: “I’ve always been on the edge of making teams and my

aim this year was to make every team and be prepared at the championships. Unfortunately I wasn’t as competitive as I’d have liked to have been but I’ve made the final so there’s positives there.”

He will next head to the European Championships, where the battle for medals should be more open.

England’s James Ellington (20.66) and Chris Clarke (20.71) failed to go through from their respective semi-finals.



Men’s 200m

Dwyer delivers the gold

Men: 200 (0.5): 1 R Dwyer (JAM) 20.14; 2 W Weir (JAM) 20.26; 3 J Livermore (JAM) 20.32; 4 M Lehata (LES) 20.36; 5 A Simbine (RSA) 20.37; 6 D Bailey (ANT) 20.43; 7 D Talbot (ENG) 20.45; 8 G Smellie (CAN) 20.55. SF1 (0.3): 1 J Livermore (JAM) 20.47; 2 D Talbot (ENG) 20.47; 3 D Bailey (ANT) 20.49; 4 G Smellie (CAN) 20.54; 5 W George (GUY) 20.88; 6 J Redhead (GRN) 20.99; 7 T Smith (BAH) 21.13; - N Titi (RSA) DQ. SF2 (0.3): 1 W Weir (JAM) 20.48; 2 M Lehata (LES) 20.54; 3 R Sorrillo (TTO) 20.57; 4 M Mathieu (BAH) 20.68; 5 W Van Niekerk (RSA) 20.69; 6 C Clarke (ENG) 20.71; 7 B Rodney (CAN) 20.89; - R Tabakaucoro (FIJ) DQ. SF3 (0.2): 1 R Dwyer (JAM) 20.42; 2 A Simbine (RSA) 20.53; 3 C Nkanata (KEN) 20.65; 4 J Ellington (ENG) 20.66; 5 A De Grasse (CAN) 20.73; 6 A Adams (SKN) 20.76; 7 K Greaux (TTO) 20.93; 8 L Reid (NIR) 21.03. Ht1 (-0.5): 1 N Titi (RSA) 20.66; 2 R Tabakaucoro (FIJ) 21.04; 3 B Matsenjwa (SWZ) 21.08; 4 T Abeyie (GHA) 21.12; 5 B Lawrence (SKN) 21.21; 6 N Stone (PNG) 21.51; 7 J Torres (GIB) 22.95; - L Ryan (MSR) DQ. Ht2 (-0.2): 1 M Lehata (LES) 20.68; 2 W George (GUY) 20.88; 3 R Sorrillo (TTO) 20.98; 4 A Ogunlewe (NGR) 21.11; 5 S Bockarie (SLE) 21.45; 6 C Lee (SIN) 21.87; 7 C Gichana (KEN) 21.90; 8 R Boyde (SVG) 22.23. Ht3 (-0.4): 1 W Weir (JAM) 20.71; 2 D Bailey (ANT) 20.74; 3 J Richards (TTO) 21.13; 4 N Marie (SEY) 21.78; 5 C Williams (SVG) 21.94; - I Adam (CMR) DNS; - S Stephens (IVB) DNS. Ht4 (0.5): 1 D Talbot (ENG) 20.56; 2 B Rodney (CAN) 20.77; 3 E Dasor (GHA) 21.06; 4 T Mukhala (ZAM) 21.20; 5 M Bin Asmin (SIN) 21.90; 6 R Daniel (LCA) 22.06; 7 G Gunde (MAW) 22.39; - S Richardson (AIA) DNS. Ht5 (-0.8): 1 A De Grasse (CAN) 20.56; 2 A Simbine (RSA) 20.77; 3 L Reid (NIR) 20.97; 4 S Afful (GHA) 21.02; 5 S James (GUY) 21.08; 6 E Hereme (SAM) 22.07; 7 A Skerritt (MSR) 24.37; - T Druce (GGY) DNS. Ht6 (0.9): 1 G Smellie (CAN) 20.74; 2 W Van Niekerk (RSA) 20.84; 3 K Moore (MLT) 21.07; 4 H Saaid (MDV) 21.38; 5 L Roland (SKN) 21.42; 6 T Piniau (PNG) 21.77; 7 M Anderson (BIZ) 22.37. Ht7 (0.5): 1 J Livermore (JAM) 20.71; 2 J Ellington (ENG) 20.73; 3 A Harris (GUY) 21.19; 4 H Houston (BER) 21.39; 5 T Cuffy (CAY) 21.75; 6 M Wilson (GRN) 21.90; 7 H Inaas (MDV) 22.78; - M Shongwe (SWZ) DQ. Ht8 (-1.8): 1 R Dwyer (JAM) 20.59; 2 C Clarke (ENG) 20.71; 3 J Geddes (AUS) 21.03; 4 J Permal (MRI) 21.21; 5 K Colbourne (ANT) 21.92; 6 W Jean (TCA) 22.26; - A Binam Nlend (CMR) DQ. Ht9 (0.5): 1 A Adams (SKN) 20.88; 2 T Smith (BAH) 20.91; 3 J Redhead (GRN) 20.97; 4 C Lionel (LCA) 21.30; 5 L Henriette (SEY) 21.75; 6 K Shearman (SVG) 21.85; 7 D Hamil (CAY) 22.02. Ht10 (-0.7): 1 M Mathieu (BAH) 20.55; 2 C Nkanata (KEN) 20.65; 3 K Greaux (TTO) 20.79; 4 O Metu (NGR) 21.19; 5 J Morris (MSR) 21.44; 6 R Gunasinghe (PNG) 22.44; - M Ahmmed (BAN) DQ.

RESULTS

Clean sweep: Rasheed Dwyer leads Jamaican team-mates Warren Weir and Jason Livermore

Jamaican 200m trio: l-r – Warren Weir, Jason Livermore and winner Rasheed Dwyer

Danny Talbot: seventh in 20.45 seconds

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Dwyer delivers the gold

KIRANI JAMES took the fi rst Commonwealth gold medal for Grenada to add to his previous titles at the Daegu

World Championships in 2011 and London 2012 Olympics.

The only one who can really challenge him in the world at the moment is American LaShawn Merritt, but here he was never tested, crossing the line in 44.24.

South Africa’s Wayde van Niekerk, who led over the fi rst half, was second with 44.68.

Trinidad and Tobago’s Lalonde Gordon took bronze – a tenth behind in a season’s best.

England’s Martyn Rooney did about as much as could be expected of him as he fi nished fourth with 45.13.

Rooney was disappointed not to win a medal but in the fi nal he beat two who have run quicker than him this season, Latoy Williams and Jarin Solomon. Trinidad and Tobago’s Renny Quow pulled up injured in the fi nal, while Chris Brown, who has run 44.59 this season, did not start after only qualifying as a fastest loser.

Another to struggle at this stage was South Africa’s Isaac Makwala, who failed to live up to his African record 44.01 from earlier this year. His fastest time was at altitude, his next quickest

was just 44.83 and his 44.57 in the semi was not enough to make the fi nal.

The winner is already a superstar in his country and his birthday, September 1, is known as Kirani James Day.

“It feels fantastic to make everyone from my country proud,” he said afterwards.

“I expected and hoped to have a great performance. You can’t predict how it’s going to go. You just have to perform on the day.”

After setting a Games record in Glasgow, James talked about breaking the world mark, which is one of the few things the 43.74 man has left to achieve.

“The world record (43.18) was set by Michael Johnson when he was 32 so I’ve got 10 years to work on it.”

Rooney, who has been in good form this year with a season’s best of 45.03, won his semi easily with 45.22.

He was realistic about his run afterwards. “It wasn’t a rubbish race. The guys just ran very fast,” he said.

“My whole idea was to ignore the two guys, one outside and one inside (James and Van Niekerk), because I knew they’d both go off hard. I’m not going to win any races against them because they’ve both run 20-point (for 200m). It’s tough to do my own thing and try and stay relaxed as long as possible.”

Only twice before has he ran quicker in a championships.

England’s Michael Bingham was well outside his season’s

best as he went out in the semi-fi nal with 45.71. Meanwhile, Nigel Levine’s below-par season continued as he also failed to make the fi nal, clocking 46.57.

Men: 400: 1 K James (GRN) 44.24; 2 W Van Niekerk (RSA) 44.68; 3 L Gordon (TTO) 44.78; 4 M Rooney (ENG) 45.15; 5 L Williams (BAH) 45.63; 6 J Solomon (TTO) 45.82; - R Quow (TTO) DNF; - C Brown (BAH) DNS. . SF1: 1 M Rooney (ENG) 45.22; 2 J Solomon (TTO) 45.49; 3 C Brown (BAH) 45.55; 4 R Mcdonald (JAM) 45.95; 5 B Taplin (GRN) 46.68; 6 P Osei (CAN) 47.16; 7 P Seribe (BOT) 47.43; 8 M Davis (DMA) 47.49. SF2: 1 K James (GRN) 45.14; 2 W Van Niekerk (RSA) 45.41; 3 R Quow (TTO) 45.47; 4 M Bingham (ENG) 45.71; 5 A Gauntlett (JAM) 46.16; 6 D Barnaby (CAN) 46.28; 7 S James (GUY) 46.35; 8 E Tugumisirize (UGA) 46.57. SF3: 1 L Gordon (TTO) 45.37; 2 L Williams (BAH) 45.44; 3 I Makwala (BOT) 45.57; 4 W George (GUY) 46.38; 5 N Levine (ENG) 46.57; 6 M Robertson (CAN) 47.30; 7 S Kombe (ZAM) 47.70; - S Solomon (AUS) DNF. Ht1: 1 J Solomon (TTO) 45.69; 2 W George (GUY) 46.25; 3 A Gauntlett (JAM) 46.31; 4 N Levine (ENG) 46.35; 5 E Hurtault (DMA) 47.02; 6 A Garland (TCA) 48.86; 7 H Tuivai (TGA) 49.54; 8 H Inaas (MDV) 50.02. Ht2: 1 R Quow (TTO) 45.86; 2 S Solomon (AUS) 46.26; 3 W Van Niekerk (RSA) 46.87; 4 S Isah (NGR) 47.51; 5 K Acheampong (GHA) 47.72; 6 R Daniel (LCA) 47.97; 7 T Piniau (PNG) 48.50. Ht3: 1 K James (GRN) 45.52; 2 M Bingham (ENG) 45.80; 3 R Mcdonald (JAM) 46.14; 4 M Robertson (CAN) 46.87; 5 N Stone (PNG) 47.60; 6 B Valentine-parris (SVG) 50.90; - N Akwu (NGR) DQ. Ht4: 1 L Williams (BAH) 46.07; 2 D Barnaby (CAN) 46.16; 3 E Tugumisirize (UGA) 46.73; 4 M Muttai (KEN) 47.60; 5 G Gunde (MAW) 47.85; 6 A Mussington (AIA) 51.50; - J Obrien (GHA) DNF; - R Simmons (NGR) DNF. Ht5: 1 C Brown (BAH) 46.30; 2 S James (GUY) 46.39; 3 P Seribe (BOT) 46.64; 4 L Roland (SKN) 47.17; 5 T Poleon (LCA) 47.32; 6 S Viliamu Sepa (SAM) 49.24; - B Mucheru (KEN) DNS. Ht6: 1 I Makwala (BOT) 45.33; 2 B Taplin (GRN) 45.90; 3 P Osei (CAN) 47.11; 4 T Druce (GGY) 49.62; - S Buoga (KEN) DQ; - H Graham Jr. (JAM) DQ; - A Ngaimoko (UGA) DNS. Ht7: 1 M Rooney (ENG) 45.57; 2 L Gordon (TTO) 45.84; 3 S Kombe (ZAM) 46.41; 4 M Davis (DMA) 46.94; 5 D Gyasi (GHA) 47.07; 6 P Hazzard (GRN) 47.33; 7 K Matlaun (PNG) 48.65; 8 I Rusanganya (TAN) 50.87.

RESULTS

James cruises to 400m winMen’s 400m

Martyn Rooney: disappointed in fourth

Michael Bingham:

semi-fi nalist

Nigel Levine: underpar

Kirani James: Grenada athlete ran top-class 44.24

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ONLY ONE event in Glasgow featured the Olympic gold and silver medallists from London 2012 and the 800m

lived up to its billing as the most intriguing race of the Games.

And while the Olympic champion and world record-holder David Rudisha lost, it was hardly the big surprise that many made out.

Rudisha was far from his best, having only resumed training in March and he had lost decisively to his arch-rival Nijel Amos in both Eugene in June and Monaco, just 13 days before.

In the latter race, Amos won in a world-leading 1:42.45 with Rudisha fading to fifth in 1:42.98.

This time, Rudisha seemed more wary of leaving himself exposed with a very fast pace and although he hit the front, the speed looked controlled.

He passed 200m in 24.8 with Australian Jeffrey Riseley and Amos both on 25.0 with Scottish hope Guy Learmonth (25.2) and England’s Michael Rimmer (25.3) at the back.

Having got control of the race, the Kenyan slowed significantly over the second 200m, taking all of 28 seconds – 1:52 pace! – for that stretch and he led through 400m in 52.71. Amos was well placed in joint second with Riseley (53.0) and in a perfect position although the whole field was covered by less than five metres with Learmonth and Rimmer still at the back of the field (53.3).

Amos lost his position slightly 300m out as Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich moved quickly up and placed himself on Rudisha’s shoulder and he had to accelerate slightly to retain the lead. He passed 600m in 79.8, having shown a slight acceleration with 27.0 for that 200m stretch.

Amos was now boxed on the inside behind Rudisha and some thought Rotich was there to deliberately get in the Botswanan’s way. However, it’s

worth noting that Rotich was one of the runners who had passed Rudisha in Monaco and had run 1:42.84 and was a serious medal contender himself.

The pace picked up around the bend and Rudisha continued to hold Rotich off with Amos looking anxious as no space was opening up ahead and he just had a perfect view of the Olympic champion’s back.

As they hit the straight, luckily for Amos, his training partner, Andre Olivier of South Africa, left a slight gap and the Botswanan slowed then swung wide around Rotich and now on the outside of lane two began his finishing drive. Rudisha was three metres ahead with 60 metres to go but Amos, with a ragged and ugly running action, blazed past Rotich as if he was standing still, with one of the

most amazing bursts of speed ever seen in a two-lap race.

Rudisha, a 45.5 400m man himself, was moving in full flow away from Rotich and the rest, but Amos caught him 15 metres out and was a whole 0.30 of a second ahead at the finish even though Rudisha ran strongly through the line.

Amos celebrated early, his arms splayed and tongue out, as



Men’s 800m

Amos is the manNijel Amos: Olympic silver medallist turns the tables on David Rudisha with a scintillating late burst

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RESULTS

he became the fi rst Botswanan Commonwealth male track gold medallist. Still only 20, he had covered the last 200m in 25 seconds, but was only at full speed for that last 60m.

Though Amos has beaten Rudisha three times out of three this season, he acknowledges that he has some running to do before he can match the great Kenyan. He had tape on his legs after a scare after the heats but he was fi ne for the fi nal.

“I don’t think I am the main man,” he said. “I think maybe I will be the man if I break the world

record fi ve times. This gold medal means a lot. I’d like next year for both of us to come back strong together, to break the world record.

“The race was very tactical. I saw Andre left an open space for me. I thought I must go. This is our time to shine. I’m lucky I have somebody who cares about me. I panicked a little when I looked at the screen and saw that I was in a box. I knew if I changed my style to high knees, I’d catch him easy.

“These have been the best three days of my life. I want to enjoy it and take it slowly. I had cramps in my knee after the heats so we taped it up for support, but it’s fi ne.”

Rudisha was a gallant loser and seemed happy enough after his defeat and was pleased just to be competitive having missed all of the 2013 season with a knee injury.

He said: “I’m lacking something and found the last 100m diffi cult. I didn’t do all of last season and didn’t start my preparation as usual. Normally I start in November or December preparing for the season but, this time, I was out in rehabilitation in January and February and starting slowly in March.

“I did a little bit more of a crash programme. That is why I am paying for it a little bit now but I hope to be back to my best for next year’s World Championships.”

Olivier fi nished strongly and picked up bronze just edging past Rotich and Riseley and post race Amos jumped excitedly into his arms.

He said: “I am delighted to win the bronze. Rudisha set a slow pace, so that was good for me. Nijel is my training partner and we both got medals and wouldn’t have been happy if Nijel had got boxed. I gave Nijel some room in the home straight, I knew he was coming, so tactically it worked well.”

Apart from Amos, the fastest man down the straight was probably Learmonth, which

contrasted to his semi-fi nal where he had run bravely but died a death in the last 30m and secured a fi nal spot by the skin of his teeth by two hundredths of a second.

Sitting in last position in the fi nal after 600m (80.6), he produced a 26.1 last 200m to make fi ve metres up on Rimmer down the straight and his reward was a personal best 1:46.69 for sixth place. For all it’s great tradition at this event, Britain haven’t won a medal since Matthew Yates’ third in 1990.

The 22-year-old Scot said: “It has been a great learning curve for me. I have held my own in some very good company and proved I can compete at this level. I’m thrilled to have represented Scotland at Hampden and I believe I can get faster and this can be a platform for me.’

Rimmer, who has a remarkable record of qualifying for the British team for the championships every year (see panel, right), if not always running to form, only qualifi ed for the fi nal himself by 0.03 as a fastest loser.

In the semi-fi nals both Joe Thomas and Mukhtar Mohammed had disappointing runs and were outside 1:50.

Thomas had fared better in the heat where a strong fi nish on the inside meant Andrew Osagie’s response to hold him off by both moving across and slowing got the English Olympic fi nalist disqualifi ed. The move was ultimately unnecessary as both would have qualifi ed had he run in a straight line.

Michael Rimmer’s championships record at 800m2003 World Youth 4th2004 Commonwealth 3rd Youth2004 World Junior 8th2005 European Junior 8th2006 European Champs 8th2007 World Champs SF2008 Olympic Games SF2009 World Champs SF2010 European Champs 2nd2011 World Champs Heat2012 Olympic Games Heat2013 World Champs Heat2014 Commonwealth 7th Games

Michael Rimmer: UK champion

was seventh

Guy Learmonth: PB of 1:46.69 in the fi nal

Men: 800: 1 N Amos (BOT) 1:45.18; 2 D Rudisha (KEN) 1:45.48; 3 A Olivier (RSA) 1:46.03; 4 F Rotich (KEN) 1:46.09; 5 J Riseley (AUS) 1:46.12; 6 G Learmonth (SCO) 1:46.69; 7 M Rimmer (ENG) 1:46.71; 8 R Musagala (UGA) 1:47.19; 9 E Kipkorir (KEN) 1:47.34. . SF1: 1 D Rudisha (KEN) 1:46.61; 2 F Rotich (KEN) 1:46.88; 3 G Learmonth (SCO) 1:47.78; 4 R Cunningham (JAM) 1:47.80; 5 J Riseley (AUS) 1:47.82; 6 S Dill (BER) 1:48.59; 7 M Mohammed (ENG) 1:51.91; - B Mcbride (CAN) DQ. SF2: 1 N Amos (BOT) 1:45.65; 2 R Musagala (UGA) 1:45.98; 3 A Olivier (RSA) 1:46.30; 4 E Kipkorir (KEN) 1:47.35; 5 M Rimmer (ENG) 1:47.70; 6 A Mamba (MOZ) 1:47.73; 7 J Thomas (WAL) 1:50.08; 8 A Evans (BER) 1:50.17. Ht1: 1 D Rudisha (KEN) 1:46.89; 2 M Rimmer (ENG) 1:47.64; 3 R Cunningham (JAM) 1:47.71; 4 G Learmonth (SCO) 1:47.85; 5 B Mcbride (CAN) 1:49.29; 6 R Bagina (RWA) 1:55.31; 7 K Kapmatana (PNG) 1:59.09. Ht2: 1 A Olivier (RSA) 1:47.93; 2 R Musagala (UGA) 1:48.23; 3 A Mamba (MOZ) 1:48.57; 4 M Mohammed (ENG) 1:49.13; 5 S Obinwa (NGR) 1:50.59; 6 K Bullard (TTO) 1:51.57. Ht3: 1 J Riseley (AUS) 1:48.63; 2 F Rotich (KEN) 1:48.70; 3 J Thomas (WAL) 1:49.38; 4 S Dill (BER) 1:49.61; 5 K Matlaun (PNG) 1:52.36; 6 A Beddoes (COK, U20) 1:53.16; - A Osagie (ENG) DQ. Ht4: 1 A Evans (BER) 1:50.48; 2 N Amos (BOT) 1:50.56; 3 E Kipkorir (KEN) 1:50.88; 4 J James (TTO) 1:51.62; 5 J Ralph (AUS) 1:52.48; 6 E Ntakiyimana (RWA) 1:55.61; 7 V Babob (PNG) 2:03.45.

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THE final individual track event of the Games saw yet another exciting finish only decided in the last 30 metres

and there was the experience of the Hampden roar with a Scottish athlete challenging for a medal. However, there was an element of disappointment about the race with a slow time and not all the major contenders getting in the right position or running to form.

Kenya didn’t select the world number one and two, Silas Kiplagat, the 2010 champion, and Asbel Kiprop, but they did select world No.3 Ronald Kwemoi, who set a world junior record of 3:28.81 in Monaco behind his countrymen. He was the big favourite, although Nick Willis and James Magut also ranked in the world top ten.

The race started at what looked like might be a good pace with Ugandan Ronald Musagala leading through 300m in 43.5 but then slowing to pass 400m in 58.64. He still led through 700m in 1:45.4 and 800m in 2:00.97 with Kenyan Elijah Manangoi and Kwemoi at his shoulder and the others fighting for position.

The three British athletes in the field – Chris O’Hare, Charlie Grice

and Chris Gowell – weren’t yet in challenging positions.

The slow pace continued with everyone in contention and Kwemoi in front in 2:46.1 with James Magut beside him. Grice was seventh in 2:46.4, and Olympic medallist Willis eighth in 2:46.5 and out of position.

Magut was ahead at 1200m in 3:00.12 with Kwemoi looking his biggest challenger.

The latter maintained his lead until the last 30 metres but tied up and Magut sprinted past to go one place better than 2010.

Considering the slow pace, the winner’s last lap of 53.3 was nothing special and even the 1958 and 1962 champions Herb

Elliott and Peter Snell would have fancied their chances in their heyday.

Magut said: “The race went to plan. I like to try and lead as I’m an endurance runner but the last 100m was a sprint.”

Kwemoi claimed the cold weather affected him and he just held on to second.

The fastest finisher of the race was Willis. After a poor run in the 5000m, he ran a lethargic negative race and entered the straight well back in seventh place, 10 metres behind the leaders but he finished like a train and passed Jeffrey Riseley and then Johan Cronje in the final few strides to snatch a bronze that he

thought was undeserved. His last lap was 53.1 and his medal meant he became the first ever athlete to win three 1500m medals after a first in 2006 and third in 2010.

He said: “It was a relief that I salvaged a medal but I ran over to Johan and said, ‘Sorry mate, you deserved that far more than I did’. It was only my fitness that got the medal.”

The crowd had roared 150 metres out as O’Hare kicked up to the leaders’ shoulder but he lacked the speed to maintain that and fell 10 metres short in sixth.

He said: ‘I knew that coming in I was going to have to be brave and give it everything I’ve got, dig down deep and give the last 200m everything.

“I came off the bend and thought I can get a medal here if I just keep working. But maybe that was a bit naive. I didn’t quite have it in the last 50.”

It was the best performance by a Scot since Graham Williamson was fourth in 1982.

Behind O’Hare, Grice, who didn’t get a clear run in the melee was seventh and Gowell 10th.

The other Britons who competed in the heats – David Bishop, Jake Wightman, Richard Peters and Lee Emanuel – were some way from qualifying.



Men’s 1500m

Kenya cruise to one-two

Men: 1500: 1 J Magut (KEN) 3:39.31; 2 R Kwemoi (KEN) 3:39.53; 3 N Willis (NZL) 3:39.60; 4 J Cronje (RSA) 3:39.65; 5 J Riseley (AUS) 3:40.27; 6 C O’Hare (SCO) 3:40.63; 7 C Grice (ENG) 3:41.58; 8 B Baynit (TAN) 3:41.74; 9 J Matthews (NZL) 3:41.84; 10 C Gowell (WAL) 3:42.10; 11 R Musagala (UGA) 3:42.42; 12 E Manangoi (KEN) 3:45.47. Ht1: 1 N Willis (NZL) 3:40.76; 2 J Riseley (AUS) 3:40.79; 3 J Magut (KEN) 3:40.79; 4 C O’Hare (SCO) 3:40.80; 5 B Baynit (TAN) 3:40.93; 6 R Musagala (UGA) 3:41.24; 7 Z Robertson (NZL) 3:43.02; 8 J Wightman (SCO) 3:43.87; 9 R Peters (ENG) 3:44.10; 10 D Mooney (NIR) 3:45.79; 11 L Emanuel (ENG) 3:46.29; 12 K Chitsala (MAW) 3:55.95; 13 D Nicol-Samuel (SVG) 3:58.40. Ht2: 1 R Kwemoi (KEN) 3:39.90; 2 C Grice (ENG) 3:40.09; 3 J Cronje (RSA) 3:40.17; 4 C Gowell (WAL) 3:40.30; 5 J Matthews (NZL) 3:40.33; 6 E Manangoi (KEN) 3:41.63; 7 R Gregson (AUS) 3:41.91; 8 D Bishop (SCO) 3:43.10; 9 H Dixon (GIB) 3:44.67; 10 D Ikangaa (TAN) 3:46.29; 11 C Master (MAW) 3:46.59; 12 A Georasi (PNG) 4:05.30; - A Mamba (MOZ) DNS.

RESULTS

James Magut: poised to strike with runner-up Ronald Kwemoi on his shoulder

Chris O’Hare: gave everythingin sixth place

In control: East Africans dominated

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FOUR years ago, Moses Kipsiro took on the Kenyans at Delhi and won two gold medals. He didn’t look in the

same sort of form in 2014 and was a disappointing eighth in the 5000m in Glasgow.

Not having run a 10,000m in 2014, he wasn’t expected to mount a serious title defence but he ran a cagey race at the back of the pack and won his third Commonwealth gold and to ensure Uganda denied Kenya gold for the third successive Commonwealth 10,000m.

And it was a fantastic race, with the issue decided in the fi nal strides.

There was a surprise early leader with Australian Harry Summers blasting the fi rst lap in 64 seconds and holding a four-second lead at 1000m (2:45.79).

His pace dropped in the second kilometre and though he still led through 2000m (5:38.28) there were now 24 in the lead pack.

Charles Cheruiyot pulled ahead at 3000m (8:30.19) and despite the pace now dropping to 68/69-second laps, it proved too much for some and only 21 of the 26 starters were in contention.

Gradually more and more drifted off as they passed 4000m in 11:18.25 and reached halfway in 14:07.87 with Peter Kirui now assuming control.

With original selections Mo Farah and Chris Thompson out, Jonny Mellor was the sole Englishman, but suff ering from stomach cramps was beginning to struggle and drop back.

The tempo continued with the odd surge thrown in as Kirui led through 6000m in 16:57.60 with just 13 in the mix, and 7000m in 19:46.37 as the fi nal British challenger Andrew Lemoncello had to give way.

There were nine left in the pack at 8km in 22:32.93 as Kirui was still ahead – three Kenyans, two

Ugandans, two Canadians, a Kiwi and a Rwandan athlete.

The tempo remained modest through 9km in 25:21.77 so all nine were in contention and the fi rst surge came on the penultimate lap and a 64.9 circuit saw seven in contention at the bell.

Canadian Cameron Levins, an Alberto Salazar-coached athlete, and Farah’s training partner, hit the front along the back straight but a 28.8 last 200m meant the race could go any one of four ways.

Levins accelerated gradually and then kicked hard in the straight. It looked like he might hang on but virtually on the line, Josphat Bett passed him on the outside and then Kipsiro on the inside, with 0.12 between the trio and Kipsiro striking gold by three hundredths of a second.

The winner had covered the last lap in 55.0 seconds and the last 200m in 26.1 and said: “I’m very happy, I didn’t expect this. A boy deep, deep inside me was telling me to improve my energy. I would have made a move earlier but I had to save my body. So I

said ‘no’, I will wait until the last 100 or 200 metres.”

Afterwards, Bett felt he had kicked too early while Levins was disappointed but also pleased with his bronze and said: “I thought I was going to get it, I started tying up in the 50m. I tried to hold them off , but they just caught me. But it’s an experience, and I’ll learn from it.”

Kirui and Cheruiyot gave Kenya three in fi ve and ensured a record number had broken 28 minutes.

Mohammed Ahmed became the only athlete to make the top six in both 5000m and 10,000m narrowly ahead of Jake Robertson, who was scathing of lapped runners, having partially caused his fall in the 5000m and then hampered him in this event.

Lemoncello held on to be leading Briton in 12th with Luke Caldwell and Adam Bitchell setting PBs in 14th and 16th.

Lemoncello’s 12th is the equal lowest top British position, and with Mellor dropping out, for the fi rst time in 84 years, there wasn’t a single English fi nisher.

Paul Pollock, Callum Hawkins, Keith Gerrard and Dewi Griffi ths completed the British contingent.



Men: 10,000: 1 M Kipsiro (UGA) 27:56.11; 2 J Bett (KEN) 27:56.14; 3 C Levins (CAN) 27:56.23; 4 P Kirui (KEN) 27:58.24; 5 C Cheruiyot (KEN) 27:59.91; 6 M Ahmed (CAN) 28:02.96; 7 J Robertson (NZL) 28:03.70; 8 T Toroitich (UGA) 28:03.79; 9 E Sebahire (RWA) 28:03.88; 10 F Muhitira (RWA) 28:17.07; 11 M Kibet (UGA) 28:30.78; 12 A Lemoncello (SCO) 28:36.63; 13 C Ndayikengurukiye (RWA) 28:40.44; 14 L Caldwell (SCO) 28:47.39; 15 A Bitchell (WAL) 28:47.94; 16 B St Lawrence (AUS) 28:49.41; 17 W Malley (TAN) 28:51.94; 18 H Summers (AUS) 29:00.56; 19 P Pollock (NIR) 29:11.46; 20 C Hawkins (SCO) 29:12.52; 21 T Ntlaloe (LES) 29:15.91; 22 K Gerrard (IOM) 29:46.85; 23 M Hatasi (LES) 30:03.17; 24 R Molefi (LES) 30:48.36; 25 D Griffiths (WAL) 31:28.81.

RESULTS

Kenya cruise to one-two Kipsiro steals it on the lineMen’s 10,000m

Best defence: Moses Kipsiro retains his

title from Josphat Bett in a tight fi nish

Home nation athletes dig in (l to r): Andrew Lemoncello, Jonny Mellor, Adam Bitchell

Stretching out: Josphat Bett pushes the pace

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THE 3000m steeplechase is supposed to be an unpredictable event with barriers and water jumps,

but in reality when Kenya is involved, it isn’t.

Kenya haven’t lost the race since 1970, bar the 1986 event which they boycotted. They have gained a one-two in every event since that boycott and clean-swept every event since 1998.

The major interest in the race was therefore which of the three Kenyans would win and in what order they would finish. Canadian Matt Hughes, with 8:12.81 this year looked a surefire bet for fourth.

The favourite based on 2014 form was world No.1 Jairus Birech. He had the three fastest times – all sub 8:04 with wins at Oslo, Monaco and Lausanne and also had a 8:06 win at Rome to his credit.

On championship form the favourite was double Olympic winner and maybe the greatest competitive steeplechaser ever, Ezekiel Kemboi.

He already had three Commonwealth medals and had also won the three previous World Championships, having been second in each of the

three before that and set a world lead prior to Birech where he had beaten his team-mate in May in Doha. Since that point though, Birech had beaten him comfortably and he had also had injury problems.

The outsider of the trio, was undoubtedly Jonathan Ndiku, only the seventh fastest Kenyan of 2014 with a best of 8:10.72 and thirds in Beijing and Lausanne and it was he who sped to victory.

Birech blasted the first kilometre in 2:37.17, which is inside world record pace. He still had Ndiku for company with a three-second gap to the rest led by Kemboi, who had Hughes

and top Briton James Wilkinson for company.

The second kilometre was much slower and Birech still led from Ndiku but Kemboi had accelerated up after halfway to the leading pair and looked the favourite given his more sensible start.

On the penultimate lap, though he faded and over the last lap, Ndiku proved the strongest and with a powerful finish his 8:10.44 broke the Games record and was also a Scottish all-comers record.

The winner said: “I’m happy with a Games record and for my family. I was running with Jairus for most of the way, but in the last

sprint I pulled away. I didn’t feel so much pain.”

Pain was felt though by Birech who claimed: “It was a tactical race. In the second lap I knocked the barrier so I felt a pain in my right leg. I just had to keep going. I am pleased. It’s not the best medal but I am happy.”

Kemboi was a distant third to complete his medal set and win a record fourth medal.

He remarked: “I hurt a small tendon when I came last week to Glasgow, I had some pain, now not so bad. But in the last 200m it hurt. There were no tactics, I just wanted us to run as a team. I have another two or three years ahead of myself.”

Hughes chased Kemboi home with a 8:21.44 clocking while Wilkinson had his greatest major race to date to place fifth and clock 8:24.98 despite a fast opening kilometre to back up his recent breakthrough 8:22.76.

Perhaps surprisingly, he ran the fastest ever time by an Englishman in the Games and among Britons only Wales’ John Davies has run marginally faster with his 8:24.8 silver medal run 40 years ago.

Wilkinson said: “Overall I’m pleased. But the opportunity was there to potentially get fourth – I don’t think third was an option.

“At one point when the Kenyan and Matt were together I thought if I stick on these, if one of them goes I could get stuck into the race and pull myself through. Those guys are 10 seconds faster than me and more, which is a considerable distance.”

England’s Luke Gunn was seventh in 8:45.99 while Scotland’s Stephen Lisgo was eighth in 9:05.13.



Men’s 3000mSC

Kenyan outsider wins it

Men: 3000SC: 1 J Ndiku (KEN) 8:10.44; 2 J Birech (KEN) 8:12.68; 3 E Cheboi (KEN) 8:19.73; 4 M Hughes (CAN) 8:21.88; 5 J Wilkinson (ENG) 8:24.98; 6 C Winter (CAN) 8:29.83; 7 L Gunn (ENG) 8:45.99; 8 S Lisgo (SCO) 9:05.13; 9 J Nipperess (AUS) 9:16.76.

RESULTS

Surprise package: third-string Kenyan Jonathan Ndiku wins steeplechase

James Wilkinson: English athlete has been in fine form in 2014 Stephen Lisgo: seventh in front of home crowd in Scotland

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WILLIAM SHARMAN has been in the form of his life this year, producing world-class times on

the circuit when previously he had been known as someone who raised his game for championships.

The one thing missing for the English athlete was a fi rst major title – and it still is after he replicated his silver medal from Delhi four years ago.

Sharman became co-favourite following the withdrawal just before the fi rst round of Jamaica’s Hansle Parchment, the world No.1 with a time of 12.95.

He had fi ve times under 13.30 to his name this season, including a PB of 13.21. However, Andrew Riley was two hundredths quicker on 2014 form – albeit Parchment was two-one up in head to heads.

A close race looked likely, especially from the start, but then Sharman hit a hurdle mid-race and Riley was able to pull away to win by four hundredths.

Riley, who was eighth in last year’s World fi nal, in 2012 became the fi rst athlete to win a 100m and 110m hurdles double at the NCAA Championships.

Barbados athlete Shane Brathwaite took bronze with 13.49. Brathwaite is the 2013 Central American champion and is no relation to his compatriot, the 2009 world champion Ryan Brathwaite.

Sharman said: “I can’t lie – I’m so happy to have got a medal. The competition in the Games this year has been very diffi cult, much more so than it was four years ago.

“It was diffi cult for me at the start of the season to target being in the medals here but in a way with the preparation I have had, I knew I was capable of a medal.

“I felt strong at the start of the

race, but I hit a hurdle really badly with my trail leg and it turned me sideways a bit.

“And if it hadn’t been for knocking it I would have run a much quicker time. I was just flipping the gears and looking to move away from the fi eld.”

England’s Lawrence Clarke apologised on Twitter for “running like a wally” after clocking 13.84 for eighth in the fi nal. He fi nished one place behind UK-based Alex Al-Ameen of Nigeria.

England’s Andy Turner’s campaign to defend his title came to an abrupt end when he hit the fi rst hurdle awkwardly in his heat and pulled up after just two hurdles. Clearly distraught, he will aim to make amends at the European Championships next month (see News).

Northern Ireland’s Ben Reynolds ran 13.96 for sixth in his heat and failed to progress to the semi-fi nals.



Men: 110H (-0.3): 1 A Riley (JAM) 13.32; 2 W Sharman (ENG) 13.36; 3 S Brathwaite (BAR) 13.49; 4 N Hough (AUS) 13.57; 5 R Brathwaite (BAR) 13.63; 6 G Swift (BAR) 13.74; 7 A Al-Ameen (NGR) 13.77; 8 L Clarke (ENG) 13.84. Ht1 (0.9): 1 A Riley (JAM) 13.47; 2 S Brathwaite (BAR) 13.54; 3 A Al-Ameen (NGR) 13.71; 4 M Thomas (TTO) 13.86; 5 M Trajkovic (CYP) 13.95; 6 B Reynolds (NIR) 13.96; 7 W Gime (PNG) 14.64; - A Turner (ENG) DQ. Ht2 (-0.2): 1 G Swift (BAR) 13.57; 2 L Clarke (ENG) 13.63; 3 N Hough (AUS) 13.70; 4 T Akins (NGR) 13.75; 5 R Forbes (CAY) 13.89; - D Busby (TTO) DNS; - H Parchment (JAM) DNS. Ht3 (-2.4): 1 R Brathwaite (BAR) 13.48; 2 W Sharman (ENG) 13.49; 3 S Thingalaya (IND) 13.93; 4 R Phillips (JAM) 13.94; 5 S Baines (AUS) 14.03; 6 M Ogieriakhi (NGR) 14.13; 7 D Bain (BAH) 14.21; - W Davis (TTO) DNS.

RESULTS

Kenyan outsider wins it Sharman beaten into secondMen’s 110m hurdles

A distraught Andy Turner ponders what

might have been after hitting a hurdle

William Sharman: silver medal matched his eff ort from Delhi in 2010

Andrew Riley: from last in the 110m hurdles Moscow fi nal to fi rst in Glasgow

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CORNEL FREDERICKS was at his best to take victory for South Africa after Dai Greene’s hopes of defending

his title ended in the semi-fi nals.The South African was just 0.8

seconds off his PB as he came home in 48.50.

Trindad and Tobago’s world champion Jehue Gordon showed by far the best form of his season when running 48.75 for second, fending off a late challenge from Bahamas’ Jeff ery Gibson (48.78).

Jamaica’s Annsert Whyte was in medal contention until hitting hurdle eight and failing to fi nish.

That allowed England’s Niall Flannery, who only qualifi ed for the fi nal after the disqualifi cation of Commonwealth No.2 Roxroy Cato for a trailing leg infringement, to come through for fourth.

Also benefi ting from Whyte’s fall was Richard Yates, who ran 50.13 for seventh after clocking 49.80 in the heats.

Fredericks, who was fi fth in the 2011 World Championships fi nal, said: “It’s still sinking in, but it’s the best feeling. I came here confi dent and thinking I need to start up to be the best in the world.

“I said to myself to go hard and stay in front. I know my fi nish is strong and I pulled it off today.”

Flannery’s season had stalled somewhat since he ran a PB in May and went even faster with 48.80 in June.

He was disappointed to fi nish fourth in his semi here in just 49.97, but he was re-energised by his reprieve and went into the fi nal with a new attitude.

“I’m really happy with today,” he said. “I executed a much better race. I knew they were going to go away from me in lane one. They go a lot quicker than me in the fi rst 250 and I come back stronger.

“The time’s not awesome but I’ll take it. If anyone had said to me before this season ‘you’d be fourth in the Commonwealths’, I would have been like, ‘yes I’ll take that’.

“Once I’d got back to the warm-up area and did my cool-down I’d heard the process had gone in to get Cato out so I just had to prepare as if I was in the fi nal.

“I was annoyed with the semi and then I watched it back, spoke to my coach and it was one

glaring mistake that I’d made – I’d gone far too hard straight into the bend and got to hurdle fi ve just before 200 and kicked and had nothing down the straight. Today I made sure I was a lot more conservative and built it up round the bend.”

Defending champion Dai Greene blamed rustiness after failing to make the fi nal.

The Welshman was just fi fth in his heat in 50.36 with only two sure to qualify for the fi nal.

The 2011 world champion, who had raced just once this season, said he was probably disadvantaged when the competition was cut from three rounds to two because of lack of entries.

However, after three recent hernia operations and a delayed start to the season, he admitted: “I did have ambitions of making the fi nal, but I lacked that specifi c

stuff – the speed endurance, hurdling at the end of the race. That’s the stuff I really missed and it showed today when I came down the home straight and I had nothing left.”

England’s Seb Rodger was another home countries casualty in the heats as he crossed the line in fourth with 50.71.



Men’s 400m hurdles

No hurdles for Cornel

Men: 400H: 1 C Fredericks (RSA) 48.50; 2 J Gordon (TTO) 48.75; 3 J Gibson (BAH) 48.78; 4 N Flannery (ENG) 49.46; 5 C Cuevas-Morton (NGR) 49.65; 6 B Mucheru (KEN) 49.99; 7 R Yates (ENG) 50.13; - A Whyte (JAM) DNF. Ht1: 1 J Gordon (TTO) 49.42; 2 A Whyte (JAM) 49.58; 3 C Cuevas-Morton (NGR) 49.62; 4 N Flannery (ENG) 49.97; 5 N Bett (KEN) 51.21; - K Couto (MOZ) DQ; - S Viliamu Sepa (SAM) DNS. Ht2: 1 C Fredericks (RSA) 49.26; 2 J Gibson (BAH) 49.66; 3 I Dewhurst (AUS) 50.45; 4 S Rodger (ENG) 50.71; 5 J Harvey (NIR) 52.06; - M Boino (PNG) DQ; - L Green (JAM) DQ. Ht3: 1 B Mucheru (KEN) 49.67; 2 R Yates (ENG) 49.80; 3 L Van Zyl (RSA) 50.07; 4 D Greene (WAL) 50.36; 5 E Mayers (TTO) 50.51; 6 W Gime (PNG) 53.62; - R Cato (JAM) DQ

RESULTS

Cornel Fredericks: South African succeeded Dai Greene as champion

Niall Flannery: reprieve saw him

come fourth in the fi nal

Richard Yates and Dai Greene: English

athlete seventh as Welshman struggled

AW August 7 Glasgow Men 400H-High jump 16-17.indd 2 05/08/2014 12:20:52

WITH a 2.40m PB set in April, Derek Drouin started the event as a huge favourite and he

duly delivered in a disappointing standard competition, which wasn’t helped by the conditions which were wet and chilly.

Thirteen athletes qualifi ed for the fi nal with 2.20m leaps and that included three Englishman and a Scot but all were seemingly jumping for a silver medal behind the 24-year-old Canadian who won a bronze in London 2012.

The competition started at 2.16m and all 13 were successful, but former world and Olympic fi nalist Tom Parsons, who had cleared 2.29m a week earlier, needed three attempts and he was the only fi nalist to fail at 2.21m.

The bar was raised to 2.25m and surprisingly only four athletes cleared that height. Drouin, his fellow Canadian Michael Mason and 2006 bronze medallist Kyriakos Ioannou did it fi rst time.

Chris Baker whose PB was only 2.22m last year, but had improved to 2.28m indoors in 2014, achieved it on the second attempt.

Now lying fourth, he needed to match his indoor PB to have a chance of winning a medal, a height superior to his outdoor PB of 2.27m.

Both Drouin and the Cypriot cleared it fi rst time but it was beyond Mason. It did mean that Baker was guaranteed a bronze medal if he could clear his fi nal attempt. It proved beyond him but it did represent his best big-time performance to date.

Because Ioannou had taken two jumps at 2.21m, Drouin was ahead anyway as the bar was

raised to 2.31m, which he cleared at the second attempt to ensure Canada continued a successful Games. He passed 2.33m and 2.35m and raised the bar to a Games record 2.37m but the conditions meant that proved a height too far.

He said: “It’s so exciting. It’s been a great competition and it’s awesome to have a fellow Canadian up on the podium with me. It’s so much easier for me having a friend up there.”

He added: “It makes the competition more fun and we can spur each other on. This year I want to jump 2.40m consistently and I really want to get up to those high heights.”

The Cypriot was delighted with his silver, saying: “I’m very happy. It’s been a diffi cult last two years. I’ve had many injuries and a broken ankle and many operations but when the Commonwealth Games came I thought, ‘Okay, let’s go and compete – I need a medal here’. The silver is excellent for me.”

Martyn Bernard, who fi nished a place ahead of the Cypriot in Melbourne in 2006, hasn’t been in great form this year with a best of just 2.22m. He cleared 2.21m

at the fi rst attempt and while 2.25m proved too high, it did place him equal fi fth.

That height was also jumped by Scotland’s Raymond Bobrownicki, but only doing it at the second attempt meant he ended up ninth.

In the qualifying David Smith only cleared 2.11m and Jersey’s Simon Phelan jumped 2.06m.



Women: High jump 1 D Drouin (CAN) 2.31; 2 K Ioannou (CYP) 2.28; 3 M Mason (CAN) 2.25; 4 C Baker (ENG) 2.25; 5 M Bernard (ENG) 2.21; 5 K Kgosiemang (BOT) 2.21; 7 F Djoumessi Temfack (CMR) 2.21; 8 B Starc (AUS) 2.21; 9 R Bobrownicki (SCO) 2.21; 9 R Ingraham (BAH) 2.21; 9 D Thomas (BAH) 2.21; 12 N Bojic (AUS) 2.21; 13 T Parsons (ENG) 2.16. A: 1 C Baker (ENG) 2.20; 1 D Drouin (CAN) 2.20; 1 K Kgosiemang (BOT) 2.20; 4 F Djoumessi Temfack (CMR) 2.20; 5 B Starc (AUS) 2.20; 6 D Missick (TCA) 2.11; 6 D Smith (SCO) 2.11; 6 J Wilson (BAH) 2.11; 9 V Konstantinou (CYP) 2.11; 10 M Sawe (KEN) 2.11; 11 N Randhawa (MAS) 2.06; 12 B Williams (DMA) 2.06. B: 1 N Bojic (AUS) 2.20; 1 R Ingraham (BAH) 2.20; 1 M Mason (CAN) 2.20; 4 K Ioannou (CYP) 2.20; 5 M Bernard (ENG) 2.20; 5 T Parsons (ENG) 2.20; 5 D Thomas (BAH) 2.20; 8 R Bobrownicki (SCO) 2.20; 9 D Garwood (JAM) 2.06; 10 S Phelan (JEY) 2.06; - K Handfield (TCA) NM; - A Smith (SCO) DNS.

RESULTS

No hurdles for Cornel Drouin dominates for CanadaMen’s high jump

Chris Baker: narrowly missed out on the bronze medal

Kyriakos Ioannou: silver for Cyprus

Derek Drouin: Canadian lived up to his

status as favourite with 2.31m victory

AW August 7 Glasgow Men 400H-High jump 16-17.indd 3 05/08/2014 12:21:43

STEVE LEWIS led an England one-two in a modest but absorbing contest to complete a full set of medals

having been third in 2006 and second in 2010.

The 2003 world youth bronze medallist was a superb fifth in the 2012 Olympics and has placed highly in world and European indoor championships and has a ninth in the world outdoors.

However, he has had occasional opening no height problems in previous worlds and Olympics and this year he has no heighted in the European Team Championships plus Ostrava and the Paris Diamond League, so it was an encouraging sign he cleared 5.35m first time.

At that stage he was joint last to enter the competition and that put him equal first with three others who had cleared first time and a further two vaulters cleared on their final attempt so it was down to six.

The other vaulter to enter at 5.35m, Max Eaves, wasn’t one of them. He had cleared a PB 5.62m a few weeks earlier at Loughborough but a much lower height was beyond him when the pressure was on.

Also out of the competition was Australian Matt Boyd, who

failed to match the form of his gold medal-winning father Ray and sister Alana who had previously won vaulting golds and he exited at 4.80m.

The two who had cleared 5.35m with their final vaults, Wales’s Paul Walker and Cyprus’s Nikandros Stylianou found extra heights beyond them, and after Lewis, English team-mate Luke Cutts, Canada’s Shawnacy Barber went over 5.45m first time and Scotland’s Jax Thoirs went

over at the second attempt, it was down to four.

Barber cut out at 5.55m and despite the Hampden roar to assist him, Thoirs, who has cleared a Scottish record 5.61m this year was in fourth and needed a higher height to ensure a medal but narrowly missed out with his final attempt and the Canadian thus took the bronze.

Both Lewis and Cutts cleared first time and so England had an assured one-two but the pair were still equal.

They were still equal after 5.60m as they failed their three attempts and so it was going to have to be decided by a jump-off.

A further attempt at 5.60m drew a blank but when the bar dropped back down to 5.55m, Lewis cleared it and Cutts bowed out.

The winner said: “Getting the set of medals was a big goal. 2006 was such a surprise, I got close in Delhi and just to have the set is amazing. This year I’ve settled down and got a new set-

up in America and a base I can build off. I’m just so happy that I can look forward to Rio now.”

Cutts, like Lewis, hasn’t had a great outdoor season so far. He broke the British record with a 5.83m vault indoors but outdoors he hadn’t gone higher than 5.50m until the Anniversary Games in Horseguards Parade the week before.

He said: “I said before I got here that any medal would do and silver’s not just any old medal. It could have been gold but it could have been nothing. The atmosphere was brilliant, the best I’ve ever experienced as an athlete. I’m used to jumping in big competitions but they aren’t as good as that. My confidence wasn’t high as I had a bad warm-up, so I was on a downer but I came through well. I should have got a medal in Delhi where I no-heighted so I’m well happy I got one now.”

Thoirs finished fourth and Walker joint fifth to give the British Isles four of the top six for their best result of the Games.



Men’s pole vault

Lewis pips Cutts to gold

Men: PV: 1 S Lewis (ENG) 5.55; 2 L Cutts (ENG) 5.55; 3 S Barber (CAN) 5.45; 4 J Thoirs (SCO) 5.45; eq5 N Stylianou (CYP)/P Walker (WAL) 5.35; 7 J Pocklington (AUS) 5.20; 8 K Samuels (JAM) 5.00; 9 I Alwi (MAS) 5.00; 10 R Valcin (LCA) 5.00; - M Boyd (AUS)/M Eaves (ENG)/G MacLean (SCO) NM.

RESULTS

Steve Lewis: beat Luke Cutts in an English one-two

Medallists (l to r): Luke Cutts, Steve

Lewis and Shawnacy Barber of Canada

Luke Cutts: back to form after his breakthrough indoor season

AW August 7 Glasgow Men PV-LJ 18-19.indd 2 05/08/2014 18:01:01

AFTER a disappointing 2013, Olympic champion Greg Rutherford has bounced back in style in 2014 and

became the second athlete after Lynn Davies to achieve the Olympic and Commonwealth double – the Welshman winning the 1964 Olympics and the 1966 and 1970 Commonwealth titles.

Rutherford’s win – the fi rst for England in an Olympic event – confi rmed the form he showed when he set the 8.51m UK record in Chula Vista in April and ensured he went one place better than in Delhi in 2010.

Being the only individual Olympic medallist in England’s team and after a run of silver medals in the established events, the pressure was on Rutherford to deliver, and he reacted in style.

The English athlete had headed qualifying with 8.05m, bettering the automatic qualifying mark at his fi rst attempt and brought that form into the fi nal.

With the very fi rst jump of the competition, he sailed out to 8.12m to take the lead which he held throughout the fi rst round.

However, he had a no jump in the second round and South African Zarck Visser then matched his 8.12m jump and with a worse second attempt Rutherford lost the lead on countback.

The pressure was on Rutherford then in the third round and he showed his superb competitive mettle with a magnifi cent 8.20m to regain the lead and then consolidated with an 8.10m fi fth round, underlining he was clearly the No.1 and Visser couldn’t respond.

The Englishman said: “It’s never an easy road, and after what happened last year with injury I wasn’t sure I was going to be able to carry on jumping. But now I’ve managed to win another title. I think a lot of people had written me off thinking I was a one-hit wonder. But I wanted to prove I could do it again. I love big crowds, big stadiums.”

He added: “This is why we do it – the early mornings, the hard sessions, that cliché of blood, sweat and tears. This is why you do it – to stand on top of the podium with a gold medal. I did all I needed to do today in order to win.

“It obviously wasn’t the most incredible performance in the

world in terms of the distance. It was a bit chilly out there and we had a few spots of rain but to win a gold medal, I’m over the moon.

“It proves everything I’ve been doing has been the right thing to do and I’m in a good place. Now I’ve got the Europeans in two weeks’ time, ready to unleash and win another title.”

Visser didn’t really challenge Rutherford thereafter and took silver while bronze went to Visser’s team-mate Rushwal Samaai, his best of 8.08m coming in the fi rst round.

Defending champion Fabrice Lapierre fi nished fourth, and he was a few centimetres ahead of Chris Tomlinson, who had four

jumps between 7.93m and 7.99m for a consistent but ultimately disappointing competition.

JJ Jegede was below his best form and was seventh with 7.81m.



Men: LJ: 1 G Rutherford (ENG) 8.20/-0.7; 2 Z Visser (RSA) 8.12/-0.4; 3 R Samaai (RSA) 8.08/-0.1; 4 F Lapierre (AUS) 8.00/0.9; 5 C Tomlinson (ENG) 7.99/0.4; 6 R Crowther (AUS) 7.96/0.1; 7 J Jegede (ENG) 7.81/0.3; 8 T Smith (BER) 7.79/0.9; 9 D Forbes (JAM) 7.71/0.1; 10 D Registe (DMA) 7.52/0.1; 11 T Kiplangat (KEN) 7.45/0.1; - H Frayne (AUS) NM. A: 1 G Rutherford (ENG) 8.05/1.2; 2 R Samaai (RSA) 8.03/0.4; 3 T Smith (BER) 7.87/0.5; 4 H Frayne (AUS) 7.85/-0.1; 5 R Crowther (AUS) 7.72/0.2; 6 T Kiplangat (KEN) 7.61/0.6; 7 R Higgs (BAH) 7.61/-0.1; 8 C Morgan (CAY) 7.41/0.2; 9 N Gordon (JAM) 7.37/1.9; 10 B Jones (BIZ) 7.09/1.5; 11 B Baiteke (KIR) 6.37/0.6; - K Blaise (TTO) NM; - H Suleman (NGR) NM. B: 1 Z Visser (RSA) 7.99/0.9; 2 F Lapierre (AUS) 7.95/0.9; 3 D Forbes (JAM) 7.90/0.5; 4 C Tomlinson (ENG) 7.89/0.8; 5 D Registe (DMA) 7.70/1.7; 6 J Jegede (ENG) 7.66/-1.0; 7 S Idiata (NGR) 7.57/-1.0; 8 L Sands (BAH) 7.48/0.9; 9 I Otuonye (TCA) 7.47/0.9; 10 G Tsoaoule Mpazambe (CMR) 7.26/-0.3; 11 C Morgan (CAY) 6.99/0.1; - E Kimitei (KEN) NM

RESULTS

Lewis pips Cutts to gold Rutherford timing spot onMen’s long jump

Chris Tomlinson: fi fth place with 7.99m

Rutherford’s championships record 2005 Euro Junior Championships 1st 8.14m2006 Commonwealth Games 8th 7.85m 2006 European Championships 2nd 8.13m2007 World Championships nq 7.77m2008 Olympic Games 10th 7.84m2009 World Championships 5th 8.17m2010 Commonwealth Games 2nd 8.22m2011 World Championships nq 8.00m2012 Olympic Games 1st 8.31m2013 World Championships nq 7.87m2014 Commonwealth Games 1st 8.20m

Zarck Visser:

runner-up for South

Africa

Greg Rutherford: gold in Glasgow

AW August 7 Glasgow Men PV-LJ 18-19.indd 3 05/08/2014 18:02:07

THIS WAS an event aff ected by the heavy rain on the fi nal night but it seemingly didn’t aff ect Khotso Mokoena.

The South African had been second in the triple jump in 2006, and is a former world junior champion, but it’s fair to say he has generally been regarded as a long jumper.

He won Olympic and world silver medals in the long jump in 2008 and 2009 and he was still competitive in the 2012 Olympics and 2013 world event where he was in the top eight.

This year he had only jumped 8.02m in the long jump but wasn’t entered for that event, but it’s safe to say pre Games, he wasn’t really expected to make a major impact in the triple jump. He wasn’t mentioned in our preview as while he had jumped 16.68m in 2014, that was at altitude and he entered Glasgow with a sea level best of just 16.38m.

He improved in qualifying with a jump of 16.69m to be third best behind defending champion Tosin Oke and former world champion Phillips Idowu.

Conditions were less favourable in the fi nal and in the fi rst round, six of the 11 fi nalists started with no jumps including Mokoena.

The athlete who had gone into

the event as top ranked, Indian Arpinder Singh, started well and his 16.63m held the lead from Nigerian Olumide Olamgoke’s 16.56m. Neither was to improve but in the wet and slippery conditions, those modest marks were destined to see them fi nish in the top four.

In the second round Mokoena smashed his season’s best with a 17.20m, to go into a big lead and push Singh off the top of the Commonwealth rankings.

It was the round of the event as Oke, who competed for England in 2002 and came fi fth, jumped 16.84m to go into second. It was Oke’s only legal jump and likewise it was the only round that Idowu got a mark in and his 16.45m put him in fi fth and such was the conditions and lack of anything vaguely interesting in the last four rounds, he stayed there.

The rest of the competition was a sea of mediocrity in terms of distances and there were a glut of no jumps.

The one mark of merit came from Mokoena who outlined his superiority with a 16.99m in the third round. He passed rounds four and fi ve and no jumped his

fi nal eff ort when he was safe in the knowledge he was champion.

He said: “I didn’t expect to do this well. Eight years ago I got my PB of 17.25m and after an ankle injury I took seven years off to focus on long jump but now I’m hungry for triple jump again.”

His last name means ‘crocodile’ in the Sesotho language. In April 2013 he jumped over a portion of Crocodile Creek, located near Durban, South Africa, and home to about 5000 crocodiles. He said: “This was something I’ve wanted to do for a very long time. It was about testing my mental strength and overcoming the fear. As an athlete I’m constantly pushing myself, embracing that animal instinct. I’m half-man, half-croc.”

Oke, who competed back in England for Cambridge Harriers and then Woodford Green with

Essex Ladies, won a silver for Nigeria and was far from happy.

He said: “I only completed one jump as I was asleep for most of the night. I wasn’t happy as I felt they should have made it a straight fi nal last night. There were only 20 competitors in the event. They also put us on at nine o’clock last night, which wasn’t great. I tweeted Glasgow 2014, but I got no reply. Khotso agrees with me on this.”

Singh gave India their second successive bronze.

The 2006 champion Idowu, who leapt 17.68m in 2002 and lost, continued his return to competition and would have been third had he matched his qualifi cation mark of 16.70m.

Nathan Fox was sixth with 16.26m while Nathan Douglas struggled and after a 14.56m, took no further part and was 11th.



Men’s triple jump

Mokoena returns to win

Men: TJ: 1 K Mokoena (RSA) 17.20/-0.1; 2 T Oke (NGR) 16.84/0.0; 3 A Arpinder Singh (IND) 16.63/1.4; 4 O Olamgoke (NGR) 16.56/0.0; 5 P Idowu (ENG, M35) 16.45/0.0; 6 N Fox (ENG) 16.26/0.6; 7 D Lewis (JAM) 16.09/0.6; 8 Y Duranona Garcia (DMA) 15.81/0.1; 9 E Kimitei (KEN) 15.45/0.0; 10 D Mclean (JAM) 15.38/0.2; 11 N Douglas (ENG) 14.56/0.0; - J Drack (MRI) DNS. A: 1 T Oke (NGR) 16.75/0.7; 2 A Arpinder Singh (IND) 16.51/0.3; 3 N Fox (ENG) 16.17/0.8; 4 D Lewis (JAM) 16.17/0.5; 5 D Mclean (JAM) 15.91/0.5; 6 E Kimitei (KEN) 15.84/0.0; 7 E Vollmer (FIJ) 15.79/0.6; 8 B Jones (BIZ) 15.37/-0.2; 9 L Collie-minns (BAH) 15.03/0.5; 10 B Baiteke (KIR) 13.21/0.4. B: 1 P Idowu (ENG, M35) 16.70/0.2; 2 K Mokoena (RSA) 16.69/0.5; 3 O Olamgoke (NGR) 16.46/0.2; 4 J Drack (MRI) 16.13/0.6; 5 N Douglas (ENG) 16.05/0.6; 6 Y Duranona Garcia (DMA) 16.05/0.9; 7 W Northover (JAM) 15.50/0.5; 8 L Delaney (BAH) 15.43/0.6; 9 G Tsoaoule Mpazambe (CMR) 14.93/0.3; - I Yego (KEN) NM.

RESULTS

Phillips Idowu: ex-champion

was fi fth

Khotso Mokoena: South African enjoyed surprisevictory

Medallists (left to right): Tosin Oke, Khotso Mokoena and Arpinder Singh

AW August 7 Glasgow Men TJ-DT 20-21.indd 2 05/08/2014 15:15:03

GOING into Glasgow 2014, India’s only men’s gold medal at the Commonwealth Games had

come courtesy of Milkha Singh 56 years ago. The ‘flying Sikh’, as he was known, won the 440 yards at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff .

A remarkable character, Singh’s story was turned into a Bollywood movie called Bhaag Milkha Bhaag and his national record for 400 metres, set on a cinder track at the 1960 Olympics, survived for 40 years until the advent of all-weather surfaces helped one of his countrymen, Paramjit Singh, to break it.

Now, fi nally, India has been able to celebrate another male Commonwealth Games champion. Vikas Shive Gowda broke the 56-year gold medal drought last week as he threw 63.64m to win the discus.

With a towering performance – quite literally, because he stands 6ft 9in tall – Shive Gowda saw off the challenge of runner-up Apostolos Parellis of Cyprus and Jason Morgan of Jamaica – the latter becoming the fi rst man from his country to win a medal in this event since Bernard Prendergast in 1934.

Benn Harradine, the reigning champion, never really got into the contest and only breached 60m on his fourth attempt before throwing 61.91m in the last round to come fourth. Athletes from the home nations also largely disappointed with Welsh medal hope Brett Morse fi fth with an underpar 60.48m.

“No words can describe it,” said the winner. “I am so happy this has been on my calendar for the whole year. I got second last time in Delhi, so I defi nitely wanted to improve on that. And now I am so glad it is over, it is a very stressful process.”

Shive Gowda was supported and cajoled into pursuing a career in the discus by his father and former Olympic team coach, Shiv. But in 1989 the thrower moved to the United States and he is currently coached by three-time world shot champion John Godina.

In 2012 the 31-year-old made history when he became the fi rst Indian to qualify for an Olympic throws fi nal, fi nishing eighth. Then last year in Moscow

he was seventh in the World Championships.

“I am four years older and four years better,” he continued. “I threw 63.69m in Dehli and 63.64m today, even in these conditions, so I am pleased with that. When I walked out and saw the rain I knew it was going to disrupt a lot of people, but I have trained for that. I have trained in rain. I have trained with a wet ring.”

Welsh hope Morse was six metres down on his PB and three metres shorter than his season’s best. The 25-year-old has been self-coached recently but now says he’s determined to fi nd a new coach to help him make the podium in future.

“It has been a very frustrating season,” he said. “I have not managed to get things right technically and I need to sort out my coaching situation because I have been coaching myself for three or four months.”

He added: “When you look at the distances thrown it’s frustrating because there was a medal there.It was quite a strong

Commonwealth competition but 62m is not far and I have thrown that this season.”

Carl Myerscough of England was seventh with Jersey thrower Zane Duquemin eighth. Angus McInroy of Scotland also made the fi nal after having thrown a 57.28m native record in the qualifying round.

“The crowd was so amazing you feel so much adrenaline to try and do it,” he said, “but just before my last throw Carl Myerscough said ‘you’ve got to relax on this one and wait for it’. He’s the biggest man I ever met so I’m not going to argue – and it helped.”

As for Gowda, the ‘flying Sikh’ is still alive, aged 84, and has always said his dying wish is to see an Indian athlete win Olympic gold. Time will tell if Gowda is the man, though.



DT: 1 V Shive Gowda (IND) 63.64; 2 A Parellis (CYP) 63.32; 3 J Morgan (JAM) 62.34; 4 B Harradine (AUS) 61.91; 5 B Morse (WAL) 60.48; 6 C Wright (JAM) 60.33; 7 C Myerscough (ENG) 59.88; 8 Z Duquemin (JEY) 59.39; 9 J Wruck (AUS) 58.37; 10 V Hogan (RSA) 56.42; 11 O Antoniades (CYP) 54.47; 12 A McInroy (SCO) 54.12. A: 1 V Shive Gowda (IND) 64.32; 2 A Parellis (CYP) 61.91; 3 C Wright (JAM) 61.08; 4 J Wruck (AUS) 59.02; 5 N Percy (SCO) 56.71; 6 T Norman (ENG) 55.31; 7 E Henry (IVB) 51.39; 8 E Pierre Louis (MRI) 50.57; 9 D William (SEY) 42.44; 10 J Hopotoa (NIU) 40.32. B: 1 V Hogan (RSA) 64.16; 2 J Morgan (JAM) 63.82; 3 B Harradine (AUS) 61.06; 4 C Myerscough (ENG) 59.95; 5 B Morse (WAL) 59.85; 6 O Antoniades (CYP) 57.91; 7 A McInroy (SCO) 57.28; 8 Z Duquemin (JEY) 57.26; 9 R Tarawa (KIR) 39.23.

RESULTS

Mokoena returns to win India ends gold medal waitMen’s discus

Apostolos Parellis: silver for Cyprus as

home nations failed to make the podium

Vikas Shive Gowda: fi rst Indian male gold medallist at the Games since 1958

Brett Morse: Welshman is now looking

for a coach after fi fth place in Glasgow

AW August 7 Glasgow Men TJ-DT 20-21.indd 3 05/08/2014 15:16:03

WHEN Canada last won this title – at the British Empire Games of 1938 – George Sutherland

beat an Aussie and a Kiwi and no British athletes were entered. Fast forward to 2014 and the home nations were strongly represented, but Jim Steacy brushed them aside as the Canadian threw 74.16m to win by more than a metre.

Nick Miller fi nished runner-up with 72.99m. The Oklahoma State student who hails from Cumbria was attempting to become the 11th English thrower to win this event and the fi rst since Mick Jones in 2002. On this occasion he fell short, but his time will come and it has been a terrifi c breakthrough year for the 21-year-old from Carlisle.

In third, Mark Dry gave the Hampden Park plenty to cheer as he won bronze for Scotland. Later, he received his medal wearing a kilt and said: “This means absolutely everything to me. I live only about 40 minutes away, so to compete in this stadium and fly the Scottish flag in this stadium is bizarre for me. It’s amazing.”

Miller, a former GB under-18 karate champion, broke into the UK all-time top 10 rankings at the start of this summer and told AW that Commonwealth Games

gold was his big 2014 target. So while silver was satisfying, he was slightly disappointed not to make the top of the podium.

“Coming here and performing alongside the big guys shows me I can do it and is a fantastic achievement,” he said. “To be able to get a medal with all my family here is really amazing.

“I honestly thought there was a good chance of winning the gold and I just put everything into it, but I am still young, still a lot to accomplish, still a long way to go. I will start working again with my coach back in the States.”

The glory, though, went to Steacy and the 30-year-old dedicated his victory to his mother, who died suddenly in April. “I knew the crowd noise was going to play a major part, the atmosphere has been fantastic, it was just so much fun,” he said. “That’s something I thrive on, the atmosphere, the noise when the fans get engaged like that. It’s hard not to do well.”

Steacy had won silver in Melbourne in 2006 and missed Delhi 2010 due to injury, but before Glasgow 2014 he was almost a metre ahead of his rivals on paper.

The 6ft 2in Steacy span around the circle with his sunglasses and goaty beard to register his winning mark in the second round. Victory capped a great session for Canada as well due

to Damian Warner clinching the decathlon title.

“There is no money in this sport for us, especially in hammer,” he added. “But to stand on the podium and get to wrap a flag around you like this, it’s the best feeling in the world.”

It was an emotional competition all-round, especially with Scotland winning a medal. “I’m so proud to compete and to get a bronze medal in my home country is something I’ll probably never get to do again, so it’s very special. I said even if I come last I would still enjoy it. To come out with bronze is incredible.”

Impressively, the home nations had seven of the twelve fi nalists. English medal hope Alex Smith was slightly below his best with fourth with 70.99m, fellow Englishman Amir Williamson was sixth, Andy Frost of Scotland was ninth, Northern Ireland’s Dempsey McGuigan 11th and Chris Bennett of Scotland 12th.

Miller, Smith and Dry had led the qualifi ers, too, but among those missing out on the fi nal were Welsh trio Jonathan Edwards, Osian Jones and Matt Richards.



Men’s hammer

Steacy races to the gold

Men: HT: 1 J Steacy (CAN) 74.16; 2 N Miller (ENG) 72.99; 3 M Dry (SCO) 71.64; 4 A Smith (ENG) 70.99; 5 T Driesen (AUS) 69.94; 6 A Williamson (ENG) 69.38; 7 K Stathelakos (CYP) 68.22; 8 C Narayan Singh (IND) 67.99; 9 A Frost (SCO) 66.63; 10 A Poursanidis (CYP) 65.66; 11 D McGuigan (NIR) 64.79; 12 C Bennett (SCO) 61.92. A: 1 N Miller (ENG) 72.76; 2 A Smith (ENG) 72.34; 3 T Driesen (AUS) 69.63; 4 C Bennett (SCO) 68.01; 5 C Narayan Singh (IND) 67.95; 6 D McGuigan (NIR) 66.16; 7 A Poursanidis (CYP) 65.25; 8 M Kolokotronis (CYP) 63.68; 9 S Jackie Wong (MAS) 59.24; 10 M Richards (WAL) 58.52. B: 1 M Dry (SCO) 71.62; 2 J Steacy (CAN) 70.62; 3 A Williamson (ENG) 68.42; 4 A Frost (SCO) 66.54; 5 K Stathelakos (CYP) 66.17; 6 K Singh (IND) 65.25; 7 H Peacock (AUS) 63.95; 8 J Edwards (WAL) 63.66; 9 O Jones (WAL) 61.30; 10 D William (SEY) 47.18.

RESULTS

Nick Miller: runner-up is a rising star

Mark Dry: proudly holds the Saltire after winning bronze

Jim Steacy: dedicated victory to his mother,

who died in April

AW August 7 Glasgow Men HT-JT 22-23.indd 2 05/08/2014 12:27:46

MUCH was made in Glasgow of a Kenyan javelin thrower out-shining his country’s marathon men. To add

insult to injury, it came from an athlete who learned his trade via YouTube.

Julius Yego famously taught himself how to throw a javelin by studying videos on the internet. In 2012 he became the fi rst Kenyan to qualify for the Olympics as a javelin thrower and in Glasgow last week he won the fi rst Kenyan non-running gold in the 84-year history of the Commonwealth Games.

One of Yego’s earliest experiences of athletics was being lapped twice in a 10,000m race, but he had the last laugh in Glasgow as he saw his team-mates in the marathon get beaten by Australian Michael Shelley.

The 25-year-old is not the fi rst Kenyan to win a Commonwealth Games javelin medal, though. That feat was achieved by John Mayaka, who took bronze at Christchurch in 1974.

What made Yego’s victory all the more impressive was that he beat Olympic champion Keshorn Walcott of Trinidad & Tobago. Walcott won gold in London 2012 and, still aged only 21, became the youngest medallist in this

event since the 1986 Games in Edinburgh.

Walcott was the man to beat after throwing an 85.28m national record in qualifying. But in tricky conditions in the fi nal he could only throw 82.67m for silver as Yego threw 83.87m in the third round to seal victory.

“It was emotional as I picked up a groin injury during the warm-up,” said Yego. “I slipped on the warm-up track. I thought about pulling out, but I spoke to my coach and I decided I couldn’t pull out of this championship.”

He added: “After my third throw I took the lead and I knew it would be hard to beat so I decided to stop as I did not want to aggravate my injury

further. The conditions were not favourable, but there was no head wind so that was okay.”

Men’s marathon runners aside, of course Kenya tasted plenty of success in other events and won 10 golds in total.

Yego said: “It is great to win a medal for Kenya in the fi eld as we have done so well on the track.”

Walcott said: “The conditions obviously weren’t the best, so to get silver is pretty good for me, especially with last year.

“It’s been tough and I have a lot of injuries. I’ve had some time off so to come back and win silver is great.

“I put a lot of pressure on myself. I almost had him with the last throw. Unfortunately I didn’t make it.”

He added: “It is my second senior medal (after London 2012). I obviously always wanted better for this competition, but I’m contented, I’m happy.”

In third, the appropriately named Aussie Hamish Peacock

made the podium with 81.75m and said: “It was interesting, rain was forecast and the rain came, but I’m used to the rain and cold luckily. I got a good throw early on and it all worked out awesome. It was my second longest throw in a major competition.”

He added: “It was pretty special to get a bronze medal behind two world-class athletes. I thought that a medal was within me, but I still had to perform.”

Lee Doran, the British No.1 representing Wales, threw 75.82m to qualify and 72.73m for eighth in the fi nal.

The Cumbrian-born athlete started out as a middle-distance runner but discovered he was good at throwing things and took up javelin throwing aged 12 although did not start training seriously until he was 18.

In qualifying, Scotland’s James Campbell was unlucky to fi nish 13th – therefore failing to make the cut for the fi nal – despite a season’s best of 70.78m.



Steacy races to the gold Self-taught Yego triumphsMen’s javelin

Men: JT: 1 J Yego (KEN) 83.87; 2 K Walcott (TTO) 82.67; 3 H Peacock (AUS) 81.75; 4 J Robinson (AUS) 79.95; 5 S Farquhar (NZL) 78.14; 6 R Van Rooyen (RSA) 76.84; 7 L Cann (AUS) 75.93; 8 L Doran (WAL) 72.73; 9 J Ampomah (GHA) 69.56; 10 L Copeland (FIJ) 68.50; - R Khaira (IND) NM; - V Kasana (IND) NM. A: 1 J Yego (KEN) 82.83; 2 H Peacock (AUS) 79.08; 3 R Van Rooyen (RSA) 77.57; 4 L Doran (WAL) 75.82; 5 L Copeland (FIJ) 75.59; 6 R Khaira (IND) 72.18; 7 A Reynolds (LCA) 69.10; 8 B Pearson (ENG) 66.77; 9 K Ezeofor (NGR) 65.71; 10 O Powell (JAM) 61.09; 11 I Misikea (NIU) 51.68. B: 1 K Walcott (TTO) 85.28; 2 L Cann (AUS) 79.36; 3 S Farquhar (NZL) 78.54; 4 J Robinson (AUS) 78.32; 5 J Ampomah (GHA) 73.85; 6 V Kasana (IND) 71.95; 7 J Campbell (SCO) 70.78; 8 D Davinder Singh (IND) 70.56; 9 J Dunderdale (ENG) 69.22; 10 A Kiprotich (KEN) 68.91; 11 M Misikea (NIU) 47.95.

RESULTS

Lee Doran: eighth place in testing conditions

Keshorn Walcott: Olympic champion settled for second

Julius Yego: gold for Kenya

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GOING into the Games with an 8512-point personal best achieved when bagging bronze at last year’s

IAAF World Championships in Moscow, Damian Warner was the man to beat.

With a ten-event tally of 8282 points, the Canadian gained his fi rst major international gold, beating England’s Ashley Bryant by 173 points with Grenada’s Kurt Felix a further 39 points behind with a national record total of 8070 for bronze.

Warner made his intentions clear from the start, as he ran a 100m PB of 10.29 to break Daley Thompson’s 28-year-old Games decathlon best and gain 1025 from the fi rst event.

Running in lane one, Warner won the third heat by 0.42. Behind him, England’s John Lane equalled his PB while Commonwealth decathlon rankings leader Willem Coertzen of South Africa clocked a 10.88

PB for third. Also going sub-11 seconds was Wales’ David Guest with 10.95. It was a Wales one-two in that second heat as Curtis Mathews clocked an 11.03 PB. England’s Bryant ran 11.10 for third.

Warner’s 100m mark along with a 7.50m leap in the long jump and 14.04m in the shot helped him on his way to lead the competition with 2691 points after three events ahead of Lane, who launched the shot to a 14.12m outdoor PB for a three-event total of 2597, and Bryant with 2521 – the 23-year-old having leapt the furthest in the long jump with 7.56m.

A best clearance of 1.96m in the high jump and a 47.78 clocking to go quickest in

the 400m meant Warner led overnight with 4378 points, though Lane, who had improved his heptathlon personal best by 549 points to better the British record by four points back in January, was less than 100 points behind him with 4294. Felix, who high jumped a best of 2.11m, sat third with 4228 as last year’s European under-23 fourth-placer Bryant occupied that same placing position after fi ve events with 4173 points, which put him well over 200 points up in fi fth.

Coertzen had withdrawn after four events through injury.

Warner picked up from where he had left off on day two as he went quickest in the 110m hurdles with 13.50 – a mark which would have been enough for a medal in the individual event at any of the previous editions of the Games and gained him 1040 points.

He had recently proved that he was over an early-season ankle injury by setting what was then a PB of 13.52 at his national championships in June.

Warner was more than a second quicker than any of his competitors in this event, South



Men’s decathlon

Win forWarner

Ashley Bryant: superb silver

for England

Damian Warner: Canadian won his fi rst big international title

Kurt Felix: bronze medal

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Africa’s 18-year-old Fredriech Pretorius, who had competed in the World Junior Championships decathlon less than a week before, coming closest with 14.62.

Grenada’s Lindon Victor went furthest in the discus with 51.29m, while Lane, who had been Warner’s closest challenger for much of the competition, threw 38.96m but followed that up with a clearance of 4.90m to remain second on points, just over 100 clear of third-placed Felix. Winner of the vault was Gregory with 5.00m.

Things were about to get shaken up a little with two events to go, though, as despite a personal best throw of 52.25m in the javelin, Lane lost 200 points on his rivals as Victor won the event with 68.55m ahead of Australia’s Jake Stein with 68.25m and Felix with 66.33m which boosted him to second behind Warner. A throw of 66.24m moved Bryant to third as Lane dropped to fourth.

Pretorious went quickest in the fi nal event – the 1500m – with a 4:28.33 PB as Wales’ Gregory ran 4:34.89. Behind them on times was Bryant, who with 4:38.24 grabbed 58 points more than Felix to snatch silver.

“It’s such a relief,” said Bryant, who had been disappointed with his performances on day one. “I’ve come fourth and fi fth in major competitions before. I

wanted to get on the podium and to get silver is one up from where I wanted to be.

“There are a few events where I know I’m in great shape but I didn’t show it in the events I thought I would have. You have to just never give up. That’s what you have to do in this event.”

Bryant, who had tried not to watch the scoreboard, added: “I stuck to my word. I didn’t look at the board until the pole vault. You roughly know where you’re at and the medals are more important.”

Following his gold medal-winning performance, Warner said: “This is my fi rst international

victory. Last year at the Worlds I was able to stand on the podium and do a victory lap with the flag. This time is the same thing but on the top of the podium. That is

an awesome feeling.”On his margin of victory,

Warner, who gained the most points in this competition since Australia’s Jagan Hames with 8490 in 1998, added: “No matter how far I am ahead, I’m always cautious of the other guys. You never know what they are going to do, so I just had to come out, compete to the best of my ability and do what I could to hang on.”

Although he fi nished just outside of the medals, Lane’s 7922 was a personal best while Gregory also gained more points than he ever had before with 7725 for sixth, one place ahead of Pretorius who matched his World Juniors placing.

Guest achieved 7516 points for eighth as team-mate Mathews was two places behind with a 7422 PB. With 7287 points Northern Ireland’s Peter Glass fi nished one place ahead of England’s Martin Brockman with 7010 for 13th.



Men: Dec: 1 D Warner (CAN) 8282 (10.29, 7.50/-0.6, 14.04, 1.96, 47.78, 13.50, 41.31, 4.50, 61.96, 4:45.43); 2 A Bryant (ENG) 8109 (11.10, 7.56/0.1, 14.07, 1.99, 49.07, 14.92, 43.45, 4.70, 66.24, 4:38.24); 3 K Felix (GRN) 8070 (11.02, 7.43/0.2, 13.26, 2.11, 48.93, 15.06, 45.30, 4.50, 66.33, 4:47.66); 4 J Lane (ENG) 7922 (10.71, 7.50/0.8, 14.12, 1.99, 48.13, 14.64, 38.96, 4.90, 52.25, 4:54.95); 5 S Cain (AUS) 7787 (11.33, 6.73/0.9, 13.87, 1.99, 51.07, 14.85, 44.87, 4.90, 62.68, 4:40.29); 6 B Gregory (WAL) 7725 (11.26, 7.42/0.1, 13.03, 1.90, 50.49, 14.70, 40.40, 5.00, 54.05, 4:34.89); 7 F Pretorius (RSA) 7639 (11.29, 7.13/0.8, 11.86, 1.90, 49.31, 14.62, 40.61, 4.60, 58.76, 4:28.33); 8 D Guest (WAL) 7516 (10.95, 7.01/0.2, 12.43, 1.87, 48.08, 14.70, 43.14, 4.50, 51.93, 4:51.23); 9 L Victor (GRN) 7429 (11.06, 6.93/0.0, 14.48, 1.93, 50.15, 16.60, 51.29, 3.60, 68.55, 5:03.68); 10 C Mathews (WAL) 7422 (11.03, 7.20/0.0, 13.53, 1.84, 50.94, 14.88, 47.85, 4.30, 52.09, 4:59.72); 11 G Thierry (MRI) 7303 (11.39, 6.96/-1.4, 13.80, 1.87, 52.71, 15.18, 41.45, 4.60, 62.87, 5:04.76); 12 P Glass (NIR) 7287 (11.20, 6.74/0.3, 13.69, 1.93, 52.52, 14.94, 45.11, 4.50, 56.05, 5:10.51); 13 M Brockman (ENG) 7010 (11.54, 6.93/-1.3, 13.84, 2.05, 50.83, 15.65, 37.85, 4.50, 42.15, 5:11.42); 14 J Stein (AUS) 7005 (DQ, 7.15/0.2, 14.80, 1.96, 50.63, 15.09, 50.37, 4.10, 68.25, 4:53.12); - A Nyamadi (GHA) DNF (11.27, 7.36/0.4, 13.47, 1.90, 50.36, 15.40, 34.09, DNS); - B Newdick (NZL) DNF (11.18, 7.22/0.3, 13.96, 1.93, 52.87, 15.47, 42.58, DNS); - W Coertzen (RSA) DNF (10.88, 7.40/0.4, 13.70, 1.87, DNS); - K Stoute (IVB) DNF (11.32, DNS, DNS); - S Mclaren (NZL) DNF (11.59, 6.26/0.2, 14.35, 1.78, DNS).

RESULTS

Exhausted but happy (left to right): Ashley Bryant, Damian Warner and Kurt Felix

Damian Warner: swift 13.50 in sprint hurdles

John Lane: English athlete placed fourth

AW August 7 Glasgow Men Decathlon 24-25.indd 3 05/08/2014 16:38:31

IF ANYONE was offended by Usain Bolt’s alleged comments about Glasgow 2014 earlier in the week, they were

clearly in the minority as the Games’ biggest draw received a rapturous welcome to bring the athletics action to a close.

After enjoying Bolt’s typically relaxed preparation, which included dancing to I’m Going To Be (500 Miles), the crowd were even treated to a tight race – until the big man took the baton, that is.

Level with England’s Danny Talbot when the two anchormen began, he stretched away to clock 37.58. That may seem pedestrian compared to the Jamaicans’ world record of 36.84, but it was the equal 15th quickest in history.

England clocked 38.02, also under the previous Games record and the fastest ever by an England quartet.

Talbot just held off Trinidad and Tobago (38.10), who with Keston Bledman, Marc Burns, Richard Sorrilo and Richard Thompson were an aggregate of four tenths quicker on 100m season’s bests. England were without their two quickest this year, Chijindu Ujah and James Dasaolu.

South Africa set a national record of 38.35 for fourth.

England had eased their way into the final in a winning 38.78 via James Ellington, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, Richard Kilty and Andrew Robertson.

Bolt made his first appearance in another heat. He wouldn’t normally run a heat, so it was good of the world’s most famous athlete to give a show to the spectators on the Friday night too. Fortunately, any fears the baton would not get to him were unfounded as the well-drilled Jamaicans were flawless as usual.

England’s line-up for the final surprised some. Individual silver medallist Adam Gemili was moved from his usual anchor to the first leg, while Aikines-Aryeetey kept the back straight, world indoor 60m champion Kilty was on third. Having the fastest on lead-off perhaps worked particularly for the sake of a spectacle as it made a race of it until the last leg.

Kilty praised the work of UKA sprint relay coach Rana Reider, saying: “The coach’s decision to put me on third and Adam on first was a really brave decision. We’ve all practised for the last year and a half and we really gel together as a team. I know a lot of people probably doubted the order, but we trusted it and we went out there and executed it as we were capable of doing and I don’t think we’re going to have any problems with changeovers with this current team.”



Men’s 4x100m relay

Jamaica closes the show

Men: 4x100: 1 JAM (J Livermore, K Bailey-Cole, N Ashmeade, U Bolt) 37.58; 2 ENG (A Gemili, H Aikines-Aryeetey, R Kilty, D Talbot) 38.02; 3 TTO 38.10; 4 RSA 38.35; 5 BAH 39.16; 6 NGR 40.17; 7 ANT 40.45; - CAN DNF. Ht1: 1 TTO 38.33; 2 CAN 38.41; 3 BAH 38.52; 4 KEN 40.32; 5 CAY 40.50; 6 SLE 40.55. Ht2: 1 JAM 38.99; 2 NGR 39.11; 3 SIN 40.05; 4 SVG 40.47; - AUS DQ; - MSR DQ. Ht3: 1 ENG 38.78; 2 RSA 38.91; 3 ANT 39.48; 4 PNG 41.07; - SKN DNF; - GUY DQ.

RESULTS

Jamaica (l to r): Usain Bolt, Nickel Ashmeade, Kemar Bailey-Cole, Jason Livermore

Silver lining (l to r): Danny Talbot, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, Richard Kilty, Adam Gemili

Having fun ‘more important than win’USAIN BOLT may have been running for less than 18 seconds in total in Glasgow, but he entertained the crowd for longer than half an hour before his medal ceremony, signing autographs, accepting and wearing tartan clothing and posing for photos. He joked later: “This thing about selfies is making these laps of honour really long.”

He was keen to stress how much he had enjoyed his first Commonwealth Games, following a story in The Times earlier in the week which quoted him as saying Glasgow 2014 was “a bit s**t”. He has denied making the comments, although the The Times stood by its story.

“For me the only bad thing about this place is the weather, but I expected it,” he said. “The people were great, the food was great, the energy was just outstanding. For me it was just wonderful and I had a great experience.”

He said the interaction with the crowd was more important than the win. “For me it’s always great to have fun with the fans,” he said. “They made the Games what it was. They came out with the support from day one.”

After his first competitive action of the season, delayed due to injury, Bolt said he was still unsure as to how close he was to full fitness.

The triple world record-holder, who will next race a 100m on Copacabana Beach on August 17, said: “I can’t say where my fitness is until I run an individual event so I think after Brazil I can probably say what I need to work on, depending on what time I run and how I feel. Overall I feel good so I can’t really complain.”

Bolt confirmed he plans to be back for the next major event in Britain, the 2017 IAAF World Championships in London, before probably retiring.

AW August 7 Glasgow Men 4x100m 26.indd 2 05/08/2014 17:24:31

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ROOKIE 400m runner Matthew Hudson-Smith brought England home to a dramatic victory, outdipping

Bahamas’ Chris Brown by just five hundredths of a second.

England’s first win in this event since 2002 came despite the absence of 400m fourth-placer Martyn Rooney, who controversially declared himself unavailable in order to save himself for the individual contest at the European Championships.

Trinidad & Tobago were third with 3:01.51 – two places ahead of Scotland (3:04.07), who were boosted by a strong 45.21 third leg from Jamie Bowie after having earlier broken a 24-year-old national record in the heats with (3:03.94).

Conrad Williams (45.4) led off for England and passed over equal with Trinidad and Tobago’s Latoy Williams (45.7) and Bahamas’ individual bronze medallist Lalonde Gordon (45.3).

Jarrin Solomon (44.8) then put the Trinidadians ahead after outrunning England’s Michael Bingham (45.0), who passed over second, and Bahamas’ Michael Mathieu (45.1).

Daniel Awde (45.38) then took the baton for England, but Renny Quow (45.34) passed on for Trinidad with a lead of half a second. Bahamas, after a useful

45.16 from Alonzo Russell, were within two tenths of England.

Hudson-Smith, Britain’s quickest this year with 44.97, gradually chased down Zane Hewitt (45.92) until the middle of the back straight when he showed impressive speed to get ahead of before the bend.

However, it looked like he might have down too much too soon as the Bahamas reeled him in down the home straight through former world indoor champion Chris Brown.

But the Birchfield Harrier recovered and maintained the lead, given a split of 44.56. Brown recorded the fastest split of the race of 44.39.

It continued the remarkable breakthrough season of Hudson-Smith, who until April had never broken 48 seconds for 400m, having been concentrating on

the shorter sprints for a few years. Between 2010 and 2013 he competed in just two outdoor 400m race.

Among UK teenagers, only David Grindley and Derek Redmond have run quicker than the 44.97 with which Hudson-Smith astounded onlookers at the Sainsbury’s Grand Prix, taking 0.83 seconds off his best.

Williams, who has been a regular in the 4x400m squad since 2008 and often takes the role of spokesman, said: “We had belief in the team. We just set out to make sure we had the best team on the field today. We knew we could do it. We just had to run for each other, which we did.”

He added that the absence of Rooney had not dented their confidence. “We were positive from day one,” he said. “We all gelled. We always believed in our ability as athletes that on the day we can deliver. If Martyn was there that would have been fab but we were happy to be out there by ourselves.”

Bingham was similarly confidence and he said: “We thought we [had a chance of gold], although there may have

been some that said we didn’t when they saw the line-up.”

Hudson-Smith probably wouldn’t have dreamed at the start of this year of making the Commonwealth team: Regarding his meteoric rise, he said: “I’ve been a bit of hidden talent. My coach doesn’t think this is a fluke but I’m just like, wow.”

He explained his tactics: “I just wanted to catch the guy in front of me and I did – then the crowd started going crazy so I thought someone was coming behind me.

“I just held it together because my back was going and when I crossed the line and I wasn’t sure if I came first, second or even third and everyone ran towards me so I thought I must have done all right.

“I wouldn’t have minded being in front or being behind. I was pretty happy either way. The fact I had someone to chase kind of spurred me on a little bit.”

His decision to surge past Hewitt with such a change of pace had some English fans with their hearts in their mouths. He explained his decision-making process: “I didn’t think. I just reacted. I just did whatever felt right at that moment in time and I’m glad I did.”

Awde said: “What a journey. These guys have welcomed me with open arms and I really feel part of the team.”

Brown, who was part of the Bahamas quartet that beat the Americans in London 2012, said: “Silver is better than nothing at all. We are glad to be taking home something.

“Hats off to Team England, they had a good team. We look forward to meeting them at next year’s world championships.”



Men’s 4x400m relay

Hudson-Smith delivers

Men: 4x400: 1 ENG (C Williams 45.4, M Bingham 45.1, D Awde 45.38, M Hudson-Smith 44.56) 3:00.46; 2 BAH 3:00.51; 3 TTO 3:01.51; 4 JAM 3:02.17; 5 SCO (K Robertson 47.0, G Plenderleith 45.8, J Bowie 45.21, G Louden 45.97) 3:04.07; 6 AUS 3:04.19; 7 NGR 3:04.86; 8 ZAM 3:10.26. Ht1: 1 BAH 3:03.71; 2 AUS 3:05.41; - CAN DQ; - GHA DQ; - UGA DQ. Ht2: 1 TTO 3:04.06; 2 NGR 3:06.66; 3 ZAM 3:07.43; 4 SRI 3:08.10; 5 PNG 3:10.30; - KEN DQ. Ht3: 1 ENG 3:03.01; 2 JAM 3:03.47; 3 SCO 3:03.94 (nat rec); 4 TCA 3:19.11; - IND DQ; - SLE DNS.

RESULTS

Matthew Hudson-Smith, Conrad Williams, Daniel Awde and Michael Bingham

Matthew Hudson-Smith: youngster anchored England to gold ahead

of Chris Brown

Untitled-1 1 05/08/2014 09:15AW August 7 Glasgow Men 4x400-T54 28-29.indd 2 05/08/2014 17:26:42

SIX-TIME Paralympic champ David Weir took his fi rst Commonwealth gold in style, wheeling away from the rest

over the last lap to win with ease.As usual, Weir stayed close to

the front but just off the lead pace as 400m was passed in 58.45 and 800m in 1:53.18.

The Englishman then moved to the front down the back straight with 250 metres remaining to stop the clock in 3:21.67.

Australia’s defending champion Kurt Fearnley, the 2008 Paralympic marathon champion, was second with 3:23:08. Canada’s Alex Dupont was next with 3:23.62.

Weir said the thought of competing in his fi rst

Commonwealth Games was what kept him going after winning four gold medals at London 2012.

He took it easy last year but has new focus this season and will compete in the IPC European Championships later this month.

“This was what made me not retire after the London 2012 Paralympic Games,” he said.

“The feeling of getting another medal; if I didn’t do it, it would have haunted me for the rest of my life. It is a fantastic feeling to

make your country proud.”The other Englishman in the

fi eld was William Smith, a training partner of Weir and graduate of his Weir Archer Academy.

He was sixth with 3:27.34, one place ahead of Canada’s Josh Cassidy, the world marathon best-holder and former Boston and London winner.



Hudson-Smith delivers Weir races away to track titleMen’s T54 1500m

Men: Wheelchair 1500: T54: 1 D Weir (ENG, M35) 3:21.67; 2 K Fearnley (AUS) 3:23.08; 3 A Dupont (CAN) 3:23.62; 4 R Colman (AUS) 3:24.37; 5 W Smith (ENG, U20) 3:25.04; 6 J Cassidy (CAN) 3:27.34; 7 R Nicholson (AUS) 3:32.11; 8 F Acheampong (GHA) 3:33.40; 9 S Ravet (MRI) 3:42.97; 10 S Ngige (KEN) 3:49.79. h1: 1 D Weir (ENG, M35) 3:28.24; 2 J Cassidy (CAN) 3:29.81; 3 R Colman (AUS) 3:30.09; 4 R Nicholson (AUS) 3:30.12; 5 S Ravet (MRI) 3:37.96; 6 E Boateng (GHA) 3:44.44; 7 H Odiyo (KEN) 3:58.51. T54 h2: 1 K Fearnley (AUS) 3:19.65; 2 A Dupont (CAN) 3:20.14; 3 W Smith (ENG, U20) 3:24.80; 4 F Acheampong (GHA) 3:33.90; 5 S Ngige (KEN) 3:42.53; 6 P Obeng (GHA) 3:48.11; 7 N Momine (MRI) 4:18.67.

RESULTS

Untitled-1 1 05/08/2014 09:15

David Weir: always in control, he took gold comfortably

AW August 7 Glasgow Men 4x400-T54 28-29.indd 3 05/08/2014 17:27:59

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BLESSING OKAGBARE sealed her status as one of the stars of the Games when she blazed to 200m

gold, but not far behind a trio of English athletes rewrote the UK all-time lists with some inspired performances.

As the Nigerian streaked clear to win in 22.25, runner-up Jodie Williams went equal second on the UK rankings with 22.50 and Bianca Williams (no relation) went equal fourth as she took bronze with 22.58.

Completing the English success story, Anyika Onuora also ran a lifetime best of 22.64 for fourth place. This led to the pleasing sight of England sprinters in second, third and fourth – all with “PB” after their time with three Jamaican athletes further down the finishing list.

The renaissance of British sprinting continues apace as Jodie equalled the best of UK all-time No.2 Abi Oyepitan, the 2010 Commonwealth 200m silver medallist who ran 22.50 en route to reaching the Athens Olympic Games 200m final in 2004, while Bianca matched the fastest time of Seventies sprint icon Sonia Lannaman.

When Oyepitan ran 22.50, she became the first Briton to reach an Olympic sprints final since Kathy Cook in the Eighties.

The class of 2014 are showing the same turn of speed and with further improvement – and kinder conditions, because they were far from perfect in Glasgow – they could challenge Cook’s UK record of 22.10.

“I’m just amazed at the moment – I’m kind of in a big world of shock,” said Jodie, who is aged only 20. “I came in ranked second and I just had to perform and do it – I’m absolutely over the moon.”

The former world junior and youth champion added: “The celebrations were amazing

and this crowd are absolutely incredible – everyone wants to see you and everyone wants to speak to you. It’s an amazing atmosphere.”

As for the exciting progress of herself and her team-mates, she said: “This is just the start – we beat the Jamaicans which is a massive thing. Everyone is so quick to write-off the women’s sprinters but we’ve come out here and started to show we can perform on this stage with a strong field.”

Bianca, also aged 20, added: “I am absolutely gobsmacked – I



Women’s 200m

England shines asOkagbare doubles

Blessing Okagbare: Nigerian won 200m to go with 100m crown

Bianca (left) and Jodie Williams: bronze and silver for English

athletes as they ran PBs

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couldn’t have asked for any more. It’s been such a journey over the last four years for me to get here and before the season the Commonwealth Games wasn’t even on the list. To come sixth in the 100m and then third in the 200m is amazing.”

For Okagbare, she stuck to her guns and prioritised the sprints over the long jump and followed in the footsteps of Merlene Ottey of Jamaica, who did the same 100/200m double in 1990, and Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie, who doubled in 2002.

Okagbare also became the fi rst Nigerian – man or woman – to win the Commonwealth 200m title after her countrywoman, Mary Onyali, came close in 1994, winning silver.

She said: “It was amazing, I feel extremely blessed. I went hard for that fi nal. I didn’t celebrate like I did in the 100m and that’s

because I saw the time and I was disappointed.”

Okagbare added: “I had the two runs in the 200m on the same day. I don’t know why they had that schedule. I’m not a fan



Women: 200 (0.4): 1 B Okagbare (NGR) 22.25; 2 J Williams (ENG) 22.50; 3 B Williams (ENG) 22.58; 4 A Onuora (ENG) 22.64; 5 A McLaughlin (JAM) 22.68; 6 S Calvert (JAM) 22.94; 7 K Hyacinthe (CAN) 23.11; 8 S Henry-Robinson (JAM) 23.24. SF1 (-1.1): 1 B Okagbare (NGR) 22.43; 2 J Williams (ENG) 22.64; 3 A McLaughlin (JAM) 22.79; 4 K Hyacinthe (CAN) 23.14; 5 N Smith (BAH) 23.22; 6 E Nelson (AUS) 23.50; 7 V Pereira (SIN) 24.29; 8 P Ndzinisa (SWZ) 24.32. SF2 (-0.2): 1 S Calvert (JAM) 22.97; 2 A Onuora (ENG) 23.02; 3 R Thomas (TTO) 23.35; 4 C Emmanuel (CAN) 23.46; 5 K Alexander (SVG) 23.58; 6 D Duncan (NGR) 23.88; 7 T Wisil (PNG) 24.48; 8 K King (IVB) 24.67. SF3 (0.4): 1 B Williams (ENG) 23.17; 2 S Henry-Robinson (JAM) 23.43; 3 S Davis (CAN) 23.48; 4 A Papaioannou (CYP) 23.87; 5 A Kelly (IVB) 24.00; 6 J Bailey (BAR) 24.04; 7 A Whittaker (AUS) 24.49; - J Amponsah (GHA) DQ. Ht1 (-0.6): 1 B Okagbare (NGR) 22.99; 2 K Alexander (SVG) 23.44; 3 S Davis (CAN) 23.51; 4 K Martinez (BIZ) 24.54; 5 G Acheampong (GHA) 24.90; 6 J Loutoy (SEY) 25.85; 7 M Kargbo (SLE) 25.89. Ht2 (-0.5): 1 B Williams (ENG) 22.97; 2 S Henry-Robinson (JAM) 23.18; 3 R Thomas (TTO) 23.25; 4 T Wisil (PNG) 24.26; 5 V Pereira (SIN) 24.31; 6 C Eke (SLE) 24.76; 7 P Taea (COK) 26.14. Ht3 (0.2): 1 A McLaughlin (JAM) 23.27; 2 C Emmanuel (CAN) 23.54; 3 E Nelson (AUS) 23.57; 4 K King (IVB) 24.22; 5 D Agyei (GHA) 25.27; 6 S Vunatup (PNG) 25.79; 7 S Akter (BAN) 26.41. Ht4 (0.8): 1 S Calvert (JAM) 23.14; 2 A Onuora (ENG) 23.19; 3 N Smith (BAH) 23.48; 4 A Papaioannou (CYP) 23.61; 5 J Janvier (MRI) 25.30; 6 Y Bese (FIJ) 25.84. Ht5 (-1.6): 1 J Williams (ENG) 23.42; 2 J Amponsah (GHA) 24.05; 3 A Kelly (IVB) 24.40; 4 A Whittaker (AUS) 24.47; 5 D Borg (MLT) 24.74; 6 H Kamara (SLE) 25.12; 7 A Monagi (PNG) 26.71. Ht6 (0.9): 1 K Hyacinthe (CAN) 23.29; 2 J Bailey (BAR) 23.75; 3 D Duncan (NGR) 23.89; 4 P Ndzinisa (SWZ) 24.16; 5 M Ndoro (KEN) 24.84; 6 I Bell Bonong (CMR) 25.61; 7 T Ree (SIN) 26.74.

RESULTS

UK all-time 200m22.10 (-0.1) Kathy Cook Los Angeles, 198422.50 (2.0) Abi Oyepitan Athens, 200422.50 (0.4) Jodie Williams Glasgow, 201422.58 (1.5) Sonia Lannaman Cwmbran, 198022.58 (0.4) Bianca Williams Glasgow, 201422.64 (0.5) Emily Freeman Berlin, 200922.64 (0.4) Anyika Onuora Glasgow, 201422.69 (1.3) Paula Thomas Victoria, 199422.72 (1.5) Bev Callender Moscow, 198022.73 (1.2) Jenni Stoute Barcelona, 199222.74 (0.0) Dina Asher-Smith Bedford, 201422.75 (1.8) Donna Hartley Birmingham, 197822.76 (-1.0) Katharine Merry Barcelona, 200022.80 (0.5) Michelle Scutt Antrim, 198222.83 (0.4) Joice Maduaka Birmingham, 199922.83 (-0.3) Jessica Ennis-Hill London, 2012

of that schedule. If we had got another day, 24 hours to go away, rest and come back, maybe I would have run faster.”

In those rounds, Okagbare showed her dominance with a swift 22.43 in the semi-fi nal, while Jodie Williams also impressed with 22.64 in the same race.

Before the Games, the English

athletes’ PBs had stood at 22.60 (Jodie Williams), 22.79 (Bianca Williams) and 22.79 (Onuora).

The athletes had overcome obstacles too. Jodie Williams, for example, had endured injuries and at one stage doubted whether she would ever make the podium at a major championship after her prodigious junior days.

Anyika Onuora: PB in fourth

At the double: Blessing Okagbare


WORLD champion Eunice Sum was a class apart, but behind the impressive Kenyan there was a

dramatic dust-up for the minor medals. This was led by Lynsey Sharp and the Scot created one of the stories of the Games when she snatched silver ahead of Winnie Nanyondo of Uganda with England’s Jess Judd fourth and Jenny Meadows sixth.

One of the host nation’s biggest hopes and tipped by Seb Coe to “nick a medal”, the Edinburgh-born athlete was following in the footsteps of her father, Cameron, a Commonwealth Games sprints medallist and Olympian who nearly lost his life after a car accident in 1991, plus her mother, Carol Lightfoot, an international 800m runner.

Pressure and expectation was immense, but the 24-year-old had also endured a torrid build-up to the Games. After missing most of 2013 with injury, she had two operations on her plantaris tendon but it has never healed properly and the resultant open wound sometimes gets infected and requires Sharp to go on antibiotics – an estimated 20 courses of the drugs, incidentally, since last October, with more surgery required after the European Championships in Zurich to hopefully resolve it.

Further problems then unfolded at the Games when she began to feel queasy on the day of her heat – an illness that would reach its peak the evening before her final. In the semi-finals she only qualified as a fastest loser in fourth place and after this the sickness became more severe, causing her to spend the night before the final in hospital, violently retching and being on a drip to replace fluids. It was the icing on the cake to her preparations that the devil himself would have been proud to have applied.

“There are two things I won’t forget,” she said. “One is being on my hands and knees being sick outside my room with the nurse holding my hair back and Steven Macguire (Scottish Athletics director of coaching) standing there and four police officers walking away at the sound of me being sick and then being doubled over trying to take my socks off while Steph Twell was sleeping in the room.”

Sharp’s vomiting began soon after she had tried to eat some steak in a restaurant as a change from the food in the athletes’ village. She was taken to a clinic where she stayed until 5.30am on the day of the final before eventually getting two or three hours of on-off sleep before midday.

Feeling a little better in the

afternoon and fuelled by porridge and scrambled eggs, she went to Hampden Park more in hope than expectation of doing herself justice. The wider world, though, was oblivious to her problems and she hadn’t even seen her father for a couple of days, so to help her focus she wrote the words “GET OUT STRONG COMMIT” on her hand.

“I had s***myself on the start line in the semi-final and the crowd can be quite intimidating, so I needed something to take me away from that moment and to help me focus,” she said.

Sum led through the first lap

in 58.24, with Meadows on the Kenyan’s shoulder, Nanyondo on the kerb in third, Sharp tucked in just behind the Ugandan and Judd running wide in fifth. At 600m Sum still led in 1:29.81 with the positions behind unchanged and coming into the home straight Sum still held pole position before crossing the line in a modest 2:00.31 to win by more than a second as Sharp switched out wide to launch her successful drive for second.

A final 200m of 30.5 proved sufficient for the 26-year-old to add to the gold she won in Moscow last August. She said:



Women’s 800m

Sum likes it hot

Lynsey Sharp:made the podium after a pre-race night of sickness

Eunice Sum: Kenyan kicks clear as Lynsey Sharp and Winnie Nanyondo battle it out for silver and bronze




Women: 800: 1 E Sum (KEN) 2:00.31; 2 L Sharp (SCO) 2:01.34; 3 W Nanyondo (UGA) 2:01.38; 4 J Judd (ENG, U20) 2:01.91; 5 A Smit (NZL) 2:01.94; 6 J Meadows (ENG) 2:02.19; 7 N Hamblin (NZL) 2:02.43; 8 M Bishop (CAN) 2:02.61. SF1: 1 E Sum (KEN) 2:01.38; 2 M Bishop (CAN) 2:01.86; 3 A Smit (NZL) 2:01.97; 4 L Sharp (SCO) 2:02.28; 5 J Meadows (ENG) 2:02.29; 6 K Kirk (NIR) 2:02.63; 7 L Tintu (IND) 2:03.35; 8 M Okoro (ENG) 2:06.75. SF2: 1 J Judd (ENG, U20) 2:02.26; 2 W Nanyondo (UGA) 2:02.83; 3 N Hamblin (NZL) 2:02.87; 4 E Dudgeon (SCO) 2:03.00; 5 N Goule (JAM) 2:04.23; 6 J Smith (CAN) 2:04.42; 7 J Busienei (KEN) 2:04.60; 8 B McGowan (AUS) 2:08.79. Ht1: 1 J Meadows (ENG) 2:02.53; 2 L Sharp (SCO) 2:03.04; 3 N Goule (JAM) 2:03.62; 4 K Belleau-Beliveau (CAN) 2:03.98; 5 A Kimaswai (KEN) 2:04.64; 6 T Adderley (BAH) 2:08.24; 7 N W Konda Liyana Arachchige (SRI) 2:08.31; 8 A Lascar (MRI) 2:13.80. Ht2: 1 J Smith (CAN) 2:05.22; 2 W Nanyondo (UGA) 2:05.29; 3 J Busienei (KEN) 2:05.37; 4 K Katsanevakis (AUS) 2:05.41; 5 N Evangelidou (CYP) 2:05.95; 6 A Brooks (TTO) 2:06.33; 7 K McDonald (JAM) 2:08.59; 8 M Bissah (GHA) 2:10.95. Ht3: 1 M Bishop (CAN) 2:01.73; 2 J Judd (ENG, U20) 2:02.16; 3 E Dudgeon (SCO) 2:02.35; 4 L Tintu (IND) 2:02.74; 5 A Smit (NZL) 2:03.28; 6 D Koniel (PNG) 2:14.56; 7 S Campbell (JAM) 2:15.00. Ht4: 1 E Sum (KEN) 2:02.36; 2 K Kirk (NIR) 2:03.00; 3 B McGowan (AUS) 2:03.08; 4 N Hamblin (NZL) 2:03.32; 5 M Okoro (ENG) 2:03.90; 6 F Labana (MAW) 2:27.48.

RESULTS

Judd, 19, said: “I’m just so disappointed that I’ve come out of it without a medal but I tried my hardest and that’s all I can do. Tactically it was perfect and I put myself in a really good position but I’m just absolutely knackered. I couldn’t have done any more and I’m so disappointed but I gave it everything.”

The previous day Judd had dominated her semi-fi nal, front-running 2:02.26 in heavy rain to win. Sharp and Meadows, meanwhile, had struggled in the other semi-fi nal and after fi nishing fourth and fi fth they had to rely on making the fi nal as fastest losers.

Emily Dudgeon of Scotland was not so fortunate after fi nishing fourth in Judd’s semi-fi nal – edged out of the third automatic qualifying spots by English-born Kiwi Nikki Hamblin.

“It is agonising to miss out on a Commonwealth fi nal in a late sprint like that,” said Dudgeon. “I wanted to give it everything and give myself a real chance and I feel as if I did exactly that. It will be hard to take.”

In the same semi-fi nal, Marilyn Okoro ran positively on the fi rst lap but her under-par season was summed up when she faded to eighth in a time eight seconds outside her best.

Northern Ireland’s Katie Kirk was one place behind Meadows in her semi-fi nal but the 20-year-old ran a PB of 2:02.63. The daughter of 1:46 800m runner Mark Kirk, she is doing a good job of following in her father’s footsteps, very much like silver medallist Sharp, of course.

“I am very happy. I was well prepared. It is my second big medal and I just wanted to stay in front and when I saw I was I knew I could win.”

Jessica Judd: semi-fi nal winner was fourth in the fi nal


AMANTLE MONTSHO, the 2010 Commonwealth and 2011 world champion, was run out of the medals in

the home straight as Jamaica swept the podium places. Led by the fast-finishing Stephenie McPherson, the Caribbean nation dominated the race as Novlene Williams-Mills won silver and Christine Day took bronze.

In the absence of world champion Christine Ohuruogu, England’s challenge was led by Kelly Massey and the British champion ran a PB of 52.19 to make the final but was unable to make an impact, coming eighth.

The race saw Williams-Mills and Montsho go off hard and the former led the latter as they entered the home straight, with McPherson, on their inside in lane three, a further three or four strides behind. With 50 metres to go, though, Montsho faded as McPherson drew level with Williams-Mills and McPherson then drew away as Williams-Mills held on for second and Day out-dipped Montsho for third, although the Botswanan later failed a drugs test.

It meant Jamaica had won its first gold in this event since Sandie Richards in Kuala Lumpur in 1998 and it was Jamaica’s first sweep in the event, too.

“I ran to the coach’s instructions and did the best that I can do,” said the Stephen Francis-coached winner.

McPherson, who placed fourth at both the IAAF World Championships last year and the Diamond League in Glasgow last month, added: “I intended to increase the tempo at the right time and I did. I was relaxed in the home straight and just swung my arms. It is fantastic to get a Jamaican one-two-three. That is what the plan was always to be.”

Runner-up Williams-Mills is a cancer survivor who discovered she had the disease at London 2012. The 32-year-old was women’s track and field captain at the 2012 Games and was

diagnosed with breast cancer prior to competing but went on to win bronze in the 4x400m.

After the Olympics she had the malignant lump removed and underwent a double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery before returning to training in March 2013.

Williams-Mills wasn’t happy with silver, though. “I’m a little bit disappointed,” she said. “I gave it my all but maybe it was not in God’s plans for me to win today.”

She added: “I’m happy for Steph and Christine. We came out here and put on a good show.”

For Massey, it’s been a great breakthrough season and she ran brilliantly in her semi-final to clock a PB for second behind McPherson.

“I knew I could catch her but I just couldn’t believe it when I got second on the line,” she said.

“I’m gutted I didn’t get under 51 seconds but still a personal best is great and I set out to make the final so I’ve done it now. I didn’t want to overcomplicate it, so I went out there and did my best and the crowd definitely helped.”

Also in the semi-finals, Massey’s English team-mate Shana Cox ran 52.57 for fifth in her heat, while Margaret Adeoye clocked a season’s best of 52.48 but narrowly missed out.

Harriet Pryke of the Isle of Man, meanwhile, was adrift of her 54.05 PB when she ran 56.15 for sixth in her heat.



Women’s 400m

Jamaicans wrap up 1-2-3

Women: 400: 1 S McPherson (JAM) 50.67; 2 N Williams-Mills (JAM) 50.86; 3 C Day (JAM) 51.09; 4 A Montsho (BOT) 51.10; 5 F Abugan (NGR) 52.33; 6 K Alexander (SVG) 52.78; 7 S Miller (BAH) 53.08; 8 K Massey (ENG) 53.08. SF1: 1 S Mcpherson (JAM) 50.69; 2 K Massey (ENG) 52.19; 3 O Omotosho (NGR) 52.34; 4 C Rasnayaka Mudiyanselage (SRI) 52.67; 5 P Machettira (IND) 52.88; 6 K Mupopo (ZAM) 53.09; 7 A Jean-baptiste (CAN) 53.61; 8 A Kelly (IVB) 54.35. SF2: 1 C Day (JAM) 51.02; 2 S Miller (BAH) 51.58; 3 F Abugan (NGR) 51.71; 4 K Alexander (SVG) 52.12; 5 S Cox (ENG) 52.57; 6 M Mitchell (AUS) 53.37; 7 S Fermin (TTO) 53.83; 8 K Beckles (GRN) 55.18. SF3: 1 N Williams-mills (JAM) 50.73; 2 A Montsho (BOT) 50.96; 3 M Adeoye (ENG) 52.48; 4 A Rubie (AUS) 52.55; 5 M Maiyo (KEN) 52.97; 6 R George (NGR) 53.48; 7 L Shida (UGA) 54.30; 8 D Williams (TTO) 54.63. Ht1: 1 C Rasnayaka Mudiyanselage (SRI) 53.75; 2 R George (NGR) 53.92; 3 P Machettira (IND) 54.01; 4 W Dorr (CAN) 55.33; 5 B Burua (PNG) 55.48; 6 S Edwards (ANT) 55.57; 7 R Njobvu (ZAM) 57.47; 8 E Nanziri (UGA) 59.02. Ht2: 1 C Day (JAM) 52.25; 2 S Miller (BAH) 52.34; 3 K Massey (ENG) 52.34; 4 A Rubie (AUS) 52.86; 5 S Fermin (TTO) 54.10; 6 J Shikanda (KEN) 54.81; 7 S Vunatup (PNG) 60.10. Ht3: 1 K Alexander (SVG) 52.98; 2 K Mupopo (ZAM) 53.18; 3 M Maiyo (KEN) 53.21; 4 A Kelly (IVB) 54.26; 5 V Mills (GHA) 55.19; 6 P Ndzinisa (SWZ) 56.38; 7 M Suma (SLE) 57.15; 8 H Nakaayi (UGA) 57.51. Ht4: 1 S Mcpherson (JAM) 52.25; 2 O Omotosho (NGR) 53.02; 3 D Williams (TTO) 54.43; 4 K Beckles (GRN) 54.67; 5 S Iddrisu (GHA) 55.74; 6 H Pryke (IOM) 56.15; 7 D Koniel (PNG) 58.40. Ht5: 1 A Montsho (BOT) 51.88; 2 F Abugan (NGR) 52.84; 3 S Cox (ENG) 53.00; 4 A Jean-baptiste (CAN) 54.15; 5 L Clarke (BAH) 55.24; - R Ansumana (SLE) DQ; - A Charles (ANT) DQ. Ht6: 1 N Williams-Mills (JAM) 52.39; 2 M Adeoye (ENG) 53.98; 3 M Mitchell (AUS) 54.28; 4 L Shida (UGA) 54.77; 5 C Eke (SLE) 54.80; 6 R Modeste (TTO) 55.16; 7 A Alcindor (MRI) 57.39.

RESULTS

Jamaica took all three 400m medals

Jamaica, led by winner Stephenie McPherson, relegated Amantle Montsho into fourth

Kelly Massey: set a personal best

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KENYA took gold – although not the Kenyan everyone predicted would win – while Laura Weightman proved

herself the strongest and most tactically savvy of the home nation athletes.

Faith Kipyegon emerged as the champion after favourite Hellen Obiri faded in the home straight. Behind, Weightman weaved and battled her way through to earn silver as the big host country hope, Laura Muir, floundered on the fi nal bend and wound up 11th.

Muir’s stumble and loss of form entering the home straight was the No.1 post-race talking point. She claimed she had been clipped, subsequently losing her balance as fatigue overcame her and she saw her chances of making the podium slip by in a split second.

There was only one winner, though, as Kipyegon was by far the fastest fi nisher in the fi eld with a 61.2-second last lap and 30.4 fi nal 200m. The 2012 world junior 1500m and 2011/13 world junior cross country champion set a Kenyan record of 3:56.98 last year and was far stronger than former world indoor 3000m champion Obiri, who fi nished sixth after having earlier set a Games record of 4:04.43 in her heat and 3:57 for 1500m and 8:20 for 3000m back in May.

As for Weightman, her style of running was reminiscent of her coach, Steve Cram, as she sat back early in the race before moving purposefully toward the front at the crucial stage. On a night of fi ve English silvers, the 23-year-old powered into the runner-up spot ahead of Kate van Buskirk in the closing stages as Kipyegon clocked 4:08.94 and the leading three were separated by half a second after a race that had started with a cagey opening pace of 70.9 for the fi rst 400m and 2:18.9 at 800m.

Another Canadian, Nicole Sifuentes, was fourth, with English-born Kiwi, Nikki Hamblin,

in fi fth and Hannah England, who had briefly looked threatening with 120 metres to go as she swept wide for a fi nal attack, one place behind Obiri in seventh.

Jemma Simpson, the third English runner, started near the back like Weightman but struggled to make an impact and fi nished ninth.

“Words can’t describe the feeling when you’ve crossed the line and you’ve got the medal you so desperately wanted,” said Weightman. “It was absolutely incredible out there. I saw so many friends and family on my lap of honour that I didn’t even know were going to be here.”

She added: “I knew the pace wasn’t very quick and that I wanted to wind it up from about 600m out and I’m pleased that I did that bold move and then at the bell pushed on. In the home straight I felt I was closing on the winner but couldn’t quite catch her.”

Cram, the Commonwealth 1500m champion in 1982 and 1986, said: “She’s been easy to coach because her attitude is 100%. I’m so proud of her and hopefully there is more to come.

I’m surprised because she felt terrible in the heats. The two Kenyans are among the best in the world but she is a real scrapper.”

Muir, a Glasgow University student, was in fourth coming off the fi nal bend but running wide and seemingly straining. Then disaster struck as she dramatically lost her rhythm. “Somebody caught my foot and I stumbled and lost my momentum,” the 21-year-old said. “When you are tired it is very hard to recover. It is very disappointing.”

Later, she withdrew from the 800m but is due to join Weightman and England in the 1500m at the Europeans in Zurich next week. It promises to be another intriguing race, given that Weightman edged Muir in a thrilling British Championships fi nal earlier this summer and the duo has also been in great form on the Diamond League circuit.



Jamaicans wrap up 1-2-3

Women: 1500: 1 F Kibiegon (KEN) 4:08.94; 2 L Weightman (ENG) 4:09.24; 3 K Van Buskirk (CAN) 4:09.41; 4 N Sifuentes (CAN) 4:10.48; 5 N Hamblin (NZL) 4:10.77; 6 H Obiri (KEN) 4:10.84; 7 H England (ENG) 4:11.10; 8 K McKnight (AUS) 4:12.77; 9 J Simpson (ENG) 4:12.93; 10 M Duncan (AUS) 4:14.10; 11 L Muir (SCO) 4:14.21; 12 S Busienei (KEN) 4:17.88. Ht1: 1 H Obiri (KEN) 4:04.43; 2 N Hamblin (NZL) 4:05.08; 3 L Muir (SCO) 4:05.19; 4 H England (ENG) 4:05.62; 5 M Duncan (AUS) 4:05.76; 6 K McKnight (AUS) 4:06.06; 7 N Sifuentes (CAN) 4:06.61; 8 N Evangelidou (CYP) 4:16.05. Ht2: 1 F Kibiegon (KEN) 4:05.77; 2 K Van Buskirk (CAN) 4:07.74; 3 L Weightman (ENG) 4:08.58; 4 S Busienei (KEN) 4:08.85; 5 J Simpson (ENG) 4:09.27; 6 Z Buckman (AUS) 4:11.56; 7 L Van Dalen (NZL) 4:14.86; 8 S Mercier (GGY) 4:24.05; - W Nanyondo (UGA) DNS.

RESULTS

Weightman scraps for silverWomen’s 1500m Laura Weightman: put herself

in a great position at the bell

Laura Muir: stumbled in the

last 100m

Laura Weightman: tactically astute in a race where she gave everything for silver

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SURREAL and comical is how Jo Pavey described her bronze medal-winning performance. A packed

Hampden Park and several million people watching on television didn’t necessary agree, though. To them it was brave, inspirational and one of the moments of the Games.

A month before her 41st birthday, the mother-of-two refused to let a strong Kenyan trio have the race to themselves. Determined to get in the mix – and on to the podium – the Devon athlete battled relentlessly in the closing stages before eventually winning a well-deserved bronze medal.

Mercy Cherono, a 23-year-old former world junior track and cross country champion who has run 8:21.14 for 3000m this year, took victory with Cherono’s team-mate, Janet Kisa, narrowly edging Pavey for the silver medal as the third Kenyan, Margaret Muriuki, finished fourth.

“It feels surreal, almost comical,” said Pavey. “I’m 40 now and have two kids and my youngest is only 10 months, so to be out there and trying to race against the Kenyans and getting

a medal seems like I’m dreaming, really.”

After the athletes had virtually walked the first lap in 79 seconds, Pavey and fellow English veteran Helen Clitheroe took up the pace, passing the first kilometre in 3:15 before then speeding up through

3000m in 9:15.79. Soon, the field whittled down to just five – the Kenyans, Pavey and Australian Eloise Wellings .

Pavey, who had won silver in this event in 2006, hit the front with three laps to go – much to the delight of the crowd. Using every ounce of determination and experience, she began to force the pace with a long run for home but looked beaten when all four rivals swept past her with 600m to go.

Stubborn to the end, Pavey refused to yield, though, and she immediately moved out wide, passing the quartet of rivals, to lead again at the bell. The excitement not over, Pavey led until being overtaken again by the Kenyans with 200m to go, but then attacked once again in the home straight, charging past Muriuki and almost beating Kisa on the line as Cherono won gold in 15:07.21.

“You’ve got to think the Kenyans are not unbeatable,” said Pavey. “I just wanted to give it my all. As I hit the last lap I thought ‘I don’t want to regret this’. I tried to push on at the bell but make sure I wouldn’t blow up in the home straight and so I was trying to gauge it right. When I got to the last 100m I gave it everything and thought ‘oh no, they’re going to come past me’ so I kept focused. I can’t believe I got a medal.”

She added: “I was trying to push the pace because I knew if I did nothing until the last lap then I might regret it. I wanted to give myself the best chance and didn’t want to be walking off the track thinking ‘what did I expect? I didn’t do anything’. So I just gave it a go.”

Cherono was a class apart and said: “I am happy, to win gold was my mission. It was just my mission to be on the podium.”

Behind, Whittle finished sixth for Scotland. Emelia Gorecka, who had narrowly beaten Pavey to the British title earlier in the season, was eighth – this time just over half a minute behind Pavey – with Beth Potter, one of the heroines of the 10,000m, ninth, Clitheroe gritting it out in 11th and an underpar Steph Twell virtually getting lapped in 14th.

Pavey’s four-year-old son, Jacob, was watching in the stands with husband Gavin, while their 10-month-old daughter Emily was at home in Devon.

Mother first, athlete second, Pavey explained: “I was worried she’d be terrified because she’s so little.”



Women’s 5000m

Bronze for iron-willed Jo

Women: 5000: 1 M Cherono (KEN) 15:07.21; 2 J Kisa (KEN) 15:08.90; 3 J Pavey (ENG, W40) 15:08.96; 4 M Muriuki (KEN) 15:10.38; 5 E Wellings (AUS) 15:14.99; 6 L Whittle (SCO) 15:33.72; 7 E Brichacek (AUS) 15:39.96; 8 E Gorecka (ENG) 15:40.03; 9 B Potter (SCO) 15:44.38; 10 J O’Connell (CAN) 15:45.33; 11 H Clitheroe (ENG, W40) 15:55.00; 12 E Kirk (WAL) 15:57.67; 13 L Van Dalen (NZL) 15:58.43; 14 S Twell (SCO) 16:30.66; 15 S Mercier (GGY) 16:31.05; 16 J Sakat (GHA) 18:04.61; 17 S Firisua (SOL) 18:45.18.

RESULTS

Jo Pavey: England legend pushes the pace in quest for a medal

Laura Whittle: Scottish athlete was sixth home

AW August 7 Glasgow Women 5K-10K 38-39.indd 2 05/08/2014 12:30:48

THIS terrifi c race had something for everyone. There was host nation interest, a duel with the

auld enemy and two nail-biting fi nishes for the price of one.

At the sharp end, Joyce Chepkirui led Kenya to its fi rst sweep of the medals in a 10,000m at the Commonwealth Games as she pipped Florence Kiplagat by 13 hundredths of a second – the smallest winning margin in the history of the event at these Games.

Only England, in the 1954 Games in Vancouver, had previously swept the medals in this event when Peter Driver, Frank Sando and Jim Peters dominated the podium over the slightly shorter six miles distance. Kenya’s men have not even managed it over the years but the Kenyan women managed it here with Emily Chebet taking bronze.

Behind, Kate Avery of England and Beth Potter of Scotland were locked in a similarly close battle, with Avery out-sprinting her rival by the closest of margins much to the disappointment of the partisan crowd who, graciously, cheered Avery all the same for her fi ne eff ort.

The home nations athletes were not always adrift of the Kenyans, though. The race will be remembered for the way Potter took the race to the East Africans with just over nine laps to go, the 22-year-old hitting the front and creating some lifelong memories – not to mention great photographs – as she led for three glorious laps.

Potter, a graduate of the Commonwealth Youth Games, where she was fi fth in the 1500m in India in 2008, did not ease off once she lost the lead, though. She continued battling away and built up a small lead on Avery as they entered the last two laps.

At the front, the Kenyans had eased away from their rivals as they entered the fi nal mile. With the trio together at the bell, Kiplagat kicked with 200m to go but the former world and cross country champion was pipped by African champion Chepkirui in the dying metres.

“It was so close near the end

but I knew my body was in good shape,” said the winner. “I’m so, so happy it was Kenya for one, two and three. I thank God for my victory. I’m happy I could win at my fi rst Commonwealth Games.”

While this drama was happening, Avery had caught Potter and the duo were together as they entered the fi nishing straight. Hampden Park roared for the young Scot, but it was Avery, who is a couple of seconds quicker on paper at 1500m and 3000m, who had the marginally stronger fi nish.

Both athletes clocked PBs, too, with Avery running 32:33.35 to take nine seconds off her best, while Potter’s 32:33.36 was a 12- second improvement on her best.

Also battling gamely, Sonia Samuels of England was seventh and Elinor Kirk of Wales ninth.

Potter, who was born in Glasgow and is coached at St Mary’s by Mick Woods, said: “That was amazing – it was the best race of my life. I have

managed a PB and fi fth in the Commonwealth fi nal – almost fourth. The crowd were roaring me on and leading at 10 laps to go was good, but you know there’s an awful long way to go at that stage. Kate pipped me on the line. I didn’t realise she was fi nishing so fast.”

Avery ran pretty well for a super-sub after being a late replacement for Jo Pavey. Coached by 27:43 10,000m man Tony Simmons, the Bishop Auckland-born runner studies in New York and said: “There was a battle with me and Beth and the noise was hurting my ears coming round that fi nal bend – it was absolutely fantastic. I’m on cloud nine. I’ve never experienced anything like it with everyone shouting and screaming.

“It’s been a bit of a rollercoaster for me but I’ve prepared as best I can – it’s been a bit of a blessing in disguise being picked late because I didn’t do as much work as I would have done if I had been picked from the start.”



Women: 10,000: 1 J Chepkirui (KEN) 32:09.35; 2 F Kiplagat (KEN) 32:09.48; 3 E Chebet (KEN) 32:10.82; 4 K Avery (ENG) 32:33.35; 5 B Potter (SCO) 32:33.36; 6 T Chebet (UGA) 32:41.95; 7 S Samuels (ENG, W35) 32:57.96; 8 V Chemutai (UGA) 33:11.98; 9 E Kirk (WAL) 33:22.40; 10 C Mukandanga (RWA) 34:12.31; 11 C Mukasakindi (RWA) 34:52.86; 12 T Nero (TTO) 35:48.63; 13 E Montiel (GIB, W35) 37:26.85.

RESULTS

Bronze for iron-willed Jo Kenyan trio beat brave BritsWomen’s 10,000m

Kenyan sweep: Joyce Chepkirui beat

Florence Kiplagat by 13 hundredths

England v Scotland: Kate Avery just

pipped Beth Potter for fourth place

Beth Potter: roared on by the Hampden Park crowd, the Scottish athlete hit the front to stretch the fi eld

AW August 7 Glasgow Women 5K-10K 38-39.indd 3 05/08/2014 12:31:28

TIFFANY PORTER may have beaten Sally Pearson in London on the eve of the Games, but the reigning

Olympic and Commonwealth champion is a supreme competitor and the Australian won gold emphatically in Glasgow as Porter took silver for England.

Pearson shot out of the blocks with a reaction time of 0.122 and built up a commanding lead by the halfway stage. Porter appeared to make inroads toward the end, but it was too little, too late, and Pearson came home in 12.67 with Porter clocking 12.80, while Angela Whyte of Canada narrowly held off Danielle Williams of Jamaica for the bronze for her third successive medal.

It had been a sultry night in Hampden, but with the final at gone 10pm it was starting to turn cool and yet Pearson equalled her winning mark from Delhi four years earlier.

She said: “This means so much to me. It was hard going into the world championships (in 2013) with the injury and getting the silver, but I loved every second of that. The Olympics, then this one. Crossing the finish line is pure relief.”

Porter, who had won the Sainsbury’s Anniversary Games before Glasgow and has minor medals from the IAAF World Championships, plus world and European indoor events, in her cabinet, ran the quickest-ever non-winning mark at the Commonwealth Games and now looks forward to going for gold at the European Championships in Zurich this month.

“I am really happy to come away with a medal,” said Porter, who was born in America but who has had dual nationality since birth courtesy of her English mother. “I am just glad to have executed when it really mattered. It was a big blur, everything happened so fast. Hurdle ten was not the best, I sort of clipped it, and it wasn’t the most perfectly executed race but I am just happy to have a medal.”

She added: “Some days you are at your best and some days you are not but every day is a new race and even though I lost today I am looking to redeem myself and get at the top of the podium because I have never got gold before.”

Pearson’s victory came after an embarrassing row within the Australian ranks that saw head coach Eric Hollingsworth suspended and sent home on the eve of the 100m hurdles final.

Pearson was one of three Australian athletes who were fined for arriving late at the Australian pre-Games holding camp because they were racing at various locations in order to get sharp and race ready. Pearson was the Australian team captain for the Games but Hollingsworth attacked her in an ill-timed statement in Glasgow and was dismissed by colleagues.

“Her no-show sets a bad example to the entire national team,” Hollingsworth had said.

But after winning gold, Pearson said: “I was his last supporter on the Australian team and he messed that up himself.”

She added: “The most important thing is to get rid of the negativity that people have been having to bear for the last five years.”

Former Brits found themselves embroiled in the controversy, too, with Athletics Australia’s performance director being former UKA staffer Simon Nathan, while Hollingsworth is an ex-decathlete from Britain.

In the rounds, Porter’s English team-mate Serita Solomon was third in her heat in 13.38, while Kylie Robilliard of Guernsey ran 14.20 in her heat.

“I’m upset and obviously I need to go quicker,” said Solomon. “I would love to have made the final, but that is life.”

The 26-year-old Robilliard set a Channel Islands record earlier this season with 13.54 but hit the final hurdle in her race in Glasgow.



Women’s 100m hurdles

Pearson reigns in style

Women: 100H (-0.1): 1 S Pearson (AUS) 12.67; 2 T Porter (ENG) 12.80; 3 A Whyte (CAN) 13.02; 4 D Williams (JAM) 13.06; 5 M Jenneke (AUS) 13.36; 6 K Beckles (BAR) 13.38; 7 J Lucas (TTO) 13.41; 8 S McCann (AUS) 13.60. Ht1 (0.7): 1 T Porter (ENG) 12.84; 2 D Williams (JAM) 13.15; 3 K Beckles (BAR) 13.32; 4 M Jenneke (AUS) 13.33; 5 U Ndu (NGR) 13.35; 6 D Edgecomb (BAH) 14.04; 7 R Raja Azhar (MAS) 14.30. Ht2 (-0.3): 1 S Pearson (AUS) 12.69; 2 J Lucas (TTO) 13.38; 3 S Solomon (ENG) 13.38; 4 I Spence (JAM) 13.44; 5 P George (CAN) 13.66; 6 K Bodie (BAH) 13.71; 7 S Panguana (MOZ) 14.98. Ht3 (-0.4): 1 A Whyte (CAN) 13.33; 2 S McCann (AUS) 13.34; 3 N Denby (NGR) 13.54; 4 M Morgan (JAM) 13.61; 5 D John (TTO) 13.63; 6 K Robilliard (GGY) 14.20.

RESULTS

Sally Pearson: Australian beat Tiffany Porter to gold

Tiffany Porter: silver medal for England

AW August 7 Glasgow Women 100H-400H 40-41.indd 2 05/08/2014 12:33:26

THERE was no fairytale ending for Eilidh Child. Yet the 27-year-old ‘poster girl of the Games’ was satisfi ed

with her silver medal, as were the 44,000 fans in Hampden Park and the rest of the host nation as they applauded her eff ort.

Headlines such as “Hi Ho Silver” blasted across the following day’s newspapers and Child spent pretty much all morning doing interviews. Fearing for her energy levels and to allow her to bask in the moment, the Scottish team pulled her out of the 4x400m rounds. Such attention was deserved after performing as well as could possibly be expected.

The winner, Kaliese Spencer of Jamaica, was always going to be tough to beat, after all. On a rain-soaked night in Glasgow, the weather briefly dried out just in time for this race and neither Spencer nor Child made any slip-ups. Running in lane six, Child started fast and matched Spencer, who was three lanes inside her, around the top bend and then moved clear of another Jamaican Janieve Russell in third.

Somewhat inevitably, though, Spencer pulled away to clock 54.10 with Child fi nishing in 55.02 and Russell a further half-second back in third.

“I knew I would have to be on my A game to beat Kaliese and she ran faster than my PB there so I think the right lady won,” said Child, who has a best of 54.22.

Certainly, Child handled the pressure brilliantly in the countdown to the Games. She was always determined to enjoy the entire experience, soak up the

goodwill, use it to her advantage and treat the fi nal as just another race. No doubt it also helped to have the wise sage Malcolm Arnold in her corner.

“I’m relieved,” she added. “I had every emotion going on and I was just trying not to get carried away with it. I put down a really good race. I stepped off that track knowing I had given it everything and I’m just delighted to come away with a silver medal.”

Spencer, who was fourth in the London Olympics fi nal, said: “I’m elated. I just want to thank God for letting me get this medal. My aim was to get my stride intact and I achieved that.”

Despite being Child’s biggest rival, the people of Glasgow welcomed her to their city. Spencer explained: “They’re very warm people. Someone in the athletes’ village gave me this (Scottish) bracelet for good luck.”

Finally, as a piece of trivia, Spencer won the 1000th gold medal in a women’s event in Commonwealth Games history.

There was also an amusing moment when Child went on a lap of honour to the sounds of the Proclaimers’ 500 Miles. “It’s not my favourite song, but I think I’ll grow fond of it now,” said Child, who is a Hearts football fan whereas the Proclaimers support big rivals Hibernian.

Linked to this, Child put her fi ngers up at one stage to illustrate the 5-1 score that Hearts beat Hibs by in the 2012 Scottish Cup Final at Hampden.

In the rounds, Ese Okoro and Laura Wake of England clocked 57.99 and 58.29 for fi fth place in their respective heats, while team-mate Hayley McLean was disqualifi ed from her heat.

Northern Ireland’s Christine McMahon also went out with 58.67 for fourth.



Women: 400H: 1 K Spencer (JAM) 54.10; 2 E Child (SCO) 55.02; 3 J Russell (JAM) 55.64; 4 L Wells (AUS) 56.09; 5 N Montcalm (CAN) 56.74; - C Chase (CAN) DNF; - A Ogoegbunam (NGR) DQ; - W Theron (RSA) DQ. Ht1: 1 E Child (SCO) 55.56; 2 C Chase (CAN) 57.23; 3 N Tracey (JAM) 57.63; 4 L Pekin (AUS) 57.92; 5 E Okoro (ENG) 57.99; 6 K Seymour (BAH) 61.34; - J Lucas (TTO) DQ. Ht2: 1 J Russell (JAM) 56.18; 2 W Theron (RSA) 56.38; 3 N Montcalm (CAN) 56.72; 4 C McMahon (NIR) 58.67; 5 A Akkunji (IND) 58.75; 6 R Abubakar (GHA) 60.94; 7 S Kwarula (PNG) 62.52; - H McLean (ENG) DQ. Ht3: 1 K Spencer (JAM) 55.45; 2 L Wells (AUS) 55.79; 3 A Ogoegbunam (NGR) 56.85; 4 J Bellille (TTO) 57.51; 5 L Wake (ENG) 58.29; 6 C Merrill (SRI) 58.65; 7 F Wasike (KEN) 59.29.

RESULTS

Pearson reigns in style Golden Child’s silver liningWomen’s 400m hurdles

Eilidh Child: Scottish medal hope

delivered when it mattered with silver

Scottish pride: Eilidh Child

Kaliese Spencer: Jamaican cruised

to gold in Glasgow

AW August 7 Glasgow Women 100H-400H 40-41.indd 3 05/08/2014 12:33:53

SCOTTISH athletes battled to make an impact, Australians determinedly got in the mix, but inevitably

it was Kenya who dominated by sweeping the medals. In only the third women’s steeplechase in Commonwealth Games history, Purity Kirui took gold in 9:30.96 as compatriots Milcah Chemos and Joan Kipkemoi followed in her slipstream.

Maddie Heiner and Genevieve LaCaze of Australia got stuck in as they attempted to break up the East Africans, but they didn’t quite have the speed or strength on the last lap and finished fourth and fifth respectively.

Behind, Eilish McColgan relished the occasion in front of a home crowd as she ran solidly in sixth in a Scottish native record and season’s best of 9:44.65.

In seventh, Rachael Bamford of England took nine seconds off her PB with 9:45.51, while her team-mate Pippa Woolven also ran a PB with 9:47.97.

Scotland’s Lennie Waite, who was sixth in Delhi four years ago, ran 9:51.93 for 10th here, while Northern Ireland’s Kerry O’Flaherty ran 9:55.94.

Kirui led through 1000m in 3:12.91 and 2000m in 6:26.70

before edging out Milcah Chemos. The big favourite going into the competition, Chemos won the 2010 Commonwealth title and world gold in 2013. She is also world all-time No.4 at the distance but has not been in brilliant form in 2014.

Kirui, the 2012 world junior champion, said: “I am happy I performed well but the weather was not good. We trained in it so I don’t think it affected me too much. I ran well. We are happy because three of us from Kenya finished with a medal.”

McColgan had endured a torrid build-up to the Games due to injury, a heart scare earlier this year, plus the pressure of being one of the host nation’s top track and field hopes. In addition,

of course, she was trying to follow in the famous footsteps of her mother, Liz McColgan, the Commonwealth 10,000m champion in 1986 and 1990.

Among the friends and family in Hampden Park, for instance, was her grandmother, Betty Lynch, who had not been into an athletics arena since watching Liz strike gold in 1986.

“I’m obviously not going to have anything like that again in my life,” said McColgan Jnr. “Just the cheer for me and Lennie at the start was something special. It’s something I’ll remember for the rest of my life and I’m very grateful for the opportunity to experience it.”

She added: “I think I was ranked seventh or eighth in the

field, so I’ve improved on that. I was going to find it very difficult to beat Kenyan girls who have run 9:20 this year.

“Personally I would have liked to be closer to the Australians. For me, to place higher than my ranking is all my mum wanted me to do. If I can run 9:44 with the preparations I’ve had, I definitely feel like next year will be a big change. Barbara Parker’s British record of 9.24 is my main aim and I think I can achieve that with more training over the barriers.”

Waite described it as “unreal” and added: “I’ve never felt so loved in my life. It was really great. I’ve been to concerts before and people cheer for musicians, and I’ve thought it would be great to experience that. Today I did. It was so awesome.”

As for the Aussies, Heiner said: “The PB is good. It’s my first year back after an eight-year break from the sport, so I’m happy with that. I’m stoked to be here, had a good run and can’t complain about placing fourth. I’m sticking with athletics for sure.”



Women’s 3000mSC

Kenya crush opposition

Women: 3000SC: 1 P Kirui (KEN) 9:30.96; 2 M Cheywa (KEN) 9:31.30; 3 J Kipkemoi (KEN) 9:33.34; 4 M Heiner (AUS) 9:34.01; 5 G Lacaze (AUS) 9:37.04; 6 E McColgan (SCO) 9:44.65; 7 R Bamford (ENG) 9:45.51; 8 P Woolven (ENG) 9:47.97; 9 V Mitchell (AUS) 9:49.05; 10 L Waite (SCO) 9:51.93; 11 K O’Flaherty (NIR) 9:55.94.

RESULTS

Purity Kirui: led a clean sweep of the medals

Philippa Woolven, Rachel Bamford and Lennie Waite

Eilish McColgan: sixth after several hurdles in run-up to the Games

AW August 7 Glasgow Women 3000SC-HJ 42-43.indd 2 05/08/2014 12:40:23

HAVING elected to miss the IAAF World Junior Championships the previous week to focus on Glasgow,

18-year-old Eleanor Patterson of Australia took gold with 1.94m to deny England’s Isobel Pooley.

Pooley’s perfect record, including clearances at 1.78m, 1.82m, 1.86m, 1.89 and a PB of 1.92m, put her in fi rst position. Patterson meanwhile was in second after a failure at 1.92m and Saint Lucia’s Levern Spencer, in third, elected to pass her fi nal attempt at that height as the bar moved up to 1.94m.

Only Patterson, who has a best of 1.96m, succeeded.

Still at school, Patterson is one of the youngest-ever Commonwealth gold medallists in athletics. The 2013 world youth champion lives in Leongatha, Victoria, which has a population of just 7000 and is an hour’s drive away from the nearest track.

Leading the competition and seeing other athletes fail as you succeed might lead some to allow complacency to aff ect performance and Pooley revealed afterwards her novel means of doing everything she could to

avoid knowing her position and how her competitors were doing.

She said: “I couldn’t watch. I knew I had to stay in the zone. Maybe when I’m a bit more mature I won’t have to stick my fi ngers in my ears and go ‘la la la, I don’t want to hear’.

“The commentators are there for the audience. As an athlete I don’t want to hear. I just focused on me and it worked out. I think a lot of people thought I was crazy, walking around with my hands over my ears and singing nonsense songs to myself. I just needed to stay in the zone.”

Pooley, who missed out on making the European qualifi cation standard, trains with Olympic high jump bronze medallist Robbie Grabarz under

highly respected coach Fuzz Ahmed and said: “Rob is a huge inspiration to me. Working with him has been one of the most amazing experiences.”

The Aldershot, Farnham & District athlete, who moved to equal 10th on the UK all-time list after improving on her best by a centimetre, said the result had done wonders for her confi dence and she looks forward to “flying higher” in the future.

“I think every human carries doubt and will be calling on those

limiting beliefs,” she explained. “You put a limit on it and say I can only be as good as this. You just have to go for it and accept that no one really knows how good you can be. You never know how high you can fly until you spread your wings and I think I’ve unfurled them today and hopefully I can fly even higher in the future.”

The ever-smiling Pooley was grinning even more than usual as she went on her lap of honour to be greeted at the end by her mother and father, whom she described as the two most important people in her career after her coach.

At 1.92m (6ft 31/2in tall), she has now matched her own height.

Scotland’s Jaybe Nisbet was 10th with 1.78m – nine centimetres below her PB.

Other British nations athletes to go out in qualifying were Scotland’s Emma Nuttall (1.81m), Rachel McKenzie (1.76m) and England’s Bethan Partridge (1.81m).



Women: HJ: 1 E Patterson (AUS) 1.94; 2 I Pooley (ENG) 1.92; 3 L Spencer (LCA) 1.92; 4 L Kallenou (CYP) 1.89; 4 J Scheper (LCA) 1.89; 6 H Joye (AUS) 1.89; 7 S Atkinson-Grier (JAM) 1.86; 8 S Nagaraj Gobbargumpi (IND) 1.86; 9 S Cowley (NZL) 1.86; eq10 J Nisbet (SCO)/Z Timmers (AUS) 1.78. qA: eq1 I Pooley (ENG)/L Spencer (LCA)/Z Timmers (AUS) 1.85; 4 H Joye (AUS) 1.85; 5 T Lafond (DMA) 1.81; 6 P Frederick (ANT) 1.81; 7 E Nuttall (Edin) 1.81; 8 D Daniel (TTO) 1.76; eq9 R Dee (IOM) 1.71; 9 L Labiche (SEY) 1.71; 9 N Owusu (GHA) 1.71; 12 K Williamson (JAM) 1.71; 13 S Yap (MAS) 1.71. qB: eq1 L Kallenou (CYP)/J Nisbet (SCO)/E Patterson (AUS)/J Scheper (LCA) 1.85; 5 S Cowley (NZL) 1.85; 6 S Atkinson-Grier (JAM) 1.85; 7 S Nagaraj Gobbargumpi (IND) 1.81; 8 B Partridge (ENG) 1.81; 9 R McKenzie (SCO) 1.76; 10 S Proctor (AIA) 1.71; 11 A Nalty (CAY) 1.71.

RESULTS

Kenya crush opposition ‘Zoned’ Pooley takes silverWomen’s high jump

Levern Spencer: bronze medal

for Saint Lucia

Eleanor Patterson: Australian won

gold with 1.94m

Isobel Pooley: PB of 1.92m for silver

AW August 7 Glasgow Women 3000SC-HJ 42-43.indd 3 05/08/2014 12:41:25

HEAVY rain wreaked havoc with performances and almost caused organisers to reschedule the event, but

after a delayed start Australia’s Alana Boyd beat Wales’ Sally Peake in the gold medal battle.

The medals were won by the four athletes who were able to cope with the conditions well enough to clear any height at all. England’s Sally Scott and Canada’s Alysha Newman shared bronze as they cleared their opening heights of 3.80m – barely higher than the mark typically needed for third at a UK Women’s League match.

Zoe Brown, Katie Byres, Olivia Curran, Vicky Parnov and Henrietta Paxton all failed at the opening height of 3.80m as Boyd, Peake and Australia’s Liz Parnov passed.

The latter came in at 4.00m and failed once, so Peake’s first-attempt clearance put her in first place. Newman and Scott went out here and Liz Parnov had her remaining two failures at 4.15m.

The possibility of a Commonwealth title being won with 4.15m seemed likely when Boyd’s introduction to the competition was two failures at

a height Peake attained on her second effort.

Boyd gained it third time around, although she had been allowed to retake her first attempt because her runway marker was knocked into the box by the previous athlete.

When Peake went clear at

4.25m first time, the Australian passed the height as she would still have been in second place regardless by dint of more failures.

Boyd gained control when clearing 4.35m first time as Peake failed once before deciding to move up.

The defending champion, who has a best of 4.76m, ensured a respectable winning height when going over at 4.40m. Peake’s first-time failure meant she would have needed to jump higher anyway to regain first. However, with a PB of only 4.42m, she elected for two further – ultimately unsuccessful – attempts at 4.40m.

Boyd thus maintained Australia’s perfect record in the pole vault. The first three events at the Commonwealths were won by Emma George, Tatiana Grigorieva and Kym Howe.

At 30, she became the second oldest winner of the pole vault

men’s or women’s behind her father, Ray Boyd, who took gold at age 31 in 1982.

Boyd said: “I knew the rain would be an issue. It was treacherous conditions, but I was confident to jump with my approach.

“It was tough on all of us. I am so glad I was able to tough it out and pull through.

“We had to jump, we had to get a result. It was just a matter of the rain clearing. I knew it wasn’t going to be easy.”

Peake, who within the last hour of the final day of action in Hampden Park averted Wales’ first medal wipeout in non-disability events since 1950, said: “I didn’t come out expecting to win gold, but on a day like today it could have gone either way. I’m just so happy to get a medal.”

Scott said: “We went out, warmed up and then got brought back in because of the rain – I think everyone thought ‘oh God, the rain is terrible’.

“On the first jump I thought, ‘just go with it – the weather is really bad, so let’s see what happens’ and I got a bronze medal.”

For more on Sally Peake, see News



Women’s pole vault

Boyd reigns in the rain

Women: PV: 1 A Boyd (AUS) 4.50; 2 S Peake

(WAL) 4.25; eq3 A Newman (CAN)/S Scott (ENG)

3.80; - L Parnov (AUS) NH; - Z Brown (NIR) NH;

- K Byres (ENG) NH; - O Curran (IOM) NH; - V

Parnov (AUS) NH; - H Paxton (SCO) NH

RESULTS

Sally Scott: bronze for England

Alana Boyd: 4.50m in wet conditions

Sally Peake: silver for Wales

AW August 7 Glasgow Women PV-LJ 44-45.indd 2 05/08/2014 12:50:36

JUST nine days after surprisingly going out in the qualifying of the IAAF World Junior Championships,

Nigeria’s Ese Brume took an unlikely gold.

She could be thankful for the absence of her compatriot and would-be favourite Blessing Okagbare, who opted not to line up for the qualifying round. The scheduling of the long jump, which ended just before the 200m fi nal start, was a “blessing” for Brume as Okagbare was instead completing a sprint double.

Meanwhile, another surprise medallist was runner-up Jazmin Sawyers of England.

At the World Juniors in Eugene Brume, who led the entries on season’s bests, had two fouls before needing a “safe” jump to qualify, but she only recorded 5.19m.

Fortunately for her, Nigeria did not operate UKA’s blanket ban on doubling up at the World Juniors and Commonwealths, for she had the chance to make up for earlier disappointment.

She almost blew that too, though, as she was only 12th out of 12 qualifi ers for the fi nal.

But she made no mistake in the fi nal, opening up with 6.43m before jumping 6.56m – four centimetres off her best.

The path to victory opened up to her when England’s Shara Proctor, the No.1 on paper and the favourite, injured herself on the runway while undertaking her fi rst jump. After tearfully exiting the competition, it was discovered she had a thigh injury.

Canada’s Christabel Nettey was favourite at that point with a season’s best of 6.73m. She was in second for much of the competition with a best of 6.47m,

but Sawyers moved up from third with 6.54m in the fi nal round and Nettey could only respond with 6.49m.

England’s Lorraine Ugen was fi fth with 6.39m.

Home countries athletes not qualifying were Scotland’s Sarah Warnock and Jade Nimmock.

Sawyers regularly produces her best in championships. She jumped 6.67m to take bronze at the 2012 World Juniors and the following year 6.63m for European junior silver.

“I was trying to keep my cool before the (fi nal) jump thinking you’ve got a medal,” she said.

I was thinking ‘don’t lose it’, because I could so easily have crumpled to the floor but I thought ‘hold it together and you could still go further’ and I did it.

“There was no pressure on me. No one had me down for a medal so it was very much a case of go and enjoy it and, when I do that and I’m smiling and bounding around, that’s when I jump best.”



Women: LJ: 1 E Brume (NGR) 6.56/0.4; 2 J Sawyers (ENG) 6.54/0.9; 3 C Nettey (CAN) 6.49/0.4; 4 C Malone (IVB) 6.41/-0.3; 5 L Ugen (ENG) 6.39/-0.8; 6 M Gayen (AUS) 6.34/0.3; 7 N Panayi (CYP) 6.33/0.1; 8 B Stuart (BAH) 6.31/0.1; 9 R Camilleri (MLT) 6.23/-0.2; 10 M Ngo Ngoa (CMR) 6.20/0.1; 11 J Mbumi Nkouindjin (CMR) 6.18/0.3; - S Proctor (ENG) NM. A: 1 M Ngo Ngoa (CMR) 6.52/0.2; 2 S Proctor (ENG) 6.51/0.3; 3 M Gayen (AUS) 6.34/0.4; 4 R Camilleri (MLT) 6.31/0.9; 5 E Brume (NGR) 6.29/0.5; 6 S Warnock (SCO) 6.22/-0.1; 7 T Myers (BAH) 6.14/0.2; 8 M M. Devassya Johny (IND) 6.11/0.1; 9 G Musyoki (KEN) 6.04/0.1; 10 E Christofi (CYP) 5.87/0.4; 11 R Meade (AIA) 5.75/0.1; - A Harris (ANT) NM. B: 1 B Stuart (BAH) 6.67; 2 C Malone (IVB) 6.55; 3 C Nettey (CAN) 6.47; 4 J Sawyers (ENG) 6.39; 5 N Panayi (CYP) 6.36; 6 J Mbumi Nkouindjin (CMR) 6.30; 7 L Ugen (ENG) 6.30; 8 J Jarrett (JAM) 6.24; 9 J Nimmo (SCO) 6.23; 10 J Penney (AUS) 6.14; 11 E Dadzie (GHA) 6.12; 12 A King (BER) 6.02; 13 A Alexander (TTO) 5.77.

RESULTS

Boyd reigns in the rain Brume sweeps rivals asideWomen’s long jump

Shara Proctor: injury forced her to

withdraw after just the one jump

Christabel Nettey: third place in a tight contest

Ese Brume: 18-year-old took gold in absence

of fellow Nigerian Blessing Okagbare

Jazmin Sawyers: delight for English

athlete as she took bronze with 6.54m

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FAVOURITE Kimberly Williams took gold, but she was given an unexpectedly close run by England’s Laura Samuel, who

took her first major senior medal.Williams, who led the

Commonwealth rankings with 14.62m, took a first-round lead with 14.11m.

Samuel responded in round two by adding more than half a metre to her season’s best with 14.09m.

As Trinidad and Tobago’s Ayannna Alexander jumped 14.01m to lie third, the positions ahead remained unchanged, although the Jamaican extended her margin of victory with 14.21m on the final jump of the competition.

In an event which has not been the strongest for Britain in recent years, Samuel became the first Briton other than former Cuban and Sudanese Yamila Aldama to jump over 14 metres since 1999.

Going to third on the UK all-time list, also behind American-born national record-holder Ashia Hansen, Williams is now the best British-born jumper of all-time apart from Fiona May. The retired former world long jump

champion has gone further in the triple jump, although not since 1999, by which time she was competing for Italy.

Samuel’s personal best was 13.75m, which dated back to 2010 and she beat that again with her last-round leap of 13.98m.

For the Leicester-born Birchfield Harrier it represented quite some turnaround in 2014. This season she did not leap over 13.50m until her 13.58m at the British Championships where she placed second. At the time she was not even sure she would be selected for Glasgow.

Samuel said: “I didn’t expect to win a medal. To make the final was my main aim. I was just giving it my all to jump the best I’ve ever jumped, at the Commonwealth Games.

“I couldn’t believe it. I kept

looking up thinking, ‘is that really next to my name?’ “Then after that my run-up started to fail a bit. My jumps weren’t bad – I just wasn’t getting them in.”

Samuel has been a great prospect since 2010 when she improved her best from 12.98m to set a national junior record 13.75m and win the world junior title.

“The last couple of years I’ve been trying to get over that 14-metre mark and to finally have done it here at the right time is great,” she said.

“To get a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games is going to give me loads of confidence for the future.”

The Commonwealths were the first championships since the 2010 World Juniors that Samuel had made.

“I always think of myself as a championship performer but it’s always been quite hard to get into championships,” she said.

Aldama, the 2012 world indoor champion, had been expected to be the best challenger from the home nations, but injury problems surfaced as so often for her in the past 24 months.

Aldama went through to the final with a below-par 13.29m, but sustained a hamstring injury in the process and did not show up for the final.

England’s Chioma Matthews, the British Championships bronze medallist and former England netball medallist at the Games, was the other athlete from the home countries to make it through to the final. She set a season’s best of 13.46m.



Women’s triple jump

Samuel’s surprise silver

Women: TJ: 1 K Williams (JAM) 14.21; 2 L Samuel (ENG) 14.09; 3 A Alexander (TTO) 14.01; 4 S Thomas (JAM) 13.85; 5 L Leverton (AUS) 13.69; 6 E Pettitt (AUS) 13.54; 7 J Mbumi Nkouindjin (CMR) 13.48; 8 C Matthews (ENG) 13.46; 9 M Boateng (GHA) 13.00; 10 N Eke (GHA) 12.98; 11 T Lafond (DMA) 12.64; - Y Aldama (ENG, W40) DNS. A: 1 K Williams (JAM) 13.94/-0.2; 2 A Alexander (TTO) 13.78/0.3; 3 L Samuel (ENG) 13.54/-0.1; 4 J Mbumi Nkouindjin (CMR) 13.40/0.1; 5 E Pettitt (AUS) 13.34/0.1; 6 M Boateng (GHA) 13.07/0.6; 7 T Myers (BAH) 12.87/-0.3; 8 S Tsoaeli (LES) 12.53/0.5; 9 R Sare (MLT) 12.26/0.0. B: 1 L Leverton (AUS) 13.48/-0.4; 2 Y Aldama (ENG, W40) 13.29/-0.6; 3 S Thomas (JAM) 13.27/0.2; 4 T Lafond (DMA) 13.15/0.6; 5 C Matthews (ENG) 13.14/0.5; 6 N Eke (GHA) 13.14/-0.7; 7 E Christofi (CYP) 12.84/0.0; 8 L Sechele (LES) 12.33/0.0; 9 M Ngono Zibi (CMR) 12.23/-0.3.

RESULTS

Kimberly Williams: lived up to billing as favourite with 14.21m winning leap

Laura Samuel: unexpectedsilver medal

Ayanna Alexander: bronze for Trinidad &

Tobago

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IT WAS appropriate that New Zealand’s 600th Commonwealth medal was won by one of their most successful ever sports stars. It was gold in colour for Valerie Adams and it would have been probably the biggest shock in Commonwealth history had she not won.

Taking her third straight title, Adams, who won silver at the 2002 Commonwealths, notched up a 54th consecutive win, although she was uncharacteristally below 20 metres with 19.88m.

Her best friend on the tour, Cleopatra Borel of Trinidad and Tobago, was the last athlete from the Commonwealth to beat her. That was in 2004 and here the 34-year-old took a silver medal with 18.57m that looked just as certain as Adams’ gold. She has now won three silver and one bronze Commonwealth medals.

The only medal whose destination was in doubt before the competition was the bronze, at which British athletes had an outside chance.

However, Canada’s Julia Labonte beat her season’s best 17.58m, which would have been

too much of an advance for England’s Rachel Wallader, who added seven centimetres to her PB with 16.83m for fourth.

Next were England’s Sophie McKinna and Eden Francis with 16.59m and 16.57m respectively.

Scotland’s Kirsty Yates set a PB of 16.42 for eighth, while compatriot Alison Rodger was 10th with 14.76m.

Despite winning with a distance which only one other athlete in the world this year has thrown, Adams admitted to feeling “flat”. Only three times during her winning streak stretching back to 2010 has her winning throw been shorter.

“I was a bit flat, but the aim was to come and win. I wanted more but hey, c’est la vie, I won by 1.30m. I’m pretty happy to get this [medal] home.”

Despite talking afterwards about winning as the “goal”, it is diffi cult to see what motivates Adams when she is so far out in front of the rest. Indeed, if you take drug cheats out of the equation, she would be unbeaten in 104 competitions since 2005.

“My country motivates me,” said Adams, who has won two Olympic gold and four world outdoor titles. “I come from a very small country and track

and fi eld is very dominated by Eastern European countries, especially the throws.”

Alluding to coming back from an operation last autumn, she added: “I’ve had to work hard to be at the top this year – it’s been a challenge physically for me.”

Her coach, Jean-Pierre Egger, said Adams had been technically good in Glasgow, but that her energy levels were low. He added: “Where Valerie competes, there is very, very little between a good throw and a very good throw. Sometimes every single thing is not 100%. But it is true that if you are one of the other throwers, you will be very pleased to have a distance she throws.”

Adams, who visited Glasgow when she was 14 and on a training camp for the 1999 World Youth Championships, had three other valid throws over 19 metres.

Adams not bothered by odd scheduling, see News



Women: SP: 1 V Adams (NZL) 19.88; 2 C Borel (TTO) 18.57; 3 J Labonte (CAN) 17.58; 4 R Wallader (ENG) 16.83; 5 S McKinna (ENG) 16.59; 6 E Francis (ENG) 16.57; 7 A Dongmo Mekemnang (CMR) 16.50; 8 K Yates (SCO) 16.42; 9 N Okwelogu (NGR) 15.13; 10 A Rodger (SCO) 14.76; 11 K Mulhall (AUS) 14.55; - A Alexander (TTO) NM.

RESULTS

Samuel’s surprise silver ‘Flat’ Adams takes third titleWomen’s shot

Cleopatra Borel: solid silver

Rachel Wallader: PB in fourth

Valerie Adams: simply the best,

even when not on top form

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DANI SAMUELS proved herself a class apart with victory thanks to a throw of 64.88m.

The 2009 world champion was three metres clear of India’s Seema Punia, whose 61.61m in round five moved her ahead of England’s Jade Lally for the silver.

Lally’s consistent series included a 60.48m – her third best-ever mark – in round five.

Having won the world youth and then world junior titles in 2005 and 2006, Samuels was the surprise 2009 world champion. She advanced her PB the following year to 65.84m but only this year has she improved on that. Now world No.2 behind Sandra Perkovic, the 2006 Commonwealth bronze medallist said: “I feel fantastic, so proud and so happy to get my first Commonwealth Games gold medal. The crowd is amazing and there’s so many Australian flags and faces and uniforms out there.

“Something I’ve been working on this year is consistency

and it’s important coming into championships.”

This was Punia’s third medal following silver in 2006 and bronze in 2010.

Like 800m runner Lynsey

Sharp on the same day, Lally bounced back remarkably from illness the night before.

Explaining how she ended up in the athletes’ village hospital, she said: “I had some weird stomach thing. I let myself get too hungry and then it started playing havoc. I felt faint, sick and I couldn’t get up and I was offered a wheelchair! It was all very embarrassing.

“Training’s been going quite well recently and with that potential setback last night and then to carry on anyway, it’s good news.”

Lally, who went into the competition with a season’s best of 58.25m, said of her expectations: “The gold was pretty wrapped up. Dani was amazing. No one was going to touch her. Second looked doable but it would take a good throw and then Seema came along and pushed me out anyway, but then I’m really happy with bronze.

Illness was not the only problem for Lally, who this year

had the first injury of her career – albeit one that only provided a minor setback.

Lally admitted that after going on a lap of honour she felt awkward.

“I felt almost like an intruder going around the track. I thought this is weird but I will have to keep doing it and not feeling strange at going around the track,” said the Shaftesbury Barnet Harrier, who was sixth in Delhi.

She said she had been helped psychologically by reading the book Inner Game of Tennis. She said: “As you get a bit better, you get more people applying pressure on you, whether they mean to or not and then it’s just how you deal with that pressure and then today I just thought, ‘I’m going to do what I do’ because I know I’ve been doing that quite well recently.”



Women’s discus

Samuels top of the tree

Women: DT: 1 D Samuels (AUS) 64.88; 2 S Punia (IND) 61.61; 3 J Lally (ENG) 60.48; 4 S Hakeai (NZL) 58.67; 5 K Poonia (IND) 57.84; 6 K Knibb (JAM) 57.39; 7 E Francis (ENG) 55.80; 8 D Thomas (JAM) 55.02; 9 T Gollshewsky (AUS) 53.04; 10 C Chamberlain (AUS) 52.61; 11 K Law (SCO) 52.33; 12 J Labonte (CAN) 52.30. q: 1 D Samuels (AUS) 64.53; 2 S Punia (IND) 58.44; 3 T Gollshewsky (AUS) 58.24; 4 S Hakeai (NZL) 57.19; 5 J Lally (ENG) 57.13; 6 K Knibb (JAM) 56.64; 7 E Francis (ENG) 55.05; 8 K Law (SCO) 54.68; 9 D Thomas (JAM) 54.32; 10 C Chamberlain (AUS) 52.46; 11 K Poonia (IND) 51.36; 12 J Labonte (CAN) 50.32; 13 A Lada (CYP) 49.78; 14 S Duquemin (JEY) 48.77; 15 A Alexander (TTO) 47.73; 16 J Agawu (GHA) 41.79.

RESULTS

Seema Punia: earned third discus medal at the Commonwealth Games

Dani Samuels: Australia’s former world champion dominated the event

Jade Lally: hospitalised on eve of final

and offered wheelchair but won silver

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AUSTRALIA’S Kim Mickle reversed the top two positions from Delhi as she beat South Africa’s Sunette

Viljoen, while England’s Goldie Sayers was a below-par seventh.

Mickle broke the Games record with her fi rst-round 62.97m. She then went further in the second with 65.96m, which only compatriot Kathryn Mitchell in the fi eld had exceeded this year.

Three of the four best distances of the competition came in the last four throws.

Mitchell, in fourth, stayed outside the medals despite improving to 62.59m.

Australia’s Kelsey-Lee Roberts then improved to 62.95m but stayed in third and Viljoen took her best to 63.19m.

Sayers has been back near her best this season after her UK record of 66.17m in 2012 was followed by a series of injury nightmares.

However, she was more than fi ve metres down on her season’s best with just 57.68m.

Curiously, it seem Sayers’ fi tness may well have been too good.

“I’ve never felt so good for six rounds ever,” she said. “Every bit of me has felt very diff erent today to what I’ve been used to (recently),” she tried to explain.

“Unfortunately I’ve not been able to train with the body I’ve had today for two years so every throw was diff erent. I’d change one tiny thing and the rest would go. The javelin is like trying to hit a perfect golf drive off a 25-yard run-up. I’ve hardly done any training off a long run-up.

“Because I’m not six foot and as strong as an ox, the timing has to be perfect,” she said. “It’s just timing and it’s fractional – you either throw 57m or 67m and there was never going to be a middle ground today.”

One year ago Sayers did not think she would pick up a javelin ever again, but now she looks forward to putting things right at the European Championships next month.

“If I feel like I felt today and

just line things up I could throw a PB,” she said looking forward to Zurich.

England’s Izzy Jeff s was ninth – four places higher than in Delhi – with 53.77m, which is fi ve metres down on her best.

“It’s about a season’s average so I’m not distraught with the result, but I’m defi nitely disappointed that I didn’t do so much better,” she said. “I was in shape, like PB shape.”

Freya Jones, the UK under-15 record-holder, was 10th with 51.36m.

“I was a bit disappointed,” said the US-based thrower. “My preparation wasn’t as good as I expected as I’ve had a really bad back.”

The 20-year-old is focusing on the European Under-23 Championships next year and said: “I’m going back to America in the next couple of days so I can go back to training and next year I can get over the big 60.”



Samuels top of the tree Mickle takes javelin top spotWomen’s javelin

Women: JT: 1 K Mickle (AUS) 65.96; 2 S Viljoen (RSA) 63.19; 3 K Roberts (AUS) 62.95; 4 K Mitchell (AUS) 62.59; 5 L Gleadle (CAN) 60.69; 6 N Babaranda Liyanage (SRI) 59.04; 7 G Sayers (ENG) 57.68; 8 A Rani (IND) 56.37; 9 I Jeffs (ENG) 53.77; 10 F Jones (ENG) 51.36; 11 M Narteh (GHA) 48.23; 12 J Rosun (MRI) 47.39.

RESULTS

Kim Mickle: turned the tables on defending

champion Sunette Viljoen

Sunette Viljoen: 2006 and 2010 winner fi nished second on this occasion

Goldie Sayers: felt fi t and strong but timing was askew as she wound up seventh

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CANADA secured a heptathlon one-two as well as a multi-event double as Brianne Theisen-Eaton beat

team-mate Jessica Zelinka to join decathlete Damian Warner in winning a first senior global gold, while Jessica Taylor added to England’s medal tally with a PB for bronze.

In the absence of world No.1 Katarina Johnson-Thompson, who was forced to withdraw from the England team through injury, world silver medallist Theisen-Eaton was the favourite, fresh from having set a national record of 6641 points in finishing behind the Briton at the prestigious Hypo Meeting in Gotzis in June.

It was Zelinka who got her campaign off to the strongest start, though, as she clocked 12.83 assisted by a 1.5 m/sec wind in the 100m hurdles. Her mark is a Games best for this discipline in the multi-event competition, beating the 13.07 run by England’s Clova Court in 1994, and was worth 1150 points. Behind her, Theisen-Eaton ran 13.18 as Taylor went sub-14 seconds for the first time with 13.81 behind team-mate Jessica Tappin with 13.51.

Theisen-Eaton leapt into the lead following the next event

– the high jump – though, and there she stayed. With a best clearance of 1.84m, she beat the likes of 1.75m trio England’s Grace Clements, Saint Lucia’s Makeba Alcide and Taylor, for whom the mark was another personal best, and after 13.71m to win the shot and 23.41 to win the 200m the Canadian led by 195 points from Zelinka overnight. Taylor sat third with 3520 points after four events, having dropped to fourth following her best of 11.95m in the shot, while Tappin was fifth on 3458 and 2010

bronze medallist Clements eighth on 3232.

Theisen-Eaton continued her winning ways into day two as she managed a best of 6.44m aided by a 1.7m/sec wind in the long jump as Taylor set her third PB of the competition with 6.16m aided by a 2.0m/sec wind. Before this year, the 26-year-old had not broken six metres for the discipline and in 2013 she was only the sixth-best ranked heptathlete in the UK.

Zelinka threw the javelin furthest with 44.90m as Salcia

Slack of Jamaica was next best, her 44.48m more than a metre further than Theisen-Eaton could manage.

But the Canadian sealed her victory with a win in the final event, the 800m, as she clocked 2:11.46 to beat Zelinka by 0.08, the pair recording points totals of 6597 and 6270 respectively. Theisen-Eaton’s tally is the highest scored at the Games since Australian Jane Flemming’s Games record 6695 from 1990.

Tappin ran a PB of 2:11.65 in third as Taylor beat Slack –



Women’s heptathlon

Jessica Zelinka: best in the javelin with 44.90m

Brianne Theisen-Eaton: second after a 13.18 hurdles

Canadians dominate

Brianne Theisen-Eaton:clear winner with 6597

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2:17.59 for sixth to 2:20.21 for seventh – to bag the bronze with a 5826-point personal best. Australia’s Sophie Stanwell came through for fourth as Slack fi nished fi fth. A total of 5695 secured Tappin sixth ahead of

Clements with 5512.“This is just the best,” said

Theisen-Eaton, whose husband – the decathlon world record-holder Ashton – was supporting her in the crowd. “I mean, silver is great, but obviously I wanted

to get a gold at some point in my career. So this just feels really good. I’ve been stalking silver for a while.”

On having her husband in the crowd, she added: “He always has words of encouragement, but the good thing about having him here is that my coach gives me the technical cues and Ashton will just call me over and try to fi re me up. It’s sometimes hard to fi re yourself up, but he just knows how to do it, kind of like the athlete’s side of it.”

On her bronze medal-winning performance, Taylor said: “It came as a massive shock. I’m so happy and so proud to have done so well. I think I’ve been smiling the whole way through. It’s been amazing.”

The Sale Harrier explained after collecting her medal how the Commonwealth Games had not even been on her radar at the start of the year. “We actually bought tickets to come and watch,” she said, “and now my cousin has taken my seat.”



Women: Hep: 1 B Theisen-Eaton (CAN) 6597 (13.18, 1.84, 13.71, 23.41, 6.44/0.7, 43.13, 2:11.46); 2 J Zelinka (CAN) 6270 (12.83, 1.69, 13.65, 24.00, 5.91/-2.2, 44.90, 2:11.54); 3 J Taylor (ENG) 5826 (13.81, 1.75, 11.95, 24.42, 6.16/0.0, 33.89, 2:17.59); 4 S Stanwell (AUS) 5754 (14.18, 1.69, 11.96, 24.35, 5.99/-1.0, 36.77, 2:14.28); 5 S Slack (JAM) 5718 (14.34, 1.63, 12.82, 24.67, 5.87/-1.5, 44.48, 2:20.21); 6 J Tappin (ENG) 5695 (13.51, 1.69, 11.92, 24.74, 5.46/0.8, 36.91, 2:11.65); 7 G Clements (ENG) 5512 (14.54, 1.75, 12.66, 27.04, 5.80/0.5, 41.97, 2:22.80); 8 S Smith (BER) 5187 (14.95, 1.54, 11.83, 25.23, 5.24/0.9, 38.24, 2:14.73); 9 K Sealy (BIZ) 4661 (15.61, 1.69, 10.20, 27.37, 5.36/0.5, 34.99, 2:37.61); 10 A Oyono Oyono (CMR) 4048 (16.88, 1.54, 11.03, 26.61, 4.99/0.4, 20.68, 2:40.13); 11 D Kentish-Rogers (AIA) 3633 (15.49, 1.57, 9.27, 26.44, 5.15/-0.5, 21.25, DNF); - M Alcide (LCA) DNF (13.87, 1.75, 12.19, 25.05, 5.36/0.0, DNS, DNS).

RESULTS

English trio Grace Clements (seventh), Jessica Taylor (third) and Jessica Tappin (sixth)Canadians dominate

Jessica Taylor: 33.89m javelin made bronze likely

Brianne Theisen-Eaton: favourite after Katarina Johnson-Thompson’s withdrawal

Jessica Tappin: 36.91m in the javelin

Grace Clements: scored 5512

Glasgow 2014 medallists: Jessica Zelinka, Brianne Theisen-Eaton and Jessica Taylor

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JAMAICA may have not won any women’s sprint golds and were overshadowed by the English sprinters in the 200m,

but they were huge favourites for the relay. Fielding a squad of Kerron Stewart, Veronica Campbell-Brown , Schillonie Calvert and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, their only dangers were the changeovers and, with slick passing, they won by 10 metres and sped to a 41.83 world lead and Games record despite the wet conditions.

Double Olympic champion Fraser-Pryce, who missed the individual events, anchored them in style. She said: “I love the adrenaline and the rush.”

Nigeria were in contact with them at halfway as sprint champion Blessing Okagbare blazed down the backstraight and they came home a clear second with England not really fulfi lling their potential.

After the heats, where England narrowly avoided disqualifi cation on the fi nal baton change between Louise Bloor and Ashleigh Nelson as the latter went off too early, England

changed their team around and brought in Bianca Williams and namesake Jodie. After a strong start from Asha Philip they were always in a medal position and Ashleigh Nelson closed on the Nigerians on the fi nal leg and

fi nished two metres ahead of Canada.

Nelson said: “I’m so happy to get a bronze medal. I kind of like being tucked away on the back straight but I was given a job to do and I did it. The girls made it so easy. I think women’s sprinting is going to start getting the recognition it deserves because we’ve got a lot of up-and-coming talent.”

Jodie Williams said: “I’m so proud of these girls.”

Wales, reinstated, following their disqualifi cation appeal in the heats, excelled to take seventh place in a 44.51 national record.



Women’s 4x100m relay

Favourites break record

Women: 4x100: 1 JAM (K Stewart, V Campbell-Brown, S Calvert, S Fraser-Pryce) 41.83; 2 NGR 42.92; 3 ENG (A Philip, B Williams, J Williams, A Nelson) 43.10; 4 CAN 43.33; 5 AUS 44.21; 6 BAH 44.25; 7 WAL (H Brier, H Thomas, M Moore, R Johncock) 44.51; 8 TTO 44.78. Ht1: 1 NGR 44.13; 2 AUS 44.45; 3 TTO 44.47; 4 BAH 44.50; 5 IND 44.81; 6 MLT 46.75; - GHA DQ. Ht2: 1 JAM 42.44; 2 ENG 43.33; 3 CAN 43.66; 4 WAL 44.66; 5 KEN 46.00; 6 SIN 46.84.

RESULTS

Happy medallists: Asha Philip, Bianca Williams, Jodie Williams and Ashleigh Nelson

The Jamaicans took gold easily despite not having any individual sprint champions

On their fi nal baton change in the heats, Ashleigh Nelson went off too fast for England and had to check her speed

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SURPRISINGLY Jamaica had never previously won Commonwealth gold in this event, but it seemed

a foregone conclusion after they had a clean sweep in the individual event.

Nigeria, who only had one 400m fi nalist, gave them a good race though.

On the opening leg, Jamaica’s Christine Day’s 51.3 was clearly ahead of Nigeria’s Patience George (51.7).

With Christine Ohuruogu on the opening leg, England might have hoped to have been closer but the world champion fi nished strongly and her 52.1 put her a clear third ahead of Australia (52.5), who were the only other team likely to challenge for the medals.

Novlene Williams-Mills’ 50.6 leg kept Jamaica (1:41.97) ahead at the halfway stage, while a 50.8 leg from Regina George moved Nigeria (1:42.58) away from England (1:43.69) and Shana Cox’s 51.5 brought them further clear of Australia (1:44.87).

On their weakest leg, Anastasia Le Roy ran 51.52 and suddenly Jamaica (2:33.49) were under

pressure from Nigeria (2:33.64), thanks to a fi ne 51.06 leg from Ada Benjamin.

Kelly Massey’s 51.83 further strengthened England’s (2:35.52) hold on the bronze with Australia (2:37.36) by then almost two seconds in arrears.

On the fi nal leg, Folashade Abugan chased the individual champion Stephanie McPherson

and held on for 300m but couldn’t match her fi nishing drive and clocked 51.07 to the Jamaican’s 50.33, which was the fastest overall of the race.

Jamaica broke the Games record with their 3:23.82.

Day, who won the individual bronze medal said: “It was a nice feeling especially to get a championship record and everything went to plan with smooth passes.”

Running in isolation, Anyika Onoura’s 51.72 opened the gap on Australia to more than three seconds in a poor-quality race that saw just the medallists break 3:30.

Cox said: “There was this big roar and a great energy that pushed us on.”

Ohuruogu said:”It was good and fun but it was tough. Jamaica made us anxious but it doesn’t matter as we always turn up with the right attitude and approach.”

Onoura, who just missed a medal in the 200m, stated: “It was scary bringing it home for the girls.”

England were almost as fast in the heats as Emily Diamond (52.5), Cox (50.8), Margaret Adeoye (52.86) and Ohuruogu (51.54) combined for 3:27.88, which is a record at these Games for a heat.

Scotland curiously rested Eilidh Child from the heats and then failed to make the fi nal.

Kirsten McAslan (53.6), Diane Ramsey (52.8) and Gemma Nicol (52.7) put them into contention.

However, Zoey Clark became overexcited by the atmosphere, was far too aggressive and after a fast fi rst 200m, slowed badly and lost two places down the home straight. Her painful 54.72 saw them fourth and they missed out on a fastest loser spot by 0.24 seconds.



Jamaica take expected winWomen’s 4x400m relay

Women: 4x400: 1 JAM (C Day 51.3, N Williams-Mills 50.6, A Le-Roy 51.52, S McPherson 50.33) 3:23.82; 2 NGR 3:24.71; 3 ENG (C Ohuruogu 52.1, S Cox 51.6, K Massey 51.83, A Onuora 51.72) 3:27.24; 4 AUS 3:30.27; 5 CAN 3:32.45; 6 TTO 3:33.50; 7 BAH 3:34.86; - IND DQ. Ht1: 1 JAM 3:28.29; 2 AUS 3:32.40; 3 TTO 3:33.26; 4 SCO 3:33.91; 5 KEN 3:37.45; 6 PNG 3:46.26. Ht2: 1 ENG 3:27.88; 2 NGR 3:28.28; 3 CAN 3:31.02; 4 BAH 3:31.91; 5 IND 3:33.67; 6 NZL 3:34.62

RESULTS

Stephenie McPherson (right) held off Folashade Abugan on the last leg

England quartet: Shana Cox, Kelly Massey, Christine Ohuruogu and Anyika Onuora

With the top three from the individual 400m, the Jamaicans turned out to be easy winners from Nigeria and England

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RACING through heavy rain on the fi fth day of the athletics programme, Angela Ballard of Australia

took gold as she outsprinted Diane Roy of Canada with Jade Jones of England third. Beating the reigning champion from four years earlier in Delhi, Ballard timed her fi nal attack to perfection to clock 3:59.20.

A cagey race saw the racers go through 400m in 68 and 800m in 2:14, but things began to speed up at the bell as 2010 winner Roy and Ballard broke clear. Around the fi nal bend, Roy pushed the pace from the front but Ballard pulled out into the home straight and came past with 40m to go with a 56.7 last lap in the puddles.

“Diane was smart,” said Ballard. “By leading she was getting the wet off the track but not from the chairs in front of her. So when I was behind her, it kind of felt like I was snorkelling.”

Roy said: “It was hard being in front all that time, but when it

rains and you are behind you get a lot of water thrown up.”

Ballard, 32, who began wheelchair racing after sustaining injuries in a car accident in 1989, said: “Midway through the race I was boxed in. But because of the wet weather and the degrees in

which people push well in that, it worked out for me.”

On the crowd, she added: “Only London 2012 can compare.”

In third, Jones was delighted to make the podium. The 18-year-old said: “It’s very unexpected. I can’t quite believe it. This is a really good building block to progress from.”



Women’s T54 1500m

Ballard thrives in the rain

Women: Wheelchair 1500: T54: 1 A Ballard (AUS) 3:59.20; 2 D Roy (CAN) 3:59.55; 3 J Jones (ENG, U20) 4:00.19; 4 C Dawes (AUS) 4:03.43; 5 S Kinghorn (SCO) 4:03.95; 6 S Woods (ENG) 4:06.26; 7 M Dawson-Farrell (SCO) 4:07.86; 8 A Fordjour (GHA) 4:11.29; 9 L Rowles (ENG, U17) 4:11.34; 10 A Mohammed (GHA) 4:30.99. T54 h1: 1 D Roy (CAN, W40) 3:52.83; 2 C Dawes (AUS) 3:53.07; 3 J Jones (ENG, U20) 3:53.37; 4 M Dawson-Farrell (SCO) 3:58.78; 5 A Fordjour (GHA) 4:21.24; 6 B Frimpong (GHA) 4:21.58; 7 C Wanjira (KEN) 5:01.89. T54 h2: 1 S Woods (ENG) 4:00.82; 2 A Ballard (AUS) 4:01.69; 3 S Kinghorn (SCO, U20) 4:03.41; 4 A Mohammed (GHA) 4:05.04; 5 L Rowles (ENG, U17) 4:08.99; 6 E Otieno (KEN) 4:53.65; 7 R Alar (KEN) 4:53.93.

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European Championships, Zurich, August 12-17Preview

MenSprints and hurdlesTWO ATHLETES in Europe have gone below 10 seconds for the 100m this season, but only one is set to start in Zurich, as Britain did not select 9.96 man Chijindu Ujah, although he is named in the fi nal entries as a reserve. This leaves Frenchman Jimmy Vicaut as the likely favourite to add the 100m crown to the 60m title he won at the European Indoors last March. However, the result is not clear cut.

James Dasaolu may have started his season late due to injury, but he has already peppered the 10-second mark on several occasions this year and with a 9.91 to his name from 2013, last year’s World Championships fi nalist could well be saving his peak for Zurich.

With the fourth man in the rankings, Adam Gemili, focusing on the 200m in Zurich, Dwain Chambers and Harry Aikines-Aryeetey will make up the GB trio. Fresh from a 10.05 national record at the German national Championships, Julian Reus will also be in the running, while

Norway’s 2012 bronze medallist Jaysuma Saidy Ndure cannot be ruled out.

The 200m looks equally exciting, with Commonwealth 100m silver medallist and 19.98 man Gemili leading a strong British charge that also includes the in-form Danny Talbot and James Ellington. The 2011 world bronze medallist Christophe Lemaitre is the fastest in Europe on paper in 2014 with a 20.08 clocking to his name. Others likely to feature include Ukrainan Serhiy Smelyk and 2012 champion Churandy Martina of Netherlands, although he has not been at his best so far in 2014.

Pavel Maslák heads the European 400m rankings but he will miss the opportunity to defend his title through injury. Second in the rankings is new kid on the block Matthew Hudson-Smith, who clocked a big PB to dip under 45 seconds at the Sainsbury’s Glasgow Grand Prix last month and anchored England to 4x400m gold at the Commonwealth Games. The ever-consistent Borleé brothers, Polish athlete Jakub Krzewina and

GB’s Martyn Rooney, who has clocked 45.03 this season, are also due to start. Conrad Williams is the third British athlete entered.

Fresh from his 12.95 national record in Monaco, Pascal Martinot-Lagarde is the fastest in the sprint hurdles fi eld, but 2012 champion Sergey Shubenkov will be waiting in the wings if the Frenchman is to put a foot wrong. Great Britain’s William Sharman, fresh from a Commonwealth silver, will be hoping to add a European medal to his collection and will be joined by former European champion Andy Turner and Lawrence Clarke.

Niall Flannery ran 48.80 in June to sit second on the 400m hurdles rankings and could get among the medals. Three others - Rasmus Mägi, Thomas Barr and Denis Kudryavtsev - have gone under 49 seconds, Mägi’s 48.77 Estonian record from the beginning of this month topping the season’s list. Having been unable to meet the qualifying mark, Dai Greene has been replaced by Seb Rodger, while Tom Burton is the third British athlete having enjoyed a big improvement this year.

Middle and long distancesFRESH from a 1:42.53 French record, Pierre-Ambroise Bosse starts as one of the biggest favourites in the 800m, over a second and a half clear of his nearest rival. However, championship middle distance events rarely go to the formbook and the experienced Polish duo of 2010 champion Marcin Lewandowski and twice European indoor champion Adam Kszczot will likely pose a threat. Britain’s Andrew Osagie and Michael

Swiss timingNO SOONER HAVE YOU CAUGHT YOUR BREATH FROM GLASGOW THAN ANOTHER MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIPS IS DUE TO STARTPreviews: Emily Moss (men)

& Steven Mills (women)

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Adam Gemili: 200m

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UK champion Dwain Chambers (right) and Harry Aikines-Aryeetey (left) lead the British sprint challenge

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Rimmer will also be to the fore if they run to their best.

Norwegian Henrik Ingebrigtsen, German Homiyu Tesfaye and Turkish Ilham Tanui Özbilen are well clear at the top of the 1500m rankings, but Great Britain’s trio of Chris O’Hare, Jake Wightman and Charlie Grice are all in PB form and with respective 3:35 clockings to their names this season, are in the perfect position to step up and make their mark and could certainly be in the reckoning if they race well.

Although there are question marks over his fi tness, double Olympic champion Mo Farah will start as favourite in both 5000m and 10,000m, should he take to the startline. If Andy Vernon can re-fi nd his early season form, he could be a contender, whilst Belgian Bashir Abdi, German Arne Gabius and Italian Daniele Meucci will be threats in the longer event. Tom Farrell is the third Briton in the 5000m and is in good form, having clocked one second outside his season’s best at the Commonwealth Games. 2012 silver medallist Chris Thompson is entered for the 25-lap event and cannot be ruled out, but has raced sparingly on the track this summer after having made a successful debut in the marathon earlier this year.

JumpsIN A year when men’s high jumping has scaled new heights, this event looks likely to be a thrilling contest, with 2013 world champion Bogdan Bondarenko, Olympic Champion Ivan Ukhov and world indoor bronze medallist Andriy Protsenko all over 2.40m this year. Britain is represented by Chris Baker, who just missed out on bronze at the Commonwealth Games.

Although he is yet to scale the heights that saw him achieve a world record of 6.16m indoors, Renaud Lavillenie starts as a strong favourite to take his third successive European pole vault title. Piotr Lisek has a best of 5.82m outdoors this year, 2011 world champion Pawel Wojciechowski

is also in good form and Germany post a strong trio. Commonwealth Champion Steve Lewis will have to be close to his season’s best of 5.70m to make an impact and will be joined by Commonwealth silver medallist Luke Cutts and the much-improved Scot Jax Thoirs.

Olympic champion Greg Rutherford will hope to add another major title to his name and tops the long jump entry list courtesy of his 8.51m British record from early in the season. Germany’s Christian Reif has been in good form and should be there or thereabouts, boasting a season’s best only 2cm shy of Rutherford. Other contenders include Greek Loúis Tsátoumas and Frenchman Salim Sdiri. Chris Tomlinson and JJ Jegede will also be hoping to make an impact.

With Phillips Idowu far from his best form, the triple jump looks wide open, with Lyukman Adams, Yoann Rapinier, Benjamin

Compaoré and Aleksey Fyodorov all over 17m. Nelson Evora and 2012 Olympic bronze medallist Fabrizio Donato cannot be ruled out due to past accomplishments, but are also yet to break 17m this season. Julian Reid is the only other British competitor.

ThrowsSADLY, Britain has no competitors in any of the throws disciplines. Having set a PB of 21.95m at the head of the rankings and having already proved himself as a championship performer, Germany’s David Storl starts as a strong favourite to defend his European shot title. Russia’s Aleksandr Lesnoy is also over 21m, as is Poland’s Tomasz Majewski, who can never be ruled out.

Having claimed silver behind his German rival at last year’s World Championships, Poland’s Piotr Malachowski occupies top spot in the discus rankings with his 69.28m from May. However, Robert Harting will still start as most people’s favourite, as he has won all of his competitions this year and boasts a season’s best of 68.47m.

Olympic champion Krisztián Pars and 2013 world champion Pawel Fajdek occupy the top two hammer spots in the European rankings. Over three metres clear of their nearest challenger, the duo look likely to be battling it out for supremacy.

The 2012 European champion Vítezslav Veselý heads the javelin rankings, but will face strong opposition from German Thomas Röhler, who beat Vesely at the Sainsbury’s Glasgow Grand Prix. With six other athletes over 85m this season, this event looks likely to be wide open.

DecathlonTHE European under-23 champion Kai Kazmirek from Germany heads the rankings on 8471 points and will hope he can step up to take his fi rst senior international title. His teammate Rico Freimuth and Frenchman Kevin Mayer take the next two spots, well clear of any other competitors and Mayer

will be hoping he can fi nally transfer his potential, which saw him win World Youth and World Junior titles in 2009 and 2010 respectively, into senior success. A large group of athletes sit in the 8100 points range, one of whom is Great Britain’s Ashley Bryant, who performed admirably at the Commonwealth Games to secure the silver medal and will be hoping he can enjoy another strong performance in Zurich and get among the top few.

WomenSprints and hurdlesDESPITE setting a national long jump record of 6.78m at the Dutch Championships, Dafne Schippers has put the multi-events on the back-burner for the time being to focus on the sprints in Zurich.

Schippers has always been noted for her sprinting ability, but she made a huge step up in Gotzis, improving from 22.69 to 22.35 at the end of the fi rst day of the heptathlon. She improved to 22.34 in Glasgow, and also broke Nelli Cooman’s 28-year-old national 100m record with 11.03 to win the ‘B’ race.

Not since 2006 when Joice Maduaka fi nished fourth in the 100m has a Brit made made a women’s sprint fi nal, but the current crop of sprinters will have aspirations beyond just making the fi nal eight.

Jodie Williams and Bianca Williams, ranked second and third over 200m in Europe respectively, will be brimming with confi dence

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post-Commonwealth Games, while world junior 100m champion Dina Asher-Smith, 18, will be looking to make her mark in her fi rst senior championship as an individual over 200m.

At the other end of the career spectrum, Christine Ohuruogu has admitted she’s having an easier year to recharge the batteries, but a last-minute qualifi er of 51.66 in Loughborough shows the world champion is in reasonable shape, and should feature in an event which hasn’t come alive continentally.

Italian champion Libiana Grenot is the only sub-51 runner in Europe this year, while the Russian duo of Tatyana Veshkurova and Kseniya Zadorina, 51.48 and 51.69 respectively in 2014, has to be one of the weakest ever Russian 400m teams for a major event.

Eilidh Child just missed out on the Commonwealth title but the world fi nalist should close in on the European title, assuming there is something left in the tank post-Glasgow. She leads the European rankings by quite a distance with 54.39 although world sixth placer Hanna Ryzhykova, fourth on the 2014 rankings with 55.00, had the beating of Child at the European Team Championships and Denisa Rosolova improved to 54.63 at the Czech Championships. World champion Zuzana Hejnova will not be competing.

The British team also has medal prospects in the 100m hurdles, which could boil down to a shootout between French record-holder Cindy Billaud and world bronze medallist Tiff any Porter.

Middle and long distancesTHE standout event will be the 1500m with Sifan Hassan from the Netherlands and Abeba Aregawi from Sweden going head to head. Aregawi was the most impressive in the earlier months, but Hassan has beaten Aregawi in their last two meetings, and the latter has also been struggling with a couple of minor injuries in recent weeks.

Laura Muir and Laura Weightman, ranked third and

fourth respectively in Europe, arrive in Zurich after mixed fortunes at the Commonwealth Games, with Russian champion Svetlana Karamasheva among the best of the rest in one of the strongest events of the championships.

The Russians do have a favourite over two laps through Olympic 800m bronze medallist Ekaterina Poistogova, while reigning champion Lynsey Sharp and Jess Judd are also part of a dwindling group of women with sub-2:00 season’s bests.

Hassan has also considered contesting the 5000m as well and, while she faded badly in a fast-paced race in Monaco, a slower championship race should be tailor-made for the 21-year-old, who pulled out a sub-60 fi nal lap to win the 3000m at the European Team Championships.

Jo Pavey and Julia Bleasdale, assuming the latter has recovered from a leg injury, will be in the hunt for medals over 5000m and 10,000m, while Emelia Gorecka is also ranked inside the top-fi ve in Europe over 5000m.

Pavey, who has never fi nished lower than fi fth in her three prior appearances at the European Championships, was only beaten

by Ana Dulce Felix from Portugal over 10,000m in Helsinki two years ago. Felix defends her title in Zurich, while Portugal’s long-distance team also includes Sara Moreira, who is a perennial contender at continental level.

World silver medallist Valeria Straneo from Italy will be the favourite in the marathon ahead of the very experienced Albina Mayorova, although her Russian team-mate Anisya Kirdyapkina is the favourite to claim her fi rst major championships title in the 20km walk.

In the steeplechase, Charlotte Fougberg from Sweden and Sandra Eriksson from Finland are the only two runners with sub-9:30 season’s bests.

JumpsDESPITE the absence of Olympic champion Anna Chicherova through injury, the high jump will still be one of the most keenly contested fi nals of the week, as seven women arrive with season’s bests in the 1.98-2.00m range.

With Chicherova absent, the Russians will be pinning their hopes on sole representative Mariya Kuchina, who has cleared 2.00m indoors and outdoors this

year. The teen prodigy will face a resurgent Blanka Vlasic, who has fi nished no lower than second in her six outdoor competitions this year. Can the Croat regain the title she won back in 2010?

The Polish duo of Justyna Kasprzycka and Kamila Licwinko, who tied Kuchina for the world indoor title in Sopot, are also in medal contention while Morgan Lake must be a shoo-in for the fi nal if she replicates her 1.94m form from the World Junior Championships.

The long jump is similarly competitive with fi ve centimetres separating the top seven-ranked jumpers in Europe. Darya Klishina, a two-time European champion indoors, has seldom produced this form outdoors but she comes fresh from winning the Russian title with 6.90m ahead of Anna Klyashtornaya (nee Nazarova), who jumped 6.93m in qualifying.

World indoor champion Eloyse Lesueur from France and world bronze medallist Ivana Spanovic from Serbia will also be in the medal hunt.

At full-fi tness, Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Shara Proctor would be confi dent of challenging for the podium but both of them are considerable fi tness doubts for Zurich.

Ekaterina Koneva from Russia starts as one of the most clear-cut favourites of the championships in the triple jump, while Lisa Ryzih from Germany, Ekaterini Stefanidi from Greece and Anzhelika

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Timetable – � nals onlyUK timings listed (Zurich is one hour ahead)

Tuesday August 1218:34 M Shot put19:20 W 10,000m

Wednesday August 138:20 M 20km walk18:51 M 10,000m19:00 W Long jump19:25 W 100m19:35 M Discus19:37 Decathlon 1500m20:34 W 100m hurdles20:50 M 100m

Thursday August 148:10 W 20km walk18:19 W Pole vault19:10 M Triple jump19:40 W Javelin19:45 M 3000m steeplechase20:50 M 110m hurdles

Friday August 158:00 M 50km walk17:50 M 400m18:10 W 400m18:25 W 1500m18:46 M High jump18:55 M 800m19:25 W 200m19:40 W Hammer19:52 M 400m hurdles20:15 Heptathlon 800m20:49 M 200m

Saturday August 168:00 W Marathon14:00 M Hammer14:03 M Pole vault15:05 W 800m15:40 W Triple jump15:45 W Discus16:15 W 400m hurdles16:40 W 5000m

Sunday August 178:00 M Marathon14:00 W Shot put14:05 M 1500m14:16 W High jump14:22 W 4x400m14:42 M 4x400m14:56 M Long jump15:08 W 3000m steeplechase15:11 M Javelin15:30 M 5000m16:05 M 4x100m16:22 W 4x100m

Men100m: Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, Dwain Chambers, James Dasaolu; 200m: James Ellington, Adam Gemili, Daniel Talbot; 400m: Matthew Hudson-Smith, Martyn Rooney, Conrad Williams; 800m: Andrew Osagie, Michael Rimmer; 1500m: Charlie Grice, Chris O’Hare, Jake Wightman; 5000m: Mo Farah, Tom Farrell, Andy Vernon; 10,000m: Farah, Chris Thompson, Vernon; 3000m SC: James Wilkinson; 110H: William Sharman, Lawrence Clarke, Andy Turner; 400H: Niall Flannery, Tom Burton, Seb Rodger; High jump: Chris Baker; Long jump: JJ Jegede, Greg Rutherford,

Chris Tomlinson; Triple jump: Phillips Idowu, Julian Reid; Pole vault: Steve Lewis, Luke Cutts, Jax Thoirs; Decathlon: Ashley Bryant; 20km walk: Tom Bosworth; 4x100m: Aikines-Aryeetey, Chambers, Dasaolu, Ellington, Talbot, Gemili, Richard Kilty, CJ Ujah; 4x400m: Michael Bingham, Hudson-Smith, Nigel Levine, Rooney, Williams, Rabah Yousif Women100m: Asha Philip, Ashleigh Nelson, Desiree Henry; 200m: Dina Asher-Smith, Bianca Williams, Jodie Williams; 400m: Christine Ohuruogu; 800m: Jessica Judd, Alison Leonard, Lynsey Sharp;

1500m: Hannah England, Laura Muir, Laura Weightman; 5000m: Julia Bleasdale, Emelia Gorecka, Jo Pavey; 10,000m: Jo Pavey, Beth Potter, Julia Bleasdale; 100H: Tiffany Porter; 400H: Meghan Beesley, Eilidh Child; High jump: Morgan Lake; Long jump: Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Shara Proctor; Hammer: Sophie Hitchon; Javelin: Goldie Sayers; 4x100m: Louise Bloor, Henry, Nelson, Anyika Onuora, Sophie Papps, Philip, B Williams, J Williams; 4x400m: Margaret Adeoye, Child, Shana Cox, Kelly Massey, Emily Diamond, Ohuruogu, Victoria Ohuruogu, J Williams

British team for European Championships in Zurich

Sidorova from Russia are the only three European pole-vaulters to have cleared 4.70m outdoors this year.

ThrowsSANDRA PERKOVIC from Croatia suff ered a rare defeat in the Glasgow Diamond League, but the reigning two-time discus champion shouldn’t be unduly unsettled by this loss, as she hasn’t been beaten by a European thrower in over four years.

Perkovic, who became the fi rst woman to surpass the 70m barrier this millennium at the start of the year, also hasn’t lost at a major event since the 2009 World Championships when she was a teenager.

The Germans, despite the absence of Nadine Muller, have a very strong triumvirate in Julia Fischer, Shanice Craft and Anna Ruh but their gold medal prospects are to be found elsewhere on the in-fi eld.

In the shot put, Christina Schwanitz leads the European rankings by the best part of one metre ahead of Halyna Obleshchuk from Ukraine and Evgeniya Kolodko from Russia, who isn’t in the form which took her to an Olympic silver medal in 2012.

Former champion Linda Stahl from Germany also leads the javelin rankings with 67.32m but world record-holder Barbora

Spotakova looks primed to win her fi rst ever European title after two minor medals.

The Czech, who missed the 2013 season through maternity leave, is unbeaten this year, and set a season’s best of 66.96m in her last competition in Monaco.

In the hammer, Betty Heidler has a 5-2 head-to-head record over Anita Wlodarczyk from Poland this year, although the latter moved to the top of the rankings a fortnight ago with a world-leading mark of 78.17m.

Wlodarczyk, the reigning champion, is maybe the more reliable of the two at championships.

Heidler, who won this title in 2010, surprisingly failed to make it through qualifying two years later, and also didn’t make the fi nal at the World Championships last year.

HeptathlonWITH Johnson-Thompson and Schippers both absent, Nadine Broersen will be looking to take advantage and add the European outdoor title to her world indoor title.

The second-ranked Dutchwoman was favoured to win a medal at the World Championships last year but any such aspirations were scuppered after the fi rst event when she clattered the fi nal flight of hurdles, and fi nished more than one second adrift of her best time.

Since winning the world indoor title, Broersen has improved her lifetime best in six of the seven heptathlon events, as well as improving her overall tally to 6539 to win the European Cup.

Despite the absence of a few big names, the overall standard has been high in Europe with six women surpassing the 6400 barrier in 2014. Also watch out for 19-year-old Nafi ssatou Thiam from Belgium, who has upped her PB to 6508, and a strong German trio including Olympic silver medallist Lilli Schwarzkopf.

Other notable absentees include Jessica Ennis-Hill and Tatyana Chernova, who have both recently became mothers, and world champion Hanna Melnychenko from Ukraine, who failed to crack the 6000-point barrier at the recent European Cup.

Sandra Perkovic: tough to

beat


Rewriting historyDRUGS stories are unfortunately prominent in our pages this week again, including news that Jenny Meadows lost out to yet another doper (p.62).

With retroactive drugs bans come the need to rewrite results, which is a total mess of a situation. The athlete biological passport system is relatively new

and clearly caught some athletes unaware.

However, now athletes know there is a real chance of being caught years later it will hopefully mean we will see fewer of such cases in future. The last thing we want is to have Glasgow 2014 medals still being handed out around the time of Gold Coast 2018.Paul Halford, Deputy editor


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WORLD 400m champion Christine Ohuruougu expressed “disappointment” at hearing about the positive test of great rival Amantle Montsho.

The Botswana athlete’s urine sample tested positive for the banned stimulant methylhexaneamine after she fi nished fourth in the 400m in Glasgow.

The 2011 world champion, who was the defending champion in Scotland, has been provisionally suspended.

Ohuruogu, who beat Montsho into second in last year’s world fi nal, was asked for her reaction just after she took relay bronze in Glasgow.

“I heard about it just before we came out,” she said. “I didn’t want to think too much about it. My initial reaction was desperate disappointment, but I think before I think too much about it. I need to fi nd out exactly what happened.”

Methylhexaneamine has been linked to supplements, causing federations such as UK Anti-Doping and Athletics

Australia to release warnings to athletes in 2010. It is present in products available over the counter, including weight-loss aids and energy-boosters.

UK Anti-Doping warned in 2010: “There is a risk that supplements could contain this or other prohibited substances even if the ingredients listed on the label do not appear on the World Anti-Doping Code’s Prohibited List.”

British shot putter Rachel Wallader received a reduced ban of four months after testing positive for the drug in May 2010. It was at the time noted by UKAD that Wallader had used a supplement listing methylhexaneamine under a diff erent name.

In 2009 Jamaican athletes Yohan Blake, Marvin Anderson, Allodin Fothergill and Lansford Spence were suspended for three months after returning positive tests for the drug.

In 2004 Montsho became the fi rst woman athlete to represent Botswana at the Olympics. She was fourth in London 2012.

Her form this season had been patchy, though. She has a season’s best of 50.37 and her 51.10 in Glasgow was 1.77 seconds outside her PB. She is likely to have her result from Glasgow annulled.

She was the second competitor to test positive in Glasgow following the adverse fi nding in the case of weightlifter Chika Amalaha.

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Amantle Montsho: fourth in Glasgow

DAI GREENE has voiced his support for fellow Welsh athletes Gareth Warburton and Rhys Williams following news they had tested positive for banned drugs.

The possibility of contaminated supplements is being investigated and Greene, who is friends with Warburton, does not believe either he or fellow 400m hurdler Williams has cheated.

“Gareth texted me when he found out and I was quite upset about it. I know he’s not that sort of guy,” he said. “I know the ins and outs of the story in a lot of detail. I won’t say anything now, but hopefully they’ll get to the bottom of it and we’ll see they weren’t cheating but just being careless.

“Me and Rhys don’t really get on, but I know he’s not the sort of person to cheat. I don’t think anyone in the Welsh or British team honestly believe they have to try to dope to get an advantage.”

He hopes that when they face a UK Anti-Doping panel they receive a light sentence.

“There’s bound to be a punishment,” he said. “You can’t just get away with having steroids or whatever in your system but hopefully they’ll look at the situation. They’ve already being punished quite severely in terms of missing the Commonwealths as they’ll be too old for the next one.”

Greene last week failed in his bid to gain a last-minute qualifier for the Europeans. He had been selected subject to gaining the mark. Williams was the initial reserve, but his place has been taken by Seb Rodger.

Code advice on dopingTHE European Specialist Sports Nutrition Alliance, an association of 44 supplement companies, has given guidance to its members on anti-doping matters in a new code of practice.

The code states that it is “expected” that members should not intentionally include any substances listed on the WADA prohibited list.

The code added: “Members must also be able to demonstrate that all reasonable precautions are taken to avoid any traces of such substances in their products.”

High Five, myprotein.co.uk, Kinetica and USN UK are among the companies signed up to ESSNA.

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COMMONWEALTH Games offi cials are confi dent they made the right decision to allow the women’s pole vault to go ahead in some of the worst conditions the competitors had ever faced.

Athletes competed in heavy rain while offi cials tried to sweep away water from the runway. For a lower-status meeting the event would have been cancelled or moved indoors.

Organisers considered holding the event the next morning at an outdoor venue, the best option of which was Scotstoun in Glasgow, which was the pole vault training site.

They also looked at moving to indoor venues the next morning,

with Grangemouth and the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome in Glasgow chief among the suggestions.

However, organisers ruled

out these options after seeing an improvement in the weather at around the due start time of 7pm and the contest began with

a 45-minute delay when, say the organisers, the athletes were able to compete “under rather good conditions”.

Glasgow 2014 added: “For the athletes’ best interest and the safekeeping of the event, in charge of that competition was the most experienced international technical offi cial, Chris Cohen, who was in constant contact with the athletes, asking them and monitoring their reactions. Luckily the weather conditions were not as bad and allowed us to continue the pole vault without having to relocate it with all the hassle this creates as we would have to cater for any spectators, broadcasters and press needs to name just a few.”

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Peake practice paysCAREFUL preparation and being used to the wet weather of Wales helped Commonwealth silver medallist Sally Peake to cope with some of the worst ever conditions for a championships pole vault.

Heavy rain and wet runways led to the lowest-standard championships pole vault in several years.

Six of the ten competitors failed to clear their opening height and bronze was won with only 3.80m.

Australia’s Alana Boyd eventually cleared a respectable 4.50m to win, but even she had two failures at her

opening height of 4.15m.Peake, who is based in Cardiff – one

of the wettest cities in the UK – was only 17 centimetres below her PB with her best clearance of 4.25m.

She said: “It was an absolutely crazy night to try and pole vault. It ended up becoming about who could get a medal as opposed to who could jump really high so I’m really glad I could come away with a silver.”

The start of the competition was delayed by 45 minutes and organisers considered moving it elsewhere.

“I’ve never been in a competition that was that bad,” she said. “Staying

focused through all that was important. I’ve never experienced anything like that.”

She credited her coach Scott Simpson, particularly for helping her to prepare for the conditions.

“He’s the whole reason I’ve got this [medal] now,” she said.

“He’s been my pole vault coach since the very beginning. We were so prepared for tonight, both performance-wise and all the little things, like staying really warm with a massive coat the whole night.”

Describing the conditions, in which competitors held umbrellas for each

other while they prepared to vault in order to keep the grip dry, she said: “As soon as the pole hit the floor, your grips were soaking wet and it was so dangerous.

“After every jump I untaped all my poles and retaped them and you can imagine having to do that is crazy. And as soon as you land in the pit you’re soaking wet so you’re cold to the bone sometimes as well.

“I have competed in rain before so I knew the little tactics like having a lot of tape with me because I knew I might have to do that, so it did help having done it before.”

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THE wife of 2008 Olympic pole vault champion Steve Hooker has been handed a backdated two-year doping ban.

Russian middle-distance runner Ekaterina Kostetskaya has had all her results since her fi fth in the 800m at the 2011 World Championships – when the off ence occurred – annulled.

After inconsistencies in her athlete biological passport were detected, she will be ineligible to compete until January 20, 2015.

She qualifi ed for the fi nal at the 2011 Worlds, but had her result been disallowed at the time Britain’s Jenny Meadows would have progressed as a fastest loser. In fact, that scenario would have played out anyway as another Russian doper who qualifi ed for the fi nal, Yuliya Rusanova, had her result expunged last year.

It is far from the fi rst time that Meadows has suff ered at the hands of athletes who have tested positive. Most notably, she

was upgraded to 2011 European indoor gold following the doping disqualifi cation of Russia’s Yevgenia Zinurova.

Kostetskaya, who won the 2003 European Junior and 2004 World Junior titles in the 400m hurdles before switching events, has an 800m best of 1:56.67.

She was ninth in the 2012

Olympics 1500m, therefore Britain’s Lisa Dobriskey and Laura Weightman have been upgraded to ninth and tenth respectively.

Hooker was at the Commonwealth Games but left for home when he discovered the news on the internet.

Athletics Australia president David Grace has said this should not aff ect the retired pole vaulter’s reputation.

He said: “I don’t think it is a fair connection at all to taint Steve Hooker...”

“He was drug-tested on probably hundreds of occasions and never once was any concern ever expressed on a sample taken from him.

“Yes, it really is an unfortunate connection and development that has occurred, and I am sure he is devastated, but to suggest there is any taint on Steve Hooker is completely unbased and unsubstantiated suggestion and there is no substance to it.”

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WORLD marathon record-holder Paula Radcliff e is to lend her support to Bud Baldaro’s “Bud’s Run”, which is raising money for Parkinson’s UK.

Radcliff e will fly in from her home in Monaco to attend the 5km at the University of Birmingham on October 4, which was the idea of Baldaro, the prolifi c coach who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2009.

Over the last 40 years Baldaro has helped hundreds of athletes of varying abilities and many of these, including Hannah England and Luke Gunn, will be there in support.

“Bud is a special man who has always been so positive and supportive for as long as I have known him,” said Radcliff e.

Baldaro is a former head coach at the University of Birmingham and continues to be an active mentor.

Baldaro said: “We’re so grateful to Paula for getting involved. She’s one of the fi nest British athletes of all time and is a true hero.

“The course is traffi c-free and loops round the main campus,” he continued. “There will also be a junior sprint track, barbecue, jazz band, stalls, and 1km loop for Parkinson’s suff erers. So whatever kind of runner you are, please come and join us for a great family day out.”

See www.budsrun.co.uk for entry details

Heffernan upgradeIRELAND’S Robert Heffernan is set to be upgraded to bronze in the 2010 European Championships following news of a doping violation for Russia’s Stanislav Emelyanov.

Following a test carried out the day before Emelyanov won 20km gold in Barcelona, he was caught out via the athlete biological passport system.

He received a backdated two-year doping ban and will be free to compete in December.

He is the 17th athlete coached by Viktor Chegin to have committed a doping offence.

Top names for Great NorthTWICE world marathon champion Edna Kiplagat and Mary Keitany, who is third on the world marathon all-time list, will compete in the Bupa Great North Run on September 7.

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Club chairman su� ers heat attackBEDFORD HARRIERS chairman Steve Crane had a heart attack at the Fairlands Valley Spartans Relay and the race was immediately cancelled after 33 minutes of running, writes Martin Duff.

A spokesman for Bedford Harriers, Gary Finch, said: “Steve Crane had a massive coronary after his relay leg. With the excellent help of the EMS first aiders and then the paramedics, he was rushed to Lister Hospital where they put in a stent and then he was transferred into the cardiac intensive care unit.”

The race was abandoned as the emergency services arrived and needed access to him. Finch added: “Steve was quite shocked and upset that the race was stopped because of him.”

The East of England Ambulance Service added: “There is no doubt that the rapid interventions and treatment given saved his life and everybody involved in supporting this must be very proud of themselves.”

After being defibrillated seven times, Crane was discharged from hospital two days after being admitted and is well on the way to recovery.

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Paula Radcliff e with Bud Baldaro and Hannah England

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PHILANTHROPIST Barrie Wells, who has assisted several top athletes, last month received an honorary degree from Lancashire’s Edge Hill University in recognition of his help.

Through the Wells Sports Foundation, the Lancashire man, who made his money in financial services, funded 18 sportspeople in the lead-up to London 2012, including Jessica Ennis-Hill, Dai Greene, Holly Bleasdale and Katarina Johnson-Thompson (pictured right with Wells).

In return the athletes were asked to attend inspirational visits which have benefited 35,000 schools nationwide.

Wells, who is a keen athletics fan, was accompanied at the graduation ceremony by Johnson-Thompson, who had to miss last week’s Commonwealth Games with injury.

Bronze is just the ticket for JessicaAFTER winning heptathlon bronze at Glasgow 2014, Jessica Taylor admits the Commonwealth Games weren’t even on her radar at the start of the year.

The Sale Harrier was only the sixth-best ranked heptathlete in the UK in 2013 – and that is not including Jessica Ennis-Hill, who is out with injury, and Louise Hazel, who was set to come back from retirement to try to defend her title.

“We actually bought tickets to come and watch and now my cousin’s taken my seat,” said Taylor, who with a score 437 points higher than her pre-season PB, became one of England’s most unlikely medallists in Glasgow and set PBs in three of the events, scoring 5826.

In fact, on last year’s UK rankings she was even behind another Jessica – Tappin, who was sixth in Glasgow.

Despite the absence of Ennis-Hill, who has just had a baby, the spectators had plenty of chance therefore to shout “Come on Jess”.

One of three Jessicas in the competition – silver medallist Zelinka being another, if Taylor’s current progression continues at

the same rate she looks set to join her Olympic champion namesake on GB teams in future.

She not only seems to have the right name to be a top heptathlete, she also has the right training set-up. She trains alongside Katarina Johnson-Thompson under the same coach, Mike Holmes.

“She sent me a lovely text before with some really good advice,” Taylor said of Johnson-Thompson, who was forced to miss the Games herself through injury. “What a person to train with, chasing her down on the sprint sessions is quite tough. But it’s improved my sprinting.”

Reflecting on the two days, she said: “I have no idea where that came from. I think I’ve smiled the whole way through this weekend. I’m just loving every minute of it. It’s pretty cool to be stood next to Brianne (Theisen-Eaton, the winner) on the podium.”

Former athletics coach escapes jailFORMER Birchfield Harriers coach Darrell Bunn, who was convicted of sexual abuse of a teenage girl in the 1980s, has avoided jail because he has terminal cancer.

Bunn was given a two-year suspended sentence after admitting nine charges of indecent assault and two of child abduction and has been placed on the sex offenders register for 10 years.

He is a former national coach for heptathlon and the athletes he coached included Denise Lewis, although there is no suggestion the 2000 Olympic champion is linked to the offences.

The 64-year-old former head of PE had already had his UKA coaching license withdrawn.

The Birmingham Mail has reported that Bunn began a two-year relationship with the girl when she was aged 15 and it later progressed to full sex.

Rutherford’s busy season continuesOLYMPIC and now Commonwealth Games long jump champion Greg Rutherford has been added to the field for the Sainsbury’s Birmingham Grand Prix on August 24.

Others already announced include Mo Farah and Christine Ohuruogu.

Meanwhile, David Weir and Hannah Cockroft will line up in the Sainsbury’s IPC Grand Prix Final taking place immediately after the Diamond League meeting.

Rutherford has also been announced for the Great North CityGames on Tyneside on Saturday, September 6.

Up to 25,000 are expected by the organisers to be present to watch the annual street athletics event.

Jessica Taylor: shock medal winner

Athletics funder honoured

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AS THE most dominant athlete in the sport, some may have forgiven Valerie Adams had she decided the Commonwealths were beneath her, but after winning her third title in the event, the shot put legend had plenty to say in favour of the “Friendly Games”.

Adams was runner-up when she competed in her fi rst Commonwealths in 2002 as a 17-year-old and she has gone on to win two Olympic and four world titles.

“Manchester was quite an eye opener for me as far as the senior level was concerned,” said the New Zealander. “I had won the World Juniors a couple of weeks before in Jamaica and turning up to Manchester and seeing all the big girls was quite a big deal.

“It’s a great stepping stone to go to the Olympics and World Championships. The Commonwealth Games is serious, but it’s at that level where it’s a great place to learn the ropes, about the call rooms, what the mind games are, the crowd, the noise, how everything stops for the medal ceremonies.”

Throwing a below-par 19.88m, Adams was nevertheless more than a metre in front of the rest.

She is as critical in victory as others are in defeat, although she said: “I could sit here and analyse the whole thing but I know exactly what went wrong. It was just flat, but technically I was fi ne.

“A win is a win. If there was someone pushing me maybe I could have put something out further. A gold medal is what we

came here for and a gold medal is what we’re taking home.”

Adams declined to criticise the organisation despite comments from athletics fans her event was marginalised by poor scheduling.

Nine minutes after the end of the last track fi nal and before the heats of the women’s 200m – when some of the spectators were making a dash to try to beat the queues – the women’s shot fi nal started. By the time Valerie Adams was duly taking her last throw as champion, Hampden Park was less than half full.

What is more, Adams received her medal at gone 10pm in front of just a couple of thousand loyal spectators whereas at most championships it would have been held over until the start of the next evening session. That said, at least stadium staff allowed New Zealanders in the crowd into the VIP section just in front of the medal podium.

The usual complaints were also aimed at the BBC on Twitter after apparently only one of the 57 throws in the shot were shown.

The original plan had been for

the shot put fi nal to coincide with the semi-fi nals of the women’s 400m hurdles, which would have guaranteed a full stadium because of the likely presence of home favourite Eilidh Child. However, when the number of entries dictated only two rounds rather than three, the semi-fi nals actually took place the previous day when the heats were due.

When Adams was asked afterwards whether the scheduling of the event and the medal ceremony seemed strange, she said: “I don’t really look at the scheduling. It is what is. We knew what the schedule was way back when and you just have to work with it. 8.40pm was the time, the atmosphere was fantastic – you can’t ask for more than that.”

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“It’s a great stepping stone to go to the Olympics and World Championships and a great place to learn the ropes.”VALERIE ADAMS

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MANAGING to avoid being starstruck was the fi rst obstacle that England’s Rachel Wallader had to overcome on her way to fourth in her fi rst Commonwealth Games.

The Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow athlete added seven centimetres to her best with 16.83m and, competing against double Olympic champion Valerie

Adams for the fi rst time, said: “I thought I would be starstruck but I was okay. I even asked for her (bib) number but she needed it for the photos.

“I might get it later. I was throwing after her, standing next to her, I just couldn’t believe it.

“I was watching her and her technique is just so effi cient. And she’s unhappy with a 19-metre

throw. I think any of us would like that.”

Of her fi rst appearance in a major championships, the Geoff Capes-coached athlete added: “I’m ecstatic with that. I didn’t expect it all. The actual PB felt rubbish technically and I knew there was 17 in there, but to come fourth in my fi rst Commonwealth Games I can’t quite believe it.”

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OVERSEASAUSTRALIAMelbourne, August 3Men: 10km: 6 NICK EARL 30:36; 13 MARTIN MASHFORD 31:06; 28 ANDREW COLES 32:39; 79 JOHN TERRY 34:49. Women: 10km: 25 CLAIRE JOHNSON 38:53Rydalmere, August 2Women: XC: 12 STEPHANIE BULLOCK 19:54

BELGIUMNinove, August 2Men 100 (0.0): 3 DEJI TOBAIS 10.44. Ht1 (-0.7): 5 TOBAIS 10.50. Ht3 (-0.7): 2 MARK HANSON 10.87. Ht7 (-1.9): 6 WILL MACGEE (M45) 11.73. 200: r1 (-0.7): 4 TOBAIS 21.15. r2 (-0.9): 4 HANSON 21.97. r8 (-0.5): 1 MACGEE (M45) 23.51. 400: r3: 1 PATRICK SWAN 47.75. 800: B: 2 BEN WATERMAN 1:48.45; 3 CHRIS WARBURTON 1:48.47. 1500: A: 5 CAMERON BOYEK 3:41.13; 8 JONATHAN COOK 3:42.27. B: 3 IAN WILLIAMSON 3:43.38; 5 ANDREW BUTCHART 3:44.75; 11 GUY SMITH 3:47.19. C: 11 DALE COLLEY 3:55.64. 5000: 20 STEVE MITCHELL 14:40.72. Women 800: A: 4 HANNA TARVER 2:01.82. 1500: A: 7 GEMMA KERSEY 4:17.72; 13 EILIDH MACKENZIE 4:27.97Brussels (Addn), July 25-26Women: 1500: 2 STEPHANIE BARNES 4:29.01.: Ht1: 2 BARNES 4:36.15

CZECH REPUBLICCzech Championships, Ostrava, August 3Men: 400: 1 D Nemecek 46.09. HJ: 1 O Maresova 1.87. PV: J Kudlicka 5.72; 2 M Balner 5.62. SP: 1 J Marcell 20.48; 2 T Stanek 20.27; 3 L Prasil 19.24. Women: 400H: D Rosolova 54.63

FRANCECastres, July 30Men 100: r1 (1.2): 2 AIDAN SYERS 10.32; 5 RION PIERRE 10.50. Ht1 (2.2): 4 SYERS 10.37; 7 GREG CACKETT 10.52. Ht3 (2.7): 1 PIERRE 10.40. 200: r1 (0.3): 4 CACKETT 21.22. LJ: 2 EZEKIEL EWULO 7.41/2.0. Women 100 (1.1): 2 MONTELL DOUGLAS 11.39. Ht2 (1.6): 2 DOUGLAS 11.39. 400: r1: 4 SEREN BUNDY-DAVIES 52.50

IRELANDGlohealth National League Final – Premier, Tullamore, August 3Men: 400: 3 ADAM MCCOMB 49.52. 110H (-1.1): 2 TOM REYNOLDS 15.59. 3000SC: 3 ALEX BRUCE-LITTLEWOOD 9:30.91; 6 FRANCIS MARSH (M45) 10:49.26. 3000W: 1 A Wright (IRL) 12:45.53. 4x100: 4 NORTH DOWN 42.94. TJ: 2 A Kennedy (IRL) 14.21. JT: 1 MATTHEW STOCKTON (U20) 54.71. Women: 100 (0.2): 1 L Moore (IRL) 12.09. 200 (-1.3): 1 Moore 24.59. 400: 3 R Galligan (IRL) 55.78. 800: 1 Galligan 2:15.69; 5 RACHEL GIBSON 2:17.76. 3000: 5 E Egan (IRL,V35) 10:36.90. 100H (0.3): 2 SARAH CONNOLLY (U20) 15.57. DT: 1 KATHY HETHERINGTON 39.88Glohealth National League Final - Division One, Tullamore, August 3Men: 5000: 4 NOEL LOGAN 15:28.12. TJ: 1 CONALL MAHON 13.65. Women: 400: 1 MANDY GAULT 57.61.Dublin, July 23Men: 800: B1: 2 CATHAL MCLAUGHLIN (M45) 2:04.36. C1: 3 FRANCIS MARSH (M45) 2:10.16. D1: 4 GARETH MCGEE (M45) 2:11.01; 9 ROBERT BIGGER (M55) 2:17.21

LUXEMBOURGSchifflange, August 3Men: 100 (0.9): 5 D Lima 10.64. Ht1 (0.1): 2 Lima 10.55. Women PV: 3 SIAN MORGAN 3.60.

NETHERLANDSAmsterdam, July 26Men 100 (1.3): 1 JAMES DASAOLU 10.12; 2 C Martina 10.13. Ht1 (0.2): 1 DASAOLU 10.13. 200 (0.3): 1 Martina 20.62. 400: 1 L Bonevacia 45.41. DT: 1 E Cadee 62.72. Women:. LJ: 1 D Schippers 6.78/0.0

SWEDENSundsvall, July 20Men: 100 (1.5): 1 K Brown (JAM) 10.09; 2 J Forte 10.19. 200 (1.1): 1 J Saidy Ndure (NOR) 20.61; 2 Forte 20.65; 3 J Wissman (SWE) 20.67. Women: 100 (1.2)/200 (2.7): C Williams (JAM) 11.24/23.22. 100H (0.9): 1 M Tomic (SLO) 12.95; 2 M Simmonds (JAM) 13.07

UNITED STATESCape Elizabeth, August 2GEMMA STEEL won in 31:27 to go to third on the UK all-time list – albeit on a course officially classed as downhill by statisticians.

She shared the winning time with top American Shalane Flanagan and improved her PB by nine seconds from last year’s race, when she was second.

Bedan Karoki Mucheri won the men’s race in 27:37.Men: 10km: 1 B Karoki Mucheri (KEN)

27:37; 2 S Kosgei (KEN) 27:44; 3B True (USA) 27:51; 4 P Makau (KEN) 27:57; 5 M Kogo (KEN) 28:15; 6 E Bett (KEN) 28:19; 13 M Keflezighi 29:59; 14 C Solinsky 30:02. Women: 10km: 1 GEMMA STEEL 31:27; 2 S Flanagan 31:27; 3 D Nukuri-Johnson (ZIM) 31:51; 4 J Hasay 32:19; 5 6 A Mergia (ETH) 32:31; 6 H Tanaka (JPN) 32:32; 7 H Pappas 32:32Eugene, July 26Men: 1500: 1 J McNamara 3:39.03. 110H (1.2): 1 A Harris 13.14; 2 A Merritt 13.27; 3 J Porter 13.45. HJ: 1 J Williams 2.27. TJ: 1 C Taylor 17.04/2.3 (16.59/1.9); 2 C Benard 16.84/1.9. 4x800: 1 New Jersey TC 7:16.22; 2 OregonTC 7:16.41. Women: 100: 1 J Young 11.16; 2 L Lawson 11.18. HT: 1 A Campbell 73.15; 2 A Bingson 71.15. 4x800: 1 All-Star (Leinart, Lipsey, Roesler, Wilson) 8:07.65

TRACKAUGUST 3ALDER VALLEY GIRLS’ LEAGUE, AldershotU17 women: 300: A: 1 J Wood (G&G) 41.02. 1500: A: 1 G Goddard (Brack) 4:53.62. B: 1 H Goddard (Brack) 4:53.90. 80H: A: 1 A Hall (Read) 11.96. 300H: A: 1 K Holt (Read) 47.00. 4x100: 1 Read 51.93; 2 WSEH 52.47; 3 AFD 52.75. HJ: A: 1 N Wisham (WSEH) 1.60. PV: A: 1 J Robinson (WSEH) 3.10. LJ: A: 1 J Wood (G&G) 5.22. SP: A: 1 M Whitton (Newb) 11.09. DT: A: 1 M Whitton (Newb) 35.04. HT: A: 1 A Herrington (Read) 46.04. B: 1 M Whitton (Newb) 36.22. JT: A: 1 C Coleman (G&G) 37.94U15: 200: A: 1 E Grove (G&G) 26.05. 1500: A: 1 A Quirk (Brack) 4:56.42. 4x100: 1 G&G 51.90; 2 Read 52.59; 3 Hill 52.98. HJ: A: 1 M Bates (Read) 1.60; 2 A Brophy (G&G) 1.60. PV: ns: 1 M Bates (Read) 2.80; 2 E Glanville (Read) 2.70; 3 E Macdonald (Brack) 2.40. DT: A: 1 E Hoyle (Read) 26.38. HT: A: 1 L Taylor-Barnes (Hill) 29.56; 2 G Leeming (BMH) 29.51; 3 R Harvey (WSEH) 28.82. JT: A: 1 Z Macrae (G&G) 32.66U13: 75: A: 1 O Breslin (Brack) 10.44; 2 E Whybrow (Read) 10.61. B: 1 A Lowe (Read) 10.64; 2 C Williams (Brack) 10.68. 150: A: 1 Z Owolana (Hill) 20.35; 2 O Breslin (Brack) 20.96; 3 E Whybrow

(Read) 21.20; 4 E Borissow (G&G) 21.76. B: 1 N Bennett (Brack) 21.10. ns 1: 1 T Gough (G&G) 21.57. ns 3: 1 J Nightingale (Read) 21.73. 600: A: 1 J Nightingale (Read) 1:44.05; 2 E Thomson (BMH) 1:47.66; 3 H Roberts (Brack) 1:49.18. 1200: A: 1 K Karas (WSEH) 4:11.79; 2 A Jones (M’head) 4:11.89; 3 A Russell-Moore (G&G) 4:16.55; 4 S Mair (Brack) 4:17.26. ns: 1 A White (AFD) 4:18.2; 2 S Poole (Brack AC) 4:19.8. 70H: A: 1 Z Owolana (Hill) 11.97; 2 A Lowe (Read) 12.25; 3 D Karas (WSEH) 12.39. 4x100: 1 Bracknell 54.57; 2 Hillingdon 55.70; 3 Reading 55.75; 4 G&G 57.33; 5 WSEH 57.34. HJ: A: 1 J Smith (WSEH) 1.45. B: 1 K Karas (WSEH) 1.40. JT: A: 1 J Copeman (WSEH) 29.00; 2 H Hall (Hill) 24.95

WELSH U13 & U15 CHAMPIONSHIPS, SwanseaU15 boys: 100 (-1.7): 1 B Paris (Card Arch) 11.57; 2 L Gealy (Swan) 11.81; 3 S Collins (L’nelli) 11.85; 4 J Hughes (Swan) 11.90. Ht2 (-3.1): 1 B Paris (Card Arch) 11.76. Ht3 (-2.0): 1 S Collins (L’nelli) 11.80. 200 (-2.2): 1 B Paris (Card Arch) 23.17; 2 L Gealy (Swan) 23.93; 3 G Thomas (Brec) 23.94. Ht1 (-2.3): 1 B Paris (Card Arch) 24.17. Ht2 (-2.6): 1 G Thomas (Brec) 24.36. Ht3 (-2.4): 1 L Gealy (Swan) 23.99; 2 R Dyer (Newp) 24.11. 300: 1 G Thomas (Brec) 36.45; 2 J Draisey (Swan) 37.58; 3 C Schwabauer (Menai) 37.97. Ht1: 1 G Thomas (Brec) 37.10; 2 J Draisey (Swan) 37.82. Ht2: 1 J Gould (B&V) 37.76; 2 C Schwabauer (Menai) 37.97. 800: r2: 1 I James (Col B) 2:09.45.1500: 1 M Willis (Wrex) 4:16.82; 2 O Barbaresi (Menai) 4:24.98; 3 L Davies (Brec) 4:25.10; 4 F Bowie (P’broke) 4:25.53; 5 S Williams (B&V) 4:29.95. 80H (-3.5): 1 S Zygadlo (P’broke) 11.62; 2 M Thompson (Swan) 11.79; 3 A Varney (P’broke) 12.88. HJ: 1 K Jones (Newp) 1.70. PV: 1 I Hosgood (Swan) 3.00; 2 S Morgan (Swan) 2.60. SP: 1 T Hanson (Card) 13.59; 2 C Schwabauer (Menai) 13.07. DT: 1 J Tomlinson (P’broke) 43.13; 2 C Schwabauer (Menai) 35.83. HT: 1 K Grimwade (Card) 45.28; 2 S Hill (Swan) 34.41U13: 800: 1 F Richards (Newp) 2:15.55; 2 L Griffiths (A’dare) 2:19.95; 3 B Webb

Steel’s quick 10kmTHE top UK 10,000m or 10km performance in recent weeks came in the USA and not

Glasgow. Gemma Steel’s 31:27 on the road showed she could have challenged for medals in Glasgow or Zurich

whether she had done any track training or not! Steve Smythe, Results editor

66 Overseas66 Track73 Multi-terrain 74 Road75 Fell

RESULTS GUIDE


Gemma Steel: 31:27 10km in

Cape Elizabeth

MARK SH

EARMAN

Overseas/Track Results

European leaders – 2014 MEN WOMEN9.95 Jimmy Vicaut (FRA) 100m 11.03 Dafne Schippers (NED)20.08 Christophe Lemaitre (FRA) 200m 22.34 Dafne Schippers (NED)44.79 Pavel Maslak (CZE) 400m 50.55 Libania Grenot (ITA)1:42.53 Pierre-Ambroise Bosse (FRA) 800m 1:58.55 Y Poistogova (RUS)3:31.46 Henrik Ingebrigtsen (NOR) 1500m 3:57.00 Sifan Hassan (NED)13:11.50 Andy Vernon (GBR) 5000m 14:59.23 Sifan Hassan (NED)27:36.40 Bashir Abdi (BEL) 10000m 31:42.02 Julia Bleasdale (GBR)8:07.45 Mah. Mekhissi-Benabbad (FRA) 3000m SC 9:23.96 Charlotta Fougberg (SWE)2:08:21 Mo Farah GBR) Marathon 2:21:29 Aliaksandra Duliba (BLR)12.95 Pascal Martinot-Lagarde (FRA) 110H/100H 12.65 Tiffany Porter (GBR)48.77 Rasmus Magi (EST) 400H 54.39 Eilidh Child (GBR)2.42 Bogdan Bondarenko (UKR) High jump 2.01 Anna Chicherova (RUS)5.92 Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) Pole vault 4.71 L Ryzih/E Stefanidi8.51 Greg Rutherford (ENG) Long jump 6.93 Anna Klyashtomaya (RUS)17.29 Lyukman Adams (RUS) Triple jump 14.89 Yekaterina Koneva (RUS)21.97 David Storl (GER) Shot put 20.22 Christina Schwanitz (GER)69.28 Piotr Malachowski (POL) Discus 70.52 Sandra Perkovic (CRO)82.49 Krisztian Pars (HUN) Hammer 78.17 Anita Wlodarczyk (POL)87.38 Vitezslav Vesely (CZE) Javelin 67.32 Linda Stahl (GER)8471 Kai Kazmirek (GER) Dec/Hep 6682 K Johnson-Thompson (GBR)1:18:37 Ruslan Dmytrenko (UKR) 20KW 1:26:31 Anisya Kirdyapkina (RUS)3:39:05 Mikhail Ryzhov (RUS) 50KW -37.93 GBR 4x100m 42.40 Netherlands3:00.32 GBR 4x400m 3:25.84 France

HARRY SH

AKESHAFT

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(Swan) 2:20.95; 4 E Lee (Swan) 2:21.23. 1500: 1 C Richards (Newp) 4:50.56; 2 M Humphreys (Rhon) 4:53.66; 3 S Roberts (Sheff) 4:55.62. 75H (-1.0): 1 T James (Swan) 12.45. SP: 1 W Hughes (P’broke) 10.05. JT: 1 H Gauntlett (Newp) 40.19; 2 W Hughes (P’broke) 36.98; 3 E Odunaiya (Wrex) 32.98U15 girls: 200: Ht2 (-2.5): 1 G Fakande (Cwmb) 26.19. 300: 1 G Fakande (Cwmb) 41.49. Ht2: 1 G Fakande (Cwmb) 41.44. 800: r2: 1 L Stockley (Cwmb) 2:19.11; 2 N Reid (Card) 2:19.38; 3 I Dodd (B’end) 2:20.95. 1500: 1 L Davies (P’broke) 4:55.03; 2 A Gammon (Card) 4:55.09; 3 A Williams (P’broke) 4:55.68; 4 A Fisher (Card) 4:58.90. 75H (-1.3): 1 L Thomas (P’broke) 11.31; 2 L Evans (Card) 11.66; 3 H Davies (Swan) 12.19; 4 J Meek (B’end) 12.28. Ht1 (-1.6): 1 L Thomas (P’broke) 11.47; 2 H Davies (Swan) 12.16; 3 I Breeden (Card Arch) 12.37. Ht2 (-1.8): 1 L Evans (Card) 11.74; 2 E Greer (P’broke) 12.10; 3 J Meek (B’end) 12.30; 4 M Hodgson (Card) 12.42. HJ: 1 M Quick (Swan) 1.57; 2 M Davies (Maldwyn) 1.56. PV: 1 F Llewellyn (B’end) 2.90; 2 R Maine (Swan) 2.41. LJ: 1 L Evans (Card) 5.20/3.9; 2 M Jones (Cwmb) 5.11/2.6; 3 T Newby-Chugg (Swan) 5.00/1.5. SP: 1 S Watkins (Neath) 10.57. HT: 1 F Palmer (Card) 40.36; 2 E Evans (Card) 35.13; 3 S Watkins (Neath) 33.31; 4 C McGeachie (Swan) 30.93; 5 K Roberts (Swan) 26.84. JT: 1 B Rees (C&S) 43.12; 2 P Brown (Cwmb) 33.16; 3 I Afzal (Card Arch) 32.30; 4 R Jones (Swan) 32.17; 5 R Evans (Swan) 31.76U13: 200 (-2.5): 1 I Tustin (Card) 28.32. 1500: 1 A Evans (P’broke) 5:13.00. 70H (-4.3): 1 E Davies (Blaenau Gwent) 11.85; 2 G Morgan (Card Arch) 11.98. Ht1 (-1.6): 1 G Morgan (Card Arch) 11.92. Ht2 (-2.1): 1 E Davies (Blaenau Gwent) 12.00. HJ: 1 M Musgrave (Swan) 1.47. DT: 1 M Greenman (Card Arch) 22.66; 2 H Cooper (Swan) 22.30.JT: 1 B Moule (Neath) 33.15

MID LANCASHIRE LEAGUE, LancasterMen: 100: r2: 5 J Wright (Chor ATC, M55) 11.9. 200: r3: 1 L Golding (Pend, M45) 25.2; 2 J Wright (Chor ATC, M55) 25.7. 400: 5 L Golding (Pend, M45) 57.0. 1500: 1 S Nicholson (TNC, U20) 4:03.2. 3000: 2 D Slater (Liv PS, U15) 9:30.2; 3 D Tierney (Prest, U15) 9:46.8; 4 N Dunn (Prest, U15) 9:48.4U17: 100: r2: 6 M Ashworth (Pend, M50) 13.0. HT: 1 E Jeans (Prest) 57.12U15: HT: 1 J Roberts (B’burn) 45.93U13: 100: r1: 1 E Prothero (Liv PS) 12.7. 800: 1 J Stanley (L&M) 2:22.3; 2 T Roberts (Prest) 2:24.5. HJ: 1 O Southern (Liv PS) 1.50. SP: 1 K Duxbury (Ports) 10.17. JT: 1 K Duxbury (Ports) 36.89Women: 100: 1 M Brindle (Wig D) 12.3. 400: 1 S Greenwood (Prest, W40) 64.5. DT: 1 S Henton (B’burn, W40) 47.93U17: HT: 1 L Hillman (Pend) 41.91; 2 C Hornby (Prest) 39.82; 3 J Miller (TNC) 37.62; 4 T Simpson-Sullivan (TNC, U15) 33.87; 5 K Miller (TNC, U15) 28.97U15: HJ: 1 J Murphy (Liv PS) 1.55U13: 200: r1: 1 O Mason (Bord H) 28.5. 800: r1: 1 O Mason (Hynd) 2:21.1; 2 B Studholme (TNC) 2:29.4. 1500: 1 K Hodgkinson (Leigh) 4:55.7. HJ: 1 B Studholme (TNC) 1.50

SOUTH OF ENGLAND AA U15 / U20 INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS, HendonU20 men: 100 (-2.2): 1 J Dewar (Essex) 10.70; 2 T Ramdhan (Kent) 10.98; 3 O Bromby (Hants, U17) 11.12. Ht1 (-1.9): 1

J Dewar (Essex) 10.64; 2 T Ramdhan (Kent) 10.89; 3 O Bromby (Hants, U17) 11.00. Ht2 (-1.9): 1 C Challis (Berks) 11.04; 2 D Ashwell (Herts, U17) 11.09. 200 (1.0): 1 G Matthew (Beds) 22.12; 2 C Starr (Surrey) 22.36; 4 D Burnham (Norfolk, U17) 22.77; 5 J Parry (Bucks, U17) 22.89. Ht1 (-1.4): 1 D Burnham (Norfolk, U17) 22.61. Ht2 (2.6): 1 G Matthew (Beds) 22.17. 400: 1 J Wightman (Cornwall) 48.60; 2 S Cooke (Surrey) 48.73; 3 J Layne (Bucks) 49.41; 4 C Von Eitzen (Oxon) 50.00; 5 E Holland (Norfolk, U17) 50.03. Ht1: 1 J Wightman (Cornwall) 49.20; 2 E Holland (Norfolk, U17) 49.43; 3 S Barker (Hants) 49.76; 4 C Von Eitzen (Oxon) 50.17. Ht2: 1 S Cooke (Surrey) 49.44; 2 J Layne (Bucks) 49.93; 3 A Bryan (Kent) 50.21; 4 W Snook (Essex) 50.27. 800: 1 J O’Hara (Kent) 1:54.79; 2 B Claridge (Oxon, U17) 1:55.36; 3 R Lewis (Beds) 1:55.40; 4 D Wallis (Surrey) 1:55.46; 5 L Rawlings (Cambs) 1:56.25; 6 S Greeves (Norfolk) 1:57.91. Ht1: 1 R Lewis (Beds) 1:57.45; 2 A Worden (Cornwall) 1:57.46; 3 B Claridge (Oxon, U17) 1:57.94. Ht2: 1 J O’Hara (Kent) 1:56.80; 2 D Wallis (Surrey) 1:57.12; 3 L Rawlings (Cambs) 1:57.39; 6 W Perkin (Bucks, U17) 1:59.58. 1500: 1 N Gillis (Berks) 3:56.96; 2 J Alger (Sussex) 3:57.36; 3 J Janes (Beds) 3:58.28; 4 P Asgodom (Middx) 4:00.64; 5 C Charleston (Essex) 4:02.17; 6 H Fleming (Surrey) 4:02.78; 7 P Taylor (Bucks) 4:02.95; 8 T Cobden (Cambs) 4:04.45. 110H (0.4): 1 R Thomas (Surrey) 13.81; 2 J Kirby (Middx) 14.00; 3 R Clarricoats (Essex) 15.07; 4 T Hatton-Brown (Hants) 15.36; 5 J Parris (Kent) 15.64; 6 M Hall (Herts) 15.87. 400H: 1 C McAlister (Surrey) 55.18; 2 L Church (Kent) 55.70; 3 J Messenger (Hants) 55.78. 2000SC: 1 S Lane de Courtin (Cornwall) 6:24.22. HJ: 1 W Grimsey (Middx) 2.03; 2 T Andrews (Surrey) 1.95; 3 J Crookes (Hants, U17) 1.85; 4= S Hewitt (Berks, U17) 1.85; 7 S Robins (Cornwall, U17) 1.85. PV: 1 N Gardner (Herts, U17) 4.40; 2 E Borrmann (Norfolk) 4.30; 3 J Shackleton (Sussex) 4.00; 4 S Lemos (Middx) 3.90; 5 F Caudery (Cornwall, U17) 3.80; 6 P Hannawin (Berks, U17) 3.50. LJ: 1 J Roach (Dorset) 6.68/1.9. TJ: 1 S Philbert (Essex) 14.32/1.4; 2 J Adomakoh (Sussex) 13.33/2.5. SP: 1 L Mascarenhas (Kent) 14.53; 2 J Hamblin (Essex) 13.24; 3 M Ridge (Dorset) 13.12; 4 J Lasis (Sussex) 13.03; 5 A Hill-King (Hants) 12.89. DT: 1 L Mascarenhas (Kent) 53.16; 2 O Reid (Surrey) 50.18; 3 J Lasis (Sussex) 48.23; 4 G Randhawa (Berks) 46.26; 5 A Hill-King (Hants) 42.33; 6 L Barnes (Bucks) 39.10. HT: 1 T Campbell (Berks) 67.67; 2 T Head (Essex) 63.27; 3 J Lasis (Sussex) 62.98; 4 F McGuigan (Middx) 61.00; 5 M Ritchie (Surrey, U17) 54.50; 6 I Huskisson (Cambs) 50.74; 7 L Parkes (Hants) 50.45; 8 O Thompson (Suffolk) 50.33; 9 L Barnes (Bucks) 41.56. JT: 1 L Angell (Berks) 59.86; 2 R Curtis (Oxon) 57.21; 3 C Martin (Herts) 53.92; 4 A Ingham (Beds) 52.69; 5 A Pavelin (Cambs) 48.52; 6 S Staples (Sussex, U17) 47.27U15: 100 (-1.8): 1 N Thomas (Middx) 11.65; 2 J Persad (Sussex) 11.89; 3 N Sherger (Essex) 11.99. Ht1 (0.3): 1 N Thomas (Middx) 11.72; 2 J Persad (Sussex) 11.87; 3 N Sherger (Essex) 11.91. Ht2 (0.0): 1 B Collins (Herts) 11.72; 2 H Page (Norfolk) 12.00. 200 (-1.8): 1 R Okumu (Dorset) 23.34; 2 F Seki (Essex) 23.83; 3 R King (Berks) 23.88; 4 S Bridges (Hants) 24.24; 5 J Persad (Sussex) 24.32. Ht1 (-1.8): 1 R Okumu (Dorset) 23.43; 2 S Bridges (Hants) 24.33. 300: 1 R Jarvis (Hants)

37.14; 2 B Lewis-Shallow (Berks) 37.22; 3 J Young (Essex) 37.79; 4 A Day (Bucks) 38.54; 5 E Njie (Middx) 38.85. Ht1: 1 A Day (Bucks) 38.50; 2 J Young (Essex) 38.85. Ht2: 1 R Jarvis (Hants) 37.61; 2 B Lewis-Shallow (Berks) 37.96; 3 M Coleman (Oxon) 38.81. 800: 1 M Oyelola (Essex) 2:04.43; 2 H Richardson (Hants) 2:04.78; 3 A Shiret (Herts) 2:05.73; 4 T Dean (Sussex) 2:05.97; 5 L Taylor-Costin (Kent) 2:06.03. 1500: 1 T Bourne (Dorset) 4:15.67; 2 G Groom (Herts) 4:19.62; 3 M Webb (Essex) 4:20.30; 4 H Cowie (Kent) 4:22.00; 5 N Mckenzie (Middx) 4:24.73; 6 F Birnie (Cornwall) 4:25.12; 7 T Dean (Sussex) 4:26.08; 8 J Goddard (Berks) 4:27.72; 9 P Whelan (Hants) 4:28.98. 80H (-2.6): 1 A Adeniran (Surrey) 11.31; 2 A Chalmers (Hants) 11.50; 3 M Osunsami (Essex) 11.61; 4 J Phillips (Bucks) 12.13; 5 D Odita (Herts) 12.19; 6 J Zeller (Berks) 12.56. Ht1 (-3.2): 1 A Chalmers (Hants) 11.32; 2 M Osunsami (Essex) 11.68; 3 T Seal (Kent) 12.29; 4 J Zeller (Berks) 12.70. Ht2 (-2.0): 1 A Adeniran (Surrey) 11.43; 2 D Odita (Herts) 11.98; 3 J Phillips (Bucks) 12.29; 4 A Tokuta (Middx) 12.97. HJ: 1 M Gair (Hants) 1.88. PV: 1 C Dearden (Surrey) 3.30; 2 C Trevena (Cornwall) 3.00; 3 T Hale (Bucks) 2.90; 4 J Harris (Sussex) 2.80; 5 K Apps (Hants) 2.60. LJ: 1 W Matsuka-Williams (Norfolk) 6.10/1.1; 2 D Hopper (Herts) 5.81/0.0; 3 R Okumu (Dorset) 5.78/3.2; 4 S Antwi (Middx) 5.75/0.2; 5 C Ashdown-Taylor (Berks) 5.74/0.8; 6 E Adams (Kent) 5.74/1.6. TJ: 1 B Harris (Berks) 13.16/0.4; 2 W Matsuka-Williams (Norfolk) 12.85/-0.5; 3 T Princewill (Middx) 12.80/1.5; 4 J Cowans (Herts) 12.42/2.8; 5 R Morgan (Essex) 11.89/1.3; 6 J Phillips (Bucks) 11.82/2.2. SP: 1 J Anderson (Kent) 14.60; 2 V Adebiyi (Essex) 14.54; 3 C Ashdown-Taylor (Berks) 13.35; 4 B Oke (Herts) 12.06; 5 S Mace (Surrey) 11.94; 6 P Onuba (Middx) 11.85; 7 J Howlett (Dorset) 11.76. DT: 1 J Anderson (Kent) 45.44; 2 S Mace (Surrey) 41.48; 3 A Mawdsley (Bucks) 40.60; 4 B Oke (Herts) 38.96; 5 B Upfold (Hants) 37.61; 6 O Hewitt (Berks) 34.01; 7 P Okesola (Essex) 33.18; 8 J Howlett (Dorset) 32.90; 9 M Dotting (Middx) 32.33. HT:1 B Campbell (Berks) 53.57; 2 A Skingle (Essex) 46.37; 3 L Roper (Suffolk) 44.40; 4 W Oliver-Diaz (Kent) 43.68; 5 S Mace (Surrey) 41.78; 6 D Rice (Cambs) 40.81; 7 J Nicholson (Norfolk) 37.70; 8 B Norman (Herts) 36.64. JT: 1 J Compton-Stewart (Berks) 57.73; 2 E Bayley (Surrey) 46.28; 3 H Beardsell (Essex) 42.44U20 women: 100 (-3.0): 1 L Morris (Berks) 12.31; 2 F Agyapong (Essex) 12.43. Ht1 (-2.2): 1 F Agyapong (Essex) 12.32; 2 T Brade (Middx) 12.47; 4 D Kuypers (Kent, U17) 12.62. Ht2 (0.0): 1 L Morris (Berks) 12.10; 2 P Fairclough (Herts) 12.31; 3 A Teal (Hants, U17) 12.59. 200 (1.6): 1 F Agyapong (Essex) 24.75; 2 C Burnett (Berks) 25.36; 4 C McCarthy (Herts, U17) 25.57. 400: 1 S Bakare (Beds) 54.51; 2 C Cayton-Smith (Cornwall) 56.82; 3 N Kendall (Surrey) 57.36; 4 L Rule (Herts) 57.41; 5 H McClay (Berks, U17) 57.83; 6 C Thornton (Middx, U17) 59.92. Ht1: 1 S Bakare (Beds) 55.73; 2 N Kendall (Surrey) 56.90; 3 C Cayton-Smith (Cornwall) 57.21; 5 C Thornton (Middx, U17) 60.41. Ht2: 1 L Rule (Herts) 57.90; 2 H McClay (Berks, U17) 59.71. 800: 1 S Sinha (Kent, U17) 2:10.12; 2 R Croft (Bucks) 2:10.73; 3 S Billington (Beds) 2:11.12; 4 S Tooley (Suffolk, U17) 2:11.53; 5 S Mansfield (Sussex, U17) 2:12.02; 6 I Dye (Middx, U17) 2:16.20; 7 E Grice (Hants, U17) 2:16.43. Ht1: 1 E Grice (Hants, U17) 2:15.40; 2 S Tooley (Suffolk, U17)

2:15.77; 3 R Croft (Bucks) 2:15.97; 4 A Chandler (Surrey) 2:19.91; 5 E Read (Berks, U17) 2:20.24. Ht2: 1 S Sinha (Kent, U17) 2:14.44; 2 S Billington (Beds) 2:14.52; 3 S Mansfield (Sussex, U17) 2:14.64; 4 I Dye (Middx, U17) 2:16.57. 1500: 1 S Parvizi-Wayne (Middx) 4:31.76; 2 G Holloway (Essex) 4:34.43; 3 N Taylor (Sussex) 4:36.06; 4 K Fuss (Kent, U17) 4:36.14; 5 Y Barnsley (Cornwall, U17) 4:40.64; 6 S Lawrence (Surrey) 4:48.60; 7 H Davies (Suffolk, U17) 4:51.68; 8 N Taylor (Bucks, U17) 4:52.74. 100H (-3.7): 1 E Nwofor (Essex) 14.92; 2 D Costa (Middx) 15.46; 3 E Gooding (Kent) 15.74; 4 T Benson (Norfolk) 15.89. 400H: 1 M Thompson (Surrey) 63.63; 2 C Clark (Essex) 65.50; 3 H Aldridge (Dorset) 66.57. HJ: 1 J Morrish (Cornwall) 1.73; 2 E Widdop-Gray (Middx) 1.70; 3 L Armorgie (Essex, U17) 1.65; 4 M Smith (Herts) 1.65; 5= R Wootten (Dorset, U17) 1.60; 7 L Milnthorpe (Sussex, U17) 1.60; 9 L Darcey (Surrey, U17) 1.60. PV: 1 A McGovern (Kent) 3.80; 2 A de Beaux (Surrey) 3.70; 3 L Connor (Sussex, U17) 3.50; 4 A Try (Hants) 3.30; 5 S Dowson (Middx, U17) 3.10; 6 P Thomas (Berks, U17) 3.10; 7 S Connolly (Essex) 3.00; 8 S Rapacchi (Herts) 3.00. LJ: 1 D Adegoke (Kent, U17) 5.48/1.7; 2 C Quansah (Middx) 5.36/2.6. TJ: 1 K Davidson (Surrey) 12.10/0.4; 2 L Stephenson (Middx) 12.09/2.0; 3 Y Lakin (Herts) 11.48/1.9; 4 D Arulanandam (Bucks) 10.68/1.8. SP: 1 D Opara (Berks) 13.97; 2 S Merritt (Hants, U17) 12.04; 3 L Chantler Edmond (Oxon, U17) 10.84; 4 C Quansah (Middx) 10.84; 5 S Mace (Surrey, U17) 10.72. DT: 1 A Holder (Berks) 46.80; 2 K Woodcock (Oxon) 41.77; 3 S Merritt (Hants, U17) 40.36; 4 C Eyers (Kent) 38.89; 5 S Mace (Surrey, U17) 38.83; 6 K Thompson (Middx) 37.91; 7 K Osuji (Herts) 36.13; 8 F Gutteridge (Essex, U17) 35.56; 9 I Marshall (Sussex) 33.73; 10 K Presswell (Bucks) 32.82. HT: 1 K Presswell (Bucks) 53.06; 2 R Keating (Berks) 50.11; 3 M Brett (Cornwall) 47.10; 4 C Gould (Middx) 43.17; 5 C Cockell (Essex) 41.29; 6 M Rushmore (Norfolk) 41.21; 7 J Stevens (Kent, U17) 37.98; 8 T Reid (Surrey) 37.13; 9 E Evans (Herts) 35.80; 10 R Castle (Hants) 34.15; 11 H Slade (Dorset) 33.14. JT: 1 J Campbell (Hants) 41.70; 2 D Bromfield (Essex) 40.89; 3 L Knott (Middx) 34.29; 4 E Lane (Surrey) 33.02U15: 100 (-2.7): 1 Z Thompson (Essex) 12.79; 2 N Alfred (Surrey) 12.81. Ht1 (0.4): 1 Z Thompson (Essex) 12.66; 2 N Alfred (Surrey) 12.85. Ht2 (-1.8): 1 C Iwuchukwu (Middx) 12.83. 200 (-2.0): 1 V Chinedu (Kent) 24.99; 2 C Webster-

Tape (Surrey) 25.64; 3 Z Thompson (Essex) 25.79; 4 O Brothers (Sussex) 26.09; 5 M Mamudu (Middx) 26.29. Ht1 (-3.9): 1 C Webster-Tape (Surrey) 25.91. Ht2 (-1.5): 1 V Chinedu (Kent) 25.57; 2 Z Thompson (Essex) 26.24. 800: 1 I Boffey (Middx) 2:17.85; 2 I Fry (Berks) 2:19.57; 3 A Quantrill (Cambs) 2:19.81; 4 E Thompson (Oxon) 2:22.10; 5 K Aslett (Sussex) 2:22.13. Ht1: 1 I Fry (Berks) 2:20.76; 2 E Bond (Kent) 2:21.68; 3 A Quantrill (Cambs) 2:22.35; 4 K Aslett (Sussex) 2:22.57. Ht2: 1 I Boffey (Middx) 2:18.82; 2 S Millard (Surrey) 2:18.84; 3 E Thompson (Oxon) 2:18.90. 1500: 1 K McDonald (Surrey) 4:38.58; 2 J Czura (Hants) 4:41.36; 3 N Bowley (Oxon) 4:45.18; 4 K Faes (Kent) 4:50.09; 5 S Temple (Cornwall) 4:52.56; 6 I Hoy (Essex) 4:55.23; 7 B Forster (Middx) 4:57.66. 75H: 1 A Hornbuckle (Essex) 11.34; 2 P Earley (Surrey) 11.43; 3 H Dubber (Oxon) 11.92; 4 E Russell (Herts) 11.95; 5 I Sheerin (Dorset) 12.22; 6 E Houston (Berks) 12.26; 7 R Carter (Middx) 12.37; 8 E Isaac (Kent) 12.40. Ht1 (-1.3): 1 A Hornbuckle (Essex) 11.58; 2 H Dubber (Oxon) 11.88; 3 E Houston (Berks) 12.01; 4 R Carter (Middx) 12.20; 5 E Isaac (Kent) 12.21; 6 I Keeley (Suffolk) 12.22. Ht2 (-2.5): 1 P Earley (Surrey) 11.70; 2 E Russell (Herts) 11.99; 3 I Sheerin (Dorset) 12.09; 4 A Cook (Hants) 12.44. HJ: 1 R Hawkins (Kent) 1.75; 2 L Franks (Sussex) 1.72; 3 E Houston (Berks) 1.63; 4= A Brophy (Surrey) 1.55; 4= R Scott (Oxon) 1.55; 6 L Bangula (Middx) 1.55; 7 M Porter (Cambs) 1.55. PV: 1 M Caudery (Cornwall) 3.20; 2 I Deacon (Berks) 3.10; 3 S Fung (Middx) 2.90; 4 K Hicks (Herts) 2.90; 5 C Cole (Sussex) 2.60; 6 L Desseaux (Kent) 2.50. LJ: 1 P Earley (Surrey) 5.33/2.2; 2 C Forman (Essex) 5.23/1.0; 3 H Thurston (Middx) 5.08/1.3. SP: 1 H Molyneaux (Dorset) 12.32; 2 E Locke (Kent) 12.06; 3 D Mihalcea (Middx) 11.97; 4 N Parcell (Herts) 11.65; 5 D Marshall-Brown (Surrey) 11.40; 6 A Cook (Hants) 10.56; 7 S Ross (Bucks) 10.40. DT: 1 R Porter (Herts) 31.23; 2 D Broom (Dorset) 30.00; 3 C Stacey (Berks) 29.67; 4 T Jones (Surrey) 26.45; 5 E Keith (Kent) 26.08. HT: 1 K Head (Essex) 51.94; 2 V Wiltshire (Kent) 49.97; 3 L Runnacles (Berks) 42.08; 4 R Forrester (Sussex) 41.86; 5 D Broom (Dorset) 39.84; 6 S Ross (Bucks) 37.41; 7 K Yorke (Hants) 35.96; 8 A Boahene (Middx) 34.72; 9 L Church (Cambs) 31.04; 10 A Gooden (Herts) 29.04; 11 A Banbury (Surrey) 28.51. JT: 1 A Levy (Herts) 38.58; 2 E Locke (Kent) 36.08; 3 G Ramsey (Suffolk) 36.05; 4 E Bowring (Dorset) 34.40; 5 D Mihalcea (Middx) 33.50; 6 E Walker (Bucks) 33.27


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Molly Caudery: won the under-15 pole vault at Hendon

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WEST YORKSHIRE LEAGUE, WakefieldMen: 100: r1: 1 S Thorpe (Wake, M40) 11.84. JT: 1 R Howes (Pontefract, M50) 33.77U20: 100: r1: 1 D Relton (Hal) 10.87U17: DT: 1 G Armstrong (Leeds C) 59.81; 2 J Tate (Sky) 39.15. JT: 1 G Aspindle (Spen) 49.34U15: 200: r1: 1 C Hopkinson (Leeds C) 24.37U13: 75H: r1: 1 C Howes (Pontefract) 13.77Women: SP: 1 F Thomas (Sky, W35) 11.47; 9 S Bolland (Spen, W70) 4.54. DT: 8 S Bolland (Spen, W70) 14.00U17: 300: 1 A Greenwood (Spen) 40.13. DT: 1 A McCurdie (Wake) 30.55U15: 75H: r1: 1 A Shipley (Sky) 12.43U13: 80: r1: 1 A Rolfe (York) 11.28; 2 E Gill (Hal) 11.39; 3 M Howson (Leeds C) 11.51; 4 M Drake (Wake) 11.55; 5 M Ellis (Long) 11.97. r2: 1 G Lee-donaldson (Sky) 11.63. LJ:1 A Rolfe (York) 4.59U11: 75: r1: 1 O Roe (Wake) 10.71

AUGUST 2NORTHERN ATHLETICS U15 / U17 INTER-COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIPS, DerbyU17 men: 100: A (2.5): 1 J McGrath (Yorks) 10.82; 2 S Griffin (NE) 11.05; 3 D Singh (Humb) 11.07. B (3.0): 1 B Todd (NE) 11.18.400: 1 J Lovell (G Man) 50.51. 800: 1 C McCormick (G Man) 1:57.00; 2 C Bell (Yorks) 1:58.51; 3 P Blezard (Lancs) 1:59.47.1500: 1 J Gormley (Yorks) 4:05.80; 2 N Cox (NE) 4:07.31; 3 A Spilsbury (G Man) 4:08.79; 4 C Durney (Lancs) 4:09.13. B: 1 J Schofield (Yorks) 4:06.47. 3000: 1 J Ferns (Yorks) 8:56.73; 2 J Armstrong (NE) 9:18.27. B: 1 J Shields (Yorks) 9:14.35. 100H: A (0.0): 1 W Aldred (G Man) 13.54; 2 J Hobson (Yorks) 14.26. B (1.2): 1 M Miller (Yorks) 14.55; 2 W Seed (Humb) 14.89. HJ: 1 C Borthwick (G Man) 1.88; 2 T Hughes (Yorks) 1.85. PV: 1 T Dobbs (G Man) 4.10; 2 G Heppinstall (Yorks) 4.00; 2 D Lavelle (Lancs) 4.00. B: 1 J Lindley-Harris (Yorks, U15) 3.80. LJ: 1 R Banigo (Yorks) 6.84/0.9. SP: 1 H Fairclough (Humb) 13.79; 2 L Rowley (Yorks) 13.63. B: 1 O Bryce (Yorks) 12.87. JT: 1 G Davies (Yorks) 62.85U15: 100: A (2.6): 1 J Walker (Derb) 11.24; 2 J Etia (Yorks) 11.56; 3 S Emery-Shawcross (G Man) 11.68; 4 J Leatherd (Lancs) 11.69; 5 S O’Hara (NE) 11.82. B (1.2): 1 K Wong (Yorks) 11.95. 200: A (0.3): 1 J Walker (Derb) 23.37; 2 S O’Hara (NE) 23.78; 3 J Etia (Yorks) 23.79; 4 J Leatherd (Lancs) 23.80; 5 W Hughes (Lincs) 24.36; 6 L Dean (Cumbria) 24.40. 800: 1 A Botterill (Yorks) 2:05.31; 2 D Slater (Mers) 2:06.10; 3 C Finlayson (Lancs) 2:06.36; 4 D Evans (Derb) 2:07.32; 5 O Jakes (Lincs) 2:08.57. B: 1 K Atkins (Lancs) 2:09.15; 2 M Richardson (Mers) 2:09.55. 80H: A (2.6): 1 P Delaney (Mers) 12.04; 2 C Finlayson (Lancs) 12.20; 3 O Herring (NE) 12.36; 4 A Coles (Humb) 12.54; 5 G Dave (Derb) 12.69. 4x100: r1: 1 Lancashire 47.42; 2 Yorkshire 47.99; 3 Derbyshire 48.97; 4 Cumbria 49.14; 5 North East Counties 49.23.LJ: 1 J Walker (Derb) 6.19/1.8. B: 1 J Leatherd (Lancs) 6.07/1.5. SP: 1 J Tranmer (Humb) 12.00. JT: 1 M Madeloso (Mers) 44.43U17 women: 100: A (1.0): 1 E Newsome (Yorks) 12.13; 2 C Paterson (Humb) 12.18; 3 C Orton (Cumbria) 12.29; 4 C Reid (Lancs) 12.41; 5 E Rawson (Derb) 12.56. B (1.0): 6 M Bruce (Derb) 11.84; 1 A Thompson (Yorks) 12.51. 300: 1 C Reid (Lancs) 39.48; 2 E Borthwick (G Man) 39.85; 3 A Greenwood (Yorks) 40.29. B: 1 G Hollis-Lawrence (Yorks)

41.94. 800: 1 H Johnstone (Lancs) 2:19.5; 2 T Hammond (Yorks) 2:19.7. 1500: 1 K Gunn (NE) 4:53.11. 3000: 1 S Burnett (NE) 10:31.49. 80H: A (0.0): 1 J Feenan (NE) 11.97; 2 M Angland (Lancs) 12.34; 3 C Stamp (Yorks) 12.47. HJ: 1 A Ward (Yorks) 1.78; 2 E Borthwick (G Man) 1.75; 3 C Jones (Derbyshire, U15) 1.55. PV: 1 F Hockey (Lancs) 3.40; 2 A Williams (G Man) 3.10. B: 1 J Swannack (Lancs) 3.30; 2 A Other (NE) 2.80; 3 E Danson-Chappell (G Man) 2.80. LJ: 1 H Smith (Merseyside, U15) 5.24/1.7; 2 V Adams (Yorks) 5.22/0.9. SP: 1 T Buckingham (Yorks) 14.22; 2 L Hillman (Lancs) 11.61; 3 S O’Hara (Humb) 11.26. JT: 1 L Hillman (Lancs) 38.23U15: 100: A (1.0): 1 R Walker (G Man) 12.64; 2 E Coope (Derb) 12.64; 3= J Moss (NE) 12.82; 3= I Avey (Yorks) 12.82; 5 A Benson (Humb) 12.88. B (2.2): 1 P Mukendi (NE) 12.82; 2 G Lever (G Man) 12.88. 200: A (2.1): 1 J Moss (NE) 25.49; 2 E Strickland (Humb) 25.49; 3 I Avery (Yorks) 25.63; 4 E Coope (Derb) 25.78. 800: 1 T Simpson (Yorks) 2:13.89; 2 B Barlow (G Man) 2:17.67; 3 C Crook (Lancs) 2:18.99; 4 L Hunter (NE) 2:20.58; 5 J Cooper (Derb) 2:21.79; 6 G Walker (Humb) 2:21.96; 7 M Ellison (Lincs) 2:22.24. 75H: A (1.2): 1 E Darroch (Mers) 11.46; 2 A Linaker (Yorks) 11.52; 3 E Colmer (NE) 11.86; 4 C Jones (Derb) 11.92; 5 M McHugh (G Man) 11.99; 6 A Sibbald (Lancs) 12.26; 7 O Evans (Humb) 12.28. B (1.1): 1 G Bower (G Man) 11.93. 4x100: r1: 1 Yorkshire 50.28; 2 Greater Manchester 50.87; 3 North East Counties 52.13; 4 Merseyside 52.64. r2: 1 Derbyshire 52.11; 2 Humberside 52.13; 3 Lancashire 53.32; 4 Cumbria 53.46. LJ: 1 C Jones (Derb) 5.18/2.3; 2 G Lever (G Man) 5.12/1.3; 3 M Colbeck (Yorks) 5.12/1.3. B: 1 A Linaker (Yorks) 5.13/1.9; 2 G Bower (G Man) 5.07/1.3. SP: 1 M Sanders (Yorks) 11.00; 2 M McHugh (G Man) 10.73. B: 1 M Ascough (Yorks) 10.36. JT: 1 M Sanders (Yorks) 33.78; 2 M Knighton (Derb) 32.52; 3 R Gallagher (Cumbria) 32.09; 4 P Ditchfield (G Man) 31.19

SERVELINE MIDLAND LEAGUE DIVISION 1, StokeMen: 100: 1 E Skervin (Notts) 10.7; 2 G Lima (BRAT) 11.0. ns: 1 R Ewer (R&N, U17) 11.1. 200: 4 Z Stapleton (R&N, U17) 22.8. 1500: 1 S Mitchell (Notts) 3:59.5; 5 J Mann (Stoke, U17) 4:10.4. 3000: 1 A Watson (Notts, M35) 8:30.2; 2 M Williams (W&B, M35) 8:52.8; 3 G Goodwin (R&N, U20) 8:53.5. B: 1 M Whitehouse (Notts, M35) 8:42.3.ns: 1 S Mitchell (Notts) 8:27.4; 2 R Keal (Notts, M40) 8:59.9; 7 M Ludford (BRAT, M55) 10:26.8. 110H: 1 J Porter (Bir) 14.7; 2 A Nwenwu (W&B) 15.2; 3 T Moakes (Notts) 15.4; 4 J Taylor (Stoke, U20) 15.8. B: 1 O Okoro (Bir) 15.7. 400H: 1 T Moakes (Notts) 53.4; 2 J Taylor (Stoke, U20) 55.9. 4x100: 1 Bir 42.2; 2 Stoke 42.4; 3 Notts 43.5; 4 R&N 43.6; 5 W&B 43.7. 4x400: 1 Notts 3:22.4; 2 Stoke 3:22.7. PV: 1 J Leon Benitez (Notts, U17) 4.70. B: 3 D Cowley (R&N, M65) 2.50. LJ: 1 S Street (Notts, U20) 7.01; 2 M Lewis (BRAT) 6.91. B: 5 J Bell (R&N, M40) 5.64. TJ: 1 M Nevers (Notts, U20) 13.86. SP: 1 M Fox (Stoke, M50) 13.41; 2 N Fox (Bir) 13.31. B: 1 J Moreland (R&N, M55) 10.38. DT: 1 N Fox (Bir) 48.22; 2 J Moreland (R&N, M55) 37.87; 3 J Briggs (BRAT, U17) 37.49; 4 M Fox (Stoke, M50) 32.85. HT: 1 C Shorthouse (Bir) 66.71; 2 C Murch (R&N) 62.29; 3 M Sutton (W&B) 57.24; 5 M Fox (Stoke, M50) 30.56. B: 1 O Barnfield (W&B) 56.24; 2 T Fellowes (Bir, U20) 50.29; 3 J Moreland (R&N, M55) 34.87. JT: 1 G Millar (Bir)

60.31; 2 K Murch (R&N, M55) 46.09Women: 100: 1 E Ruddock (R&N, W35) 12.7; 3 G Skervin (Notts, W40) 13.0. 400: 1 A Hillyard (Bir, U20) 56.2; 2 A Ika-Oqua (W&B) 56.4; 3 D Willis (Notts) 56.9; 4 E Berrisford (Stoke, U17) 58.7. B: 1 E Brazil (Notts, U17) 56.7; 2 C Read (Bir) 57.7. 800: B: 1 S Brace (Stoke) 2:16.7. 1500: 1 K Holt (Stoke) 4:33.5; 2 A Hopcroft (Bir, U20) 4:43.5; 4 I Cotham (W&B, U17) 4:53.1. B: 1 G Rafferty (Stoke, U17) 4:43.7; 4 J Pidgeon (Notts, W50) 5:17.0. 3000: 1 K Holt (Stoke) 9:57.0. B: 2 K Goddard (R&N, U17) 10:48.7. 100H: 1 M Smith (Bir, U20) 14.8; 2 E Komocki (Notts) 15.2. B: 2 J Robbins (Notts, U20) 15.6. 400H: 1 M Dixon (W&B) 66.0. 4x100: 1 Bir 49.5; 2 R&N 50.1; 3 Stoke 50.4; 4 Notts 51.5. 4x400: 1 Notts 3:50.0; 3 Stoke 3:52.0; 2 Bir 3:57.6; 4 W&B 4:12.4. PV: 1 A Rossi (BRAT) 3.15. LJ: 1 K Stainton (Bir, U20) 5.87; 2 E Broome (R&N, U17) 5.67. SP: 1 E Campbell (Notts) 11.31. B: 6 D Murch (R&N, W55) 8.06. DT: 1 E Rathbone (Stoke, U17) 34.49. B: 1 H Clowes (Stoke, W35) 31.08; 2 J Cooper (W&B, W50) 27.48. HT: 1 H Murray (Bir) 54.73; 2 A Palmer (Notts) 53.24; 3 L Webster (W&B) 46.51; 4 L Cousins (R&N, U17) 33.35. B: 1 E Campbell (Notts) 50.61; 2 D Murch (R&N, W55) 33.14. JT: 1 M Exley (R&N, U20) 32.54. B: 3 K Addis (W&B, W40) 25.48

DIVISION 2, CheltenhamMATCH: 1 Cheltenham & County 414; 2 Bristol & West/Yate 345; 3 Gloucester/Severn 343; 4 Newport Harriers 302; 5 Coventry Godiva 253; 6 Charnwood 236Men: 100: 1 C Stone (B&W, U20) 10.7. ns: 7 D Morgan (B&W, M45) 11.9. 200: 1 C Stone (B&W, U20) 21.8. 400: 1 S Marshall (Cov) 50.0; 2 A Daley (B&W, U20) 50.1; 4 J Ford (Newp, U17) 50.9. 800: B: 5 J Douglas (Charn, M40) 2:07.6. 1500: 1 T George (Glouc, U20) 4:04.6. B: 1 A George (Glouc, U20) 4:04.6; 3 A Bailey (Chelt, M40) 4:18.1. ns: 4 J Hogan (B&W, M55) 4:55.9. 3000: 1 G Rush (Chelt) 8:38.3; 2 O Jones (B&W) 8:39.6. B: 1 D Roper (Chelt) 8:41.5. 110H: 1 K Arnold (Newp, U20) 16.1.400H: 1 A Hill (Chelt) 55.9; 2 R Phillips (B&W, U20) 56.2. 3000SC: 1 D Owen (Chelt) 9:43.3. 4x100: 1 B&W 43.4. HJ: 1 A Wall (B&W) 2.00. LJ: 2 I Qureshi (Chelt, U17) 6.57. SP: 1 J Preston (B&W) 13.12; 2 W Suart (Cov, M40) 12.18. HT: 1 T Williams (Glouc) 58.99; 2 M Spicer (B&W, M40) 49.61; 3 R Douglas (Charn, U20) 49.42. B:1 J Lange (Glouc, U20) 50.33. JT: 1 C Granville (B&W, U20) 53.82Women: 100: 1 A Reynolds (Newp, U17) 12.2. 200: 1 A Reynolds (Newp,

U17) 25.2. 400: B: 2 C Ovens (Chelt, U17) 60.8; 4 S Everitt (B&W, W45) 64.6. 800: 1 J Cooke (Chelt) 2:14.4. B: 3 C Jolliffe (B&W, W45) 2:33.0. 3000: B: 1 J Belyavin (B&W, W35) 10:46.3. 100H: 1 M Courtney (Chelt, U20) 14.5; 2 H Jackson (B&W) 15.4. 4x100:1 Newp 51.4; 2 Chelt 51.4. 4x400: 1 Chelt 4:10.5. LJ: 1 M Arthur (Newp, U20) 5.58; 2 M Thomas (B&W, U20) 5.44. TJ: 1 M Arthur (Newp, U20) 10.95. B: 1 J Willoughby (Glouc, W50) 9.41. SP: 1 C Parker (Cov, W40) 11.59; 2 L Richards (Glouc, U17) 10.38. DT: 1 C Parker (Cov, W40) 37.22; 2 M Bird (Chelt, U17) 36.41. B: 1 R Bird (Chelt, W45) 28.25. HT: 1 C Jones (B&W) 60.75; 2 C Stallard (Glouc, U20) 46.34; 3 H Morgan (Newp, U17) 43.33; 4 R Bird (Chelt, W45) 34.93; 5 C Parker (Cov, W40) 33.54. B: 1 A Robertson (Glouc) 44.32. JT: 1 G Tingay (B&W) 38.87; 2 M Arthur (Newp, U20) 38.25; 3 K Davies (Glouc, U20) 33.34

DIVISION 2 NORTH, PeterboroughMATCH: 1eq Herts Phoenix & Ryston Runners 187; 3 Wycombe Phoenix Harriers 161.5; 4 Peterborough 153.5Men: 800: 1 B Grover (Herts P, U17) 1:59.9. HJ: 1 B Armorgie (Herts P) 2.00; 2 J Horne (P’boro, U17) 1.90. PV: 1 I Parkinson (Wyc P, M35) 4.10. SP: 1 J Kingwell (Herts P, M40) 11.52. HT: 1 J Kingwell (Herts P, M40) 43.34. JT: 1 C Martin (Herts P, U20) 54.00Women: 200: 4 G Clarke (Ryst, W50) 29.1. 400: ns: 1 S McGivern (P’boro, W35) 62.2. 400H: 1 S Calcott (P’boro) 64.9. HJ: 4 G Clarke (Ryst, W50) 1.30. PV: 1 C Parkinson (Wyc P) 3.51. LJ: 1 S McGivern (P’boro, W35) 4.97. DT: B: 1 M Simmonds (Ryst, W65) 18.75. HT: 1 G Clarke (Ryst, W50) 25.92

DIVISION 3, KetteringMATCH: 1 Cannock & Stafford 378; 2 Kettering Town H 342; 3 Telford 330.5; 4 Bromsgrove & Redditch 329; 5 Worcester 318.5; 6 Stratford on Avon 285Men: 200: B: 1 J Tipper (Tel, M40) 23.2 800: ns: 1 J Trent (Kett, U15) 2:05.9. 3000: 1 P Ward (Tel, M45) 9:11.0. 4x100: 1 Tel 43.7. HT: 2 M Roberts (C&S, M50) 36.65Women: 400: 1 M Davies (C&S, U17) 58.4. 100H: 1 O Walker (C&S, U20) 14.4; 2 N Bailey (Kett, U20) 15.3. 4x100: 1 C&S 49.5. 4x400: 1 C&S 4:12.0; 2 Kett 4:12.5. HJ: 1 H Tapley (Worc, U17) 1.65. PV: 1 H Rubery (Tel) 3.40; 4 S Bland (Strat, W50) 1.70. B: 1 D Langdale (Tel, U17) 3.20. LJ: 1 N Bailey (Kett, U20) 5.37; 6 M Garland (Worc, W50) 4.32. B: 6 J Wakelam (B&R, W55) 3.47. TJ: B: 4 M Garland (Worc, W50) 8.79; 6 J Wakelam

(B&R, W55) 7.52. DT: 1 K Carter (Tel, U20) 36.00; 2 C Lockett (Worc, U17) 30.11. HT: 1 D Gilbert (Kett, U20) 36.61; 2 K Moody (C&S, W45) 33.42; 3 C Lockett (Worc, U17) 33.03; 4 J Wakelam (B&R, W55) 23.01. JT: 1 F Garrott (Tel, U17) 37.60

DIVISION 4, BanburyMATCH: 1 Royal Sutton Coldfield 421.5; 2 Tamworth ‘A’ 372.3; 3 Leicester Coritanian 358.3; 4 Banbury 324; 5 Corby 319.5; 6 Halesowen A & CC 315.5Men: 100: 1 K Ennis (Banb) 10.5; 2 N Pryce (RSC) 10.6; 3= E Powell (Leic C, U20) 11.0; 3= M Richardson (Tam, U20) 11.0. B: 1 K Howitt (RSC, U20) 11.1. 200: 1 K Ennis (Banb) 21.4; 2 E Powell (Leic C, U20) 22.2. 400: 1= N Pryce (RSC) 49.5; 1= D Willis (Corby) 49.5; 3= T Ainsworth (Tam, U17) 50.8; 5 J Rogers (Hale, U17) 51.4. 800: 1 T Ainsworth (Tam, U17) 1:58.4; 2 F Tremblay (RSC, M35) 1:59.1. 1500: B: 2 R Andrew (RSC, M50) 4:21.9. 3000: 2 G Lee (Leic C, M45) 9:17.8. 4x400: 1 Corby 3:23.2.TJ: 5 P Coates (Hale, M45) 11.11. SP: 2 K Brown (SB, M45) 10.58. DT: 1 P Wilkins (Banb, M45) 42.78; 2 K Brown (SB, M45) 42.32. HT: 1 M Bell (Corby, M35) 45.17Women: 100: 1 D Thompson (Tip, U17) 12.4; 2 C Smith (Tam, U20) 12.5; 3= N Gilliam (Leic C, U17) 12.7. 200: 1 D Thompson (Tip, U17) 25.7. 800: 4 R Kelling (Banb, W50) 2:42.1. 1500: 4 R Kelling (Banb, W50) 5:26.4. B: 2 P Barber (Tip, W55) 5:46.6. 3000: 5 R Kelling (Banb, W50) 11:48.4; 6 P Barber (Tip, W55) 11:49.8. HJ: 1 D Thompson (Tip, U17) 1.60. TJ: 1 C Harding (Leic C, U17) 10.51. SP: B: 1 L Foster (RSC, W50) 7.81; 6 J Smallwood (Hale, W70) 5.12. HT: 3 F Smith (RSC, W50) 25.72; 4 G Morton (Leic C, W50) 23.53. JT: B: 1 J Smallwood (Hale, W70) 13.58

DIVISION 6, StourportMen: 1500: 5 D Oxland (Notts, M60) 4:57.9. PV: 2 D Hateley (Nun, M45) 2.90. SP: 1 D Morris (K&S, M45) 10.35Women: 1500: 2 K Brooks (Harb, W55) 5:50.6. 3000: B: 1 K Brooks (Harb, W55) 12:00.2. SP: 1 L McKeown (K&S, W35) 9.53. HT: 1 K Lambert (K&S, U17) 45.79; 4 V Kirkland (Nun, W65) 17.10. B: 1 L McKeown (K&S, W35) 35.44

SWEATSHOP SOUTHERN ATHLETICS LEAGUE DIVISION 1, BromleyMATCH: 1 Blackheath & Bromley 194; 2 Colchester Harriers 191; 3 Walton 170; 4 Radley 169Men: 100: A (-1.3): 1 D Putnam (B&B) 10.78. 200: A (0.3): 1 D Putnam (B&B) 21.35. 400: 1 C Oliver (Col H, U17)


TrackResults

UK 200m outdoor leaders – 2014 MEN WOMEN20.20 Adam Gemili Sen 22.50 Jodie Williams20.37 Thomas Somers U20 22.74 Dina Asher-Smith21.53 Ryan Gorman U17 23.63 Hannah Brier22.14 Jona Efoloko U15 24.96 Georgina Adam24.29 Charles Hagan U15 26.67 Marcia Sey22.29 Rick Beardsell V35 25.72 Ellena Ruddock23.19 Mark Collins V40 26.66 Gia Skervin22.64 Darren Scott V45 27.56 Jacqui Hodgson24.72 Steve Beak/Fausto Furlotti V50 29.11 Alison Slatcher25.01 John Wright V55 29.35 Averil McClelland25.99 Ray Watkins V60 29.57 Caroline Powell27.37 Glyn Sutton V65 30.66 Viv Bonner 29.40 Terry Bissett V70 38.43i Mary Axteell29.11 Walter Hunter V75 40.52i Dorothy Fraser 42.37 Richard Pitcairn-Knowles V80 nm (nb electrical only)


50.76. 800: 1 H Fleming (Walton, U20) 1:54.32. 5000: A:2 C Ridley (Col H, M50) 16:44.38. 110H: A (0.0): 1 M Cryer (B&B) 15.81. 4x100: 1 B&B 43.13. 4x400: 1 B&B 3:17.59. PV: 1 G Conlon (Walton, M35) 4.30; 2 A Williams (B&B, M60) 3.40. B: 2 C Timmings (Walton, M45) 3.20. LJ: 1 J Dorrian (Rad) 6.89; 2 M Cryer (B&B) 6.88. TJ: B: 2 C Timmings (Walton, M45) 10.60. SP: 1 S Timmins (B&B, M35) 13.72; 2 S Bishop (Walton) 13.32. B: 2 J Davis (Walton, M50) 9.84. DT: B: 1 S Timmins (B&B, M35) 39.45. HT: 1 T Parker (B&B) 56.97; 2 J Hamblin (Col H, U20) 51.32; 3 J Davis (Walton, M50) 31.76. B: 1 S Timmins (B&B, M35) 47.63. JT: 1 M van den Dobbelsteen (B&B, M40) 50.46. B: 4 J Davis (Walton, M50) 34.84Women: 100: A (-3.1): 3 S McLoughlin (Walton, W35) 13.03. ns: 3 H Godsell (B&B, W60) 14.75. 200: A (-2.2): 3 S McLoughlin (Walton, W35) 26.66. ns: 3 H Godsell (B&B, W60) 30.06. 400: 1 K Galley (B&B) 57.92; 2 S McLoughlin (Walton, W35) 58.38. B: 2 K Watts (Col H, U17) 60.98. 800: 1 K Watts (Col H, U17) 2:18.69; 2 J Locker (Walton, W35) 2:19.20. B: 1 D Morley (Col H, W45) 2:21.64; 2 L Amos (Walton, W35) 2:23.07; 4 M Miller (B&B, W50) 2:49.89. 1500: 2 D Morley (Col H, W45) 5:03.65. 3000: 1 C Penlington (B&B, W35) 10:26.39. 100H: A (-1.0): 1 C Holdsworth (Col H) 15.37; 2 G Sunderland (Rad, U20) 15.52. 400H: 1 N Martell-Smith (Col H) 65.84. 1500SC: 2 B Frost (B&B, U20) 5:31.61; 3 E Neale (Col H) 5:51.20. ns: 1 N Kingston (B&B, U15) 5:31.61. 4x100: 1 Col H 50.27; 2 Rad 50.48; 3

B&B 50.66. 4x400: 1 Col H 4:02.07; 2 B&B 4:02.46. PV: 1 S Woolhouse (B&B, U20) 2.90; 2 D Singleton (Walton, W55) 2.30. ns: 1 S Emmett (B&B, U15) 2.90; 2 J Montgomery (B&B, W50) 2.60. LJ: 2 A Hopkins (Rad, U17) 5.16. B: 4 D Singleton (Walton, W55) 3.45. TJ: 1 Z Asante (B&B) 12.50. B: 1 T Orelaja (B&B, U17) 11.16. ns: 1 A Davies (B&B, U17) 10.50. SP: 1 S Mace (Walton, U17) 11.52; 2 C Holdsworth (Col H) 11.31; 3 L Chantler Edmond (Rad, U17) 11.05. DT: 1 S Mace (Walton, U17) 42.39; 2 K Woodcock (Rad, U20) 40.92. B: 1 L Chantler Edmond (Rad, U17) 35.13. HT: 1 E O’Hara (Rad, U20) 54.28; 2 P Davenall (Col H, U17) 43.29; 3 S Mace (Walton, U17) 42.73. B: 1 A Baird (Rad) 45.21

DIVISION 1, ChelmsfordMATCH: 1 Bedford & County 203; 2 Chelmsford 195; 3 Enfield & Haringey 163; 4 Basingstoke & Mid Hants 152Men: 100: B: 4 T James (Bed C, M55) 12.9. 400: 1 M Hunt (Chelm) 49.0; 2 M Skee (E&H) 49.8. ns: 2 M Vassiliou (E&H, M50) 55.8. 1500: ns: 1 S Coombes (Bed C, M40) 4:15.4. 4x100: 1 Chelm 43.6; 2 E&H 44.0. 4x400: 1 Chelm 3:25.7. HJ: 1 S Johnson (Bed C) 2.04. B: 2 G Butler (BMH, M45) 1.60. PV: 1 L Yarwood (Chelm) 4.60; 3 T Seager (Bed C, U17) 3.40. B: 2 J Allway (Chelm, U17) 3.20. TJ: 2 D Lynch (E&H, U17) 12.81. SP: B: 3 G Tyler (Chelm, M65) 9.64. DT: 4 G Tyler (Chelm, M65) 31.97. HT: 1 R Martin (Bed C) 54.80; 2 J Flitcroft (BMH) 45.29. B: 1 D Kerr (Bed C, M40) 45.57Women: 400: 1 K Dixon (E&H) 57.1; 3

A Slatcher (Bed C, W50) 64.7. 800: 1 J Wilkinson (Bed C, W40) 2:19.2. 1500: 1 J Wilkinson (Bed C, W40) 4:46.1. 3000: 1 R Murray (Bed C) 10:08.0. 400H: 1 M Bomb (E&H) 65.1. 1500SC: 1 L Wildash (BMH, U17) 5:22.9; 2 S Kerr (Bed C, U17) 5:51.6. B: 1 G Wildash (BMH, U20) 5:47.2. ns: 1 R Sleap (BMH) 5:51.7. 4x100: 1 E&H 51.0. PV: 1 J Eastwood (Bed C, W35) 3.30. B: 1 G Bangay (Bed C) 3.15. LJ: 1 J Harding (Chelm, U20) 5.22. SP: 4 S Quinn (Chelm, W55) 7.28. DT: 1 R Bennett (Bed C) 36.58; 2 S Quinn (Chelm, W55) 31.30. HT: 3 S Quinn (Chelm, W55) 28.44. JT: 1 K Oniwinde (E&H) 40.02

DIVISION 1, PortsmouthMATCH: 1 Southampton 232; 2 Havering 173; 3 City of Portsmouth 168; 4 Nene Valley Harriers 148Men: 100: 1 O Bromby (Soton, U17) 10.9; 2 J Gabbidon (Ports) 10.9. 200: 1 R Young (Soton, U20) 22.0. B: 1 J Amartey (Soton, U20) 22.1; 2 H Pocock (Ports, U20) 22.5.400: 1 R Young (Soton, U20) 48.6; 2 D Holding (Nene V) 49.8; 3 H Pocock (Ports, U20) 50.3. ns: 1 S Adams (Soton) 49.9. 5000: 3 J Smith (Soton, M40) 16:28.9. 110H: 1 A Akehurst (Ports) 15.6; 2 T Rady (Soton) 16.0. 400H: B: 3 J Tilt (Soton, M50) 64.4. 4x400: 1 Soton 3:24.0. HJ: 1 N Hunt (Soton, U20) 1.95. PV: 1 S Bass-Cooper (Soton, U20) 4.60; 2 T Farres (Ports, U20) 4.00. TJ: 1 N Hunt (Soton, U20) 13.92. SP: 1 M Tinkler (Nene V) 14.22; 2 G Newton (Soton, M35) 14.05. DT: B: 2 R Healey (Ports, M55) 30.86. HT: 1 D Avery (Soton) 48.44; 2 I Huskisson (Nene V, U20) 43.62. JT: 1 M Muckelt

(Ports, U20) 49.14; 2 N Hunt (Soton, U20) 48.89Women: 100: 1 L Hughes (Nene V, U20) 12.3; 2 A Teal (Soton, U17) 12.5. 200: 1 M Shokunbi (Have, U17) 25.1; 2 L Hughes (Nene V, U20) 25.3. 800: 1 L Brenton (Soton) 2:17.3. 1500: 1 L Brenton (Soton) 4:44.4; 4 H Lockyer (Ports, W45) 5:28.2. 3000: 1 L Hallam (Have, U20) 10:08.9. 100H: 1 E Maltby (Nene V, U20) 16.0.1500SC: 1 A Sharp (Soton, U17) 5:19.5; 2 I Woods (Have, U20) 5:36.0. B: 1 V Smith (Have) 5:44.7; 2 J Beckingham (Soton) 5:57.7. 4x100: 1 Soton 50.5; 2 Nene V 51.3; 3 Have 51.7. 4x400: 1 Soton 4:09.4. HJ: 1 E Cowell (Soton, U20) 1.68; 2 B Siddons (Have) 1.65. PV: 1 C Cubbage (Ports, W40) 2.60. TJ: 1 E Maltby (Nene V, U20) 11.06. SP: 1 S Merritt (Soton, U17) 12.55. DT: 1 S Merritt (Soton, U17) 38.43; 2 F Gutteridge (Have, U17) 33.73. HT: 2 R Castle (Ports, U20) 34.51; 3 H Pearce (Soton, U17) 33.80. JT: 1 L Lockwood (Have) 42.15; 2 S Merritt (Soton, U17) 39.05; 4 H Lockyer (Ports, W45) 23.57

DIVISION 1, StevenageMen: 400: 1 S Tucknott (B&H) 49.8; 2 E Holland (Norw, U17) 50.3; 3 P De’Ath (SNH, U20) 50.4. 800: 1 P Goodall (Norw) 1:52.6; 2 I Crowe-Wright (B&H, U20) 1:55.1.5000: 1 P Arnold (Norw) 15:20.2; 2 H Bristow (B&H, M35) 15:31.0. ns: 1 J Mutch (B&H) 15:41.7. 110H: 1 P Moreno (B&H) 15.1; 2 C Marshall (Norw) 15.8. HJ: 1 M Brooks (Croy, U17) 1.90. PV: 1 N Gardner (SNH, U17) 4.42. LJ: 1 J McLachlan (Norw) 6.89; 2 D Gardner (SNH) 6.87. TJ: 1 N Gardner (SNH, U17) 12.92. SP: 1 M

Painter (Norw) 13.30; 2 D Olajiga (Croy, U17) 13.06. B: 2 T Richards (Croy, M65) 9.67. HT: 1 M Painter (Norw) 62.80. B: 1 C Brown (Norw) 61.71. JT: 1 N McLellan (SNH, M35) 60.79. B: 3 P Graves (Norw, M45) 36.32Women: 100: 1 A Short (B&H, U20) 12.4. 200: B: 1 K Clark (Norw, U17) 25.9. 400: 3 R Pickard (SNH, U17) 60.7. B: 1 M Brown (Norw, W40) 63.8; 2 S Reed (SNH, W45) 65.5. 800: 1 K Grant (Norw) 2:14.2. 3000: 1 H Tobin (B&H) 10:19.0. 400H: 1 K Clark (Norw, U17) 65.1. B: 2 S Reed (SNH, W45) 75.1. 4x100: 1 B&H 51.4. HJ: 1 J Browne (SNH) 1.68. TJ: 1 E Revel-Chion (B&H, U20) 10.60; 3 L Oliver (SNH, W40) 9.40. B: 2 S Reed (SNH, W45) 9.23. SP: 1 M Sasegbon (SNH) 11.28. B: 1 S Hewitt (B&H, W40) 10.00; 2 L Oliver (SNH, W40) 9.68. DT: 1 K McCowan (B&H) 37.63. B: 1 S Hewitt (B&H, W40) 35.84. HT: 1 K McCowan (B&H) 43.58; 2 G Vickery (Norw, U20) 40.64; 3 T Reid (Croy, U20) 36.59; 4 E Evans (SNH, U20) 35.50. B: 2 S Hewitt (B&H, W40) 33.85. ns: 1 S Goddard (SNH, U20) 37.59. JT: 4 L Brown (Norw, W45) 23.49

DIVISION 2 NORTH, Hemel HempsteadMATCH: 1 Harrow 244; 2 St Albans 155; 3 Newham & Essex Beagles 151; 4 Dacorum & Tring 147Men: 100: 1 E Copperwhite (D&T, U20) 10.7; 2 C Wilkie (Harrow, U17) 10.9; 3 A Hemoh (NEB, U17) 11.2. B: 1 J Grant (Harrow) 10.7; 2 D Ashwell (D&T, U17) 10.8. ns: 1 S Muhammad (Harrow, U20) 10.5; 4 R Samuel (Harrow, M45) 12.1. 200: 2 E Copperwhite (D&T, U20) 22.1;


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JULY 30WATFORD OPEN GRADED MEETING, WatfordSTEVIE STOCKTON went inside nine minutes at 3000m for the first time. It puts her equal third on the UK rankings for 2014, matching Beth Potter’s 8:58.01 time also set at Watford earlier in the month.

Clare Elms continued her record spree as she set a UK W50 3000m record, bringing the mark to below 10 minutes with 9:57.39.

The 3000m races, which took place after 10pm after 19 1500m races, saw Jonathan Hay run the fastest time of 8:05.19.Mixed events: 200: r2 (0.9): 7 E Scott (TVH, W50) 29.64. r3 (-0.1): 2 E Healy (KTH, U13W) 27.54. r5 (-0.3): 5 N Anderson (Highgate H, W40) 26.79. r7 (0.7): 5 D Olusanya (Harrow, M40) 24.62; 7 F Furlotti (E&H, M50) 24.80. r8 (0.0): 7 G Harrison (Serp, M40) 23.88. 1500: r3: 1 K Stern (St Alb, U13W) 5:04.45. r4: 7 M Williams (R&N, U13W) 5:10.62; 11 D Taylor (Read, W45) 5:16.29. r5: 1 E Hatchett (E&H, U17W) 4:54.35; 2 J Genco-Russo (AFD, U13) 4:56.36; 3 K Mitchell (Hav, U15W) 4:57.05; 4 B Ryan (M&M, U13) 4:58.14; 9 L Jay (Luton, U13W) 5:09.86. r6: 4 L Lafreniere (G &G, U17W) 4:53.82; 5 B Williams (Mans, U17W) 4:54.13; 9 E Williams (KTH, U13W) 5:00.23; 15 O Lowrie (Wyc P, U13W) 5:07.03. r7: 3 L Langford (SBH, U17W) 4:48.07; 8 R Hickman (Mil K, U13) 4:53.02; 9 E Blythman (Bed C, U13) 4:54.20; 15 B Forster (E&H, U15W) 4:58.52. r8: 2 E Grice (AFD, U17W) 4:42.51; 3 M Perry (VOA, U13) 4:42.87; 4 Z Doyle (Belg,

W35) 4:43.39; 5 A McTighe (Strat, U13W) 4:44.93; 7 A Edwards (Luton, U17W) 4:46.35; 9 F Ashworth (KTH, U20W) 4:47.14; 16 H Willis (Brack, U17W) 4:51.54. r9: 3 J Judd (Chelms, U17W) 4:40.03; 4 C Sharp (Dartf, U15W) 4:40.26; 5 R Ward (Linc W, U20W) 4:40.26; 6 H Codling (KTH, U13) 4:43.54; 7 A Kelleher (Barn, M50) 4:43.61; 10 Z MacDonald (C&C, U20W) 4:44.35; 11 B Armstrong (Bex, W) 4:44.52; 13 H Goddard (Brack, U17W) 4:44.82; 14 K Tydeman (Bas, W) 4:44.98; 15 G Goddard (Brack, U17W) 4:50.67; 16 L Edwards (Harrow, U13) 4:52.81. r10: 12 J Locker (Walton, W35) 4:40.01; 18 A Barbour (WSEH, U17W) 4:45.10. r11: 4 L Mangelshot (Ware Joggers, M50) 4:29.93; 7 K Mhlanga (Chelms, U15W) 4:31.20; 10 M Haynes (WSEH, W) 4:32.86; 11 A Donnelly (Linc W, U20W) 4:33.42; 14 E Hughes (Mans, U20W) 4:35.27. r12: 4 A Yabsley (Mil K, U15) 4:29.02; 5 O Morter (Hav, U15) 4:29.55; 6 S Tooley (W Suff, U17W) 4:29.77; 8 I Ives (Bas, U17W) 4:32.78; 13 L Lingley (WSEH, W) 4:35.86; 14 L Jones (Charn, U17W) 4:36 .39; 16 S Evans (Warr, U13) 4:37.01; 17 L Bond (WSEH, W) 4:40.82; 18 K Dodd (Bas, U20W) 4:43.82. r13: 1 C Plateau (Lough S, W) 4:21.91; 2 J Richardson (Oxf C, M45) 4:22.80; 4 G Hillier (Charn, W) 4:24.79; 7 N Wiltshire (Read, U15) 4:25.74; 8 R Webster (Oxf C, M45) 4:25.87; 10 N Brown (AFD, U17W) 4:26.90; 11 H Nuttall (Charn, U20W) 4:26.96. r14: 5 J Dempsey (SBH, U15) 4:19.41; 10 B Miller (C&T, U15) 4:23.00; 14 G Kersey (Bas, W) 4:29.08; 15 A Rodrigues (Camb, U15) 4:29.24; 18 G Bell (SBH, W) 4:39.92.

r15: 3 J Barber (B&B, U17) 4:10.55; 5 C Clarke (BAC, U17) 4:11.39; 6 J Berry (M&M, U17) 4:11.45; 7 C Wyllie (DMV, U17) 4:11.50; 13 C McLaughlin (Derby City Track Club, M45) 4:13.86; 14 M Courtney (SBH, W) 4:14.77; 16 E O’Gorman (Chilt, M40) 4:17.40. r16: 1 L Spear (Norw, U17) 4:05.71; 5 H Wells (Luton, U17) 4:07.30; 8 K Ahmed (SBH, U17) 4:08.08; 10 J Wager-Leigh (Chilt, U17) 4:08.66; 12 J Millett (Highgate H, U17) 4:10.57; 14 M Trees (Belg, M50) 4:11.72. r17: 1 T Smith (AFD, U20) 4:01.87; 3 L Newell (Oxf C, M35) 4:03.85; 6 A Rayner (Mans, U17) 4:04.70; 7 A Kinloch (Ton, U17) 4:05.46. r18: 1 J Janes (Bed C, U20) 3:59.02; 2 A Milne (E&H) 3:59.89; 3 J Rowe (Col, U20) 4:00.45; 5 B Davies

(Bed C, U17) 4:02.33; 6 J Wilkinson (Linc W, U20) 4:02.64.r19: 1 G Duggan (Ton, U20) 3:52.91; 2 J Carr (Worc) 3:53.02; 3 B Tyler (M&M) 3:55.75; 4 S Robinson (Linc W) 3:55.92; 5 P Asgodom (E&H, U20) 3:56.53; 6 N Armstrong (Bex, U20) 3:56.73; 7 D Hallam (OWLs) 3:56.76; 8 R Bahelbi (Highgate H) 3:57.44; 9 M Delo (W Suff) 3:57.47; 10 P Asgodom (E&H, U20) 3:59.17; 11 R Thompson (Hill) 3:59.22. 3000: r1: 2 C Crick (Ton, U15) 9:33.23; 4 G Hillier (Charn, W) 9:35.67; 6 D Fawden (Highgate H, U15) 9:45.54; 9 T Wright (Southend, U15) 9:53.47; 11 B Smith (AFD, U15) 9:54.99; 12 B Proctor (AFD, W) 9:56.66; 13 C Elms (Camb H, W50) 9:57.39 (UK W50 rec); 16 F Johnson (WSEH, U17W) 10:22.81;

17 C Nevett (KTH, U17W) 10:30.58; 18 M Tomsett (WSEH, U15W) 10:35.05; 20 B Anderson (SBH, W35) 10:43.61; 22 C Ridewood (Abing, U15W) 10:50.13; 23 O White (R&N, U15W) 10:53.58. r2: 1 W Davies (AFD) 8:42.95; 3 D Long (B’mth, U20) 8:46.38; 8 K Lindars (VOA, U20) 8:57.82; 9 S Stockton (Vale R, W) 8:58.01; 12 M Trees (Belg, M50) 9:07.90; 14 C Bampton (Oxford, U17) 9:09.44; 15 J Beeks (BMH, U17) 9:09.67; 16 P Cook (Read, U17) 9:10.69; 17 L Deadman (Hav, W) 9:12.69; 18 F Ayre (Bed C, U15) 9:20.02; 19 B Hooper (WSEH, U15) 9:20.41; 20 E Wicks (AFD, W) 9:22.26; 21 I Lake (Norw, W) 9:22.61; 25 T Tuohy (Dul, M50) 9:30.08; 28 K Grant (Norw, W) 9:58.76. r3: 1 J Hay (AFD) 8:05.19; 2 J Grace (AFD) 8:15.23; 3 D Brown (Ton) 8:16.13; 4 W Gray (Brighton) 8:18.38; 5 P Whittaker (Southend) 8:19.68; 6 R Driscoll (Ton) 8:20.40; 7 K Reilly (Ton) 8:21.78; 8 I Kimpton (Luton) 8:21.99; 9 P Crout (SBH, U20) 8:22.83; 10 I Bailey (AFD) 8:24.51; 11 R Skelton (Phoe) 8:25.68; 12 D Owen (Chelt) 8:26.63; 13 L Taylor (Newk, U20) 8:33.55; 14 J Roberts (Read) 8:35.36; 15 N Clinton (Swin, U20) 8:36.05; 16 L Penney (U20) 8:36.71; 17 B Bradley (AFD, U20) 8:38.33; 18 J West (Ton, U20) 8:38.54; 19 H Bristow (B&H, M35) 8:41.26; 20 J Gregory (Read) 8:41.41; 21 C Cohen (Ton, U17) 8:41.67; 22 J Mutch (B&H) 8:44.54; 26 I Crowe-Wright (B&H, U20) 8:47.49; 27 D Blomquist (AFD, U20) 8:56.05. TJ: 2 Z Asante (B&B, W) 12.13; 3 J Cowans (D&T, U15) 11.77; 5 J O’Sullivan (D&T, U17W) 10.51; 9 C St. John-Coleman (Chelms, W50) 8.08

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3 A Hemoh (NEB, U17) 22.7. 400: 1 S Jones (St Alb, U20) 50.0; 2 J Rendell (D&T) 50.0. 5000: 1 N Sheehan (NEB) 15:39.0. 110H: 1 T Nichols (Harrow) 15.3. 400H: 4 L Gould (NEB, M50) 71.5. 2000SC: 1 R Chesser (NEB) 5:44.0; 2 M Carey (Harrow) 5:57.4. PV: 3 D Cedro (Harrow, U17) 3.60. B: 1 D Gordon (D&T, M45) 3.60. LJ: B: 1 A Lewis (Harrow, M45) 6.40. SP: 1 J Stevenson (NEB) 15.89; 2 A Lewis (Harrow, M45) 12.79. DT: 1 M Baptiste (NEB) 44.04. HT: 2 T Saunders-Mullins (St Alb, M60) 27.17. B: 1 A French (Harrow, M45) 34.52. JT: 1 D Sketchley (Harrow, M35) 55.57. B: 2 J Tigar (D&T, M45) 38.46Women: 100: 1 C McCarthy (St Alb, U17) 12.2; 2 H Adeosun (Harrow, U20) 12.3. 200: 1 P Lowe (D&T) 25.0. 400: 1 P Lowe (D&T) 55.1. 100H: 1 H Thomas (NEB) 14.4. 1500SC: 1 T Weddell (St Alb, U17) 5:35.6. PV: 1 J O’Sullivan (D&T, U17) 3.00; 2 S Yeomans (St Alb, W60) 2.70; 3 M Springer (Harrow, U17) 2.70. TJ: 1 K Smith (NEB) 11.45. SP: 3 L Kelly (St Alb, W35) 9.88. B: 1 S Balogun (NEB, U17) 9.92. DT: 1 G Jenkins (NEB) 39.53; 2 K Osuji (Harrow, U20) 32.96. B: 1 A Mitchell (Harrow, W45) 32.95. HT: 1 P Peaty (NEB, W45) 41.48; 2 E Chandler (Harrow, U17) 39.97. JT: B: 1 G Floyd (Harrow, U20)

DIVISION 2 NORTH, Parliament HillMATCH: 1 Marshall Milton Keynes 212; 2 Thames Valley Harriers 204; 3 Highgate Harriers 157; 4 Ipswich 151Men: 100: 2 L Ormes (High, U20) 11.1. 200: 3 O Giddings (Ips, U17) 22.8. 400: ns: 1 S Herbert (Mil K, M40) 52.8. 1500: B: 4 A Mitchell (TVH, M45) 4:32.1. 5000: 1 R Bahelbi (High) 15:22.1; 2 S Tuttle (Mil K) 15:41.7. B: 1 B Noad (High, M35) 15:26.9. ns: 1 C Rainsford (High) 15:08.7; 2 G Pearce (High) 15:23.5; 3 R Wilson (High) 15:31.4; 4 S Barnes (High) 15:34.3; 8 C Beecham (High, M45) 16:33.9. 4x100: 1 Mil K 43.9. HJ: 1 C Cribb (Mil K) 1.95. TJ: ns: 1 S Herbert (Mil K, M40) 11.21. SP: 1 S Whyte (TVH, M50) 13.56. B: 1 A Mortimore (TVH, M40) 11.68. HT: 1 S Whyte (TVH, M50) 52.24; 2 M Roberson (Mil K, M35) 50.48. B: 1 A Mortimore (TVH, M40) 39.92. JT: 1 P Dowding (Ips) 59.82; 2 D Jerzykowski (TVH, U20) 48.63; 4 M Sanei (High, M40) 45.25. B: 1 M Childs (Ips, U20) 59.38Women: 200: 2 N Anderson (High, W40) 27.3. 400: 1 N Anderson (High, W40) 58.4. 800: B: 2 V Carter (TVH, W40) 2:31.7. 3000: 1 L Bromilow (Mil K) 10:17.2.1500SC: 1 H Viner (High, U20) 5:22.2; 2 M Gorman (TVH) 5:56.6. B: 1 A Scott (High) 5:48.8. 4x100: 1 TVH 51.1. 4x400: 1 TVH 4:12.8; 2 Mil K 4:14.1. HJ: 1 R Gibbens (Mil K) 1.65; 2 G Mee (High, U17) 1.60. LJ: 1 A Barrett (TVH) 5.64. TJ: 1 A Barrett (TVH) 12.36. DT: 1 L Britane (TVH) 42.14; 2 E Beales (Mil K, W40) 39.90. HT: 1 K Presswell (Mil K, U20) 51.74. B: 1 E Beardmore (Mil K) 45.49; 2 L Knott (TVH, U20) 36.12. JT: 1 L Britane (TVH) 44.06; 2 E Beales (Mil K, W40) 28.50

DIVISION 2 NORTH, PerivaleMATCH: 1 Basildon 206; 2 Ealing, Southall & Middx 174; 3 Oxford City 165.5; 4 Luton 164.5Men: 100: 1 G Matthew (Lut, U20) 10.98. 200: ns: 6 M Stone (Oxf C, M60) 28.00. 800: 3 R Webster (Oxf C, M45) 2:08.68. 1500: B: 4 M Stone (Oxf C, M60) 4:58.98.5000: 1 I Kimpton (Lut) 14:49.10. LJ: 1 C Andrew (Lut) 6.84. TJ: 1 E Leonce (Lut) 13.96; 2 G Davies (Oxf C, M40) 12.41. B: 2 N Whiting (Oxf C, M45) 10.95. JT: 1 M Hill (Lut, U20) 52.17Women: 100: 1 E Edwards (ESM, U20)

12.35. B: 4 E Caux (Lut, W55) 14.68. 200: 1 E Edwards (ESM, U20) 25.17. 400: 1 K Dodd (Bas, U20) 58.50. B: 1 I Ives (Bas, U17) 57.75. 800: B: 1 S Davies (Oxf C, W40) 2:29.01; 2 R Canham (Lut, W40) 2:30.43. 1500: 1 I Ives (Bas, U17) 4:42.31; 2 R Keane (Lut) 4:42.58; 3 S Davies (Oxf C, W40) 5:07.67. B: 1 K Tydeman (Bas) 4:44.60. 1500SC: 1 E Bullis (Bas, U20) 5:24.36; 2 J Walker (Oxf C) 5:45.88. 4x100: 1 ESM 51.06; 2 Oxf C 51.59. 4x400: 1 Oxf C 4:13.46. LJ: 1 S Hibbert (Lut) 5.91; 2 E Gayler (ESM) 5.53. TJ: 1 M Bullman (Bas, U17) 10.68. B: 1 V Oshunremi (Bas, U20) 10.61. SP: 1 Y Ferguson (ESM, U17) 10.42. DT: 1 S Drummond (ESM, U20) 35.45; 2 S Wise (Lut) 35.38; 3 J Cherry (Oxf C, W40) 31.78. HT: 1 S Wise (Lut) 43.52; 2 D McCaw (ESM) 40.24. B: 1 T Gould (ESM, W35) 34.46

DIVISION 2 SOUTH, TonbridgeMATCH: 1 Tonbridge 225; 2 Kingston & Polytechnic Harriers 207.5; 3 St Mary’s Richmond 149; 4 Woking 142.5Men: 100: 1 M Sheriff (SMR) 11.0; 2 A Parkinson (K&P, U17) 11.2. 1500: 4 B Bradbury (Woking, M60) 5:01.4. 5000: 1 B Cole (Ton) 15:24.3; 4 B Bradbury (Woking, M60) 18:07.5. 110H: 1 L Church (Ton, U20) 15.6; 2 C Hall (K&P) 15.6. HJ: 1 L Church (Ton, U20) 1.92. PV: 1 G Lester (K&P) 4.00; 4 N Phipps (Woking, M60) 2.60. ns:1 M Roberts (K&P, M40) 3.40. LJ: B: 3 M Roberts (K&P, M40) 5.62. TJ: B: 2 M Roberts (K&P, M40) 11.60. SP: 1 C Dack (K&P) 14.46. B: 1 G Cook (K&P, M45) 12.02. DT: 1 A Wheble (K&P) 40.84; 3 P Derrien (SMR, M40) 36.47. ns: 1 G Cook (K&P, M45) 34.72; 2 M Roberts (K&P, M40) 33.32. HT: 1 G Cook (K&P, M45) 49.25; 2 P Derrien (SMR, M40) 43.07; 3 P Kelly (Woking, M45) 37.16. JT: 3 M Roberts (K&P, M40) 46.49Women: 100: 1 K Francis (Woking, U17) 12.7. 200: 1 K Francis (Woking, U17) 26.0. 400: 1 R O’Hara (Ton, U17) 60.1. 1500: 1 L Kipling (SMR, W40) 4:52.5. 400H: ns: 1 A Taylor (Ton, U17) 68.4. 1500SC: 1 L Thompson (K&P, U20) 5:34.8; 2 P Pitcairn-Knowles (Ton, U17) 5:37.6. B: 1 H Czarnowski (Ton, U17) 5:43.7. PV: 1 S Morrison (Woking) 3.20. SP: 1 E Gatrell (Woking, W35) 15.12; 2 P Wingate (K&P) 12.69. B: 1 C Thrush (K&P, W45) 8.98. DT: 1 P Wingate (K&P) 44.53; 2 E Gatrell (Woking, W35) 42.40; 3 C Eyers (Ton, U20) 41.24; 4 H Connor (SMR, U20) 32.00. B: 1 J Stevens (Ton, U17) 37.47. HT: 1 P Wingate (K&P) 51.31; 2 E Gatrell (Woking, W35) 42.03; 3 J Stevens (Ton, U17) 38.65; 4 K Weir (SMR, W50) 25.89. B: 1 C Thrush (K&P, W45) 31.46. JT: B: 3 C Thrush (K&P, W45) 21.

Division 2 South, ElthamMATCH: 1 Camb H 197; 2 Newbury 196; 3 Ashfortd 186; 4 Team Dorset 87 Men: 200: B: 4 R Wheeler (Poole, M50) 26.9. 400: 1 A Bell (Camb H) 48.7. ns: 2 S Barrett (Newb, M60) 61.5. 5000: 1 D Lacy (Camb H) 15:17.3. 110H: 1 S Plumb (Newb) 15.7; 2 A Lee (Poole) 15.9; 3 P Davey (Ashf, M40) 17.5. 400H: 1 S Plumb (Newb) 55.1. B: 1 P Davey (Ashf, M40) 62.1. HJ: 1 D Akin (Camb H, U17) 1.95; 2 J Roach (Poole, U20) 1.95. B: 1 R Webb (W’borne, U17) 1.95. PV: ns: 1 A Hardy (Ashf, U17) 3.60. LJ: 1 J Roach (Poole, U20) 7.22; 2 S Lake (Ashf, M40) 5.71. ns: 1 P Oakes (Ashf, M60) 4.75. TJ: 1 S Lake (Ashf, M40) 12.07. SP: 1 B Broadbridge (Newb, M55) 11.89; 2 J Ward (Ashf, M45) 11.87; 3 A Kruszewski (Camb H, M55) 11.09.B: 2 P Oakes (Ashf, M60) 8.26. DT: 1 A Kruszewski (Camb H, M55) 37.52; 2 B Broadbridge

(Newb, M55) 37.34; 3 J Ward (Ashf, M45) 35.52. B: 2 P Oakes (Ashf, M60) 25.84. HT: 1 J Kuehnel (Newb, U17) 45.93; 2 J Ward (Ashf, M45) 35.55. B: 1 B Broadbridge (Newb, M55) 41.35. JT: B: 2 B Broadbridge (Newb, M55) 31.50Women: 100: 1 R Onyekwe (Camb H, U20) 12.3; 2 C Burnett (Newb, U20) 12.5. 200: B: 1 D Blake (Camb H, U17) 25.7. 800: 1 C Ford (Camb H) 2:17.3; 2 E Martin (Poole, U17) 2:19.7. B: 1 C Elms (Camb H, W50) 2:20.4. 1500: 2 A Razmaite (Poole, U17) 4:47.9. 3000: 1 C Elms (Camb H, W50) 10:48.3. 100H: 1 R Onyekwe (Camb H, U20) 15.5.400H: 3 S Van Huyssteen (Newb, W45) 78.0. 1500SC: 1 M Hawkins (Camb H, U17) 5:33.4; 2 A Hine (W’borne, U17) 5:37.6. 4x100: 1 Camb H 50.1. HJ: 1 D Martin (Ashf) 1.75. PV: 1 T Carter (W’borne, W40) 2.90. SP: 1 D Oladipo (Camb H, U17) 12.33. DT: 1 D Oladipo (Camb H, U17) 39.04; 2 H Broadbridge (Newb) 35.89. B: 1 M Whitton (Newb, U17) 35.86. HT: 1 H Broadbridge (Newb) 47.17; 3 R Kerley (Poole, W40) 28. 5

Division 2 South, CrawleyMATCH: 1 Crawley 254; 2 Belgrave H 191; 3 Dartford 157; 4 Andover & Overton 129Men: 400: 1 S Shore (Belg) 50.0; 2 C Cox (Craw) 50.0. 800: 3 C Sharp (Dartf, M40) 2:02.0. 1500: 1 P Owor (Belg) 3:58.9; 2 N Duggan (Craw) 3:59.5. 5000: B: 1 M Chaston (Belg, M45) 16:20.1. 110H: 1 G Grainger (Craw) 15.6. 400H: 1 G Grainger (Craw) 55.8; 2 A Atkins (Dartf, U20) 56.7. 4x100: 1 Craw 43.9. PV: 1 L Walker (Craw, M35) 4.30. B: 1 S Devlin (Craw, U17) 3.80. SP: B: 2 C Privett (Belg, M50) 9.64. DT: 1 J Lasis (Craw, U20) 43.83; 2 G Jones (And/Over) 43.77; 3 J Magbadelo (Dartf, U20) 42.39. B: 1 M Lasis (Craw) 42.11. HT: 1 M Lasis (Craw) 59.92; 3 C Privett (Belg, M50) 35.45. B: 1 J Lasis (Craw, U20) 53.18. JT: 2 T Ikeda (Belg, M40) 41.69U17: HT: ns: 1 M Ritchie (Craw) 60.91Women: 400: 1 K Sutton (Dartf) 57.7. B: 2 B Maugey (Dartf, U20) 54.6. 3000: 1 F Clark (Craw) 10:15.1. 100H: 1 A Barclay (Craw) 15.2. B: 1 J Rowland (Craw) 15.3.1500SC: 1 R O’Brien (Belg) 5:41.9; 2 F Clark (Craw) 5:46.1. 4x100: 1 Craw 50.1; 2 Belg 51.9. ns: 1 Craw 50.2. 4x400: 1 Belg 4:14.3. PV: 1 T Campbell (Craw, U17) 3.20. SP: 1 J Rowland (Craw) 12.68. HT: 1 R Basford (Belg) 44.28; 2 C Capon (Dartf) 40.94. JT: 2 K Shackel (Craw, W50) 29.28. ns: 1 K Watts (Traff) 41.61

Division 2 South, WorthingMATCH: 1 Bexley 202; 2 Worthing 191.5; 3 Epsom & Ewell 186; 4 Swindon 107.5Men: 100: B: 4 R Shephard (E&E, M55) 13.0. 800: 1 C Baldwin (Worth, U20)

1:57.2. 5000: 1 D Hards (Worth) 15:36.9; 2 T Wright (Bexley, U20) 15:41.7. 110H: 1 J Iragaba (Bexley, U20) 15.9. 400H: 1 G Stephens (Worth, M35) 57.8. 2000SC: 1 N Clinton (Swin, U20) 6:23.1. PV: 1 J Andrews (E&E, M50) 3.40. B: 1 N Walker (Swin, M50) 3.00. TJ: 3 J Andrews (E&E, M50) 10.98. SP: 1 I Frankish (E&E) 13.03. HT: 1 M Evans (Worth) 50.39. B: 1 S Evans (Worth) 48.07. JT: 1 E Pillai (Worth) 54.87; 4 N Walker (Swin, M50) 31.94Women: 100: B: 3 I Barauskiene (Bexley, W50) 14.3. 400: 1 E Piatek (Swin, U20) 58.5; 2 D Norman (E&E, W40) 60.2. 800: 1 D Norman (E&E, W40) 2:20.4. 1500: 1 L Bellamy (Swin, U20) 4:46.5. 3000: 1 R Moore (Worth) 10:13.0. 400H: 1 J Machin (E&E, W40) 68.2. HJ: 1 J Machin (E&E, W40) 1.65; 2 I Barauskiene (Bexley, W50) 1.45. ns: 1 C Johnson (E&E, W50) 1.35. LJ: 1 D Norman (E&E, W40) 5.24. TJ: 2 J Machin (E&E, W40) 10.77. B: 1 D Norman (E&E, W40) 9.95; 2 I Barauskiene (Bexley, W50) 9.84. SP: 2 D Norman (E&E, W40) 10.35. ns: 1 J Machin (E&E, W40) 10.16. DT: 1 N Gregory (Bexley, U20) 34.04. HT: 1 L Duke (Worth) 44.42; 2 D Kent (Bexley) 42.91. B: 1 E Baker (Worth, U20) 34.53. JT: 1 C Garratt (Worth, W50) 31.89; 2 D Norman (E&E, W40) 30.43. B: 1 J Machin (E&E, W40) 27.58

Division 3 SOUTH, WinchesterMATCH: 1 Winchester 350; 2 Eastbourne Rovers 336; 3 Team Kennet 216; 4 Holland Sports 152Men: 5000: 1 A Murchison (Win, M40) 16:13.2; 3 M Sheridan (Team K, M60) 19:02.0. PV: ns: 1 B Slaughter (E’bne, M55) 2.60. LJ: ns: 2 B Slaughter (E’bne, M55) 4.63. SP: B: 1 B Slaughter (E’bne, M55) 9.05. DT: 1 A Hill-King (Win, U20) 40.11. B: 1 T Hutchings (E’bne, M50) 30.63. HT: 2 B Slaughter (E’bne, M55) 28.40. JT: 1 L Angell (Team K, U20) 56.80. B: 2 B Slaughter (E’bne, M55) 31.33Women: 400: B: 2 M West (Win, W65) 74.4. 800: 3 M Statham (Holl S, W60) 3:03.7. B: 1 R Bladon (Team K, W45) 2:32.6. 1500: 2 M Statham (Holl S, W60) 6:16.4. 3000: 2 M Statham (Holl S, W60) 12:38.6. 1500SC: 1 J McLachlan (Win) 5:38.2. HJ: 3 R Bladon (Team K, W45) 1.30. TJ: 1 M Adeniji (E’bne, U17) 10.48. SP: B: 3 L Brandon (E’bne, W65) 5.43. DT: 1 I Gray (Win, U17) 31.06. JT: 3 D Montgomery (Team K, W45) 24.69

DIVISION 3 SOUTH, BournemouthMATCH: 1 Havant 314; 2 Bournemouth 279; 3 Horsham Blue Star Harriers 234; 4 Aldershot, Farnham & District 202; 5 Poole Runners 85

Men: 5000: 1 I Bailey (AFD) 15:19.0. 110H: 1 M Baker (Horsh BS) 15.9. HJ: 2 I Bridgeman (AFD, M45) 1.70. LJ: 1 A Nash (B’mth) 6.95; 3 I Bridgeman (AFD, M45) 5.53. ns: 2 J Lelliott (B’mth) 7.09. TJ: 3 I Bridgeman (AFD, M45) 11.10. HT: 1 L Parks (Havant) 45.29. JT: 1 J Lelliott (B’mth) 56.86Women: 100: 1 A Allcock (AFD) 12.0. 200: 1 A Allcock (AFD) 23.9; 3 J Dickinson (B’mth, W45) 29.3. 100H: 1 A Kay (B’mth) 14.4; 2 R Jennings (Horsh BS) 14.6.1500SC: 1 A Lee (Horsh BS) 5:54.1. 4x100: 1 Horsh BS 51.8. HJ: 1 R Wootten (B’mth, U17) 1.67; 2 L Milnthorpe (Horsh BS, U17) 1.65. TJ: 1 S Cash (B’mth, U17) 10.92. DT: 1 P Dowson (B’mth) 47.36. HT: 1 P Dowson (B’mth) 46.60; 2 S Anthony (AFD) 41.44. B: 1 W Canning (Havant, U20) 35.73; 2 J Dickinson (B’mth, W45) 34.66.JT: 3 J Dickinson (B’mth, W45) 23.44

DIVISION 3 SOUTH, HorshamMATCH: 1 North Devon 339; 2eq East Grinstead & Lewes/Haywards Heath 243; 4 Bracknell 201; 5 Sutton & District 141. Men: 100: 3 C Harvey (Lewes/Hay H, M40) 11.8. 200: 1 R Brackstone (Brack, U17) 22.9; 4 C Harvey (Lewes/Hay H, M40) 23.8. 400: 1 R Brackstone (Brack, U17) 51.1; 2 B Sutton (N Dev, U17) 51.1. 800: 1 N Harris (Sutt) 1:53.4; 2 M Seddon (Brack, U20) 1:56.5. 1500: B: 2 M Baddick (N Dev, M50) 4:35.6. 5000: 1 C Phillips-Hart (Brack) 15:33.3; 2 P Cousins (Lewes/Hay H, M50) 17:26.9. 400H: 1 C McAlister (Sutt, U20) 55.6. HJ: 2 W Gadd (E Grin, M40) 1.65. PV: 1 J Shackleton (Lewes/Hay H, U20) 4.10. SP: 1 M Wiseman (Brack, M45) 12.76. DT: 1 M Wiseman (Brack, M45) 46.82; 2 S Roach (N Dev, U20) 41.84. HT: 1 M Wiseman (Brack, M45) 45.58Women: 100: 1 S Henlon (Sutt, U17) 12.7. 200: 1 A Beswick (E Grin, U17) 25.8. 400: 1 R McClay (Brack) 56.5. 1500: 1 R McClay (Brack) 4:38.5. 100H: 1 L Connor (Lewes/Hay H, U17) 15.8. 1500SC: 1 P Bowden (Brack, U20) 5:07.4; 2 H Gaunt (N Dev, U20) 5:50.5. PV: 1 L Connor (Lewes/Hay H, U17) 3.50. B: 1 M Hemsley (Lewes/Hay H, U17) 2.80. LJ: 1 A Beswick (E Grin, U17) 5.24. SP: B: 3 J Denyer (Lewes/Hay H, W60) 5.75. DT: 1 L King (Brack, U20) 35.95; 2 R Spear (N Dev, U20) 33.67; 5 J Denyer (Lewes/Hay H, W60) 17.42. HT: 2 J Denyer (Lewes/Hay H, W60) 20.69

DIVISION 3 NORTH, HendonMATCH: 1 W Suff 274; 2 Barn & D/SB 273; 3 C&T 193; 4 Loughton 127Men: 1500: B: 1 R McCormick (Barn/SB, M50) 4:36.4. ns: 1 A Kelleher (Barn/SB, M50) 4:45.3. 5000: B: 1 A


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Mason (Barn/SB, M50) 16:54.4. 110H: 1 T Carey (Barn/SB) 15.4. B: 1 M Ryan (Barn/SB) 15.5. 400H: 1 T Carey (Barn/SB) 56.0. HJ: 1 L Taylor (W Suff, U20) 1.95; 2 A Coward (Barn/SB, U20) 1.95. B: 2 C Gordon (Barn/SB, M45) 1.55. DT: 1 G Thompson (Barn/SB) 54.01Women: 100: 1 L Gibbs (W Suff, U17) 12.7. 800: 2 J Kent (Barn/SB, W45) 2:31.0. 1500: 1 J Kent (Barn/SB, W45) 5:19.6. B: 2 J Hobbs (Loughton, W65) 8.0. 3000: A:1 B Anderson (Barn/SB, W35) 10:44.1; 4 J Hobbs (Loughton, W65) 14:55.8. B: 1 J Kent (Barn/SB, W45) 10:48.1. 400H: 1 E Moyes (W Suff, U17) 68.3. 1500SC: 1 E Moyes (W Suff, U17) 5:17.4. B: 1 H Davies (W Suff, U17) 5:26.8. SP: 1 L Underdown (Barn/SB) 12.97. B: 1 K Thompson (Barn/SB, U20) 10.90; 3 P Ackland-Snow (Loughton, W60) 5.51. DT: 1 L Underdown (Barn/SB) 45.79. B: 1 K Thompson (Barn/SB, U20) 37.83; 3 P Ackland-Snow (Loughton, W60) 16.29. HT: 1 L James (Barn/SB) 59.13

DIVISION 3 SOUTH, YeovilMATCH: 1 Plymouth/Erme Valley/Tavistock 372; 2 Yeovil Olympiads 362; 3 Salisbury 238; 4 Hastings 221; 5 Chichester 168Men: 100: 1 D King (Ply/Erme/Tav) 10.8; 2 B Harrison (Yeov, U17) 11.1. 200: 1 A Beechey (Ply/Erme/Tav) 21.9; 2 B Harrison (Yeov, U17) 22.5. 400: 1 O Smith (Chic) 49.4; 2 M Sumner (Ply/Erme/Tav) 49.9. 800: 1 M Thomas (Hast) 1:54.9. 1500: 1 S Anderson (Ply/Erme/Tav, M50) 4:16.1. 5000: 1 M Thomas (Hast) 15:35.2; 2 J Baker (Chic, M35) 15:41.3; 3 S Burns (Ply/Erme/Tav, M50) 17:05.4. 400H: 1 A Faulkner (Yeov) 53.1. 4x400: 1 Ply/Erme/Tav 3:22.4. PV: 3 W Martin (Hast, M55) 2.80. LJ: B: 2 P Guest (Yeov, M50) 5.12. SP: 1 J Davies (Yeov, U20) 13.71. HT: 2 T Brown (Chic, M40) 35.23. JT: 1 B Gibb (Yeov) 60.98. B: 1 B Thompson (Yeov) 54.92Women: 100: 1 S Haigh (Chic, U17) 12.7. 200: 1 S Haigh (Chic, U17) 26.0. 400: 1 C Robertson (Ply/Erme/Tav, U20) 57.7. 800: 1 A Mundell (Salis, U20) 2:18.1. ns:1 C Powell (Yeov O, W60) 65.1. 1500: 1 P Tank (Ply/Erme/Tav, U17) 4:49.2; 2 R Ellis (Chic, U17) 4:53.3. 1500SC: 1 A Mundell (Salis, U20) 5:31.6; 2 R Ellis (Chic, U17) 5:46.0; 3 J Morris (Yeov, U17) 5:59.7. 4x400: 1 Ply/Erme/Tav 4:05.4. HJ: B: 3 L New (Salis, W55) 1.20. SP: B: 1 K Smith-Wightman (Ply/Erme/Tav, W40) 9.29. ns: 1 V Bovell (Yeov O, W65) 6.05. DT: B: 2 V Bovell (Yeov, W65) 21.34. HT: 1 K Smith-Wightman (Ply/Erme/Tav, W40) 35.69; 2 Z Azariah (Yeov, U20) 33.21. JT: 3 L New (Salis, W55) 21.58. ns: 1 V Bovell (Yeov O, W65) 12.89

SOLEUS SOUTHERN MEN’S LEAGUE PLAYOFF MATCH, EtonMATCH: 1 Kent AC 224; 2 Windsor SE&H 223.5; 3 Hercules Wimbledon 210 5; 4 Harlow 209.5; 5 South London Harriers 174; 6 Cornwall 64; 7 Medway & Maidstone 25Men: 100: 1 T Etienne (HW, U20) 11.01. B: 1 J Walusiak (WSEH, U20) 11.10; 2 R Miller (HW, U17) 11.11. 200: 1 D Cowan (HW) 21.47; 2 C Challis (WSEH, U20) 22.45. B:1 J Walusiak (WSEH, U20) 22.44; 5 N Tunstall (Corn, M50) 24.75. 400: 1 W Snook (Harl, U20) 49.89. 5000: 1 S Bayton (HW) 15:25.35. B: 1 J Cornish (HW) 15:43.96; 2 S Beaney (Kent, M40) 16:28.92. ns: 3 S Murtagh (Harl, M50) 17:02.38. 110H: 3 N Tunstall (Corn, M50) 17.94. 400H: ns: 1 A Clements (WSEH) 53.15. 4x100: 1 WSEH 43.75. HJ: 1 S Hewitt (WSEH, U17) 1.85. PV: 1 C Mills (WSEH, M35)

4.30; 3 M Franklin (HW, M45) 3.00. B: 1 D Ditton (WSEH, U20) 4.00. SP: 2 D Bauer (Harl, M45) 11.18. DT: 1 D Bauer (Harl, M45) 39.80. HT: 1 M Finn (WSEH) 47.97; 2 D Bauer (Harl, M45) 37.05. JT: 1 M Samuels (WSEH, U20) 51.68; 2 W Marklew (Harl, U17) 47.32

JULY 31CARMARTHEN OPEN THROWS, CarmarthenU20: SP: 1 A Price (Carm) 12.86. DT: 1 K Evans (Carm) 39.34U17: JT: 1 R Dangerfield (B&V) 50.71; 2 N James (Swan) 50.34Women: SP: 1 L Griffiths (Card) 11.70U17: SP: 1 E Cockrill (Swan) 11.97. JT: 1 E Cockrill (Swan) 37.02U15: DT: 1 R Evans (Swan) 26.90

ABINGDON AC 1500m CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS PART 1, AbingdonMixed events: 1500: r3: 1 A Pennington (Abing, U13) 4:59.4

JULY 30MIDLAND VETERANS’ LEAGUE SOUTH DIVISION, WorcesterM35 men: 200: 2 D Hanson (Spark, M45) 26.0M40: 3000: 1 M Hadley (Hale, M45) 9:41.9. SP: 1 R Cutler (D&S, M65) 8.55M50: 200: 1 A Priest (Droit) 26.9; 3 L Oldfield (Worc, M70) 30.2M60: 200: 1 P Mould (B&R) 27.3. HT: 1 D Russell (Mid M) 31.91; 3 R Cutler (D&S, M65) 28.53W35 women: LJ: 1 M Garland (Worc, W50) 4.32; 5 J Wakelam (B&R, W55) 3.53; 6 E Restorick (D&S, W55) 3.48W40: TJ: 1 M Garland (Worc, W50) 8.95; 3 J Wakelam (B&R, W55) 7.46. JT: 1 R Bird (Mid M, W45) 22.22; 2 J Wakelam (B&R, W55) 18.49; 4 J Smallwood (Hale, W70) 14.28W50: 3000: 2 R Townsend-Hope (Worc, W60) 13:57.8. DT: 1 J Cooper (Mid M) 30.23; 2 J Wakelam (B&R, W55) 20.48W60: 800: 1 R Townsend-Hope (Worc) 2:58.8. LJ: 1 I Holder (Worc, W70) 2.98. SP: 2 R Brownlie (B&R, W65) 5.34; 3 P Price (Worc, W70) 5.22

MIDLAND VETERANS’ LEAGUE NORTH DIVISION, Sutton ColdfieldM35 men: LJ: 2 P Edwards (C&S, M55) 4.66M40: 200: 2 P Edwards (C&S, M55) 26.9. 800: 2 W Simpson (Bir, M50) 2:17.8. SP: 1 K Brown (SB, M45) 10.96. DT: ns: 1 K Brown (SB, M45) 47.21M50: 200: 1 P Williams (Stoke) 26.5; 2 A Weetman (C&S) 27.0. 3000: 1 S Marklew (RSC) 10:13.5. JT: 1 R Huntbach (C&N) 40.98; 2 J Culshaw (Tam) 37.51; 3 A Ross (Bir, M55) 30.13M60: HT: 1 P Druckers (Tel) 28.36W35 women: SP: 1 L Foster (RSC, W50) 8.12W40: TJ: 1 J Rogers (Bir, W50) 8.21. JT: 1 J Rogers (Bir, W50) 19.61; 5 B Keepax (Tam, W75) 10.71W50: DT: 1 K Davies (Bir) 20.59

JULY 29TRAFFORD GRAND PRIX, StretfordMixed events: 100: r1 (-1.8): 1 A Crowley (Sale) 10.79; 2 J Williams (Liv H) 10.83; 3 J Toth (Holm) 10.85; 4 U Hameed (Sale) 10.86; 5 S Landsborough (Wirr) 11.00. r2 (-0.6): 3 D Scott (Sheff RC, M45) 11.47. r4 (1.3): 2 A Leigh (C&N, M45) 11.85. r5 (0.0): 2 J Wright (Chor ATC, M55) 12.22; 4 I Billinge (Vale R, M45) 12.53. r6 (-0.3): 3 G Reddington (WSEH, M50) 13.02.

r7 (-0.3): 1 D Walker-Khan (Bir) 10.97. 200: r1 (-0.6): 1 D Walker-Khan (Bir) 21.87; 2 U Hameed (Sale) 21.90; 3 J Williams (Liv H) 21.95. r2 (0.4): 1 A Crowley (Sale) 21.85. r5 (0.2): 5 A Leigh (C&N, M45) 24.29; 6 B Ward (Manc H, M40) 24.94. r6 (0.6): 5 I Billinge (Vale R, M45) 25.35. r7 (0.4): 2 M Coogan (E Ches, M40) 24.97; 3 C McAulay (Warr, U17W) 25.82. 400: r1: 1 C Asong (Sale) 47.33; 2 D Heald (Sale, U20) 48.75; 3 C Roughneen (Sale) 49.35. r2: 1 L Baird (Traff, M35) 50.29. r3:1 D Scott (Sheff RC, M45) 52.55; 6 B Ward (Manc H, M40) 55.88. r4: 1 B Finlayson (Edin, W) 55.50; 2 M Coogan (E Ches, M40) 55.67; 5 S Preece (Traff, U20W) 58.18. LJ: 1 J Davies (Sale) 6.86; 7 A Carr (Sale, U20W) 5.35. TJ: 2 A Rose (Sale, W) 12.09U17 men: 100H (-0.4): 1 W Aldred (Traff) 13.82M50: 100H (-0.4): 1 G Reddington (WSEH) 15.90U20 women: 100H (-0.4): 1 T Cuff (Traff) 15.03. 400H: 1 T Cuff (Traff) 64.03

BMC REGIONAL RACES, TavistockMOLLY CANHAM produced a superb performance to break the UK under-13 best for 800m.

The 12-year-old Newton Abbot AC runner, who lives in Teignmouth, won the women’s A race in a time of 2:14.17 to shave two hundredths of a second off the previous best set by Newquay & Par AC’s Jessica Hicks in 2004.

“Molly has been aiming for that record all season and she has surprised us at how well she has done,” said proud mum Catherine Canham.

“But she is a perfectionist and always gives 100 per cent to everything she does.”

The time carved 2.37 seconds off her previous best.

Two English Schools champions were also in action at Tavistock – and both were rewarded with personal bests.

Erme Valley Harriers’ William Battershill has dominated the 1500m steeplechase event his summer, winning both the English and British Schools titles.

On Tuesday he gave the barriers a break but continued his impressive form with victory in a PB of 4:02.44 – slashing 12 seconds off his previous best.

English Schools 800m champion Molly Long also opted for the 1500m after a summer concentrating on the two laps and in a solo run won in a PB 4:25.64. That sliced eight seconds off her best.Men: 800: 1 M Wilsmore (B&W) 1:54.08; 2 D Rigby (Inv EK, U20) 1:54.51; 3 S Lane de Courtin (Tav, U20) 1:54.94; 4 J Wightman (N&P, U20) 1:55.24. B: 6 F Birnie (N&P, U15) 2:06.88. C: 1 S Burns (Ply, M50) 2:17.44. 1500: 1 W Battershill (Erme, U17) 4:02.44; 7 S Anderson (Ply, M50) 4:21.25. B: 1 H Mier (HW, U13) 4:52.05Women: 800: 1 M Canham (N Abb, U13) 2:14.17; 2 E Weeks (Exe) 2:14.55; 3 Y Barnsley (Corn, U17) 2:16.76; 4 P Tank (Ply, U17) 2:18.71; 5 E Ackford (Ply, U17) 2:21.90. 1500: 1 M Long (B&W, U20) 4:25.64; 2 H Brown (Taun, U20) 4:43.21; 3 E Sidman (Wells, U13) 4:53.78; 4 H Jehu (A’dare, U15) 4:59.19; 7 C Nicholls (Herne H, U13) 5:08.39; 8 H Turner (N Dev, U13) 5:11.75

TAVISTOCK OPEN MEETINGM40 men: 400: 1 A Herdman (Tav,

M60) 63.37U13 girls: 200: 1 S Harris (Erme) 28.27. DT: 1 M O’Daly (Ply) 23.52

JULY 28SUSSEX VETS LEAGUE, LewesM35 men: 1500: 1 G Godden (B&H, M45) 4:30.5. 5000: 1 G Godden (B&H, M45) 16:12.3M50: 100: 1 M Rahman (Hay H) 12.9; 2 G Olsson (Worth) 13.2; 3 B Slaughter (E’bne, M55) 13.7. 5000: 1 P Cousins (Hay H) 17:16.4. LJ: 2 B Slaughter (E’bne, M55) 4.77. SP: 1 B Slaughter (E’bne, M55) 9.56. HT: 1 B Slaughter (E’bne, M55) 33.43; 2 M Bale (Hay H, M55) 28.94M60: 1500: 1 P Gasson (Arena 80) 5:11.5; 2 P Kennedy (Hay H) 5:11.7. SP: ns: 1 I Turner (Unatt) 9.15W35 women: 1500: 1 C Bishop (B&H, W40) 4:59.5. HT: 1 J Denyer (Hay H, W60) 21.34W50: 100: 1 S Keen (E’bne, W60) 16.3. 1500: 1 J Carder (B&H, W55) 5:58.7W60: HT: 1 L Brandon (E’bne, W65) 19.28

JULY 27LEICESTER COMBINED EVENTS MEETING, LeicesterU15 boys: Pen: 1 S Le Grice (QE GS Ashbourne) 2354 (13.13, 2:19.7, 4.72, 1.65, 10.21); 2 S Ram (Amber) 2124 (13.53, 2:20.6, 5.28, 1.47, 7.72)U15 girls: Pen: 1 S Domingo (Charn) 2580 (11.86, 2:39.19, 4.61, 1.44, 6.46); 2 D Smith (Amber) 2342 (14.16, 2:28.14, 4.33, 1.35, 6.69); 3 J Sheppard (Strat) 2308 (13.94, 2:28.18, 4.42, 1.29, 6.51)U13: Pen: 1 S Driscoll (Kend) 2326 (13.26, 2:26.03, 4.23, 1.30, 7.35); 2 L Matthews (Soton) 2301 (11.67, 2:43.10, 4.17, 1.39, 6.63); 3 I Sheppard (Strat) 2043 (13.58, 2:34.89, 3.76, 1.30, 6.55); 4 E Haynes (Nun) 1958 (12.39, 3:09.37, 4.10, 1.39, 6.58

JOHN GERRARD MEMORIAL YOUNG ATHLETES MEETING, LeighU15 girls: LJ: 1 K Chadwick (Sale) 5.00

UK YOUTH DEVELOPMENT U17/U20 LEAGUE, NORTHERN EAST 1, MiddlesbroughMATCH: 1 Harrogate Scarb. Wet 599; 2 South of Humber (Clee/Linc W/Scun) 474; 3 Middlesbrough 437; 4 City of York AC 288; 5 Chesterfield & D. AC 252; 6 Rotherham H. & AC 102U20 men: PV: 1 C Myers (M’bro) 4.80. SP: 1 A Other (H’gate/Scar/Weth)

13.14; 2 B Wharton (York) 12.64. DT: 1 A Gillatt (Clee/Linc W/Scun) 39.19. HT: 1 A Gillatt (Clee/Linc W/Scun) 53.39U17: 4x100: 1 M’bro 46.3. SP: 1 H Fairclough (York) 12.92. HT: 1 D Nixon (M’bro) 41.38. JT: 1 J Spittal (York) 49.82U20 women: 100: 1 E Barrett (C’field, U17) 12.6. 200: 1 E Barrett (C’field, U17) 25.3. 100H: 1 J Parry (York) 15.8; 2 C Kessell (M’bro) 15.8. HT: 1 H Cooke (M’bro) 35.95U17: 1500: 1 M Howard (H’gate/Scar/Weth) 4:47.2. 300H: 1 H Cooke (Clee/Linc W/Scun) 46.5. 4x300: 1 H’gate/Scar/Weth 3:05.3; 2 York 3:07.0; 3 M’bro 3:11.2. HT: 1 A Reveley (M’bro) 41.08; 2 E Robinson (Clee/Linc W/Scun) 37.05

NORTHERN WEST 1, CreweMATCH: 1 Blackburn 560; 2 Trafford 559; 3 Crewe & N 440; 4 Wirral 429; 5 Team Forth Valley 414; 6 Wig D 310U20 men: 4x100: 1 Wirr 46.0. HJ: 1 B McGuire (Centr/Falk/Living/Loth, U17) 1.95; 2 J Pearse (B’burn) 1.90. PV: 1 T Dobbs (Wig D, U17) 3.40. SP: 1 F Ashman (C&N) 13.89. DT: 1 F Ashman (C&N) 41.72. HT: 1 L Bosio (Wirr) 43.19U17: 400: B: 1 J Paterson (Centr/Falk/Living/Loth) 51.5. 100H: 1 R Brown (Traff) 13.8. 4x100: 1 Centr/Falk/Living/Loth 46.0. HJ: 1 L McGuire (Centr/Falk/Living/Loth) 1.90.PV: 1 D Lavelle (Wirr) 3.80U20 women: 100: 1 M Foumena (Traff) 12.5. 800: 1 S Bent (Traff) 2:19.9. 3000: 1 E Kearney (Wirr) 10:34.5. 100H: 1 T Cuff (Traff) 15.5. 400H: 1 T Cuff (Traff) 65.4. 1500SC: 1 E Kearney (Wirr) 5:33.8; 2 K Buckingham (B’burn) 5:56.6. 4x100: 1 Traff 51.6. HJ: 1 A Tarver (Wirr) 1.63. PV: 1 F Hockey (Wig D, U17) 3.40. TJ: A:1 E Batchelor (Centr/Falk/Living/Loth) 10.76; 2 A Addis (C&N) 10.71. JT: 1 N Dacre (Wig D) 32.65U17: 100: 1 S Henderson (Centr/Falk/Living/Loth) 12.5. 200: 1 Henderson 25.5; 2 N Ogbeta (Traff) 25.6; 3 E Borthwick (Wig D) 25.9. 300: 1 Borthwick 40.3; 2 A Kearney (Wirr) 41.7. 800: 1 S Tarver (Wirr) 2:20.5. 300H: 1 E Nash (Traff) 47.7. 4x100: 1 Centr/Falk/Living/Loth 52.3; 2 C&N 52.9. 4x300:1 Traff 3:03.3; 2 C&N 3:06.1; 3 Wirr 3:15.1. HJ: 1 E Borthwick (Wig D) 1.66. PV: 1 H Newell (Wig D) 2.90. LJ: 1 N Ogbeta (Traff) 5.20. DT: 1 B Trevis (Centr/Falk/Living/Loth) 30.96. HT: 1 R Orrell (B’burn) 46.06; 2 J Miller (Wig D) 41.64

Darren Scott: a fast M45 400m at Traff ord

TOM

PHILLIPS


SOUTHERN PREMIER 2, HarrowMATCH: 1 Enfield & Haringey 627; 2 Stevenage & North Herts 557; 3 Croydon 547.5; 4 Harrow 511; 5 Basildon Beagles 456; 6 Chelmsford 376.5.U20 men: 100: 1 D Powell (Croy) 11.0; 2 S Muhammad (Harrow) 11.1. B: 1 C Wilkie (Harrow, U17) 11.1. 200: 1 G Lock (E&H) 22.0. 400: 1 G Lock (E&H) 49.1. 1500: 1 A Houchell (Bas/NEB) 4:03.2. 110H: 1 J Weaver (E&H) 14.6; 2 R Clarricoats (Bas/NEB) 14.8; 3 M Perera (Harrow) 15.7. B: 1 T Rottier (E&H) 15.8. 4x100: 1 E&H 45.1; 2 Bas/NEB 45.6; 3 Croy 45.8. 4x400: 1 E&H 3:27.9; 2 Croy 3:37.8. HJ: 1 W Grimsey (E&H) 1.95; 2 M Brooks (Croy, U17) 1.90. PV: 1 S Lemos (E&H) 4.35; 2 J Lister (Harrow) 4.35; 3 N Gardner (SNH, U17) 4.35. B: 1 T Rottier (E&H) 4.20; 2 J Breaker-Rolfe (SNH, U17) 3.15. TJ: 1 S Philbert (Bas/NEB) 13.42; 2 S Bazanye-Lutu (E&H, U17) 13.08. SP: 1 K Jones (Bas/NEB) 16.30. DT: 1 O Reid (Croy) 40.46. JT: 1 W Marklew (SNH, U17) 48.06U17: 200: 1 A Hemoh (Bas/NEB) 22.7. B: 1 M Hogg-Williams (Harrow) 22.9. 100H: 1 R Sakala (Croy) 13.6; 2 L Beard (Bas/NEB) 13.9; 3 G Vaughan (E&H) 14.1; 4 R Collings (Chelm) 14.6. B: 1 S Bazanye-Lutu (E&H) 14.2; 2 M Brooks (Croy) 14.8. 400H: 1 G Vaughan (E&H) 57.1; 2 M Rowe (Croy) 58.3; 3 R Collings (Chelm) 59.6. 4x100: 1 Bas/NEB 45.0; 2 E&H 45.2; 3 Croy 45.7. PV: 1 D Cedro (Harrow) 3.75; 2 J Allway (Chelm) 3.30; 3 M Price (SNH) 3.15. LJ: 1 M Oku-Ampofo (Bas/NEB) 6.33. TJ: 1 A Bisiriyu (Bas/NEB) 12.86. SP: 1 D Olajiga (Croy) 16.62; 2 W Marklew (SNH) 12.68. DT: 1 B Simms (Croy) 39.29. HT: 1 U Amadi (E&H) 45.01U20 women: 100: 1 P Fairclough (SNH) 12.2; 2 L Nielsen (E&H) 12.4. 200: 1 L Nielsen (E&H) 25.0. 400: 1 L Rule (SNH) 57.7; 3 M Whitfield (Harrow, U17) 60.9. 100H: 1 G Green (E&H) 15.5; 2 E Nwofor (Bas/NEB) 15.9. 1500SC: 1 E Rose-Senior (Harrow) 5:55.7. B: 1 E O’grady (Harrow, U17) 5:59.9. 4x100: 1 E&H 49.7; 2 Bas/NEB 51.7. 4x400: 1 E&H 4:11.6. HJ: 1 E Nwofor (Bas/NEB) 1.65. PV: 1 S Rapacchi (SNH) 3.02. B: 1 M Huggins (SNH, U17) 2.91. LJ: 1 G Green (E&H) 5.31; 2 E Nwofor (Bas/NEB) 5.21. TJ: 1 G Green (E&H) 10.73. DT: 1 K Osuji (Harrow) 35.54. HT: 1 S Goddard (SNH) 37.65; 2 A Mido (Croy) 35.50. JT: 1 D Bromfield (Bas/NEB) 42.15U17: 100: 1 S Japal (E&H) 12.7; 2 L Aregbe (Harrow) 12.7. 300: 1 I Ives (Bas/NEB) 41.2. 800: 1 M Whitfield (Harrow) 2:16.6. 1500: 1 I Ives (Bas/NEB) 4:33.3. 80H: 1 F Marriott (E&H) 12.2; 2 S Archer (Croy) 12.4. 300H: 1 D Phillips (E&H) 47.0. 4x100: 1 E&H 50.7; 2 Croy 51.0; 3 Bas/NEB 51.6; 4 Chelm 52.3; 5 Harrow 52.9. 4x300: 1 E&H 2:57.5; 2 Bas/NEB 3:02.0; 3 Chelm 3:06.5; 4 Harrow 3:08.4; 5 SNH 3:14.9. HJ: 1 M Bullman (Bas/NEB) 1.60; 1 D Phillips (E&H) 1.60. TJ: 1 M Bullman (Bas/NEB) 10.72; 2 I Wynn (Harrow) 10.50. HT: 1 E Chandler (Harrow) 49.94; 2 O Bullis (Bas/NEB) 39.90; 3 E Fossett (Croy) 39.03

SOUTHERN NORTH 2, GuildfordMATCH: 1 South Bucks 747; 2 Kingston AC & Polyte 498; 3 Thames Valley Harrie 496; 4 St. Albans AC 477; 5 Guildford & Godalmin 453; 6 Vale of Aylesbury AC 356; 7 Sutton & District AC 248; 8 Team Hounslow & St. 157U20 men: 100: A: 1 L Cain (TVH) 11.0; 2 J Parry (Chilt/Wyc P, U17) 11.2. 200: A: 1 L Cain (TVH) 22.5; 2 J Parry (Chilt/Wyc P, U17) 22.7. 4x100: 1 Chilt/Wyc P 45.3. 4x400: 1 Chilt/Wyc P 3:35.8. TJ: A: 1 R

Sutherland (Chilt/Wyc P) 13.77. DT: A: 1 T Guy (St Alb) 43.24U17: 100: A: 1 K Paris-Samuel (TVH) 11.2. 100H: A: 1 A Parkinson (K&P) 14.3. 4x100: 1 TVH 45.9. SP: 1 H Sutherland (Chilt/Wyc P) 14.05; 2 S Collingridge (Team Hounslow/SMR) 13.10. HT: 1 P Cassidy (G&G) 41.45. JT: 1 D Seath (TVH) 49.40U20 women: 100: A: 1 T Brade (TVH) 12.2. 200: A: 1 N Kendall (K&P) 25.5. 400: A: 1 N Kendall (K&P) 58.0; 2 L Lafreniere (G&G, U17) 60.9. 100H: A: 1 J Hunter (VoA) 14.0.400H: A: 1 V Maguire (G&G) 67.9. 1500SC: A: 1 L Thompson (K&P) 5:57.1. 4x100: 1 TVH 49.0; 2 Chilt/Wyc P 50.6. PV: A: 1 S Connolly (TVH) 3.30. LJ: A: 1 J Hunter (VoA) 5.29. TJ: A: 1 D Arulanandam (VoA) 10.80. DT: A: 1 E Taylor-Newman (VoA, U17) 31.39. HT: A: 1 L Knott (TVH) 36.84; 2 A Bartle (K&P) 33.39U17: 100: A: 1 C McCarthy (St Alb) 12.6. 200: A: 1 C McCarthy (St Alb) 25.5. B: 1 E Wood (St Alb) 25.9. 300: A: 1 E Wood (St Alb) 41.3. 800: A: 1 H Thear (Chilt/Wyc P) 2:18.4; 2 A Earlam (G&G) 2:20.9. 80H: A: 1 M Hildrew (G&G) 12.1. 1500SC: A: 1 T Weddell (St Alb) 5:35.5. 4x100: 1 St Alb 50.9; 2 TVH 52.9. 4x300: 1 St Alb 2:51.4; 2 G&G 2:57.0; 3 Chilt/Wyc P 3:17.4. LJ: 1 J Wood (G&G) 5.22. TJ: 1 M Hildrew (G&G) 11.16

JULY 26HERNE HILL HARRIERS 125TH ANNIVERSARY OPEN, Tooting BecMen: HJ: 1 R Bonifas (Read) 2.03; 2 T Andrews (Herne H, U20) 1.97; 5 P Marriott (Herne H, M50) 1.55. PV: 1 L Walker (Craw, M35) 4.45; 2 J Moore (Craw) 4.00; 5 M Franklin (HW, M45) 3.10. LJ: 9 P Marriott (Herne H, M50) 5.04. SP: 1 J Watson (WSEH, U20) 15.86; 2 C Green (Kent) 13.45U20: SP: 1 J Watson (WSEH) 15.66Women: fPV: 1 C Maurer (Woking) 3.20; 2 T Quinlivan (Have, W35) 2.60. LJ: 1 P Earley (K&P, U15) 5.19; 2 K Harris (B&B, U15) 5.10; 5 T Baldie (B&B, U13) 4.69. JT: 2 S St Luce (Herne H, W55) 23.86U17: HJ: 1 B Campbell (Herne H) 1.62; 2 S Fung (Harrow, U15) 1.56U15: SP: 1 E Locke (Herne H) 12.18. JT: 1 E Locke (B&B) 35.14U13: SP: 1 T Baldie (B&B) 10.49W35: SP: 1 S St Luce (Herne H, W55) 8.67; 2 S Dassie (E&E, W60) 8.50W50: SP: 1 S St Luce (Herne H, W55) 9.64

SOUTH YORKSHIRE LEAGUE, CudworthU17 men: SP: 1 O Bryce (Hallam) 12.78U13: 800: 1 J Ward (Barns) 2:24.4; 2 S Roberts (Sheff) 2:24.7Women: 200: 1 A Shaw (Barns) 6.58 25.0U17: SP: 1 T Buckingham (Barns) 14.67U15: 1500: 1 A Moore (Barns) 4:52.2; 2 A Lancaster (Sheff) 4:57.7. 75H: 1 G Craft (Hallam) 12.4. SP: 1 B Jones (Sheff) 10.28U13: 100: 1 L Revitt (Hallam) 13.5. 800: 1 E Wilkinson (Sheff) 2:24.4. 70H: 1 N Lannie (Donc) 11.8. LJ: 1 L Revitt (Hallam) 4.64; 2 F Ventour (Sheff) 4.58U11: 80: 1 A Hodgson (Donc) 11.9

JULY 23DARTFORD HARRIERS AC OPEN, DartfordMen: JT: 1 C Lacy (Have) 56.92Mixed events: 800: 6 N Okoh (Chelm, U13W) 2:28.8. Mile: 1 L Taylor-Costin (Dartf, U15) 4:41.6; 5 C Sharp (Dartf, U15W) 5:12.3; 7 A May (Dartf, U13) 5:18.1U15: JT: 1 E Bayley (Horsh BS) 44.18M55: PV: 1 B Slaughter (E’bne) 2.65; 2 W Martin (Hast) 2.50

U20 women: PV: 1 A McGovern (Bexley) 3.70; 2 S Connolly (TVH) 3.25U15: PV: 1 A Eichelmann (Woking) 2.80U13: PV: 1 L Warden (Bexley) 2.35; 2 E Thomas (Bexley) 2.05W50: PV: 1 J Montgomery (B&B) 2.50W55: PV: 1 T Eades (Dartf) 2.35

JULY 19CUMBRIA LEAGUE, CopelandU20 men: 100: 1 A Bailey (Barr) 11.1U17: 100: 1 J Gomme (Cope) 11.2U15: 800: 1 A Birkett (Kend) 2:07.6U13: 80: 1 B Yung (Barr) 11.2. 150: 1 B Yung (Barr) 20.6; 2 D Lobb (Cope) 21.5U17 women: 200: 1 C Orton (Ellen) 25.6U13: 80: 1 O Mason (Bord H) 11.4; 2 G Wheeler (Barr) 11.9; 3 C Dirom (Annan) 11.9; 4 M Chadwick (Barr) 11.9. 150: 1 O Mason (Bord H) 20.9; 2 M Chadwick (Barr) 21.9.800: 1 S Driscoll (Kend) 2:26.5

JULY 15NORTH YORKSHIRE & SOUTH DURHAM LEAGUE, DarlingtonU13 boys: 800: r2: 1 P Haycock (M’bro) 2:24.5M55: DT: 1 J Moreland (R&N) 42.69U15 girls: 800: 1 L Cramb (Shild) 2:22.7U13: 200: r1: 1 M Wells (Shild) 28.4

HAMPSHIRE SCHOOLS’ YEAR 7 & 8 CHAMPIONSHIPS 2014, BasingstokeU14 boys: 100: 1 O Nicholson (SE) 11.8. Ht3: 1 O Nicholson (SE) 11.9. 4x100: 1 Aldershot 49.3U13: 80: 1 G Joy (New F) 10.8; 2 O Bridges (Gos&F) 10.9; 3 K Ruffle (Ald) 11.1; 4 L Morris (Ald) 11.2; 5 J De Caux (New F) 11.2. Ht1: 1 K Ruffle (Ald) 11.0; 2 E Erbert (Southampton) 11.1. Ht2: 1 G Joy (New F) 10.7; 2 L Morris (Ald) 10.9. Ht3: 1 O Bridges (Gos&F) 10.9; 2 J De Caux (New F) 11.0; 3 R Peters (Andover) 11.1; 4 H Green (SE) 11.2. 150: 1 C Totman (Ald) 19.7; 2 B Carter (New F) 20.1; 3 D Simeu (Southampton) 20.3; 4 G Smith (Gos&F) 20.7; 5 S Coventry (Bas) 20.7; 6 J McDermott (Andover) 20.8; 7 N Hallum (Eastl&Win) 21.2; 8 J Pearce (SE) 21.4. Ht1: 1 C Totman (Ald) 19.5; 2 G Smith (Gos&F) 20.4; 3 S Coventry (Bas) 20.4; 4 J McDermott (Andover) 20.6; 5 T Greene (SE) 21.5. Ht2: 1 D Simeu (Southampton) 20.2; 2 B Carter (New F) 20.2; 3 N Hallum (Eastl&Win) 21.1; 4 J Pearce (SE) 21.1. 200: 1 T Taukei (New F) 26.0; 2 A Knight (Ald) 26.6. Ht1: 1 A Knight (Ald) 26.2. Ht2: 1 T Taukei (New F) 25.9. Ht3: 1 S Griffin (Eastl&Win) 25.5; 2 B Fowler (Ald) 26.0; 3 O Brooks (Southampton) 26.0; 4 T Timmonds (IOW) 26.9. 600: 1 B Pattison (Ald) 1:32.0; 2 A Youngson (Ald) 1:36.1. 1000: 1 C Crook (Gos&F) 3:06.5. 4x100: 1 Aldershot 51.9; 2 New Forest 53.4; 3 Gosport & Fareham 54.8; 4 Basingstoke 55.2; 5 South East Hants 55.9; 6 Andover 56.0. JT: 1 J Wise (SE) 40.51; 2 K Duxbury (SE) 36.79; 3 M Forster (New F) 33.38; 4 R Ahmed (Southampton) 32.30U13 girls: 80: 1 A McFall (Ald) 11.3; 2 T Asubonteng (Bas) 11.4; 3 F Green (Eastl&Win) 11.6; 4 M Lock (Andover) 11.6; 5 F Barfoot (Southampton) 11.7; 6 C Murphy (SE) 11.7; 7 E Gook (Eastl&Win) 11.9. Ht1: 1 T Asubonteng (Bas) 11.3; 2 E Gook (Eastl&Win) 11.7; 3 M Butler (IOW) 11.8. Ht2: 1 A McFall (Ald) 11.3; 2 C Murphy (SE) 11.6; 3 M Lock (Andover) 11.6; 4 G Akpan (Southampton) 12.0. Ht3:1 B Coad (Eastl&Win) 11.4; 2 F Green (Eastl&Win) 11.5; 3 F Barfoot (Southampton) 11.7. 150: 1 C Edwards (Bas) 20.6; 2 H Childs (Gos&F) 21.3. Ht1: 1 C Edwards (Bas) 20.4; 2 H Byrne (IOW) 22.0. Ht2: 1

H Childs (Gos&F) 20.8; 2 J Tizzard (Eastl&Win) 21.6; 3 G Cooper (Ald) 21.7. Ht3: 1 R Giffin (SE) 21.5; 2 G Charles (Ald) 21.5. 600: 1 E Thomson (Bas) 1:46.0; 2 E Whiteman (Ald) 1:46.7.1000: 1 Z Thorne (Ald) 3:22.4; 2 S Gormley (New F) 3:24.2; 3 J Cross (SE) 3:24.9; 4 C James (Gos&F) 3:25.5; 5 S Brett (Andover) 3:27.9; 6 B Sansom (Eastl&Win) 3:28.1; 7 K Lynch (Eastl&Win) 3:29.6. 4x100: 1 Gosport & Fareham 55.5; 2 Aldershot 55.9; 3 Andover 57.1; 4 East&Win 57.2. HJ: 1 J Robinson (Andover) 1.40. SP: 1 S Vincent (Southampton) 9.98. JT: 1 S Callaway (Andover) 29.31; 2 P Wright (Gos&F) 25.62

JULY 13SCOTTISH WOMEN’S LEAGUE, MeadowbankMATCH: 1 Edin 479; 2 T West 422; 3 A’deen select 398; 4 Tay & N Fife 393; 5 Forth V 324; 6 VPCG 270; 7 Pit 182; 8 Loth sel 138Final standings: 1 Edin 23; 2 A’deen select 20 (1284.5); 3 T West 20 (1173); 4 Forth V 14; 5 Tay & N Fife 13; 6 VPCG 9; 7 Pit 6; 8 Loth select 3

DUCHY MINORS OPEN, Carn BreaU17 men: HJ: 1 S Robins (N&P) 1.85. PV: 1 F Caudery (Corn) 3.65; 2 S Robins (N&P) 3.37. SP: 1 P Swan (Corn) 13.70. DT: 1 P Swan (Corn) 48.89U15: 100: 3 W Phillips (Tamar, M65) 14.5. 80H: 1 H Williams (N&P) 12.3U13: 1500: 1 H Mier (HW) 4:48.0; 2 J Broome (Corn) 4:58.2. 75H: 1 F Holmes (Corn) 13.4; 2 T Parker (Corn) 13.7. PV: 1 B Parker (Corn) 2.07. SP: 1 H Hocking (Corn) 10.20.DT: 1 H Hocking (Corn) 31.52. JT: 1 J McCafferty (Brack) 33.55U12: 1500: 1 B Mclellan (N&P, U13) 4:51.2U11: 75: 1 J Lamboll (N&P) 11.0U17 women: 80H: 1 R Gray (Corn) 12.2. PV: 1 R Gray (Corn) 3.27U15: 1500: 1 S Temple (Tav) 4:54.6. 75H: 1 M Caudery (Corn) 12.2. HJ: 1 B Trevail (N&P) 1.55. PV: 1 M Caudery (Corn) 3.27U13: 70H: 1 S Harris (Erme) 11.5. LJ: 1 S Harris (Erme) 4.77. SP: 1 M O’Daly (Ply) 9.11. DT: 1 M O’Daly (Ply) 26.61

NOTTS MINI LEAGUE, Kirkby in AshfieldU15 boys: 80H: 1 J Moffatt (Rush) 12.5; 2 N Langley (Works) 12.9. DT: 1 N Langley (Works) 34.76. JT: 1 J Moffatt (Rush) 44.13U15 girls: 4x200: 1 Notts 1:54.7; 2 Works 1:54.9; 3 Newk 1:56.3; 4 Ret 1:58.5; 5 SinA 1:59.6U13: 4x100: 1 Notts 56.5. JT: 1 A Peach (Newk) 26.87

WESSEX YOUNG ATHLETES’ LEAGUE, WokingMATCH: 1 Camberley 623; 2 Marlborough Juniors 375; 3 Swindon 306; 4 Wimborne 266; 5 Poole AC 253; 6 Bournemouth 221U17 men: 100H: A: 1 L Shepherd (Poole) 13.7U15: 100: A: 1 T Randerson (W’borne) 11.9. 200: A: 1 T Randerson (W’borne) 24.4. 80H: A: 1 K Short (Marl J) 12.6; 2 M Raymond (Swin) 12.6. HJ: A: 1 K Short (Marl J) 1.73.DT: A: 1 B Porter (C’ley) 33.10U13: 1500: A: 1 B McIntyre (Swin) 4:55.1; 2 L Mann (C’ley) 4:55.2. 75H: A: 1 O Heard (C’ley) 13.3. ns: 1 T Ayo-ojo (C’ley) 13.6. 4x100: 1 C’ley 55.0. HJ: A: 1 L Mann (C’ley) 1.46U17 women: JT: A: 1 G McTear (Swin) 35.56

U15: 300: A: 1 A Davis (Poole) 42.8. 1500: A: 1 L Ballam (W’borne) 4:56.8. 75H: A: 1 I Bretherton (C’ley) 12.0. B: 1 O Galloway (B’mth) 12.2. 4x100: 1 B’mth 53.1. SP: A: 1 H Molyneaux (B’mth) 12.29; 2 B Burley (W’borne) 10.70. DT: A: 1 H Molyneaux (B’mth) 31.67. B: 1 D Broom (B’mth) 30.39U13: 200: A: 1 T Chliwna (B’mth) 28.2. 1200: A: 1 C Holden (C’ley) 4:18.4. 70H: A: 1 H New (Swin) 11.6; 2 Y Bridet (B’mth) 12.4. 4x100: 1 B’mth 57.7

WESSEX YOUNG ATHLETES’ LEAGUE, WokingMATCH: 1 Camberley 623; 2 Madja 375; 4 Wimborne 266; 5 Poole 253; 6 Bournemouth 221.7 U17 men: 100H: A: 1 L Shepherd (Poole) 13.7U15: 100: A: 1 T Randerson (W’borne) 11.9. 200: A: 1 T Randerson (W’borne) 24.4. 80H: A: 1 K Short (Marl J) 12.6; 2 M Raymond (Swin) 12.6. HJ: A: 1 K Short (Marl J) 1.73.DT: A: 1 B Porter (C’ley) 33.10U13: 1500: A: 1 B McIntyre (Swin) 4:55.1; 2 L Mann (C’ley) 4:55.2. 75H: A: 1 O Heard (C’ley) 13.3. ns: 1 T Ayo-ojo (C’ley) 13.6. 4x100: 1 C’ley 55.0. HJ: A: 1 L Mann (C’ley) 1.46U17 women: JT: A: 1 G McTear (Swin) 35.56U15: 300: A: 1 A Davis (Poole) 42.8. 1500: A: 1 L Ballam (W’borne) 4:56.8. 75H: A: 1 I Bretherton (C’ley) 12.0. B:1 O Galloway (B’mth) 12.2. 4x100: 1 B’mth 53.1. SP: A: 1 H Molyneaux (B’mth) 12.29; 2 B Burley (W’borne) 10.70. DT: A: 1 H Molyneaux (B’mth) 31.67. B: 1 D Broom (B’mth) 30.39U13: 200: A: 1 T Chliwna (B’mth) 28.2. 1200: A: 1 C Holden (C’ley) 4:18.4. 70H: A: 1 H New (Swin) 11.6; 2 Y Bridet (B’mth) 12.4. 4x100: 1 B’mth 57.7

JULY 12YORK BENENDEN HEALTH SUMMER LEAGUE, YorkMen: 100: 5 T Dawson (N Vets, M50) 12.6. 200: 7 T Dawson (N Vets, M50) 25.8. LJ: 5 J Gittens (Leeds C, M50) 5.04. SP: 1 D Dowson (M&C) 14.67. DT: 1 M Wearing (C’field) 45.06; 2 D Dowson (M&C) 41.08. JT: 2 R Howes (Pontefract, M50) 34.10; 4 J Sewell (York, M50) 33.83U15: 3000: 1 A Manthorpe (Sheff) 9:34.7; 2 E Hutchinson (York) 9:40.8U13: 75H: 1 C Howes (Pontefract) 13.8U11: 75: 1 J Anderson 10.8; 2 A Bugg (York) 10.9Women: 200: 1 G Hirst (Shild, U20) 13.5; 2 S Gilbert (Pontefract, U20) 13.9; 3 M Williams (York, W65) 17.1; 3 M Williams (York, W65) 36.5. LJ: 2 M Williams (York, W65) 3.03.SP: 2 S Bolland (Spen, W70) 5.30. DT: 4 M Williams (York, W65) 15.01. HT: 1 J Wheatman (Wake) 49.15U17: 80H: 1 C Stamp (York) 12.5U15: 75H: 1 V Morgan (KuH) 12.3. DT: 1 M Mellor (H’gate) 26.37. HT: 1 C Bell (Spen) 27.32U13: 80: 1 A Rolfe (York) 11.2; 2 N Lannie (Donc) 11.5; 3 F Pegrum (York) 12.0. 150: 1 M Wells (Shild) 19.9; 2 A Rolfe (York) 20.6; 3 K Williams (Shild) 21.2; 4 F Pegrum (York) 21.8; 5 J Hopkinson (KuH) 21.9. 800: 1 K Atkinson (Keigh) 2:22.3. 70H: 1 N Lannie (Donc) 12.2. HJ: 1 M Howson (Leeds C) 1.40. LJ: 1 A Rolfe (York) 4.65U11: 75: 1 N Groves (Spen) 10.8; 1 I Stones (Pontefract) 10.8; 3 H Parry (Leeds C) 11.0; 4 K Brown (Leeds C) 11.2W60: HT: ns: 1 A Rhodes (Ack) 20.45W70: HT: ns: 1 S Bolland (Spen) 19.45


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MULTI-TERRAINAUGUST 4BLAISE BLAZER 4 SERIES, BristolOverall: 1 J Mckenna (B&W) 22:12; 2 S Campbell (W’bury) 22:45; 3 P Moniere (GWR) 23:16. M50: 1 T Guest (S’ville) 23:51. M60: 1 W Burke (Thornb) 27:42Women: 1 E Gonzalez Szamocki (W’bury) 26:53; 2 J Colman (B&W, W40) 27:45W50: 1 N Harding (Thornb) 30:48:

AUGUST 3HADLEIGH CASTLE 10km, EssexOverall: 1 P Capdevila 35:19; 2 C Bloomfield (Bill’cay) 36:12; 3 T Farrer (Leig-on S) 39:52Women: 1 D Ballard (B’fleet) 41:30; 2 T English 45:47Final GP series standings after 4 events: 1 Bloomfield; 2 Capdevila; 3 C Gray Women: 1 R Pitmar; 2 L Watson; 3 English

HARTING 10, South HartingOverall: 1 J Manning (Denm, M35) 57:46; 2 H Aggleton (Card H) 58:46; 3 P Tomlinson (Hay H, M35) 59:55M40: 1 P Turrell (Denm) 60:45. M45: 1 T Randell 62:25. M55: 1 T Conway (Ports J) 65:55Women: 1 D Hall (Stubb G) 70:56; 2 L Whitaker (Win, W55) 71:18; 3 L Potton (Horsh J, W35) 73:24

INDIAN QUEENS HALF-MARATHON, Indian QueensOverall: 1 B Price (Chelt) 74:19; 2 E Stepto (Corn, W40) 76:46; 3 K Walker (Newq RR, M40) 77:06M40: 2 J Mancer (StA RR) 78:22. M45: 1 M Colwill (Bide) 78:58. M55: 1 M Davis (Newq RR) 83:57; 2 B Cardew (Carn R) 89:56. M60: 1 T Polglase (Carn R) 93:48. M65: 1 P Uren (Mt B) 1:40:35Women: 1 Stepto 76:46; 2 E Schuck (Hayle) 83:43; 3 E Davis (Newq RR) 84:09W50: 1 J Payne (Honi) 96:55. W55: 1 J Thompson (Bath) 92:41

RUN THROUGH RICHMOND PARK HALF-MARATHONOverall: 1 A Plant 77:14; 2 N O’Brien 80:32; 3 P Grigo 81:03Women: 1 C Penington (B&B) 87:50; 2 S Holt 93:51

NORTH WALES HALF-MARATHON, ConwyOverall: 1 A Jones (Stock H, M35) 75:07; 2 J Bowie (Merc) 77:29; 3 E Banks (BRAT) 79:53M55: 1 P Jones 1:41:39. M60: 1 B Sheppard 1:41:30Women: 1 J Clague (Liv H, W40) 93:29; 2 M Jones (Vall) 94:44; 3 V Walls (Spec) 97:52W35: 1 T Llewellyn (Cybi) 1:40:04. W40: 2 D Raggett (Corn) 99:32. W55: 1 D Kenwright (Sarn H) 1:51:38

RIVERSIDE RUNNERS ANNIVERSARY 10km, St NeotsOverall: 1 J Escalante-Phillips (C&C) 34:25; 2 S Brown 35:41; 3 J Mogridge (Yax) 35:51M40: 1 T Farrer (S’end) 37:30. M45: 1 F Dudbridge (THH) 38:49. M55: 1 G Brewster (Hunts) 40:08Women: 1 S Caskey (P’boro) 42:22; 2 H Read (W35) 43:51; 3 L Roberts (C&C, W45) 44:46W60: 1 M Phillips (C&C) 46:38

AUGUST 2FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH 5km, Norton Common, Letchworth, HertfordshireOverall: 1 D Mitchinson (NEB) 16:44; 2 S Shaw (Tri-Sp) 19:02; 3 R Foster (NHRR) 19:03Women: 1 C Johnson (Bed H, W45) 23:16; 2 Y Gordon (NHRR, W60) 23:20W55: J Simmons (NHRR) 23:29

DEVIL O THE HIGHLANDS 43, Fort WilliamOverall: 1 C Morgan (Shett, M35) 5:13:42; 2 R Turner (M40) 6:00:03; 3 N Macnicol (M40) 6:02:25Women: 1 N Hendry (W35) 7:09:58; 2 N Heffron (W35) 7:12:56W35: 3 H Lees 7:14:07. W45: 1 S Young 7:28:05

ORION HARRIERS FOREST 5, ChingfordOverall: 1 S Humphrey (VP&TH) 27:31; 2 M Muir (Ilf, M40) 28:27; 3 T Grimes (E Lon) 28:39M40: 2 R Heath (Hav 90) 29:21. M45: 1 S Philcox (Ilf) 29:35. M50: 1 A Rugg (WG&EL) 30:04; 2 R Dzikowski (WG&EL) 30:16; 3 P Cates (Eton M) 31:25. M55: 1 J Lynch (Morn) 34:06. M60: 1 A Catton (Ilf) 35:10. M65: 1 R Berry (Orion) 38:00. M70: 1 G Lunn (Orion) 41:12Women: 1 J Singer (VP&TH, W40) 33:31; 2 A Lee (E Lon, W35) 33:46; 3 K Levison (E Lon, W45) 34:05 W50: 1 Z Woodward (Eton M) 36:33. W55: 1 B Nordin (Ilf) 37:20. W75: 1 P Jones (Ilf) 50:41

WOMEN’S RUNNING BRISTOL 10km, BristolOverall: 1 R Awde 42:38; 2 R Browne (W50) 46:21; 3 J Ford 46:28

AUGUST 1GRIM REAPER ULTRA MARATHONS, Grimsthorpe Castle, LincolnshireOverall (100M): 1 P Marshall 18:31:56; 2 A Gardner (Dac) 19:02:05; 3 J Woods (Stone, M40) 19:49:11Women: 1 S Anderson (Spect, W40) 21:38:23; 2 A Noble (Troon, W50) 24:47:14Overall (70M): 1 M Lynch 11:18:35; 2 S Calitz-Patel (Sandwell V, W40) 13:55:34; 3 L Gibson (M40) 14:51:00Women: 1 Calitz-Patel 13:55:34; 2 E dando (16:26:05Overall (40M): 1 S Bowen (Gard CR, M40) 5:40:37; 2 J Melbourne 5:42:28; 3 C Hill (Wigston P) 6:32:48Women: 1 K Sutton (Perp M, W40) 6:49:46; 2 J Riches 7:27:46

JULY 31NEAR AS DAMNIT 10km, Coulsdon, SurreyOverall: 1 R Evans (S Lon) 34:58; 2 S Major (S Lon, M40) 35:07; 3 P Canavan (S Lon) 38:11M55: J Foss (S Lon) 39:30Women: 1 N Gentry (S Lon) 43:49; 2 P Iannella (S Lon, W55) 46:51

JULY 30THAMES 10km, Beale Park, Pangbourne, BerkshireOverall: 1 D Plank (Read RR) 36:40; 2 J Wildish (M40) 38:50; 3 J Snoxall (M40) 38:54Women: 1 L Nike (Read, W35) 44:04; 2 K Sargeant (Read RR, W45) 46:53

BUNGAY SUMMER 10km SERIES, BungayOverall: 1 P Arnold (Norw) 33:30; 2 D Oliver (Norw, U20) 34:12; 3 K Ella (Gt Yar, U20) 34:32

M50: 1 J Moore (Norf G) 38:40. M55: 1 R Cheverton (Norw) 37:13Women: 1 T Jordan (S’mkt, W35) 38:10; 2 J Fawcett (Bung, W40) 40:50; 3 S Roberts (W50) 43:25W65: 1 J Potter (BecB) 53:38

CRAWFORDSBURN 5km, BangorOverall: 1 R Forsyth (U20) 16:35; 2 C Madden (C.O.L.A.C ) 16:56; 3 S Wylie (N Down) 17:03Women: 1 C Connor (NBH) 20:38; 2 D Logue (B’drain, W35) 21:39; 3 R Magill (Lag V, W55) 21:59

MILLBROOK MONSTER 10km, MillbrookOverall: 1 A Jones (Stock H, M35) 35:20; 2 H Oldham (E Ches) 37:44; 3 C Fitzpatrick (Traff, M40) 38:19Women: 1 R Chatwin (Bux, W40) 47:08; 2 S Hill (Most, U17) 48:04; 3 A Drasdo (Traff, W45) 50:28

SAMPHIRE HOE 5km SERIES, DoverOverall: 1 S Jones (Cant, M35) 17:15; 2 S O’Brien (Folk) 17:18; 3 A Fletcher (Folk) 17:29M60: 1 B Davis (Folk) 21:48Women: 1 S Hawkins (M’stone, W50) 20:48; 2 D Jeffery (Folk, W40) 21:40; 3 C Curtis (Folk, W45) 23:30

JULY 29CHAMPAGNE LEAGUE, LockingtonOverall: 1 M Hargreaves (E Hull) 23:31; 2 S Carmichael (Bev, M40) 23:50; 3 N Sisson (E Hull, M45) 24:12M40: 2 L Holloway (Bev) 24:53; 3 M Hayes (E Hull) 24:59. M45: 2 T Burgin (Hull Spr) 25:06.. M50: 1 T Misson (CoH) 28:01; 2 A Watson (E Hull) 28:02; 3 I McCoid (CoH) 28:06. M55: 1 I Hird (CoH) 27:02; 2 P Frost (E Hull) 27:14; 3 P Cartwright (CoH) 27:39. M60: 1

R Winder (CoH) 29:46. M65: 1 F Bell (CoH) 31:21Women: 1 C Stansfield (Bev) 25:03; 2 S Rookyard (E Hull, W40) 27:06; 3 A Campbell (Hull Spr, W40) 28:50W45: 1 F Robinson (CoH) 30:07. W55: 1 A Dean (W Hull) 32:05

JULY 27BATH 10km/HALF-MARATHON/MARATHONOverall: 1 G Frost (Bath) 41:26; 2 F McGrath (W’bury, U20) 48:06; 3 i Dunning (TeamBathAC) 48:42Women: 1 M Bagnati 51:56; 2 L Burgess 52:24Overall (HM): 1 D Vaudin (Bath, M55) 1:56:52; 2 A Dunn (Marlb) 2:00:45; 3 L Ikin 2:01:27Women: 1 H Graz (W40) 2:09:56; 2 V Budd 2:15:36Overall (HM): 1 A Grant 1:58:06; 2 E Malloch (WG&EL, M35) 2:00:20; 3 E Davidge (W) 2:24:31Women: 1 Davidge 2:24:31; 2 L Swanton (SWRR) 2:30:31Overall (Mar): 1 H Rush (Bath, W35) 3:37:47; 2 D Ross (100MC, M45) 3:47:42; 3 P Bowles (Serpenting RC, M40) 3:51:33Women: 1 Rush 3:37:47; 2 J Convey (Serp) 4:30:14

BRIGHTON TRAILBLAZER RUN, East SussexOverall (10km approx): 1 J Burrell 38:58; 2 K Harding 39:27; 3 G Christie 39:34Women: 1 N Swan (Seaf, W40) 44:03; 2 J Hall 45:50

JULY 24ENIGMA NIGHT FEVER MARATHON, Milton KeynesOverall: 1 S Edwards (Bourt, M50)

3:27:14; 2 M Tonks (Nun, M35) 3:47:53; 3 J Isaac (100MC, M40) 3:47:53Women: 1 J Millett (Strag, W60) 4:15:39; 2 H Mcdonald-hamilton (100MC) 4:37:20

JULY 23HEREFORDSHIRE SUMMER OFF-ROAD LEAGUEShobdenOverall (5M+): 1 D King (Wye V) 31:54; 2 S Morgan (Croft, M40) 31:57; 3 A Stevens (Monros, M40) 33:01; 4 E Taylor (Here)33:29; 5 M James (Here) 33:54; 6 S Norwood (Croft) 34:00; 7 S Flowers (Wye V) 34:33; 8 J Jehan (Wye V, M40) 34:43M50: D Williams (Here) 35:14. M55: T Taylor (Here) 37:07. M60: G Kay (Here) 38:27. M65: S Herington (Here) 38:00. M70: G Whitmarsh (Croft) 44:09. M75: H Franklyn (Wye)53:36Women: 1 S Turvey (Croft) 36:10; 2 N Childs (Wye V, W50) 38:07; 3 L Arcip (here) 38:32W60: L Bowers (Croft) 43:08TEAM (M&W combined): 1 Croft Ambrey RC 31; 2 Wye Valley R 39; 3 Hereford Couriers 45; 4 Wye V B 88; 5 Croft B 89; 6 Monross Trailblazers 124Final Standings after 4 matchesMen: 1 Taylor 3; 2 King 6; 3 Morgan 7M40: Stephens. M45: R James (Here). M50: Williams. M55: N Taylor (Croft). M60: Kay. M65: Herington. M70: Whitmarsh. M75: FranklynWomen: 1 Childs; 2 Arcip; 3 L Tootel (Wye)W35: M Miles (Wye). W40: S Davis (Croft). W45: R Tomkins (P’teigne). W50: S Powell (Croft). W55: J Edwards (Wye)TEAM (M&W combined): 1 Wye V 179; 2 Croft 220; 3 Hereford 242; 3 Wye V B 343; 5 Croft B 436; 6 Monross 504

GOLDEN ACRE RELAY, LeedsOverall (3x2.75M): 1 Leeds C 43:49 (rec) (L Foster 15:11, A Osborne 14:35, J Walsh 14:03); 2 York Elite 44:08 (J Schofield 14:37, P Jarvis 15:03, B Lewis 14:28); 3 Right Holmes (M40) 45:21 (C Holmes 15:09, N Charlesworth 15:37, I Holmes 14:35); 4 York (U20) 46:59 (G Condon 16:06, A McMillan 15:29, A Botterill 15:24); 5 York B (U20) 47:30 (N Smith 15:36, D Cockerill 16:15, M Carlton-Seal 15:39); 6 Go Go Grannie (U20) 47:35; 7 Skyrac 48:10; 8 Horsf 48:20; 9 Weth (M40) 48:36; 10 De Crane 48:45Mixed: 1 Weth 49:08 (L Mawer 17:35, J Dudley 16:40, P Milgate 14:53); 2 Bail 50:36 (S Watkins 16:29, E Stoney 18:42, Q Lewis 15:25)Fastest: Walsh 14:03. M40: Holmes 14:35. U20: E Hutchinson (Go Go Grannies) 15:06Women: 1 Fast Girls 53:00 (A Smith 17:09, R Joanna 17:40, L Clegg 18:11); 2 York 53:36 (V Needham 16:55, K Harris 19:17, E Ballantyne 17:24); 3 Skyrac 54:49 (E Inglis 18:32, R Cesa da Sa 17:41, M Keefe 18:36); 4 York (U20) 56:11 (M Gray 19:23, G Rothwell 17:23, L Sterritt 19:25); 5 Weth 56:31; 6 K’stall 56:46W35: Seen Better Days 60:15 (K Bell 19:37, R Dorrington 15:29, R Mackie 19:39)Fastest: Needham 16:55. W35: S Wilson (Saltaire) 18:23. U20: Rothwell 17:23

ELVET STRIDERS CLAMBER 5.2, DurhamOverall: 1 J Evans (J&H, U20) 32:34; 2 P Weir (Sedge, M35) 32:40; 3 S McMahon (Sun S, M35) 32:54Women: 1 E Leslie (J&H, W45) 37:31; 2 K Walton (Elv) 40:16


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ROADAUGUST 3DONKEY BRAE 7, AberdourOverall: 1 J Lawson (P’bello, M35) 38:59; 2 D Blackie (M40) 39:18; 3 S Bradley (C’gie, M40) 39:59M40: 3 R Clark (C’gie) 40:20; 4 M Fullerton (P’bello) 41:29. M45: 1 K Cormack (NHH) 42:19; 2 I Taylor (C’gie) 42:29. M50: 1 J Mill (Dund RR) 44:39. M65: 1 A Lawson (Dund H) 49:29Women: 1 S Ridley (Edin, W45) 45:16; 2 A Hartman 45:47; 3 J Turner (W35) 45:54W50: 1 M Western (C’gie) 48:39

MUCHTY RUN 5km, AuchetrmuchtyOverall: 1 G Mathieson (Falk T) 18:22; 2 K Anthony (Fife, M50) 18:59; 3 S Fernando (Fife, U20) 19:25Women: 1 J Morris (Falk T) 27:55; 2 E Bowman (Bill MH) 36:44

REGENT’S PARK SUMMER 10km SERIES, London Regent’s ParkOverall: 1 M Crawley (Dur) 31:37; 2 A Kirk-Smith (Lon Hth) 33:45; 3 W Brewin 34:32Women: 1 P Keast 38:55; 2 B Kear 42:20W55: 1 C White (Lon Hth) 46:30

STURMINSTER NEWTON HALF-MARATHON, Sturminster NewtonOverall: 1 P Thompson (B’mth) 72:37; 2 J Cole (B’mth) 74:14; 3 J Sharkey (B’mth) 74:35; 4 S Munro (B’mth) 74:53M45: 1 P Roper (Dors) 76:34. M55: 1 J Oakes (C&C) 84:14. M60: 1 H Murray (Purb R) 85:55; 2 N Brooke (Dors) 88:00. M65: 1 I Barnes (Poole R) 92:37. M70: 1 J Brumfield (Eg H) 1:40:21Dorset League: 1 Bournemouth 16; 2 Poole AC 97; 3 Poole Runners 105Women: 1 J Champion (Poole) 84:39; 2 E Dews (B’mth, W35) 85:50W45: 1 S Chaloner (Poole) 91:59. W55: 1 J Palmer (Poole R) 1:43:12Dorset League: 1 Poole AC 10; 2 Poole Runners 33; 3 Lytchett Manor 49

WAGON & HORSES 10, LancasterOverall: 1 A Norman (Alt) 54:56; 2 M Lalor (B’burn) 56:04; 3 R Affleck (Prest, M40) 56:40M50: 1 P Lowery (L&M) 59:57. M55: 1 K Addison (R Rose) 64:53. M60: 1 S Owen (Salf) 61:41; 2 T Holt (Lyth) 66:10Women: 1 C McManus (NSP, W35) 61:52; 2 H Oldroyd (Uk net) 63:07W50: 1 B Wright (BWF) 68:54. W55: 1 J Jefferson (R Rose) 73:10. W65: 1 C Douglass (R Rose) 85:56

YORK 10km, YorkOverall: 1 J Bulman (New M, M40) 32:38; 2 F Beresford (H’gate) 32:43; 3 S Robinson (P’boro) 32:58; 4 K Heron (Morp) 33:48; 5 R Anderson (J&H, U20) 34:29; 6 J Clifford (New M, M40) 34:43; 7 M Smith (Scun) 34:50; 8 J Mulvany (BWF, M35) 34:51; 9 S Newton (Ack, M35) 34:56; 10 S Farmer (Serp, M35) 34:56M45: 1 R Tuddenham (Tod) 35:25. M50: 1 R Rigby (SB) 37:30. U20: 2 N Veall (York) 35:04Women: 1 E Yates (Knaves, W45) 38:11; 2 V Needham (York) 38:27; 3 M Nolan (Gate) 38:53W45: 2 C Oakshott (CoH) 41:14. W60: 1 J Morley (Wold) 46:09

TOTNES 10km, DevonOverall: 1 T Merson (Ex’mth) 33:55; 2 J Baker (Chich R) 35:20; 3 A Chambers (B&W) 36:37. M60: T Hughes (W Horse) 40:05

TEAM: 1 Torbay 63; 2 Exmouth H 259; 3 Torbay B 375Women: 1 M Moore (S Dev) 43:55; 2 J Allison (Mud C, W40) 44:03TEAM: 1 Exmouth 74; 2 Plymouth Musketeers 176; 3 Plymouth H 129

AUGUST 2CALLANISH STONES 10km, Isle of LewisOverall: 1 S Pilkington (Cors) 36:03; 2 A Joyce (Storn) 36:28; 3 J Macaskill (Storn, M45) 38:43Women: 1 G Carr (Cors, W35) 43:01; 2 C Stewart (Storn) 46:10

CALLANISH STONES MARATHON, Isle of LewisOverall: 1 R Shute (Read RR, M35) 2:49:15; 2 R Sinclair (Gari) 2:59:58; 3 G Nash (C’thy, M40) 3:01:43Women: 1 S Johnston (Cors, W45) 3:30:32; 2 K Tanghe (Dapalo, W35) 3:41:34

MEERBROOK 15km, LeekOverall: 1 M Abu-Rezeq (Alt) 49:36; 2 A Jones (Stock H, M35) 50:39; 3 D Webb (Tel) 51:30Women: 1 D McVey (Wilm, W35) 61:07; 2 M Vernon (Trent, W40) 61:37

NORTH WEST 5km GRAND PRIX, LiverpoolOverall: 1 J Toohey (Liv RC) 16:17; 2 J McNally (Liv H) 16:25; 3 R Kelly (Knows) 16:58M45: 1 G Groves (Liv H) 17:04. M50: 1 T Landry (Knows) 17:57. M60: 1 A Joyce 19:59Women: 1 E Gray (Liv H, U15) 19:07; 2 S Samson (Knows) 19:59W55: 1 P Horsfall (St H Str) 22:46

SELF TRANSCENDENCE 10km, London Battersea ParkOverall: 1 K Marks (Belg) 32:47; 2 O Kean (High) 34:14; 3 J Gordon (Camb H, M35) 34:16; 4 K MacIntosh (Wimb W, M40) 34:20; 5 J Addison (Beck, M40) 34:57M50: 1 T Tuohy (Dulw) 35:59Women: 1 U English (IRL, W40) 39:04; 2 K Carter (Wimb W, W35) 39:49; 3 M Holden (Wimb W, W40) 39:55W40: 3 S Winter (Strag) 40:26; 4 C Stibbs (Kent) 40:30

TANDRAGEE 10km, TandrageeOverall: 1 S Morris 35:47; 2 D Pimentel (Sper, M45) 35:47; 3 P Williams 36:33M50: 1 N Grier (Drom) 37:09Women: 1 L Smith 39:23; 2 P O’Hagan (Stpl) 41:24

NO WALK IN THE PARK 5km, Chesterfield, DerbyshireOverall: 1 S Penney (N Der, M40) 17:15; 2 P Sorrell (N Der) 17:48; 3 J Comrie (Roth, M50) 18:08M55: T Eastwood (Roth) 18:52Women: 1 H Mort 19:10; 2 S Brailsford (N Der, W35) 24:06

AEDBEG ISLAY HALF-MARATHON, BowmoreOverall: 1 A Scott (Renf) 77:00; 2 P Thompson (Helen, M50) 78:11; 3 D Watt (Calder, M50) 79:07M50: 3 T Coyle 81:49; 4 J Oates 82:21Women: 1 K MacPherson (Kinross, W35) 94:37; 2 M Senior (W35) 95:31

AUGUST 1LANCS FIRE 3-PERSON RELAY (Blackpool Zoo)Overall (3x2.67M, level start each leg): 1 Wesh 48:20 (S Myerscough 15:30, J Collier 16:38, G Barnett 16:12); 2 Team Raastra (mixed) 50:01 (A

Tipping (W) 17:42, A Appleby 17:03, R Smith 15:16); 3 Happy Running Feet (mixed) 51:31 (S Perry 17:57, J Perry (W) 17:16, R Jones 16:18); 4 Mad/Meg/Hann (W) 53:55 (M Clarkson 17:45, M Elliott 17:29, H Cookson 18:41); 5 Heartthrob H 54:00; 6 Lyth (mixed) 54:46Fastest: 1 T Blaney (Hartley Heroes) 14:31; 2 J Greenwood (Lyth) 14:53; 3 Smith 15:16; 4 Myerscough (M40) 15:30; 5 S Ross (Mixed Delights, M40) 15:59M60: Collier 16:38. M65: Appleby 17:03. M80: M Ledgend (Ledgend) 18:39Women: 1 J Goorney (Lyth, W45) 16:28; 2 J Perry 17:16; 3 C Sullivan (Ledgend, W45) 17:28

CARDIFF SUMMER SERIES 4, CardiffOverall: 1 A Harper (Card) 21:11; 2 D Bodman (A’dare) 21:16; 3 O Williams (Les C) 22:15M40: 1 M Hurford (Les C) 22:41. M50: 1 A Williams (A’dare) 23:43. M60: 1 E Lepore (Les C) 24:17Women: 1 E Wookey (Llis, U20) 23:14; 2 K Morgan (A’dare, W35) 25:37W55: 1 J Scholey (Les C) 28:32

EALING MILE, EalingOverall: 1 T Grimes (E Lon) 4:57; 2 R Agostinho (Eal E) 5:08; 3 C Clifford (Eal E) 5:17Women: 1 S Bailey (Eal E) 6:14; 2 C Jones 6:53

F1 JAGERMEISTER 10km, NottinghamOverall: 1 J Berehowskyj (Norw) 34:17; 2 M Sands 35:38; 3 L Wigman (Balanced Performance) 36:20M60: 1 H Partridge (Holme P) 39:49Women: 1 N Wettler (Charn) 40:24; 2 B Butcher (Holme P, W35) 42:26W55: 1 C Bexton (Beeston) 45:46

SAUMAREZ PARK 5km SERIES, CastelOverall: 1 T Robilliard (Guern, M35) 17:03; 2 A Rowe (Guern, M45) 17:15; 3 B Wilen (Guern) 17:18Women: 1 L Perrio (Guern) 18:12; 2 F Bown (Guern, U15) 22:26

STANLEY REID MEMORIAL 5, CookstownOverall: 1 N Johnston (Springw, U20) 26:13; 2 P Barbour (Omagh) 26:15; 3 B Atkinson (E Down, M35) 26:38Women: 1 H Foley 29:36; 2 G Turley (Springw) 31:36

BLISWORTH FRIDAY 5km, NorthamptonshireHAVING lost her British over-65 5km road best time to rival Janette Stevenson in May, Angie Copson lost little time in regaining the mark, by paring two second from the Scot’s time with 20:38, Martin Duff reports.

Rachel Cave narrowly won the women’s race by a couple of seconds from top W45 Nicki Nealon in 18:08.Overall: 1 S Green (Mil K) 16:36; 2 M Clarke (Mil K) 16:56; 3 C Lazenby (Woot RR) 17:18M45: A Pacey (Silson) 17:26. M50: N Pacey (Silson) 17:46Women: 1 R Cave (Higham) 18:08; 2 N Nealon (Hunc, W45) 18:10; 3 I Norton (Woott RR, W40) 18:50W45: 2 B Willison (Woott RR) 20:52. W50: L Clayson (Woott RR) 21:19. W65: A Copson (R&N) 20:38

JULY 31SALE SIZZLER 5km SERIES, ManchesterTHE third race in the series was yet another night of records and very

fast times. The fast, flat course within Wythenshawe Park, South Manchester, had a near record of 450 finishers

First home was Andrew Heyes in a course record of 14:20. Behind him were six under 15 minutes. The women’s winner, Jessica Coulson, ran 16.09 and also broke her own course record. Other course records were set by M40 Gareth Raven, who ran 14:44, and M60 Dave Gee, who recorded 17:46.

There were several other exceptionally fast age-group times, especiallyin the M65s, led by former European Championships representative Stan Curran’s 19:25. The Salford men’s trio of Carl Hardman (14:43), Ben Riddell (15:06) and Stuart Robinson (15.09) and Stockport Harriers’ women’s trio of Jess Coulson (16:09), Jenny Knass (17:39) and Lyndsay Clarke (18:03) won the bonus £100 prizes for collectively dipping under 45 minutes and 54 minutes respectively.

The fourth and final Sizzler on August 14 incorporates the Northern Athletics 5km road championships. Attending it will be nine local Olympians that span 50 years and 10 Olympic Games from Ron Hill (Tokyo 1964 to Munich 1972) to Rebekah Wilson, who represented GB at the recent Sochi Winter Olympics. Overall: 1 A Heyes (Hallam) 14:20; 2 M Barnes (Alt, M35) 14:42; 3 C Hardman (Salf) 14:43; 4 G Raven (Sale, M40) 14:44; 5 D Norman (Alt, M35) 14:56; 6 T Charles (Traff) 14:58; 7 B Riddell (Salf) 15:06; 8 S Robinson (Salf) 15:09; 9 I Mitchell (Tip, M35) 15:17; 10 J Johnston (Ross) 15:18; 11 C Fell (Ross, M35) 15:19; 12 J Vis (S’port W) 15:28; 13 J Steward (E Ches, U20) 15:29; 14 R Webb (Ross) 15:33; 15 D Nicholls (Macc) 15:35; 16 J Kay (Bolt, U20) 15:40; 17 G Green (Warr, M45) 15:43; 18 H Maguire (Tip) 15:46; 19 P Green (Sale, M40) 15:49; 20 J Scott-Buccleuch (Stock H, M35) 15:52; 21 P Vis (S’port W) 15:56; 22 N Martin (Sale) 15:58; 23 B Beattie (Hallam) 16:00M40: 3 J Corden (Stock H) 16:49; 4 A Pickford (Alt) 16:55; 5 J Cox (Knutsford Tri Club) 17:00. M45: 2 I Wetherall (Sale) 16:24. M50: 1 D Crewe (Salf) 16:57; 2 M Shaw (Stock H) 18:00. M55: 1 M Tighe (Sale) 18:12; 2 R Currie (Bram R) 18:29; 3 M Clews (AFD) 18:56. M60: 1 D Gee (Manc H) 17:46; 2 S Owen (Salf) 18:05; 3 M Oldham (Manc H) 18:59. M65: 1 S Curran (Salf) 19:25. M70: 1 V Murphy (Salf) 22:02. U20: 3 D Walsh (Ross) 16:59. U17: 1 M Beacock (Sale) 16:11Women: 1 J Coulson (Stock H) 16:09; 2 K Crickmore (Ches TC, W35) 16:58; 3 J

Knass (Stock H) 17:39; 4 E Crowe (Wrex, W40) 17:50; 5 H Griffiths (Traff) 17:53; 6 H Kuter (Salf, W35) 17:53; 7 L Clarke (Stock H) 18:03; 8 M Vernon (Trent, W40) 18:12W40: 3 A Chinoy (Sale) 19:44. W45: 1 J Lowton (Stock H) 20:03. W55: 1 V Dunn (Vale R) 21:14; 2 J Mulryan (Wilm) 21:31; 3 H West (Stock H) 22:32; 4 L Lucas 22:46. W60: 1 D Wakefield 23:12

KINGS BUILDING 4, EdinburghOverall: 1 J Jarvis (HBT, M40) 25:22; 2 R Smithwaite (HBT, W) 26:00; 3 J Gonzalez 26:41Women: 1 Smirthwaite 26:00; 2 H Spenceley (C’thy, W55) 28:32Handicap: Jarvis

JULY 30BEXHILL RUNNERS 5km SERIESOverall: 1 M Thomas (Hast) 15:18; 2 N Duggan (Craw) 15:22; 3 K Rojas (B&H) 15:41; 4 M Bradford (Lewes) 16:00M45: 1 G Godden (B&H) 16:30; 2 B Camfield (Horsh J) 17:14; 3 A Tribe (B&H) 17:15; 4 L Sida (Lewes) 17:17. M50: 1 S Fletcher (Seaf) 17:38. M55: 1 A Thornton (Hail) 18:43Women: 1 R Moore (Worth) 17:20; 2 S Roff (Hast) 17:38; 3 H Tobin (B&H) 18:11; 4 E Proto (Arena) 18:50; 5 I Coomber (Hay H) 18:54W40: 1 S Fry (Hail) 19:03; 2 S Alverez (Hail) 19:57. W45: 1 R Maslen (Hast R) 20:06; 2 L Lumber (Hail) 20:37; 3 H Sida (Lewes) 20:50. W50: 1 C Wood (Arena) 19:47; 2 L Hayes (W’hurst) 21:28. W55: 1 M Nightingale (Crow) 22:38. W60: 1 F Delves (Hail) 23:57

DOWNPATRICK RGU 10kmOverall: 1 M Willcox (E Down, M35) 36:02; 2 M Rea (NBH, M35) 36:14; 3 D Lonnen (Lisburn AC, M50) 36:30M55: 1 N Mawhinney (B’drain) 38:40Women: 1 C O’connor (E Down) 39:36

KILMAURS GALA 5km, KilmaursOverall: 1 R Gilroy (Cambus, M35) 15:11; 2 S Gibson (Cambus) 15:39; 3 C Reid (Bella RR) 16:11 M50: 1 C Upson (Cambus) 17:13; 2 D McFadyen (I’clyde) 17:31; 3 P Laing (Ayr S) 17:42; 4 D Williams (Shett) 17:57Women: 1 K Tait (Kil’k) 17:17; 2 L Wallace (Ayr S) 18:48W40: 1 L McMahon (Kil’k) 19:59. W45: 1 L Sloan (Kil’k) 20:24. W50: 1 R Mcmillan (Kil’k) 21:57. W55: 1 E Christie (Bella H) 20:49

LAKESIDE 5km SERIES, PortsmouthOverall: 1 D O’Boyle (RAF) 15:39; 2 J Baker (Chich, M35) 15:55; 3 R Leach (Win, U20) 15:57


RoadResults

Andy Heyes: on track for a

fast win at Sale

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M50: 1 P Turrell (Denm) 17:31. M60: 1 R Ball (Ports) 19:36. M65: 1 P Young (Ryde) 20:54. U20: 2 M Costley (Soton) 16:40Women: 1 J Harrop (Havant, W50) 19:22; 2 A Shaw (Chich) 19:41W45: 1 T Ryan (Roms) 20:34

PETERBOROUGH GRAND PRIX 5km, WerringtonOverall: 1 J Pike (NEB, M35) 16:01; 2 M Moore (C&C, M40) 16:27; 3 J Mogridge (Yax) 16:29M45: 1 S Beard (Nene V) 17:12. M60: 1 M Booth (MMTG) 19:18. M70: 1 T Fone (Eye) 21:45. U20: 1 L Kempson (Nene V) 16:30. U17: 1 J Richardson (Nene V) 16:38Women: 1 C Taylor (Nene V, U20) 17:33; 2 G Mullins (Nene V, U20) 18:41; 3 M Neal (March, W35) 18:57; 4 C Foley (Nene V) 18:59Overall (3km): 1 M Rayment (Nene V, U15) 9:37; 2 K Spurdens (Nene V, U13) 10:30; 3 O Oakley (Nene V, U13) 11:04Women: 1 A Park (Nene V, U13) 11:52; 2 J Fortune (Nene V, U13) 12:16

THE RUN 4, BreastonOverall: 1 J Rainsford (Hean) 20:29; 2 H Footer (Notts) 20:35; 3 M Powell (Leic C, M35) 20:51Women: 1 C Ford (Uttox, U20) 28:37; 2 K Haynes Swinscoe 30:03

CASTLE COMBE 10km, WiltshireOverall: 1 M Towler (Avon VR) 33:31; 2 B Brewster (Salis) 34:10; 3 G Dunstone (Chipp, M40) 35:46M50: G Hughes (T Bath) 37:43Women: 1 F Price (Avon VR, W45) 40:04; 2 F Blackmore (Bitt, W40) 40:38W45: 2 S Kelly (Woott B) 41:37

DOUG ANDERSON 5km, BedfordOverall: 1 S Coombes (L Buzz) 15:45;

2 P Farmer (Ampt) 16:09; 3 P Holland (Ampt) 16:14M50: K Willett (Bed H) 17:12. M60: 1 C Lamont (Stops0 19:29; 2 R Piron (Bed H) 20:26. M65: J Stocker (Hunts) 20:28Women: 1 R Robinson (AFD) 17:56; 2 A Folland (Bedf, W40) 18:15; 3 K Meeten (Bed H, W35) 18:40W40: I Everest (Bigg) 19:33. W45: 1 S Cartwright (Bed H) 19:25; 2 S Johnston (Bed H) 21:00. W50: 1 C Gilbey (Ampt) 21:50; 2 J Lovesey (Bed H) 22:39; 3 V Singleton-Lawley (Bed H) 22:24. W55: 1 G Duckworth (Bed H) 20:42; 2 N Haggart (Bed H) 21:44; 3 L Daglish (Lut) 23:42. W65: J Keenan (Bed H) 26:26

BACK IN A FLASH 5km, Coate Water Country Park, Swindon, WiltshireOverall: 1 A Bampton 17:05; 2 S Campbell (Ciren) 17:10; 3 G Wedlake (H’worth) 17:22Women: 1 S Francis (Read, W35) 20:28; 2 S Cocks-McCracken (H’worth, W35) 21:44W50: C McBeth (Swin St) 22:09. W55: J Garth (Swin) 24:21

JULY 29HARWICH 5km, EssexOverall: 1 S Clayton (C&T) 16:40; 2 R Reason (Harw) 16:50; 3 J Smith (S’field) 17:06Women: 1 S Moran (W40) 21:45; 2 M Lewis (Harw) 21:57W55: C Holroyd (Harw) 24:39

GLOUCESTER FESTIVAL 10km, Blaisdon, GloucestershireOverall: 1 K Hale (Sev, U20) 35:53; 2 O Starkey (Sev) 35:56; 3 S Harris (Chep) 38:32TEAM: Severn 35Women: 1 V Bentley (Angels) 46:32; 2 G Emile (Angels, W35) 47:09TEAM: Angels 7

LINCOLN WELLINGTON 5km SERIES, LincolnOverall: 1 A Oliver (Slea) 16:22 ; 2 J Richardson (Nene V, U17) 16:25 ; 3 W Strangeway (Linc W) 16:38 M45: 1 R Cottam (Linc & D) 16:39 ; 2 S Barkes (Linc W) 17:09 ; 3 N Coney (Linc W) 17:23 . M50: 1 P Duncan (Linc W) 17:28 ; 2 G Moore (Linc W) 17:48 . M60: 1 G Dalton (CoH) 17:55 . M65: 1 M Casey (Wold) 19:54 . U17: 2 D Skinner (Linc W) 16:57 Women: 1 B Wilson (Clee, W45) 19:04; 2 J Baldwin (Donc, W45) 19:23Overall (3km): 1 M Wood (U13W) 11:44; 2 J Blight (U13) 12:36 ; 3 O Spencer-Knott (Linc W, U13W) 12:39

WELCOME TAVERN TUESDAY 5km SERIES, PrestonOverall: 1 W Onek (L&M) 16:30; 2 C Tully (Prest, M35) 16:34; 3 J Parker (Prest, M40) 16:42M45: 1 M Thompson (S’port W) 17:19. M55: 1 J Swarbrick (R Rose) 18:58Women: 1 C Sullivan (Wesh, W45) 20:21; 2 L Murphy (Chor ATC, W35) 20:26W45: 2 D Kirkman 20:39

YORKSHIRE VETERANS’ GRAND PRIX, CrossgatesOverall: 1 D Watson (Holm, M40) 27:56; 2 G Mulholland (Stainl, M40) 29:17; 3 J Holah (P&B, M50) 30:44; 4 N Stabbs (Knaves, M35) 30:45; 5 T Wilks (Leeds C, M40) 30:50; 6 J Goodall (Ecc) 30:52; 7 M Higham (Stainl, M40) 31:20; 8 J Cantwell (Puds P, M50) 31:22; 9 P Gaile (Puds P, M45) 31:27 ; 10 J Collins (Stainl, M35) 31:40 M55: 1 P Hughes (Queensb) 32:31 M65: 1 C Gill (St Th) 35:39. M70: 1 I Bithell (Knaves) 41:47Women: 1 T Seager (Stainl, W40) 32:22; 2 M Beever (Stainl, W35) 34:25; 3 S Williams (Abbey R, W50) 36:47; 4 D Hall (Holm, W35) 37:10 ; 5 L Ewart (Holm, W55) 37:40 W60: 1 A Baldwin (Stainl) 40:00

JULY 28SELF TRANSCENDENCE 5km, London Battersea ParkOverall: 1 A Milne (E&H) 15:06; 2 E Robinson (AFD, M40) 15:20; 3 A Laurence (THH) 15:47; 4 A Bellew (Bed C) 15:50; 5 G Anderson (Kent) 15:51; 6 R Weston (Serp) 15:56; 7 B Toomer (HW) 15:58M40: 2 J Hogg (Serp) 16:05; 3 E Raymond 16:12; 4 D Gillett (S Lon) 16:47. M45: 1 S Philcox (Ilf) 16:56. M50: 1 G Hester 17:08. M65: 1 M Mann (Dulw) 19:34Women: 1 A Aronson (THH) 18:24; 2 B Thompson 19:27W55: 1 A Sanders-Reece (Morn) 22:05; 2 S Newton (Serp) 22:40

JULY 27BURRENDALE 7, NewcastleOverall: 1 D O’Flaherty (Newc) 40:03; 2 B Donnelly (Newc) 44:07; 3 S Walsh 44:12Women: 1 M Jones 47:40; 2 L Hackney 49:04Overall (3.5M): 1 T Eakin (N Down, M60) 22:18; 2 S Mcneilly (Newc, W) 24:56; 3 E Malon 25:16Women: 1 Mcneilly 24:56; 2 L Rogan 27:12

WELLINGBOROUGH 5Overall: 1 A Siggers (Kenil) 26:22; 2 S Nelson (W’boro, M35) 26:30; 3 P Melling 27:03M40: 1 A Miles (Sphin) 27:58. M45: 1 T Letts (Kesw) 28:24; 2 A Pacey (Sils) 28:25. M50: 1 N Pacey (Sils) 29:39.

M55: 1 J Pullinger (Bed H) 30:29Women: 1 R Cave (Higham) 30:21; 2 R Andrews (R&N, U20) 30:55W45: 1 D Napier (Harb) 33:05; 2 S Davis-Foxon (Desborough RAPID) 34:12. W50: 1 K Munn (Kett) 35:24. W65: 1 A Copson (R&N) 35:10

JULY 26DOLGELLAU 5, DolgellauOverall: 1 T Roberts (Meir) 27:28; 2 A Lanz (Eryri, U20) 29:11; 3 A Campbell (Wrex, M35) 29:46Women: 1 L Shewbridge (Col H) 32:36; 2 E Mayne (Col H) 34:39W55: 1 A Worthing (Aberys) 37:59

JULY 24JOAN RHODES & FRED NORRIS MEMORIAL 5km#HorwichOverall: 1 T Carson (Horw) 16.18, 2 D Berdejo-Del-Fresno (Hinaco) 17:34, 3 R Jackson (Horw) 18:10Women: 1 M Lowe (Horwich RMI) 20:04, 2 L McLellan (Bolton Tri) 21:35, 3 S. Gregory (A&T) 22:39

JULY 23BRACKAGHREILLY 5, BrackaghreillyOverall: 1 A Meharg (Sper) 28:22; 2 S Walker (NBH, M35) 30:34; 3 S Linton 31:52Women: 1 A Paul (Derry, W50) 32:46; 2 D Convery 41:13

FAST AND FURIOUS 5km, StourportOverall: 1 S Hawkes (Amaz F, M35) 17:07; 2 S Lloyd-Perks (Hale, U20) 17:25; 3 C Baldwin (K&S) 17:45Women: 1 B Haines (K&S, U17) 19:28; 2 J Phillips (TRIKS) 20:09W65: 1 C Sedman-Smith (K&S) 25:16

PRINCE IN THE PARK 5km, GreasbroughOverall: 1 J Massingham (Roth, U17) 16:39; 2 K Smith (Roth, U15) 16:45; 3 A Larkin (K’worth) 16:52Women: 1 M Taylor (Roth, U13) 19:29; 2 L James (K’worth, W35) 19:53

SSAFA 5km, CardiffOverall: 1 T Marshall (Card) 15:29; 2 C Carpanini (Swan) 15:43; 3 O Williams (Les C) 16:19M45: 1 N Comerford (Card) 16:32. M60: 1 M Rees (Les C) 16:24Women: 1 C Evans (Here, U20) 18:27; 2 C Hughes (Les C) 18:50W55: 1 J Brace (B’end) 21:15

JULY 22CASTLE DOUGLAS 5, Castle DouglasOverall: 1 S Smith (Dumf) 28:11; 2 A Baxter (Dumf, M35) 28:39; 3 R Beck (Dumf) 28:49Women: 1 L Finlay (Dumf, W45) 29:21; 2 S Finlay (Dumf, W45) 34:55

FELLAUGUST 3WORSTHORNE MOOR 7, BurnleyOverall (7M/900ft): 1 T Cornthwaite (N’land F) 37:43; 2 M Hartley (Stoke) 39:47; 3 G Shaw (Barl, M40) 39:51; 4 J Craig (Barl) 40:28M50: P Hall (Clay) 44:19. M55: T Taylor (Ross) 45:47. M65: K Taylor (Ross) 50:14. M70: D Scott (Clay) 57:15. M75: T Orrell (Clay) 66:53U23: S Corbishley (Ross) 44:52Women: 1 H Page (Calder V) 46:44; 2 J Joy (Hels) 47:03; 3 E Greenwood (B’burn, U23) 51:37W50: S Budgett (Horw) 52:05. W55: L Fisher (B’den RR) 56:41. W60: J Rawlinson (Barl) 60:48

ARENIG FAWR, BalaOverall (10M/3280ft): 1 L Taggart (Manx F, M40) 85:38; 2 R Roberts (Eryri) 87:22; 3 K Steinegger (Amble) 98:02Women: 1 J Lee-Taggart (Eryri) 99:39; 2 A Rowlands (Eryri, W40) 1:47:33; 3 M Gillie (Clwyd) 1:56:43

GLENSHEE 9Overall (21M/5900ft): 1 G Gristwood (Mercia) 3:10:41; 2 A Anthony (Ochil) 3:21:43; 3 D Gay (HBT) 3:22:34; 4 K Richmond (Shett, M40) 3:24:31M50: A Smith (Dees R) 3:53:41Women: 1 J Paris (C’thy) 3:37:17 (rec); 2 F Gyurko (Mercia) 4:00:52; 3 S Provan (Dees R) 4:01:59W60: J Kerridge (Dees R) 5:56:18

AUGUST 2BORROWDALE, RosthwaiteOverall (17M/6500ft): 1 R Lightfoot (Ellen) 3:03:16; 2 S Harding (Macc) 3:09:50; 3 S Watson (Wharf) 3:13:26; 4 M Roberts (Eryri) 3:14:24; 5 P Vale (Mercia, M40) 3:14:37; 6 M Donnelly (B’dale F, M40) 3:15:43M45: J Morgan (Dark Pk) 3:31:24. M50: S Wilkinson (K&C) 3:46:24. M60: D Loan (Kesw) 3:52:27Women: 1 J Jepson (Dark Pk, W45) 3:56:59; 2 N Spinks (Dark Pk, W45) 3:57:25; 3 H Robinson (Amble, W40) 4:09:27; 4 C Rice (G’dale) 4:11:48W60: W Dodds (Clay) 4:37:23

AUGUST 1SALT CELLAR, DerwentOverall (6.8M/1594ft): 1 S Bond (Dark Pk) 50:42; 2 S Franklin (Totley) 52:48; 3 M Fanning (B’dale F, M40) 53:11; 4 N Northrop (Dark Pk) 54:00; 5 C Fitzpatrick (M40) 55:04M50: M Stenton (Dark Pk) 57:05. M60: T Ratcliffe (Sadd) 65:47Women: 1 C Oliffe (Dark Pk) 62:49; 2 C Gibbons (Totley) 68:53; 3 J Howells (Wharf, W40) 69:01W50: P Goodall (Totley) 70:33.

Stuart Bond: out on his own

in the Salt Cellar Fell race

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The start of Worsthorne Moor fell race, won by Tom Cornthwaite

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CROSS-COUNTRYWednesday August 13THORNES 5km SERIESThornes Park Athletic Stadium, Wakefi eld, West Yorkshire. 7.15pm.wakefi eld-harriers.co.uk

Saturday August 23CARDIFF PENTATH RUN 4.5kmLlandaff Fields, Cardiff . 4.30pm.

FELLSaturday August 23RAS BECA 5Crosswell, Crymych.onlineraceresults.org.uk

MULTI-TERRAINThursday August 7BADGER 10kmThe Barn, Berkeley Drive, Bamber Bridge, Lancashire. 7.30pm.ukresults.net

Friday August 8GWR TOWPATH 10km SERIESGreville Smyth Park, Bristol, Avon. 7.30pm.greatwesternrunners.org.uk

Saturday August 9CRANHAM 5The Knoll, Cranham CC, Cranham, Gloucestershire. 4m.cranhambeast.co.ukLACOCK ABBEY 10kmLacock Abbey, Lacock, Wiltshire. 10am.relishrunningraces.comMAIDEN NEWTEN MADNESS 10kmMaiden Newton Youth Centre, Maiden Newton, Dorset. 7pm.maidennewtonrunners.wix.comSTOURBRIDGE STUMBLE 10kmMary Stevens Park, Oldswinford, Stourbridge, West Midlands. 6pm.srclub.co.uk

Sunday August 10BORTH BEACH 10kmIt’s a Gift, Borth, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion. 3pm.aberystwythac.co.ukCANNOCK CHASE 10kmBirches Valley, Rugeley, Cannock, Staff ordshire. 10.30am.cannockchase10k.co.ukCAPITAL RUNNERS BUSHY PARK 10kmBushy Park, Hampton, London. 10am.capitalrunners.comFIND A VOICE 5kmAshford RFC, Ashford, Kent. 11am.GORDS 6Fownhope Recreation Park, Fowhope, Herefordshire. 11am.wyevalleyrunners.co.ukHARDMOORS 26.2 SALTBURN

10km/HALF-MARATHON/MARATHONSaltburn Leisure Centre, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Cleveland. 9am.262.hardmoors110.org.ukKIRSTE MEMORIAL 5Grove Wood Primary School, Rayleigh, Essex. 10.30am.benfl eetrunningclub.comROUNDWAY RAMPAGE DEVIZES 7Devizes Sports Club, Devizes, Wiltshire. 10am.devizesrunninglub.org.ukSALISBURY 5-4-3-2-1 10km/21km/30km/50km/MARATHONSalisbury Fire Station, Ashley Road, Salisbury, Wiltshire. 9.30am.salisburyfi restation.infoSHERWOOD PINES 5km/10kmSherwood Pines, near Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire. 11.30am.retfordac.co.ukSTANDISH WOODLAND CHASE 10Horsemarling Farm, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. 11am.stroudac.co.ukWELCOME TAVERN 10kmWelcome Tavern, Walton Park, Preston, Lancashire. 11am.ukroadraces.info

Tuesday August 12YORKSHIRE VETERANS’ GRAND PRIXBingley, West Yorkshire. 7.30pm.yvaa.org

Wednesday August 13NOTTINGHAM SUMMER 5km SERIESColwick Country Park, Nottingham. 7pm.nice-work.org.ukWOLDS DASH SERIES 10.1kmHubbards Hills, Louth, Lincolnshire. 7pm.louth-ac.org.ukWORCESTERSHIRE SUMMER MID-WEEK SERIES 5Clent Hills, Worcestershire. 7.30pm.

Thursday August 14BALMULLO TRAIL RACECommunity Hall, Balmullo, Fife. 7.30pm.fi feac.orgDINTON PASTURES 5km/10km SERIESDinton Pastures Country Park, Hurst. 7.30pm.barnesfi tness.co.uk

Friday August 15NEWTOWN NEIL HOWELLS MEMORIAL 4.5Show Ground, Lymore Meadow, Montgomery, Powys. 7.15pm.maldwynharriers.org.uk

Saturday August 16GATESHEAD TRAIL 10km

Blaydon RFC, Gateshead. 10am.gatesheadtrail10k.comLIVERPOOL BIG FUN RUN 5kmSefton Park, Liverpool. 11am.bigfunrun.com/liverpoolRUN TO THE CASTLE ULTRA 40Aberdovey, Gwynedd.codrc.co.ukSTOUR VALLEY PATH 100kmHigh Street, Newmarket, Suff olk.svp100.co.ukTARBERT TT 5km/10kmTarbert, Argyll and Bute. 10am.q-buster.co.ukTYWYN RACE THE TRAIN 10km/3/5/14Tywyn Secondary School, Talylln, Gwynedd.racethetrain.com

Sunday August 17BELPER RUGBY ROVER 30kmBelper RUFC, Derby Road, Belper, Derbyshire. 9.30am.belperrugbyclub.co.ukBILLERICAY SUMMER 5kmLake Meadows, Billericay, Essex. 11.30am.stlukeshospice.comCHEDDAR GORGE 5km/ 10km/HALF-MARATHON/MARATHONStrawberry Fields, Cheddar, Somerset. 11am.relishrunningraces.comHENFIELD HALF-MARATHONHenfi eld Leisure Centre, Henfi eld, West Sussex. 10.30am.henfi eldlesiurecentre.co.ukLEILA’S RUN MARATHONOld School Drive, Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire.madeyyarun.comREEPHAM SUMMER RUN 10kmRecreation Ground, Reepham, Norfolk. 10am.reephamrunners.webs.comSHEFFIELD BIG FUN RUN 5kmRother Valley Country Park, Sheffi eld. 11am.bigfunrun.com/she� eld

Monday August 18DERBY BIG FUN RUN 5kmDarley Park, Derby. 6.30pm.bigfunrun.com/derby

Wednesday August 20MEDWAY SPORTING LEGACY SUMMER 5km SERIESCapstone Farm Country Park, Gillingham, Kent. 7pm.nice-work.org.uk

Thursday August 21DAVE CLARKE 5kmTrentham RFC, Trentham, Staff ordshire. 7.15pm.trenthamrunningclub.co.ukSTAN CURRAN BIRTHDAY COWM 5km

Cock & Magpie, Whitworth, Lancashire. [email protected]

Friday August 22POOLE RUNNERS SUMMER 3.5 SERIESUpton Country Park, Poole, Dorset. 7.30pm.poolerunners.com

Saturday August 23AUCHTERHOUSE HILL RACE 5kmKing George V Field, Auchterhouse, Angus. 3pm.auchterhouse.comBRENTWOOD BRIZES PARK 5km/10kmTrinity School, Brizes Park, Brentwood, Essex. 10.30am.nice-work.org.ukGRAND TOUR OF SKIDDAW 44Lime House School, Holm Hill, Dalston, Cumbria. 10am.pureoutdoorsevents.co.ukISLWYN BOROUGH ULTRA 34Hafodyrynys RFC, Pontypool, Gwent. 9am.islwynrunningclub.org.ukLEEDS BIG FUN RUN 5kmRoundhay Park, Leeds. 11am.bigfunrun.com/leedsTHAMES MEANDER HALF-MARATHON/MARATHONYMCA Hawker Centre, Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey. 10am.hermesrunning.comTRELISSICK 10kmTrelissick Gardens, Truro, Cornwall. 6.30pm.nationaltrust.org.uk/trelissick

Sunday August 24CREDENHILL CANTER 10kmCredenhill Social Club, Credenhill, Herefordshire. 3pm.ENGLEFIELD 10kmEnglefi eld Estate, Englefi eld, Berkshire. 11.30am.englefi eldrun.infoESCRICK 10kmEscrick, North Yorkshire. 11am.escrick10k.co.ukMANCHESTER BIG FUN RUN 5kmWythenshawe Park, Manchester. 11am.bigfunrun.com/manchesterNORTHUMBERLAND COAST MARATHONRed Lion Inn, Alnmouth, Northumberland. 10.30am.northeastmarathonclub.co.ukRUNTHROUGH BRIXTON 5km/10kmBrockwell Park, London. 10am.runthrough.co.ukSOUTHWELL SWINE 5/10Brackenhurst College, Southwell, Nottinghamshire. 10.30am.southwellrunningclub.orgSTUDLAND 5km

Show Ground, Ferry Road, Studland, Dorset. 11am.purbeckrunners.co.ukWARMINSTER CARNIVAL CANTER 6.5Town Park, Warminster, [email protected] HILL CLIMB 5kmSudeley Castle, Winchcombe, Gloucestershire. 10.30am.winchcombeshow.org.uk

Monday August 25GRIMSTHORPE CASTLE 10kmGrimsthorpe Castle Estate, Grimsthorpe, Lincolnshire. 11am.bournetownharriers.orgHELMDON HURLER 4.3Bell Inn, Helmdon, Northamptonshire. 11.30am.helmdon.comRUGELEY 10kmRugeley Lesiure Centre, Burnthill Lane, Rugeley, Staff ordshire. [email protected] 6Shillingstone, Dorset. 2.15pm.dorsetdoddlers.orgSHOREHAM RIVER FEST RUN 10kmAdur Outdoor Activity Centre, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex. 10am.lancingeagles.co.ukSOUTH WALES TRAIL 5km/HALF-MARATHONThe Prarie, Ynysybwl, Pontypridd. 9am.runwalkcrawl.co.ukSPOFFORTH GALA 10kmSpoff orth CC, Spoff orth, North Yorkshire. 1.30pm.spo orthvillage.org.uk

ROADThursday August 7ASSEMBLY LEAGUE 3.5Victoria Park, London. 7.30pm.serpentine.org.ukBOSTON MANOR MILEBoston Manor Park, Brentford, Middlesex. 12.30pm.ealingmile.comBRAMHALL RUNNERS FOODBANK 5kmHappy Valley, Bramhall, Cheshire. 7.15pm.bramhallrunners.co.ukKEDINGTON 5km


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TV guideBBC/British EurosportBoth broadcasters will show live coverage of the European Championships in Zurich from Tuesday August 12.

Events


Kedington Community Centre, Kedington, Suff olk. 7.30pm.haverhillrunningclub.org.ukKIDLINGTON AC MOTA-VATION 4 SERIESRecreation Ground, Combe, Oxfordshire. 7.30pm.kidlingtonrunning.org.ukTODMORDEN PARK 5km SERIESCentre Vale Par, Todmorden, Lancashire. 7pm.cannonballevents.co.uk

Friday August 8MYNYDDISLWYN MURDER MILEChurch Inn, Mynyddislwyn, Gwent. 7pm.islwynrunningclub.org.uk

Saturday August 9ANDY HOLDEN MEMORIAL 5Coneygre Community Centre, Tipton, West Midlands. 7.15pm.BASSINGHAM BASH 5Playing Field, Bassingham, Lincolnshire. 2.30pm.bassingham.play-cricket.com BUXTON PAVILION GARDENS 5kmPavilion Gardens, Buxton, Derbyshire. 9am.buxtonac.org.ukFORTH ROAD BRIDGE 10kmCommunity Centre, North Queensferry, Fife. 10.30am.pitreavie-aac.co.ukHADDINGTON HALF-MARATHONNeilson Park, Haddington.entrycentral.comMORETON MORRELL SCHOOLS OUT 10km/20kmWarwickshire College, Moreton Morrell, Warwickshire. 10am.raceways.euPERTH KILT RUN 5kmNorth Inch, Perth. Noon.perthkiltrun.co.ukPRIDE RUN 10kmVictoria Park, Tower Hamlets, London. 11am.

Sunday August 10ASKERN 10Askern Miners Welfare Club, Doncaster, South Yorkshire. 10.30am.askerndrc.orgAYLESHAM & EAST KENT 10kmAylesham Welfare Leisure Centre, Aylesham, Kent. 10am.sportingeventsuk.comBABCOCK HELENSBURGH SUMMER 7Helensburgh Swimming Pool, Helensburgh, Argyll.helensburghaac.co.ukBEARBROOK 10kmWeston Turville, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. 9.30am.bearbrookrunningclub.co.ukBELCHFORD THREE CHURCHES 10kmVillage Hall, Belchford, Lincolnshire. 10.30am.louth-ac.org.ukBLACKPOOL AIR SHOW 10kmBispham Fire Station, Bispham, Lancashire. 11am.ukresults.netCLACTON 10km/HALF-MARATHONGainsford Avenue Sports Ground, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. 10.30am.nice-work.org.ukDARLINGTON 10kmDolphin Centre, Horsemarket, Darlington, Co Durham. 10am.darlington.gov.uk/10kGREAT YARMOUTH HALF-MARATHONOrmiston Venture Academy, Gorleston, Norfolk. 10am.gyrr.co.ukHOOK 6Hook Junior School, Hook, Hampshire. 10.30am.hookfunrun.comISLE OF MULL 10km/HALF-MARATHONCraignure, Isle of Mull. Noon.mullrunners.comLONDON SUMMER 10km

Regents Park, London. 10.30am.nice-work.org.ukMID KENT 5Staplehurst CC, Staplehurst, Kent. 9am.midkent5.co.ukVALE OF CLWYD 5kmVillage Hall, Llandyrnog, Clwyd. Noon.out-fi t.org.ukWAVERLEY DASH 3Rotherham, South Yorkshire. 11.30am.facebook.com/waverleydashWEST YORKSHIRE 5West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Headquarters, Birkenshaw, West Yorkshire. 2pm.bradfordairedaleac.com

Tuesday August 12CERES 8Ceres, Fife. 7pm.fi feac.co.ukGOSPORT 5km SUMMER SERIESStokes Bay Road, Gosport, Hampshire. 7.30pm.nice-work.org.ukHEDDINGTON 5km SERIESVillage Hall, Heddington, Wiltshire. 7.30pm.calnerunningclub.co.ukNORTHERN AC 10kmMooragh Park, Ramsey, Isle of Man. 7pm.iomnac.co.ukROSE INN 4 SERIESRose Inn, Redwick, Gwent. 7.30pm.chepstowharriers.org.uk/roseinn.htmWAVERTREE MYSTERY 5km SERIESWavertree Stadium, Liverpool, Merseyside. 7.15pm.liverpoolharriers.co.uk

Wednesday August 13ARMADA ATHLETICS NETWORK 5km SERIESSaltram Park, Plymouth, Devon. 7pm.armadaathletics.co.ukBRAT ROWHEATH 5kmRowheath, Warwickshire. 7.45pm.

CHORLEY INTER CLUB 4Chorley, Lancashire. 7.30pm.EASY RUNNER 5km SERIESBitton Station, Bitton, South Gloucestershire. 7.30pm.bittonroadrunners.co.ukJOE ASHCROFT SADDLEWORTH 6Greenfi eld Village, Saddleworth, Lancashire. 7.30pm.saddleworth6.org.ukNOTTS AAA SUMMER LEAGUETeversal, Sutton, Nottinghamshire. 7.15pm.nottsaaa.orgSPRINGFIELD 5km SERIESSpringfi eld Park, Corsham, Wiltshire. 7pm.corshamrunningclub.co.ukYEOVILTON SUMMER 5km SERIESNuffi eld Bar, RNAS Yeovilton, Yeovilton, Somerset. 7.15pm.yeoviltownrrc.comYORK MILLENNIUM BRIDGE 5kmYork, North Yorkshire. 7.15pm.yorkacornrunningclub.org.uk

Thursday August 14EXETER 10kmExeter, Devon.ironbridgerunnerevents.co.ukLEICESTER CITY 5km SERIESVictoria Park, London Road, Leicester. 7pm.nice-work.org.ukMALDON SUMMER HANDICAP 5km SERIESPromenade Park, Maldon, Essex. 7.30pm.tiptreeroadrunners.co.uk SALE SIZZLER 5km SERIES (Inc NORTHERN CHAMPS)Wythenshawe Park, Manchester. 7.30pm.

Friday August 15ASHFORD SUMMER SERIES 5kmVictoria Park, Ashford, Kent. 7.30pm.nice-work.org.ukGROOMSPORT ARDS HALF-MARATHONArds.SLEAFORD STRIDERS SUMMER 10kmCommunity Centre, Scredington, Lincolnshire. 7pm.sleafordhalf.comST LEVAN 10kmSt Levan Playing Field, Polgigga, Cornwall. 7pm.mountsbayharriers.co.ukWORTHINGTON 5Worthington, Leicestershire. [email protected]

Saturday August 16BHF GREENWICH PARK 10kmGreenwich Park, London. 10.30am.bhf.org.uk/greenwichrunCATFORTH CANTER 5km SERIESVillage Hall, Catforth, Lancashire. 6.30pm.ukroadraces.infoCOLL 5km/10km/HALF-MARATHONArinagour, Argyll. 2pm.SIBLYBACK LAKE 5km SERIESSiblyback Lake, Liskeard, Cornwall. 10am.

Sunday August 17BIRCHWOOD 10kmBirchwood Shopping Centre,

Warrington, Cheshire. 9.45am.spectrumstriders.org.ukBURNHAM BEECHES HALF-MARATHONCaldicott School, Farnham Royal, Berkshire. 9.30am.burnhamjoggers.org.ukEXHIBITION PARK CUP 5kmExhibition Park, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear. 10am.tynebridgeharriers.comHILTON PUCKRUP HALL TEWKESBURY CLASSIC 5Puckrup Hall, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire. 11am.fyldecoastrunning.orgISLE OF WIGHT HALF-MARATHONRyde Esplanade, Appley, Ryde, Isle of Wight. 11am.rydeharriers.co.ukKIMBOLTON CASTLE HALF-MARATHONKimbolton Castle, Kimbolton, Cambridgshire. 10am.nicetri.co.ukMILLTOWN 10kmOldham Sports Centre, Oldham, Greater Manchester. 9.30am.milltownraces.co.ukMOUNT EPHRAIM 10kmMount Ephraim Gardens, Boughton, Kent. 10.30am.nice-work.org.ukRAY HARRISON MEMORIAL 10kmBillingham, Cleveland. 10.30am.runbillingham.co.ukROUND THE ROCK 10kmGrove Road, Portland, Dorset. 10.30am.rmpac.co.ukSPECTRUM STRIDERS BIRCHWOOD 10kmBirchwood Shopping Centre, Warrington, Cheshire. 10.30am.spectrumstriders.org.ukSUBWAY HELPING HEARTS FAMILY 5kmStrathclyde Country Park, Motherwell. Noon.heartresearch.org.uk/events/subwayfamily5kSUMMER LEAGUE 10kmBattersea Park, London.serpentine.org.ukSVHC GLASGOW 800 10kmCartha Rugby Club, Pollok Park, Glasgow. 11am.scottishmastersathletics.webnode.comTHORNEY 5Bedford Hall, Thorney, Cambridgeshire. 10.30am.thorneyrunningclub.co.ukWORCESTER CITY HALF-MARATHONCopenhagen Street, Worcester. 9am.peakperformanceevents.co.nf

TRACKThursday August 7ABERDEEN AAC CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS & OPEN MEETINGAberdeen. 6pm.aberdeenaac.co.ukBIGGLESWADE AC JUMPS THROWS OPENSandy. 6.30pm.biggleswadeac.org.ukTHE FIRMUS ENERGY SUPER 5Belfast. 6pm.laganvalleyac.co.uk

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What’s OnEvents

IN PREPARATION for the European Veterans’ Championships in Izmir, Turkey, later this month, 670 veteran athletes will be in action, writes Martin Duff .

Leading M60 sprinter Steve Peters, famed for his psychiatric work with top sports stars, is entered for the three sprints in which he has been multiple world champion in the younger age groups. He said: “It’s tough getting the training in with doing so much travelling and irregular hours, but I am getting some done and it is now translating into reasonable times for my age.”

Thirty-seven athletes aged 75 or over are entered in the championships, including 19 aged over 80. Leading the octogenarians will be 1970 Commonwealth discus champion Rosemary Chrimes. The former Mrs Payne will be seeking more world records in high jump, shot, discus and hammer. The oldest competitor is 94-year-old Charles Eugster, who goes in the sprints.

Elsewhere in the sprints, Darren Scott moves to the M45 group and

says: “I am hoping for a great season and getting back into shape to break some more records.”

World record-holder Caroline Powell should clean up in the W60 sprints while Averil McClelland is in the W55s.

Clare Elms (W50) and Angela Copson (W65) will be looking for more records, while Ros Tabor will should track Copson all of the way in their group.

Also in the distance races the

M70 events will see road record-holder Martin Ford up against John Batchelor and Peter Giles.

In the walks, M65 Ian Richards is in form, with Cath Duhig (W55) and Francisco Reis (M50) also likely winners.

The pole vault sees Irie Hill looking for W45 records, while W40 Ayamba Akim is high jump favourite.

In the throws, new M50 Steve Whyte, who has recorded 59.71m with the 6kg hammer this year, is in action. M40 Simon Bennett is entered having thrown 61.58m with the senior javelin this year.

Andrea Jenkins has a 51.52m hammer throw to her name in 2014 and will be seeking another title. Neil Griffi n is the M65 throws favourite.

For many years the M35 masters group has been derided but this year 49 men are entered. However, the highest number of age group entries is 76 in the M50 group.

More than 20 overseas athletes are competing, led by W50 Dutch woman Ingrid van Dyke in the throws.

British Masters Championships, Birmingham, August 9-10

Rosemary Chrimes

MARK SH

EARMAN


Friday August 8INVERNESS HARRIERS JUMPS & THROWS FESTIVALInverness.invernessharriers.org.uk

Saturday August 9ATHLETICS NORTHERN IRELAND OPEN MEETINGBelfast.BMAF CHAMPIONSHIPSBirmingham. Until Sunday August 10.bvaf.org.ukBRITISH ATHLETICS LEAGUEPremiership: Sportcity. 1: Lee Valley. 2: Bath. 3: Abingdon. 4: Bournemouth. bal.org.ukENGLAND ATHLETICS U15/U17 COMBINED EVENTS CHAMPIONSHIPSBedford. Until Sunday August 10.englandathletics.orgGLASGOW AA/BMC REGIONAL RACESHutchesons Grammar, Glasgow. 7pm.britishmilersclub.com/fi xtures/bmcfi xtures.aspxNEWPORT HARRIERS THROWS FESTNewport.newportharriers.comNORTH OF ENGLAND LEAGUE1: Blackburn. 2E: Middlesbrough. 2EC: Rotherham. 2W: Bebington. 2WC: Leigh. 3E: Whitley Bay. 3EC: Wakefi eld. 3W: Hyndburn. 3WC: Warrington. 4E: Jarrow. 4EC: Grimsby. 4W: Wrexham. 4WC: Pbreston.noeaa-athletics.org.ukSOUTHERN WOMEN’S LEAGUEPremier: Eton. 1: Wimbledonswtfl .co.ukUK YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE NORTHERN IRELANDBelfast.

Sunday August 10ALDER VALLEY BOYS’ LEAGUEAldershot. 11.30am.wseh.infoAVON LEAGUEGloucester. Noon.avonleague.org.ukDEVON OPEN SERIESTavistock.tavistockathletics.co.ukGATESHEAD YOUNG ATHLETES’ OPEN MEETINGGateshead.gateshead-harriers.co.ukMEDWAY & MAIDSTONE AC OPENGillingham.mandmac.orgUK YOUTH DEVELOPMENT U13/U15 LEAGUE SCOTLAND FINALGrangemouth. 11am.ukydl.org.ukYORKSHIRE & DISTRICT LEAGUEWakefi eld, Wakefi eld, Wakefi eld.

Monday August 11BLACKHEATH & BROMLEY OPENBromley. 7.15pm.bandbhac.org.uk

Tuesday August 12BMC GOLD STANDARD RACESStretford. 8pm.britishmilersclub.com INTERTRUST OPENSt. Peter Port.guernseyathletics.org.gg

TRAFFORD GRAND PRIX (DISTANCE/THROWS ONLY)Stretford. 6pm.tra� ordac.co.uk

Wednesday August 13BMC GOLD STANDARD RACESWatford. 7.30pm.britishmilersclub.com CHARNWOOD AC OPEN MEETINGLoughborough. 6.30pm.charnwoodac.co.ukNORTH EASTERN OPEN GRAND PRIX SERIESGateshead. 7pm.necaa.infoROSENHEIM LEAGUE FINALTooting Bec. 6.30pm.herculeswimbledonac.org.ukWATFORD OPEN GRADED MEETINGWatford. 7pm.watfordharriers.org.ukWELSH MASTERS’ LEAGUECardiff .welshmastersathletics.comWIRRAL AC ENDURANCE SERIES 5000mBebington.wirralac.co.uk

Saturday August 16BMC GRAND PRIXSolihull. 5pm.britishmilersclub.com KETTERING OPEN MEETINGKettering.LILY B GIRLS’ LEAGUECarshalton, Carshalton.MIDLAND COUNTIES U15/U17 CHAMPIONSHIPSLeicester. Until Sunday August 17.midlandathletics.org.ukNORTHERN ATHLETICS U15/U17 CHAMPIONSHIPSWigan. Until Sunday August 17.noeaa-athletics.org.ukNORTHERN IRELAND MULTI EVENT CHAMPIONSHIPS (Inc 10,000m CHAMPS)Belfast (TBC). Until Sunday August 17.athleticsni.orgSCOTTISH ATHLETICS SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPSKilmarnock.scottishathletics.org.ukSOUTH OF ENGLAND AA U15/U17 CHAMPIONSHIPSCrystal Palace. Until Sunday August 17.seaa.org.uk

Sunday August 17EAST ANGLIAN LEAGUEBury St Edmonds, Cambridge, King’s Lynn.cambsathletics.org.uk/page13.htmNEWHAM ATHLETICS NETWORK OPEN SERIESNewham. 11.30am.justiming-live.co.ukSARNIA WALKING CLUB MILE OPENOsmond Priaulx. 9.30am.sarnia.wordpress.com

WALKSFriday August 15SOUTH YORKSHIRE LEAGUEMillhouses Park, Sheffi eld.sycaa.co.uk

Sunday August 24

SARNIA WALKING CLUB 3Rocquaine Bay, Guernsey. 9.30am.sarnia.wordpress.com

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Sunday September 7SARNIA WALKING CLUB CHURCH TO CHURCH 19.4South Esplanade, Havelet Bay, Guernsey. 9am.sarnia.wordpress.com

Wednesday September 10SOUTH YORKSHIRE LEAGUEMillhouses Park, Sheffi eld.sycaa.co.uk

OVERSEASSaturday August 9CELTIC GAMESDublin, Ireland.athleticsireland.ieSTOCKHOLM ULTRA 50/100Stockholm, Sweden.stockholmultra.se

Sunday August 10AFRICAN CHAMPIONSHIPSMarrakech, Morrocco. Until Thursday August 14.iaaf.orgIAAF WORLD CHALLENGEBelem, Brazil.iaaf.org

Tuesday August 12EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPSZürich, Switzerland. Until Sunday August 17.Preview – see pages 55-59

Wednesday August 13FOLKSAM CHALLENGEKalmar, Sweden. Until Saturday August 16.folksamgp.se

Friday August 15EUROPEAN VETERANS CHAMPIONSHIPSIzmir, Turkey. Until Sunday August 24.european-athletics.org

Saturday August 16IAAF YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMESNanjing, China. Until Thursday August 28.iaaf.org

Thursday August 21IAAF DIAMOND LEAGUEStockholm, Sweden.diamondleague.com

Friday August 22EUROPEAN ATHLETICS PREMIUM MEETINGSEberstadt, Germany.european-athletics.org

Saturday August 23EUROPEAN ATHLETICS AREA PERMIT MEETINGSWarsaw, Poland.european-athletics.org

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FANS at Hampden Park were asked to choose between The Proclaimers’ I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) or The Bonnie Banks o’ Loch Lomond before doing a 44,000-strong stadium karaoke last week at the Games.

But the unoffi cial anthem of Glasgow 2014 was surely neither of

those two songs but instead it was the medal ceremony music featuring bagpipes and an orchestra.

“Gaisgeachd”, which is Scottish Gaelic for ‘courage’, championship, heroism’, was played before all podium presentations and immediately hit a chord with the audience before successfully embedding itself in everyone’s hearts and minds by the close of the championships.

On each occasion a lone piper began with a solo section before dramatic drumming and graceful violins brought the music to a crescendo. Written by Aussie composer Greg Bowman of Great Big Events, the score is performed by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and piper Major Steven Small, and it was recorded at Edinburgh’s Usher Hall.

In total it was played at 261 medal ceremonies across all the Glasgow 2014 sports.

The medal music rarely

interfered with the action either, unlike one of the karaokes which awkwardly boomed around the stadium while Alana Boyd was attempting a Games record in the pole vault.


Dip Finish athleticsweekly.com Craziness and controversy in the world of athletics

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THE Aussie athlete who gate-crashed the closing ceremony last weekend was unknown to most of the world, but keen readers of AW will remember Genevieve LaCaze for featuring prominently in our pages in late June when she won the Amba City of London Mile.

The steeplechaser, who fi nished fi fth in the Glasgow 2014 fi nal, lasted for more than a minute on stage before being escorted off by security guards.

“The opportunity to dance with Kylie Minogue doesn’t come around every lifetime, so I took it,” the 25-year-old (right), said.

Although not everyone agreed. “How would she have liked it if someone had gatecrashed her track fi nal?” one of AW’s readers tweeted.

Wonky (and costly) Games statisticsGLASGOW 2014’s GamesINFO system for journalists, which cost £84 if you paid to have it on your laptop, came under fi re from the media for the number of stats – especially PBs and season’s bests – that were incorrect.

Even season’s bests of Scottish athletes, such as long jumper Sarah Warnock, were incorrect.

Bizarrely, some of Scotland’s best-known track and fi eld statisticians were never asked to help either.

Colin Shields and Arnold Black, for example, two specialist track and fi eld statisticians in Scotland and co-authors of the recently-published history of Scottish athletics The Past is a Foreign Land, off ered their help but were turned down because they were not registered, qualifi ed offi cials.

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SOME chaotic incidents in distance races in Glasgow led to calls for rules to be changed so that runners have to drop out if they are lapped.

The men’s 10,000m race saw a string of lapped runners hindering

leaders and Kiwi competitor Jake Robertson said: “I really don’t believe that these people should be competing. They do not have the same standards as us and they’re really interfering.”

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