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 Road to Beijing '08 - Radcliffe eyes podium place http://www.athletics-leics.com/news.html <p><img src="http://www.athletics-leics.com/uploads/94824438fbc128690131162.jpg" alt="Road to Beijing '08 - Radcliffe eyes podium place" /></p><h3>Friday 9th May 2008</h3> <p>PAULA RADCLIFFE, the reigning Marathon world-record-holder is looking forward to settling some "unfinished business" at this summer's Olympic Games in Beijing.</p> <p>The 34-year-old Loughborough-based athlete was famously overwhelmed by the heat in Athens four years ago and was forced to pull out, despite going into the race as a strong favourite to claim gold.</p> <p>But, after making a successful return to action after giving birth to daughter Isla, Radcliffe is determined to fulfil her potential this time around and told Sky News: "I've still got unfinished business with the Olympics."</p> <p>She added: "I haven't been a failure in all the Olympics I've been to, but I just don't think I've quite achieved what I'm capable of yet, and I just hope that I can achieve that this time."</p> <p>Radcliffe, a vocal critic of drugs cheats in the past, also believes that users are finally on the run ahead of the Beijing Games.</p> <p>"There will be cheats, but the tide is turning," she added. "We need to concentrate on what we can do to improve the testing and on what we can do to improve the moral side of it as well.</p> <p>"We need to teach athletes all across the world that to have pride in your performance, to be able to look back at the end of your career and to be proud of what you've done, you have to have done it cleanly and have to have done it fairly."</p> <p>Radcliffe has slammed calls for the event to boycotted in protest at China's human rights record and their continued presence in Tibet.</p> <p>Rather than penalising the Chinese authorities, the Briton believes it is the athletes who would lose out most.</p> <p>"This is your chance to go to the Olympics and you've prepared for four years, and more, for it. I just don't think the athletes should be penalised for where the games are being held," she said.</p> News Page #17206 Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Cool as ice – Gladiators ready http://www.athletics-leics.com/university_athletics.html <p><img src="http://www.athletics-leics.com/uploads/94824463800f6d237644739.jpg" alt="Cool as ice – Gladiators ready" /></p><h3>Friday 9th May 2008</h3> <p>THE new series of the hit nineties programme ‘Gladiators’ begins this Sunday (11th May) on Sky One at 6.00pm featuring two Loughborough University sports graduates in the line-up.</p> <p>Caroline Pearce will be taking part as ‘Ice,’ having been an experienced athlete, competing in the heptathlon. She was one of the youngest competitors in the England schools competition in the hurdles when she was 11 and went on to compete for England in the pentathlon at the age of 15.</p> <p>As a senior she competed for Great Britain at the 2004 European Cup and was a member of the British bobsleigh team at the World Championships in 2005 and achieved a first-class honours degree in sports science and a Masters degree in physiology and nutrition from Loughborough University.</p> <p>Jenny Pacey will be ‘Enigma,’ following a BSc (Hons) in Sports and Exercise Science at Loughborough University, she further qualified in personal training, sports massage, strength and conditioning, nutrition, weight management, mobility and core stability.</p> <p>She has represented Great Britain in the long jump and pentathlon and bobsleighed to Olympic level. Plus, she is ranked sixth in the long jump in the UK. Pacey is also a sports model and has been photographed for brands including Asics, Adidas, Reebok, Mizuno and Nike.</p> <p>Sky One have announced footballing legend Ian Wright and TV favourite Kirsty Gallacher as the presenters.</p> <p>They will preside over the contest as 32 contenders take on TVs toughest challenges in the hope of becoming crowned series champion and win the £50,000 prize. They are joined by original referee John Anderson on the new series to be filmed on two giant sound stages at Shepperton Studios, Middlesex, home to blockbuster film productions including <em>The Golden Compass, Atonement and Troy.</em></p> <p><h4><a href="http://www.gladiatorszone.co.uk/" rel="popup">www.gladiatorszone.co.uk/</a></h4> </p> Uni Page #16985 Sun, 11 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Norwich Union GB junior team for Loughborough International http://www.athletics-leics.com/news.html <p><img src="http://www.athletics-leics.com/uploads/94824988f99785028929867.jpg" alt="Norwich Union GB junior team for Loughborough International" /></p><h3>Thursday 8th May 2008</h3> <p>UK ATHLETICS have announced a strong junior team to compete at the 50th Anniversary Accenture Loughborough International on Sunday 18th May.</p> <p>Amongst those selected for the season’s key opening fixture are World Youth 400m champion Chris Clarke (Marshal Milton Keynes), and world cross country representatives Dave Forrester (St Helens), Mitch Goose (City of Norwich), Emma Pallant (Aldershot Farnham & District) and Laura Park (Ellenborough).</p> <p>The fixture will form a key part of athlete’s preparations, with their efforts culminating with the World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz on 8th-13th July.</p> <p>GB Junior team leader Martin Rush said:</p> <p>“As with any World Championship year, competition for places on the team is strong as athletes seek to use this as the first stepping stone towards Poland in July.</p> <p>“Not only is there close competition for places amongst themselves, but the qualifying standards as before reflect the standard required to make the final at World Junior level.</p> <p>“Therefore, Loughborough should provide many of these athletes with an excellent opportunity to demonstrate their form with the trials little more than a month away.”<br /> <strong>Norwich Union GB Junior team:</strong><br /> <strong>100m</strong><br /> Jordan Huggins (Enfield & Haringey)<br /> Ashlee Nelson (City of Stoke)<br /> <strong>200m</strong><br /> Richard Kilty (Gateshead Harriers)<br /> Shaunna Thompson (Sale Harriers)<br /> <strong>400m</strong><br /> Chris Clarke (Marshall Milton Keynes)<br /> Carmen Gedling (Liverpool Harriers)<br /> <strong>800m</strong><br /> Richard Ward (City of Norwich)<br /> Alison Leonard (Blackburn Harriers)<br /> <strong>1500m</strong><br /> David Forrester (St Helens Sutton)<br /> Emma Pallant (Aldershot Farnham & District)<br /> <strong>5000m</strong><br /> Mitch Goose (City of Norwich)<br /> Laura Park (Ellenborough AC)<br /> <strong>3000mSC</strong><br /> Tom Wade (Aldershot Farnham & District)<br /> Louise Webb (Team Southampton)<br /> <strong>110H/100H</strong><br /> Callum Priestley (Leicester Coritanian)<br /> Ashley Helsby (Liverpool Harriers)<br /> <strong>400H</strong><br /> Nathan Woodward (Tamworth AC)<br /> Meghan Beesley (Birchfield Harriers)<br /> <strong>H/Jump</strong><br /> Matthew Owens (Liverpool Harriers)<br /> Erin Leggate (Victoria Parg Glasgow)<br /> <strong>L/Jump</strong><br /> James Groocock (Team Southampton)<br /> Abigail Irozuru (Sale Harriers)<br /> <strong>T/Jump</strong><br /> Nonso Okolo (Shaftesbury Barnet)<br /> Tamara Longwe (Leicester Coritanian)<br /> <strong>PV</strong><br /> Andrew Marsh (City of Stoke)<br /> Jade Ive (Sutton & District)<br /> <strong>Shot Putt</strong><br /> James Stevenson (Newham & Essex B)<br /> Rachel Wallader (Rugby & Northampton)<br /> <strong>Discus</strong><br /> Brett Morse (Cardiff AC)<br /> Shaunagh Brown (Blackheath & Bromley)<br /> <strong>Hammer</strong><br /> Peter Smith (Kingston upon Hull)<br /> Sophie Hitchon (Pendle AC)<br /> <strong>Javelin</strong><br /> Garth Loughran (Carmarthan)<br /> Jade Dodd (Herne Hill Harriers)<br /> <strong>4x100</strong> <br /> Fumi Sobodu (Blackheath & Bromley)<br /> Ashlee Nelson (City of Stoke)<br /> Jordan Huggins (Enfield & Haringey)<br /> Anike Shand Whittingham (Blackheath & Bromley)<br /> James Alaka (Blackheath & Bromley)<br /> Joey Duck (Marshal Milton Keynes)<br /> Antonio Infantino (Enfield & Haringey)<br /> Elaine O'Neil (Woodford Green Essex Ladies)<br /> Richard Kilty (Gateshead Harriers)<br /> Shaunna Thompson (Sale Harriers)<br /> Andy Robertson (Sale Harriers)<br /> Torema Dorsett (Enfield & Haringey)<br /> <strong>4x400</strong><br /> Chris Clarke (Marshall Milton Keynes)<br /> Meghan Beesley (Birchfield Harriers)<br /> Robert Davis (Birchfield Harriers)<br /> Joey Duck (Marshal Milton Keynes)<br /> Jordan McGrath (Birchfield Harriers)<br /> Holly Croxford (Winchester)<br /> Nigel Levine (Windsor Slough Eton Hounslow)<br /> Carmen Gedling (Liverpool Harriers)<br /> Louis Persent (Colchester)<br /> Lynsey Sharp (Edinburgh AC)<br /> Ross McDonald (Birchfield Harriers)<br /> Ese Okoro (Birchfield Harriers)</p> News Page #17203 Sun, 11 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Radcliffe ready for Beijing challenge http://www.athletics-leics.com/news.html <p><img src="http://www.athletics-leics.com/uploads/" alt="Radcliffe ready for Beijing challenge" /></p><h3>Wednesday 7th May 2008</h3> <p>BRITISH athletics superstar Paula Radcliffe is confident her preparations for this summer's Olympic Games are on schedule despite missing last month's Flora London Marathon with a foot injury.</p> <p>Radcliffe, who was speaking at the launch of the of her sponsors Nike+Human Race, which will start at Wembley Stadium on August 31st and will see up to one million runners across the globe competing in a 10k race, said: "Things are going well and it's just building towards Beijing.</p> <p>"I think that now has the stronger focus because I missed out in London, so I am going to go there and really make it count.</p> <p>"For me honestly, if I only do one race this year and it's there, that's enough. I do plan to do other races but they are not written down yet.</p> <p>"If I see a break in my training I will come out if I want to race."</p> <p>Radcliffe's ambition to chase a fourth London title was put on hold after she picked up an injury to the big toe on her right foot during an altitude training spell in Albuquerque, New Mexico in February.</p> <p>Although not considered serious, the problem was aggravated by her heavy training programme in the United States and even a visit to Munich to see renowned German specialist in sports injuries Dr Hans Mueller-Wolfhart failed to produce an instant solution.</p> <p>That saw the 34-year-old world marathon-record holder, after missing two weeks training, reluctantly withdraw from London and train with caution as she prepared for the Olympic marathon.</p> <p>Ever since the disappointment of dropping out at the 2004 Olympics in Athens Radcliffe has stressed, even after winning the following year's world championships title, that Beijing remains her top priority.</p> <h4>Story from PA Sport.</h4> News Page #17201 Sat, 10 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Marsden returns to winning ways http://www.athletics-leics.com/running.html <h3>Wednesday 7th May 2008</h3> <p>LEICESTERSHIRE'S 10,000m track champion Debbie Marsden representing Beaumont Running Club in her first race in over two months following illness claimed victory at the Langtoft 10km, near Stamford on Sunday 4th May.</p> <p>Over a flat, rural course, the 30-year-old crossed the line in a time of 38mins 11secs to finish in 14th place overall.</p> <p>Barrow Runners Ian Paramore won the Men's Vet 40 title finishing in fourth place overall in 36:16 with victory going to Bedford & County athlete Steve Body in 32:43.</p> <p><h4>Full results are available n the following link: <a href="http://www.langtoftroadrun.ik.com/p_2007Results.ikml" rel="popup">www.langtoftroadrun.ik.com/p_2007Results.ikml</a></h4> </p> Running Page #17202 Sat, 10 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Stirk in pole position racing to Silverstone victory http://www.athletics-leics.com/running.html <p><img src="http://www.athletics-leics.com/uploads/" alt="Stirk in pole position racing to Silverstone victory" /></p><h2>2008 East Midland Road Running Grand Prix Series – Silverstone 10km</h2> <h3>Silverstone Motor Racing Circuit, Northamptonshire</h3> <h3>Tuesday 6th May 2008</h3> <p>NIGEL STIRK representing Tipton Harriers won the opening round of the 2008 East Midland Grand Prix Series at the world famous Silverstone motor racing circuit in Northamptonshire.</p> <p>On a warm evening, Stirk crossed the line over the 10km course in a time of 31mins 19secs as the 36-year-old Leicestershire Fire Officer finished ahead of Coventry's Scott Hazell by a margin of 20 seconds with Gary Harris of Headington third in 31:45 and Beaumont's Phil Chritchlow taking 4th in 32:12.</p> <p>In the Women's race Suzie Bush of Aldershot, Farnham & District out paced Hinckley's Beth Eburne, winner of the race twelve months ago, to take victory by 13 seconds in a time of 35:00.</p> <p>Reigning East Midlands Grand Prix champion Nicki Nealon from Huncote Harriers finished in fourth place in 37:08.</p> <p><h4>Full results are available on the following link: <a href="http://mcs.open.ac.uk/mkac/08emgpsilverheader.htm" rel="popup">http://mcs.open.ac.uk/mkac/08emgpsilverheader.htm</a></h4> </p> <h4>The next race in the 2008 East Midland Road Running Grand Prix Series is the Rugby 6 that takes place on Wednesday 14th May - start time 7.45pm</h4> Running Page #17199 Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Loughborough gears up for 50th Anniversary International Athletics Match http://www.athletics-leics.com/news.html <p><img src="http://www.athletics-leics.com/uploads/94812207ac94ac650835297.jpg" alt="Loughborough gears up for 50th Anniversary International Athletics Match" /></p><h3>Wednesday 7th May 2008</h3> <p>THE Loughborough International Athletics (LIA) meet turns 50 this year as around 400 of the country’s most talented athletes descend on the University on Sunday 18th May.</p> <p>Many of Britain’s Beijing hopefuls are in town for the annual one-day event which has seen a host of Olympic stars compete since its inception in 1959.</p> <p>This year two Great Britain teams plus squads from Scotland, England, Wales and a Loughborough past and present contingent go head to head in what has become the traditional curtain raiser to the outdoor season.</p> <p>Previous participants have included Sebastian Coe, Jonathan Edwards, Paula Radcliffe, Geoff Capes and Denise Lewis and this year is set to be no different with teams being confirmed over the next 10 days.</p> <p>“The LIA is one of the longest standing annual representative athletics fixture in the UK’s calendar and provides competitors with a challenging high level track and field meet,” said Loughborough University Director of Athletics George Gandy. “Spectators will see virtually all the best young athletes in Britain with more than a sprinkling of current top international seniors.</p> <p>“The LIA marks the beginning of the serious business of the season, and in an Olympic year for those going to the Games every time they step up in an athletics stadium is important.</p> <p>“A lot of athletes need to gain Olympic qualification performances and World Junior Championship times over the next couple of months and the LIA is one of the few remaining opportunities for them to produce the goods.”</p> <p>The LIA is a fantastic opportunity for local residents to see the cream of British athletics in action as momentum builds towards the Beijing Olympics. Tickets cost just £5 per person (£3 concessions) and are available on the day or in advance from selected University sports facilities and the Students Union Shop. Gates open at 10.30am with the first event at 11am.</p> News Page #17049 Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Golden hat-trick of titles for Loughborough – BUSA Championships Day 3 http://www.athletics-leics.com/university_athletics.html <p><img src="http://www.athletics-leics.com/uploads/9481f7688436fe068642788.jpg" alt="Golden hat-trick of titles for Loughborough – BUSA Championships Day 3" /></p><h3>Monday 5th May 2008</h3> <p>CANADIAN international Seyi Smith with victory in the 200 metres led the way for a golden hat-trick of individual titles for the Loughborough students on the final day of the 2008 BUSA Track & Field Championships held in warm conditions at the Bedford International Stadium.</p> <p>Smith running in the final of the 200m finished ahead of Bath’s Dan Cossins to take the title in a time of 20.89secs, with Germany’s Sven Knipphals representing Bournemouth taking bronze in a true international race.</p> <p>In the middle-distance events Kieran Flannery’s superb kick finish off the final bend secured the Gateshead Harrier the gold medal for Loughborough in the 800m, following in the foot steps of the legendary Sebastian Coe three decades ago, Flannery clocked a time of 1min 50.45secs to edge out Birmingham’s Ed Aston into second place to take the title.</p> <p>Lewis Moses and Tom Carter claimed the silver and bronze medals in the 1500m for George Gandy’s squad in the race where Teeside’s Jonathon Taylor prevailed in a time of 3:45.61.</p> <p>Oakham’s reigning English schools champion Julian Adeniran from Charnwood AC representing the University of Birmingham won the 110m Hurdles in a time of 14.51secs ahead of Ben Richardson of Cambridge.</p> <p>In the Women’s 100m Hurdles Gemma Werrett completed Loughborough’s gold medal haul winning in a time of 13.97secs as the 22-year-old Rugby & Northampton athlete finished clear of Zara Hohn (Sheffield Hallam) 14.14 and Heather Jones (UWIC) 14.15.</p> <p>Kylie Russell collected her second medal of the championships in the sprints securing bronze over the 200m in a time of 25.11secs with victory going to Brunel’s impressive Montell Douglas in 23.90.</p> <p>The finals results from Day 3 are listed below.<br /> <strong>Men's Finals</strong><br /> <strong>200m</strong> <br /> 1 Seyi Smith (Loughborough) 20.89 <br /> 2 Dan Cossins (Bath) 21.19 <br /> 3 Sven Knipphals (Bournemouth) 21.41 <br /> 8 Steve Small (Loughborough) 22.07<br /> <strong>800m</strong> <br /> 1 Kieran Flannery (Loughborough) 1.50.45 <br /> 2 Ed Aston (Birmingham) 1.50.58 <br /> 3 Chris Smith (Birmingham) 1.50.72<br /> 6 Oliver Blake (Loughborough) 1.51.55<br /> <strong>1500m</strong> <br /> 1 Jonathon Taylor (Teesside) 3.45.61 <br /> 2 Lewis Moses (Loughborough) 3.45.72 <br /> 3 Tom Carter (Loughborough) 3.46.50 <br /> 5 Frank Baddick (Loughborough) 3.49.52<br /> <strong>5,000m</strong> <br /> 1 Jonny Mellor (Liverpool John Moores) 14.29.14 <br /> 2 Keith Gerrard (St. Mary's) 14.31.18 <br /> 3 Tom Russell (Bristol) 14.37.12 <br /> 4 Joe McDonald (Loughborough) 14.40.56<br /> 13 James Poole (Loughborough) 15.19.20<br /> <strong>110m Hurdles</strong> <br /> 1 Julian Adeniran (Birmingham) 14.51 <br /> 2 Ben Richardson (Cambridge) 14.71 <br /> 3 Taiwo Sodeyi (East London) 14.72 <br /> 4 David Feeney (Loughborough) 14.77<br /> 5 Jordan Fleary (Loughborough) 14.88<br /> <strong>3,000m Steeplechase</strong> <br /> 1 Glen Watts (East Anglia) 9.05.17 <br /> 2 Stephen Lisgo (Leeds Met) 9.13.51 <br /> 3 Adam Peers (Loughborough) 9.14.58 <br /> <strong>High Jump</strong> <br /> 1 Matthew Owens (Liverpool John Moores) 2.15 <br /> 2 Kabelo Mmono (UWIC) 2.10 <br /> 3 Simon Hemmings (Bedfordshire) 2.00 <br /> 9 Peter Ringel (loughborough) 1.90<br /> 10 Ricardo Twumasi (Loughborough) 1.85<br /> Lewis Ely (Loughborough) NHR<br /> <strong>Triple Jump</strong> <br /> 1 Jeremy Odametey (Birmingham) 15.16 <br /> 2 Graham Jackson (Northumbria) 14.85 <br /> 3 Anthony Mattis (St. Mary's) 14.85 <br /> Matt Burton (Loughborough) NJ<br /> <strong>Javelin</strong><br /> 1 James Campbell (Leeds Met) 73.70 <br /> 2 Lee Doran (UWIC) 72.26 <br /> 3 Chris Hughff (Brunel) 71.44 <br /> 10 Alex Pope (Loughborough) 54.88<br /> <strong>Hammer</strong> <br /> 1 Amir Williamson (St. Mary's) 66.42 <br /> 2 Alistair Williamson (St. Mary's) 57.98 <br /> 3 Chris Scott (Loughborough) 49.48 <br /> 5 Luke Hyland (Loughborough) 45.62<br /> 7 Andy Windley (Loughborough) 35.47<br /> <strong>4x100m</strong> <br /> 1 Bath 41.16 <br /> 2 Loughborough 41.81 <br /> 3 Brunel 41.90 <br /> <strong>4x400m</strong> <br /> 1 Loughborough 3.10.98 <br /> 2 Bath 3.12.98 <br /> 3 UWIC 3.15.90 <br /> <strong> Team Standings:</strong><br /> 1 Loughborough 141pts<br /> 2 Bath 88pts<br /> 3 UWIC 64pts<br /> <strong>Women’s Finals</strong><br /> <strong>200m </strong> <br /> 1 Montell Douglas (Brunel) 23.90 <br /> 2 Annabelle Lewis (Hull) 25.09 <br /> 3 Kylie Russell (Loughborough) 25.11 <br /> <strong>400m</strong> <br /> 1 Nadine Okyere (UWIC) 55.47 <br /> 2 Claire Burgoyne (Staffordshire) 55.70 <br /> 3 Hayley Wills (UWIC) 55.84 <br /> 5 Becky Syrocki (Loughborough) 56.48<br /> <strong>800m</strong> <br /> 1 Tara Bird (Brunel) 2.06.99 <br /> 2 Hayley Beard (Birmingham) 2.08.42 <br /> 3 Philippa Aukett (Bristol) 2.08.60 <br /> <strong>1500m</strong> <br /> 1 Emma Pallant (Brunel) 4.20.88 <br /> 2 Linzi Snow (St. Mary's) 4.21.05 <br /> 3 Emma Jackson (Keele) 4.21.19 <br /> 10 Dani Christmas (Loughborough) 4.33.01<br /> 11 Emma Leigh Heighway (Loughborough) 4.39.97<br /> <strong>100m Hurdles</strong> <br /> 1 Gemma Werrett (Loughborough) 13.97 <br /> 2 Zara Hohn (Sheffield Hallam) 14.14 <br /> 3 Heather Jones (UWIC) 14.15 <br /> <strong>Triple Jump</strong> <br /> 1 Nony Mordi (Edinburgh) 13.62 CBP<br /> 2 Sineade Gutzmore (Birmingham) 12.97 <br /> 3 Jayne Nisbet (Stirling) 12.82 <br /> 4 Melissa Carr (Loughborough) 12.24<br /> 7 Tamara Longwe (Loughborough) 11.86<br /> 10 Nicola Breaks (Loughborough) 11.09<br /> <strong>Shot</strong> <br /> 1 Chloe Beckett (Leeds Met) 12.99 <br /> 2 Alice Simpson (Birmingham) 12.44 <br /> 3 Dominique Blaize (Brunel) 12.02 <br /> 14 Nicola Breaks (Loughborough) 9.20<br /> 15 Vicky Black (Loughborough) 9.00<br /> <strong>4x100m</strong> <br /> 1 Brunel 46.28 <br /> 2 Loughborough 47.39 <br /> 3 Bath 47.78 <br /> <strong>4x400m</strong> <br /> 1 Brunel 3.41.49 <br /> 2 Loughborough 3.45.14 <br /> 3 London (ULU) 3.47.40 <br /> <strong>Team Standings:</strong><br /> 1 Loughborough 97pts<br /> 2 Birmingham 81pts<br /> 3 Brunel 78pts<br /> <strong>Overall Team Standings:</strong><br /> 1 Loughborough 238pts<br /> 2 UWIC 138pts<br /> 3 Bath 132pts</p> Uni Page #17198 Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Kelly strikes record-breaking gold for Loughborough as Milton shines on track debut - BUSA Championships Day 2 http://www.athletics-leics.com/university_athletics.html <p><img src="http://www.athletics-leics.com/uploads/9481e1214bfef5112336708.jpg" alt="Kelly strikes record-breaking gold for Loughborough as Milton shines on track debut - BUSA Championships Day 2" /></p><h3>Sunday 4th May 2008</h3> <p>KIERAN KELLY produced a fine gold medal performance on the second day of competition at the 2008 BUSA Track & Field Championships in Bedford winning the Shot title for the fourth consecutive year with a superb new championship record throw of 17.92 metres for the Loughborough students breaking Mark Edwards previous record from 1999 by a margin of 31 centimetres.</p> <p>Leicestershire's Felicity Milton made a stunning track debut for Durham City with victory over the 5,000m as the 21-year-old, fresh from her appearence at the World University Cross Country Championships in France, crossed the line in a time of 16mins 27mins. Steph Barnes (UWIC) finished strongly to take the silver medal while Sarah Waldron (Birmingham) took the bronze medal.</p> <p>In other events Max Eves (5.00) and Paul Walker (5.00) claimed the silver and bronze medals respectively for the Loughborough students in the Pole Vault as Christian North of Bath won the title with a height of 5.10m to add to his BUSA indoor title won in Sheffield back in February.</p> <p>In the Men's 400m Hurdles final David Martin claimed silver for Loughborough in 52.69secs as Bath's Steve Green edged victory in 52.65.</p> <p>In the Women's race Eilidh Child (Edinburgh), the reigning BUSA outdoor champion and current England U23 Champion, set a new Championship Best Performance taking gold. Child set the new record with a time of 58.03secs followed by Justine Kinney (Loughborough) and Maria Crowe (Loughborough) who took silver and bronze respectively.</p> <p>There was also a well-deserved Bronze for Jenny Scott (Loughborough) in the Discus with a mark of 39.37.</p> <p>The finals results from Day 2 are listed below.<br /> <strong>Men's Finals</strong><br /> <strong>400m Hurdles</strong><br /> 1 Steve Green (Bath) 52.65 <br /> 2 David Martin (Loughborough) 52.69 <br /> 3 Martin Lipton (Edinburgh) 53.12 <br /> 6 Tom Burton (Loughborough) 54.70<br /> <strong>Pole Vault</strong><br /> 1 Christian North (Bath) 5.10 <br /> 2 Max Eaves (Loughborough) 5.00 <br /> 3 Paul Walker (Loughborough) 5.00 <br /> <strong>Shot</strong><br /> 1 Kieran Kelly (Loughborough) 17.92 CBP<br /> 2 Rimantas Martisauskas (Leeds Met) 16.80 <br /> 3 Brett Morse (UWIC) 14.73<br /> 6 David Feeney (Loughborough) 13.31<br /> 12 Alex Pope (Loughborough) 12.24<br /> <strong>Women's Finals</strong><br /> <strong>5,000m</strong> <br /> 1 Felicity Milton (Durham) 16.27.78<br /> 2 Steph Barnes (UWIC) 16.53.72<br /> 3 Sarah Waldron (Birmingham) 17.02.10<br /> 6 Kirsty Milner (Loughborough) 17:21.66<br /> 7 Claire Mensley (Birmingham) 17:35.13<br /> 9 Jo Maddick (Loughborough) 17:44.80<br /> 10 Jo Callaway (Loughborough) 18:07.65<br /> <strong>400m Hurdles</strong> <br /> 1 Eilidh Child (Edinburgh) 58:03 CBP<br /> 2 Justine Kinney (Loughborough) 59.70<br /> 3 Maria Crowe (Loughborough) 60.68<br /> 5 Claire Cooper (Loughborough) 61.61<br /> <strong>2,000m Steeplechase</strong> <br /> 1 Emily Brown (UWIC) 7.03.65<br /> 2 Lucy Mayho (Birmingham) 7.08.51<br /> 3 Jenna Hill (St. Mary's) 7.09.29<br /> 4 Alison Lavender (Loughborough) 7:09.59<br /> <strong>Long Jump</strong><br /> 1 Gemma Weetman (Brunel) 6.18<br /> 2 Louise Hazel (Birmingham) 5.88<br /> 3 Imogen Miles (Cardiff) 5.83<br /> 5 Melissa Carr (Loughborough) 5.56<br /> <strong>Discus</strong><br /> 1 Jade Nicholls (St. Mary's) 47.09<br /> 2 Rachel Backhouse (Birmingham) 40.99<br /> 3 Jenny Scott (Loughborough) 39.37<br /> 8 Claire Williams (Loughborough) 35.25<br /> <strong>Hammer</strong><br /> 1 Zoe Derham (Gloucestershire) 66.39<br /> 2 Stacey Wilson (Stirling) 49.53<br /> 3 Amy Howard (Leeds Met) 46.97<br /> 15 Annika Wing (Loughborough) 24.89<br /> Sarah Holt (Loughborough) NT</p> Uni Page #17192 Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Kipyego and Johnson win Edinburgh Great Run http://www.athletics-leics.com/running.html <p><img src="http://www.athletics-leics.com/uploads/9481e2572a92b6398333449.jpg" alt="Kipyego and Johnson win Edinburgh Great Run" /></p><h3>Sunday 4th May 2008</h3> <p>KENYA’S Bernard Kipyego and Australia's Benita Johnson stormed to convincing victories at the 2008 BUPA Great Edinburgh Run.</p> <p>London-based Johnson, the 2004 IAAF World Cross Country champion blew away the challenge of Kenya's Rose Cheruiyot by a margin of 13 seconds.</p> <p>Johnson completed the 10 kilometres course in 32mins 20secs, with Aniko Kalovics of Hungary third.</p> <p>Bernard Kipyego won the Men's race after a sprint finish with Boniface Kiprop, who has now been runner-up three times in the Scottish event.</p> <p>Johnson, who missed four months training during the winter with a knee injury, waited until the halfway point before making a decisive break on a steep hill. That saw her eventually pull a healthy distance clear of former Amsterdam marathon winner Cheruiyot.</p> <p>"After my injury, I'm so happy to win here," said Johnson, who was forced to withdraw from last month's London Marathon, I put in a lot of hard work before Edinburgh and, over what was a hard course, I'm delighted to see the benefits of that.</p> <p>"This is a great win for me and, after being out injured for so long when I got very frustrated, this tells me I now have a strong base to build upon towards the Olympics, my performance clearly showed I've got strength and I am going forward after being out for so long."</p> <p>Vicky Gill battled bravely over the testing terrain and although weary at the end was happy being first Brit home when finishing sixth in 35:02.</p> <p>In the Men’s race Commonwealth 10000m gold medallist Boniface Kiprop in his third Edinburgh appearance was edged out of victory again in a sprint for the line by Bernard Kipyego.</p> <p>The Ugandan a two-times runner-up in 2005 and again 12 months ago, made a strong break just 200 metres from the finishing line with Kipyego following as the 21-year-old Kenyan last year's World Cross long course bronze medallist, immediately made his own strike winning by three seconds in 28min 59sec with El Hassan Lahsinni of France just a second behind Kiprop.</p> <p>"We decided we would run together before the race and the course was rather harder than I thought it would be," said Kipyego.</p> <p>Leicester’s Moumin Geele representing Newham & Essex Beagles finished in a fine fourth place in a time of 29mins 49secs. Tomas Abyu still waiting for Olympic marathon selection was the first domestic finisher when seventh in 30:44. That was four seconds quicker and a place ahead of Commonwealth marathon bronze medallist Dan Robinson who won the UK title ahead of Abyu in the Flora London Marathon last month.<br /> <strong>Leading Results:</strong><br /> <strong>Men</strong> <br /> 1 B Kipyego (Kenya) 28:59; 2 B Kiprop (Uganda) 29:02; 3 El Hassan Lahsinni (France) 29:03; 4 M Geele (Somalia) 29:49; 5 V Rothlin (Switzerland) 30:19; 6 M Ionecsu (Romania) 30:37; 7 T Abyu (GBR) 30:40; 8 D Robinson (GBR) 30:44; 9 D Lashyn (Ukraine) 31:13; 10 J Walsh (GBR) 31:38 <br /> <strong>Women </strong><br /> 1 B Johnson (Australia) 32:20; 2 R Cheruiyot (Kenya) 32:33; 3 A Kalovics (Hungary) 33:32; 4 J Augusto (Portugal) 33:58; 5 K Jarzynska (Poland) 34:27; 6 V Gill (GBR) 35:02; 7 F Maraoui (Morocco) 35:05; 8 H Farhoun (France) 37:10; 9 J Ritson (GBR) 37:57; 10 P Todoran (Poland) 40:01</p> Running Page #17193 Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Farah and Reed star at Stanford Invitational http://www.athletics-leics.com/track_and_field.html <p><img src="http://www.athletics-leics.com/uploads/9481ecbf4b4551822585809.jpg" alt="Farah and Reed star at Stanford Invitational" /></p><h3>Sunday 4th May 2008</h3> <p>MO FARAH produced the fastest 10,000 metres performance by a British athlete for eight years when finishing fifth in the Stanford Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitation meeting in California.</p> <p>Kate Reed, also debuting over 10,000m, was ninth in a time of 31:31.87secs, making her the fifth fastest-ever British woman at the 25-lap distance. Shalane Flanagan won ahead of Kim Smith with a superb USA record of 30:34.49secs.</p> <p>Farah, making his debut over the distance, clocked an encouraging 27 minutes 44.54 seconds, a time which was last bettered when Karl Keska ran 27:44.09secs for eighth place in the 2000 Olympic Games final.</p> <p>The European 5,000m silver medallist's display at the Californian venue was also the first occasion a Brit had broken the 28-minute barrier for five years since Keska was ninth at the 2003 IAAF World Championships in Paris with a mark of 27:47.89secs.</p> <p>Farah, who prepared for the race in the United States after finishing second in the Carlsbad 5,000m road race a month ago, has already announced he will concentrate on the shorter distance at this summer's Beijing Olympics.</p> <p>Australia's Craig Mottram claimed victory in 27:34.48secs ahead of Gunther Weidlinger who set an Austrian record of 27:36.46secs and Josphat Boit of Kenya who recorded 27:36.46secs.</p> <p>Andrew Lemoncello, who is based in the United States and topped the UK rankings in 2006 and 2007, failed to finish.</p> <p>In the Women’s 3,000m Steeplechase Britain’s former UK record-holder Jo Aniker finished in 6th place in a time of 9:59.16 in the race won by American Anna Willard in 9:37.73.</p> <p><h4>Full results are avaialble on the following link: <a href="http://www.sml1.com/recordtiming/stanford/pjc08/" rel="popup">www.sml1.com/recordtiming/stanford/pjc08/</a></h4> </p> Track and Field #17195 Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Powell successfully retains Leicestershire county 10,000m track title http://www.athletics-leics.com/track_and_field.html <p><img src="http://www.athletics-leics.com/uploads/9481f00a374ae1532705262.jpg" alt="Powell successfully retains Leicestershire county 10,000m track title" /></p><h2>2008 Leicestershire & Rutland and Northamptonshire County AA 10,000m Track Championships</h2> <h3>Saffron Lane Sports Centre, Leicester</h3> <h3>Thursday 1st May 2008</h3> <p>MARK POWELL successfully defended the Leicestershire County 10,000m track title holding off the challenge of Leicester Owls team mate Gordon Lee for the second consecutive year at the Saffron Lane Sports Centre.</p> <p>Powell, the 29-year-old two-time reigning Birmingham District Cross Country League champion crossed the line in a time of 30mins 36.9secs to complete a comfortable victory with Lee, following his recent fine victory at the Kelmarsh 15 mile race, taking second almost a minute adrift in 31:20.2 with Charnwood’s James Douglas third in 32:26.5.</p> <p>Stuart Nelson representing Rugby & Northampton finishing in fourth place overall in a time of 33:38.9, combined with Wellingborough’s Jeanette Vango winning the women’s race in 50:10.6, took the Northamptonshire individual titles. The Leicestershire women’s championships were not contested.<br /> <strong>Full Results:</strong><br /> <strong>Men</strong><br /> 1 Mark Powell (Owls) 30:36.9<br /> 2 Gordon Lee (Owls, M40) 31:20.2 <br /> 3 James Douglas (Charnwood) 32:26.5 <br /> 4 Stuart Nelson (Rugby & Northampton) 33:38.9 <br /> 5 Chris Jordan (Hinckley) 34:04.1 <br /> 6 James Sewell (Rugby & Northampton) 34:49.8 <br /> 7 Carl Sommer (Huncote) 35:33.4 <br /> 8 William Clapp (Harborough, W40) 35:45.1 <br /> 9 Chris Talbot (Nuneaton) 36:42.8 <br /> 10 Vince Carroll (Rugby & Northampton) 36:44.4 <br /> 11 Chris Dunne (Corby) 38:17.9 <br /> 12 Shane Edge (Huncote, W50) 40:26.1 <br /> 13 Dominic Coleman (Wellingborough & District, U20) 43:47.8 <br /> <strong>Women</strong><br /> 1 Jeanette Vango (Wellingborough & District) 50:10.6 <br /> 2 Tracey Craker (Rugby & Northampton) 52:07.5</p> Track and Field #17196 Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Small and Sementysh soar to success - BUSA Championships Day 1 http://www.athletics-leics.com/university_athletics.html <p><img src="http://www.athletics-leics.com/uploads/9481cd6045cfac561313023.jpg" alt="Small and Sementysh soar to success - BUSA Championships Day 1" /></p><h3>Saturday 3rd May 2008</h3> <p>THE 2008 BUSA Track & Field Championships began in warm conditions on the track of the Bedford International Stadium where there was medal success for the Loughborough students on Day 1 as Steve Small in the Long Jump and Rosie Sementysh, following in the footsteps of British record-holder Goldie Sayers, claimed gold in the Javelin, whilst, Chris Scott secured a fine silver in the Discus competition and Kylie Russell sprinted to bronze over 100m.</p> <p>In the Men’s Long Jump the championship title was won by Steve Small with a jump of 7.49m, taking the gold by a margin of just 3cm.</p> <p>Small, who won silver in the event last year, was pushed all the way by Jacob Brown (Leeds Met) as David Cook (Exeter) completed the podium lie-up with a bronze medal leap of 7.28m.</p> <p>Rosie Sementysh took the 2008 Javelin title with a throw of 47.31m. She was closely followed by UWIC team mates Lianne Clarke and Louise Watton who finished second and third respectively with throws of 47.06 and 46.05.</p> <p>The finals results from Day 1 are listed below.<br /> <strong>Men's Finals</strong><br /> <strong>100m</strong><br /> 1 Ryan Scott (Bath) 10.87<br /> 2 Ryan Farrington (Wolverhampton) 10.97<br /> 3 Lloyd Rice (Bath) 11.02<br /> <strong>10,000m</strong> <br /> 1 Adam Grice (Leeds) 30:57.62<br /> 2 Jonathon Thewlis (Nottingham) 31:04.42<br /> 3 Ben Warren (Sussex) 31:36.42<br /> 7 Richard Harper (Loughborough) 32:48.34<br /> <strong>Long Jump</strong> <br /> 1 Steve Small (Loughborough) 7.49<br /> 2 Jacob Brown (Leeds Met) 7.46<br /> 3 David Cook (Exeter) 7.28<br /> 6 Andrew Staniland (Loughborough) 6.93<br /> <strong>Discus</strong> <br /> 1 Brett Morse (UWIC) 52.68<br /> 2 Chris Scott (Loughborough) 49.94<br /> 3 Dave Coleman (UWIC) 49.86<br /> 5 Daniel Greaves (Loughborough) 46.81<br /> 8 Alex Pope (Loughborough) 43.94<br /> <strong>Women's Finals</strong><br /> <strong>100m</strong><br /> 1 Annabelle Lewis (Hull) 12.24<br /> 2 Zara Hohn (Sheffield Hallam) 12.33<br /> 3 Kylie Russell (Loughborough) 12.40<br /> <strong>10,000m</strong> <br /> 1 Claire Hallissey (Bristol) 34:54.71<br /> 2 Fiona Clark (Birmingham) 36:26.42<br /> 3 Helen Rollins (Cambridge) 37:06.04 <br /> 5 Natalie Grey (Loughborough) 37:28.22<br /> 6 Katie Lomas (Loughborough) 38:22.56<br /> <strong>High Jump</strong> <br /> 1 Jayne Nisbet (Stirling) 1.80<br /> 2 Pamela Hughes (Brunel) 1.80<br /> 3 Dominique Blaize (Brunel) 1.80<br /> 4 Sophie Hines (Loughborough) 1.80<br /> 8 Melissa Clifford (Loughborough) 1.65<br /> 9 Sade Thompson (Loughborough) 1.65<br /> <strong>Pole Vault</strong><br /> 1 Louise Butterworth (UWIC) 3.80<br /> 2 Emma Lyons (UWIC) 3.70<br /> 3 Jessica Abrahams (UWIC) 3.50 <br /> 9 Becky Lilley (Loughborough) 3.00<br /> <strong>Javelin</strong> <br /> 1 Rosie Sementysh (Loughborough) 47.31<br /> 2 Lianne Clarke (UWIC) 47.06<br /> 3 Louise Watton (UWIC) 46.05<br /> 8 Nicola Breaks (Loughborough) 33.68</p> Uni Page #17189 Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Yelling heads to Wearside for Beijing preparation http://www.athletics-leics.com/news.html <p><img src="http://www.athletics-leics.com/uploads/9481c39c9cb60b943585657.jpg" alt="Yelling heads to Wearside for Beijing preparation" /></p><h3>Friday 2nd May 2008</h3> <p>LIZ YELLING preparing for the Olympic Games marathon in August will use the BUPA Great Women's Run in Sunderland on Sunday June 15th as part of her build-up towards Beijing.</p> <p>Former Loughborough resident Yelling assured herself of selection for Team GB when the first Briton across the line in the recent Flora London Marathon where she also broke the two-and-half hour barrier for the first time.</p> <p>The 33-year-old Bedford runner had already pencilled in returning to Wearside for a third successive year but decided to see how her body recovered from London before committing.</p> <p>"Liz gave me the good news at the weekend she would be ready to race and it will be good to have her in the field again," said Andy Caine the event's elite athlete manager.</p> <p>"She produced a fantastic performance in London and although she will be running just 10 kilometres that is a distance she also has massive ability over."</p> <p>Yelling who clocked two hours 28minutes 33minutes, makes no secret that now Olympic selection is virtually assured when the team is announced shortly, that remains her top priority.</p> <p>But the former training partner of world marathon record holder Paula Radcliffe knows the importance of building up some speed to add to the massive stamina she already has with her marathon training schedule.</p> <p>Yelling said: "The Great Run Series is excellent for bringing the most talented British runners together and providing them with a spring board to earning from their sport.</p> <p>Competing together helps to raise everyone’s game and they always have such a buzz to them and they really test you with their great international fields. These races let me know where I am at and motivate me to try harder."</p> <p>Yelling who finished 25th at the 2004 Olympics, added: "I am excited about Beijing and I want to do better than I did in Athens. It was only my second ever marathon and I have progressed a lot since then, but it will be hard."</p> <p>Caine has yet to announce overseas entrants but is confident he can attract some world class talent for the third successive year to the meeting. "Gete Wami and Rose Cheruiyot have won the titles for Ethiopia and Kenya and that's the sort of quality runner I'm aiming to sign up for this year's race. There's plenty of irons in the fire," he insisted.</p> News Page #17149 Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Martyn Rooney nominated for European Athlete of the Month http://www.athletics-leics.com/university_athletics.html <p><img src="http://www.athletics-leics.com/uploads/9481b4cf0bfe27007951890.jpg" alt="Martyn Rooney nominated for European Athlete of the Month" /></p><h3>Friday 2nd May 2008</h3> <p>MARTYN ROONEY has been nominated for the European Athlete of the Month for April.</p> <p>The 21-year-old Loughborough student achieved his nomination for his out standing performance in California where he recorded the fastest European time over 400m this season with a 45.88 clocking.</p> <p>At the Mt San Antonio College (SAC) meeting, Rooney, the reigning UK junior 400m record-holder posted an impressive victory in the Invitational 400m producing a powerful sprint finish to run past two-time European indoor champion (and training partner) David Gillick of Ireland, as well as two-time Mt SAC winner Lionel Larry, for the victory.</p> <p>April was another busy month for European Athletics, with a number of big city marathons taking place, the European Cup of 10,000m in Istanbul and a number of American collegiate competitions involving European athletes.</p> <p>Following this, European Athletics is pleased to announce that athletes from 14 countries have been nominated for the European Athlete of the Month Award for April.</p> <p>At the end of each month, a panel of experts produce a shortlist of the outstanding athletes and performances achieved by European Athletes during that month which is emailed to the European Athletics media and thousands of fans who have already signed up to receive news from European Athletics.</p> <p>The poll is situated in the Fan Zone of the European Athletics website and both the public, the media and a group of expert statisticians will cast their votes with each category counting as 33.3% of the vote. For example, the winner of the each poll will be awarded 10 pts, second 9 pts etc and the athlete with the most points after the 3 different polls have been counted will be declared the winner. In the unlikely event of a tie, Hansjörg Wirz, the President of European Athletics, will have the casting vote.</p> <p><h4>To place your vote click on the following link: <a href="http://www.european-athletics.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4760&Itemid=208" rel="popup">www.european-athletics.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4760&Itemid=208</a></h4> </p> Uni Page #17148 Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100 French Connection - Team England in Marseille http://www.athletics-leics.com/running.html <p><img src="http://www.athletics-leics.com/uploads/9481b084296c36646088158.jpg" alt="French Connection - Team England in Marseille" /></p><h3>Friday 2nd May 2008</h3> <p>CHARNWOOD'S Jane Potter led the way for Team England's women at the National du Conseil General Marseille 10km race in the South of France.</p> <p>The 26-year-old followed her second place finish on her recent half-marathon debut in Redcar by clocking a time of 34mins 12secs to cross the line alongside team mates Sophie Morris and Alyson Dixon.<br /> <strong>Leading Results:</strong><br /> <strong>Men</strong><br /> 1 Silas Kipruto (KEN) 27:28 <em>(course record)</em><br /> 8 Ian Boneham (ENG) 29:52<br /> 10 Ben Moreau (ENG) 30:25<br /> 12 Dave Wardle (ENG) 30:58<br /> 14 John Mellor (ENG) 31:23<br /> <strong>Women</strong><br /> 21 Atsede Habyamu (ETH) 32:13<br /> 41 Jane Potter (ENG) 34:12<br /> 43 Sophie Morris (ENG) 34:12<br /> 46 Alyson Dixon (ENG) 34:23</p> <p><h4>Full results are available on the following link: <a href="http://bases.athle.com/asp.net/liste.aspx?frmbase=resultats&frmmode=1&frmespace=0&frmcompetition=025313" rel="popup">http://bases.athle.com/asp.net/liste.aspx?frmbase=resultats&frmmode=1&frmespace=0&frmcompetition=025313</a></h4> </p> Running Page #17146 Sat, 03 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100 2008 BUSA Track & Field Championships - Men's Preview http://www.athletics-leics.com/university_athletics.html <p><img src="http://www.athletics-leics.com/uploads/94819dfd6c278d668552506.jpg" alt="2008 BUSA Track & Field Championships - Men's Preview" /></p><h3>Thursday 1st May 2008</h3> <p>THE quality of the competition evident in the women’s events is reflected in the men’s entries at this year’s BUSA Outdoor Athletics Championships. Participants and spectators alike can look forward to three days of high-class action.</p> <p>In the men’s 100m metres medal chances look to lie between Ryan Scott (Bath), the 2007 World Student Games and Euro U23 100m semi-finalist and 4x100m gold medallist at those Euro championships; Rion Pierre (Brunel), 200m semi-finalist and 4x100m bronze medallist at the World Juniors in 2006; Seyi Smith (Loughborough) who represented Canada at the last World Junior championships; Simon Farenden (Leeds Met), World Student Games 200m semi-finalist and Jeffrey Lawal-Balogun (East London), Euro U23 200m semi-finalist. Pierre and Lawal-Balogun are also entered for the 200m. In that final they are likely to line up alongside Luke Fagan (Middesex), the Euro U20 200m and 4x100m silver medallist; the 400m specialist Richard Buck (Leeds Met) who finished 5th at the Euro U23 championships last year and reached the 400m semi-finals at the IAAF World championships and two of the stars from University of Bath Dan Cossins (pictured) and Bruce Tasker, first and second at this year’s indoor championships where Cossins recorded a new CBP time.</p> <p>In the men’s 400m the gold medal should go to either Nick Leavey (Brunel), a member of the 4x400m squad at this year’s World Indoors and a former World Youth championship semi-finalist or John Kelley (Sheffield Hallam) the reigning BUSA indoor champion and second at these championships last year.</p> <p>Favourites for 800m gold are Ed Aston (Birmingham) and Mike Coltherd (Loughborough). Aston represented GB at the 2007 Euro U20 championships in this event and is the 2008 BUSA indoor champion. Coltherd was a member of team GB at the World Student Games in 2007 and has come away from the BUSA outdoor championships with gold in each of the last 3 years – twice in the 1500m and once in the 800m.</p> <p>James Brewer (Bath), very much considered to be an 800m specialist until his performances over 1500m indoors this year could claim his fist BUSA title in the 1500m. The Euro U20 800m silver medallist and current England U20 champion lines up alongside Andy Vernon (St Mary’s) a medallist at the Euro U23 Cross in 2007 and at the Euro U20 Cross the year before. Vernon recently led GB to team silver at the World Student Cross and was 8th in the 50000m at last year’s Euro U23 championships. Making his BUSA debut is Mitch Goose (St Mary’s) a member of the silver medal winning team at the 2007 Euro U20 Cross and the current ESAA 3,000m champion.</p> <p>The 5,000m and 10,000m have attracted numerous current and previous members of GB teams at World and European Cross Country championships.</p> <p>In the 5000m defending champion Joe MacDonald (Loughborough) faces a strong challenge from the likes of Nick Swinburn (UW Bangor), World U20 Cross in 2006; James Ellis (BCFTCS), Euro U20 Cross 2004; Tom Russell (Bristol), Euro U23 Cross 2006 who was second in this year’s Home Countries International Cross held in Scotland as part of the World Championship weekend; Leicester Owls Rory Fraser (Leeds Met) and Rob Bugden (UWIC) members of the silver medal winning team at the World Student Cross this year; making his BUSA track debut Adam Hickey (Loughborough), ESAA Cross champion on four occasions, a former AAA U20 5,000m champion who has represented GB at both the Euro and World U20 Cross. Johnny Mellor (Liverpool John Moores) the England U23 5000m bronze medallist last year will also expect to be in contention for the medals.</p> <p>Jonathan Thewlis (Nottingham) who represented GB over 5000m at the Euro U23 championships in 2007 is entered for both the 5000m and 10000m.</p> <p>In the 10,000m the line up includes Keith Gerrard (St Mary’s) and Adam Grice (Leeds) both members of the silver medal winning team at the World Student Cross. Gerrard was also 2nd in this event in 2006. Neil Burton (Birmingham) 3rd on that occasion will once again have hopes of a medal. Others challenging for medals are likely to be Kevin Deighton (Loughborough) who but for injury would have led the GB challenge in the U23 race at the 2007 Euro Cross; Ben Lindsay (St Mary’s) 12th at the Euro U20 Cross in 2007 and Tom Boardman (St Mary’s) who represented GB at the World U20 Cross in 2006.</p> <p>In the 110mH two European finalist and a semi-finalist from last year go head-to-head – Gianni Frankis (Middlesex), Euro U20 bronze medallist; Callum Priestley (Loughborough) Euro U20 finalist and Julian Adeniran (Birmingham) Euro U20 semi-finalist.</p> <p>The out-and-out favourite for the 400mH title is Bath’s Steve Green – he is the defending champion who reached the World Student Games semi-final last year when he also took gold in the 4x400m at the European Indoor Championships.</p> <p>In the long jump GB U23 international JJ Jegede (Loughborough) will have high hopes of the gold. All eyes should be on the triple jump when the European U23 champion Gary White (UWIC) is on the runway and asking for the crowd’s participation.</p> <p>In the high jump defending champion Simon Phelan (Bath) will have to be at his best to claim gold again as he is likely to face the former Botswanan national recorder holder and African and All-African Games champion Kabelo Mmono (UWIC) who set a new indoor best this year of 2.15m. Pole vault medals are likely to be contested by GB U23 International Keith Higham (Loughborough), the defending BUSA champion Paul Walker (Loughborough) and the current BUSA indoor champion Christian North (Bath). In the shot the only 20m plus thrower is Garrett Johnson (Oxford/USA), a former NCAA indoor champion and the BUSA indoor record holder. His nearest challenger should be Kieren Kelly (Loughborough), the England U23 champion and U23 International.</p> <p>In the discus Dan Greaves (Loughborough) the 2004 Paralympic gold medallist and double World and European champion may start as favourite for the BUSA title. Also contesting the medals are likely to be two GB U20 Internationals Chris Scot (Loughborough) and Brett Morse (UWIC) and Jeremy Harper (Ulster) who finished 2nd in 2007. In the javelin Lee Doran (UWIC) will look to take his third successive BUSA title. In his way James Campbell (Leeds Met), the current England U20 champion who had a top ten finish at the World Juniors in 2006 and at the Euro U20 championships last year.</p> <p>In the hammer it is difficult to look beyond Amir Willimason (St Mary’s) for the winner. He represented GB at the World Juniors in 2006 and if he faces a challenge it may come from his younger brother Alistair another St Mary’s student.</p> Uni Page #17141 Sat, 03 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Turner looking positive for Beijing http://www.athletics-leics.com/news.html <h3>Thursday 1st May 2008</h3> <p>FORMER Loughborough student Andy Turner is convinced he can reach the Olympic 110 metres hurdles final this summer despite suffering an injury setback training in South Africa earlier this year.</p> <p>The 2006 European and Commonwealth bronze medallist quickly recovered from his setback in Potchefstroom and proved he is back to full fitness after some high-quality workouts in the United States.</p> <p>Turner, who opens his season at the IAAF Doha Super Grand Prix on May 9th, said: "I've just come back from California where I was getting in some warm weather training.</p> <p>"I actually opened my season over there in the Long Beach event, I wasn't aiming to be really competitive. I used it purely to look at a few things we've been working on in a race situation.</p> <p>"I head for Doha for a proper season opener then follow that with the European Club Cup with Sale."</p> <p>The 27-year-old high hurdler believes his hopes of achieving his aim in China will be boosted by returning to the British Olympic Association's preparatory camp before the Games get under way.</p> <p>"I've been there before and I believe it will be the perfect place for preparing for Beijing," said Turner. "I'm looking forward to getting there to begin the final few weeks countdown."</p> <p>The reigning British champion is realistic enough to realise that despite his vast improvement in recent years, he is not rated a medal candidate.</p> <p>But that has not stopped him studying his rivals for the title and he would not be surprised if Liu Xiang, even with the support of the host nation crowd, fails to retain his crown.</p> <p>"My biggest aim for this year is to be in that final," said the Nottingham-born star.</p> <p>"It's going to fantastic to be on the start with nearly all the 80,000 there cheering for Liu Xiang.</p> <p>"I'm clearly going to be motivated by this atmosphere. (But) I, for the record, don't believe that Liu Xiang will win it."</p> <h4>Article by PA Sport.</h4> News Page #17142 Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Lee on song with Kelmarsh victory http://www.athletics-leics.com/running.html <h3>Thursday 1st May 2008</h3> <p>BRITISH Masters 5km champion Gordon Lee, less than 24 hours after representing the Leicester Owls at the Nike National Road Relays in Birmingham, won the Great Daffodil 15 mile road race at Kelmarsh, Northamptonshire.</p> <p>The 41-year-old crossed the line in a time of 1hr 22mins 29secs over the tough and demanding course.</p> <p><h4>Full results are avaialble on the following link: <a href="http://www.theresults.co.uk/theresults/Results/2008/Running/0427_Marie_Curie_Daffodil_Run_15M.pdf" rel="popup">www.theresults.co.uk/theresults/Results/2008/Running/0427_Marie_Curie_Daffodil_Run_15M.pdf</a></h4> </p> Running Page #17143 Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100 2008 BUSA Track & Field Championships - Women's Preview http://www.athletics-leics.com/university_athletics.html <p><img src="http://www.athletics-leics.com/uploads/9481868bf70a57875167087.jpg" alt="2008 BUSA Track & Field Championships - Women's Preview" /></p><h3>Wednesday 30th April 2008</h3> <p>THE International Stadium at Bedford once again hosts the 2008 BUSA Outdoor Athletics Championships this coming Bank Holiday weekend. The entry list promises three days of high quality competition.</p> <p>In the women’s 100 metres three of the rising stars of British athletics look likely to line up alongside one another in the final. Zara Hohn (Sheffield Hallam), the hurdles specialist, who took gold over 60m at the BUSA indoor championships, is set to face a strong challenge from Joey Duck (Brunel) semi-finalist in the 200m at the European U20 championships last year and 4x400m silver medallist and Lucy Sargent (Brunel) who finished 6th at the World Youth championships in 2005.</p> <p>The clear favourite to take the 200m title is another Brunel student Montell Douglas. Douglas finished 7th at last year’s European U23 championships and reached the quarter final of the 100m at the Worlds. Disappointed not to be selected for this year’s World Indoors she will have her sights set on a place in the GB team for Beijing. Her nearest challengers may be two other Brunel students, Elaine O’Neill the European U20 100m semi-finalist and Lucy Sargent a former AAA U20 200m champion. But Stacey Downie (Heriot Watt) who finished 2nd over 200m at the European U23 championships may gatecrash the Brunel party.</p> <p>In the 400m it is difficult to look beyond Faye Harding (Loughborough) for the winner. She is the reigning BUSA champion who reached the European U23 final and the World Student Games semi-final.</p> <p>One of the most competitive races of the whole weekend should be the women’s 1500m. Emma Pallant (Brunel) who is also entered for the 5,000m is perhaps the favourite for gold having finished 4th at the European U20 championships. But she is likely to face a strong challenge from Rose-Ann Galligan (St Mary’s) the European U23 finalist. But there are at least eight other athletes with realistic medal chances – Carolyn Plateau (Oxford), who finished 6th in the 800m at the 2005 World Youth championships: Jessica Sparke (St Mary’s), a former ESAA 1500m champions, 5th at the 2005 European championships over 1500m and a member of the gold medal winning team at the Euro U23 Cross in 2007: Linzi Snow (St Mary’s) the defending BUSA champion: Hannah Brooks (Birmingham), European U20 800m finalist and the silver medallist at this year’s BUSA indoor championships: Emma Jackson (Keele), European U20 800m silver medallist:: Rachel Thompson (Loughborough), European U23 800m semi-finalist in 2005: Charlotte Roach (Cambridge), who placed 4th at the Euro U20 XC in 2007. And quite a lot of interest may be focused on a talented athlete whose progress has been hampered by injury – Dani Barnes (Loughborough), the 2003 European U20 1500m silver medallist and 4th at the World Juniors in 2004.</p> <p>The 5,000m sees Emily Pidgeon (Loughborough) the European U20 5,000m bronze medallist from 2007 make her BUSA track debut. She is looking to recapture the form that saw her take the European U20 5,000m title in 2005 and finish 2nd at the Euro U20 Cross.</p> <p>Another making her BUSA track debut should be Rutland's Felicity Milton (Durham) the find of the 2006-07 cross-country season whose track season was disrupted by injury. Milton has had another successful cross-country season – 13th at the recent World Student Cross and also 5th at the Euro U23 Cross with team GB winning gold on both occasions. It will be interesting to see whether she can translate those kinds of performances on to the track. Two other members of successful GB Cross teams are also in the line-up – Gemma Turtle (St Mary’s), Euro U20 Cross team gold in 2005 and Rosie Smith (Edinburgh), who in 2003 finished 12th at the Euro U20 Cross as GB claimed team silver.</p> <p>In the 10,000m Sian Edwards (Lougborough) makes her BUSA debut looking to put the frustrations of recent injuries behind her. In 2006 she finished 6th at the World Junior championships in the 5000m and in the same year was 10th at the World U20 Cross. She carried that good form into the 2007 cross-country season finishing 6th at the Euro U20 Cross and 44th in the senior race at the World Cross in Mombassa. Andrea Woodvine (Birmingham) will be looking to improve on her second place at last year’s championships and another Birmingham student Olivia Kenney, ESAA 3000m champion in 2006 and 18th at the Euro U20 Cross in the same year, will also have hopes of a medal.</p> <p>In the steeplechase defending champion Ruth Senior (Loughborough) who was 9th at the World Junior championships in 2006 starts as favourite. Jenna Hill (St Mary’s) who was 3rd in 2007 and went on to finish 2nd at the England U23 championships should be challenging for a medal. Nicola Sykes (Birmingham) who finished 2nd in this event in Birmingham in 2005 should also offer a challenge.</p> <p>The challengers to Zara Hohn (Sheffield Hallam), who finished 5th in the 100mH at the World Junior championships in 2006 and set a lifetime best, are likely to be Heather Jones (UWIC) 5th at the European U20 championships in 2005 and 2nd in this event in Birmingham in 2006: international heptathlete Dominique Blaize (Pictured/ Brunel) who had such a successful BUSA indoor championships claiming two golds (200m and long jump) and a bronze (60mH): Stephanie Walker (Edinburgh) 3rd in 2007: Gemma Werrett (Loughborough) 2nd in 2007 and England U20 bronze medallist last year Helen Asher (Liverpool Hope).</p> <p>In the 400mH the defending champion and reigning England U23 champion Eilidh Child (Edinburgh) who finished 5th at the European U23 championships looks favourite for gold again. The challenge may well come from the 2007 BUSA and England U23 silver medallist Anwen Rees (Loughborough) and Ellen Howarth-Brown (Chichester) 3rd in 2006, the year in which she represented GB at the World Junior championships.</p> <p>Another BUSA debutant Vikki Hubbard (Loughborough) who so narrowly missed out on third place at last year’s European U20 championships and has represented GB at both the World Youth and World Junior championships could claim her first BUSA high jump title. Jayne Nisbet (Stirling) with a PB of 1.81m may be the main challenger along with Pamela Hughes(Brunel), GB heptahlete Jenny Lumley (Leeds Met) and another Loughborough student Sophie Hine who improved significantly during the indoor season to record a new absolute PB of 1.79m.</p> <p>The pole vault is set to be a head-to-head between two UWIC students – Louise Butterworth the reigning England U23 champion, 8th at the European U23 championships and the England U23 silver medallist, 10th at those European championships Emma Lyons.</p> <p>In the long jump GB heptathlete Gemma Weetman (Brunel) is the only 6.00m plus jumper. If she is to be challenged for the gold then it could come from the 2007 ESAA champion who was second at this year’s BUSA indoor championships, Kim Murray (Bath) or Noni Mordi (Edinburgh) 3rd at those championships.</p> <p>The focus in the triple jump should be on two of Scotland’s best – Jayne Nisbet (Stirling) the UK U20 record holder and a member of the GB team at the 2007 European U20 championships and the current England U23 champion and Scottish indoor record holder Noni Mordi (Edinburgh).</p> <p>The outcome of the discus title looks to be in the hands of Jenny Scott (Loughborough), the England U20 silver medallist who represented GB at the European U20 championships, Jade Nicholls (St Mary’s) the England U23 silver medallist and Lauren Therin (UWIC) silver medallist in 2007 and the England U23 bronze medallist.</p> <p>In the hammer the clear favourite is Zoe Derham (Gloucester) who topped the UK rankings last year and is coached by the UK record holder and 2006 BUSA champion Loraine Shaw. Derham is the defending champion who has represented England at the Commonwealth Games and GB in both the European Cup, European Championships and World Student Games. Watch too for Loughborough's Sarah Holt who broke the U23 record last weekend.</p> Uni Page #17136 Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Gardener and Lewis offer advice at Sainsbury’s Futures http://www.athletics-leics.com/young_athlete.html <p><img src="http://www.athletics-leics.com/uploads/948178db9651f4982231730.gif" alt="Gardener and Lewis offer advice at Sainsbury’s Futures" /></p><h3>Wednesday 30th April 2008</h3> <p>OLYMPIC gold medallist Jason Gardener and the United Kingdom’s top pole-vaulter Steve Lewis were at Loughborough University last week to offer top tips and advice to some of the country’s best young athletes.</p> <p>As part of the day at the Sainsbury’s Futures Seminar, Gardener and Lewis put the young athletes through a testing and challenging strength and conditioning session.</p> <p>Gardener said: “The Sainsbury’s Futures Seminar offered me a chance to encourage and offered me a chance to encourage and offer advice to some of our most talented young athletes in England.”</p> <p>It also gave a group of the most talented prospects from within the ESAA system, the opportunity to learn about the psychology of sport, lifestyle and nutrition.</p> <p>Loughborough-based Lewis, one of the UK’s best prospects for the London 2012 Olympics, said: “These young athletes are at a critical age to make or break their careers.</p> <p>“Hopefully, meeting Jason and myself will inspire them to use the information on offer today and go and succeed in their chosen fields.”</p> <p>Gardener also announced that he is to take up a role as a mentor for Britain's up and coming athletes and could help prepare the sprint relay squad for the Olympics.</p> <p>The 32-year-old, who won gold with the 4x100 metres team in Athens, retired at the end of last season and often plays a part in the coaching of Craig Pickering at the high performance centre in Bath.</p> <p>Gardener said the relay squad, coached by Michael Khmel, will be well drilled in Beijing but a reshuffle will be needed because of the Achilles injury that has ruled out Mark Lewis-Francis.</p> <p>Speaking at Loughborough, Gardener said: "I was sorry about Mark's injury because I thought he was looking good last season.</p> <p>"It leaves Marlon Devonish as the only one left from the 2004 team. But we still have a lot of talented sprinters."</p> Young Athletes #17134 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Nikeplus University Challenge - Loughborough v Bath http://www.athletics-leics.com/university_athletics.html <p><img src="http://www.athletics-leics.com/uploads/94817169b5bc17211815117.jpg" alt="Nikeplus University Challenge - Loughborough v Bath" /></p><h3>Tuesday 29th April 2008</h3> <p>THE Loughborough students are to take on Bath University in a Nikeplus Challenge beginning on Monday 5th May.</p> <p>The Nikeplus Challenge basically involves the athletes from the respective universities who can log the most Kilometres in a month using the Apple Nano system.</p> <p>Loughborough should start as favourites as they have a large middle distance squad, whereas, Bath tend to specialize in sprinting – but when battle commences who know?</p> <p>The most Nikeplus Kilometre run between 25th April and 23rd May wins summer bragging rights, top performers earn Nike and Apple gear.</p> <p><h4>Further details are available on the following link: <a href="http://nikeplus.nike.com/nikeplus/#bathvslufbra" rel="popup">http://nikeplus.nike.com/nikeplus/#bathvslufbra</a></h4> </p> Uni Page #17125 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Super Sarah smashes British Under-23 Hammer record http://www.athletics-leics.com/university_athletics.html <p><img src="http://www.athletics-leics.com/uploads/948161f2bc9237475710564.jpg" alt="Super Sarah smashes British Under-23 Hammer record" /></p><h3>Saturday 26th April 2008</h3> <p>SARAH HOLT smashed the British Under-23 record in the Hammer with a massive new personal best of 63.75 metres at the Loughborough Open/BUSA Trials meeting.</p> <p>In perfect weather conditions on a warm day, Holt, the 21-year-old Loughborough student from the Sale Harriers Manchester club broke Shirley Webb's best of 63.35m set in 2003. A remarkable performance as this was her first competition of the season.</p> <p>Holt's previous best was set in July last year with a mark of 61.07m at the Ašli Kožar Memorial meeting in Croatia.<br /> <strong>Full Results:</strong><br /> <strong>Track</strong><br /> <strong>Women 400m Hurdles</strong><br /> -1---Maria Crowe-LSAC-1:01.08<br /> -2---Clare Cooper-LSAC-1:04.05<br /> -3---Kath Dunn-LSAC-1:06.43<br /> <strong>Men 400m Hurdles</strong><br /> -1---David Martin-LSAC-54.29<br /> -2---Jeremy Lyons-Clonliffe Harriers AC-54.69<br /> -3---Tom Burton-LSAC-55.81<br /> -4---Tom Grantham-City of Sheffield-56.05<br /> <strong>Women 800m</strong><br /> -1---Ashley Gibson-LSAC-2:14.40<br /> -2---Abbey McGhee-LSAC-2:14.73<br /> -3---Natalie Shaw-Loughborough-2:17.15<br /> -4---Alex Snook-LSAC-2:17.20<br /> -5---Jess Dunn-LSAC-2:21.15<br /> -6---Kat Arnold-LSAC-2:30.05<br /> <strong>Men 800m Race A</strong><br /> -1---Oliver Blake-LSAC-1:55.73<br /> -2---Frank Baddick-LSAC-1:56.34<br /> -3---Rob Whittle-LSAC-1:56.38<br /> -4---Phil Burkart-LSAC-1:57.30<br /> -5---Tim Dalton-LSAC-1:57.68<br /> -6---Dan Ryan-LSAC-2:00.14<br /> <strong>Men 800m Race B</strong><br /> -1---Laurence Cox-LSAC-1:57.18<br /> -2---James Phillips-LSAC-1:58.78<br /> -3---David Rigby-LSAC-1:58.90<br /> -4---Kurt Heron-LSAC-2:00.14<br /> -5---Darren Braybrook-LSAC-2:04.68<br /> <strong>Women 100m ---Wind 3.1m/s</strong><br /> -1---Emma Bailey-LSAC-11.72<br /> -2---Zara Hohn-Wakefield District Harriers-11.98<br /> -3---Kylie Russell-LSAC-12.12<br /> -4---Natalie Jowett-LSAC-12.18<br /> -5---Gemma Werrett-LSAC-12.21<br /> -6---Laura Hitchman-LSAC-12.37<br /> <strong>Men 100m Race A---Wind 1.4m/s</strong><br /> -1---Andy Blow-LSAC-10.72<br /> -2---Steve Small-LSAC-10.81<br /> -3---David Hughes-Trafford-10.82<br /> -4---Luke Stott-LSAC-11.14<br /> -5---Josh Baxter-LSAC-11.29<br /> -6---Sean Vernon-LSAC-11.31<br /> <strong>Men 100m Race B---Wind 0.6m/s</strong><br /> -1---Luke Giblin-LSAC-10.99<br /> -2---David Feeney-LSAC-11.05<br /> -3---Patrick Swan-LSAC-11.10<br /> -4---Will Green-LSAC-11.18<br /> -5---Jordan Fleary-LSAC-11.34<br /> -6---Martyn Ormerod-LSAC-11.65<br /> -7---Ka Chuen To-LSAC-12.30<br /> <strong>Men 100m Race C---Wind 1.6m/s</strong><br /> -1---Martin Ogun-Sanya-LSAC-11.56<br /> -2---Simon Wombwell-LSAC-11.75<br /> -3---Fraser Young-LSAC-11.85<br /> -4---Clint Grabs-Derby University-11.91<br /> -5---Victor Cook (M40)-Leicester Coritainian AC-12.13<br /> -6---Denis Akinmolasire-LSAC-12.19<br /> -7---Tim Brauner-LSAC-12.24<br /> <strong>Women 400m Race A</strong><br /> -1---Sarah Adams-LSAC-56.34<br /> -2---Becs Syrocki-LSAC-58.37<br /> -3---Laura Hitchman-LSAC-59.84<br /> -4---Elaine O'Neill-Woodford Green & Essex Ladies-1:01.27<br /> <strong>Women 400m Race B</strong><br /> -1---Shaw Natalie-Loughborough-59.93<br /> -2---Kathryn Davies-LSAC-1:00.53<br /> -3---Emma Paton-LSAC-1:00.64<br /> -4---Hazel Le Cornu-LSAC-1:00.97<br /> -5---Aisling McGhee-LSAC-1:01.50<br /> <strong>Men 400m Race A</strong><br /> -1---Ben Higgins-LSAC-47.95<br /> -2---Lloyd Gumbs-LSAC-49.22<br /> -3---Michael Warner-Notts AC-49.61<br /> -4---Paul Goodall-LSAC-49.64<br /> -5---Paul Judson-LSAC-49.87<br /> <strong>Men 400m Race B</strong><br /> -1---Dan Cash-LSAC-50.06<br /> -2---Glyn Hawkes-LSAC-50.17<br /> -3---Tom Grantham-City of Sheffield-52.19<br /> -4---Mike Garside-LSAC-52.59<br /> -5---Simon Curtis-Doncaster AC-55.60<br /> -6---Simon Boskovic-LSAC-58.26<br /> <strong>Women 100m Hurdles ---Wind 1.4m/s</strong><br /> -1---Zara Hohn-Wakefield District Harriers-13.66<br /> -2---Gemma Werrett-LSAC-13.71<br /> -3---Kylie Robilliard-LSAC-14.21<br /> <strong>Men 110m Hurdles ---Wind 2.3m/s</strong><br /> -1---Nick Gayle-Sale Harriers-14.19<br /> -2---David Feeney-LSAC-14.38<br /> -3---Jordan Fleary-LSAC-14.81<br /> <strong>3,000m Combined Match</strong><br /> -1---Lewis Moses-LSAC-8:31.73<br /> -2---Tim Dalton-LSAC-8:33.53<br /> -3---Rob Hodges-LSAC-8:33.85<br /> -4---Peter Street-LSAC-8:45.35<br /> -5---Shane Kerr-LSAC-8:46.25<br /> -6---Richard Harper-LSAC-8:51.40<br /> -7---Aidan McCormack-LSAC-9:15.47<br /> -8---Natalie Gray-LSAC-9:51.25<br /> -9---Jo Galloway-LSAC-9:57.07<br /> -10---Kirsty Milner-LSAC-9:59.00<br /> -11---Sarah Parkinson-LSAC-10:38.68<br /> -12---Jodie Ledger-LSAC-10:53.90<br /> <strong>Women 200m ---Wind 2.8m/s </strong><br /> -1---Sarah Adams-LSAC-24.19<br /> -2---Emma Bailey-LSAC-24.59<br /> -3---Kylie Russell-LSAC-25.13<br /> -4---Natalie Jowett-LSAC-25.67<br /> <strong>Men 200m Race A---Wind 0.6m/s</strong><br /> -1---Adam Daish-LSAC-22.29<br /> -2---Luke Giblin-LSAC-22.42<br /> -3---Luke Stott-LSAC-22.58<br /> -4---Brad Williams-LSAC-23.05<br /> <strong>Men 200m Race B---Wind 2.6m/s</strong><br /> -1---Andy Blow-LSAC-21.65<br /> -2---David Hughes-Trafford-21.81<br /> -3---Patrick Swan-LSAC-22.06<br /> -4---Louis Jones-LSAC-22.34<br /> <strong>Men 200m Race C---Wind 0.5m/s</strong><br /> -1---David Feeney-LSAC-22.45<br /> -2---Nick Little-LSAC-22.81<br /> -3---Will Green-LSAC-23.38<br /> -4---Sean Vernon-LSAC-23.62<br /> -5---Ka chuen To-LSAC-25.18<br /> <strong>Men 200m Race D---Wind 0.7m/s</strong><br /> -1---Martin Ogun-Sanya-LSAC-23.15<br /> -2---Clint Grabs-Derby University-23.57<br /> -3---Simon Wombwell-LSAC-24.03<br /> -4---Fraser Young-LSAC-24.58<br /> -5---Denis Akinmolasire-LSAC-24.68<br /> -6---Victor Cook (M40)-Leicester Coritainian AC-24.90<br /> <strong>Women 1500m </strong><br /> -1---Dani Christmas-LSAC-4:31.99<br /> -2---Kaye Kirkham-LSAC-4:35.54<br /> -3---Alison Lavender-LSAC-4:42.19<br /> <strong>Men 1500m Race A</strong><br /> -1---Rob Whittle-LSAC-3:58.20<br /> -2---Frank Baddick-LSAC-3:58.43<br /> -3---Paul Hutton-LSAC-3:58.58<br /> -4---James Griffiths-LSAC-4:00.75<br /> -5---Laurence Cox-LSAC-4:01.50<br /> -6---Robert Nixon-Ilford AC-4:02.70<br /> -7---Alex Wall-Clarke-LSAC-4:11.81<br /> -8---Andy Pickett-LSAC-4:25.89<br /> <strong>4x100m </strong><br /> -1---Men's 400m Team- -42.70<br /> -2---Men's 100m Team- -42.88<br /> -3---Women's A Team- -49.21<br /> -4---Women's B Team- -51.66<br /> <strong>Field</strong><br /> <strong>Men High Jump</strong><br /> -1--Wani Mkandawire- -1.95m<br /> -2--Peter Ringel-LSAC-1.90m<br /> -3--Ricardo Twumasi-LSAC-1.85m<br /> -4--Ekachai Field-LSAC-1.80m<br /> <strong>Men Long Jump</strong><br /> -1--Matthew Burton-LSAC-7.32m<br /> -2--Louis Jones-LSAC-7.04m<br /> -3--Ekachai Field-LSAC-6.93m<br /> -4--Martyn Ormerod-LSAC-6.81m<br /> -5--Ricardo Twumasi-LSAC-6.67m<br /> -6--David Feeney-LSAC-6.55m<br /> -7--Bradley Pickup-LSAC-6.48m<br /> -8--Thomas Dunn-Unattached-6.41m<br /> -9--Paul Ogun-Nottingham University-6.38m<br /> -10--Adrian Hemery-LSAC-6.27m<br /> <strong>Men Shot</strong><br /> -1--Kieren Kelly-LSAC-18.10m<br /> -2--Scot Thompson- -14.84m<br /> -3--Daniel Brunt-City of Sheffield-14.80m<br /> -4--John Twiddle-Kingston Upon Hull AC-12.00m<br /> <strong>U20</strong> <br /> -1--Jamie Stevenson (U20)-LSAC-17.94m<br /> <strong>Men Discus</strong><br /> -1--Marcus Gouldbourne-Sale Harriers-57.32m<br /> -2--Scot Thompson- -48.65m<br /> -3--Daniel Brunt-City of Sheffield-43.14m<br /> -4--Max Hall-LSAC-39.30m<br /> -5--John Twiddle-Kingston Upon Hull AC-35.65m<br /> <strong>U20</strong><br /> -1--Jamie Stevenson (U20)-LSAC-49.98m<br /> <strong>Men Hammer</strong> <br /> -1--Matt Lambley-City of Sheffield-63.99m<br /> -2--John Pearson-LSAC-58.98m<br /> -3--Chris Shorthouse-Notts AC-55.94m<br /> -4--Stuart Thurgood-Watford Harriers-53.82m<br /> -5--Andy Windley-LSAC-37.92m<br /> <strong>U20</strong><br /> -1--Dan Gilder (U17)-Notts AC-55.94m<br /> -1--Ashley Gilder (U15)-Notts AC-39.64m<br /> <strong>Women Shot</strong> <br /> -1--Rebecca Peake-LSAC-16.23m<br /> -2--Rachel Wallender-Rugby & Northampton-14.57m<br /> <strong>Women Hammer</strong><br /> -1--Sarah Holt -LSAC-63.75m - <em>(British U23 record)</em><br /> -2--Annika Wing-LSAC-25.45m</p> Uni Page #17085 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Edwards and Greaves shine in San Diego http://www.athletics-leics.com/track_and_field.html <h3>San Diego, California, USA</h3> <h3>Saturday 26th April 2008</h3> <p>MARK EDWARDS followed his superb lifetime best Beijing Olympics 'A' standard qualification performance of 20.70m earlier this month with a fine victory in the Shot competition at the UCSD Triton Invitational Meeting in San Diego, California.</p> <p>The 33-year-old Charnwood athlete recorded a best of 20.14m to finish ahead of American Zack Lloyd (19.95).</p> <p>Fellow Charnwood athlete Dan Greaves, the Athens 2004 Paralympic gold medallist, finished in third place in the 2kg Discus with a new personal best of 49.76m.</p> <p><h4>Full results are available on the following link: <a href="http://www.ucsdtritons.com/downloads1/40956.rtf?ATCLID=1448769&SPSID=93286&SPID=11064&DB_OEM_ID=5800" rel="popup">www.ucsdtritons.com/downloads1/40956.rtf?ATCLID=1448769&SPSID=93286&SPID=11064&DB_OEM_ID=5800</a></h4> </p> Track and Field #17086 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Clay races to steel city victory http://www.athletics-leics.com/running.html <h3>Sunday 27th April 2008</h3> <p>NICOLA CLAY produced an excellent performance to win the SIG Insulations City of Sheffield Half Marathon.</p> <p>The 35-year-old Leicestershire athlete, winner of the 2006 Experian Robin Hood Marathon, representing Stilton Striders crossed the line in a time of 1hr 18mins 53secs to take victory ahead of Becky Penty of the City of York (1:20.07) and Notts AC's Nicola Bamford (1:20.20).</p> <p><h4>Full results are available on the following link: <a href="http://www.race-results.co.uk/results/2008/sheffhalf.html" rel="popup">www.race-results.co.uk/results/2008/sheffhalf.html</a></h4> </p> Running Page #17087 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100