LEICESTER-born Nathan Morgan, the 2002 Commonwealth champion finished in fifth place with a best of 7.97 metres (wind:+1.0) in the Long Jump at the 36th Gran Premio Diputación de Salamanca meeting, the 12th of 18 European Athletics Permit Meetings of the season held on Tuesday (July 2nd).
The competition featured South Africa’s reigning IAAF World indoor champion Godfrey Mokoena and Cuba’s Ibrahim Camejo, who currently stands in second place on this year’s IAAF world-season’s list thanks to a PB of 8.46m set in Bilbao.
The contest took until the fourth round to really sparkle when Mokoena landed a leap of 8.03m. Yet the fireworks began in the very last efforts when both jumpers managed 8.13m in legal conditions. The top spot went to Mokoena by virtue of his better second best effort, 8.03m to Camejo’s 7.95m.
UK record holder Chris Tomlinson, the World Indoor silver medallist, produced a best effort of 7.82m, however, he does have the Olympic ‘B’ qualification standard with his national indoor record of 8.18m set earlier this year at the Sparkassen Cup in Stuttgart.
The Helmantico Stadium in Salamanca was the venue for the current World High Jump record of 2.45m cleared by Javier Sotomayor in 1993, one of two global marks the Cuban established there.
MARTYN ROONEY and Nicola Sanders headlined a selection of top performances by British athletes by securing fine victories over the one-lap distance at the Notturna di Milano International meeting held on a hot and humid night in Italy.
Loughborough-based Rooney, the fastest man in Europe this year with his 45.19 PB set in Geneva, continued his excellent run of form - now undefeated in six races he prevailed in Milan in a time of 45.44secs.
World 400 metres silver medallist Nicola Sanders followed her fine victory at the SPAR European Cup in Annecy last month with another impressive win, the Loughborough graduate and reigning European indoor champion clocked a season’s best of 50.88 seconds ahead of second placed Libania Grenot, the Italian record holder who broke their national record running the 400 metres in 51.05 last weekend in Florence, confirmed her potential by finishing runner-up in 51.16 ahead of this year’s African champion and 49.83 performer Amantle Montsho (51.23).
In other events the 2006 European and Commonwealth bronze medallist Andy Turner produced an encouraging performance to win the 110m Hurdles in a time of 13.68secs.
Simeon Williamson, last year’s European Under-23 champion in Debrecen, won a very tight 100 metres in 10.27 edging out Italian Jaques Riparelli (10.28) and the French record holder Ronald Pognon (10.28). Fellow Brit Abi Oyepitan was seventh in the 100m (11.83).
Loughborough-based Nick McCormick also finished in fifth place over 1500m as the Morpeth Harrier clocked 3mins 38.13secs in the race won by Ethiopia’s World indoor champion Deresse Mekonnen Tsigu in 3:34.02.
Jemma Simpson, the reigning UK 800m champion, ran a personal best - but more importantly an Olympic Games qualifying standard of 1min 59.17secs to defeat Italy's Elizabeth Cusma.
European Under-23 champion Williamson improved his season's best to 10.27sec to win the 100m while British champion Michael Rimmer also recorded a summer's fastest of 1min 46.11sec to clinch the 800m.
In the Men’s 400m ‘B’ race double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius slowed on the final straight in his first able-bodied race in nearly a year, finishing fourth and well outside the Olympic qualifying time.
The South African finished in 47.78 seconds, however, he needs a 45.55 to qualify for the Beijing Olympics.
Pistorius' lifetime best is 46.36. He resumed training six weeks ago when sports' highest court ruled he was eligible to run in Beijing.
LOUGHBOROUGH students and Leicestershire athletes were in domestic action over the weekend at the Fest 2008 UK Challenge event at Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium ahead of the Aviva AAA National Championships and Olympic Trials that take place later this month (11th-13th July) at the same venue.
On the opening day (June 28th) the Women’s Shot Put final produced some of the most improved performances amongst competing athletes so far, with personal bests as Joanna Duncan (Woodford Green and Essex Ladies) produced a season best of 16.37m to take the victory.
Having secured the Olympic 'A' Standard, Philippa Roles (Swansea Harriers) fine performance in the Elite Women’s Discus witnessed her win comfortably with a throw of 58.23m.
Carl Myerscough (Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde AC) achieved the Olympic ‘B’ Standard with a throw of 19.94m to win the Men’s Shot Put final, Loughborough’s British Universities champion Kieren Kelly was 5th with a best of 17.81m.
In the Elite Men’s Discus competition Loughborough graduate Emeke Udechuku (Woodford Green and Essex Ladies) and Brett Morse (Cardiff AAC) fought a close battle. Morse’s throw of 58.83m was not enough to beat a solid performance from Udechuku, winning with a throw of 60.12m.
Mary Devlin representing Abbey AC set a personal best of 5.88m to take victory in the Elite Women’s Long Jump category. Reigning English schools champion, Leicester Coritanian Laura Samuel, finished in sixth place with a best of 5.69m.
With Loughborough graduate Samson Oni withdrawing from the Elite High Jump event preferring to compete in Lille on the Friday (June 27th), the field was open for Tom Parsons (Birchfield Harriers) to take first place with a height of 2.24m as he continues to chase the Olympic ‘A’ standard of 2.30m.
On day 2 (June 29th) Zoë Derham’s (Birchfield Harriers) dramatic last round throw won the competition with a season’s best of 66.90m in the final event of the day, the Elite Women’s Hammer.
Ahead of his appearance for Team GB at the upcoming IAAF World Junior Championships in Poland, Peter Smith (Kingston Upon Hull AC), produced a scintillating final throw in the Elite Men’s Hammer competition with 73.19m.
The event also saw European Cup representative Mike Floyd (Sale Harriers Manchester) set a personal and season’s best with a throw of 69.27m and Scottish athlete Mark Dry also record a PB of 61.27m.
The Women’s Elite Shot provided an appreciative crowd with a fine competition as Joanne Duncan (Woodford Green and Essex Ladies) prevailed with a season’s best of 16.37m. Alison Rodger’s (Sale Harriers Manchester) personal best places her first in the Scottish rankings in the event, with a throw of 15.88m.
There was also an excellent PB for Leicester’s Eden Francis (Birchfield Harriers), who came in second with a lifetime best throw of 16.12m.
A three way battle for first place developed in the Elite Men’s Triple Jump, however, Loughborough sports scholar Nathan Douglas (Oxford City) will be satisfied to have beaten Tosin Oke (Woodford Green and Essex Ladies) and Julian Golley (Windsor, Slough and Eton Harriers) into second and third place respectively with a winning 16.32m.
Douglas, the 2006 Gothenburg European bronze medallist is on the comeback from injury as he looks to make his final attempt on the Beijing Olympic ‘A’ qualifying mark of 17.10m at the trials.
Katy Watts (City of Portsmouth) led the way in the Elite Women’s Javelin with a best throw of 48.62m. Under-17 Izzy Jeffs (North Devon) recorded a personal best to secure third place with a throw of 44.36m, with Loughborough’s British Universities champion Rosie Semenytsh (Windsor, Slough and Eton Harriers) taking second place (46.53).
The Elite Men’s Javelin was won by Mervyn Luckwell (Marshall Milton Keynes AC) with a throw of 70.69m, ahead of the former BUSA champion and Loughborough graduate David Parker (Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers) 69.83m.
The destination of the first prize in the Elite Men’s Pole Vault was delicately poised, with Luke Cutts (Dearneside High AC) prevailing on the day over his Sale Harriers Manchester club mate, Loughborough student Paul Walker, with a final height achieved of 5.15m.
Loughborough Sports Scholar Lee McConnell returned to action having missed the European Cup in Annecy producing a collection of performances at the UK Women's League Division One meeting in Birmingham.
The 28-year-old Glasgow-born British international part of the successful bronze medal winning Team GB 4x400m relay squad at last year’s Osaka IAAF World Championships clocked 51.7secs over 400m followed by 23.1secs over 200m. (Both handtimed)
Loughborough graduate Kim Wall is beginning to show good form as the Basildon athlete clocked a season's best of 52.46secs to finish second at the Honved International Meeting in Budapest, followed by 23.60secs in the 200m.
STEPH TWELL warmed-up next month's IAAF World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland, with an impressive performance over 1500m at the latest Nike BMC Grand Prix meeting staged on the track of Solihull’s Norman Green Stadium.
Twell (18), now well on the road to recovery from the stress fracture to her back that forced her to miss racing for almost four months and the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Edinburgh in March dominated the Women’s ‘A’ 1500m race with an impressive performance to clock a winning time of 4mins 09.29secs ahead of one of India’s leading middle-distance specialists currently based in the UK, Sinimole Paulose, runner-up in a personal best of 4:11.64. Irish international Kelly Reid was fourth in a season’s best of 4:17.39.
Back in 7th place and making her season debut due to recent injury problems, Charnwood’s Midlands cross country champion Hannah Whitmore recorded 4:25.25.
Cardiff’s ever-consistent James Thie edged out Loughborough University’s Mike Coltherd in the Men's 1500m where both athletes set season's bests of 3:42.04 and 3:42.28 respectively.
Leicester Owls Rory Fraser dropping down from his preferred distance of 5,000m had a useful run-out to finish 12th in 3:46.49.
Rajeev Ramesan of India narrowly missed the Olympic ‘B’ qualification mark in the Men's 800m 'A' race recording a new lifetime best of 1:47.06 to secure victory just 0.06secs short of the Beijing mark.
Notts Richard Hill finished second in a season’s best of 1:47.22, whilst, club mate and Loughborough University graduate Chris Warburton won the 800m ‘C’ race in a season's best of 1:49.75.
Liverpool Harrier Vicky Griffiths claimed her second win of the BMC Series in fine style ahead of Loughborough’s World University Games bronze medallist Charlotte Best and Glasgow’s Joanna Ross in the Women's 800m ‘A’ race. Griffiths clocking a time of 2:02.43 - Best recording 2:03.27, and Ross 2:03.99.
India’s Preeja Sreedharan who has already qualified for the Beijing Games in the 10,000m dominated the 5,000m race claiming an easy victory and a new personal best of 15:45.61 ahead of Charnwood’s Juliet Potter, second in a season's best of 16:06.68 and Loughborough graduate Alexa Joel - third in a lifetime best over the distance of 16:08.42.
Race of the night was produced in a highly competitive Men’s 3,000m Steeplechase where Scotland’s Florida-based Andrew Lemoncello out kicked the resurgent Sale Harrier Stuart Stokes to take victory in a season’s best time of 8.27.40, Stokes second in 8:28.04.
Both athletes already hold the Olympic ‘A’ standard and look certain to be on the plane to Beijing in August.
In the junior promotional races in Solihull two Aldershot athletes claimed victory with Jonathan Hay winning the Peter Coe Junior Men's Mile in a new personal best of 4:18.07 and Emelia Gorecka also clocking a PB to win the Frank Horwill Mile in 4:46.87.
Full Results:
Men 800 A
1-1:47.06-Rajeev Ramesan-PB-SEN-M-23-03.02.85-India
2-1:47.22-Richard Hill-SB-U23-M-22-12.02.86-Notts/UWIC
3-1:47.48-Sajeesh Joseph- -U23-M-21-14.01.87-India
4-1:48.21-Chris Gowell- -SEN-M-22-26.09.85-Swansea/UWIC
5-1:49.32-Stephen Davies-SB-SEN-M-24-16.02.84-Belgrave/UWIC
6-1:50.00-Joseph Maynard- -SEN-M-22-25.07.85-Cardiff
7-1:50.35-Graeme Oudney- -SEN-M-23-11.04.85-Belgrave/Pitreavie/Dundee Uni
8-1:50.47-Nick Bromley- -SEN-M-25-23.03.83-Australia
Men 800 B
1-1:50.57-Colin McCourt-SB-SEN-M-23-11.12.84-Bournemouth/St. Mary's Uni
2-1:50.96-Oliver Blake- -U23-M-20-14.03.88-Oswestry/Loughborough Uni
3-1:51.01-Gareth Warburton- -SEN-M-25-23.04.83-Cardiff/UWIC
4-1:51.04-Ben Wiffen- -SEN-M-23-30.10.84-Tonbridge/St. Andrews Uni/Kent
5-1:51.14-Matthew Fox- -U23-M-21-15.02.87-Australia
6-1:51.25-Myles Barrett- -U23-M-20-23.07.87-Staffordshire Moorlands/Loughborough Uni
7-1:51.26-Neil Burnside- -SEN-M-23-07.08.84-Shaftesbury Barnet/Ayr Seaforth/Glasgow Uni AC
Men 800 C
1-1:49.75-Chris Warburton-SB-SEN-M-24-23.08.83-Notts/Loughborough Uni
2-1:50.50-Eoin Everard-SB-U23-M-22-23.04.86-Kilkenny/Ireland
3-1:50.89-Mark Mitchell-SB-U23-M-20-23.05.88-Forres/Edinburgh/Edinburgh Uni
4-1:52.63-Conor Healy- -U23-M-21-02.06.87-Clonliffe/Ireland
5-1:52.95-Paul Bradshaw- -U23-M-20-22.01.88-Blackburn/UWIC
6-1:55.34-Frank Baddick- -SEN-M-22-29.11.85-Bristol & West/Loughborough Uni
7-1:57.54-Alex Budd- -SEN-M-23-06.12.84-City of Portsmouth
Men 800 D
1-1:52.3-Alan O'Brien-PB-SEN-M-25-13.06.83-Crusaders/Ireland
2-1:52.4-Michael Dyer- -SEN-M-23-28.09.84-North Down/McNeese State Uni/Herne Hill
3-1:52.5-Mitch Goose-PB-U20-M-19-16.03.89-City of Norwich/St. Mary's Uni
4-1:52.6-Sam Coombes-SB-SEN-M-26-08.08.81-Dartford H/Brunel Uni/Kent
5-1:52.7-Steven Morrow- -U23-M-21-16.01.87-Ballymena & Antrim/Border/Loughborough Uni
6-1:54.3-Carl Goose- -SEN-M-22-30.12.85-City of Norwich
7-1:54.8-Sam Evans- -U20-M-18-15.01.90-Cannock & Stafford
8-2:01.1-Ian Lowthian- -SEN-M-27-10.10.80-Sale Harriers Manchester
Men 800 D
1-1:51.96-Steve Evison-SB-SEN-M-25-29.01.83-City of Sheffield/Sheffield Hallam Uni
2-1:52.25-Chris Brown-SB-U23-M-20-04.09.87-Mansfield/City of Sheffield
3-1:52.40-Feidhlim Kelly-SB-SEN-M-25-05.06.83-Raheny Shamrocks/Ireland
4-1:53.46-Joe Van Der Toorn- -U23-M-21-07.05.87-Belgrave
5-1:53.60-Jonathan Butler- -U20-M-19-23.03.89-Swansea/West Wales
6-1:55.17-Nick Samuels- -SEN-M-27-13.06.81-Sale Harriers Manchester/Loughborough Uni
7-1:55.64-Davey Platt- -U20-M-17-29.10.90-North Devon
8-1:56.85-James Miller- -SEN-M-23-13.03.85-Cheltenham/Police
Men 800 F
1-1:52.68-Philip Burkart-SB-SEN-M-24-26.08.83-Belgrave/Loughborough Uni/United States
2-1:53.07-David Bishop-SB-U23-M-21-09.05.87-Bristol & West/UWIC
3-1:53.11-Jelle Verwer-PB-U20-M-17-07.02.91-Tipton/Cheshire Tigers
4-1:54.23-Nigel Malkin-PB-U23-M-19-27.10.88-Sale Harriers Manchester
5-1:55.73-Dave McKinlay- -SEN-M-23-30.08.84-Blackheath & Bromley/East Anglia Uni
6-1:56.25-James Griffiths- -U20-M-19-03.05.89-Vale Royal/Loughborough Uni
7-1:57.51-Ronan Duggan- -U20-M-18-19.11.89-Bandon/Ireland
Men 800 G
1-1:55.59-Tom Marsden-PB-U17-M-16-15.11.91-Worthing
2-1:56.32-Michael Salter- -U20-M-18-12.01.90-Leeds City
3-1:56.89-Tom Holden-SB-SEN-M-24-02.02.84-Tipton/Manchester Uni
4-1:57.01-Robert Heaney- -U20-M-19-10.02.89-Bedford & County/Brunel Uni/Team Bedfordshire
5-1:57.53-Richard Spooner- -U20-M-17-09.11.90-Hallamshire
6-1:57.59-Chris Lamb- -SEN-M-23-11.09.84-Rugby & Northampton
Men 800 H
1-1:56.26-John Millington- -SEN-M-24-07.09.83-Tipton
2-1:56.75-Marc Turner- -V35-M-35-09.11.72-Birchfield/Coventry Uni
3-1:56.99-Sebastian Dennis-PB-U20-M-18-14.01.90-Germany
4-1:57.27-Thomas Meakin-SB-SEN-M-23-02.09.84-Owls Leicester
5-1:57.74-Tom Phillips- -U23-M-19-24.10.88-Woodford Green with Essex Ladies/UWIC
6-1:58.56-Michael Hobson- -U20-M-19-29.03.89-Bexley/St. Mary's Uni
7-1:58.70-Bobby Whittaker-SB-U23-M-20-28.02.88-Sale Harriers Manchester
8-2:00.78-Jarryd Dunn- -U17-M-16-30.01.92-Birchfield
9-2:03.53-Dale Worton- -U17-M-16-06.12.91-Wakefield
Men 800 I
1-1:56.62-Michael Goodwin-PB-U20-M-16-29.08.91-Bedford & County
2-1:57.51-Richard O'Donnell-SB-U20-M-17-08.09.90-Birchfield
3-1:57.60-Andrew Downing-PB-U17-M-16-04.10.91-Coventry
4-2:01.92-Matthew Lloyd- -U20-M-17-17.02.91-Preston
Women 800 A
1-2:02.41-Vicky Griffiths- -SEN-W-23-09.10.84-Liverpool H/Liverpool John Moores Uni
2-2:03.27-Charlotte Best- -SEN-W-23-07.03.85-Crawley/Loughborough Uni
3-2:03.99-Joanna Ross- -SEN-W-27-18.02.81-Victoria Park City of Glasgow/Edinburgh
4-2:04.62-Tara Bird-PB-U23-W-20-22.07.87-Woodford Green with Essex Ladies/Brunel Uni
5-2:05.04-Rachael Ogden- -SEN-W-28-23.07.79-Worthing
6-2:05.18-Karen Harewood- -SEN-W-32-19.08.75-Corby/Rugby & Northampton
7-2:05.55-Suvi Selvenius-PB-SEN-W-28-07.06.80-Finland
8-2:05.63-Sushma Devi- -SEN-W-23-05.07.84-India
Women 800 B
1-2:07.81-Minna Jarvenpaa-PB-SEN-W-26-29.11.81-Finland
2-2:08.27-Victoria Owen- -SEN-W-28-16.11.79-Sale Harriers Manchester/Police/Trentham
3-2:08.37-Ellie Meadows- -SEN-W-25-26.05.83-Basildon/Shaftesbury Barnet
4-2:08.47-Michaela Hutchison-SB-SEN-W-23-10.09.84-Hillingdon/Belgrave-
5-2:08.57-Hazel Murphy- -SEN-W-24-25.06.84-Dundrum South Dublin/Ireland
6-2:09.32-Helen Singleton- -SEN-W-25-21.09.82-Wakefield
7-2:09.61-Emma Pallant-SB-U20-W-19-04.06.89-Aldershot, Farnham & District/Brunel Uni
8-2:10.05-Joanne Dawes- -SEN-W-24-04.10.83-Trafford
9-2:10.40-Claire Nichols- -SEN-W-29-14.05.79-Woking/Team Southampton
10-2:11.03-Hayley Wills- -SEN-W-23-18.01.85-Herts Phoenix/UWIC
Women 800 C
1-2:07.15-Rowena Cole-PB-U17-W-16-13.01.92-Coventry
2-2:07.80-Angie Smit-PB-U20-W-16-16.08.91-New Zealand
3-2:09.69-Rhianna Parker-Simpson-PB-SEN-W-24-20.07.83-Halesowen/Southampton Uni/Team Southampton
4-2:10.03-Victoria Barcello- -SEN-W-22-03.09.85-Cardiff/Glamorgan Uni
5-2:10.10-Julia Lange-PB-SEN-W-23-03.06.85-Oxford Uni/Germany
6-2:11.26-Nina Anderson- -V35-W-36-26.01.72-Shaftesbury Barnet
7-2:11.71-Helen Hadjam- -SEN-W-30-18.10.77-Herne Hill/Guernsey
8-2:13.38-Lucy Yates- -U20-W-18-23.04.90-Shaftesbury Barnet
9-2:13.49-Louise Small- -U17-W-16-27.03.92-Aldershot, Farnham & District
10-2:19.42-Benytta Doman- -U17-W-16-27.01.92-Cwmbran
Women 800 D
1-2:11.20-Cally Read-PB-U20-W-17-15.05.91-Cannock & Stafford
2-2:11.73-Stephanie Roe- -U20-W-18-13.08.89-Preston
3-2:12.64-Jordan Kinney- -U20-W-18-15.05.90-Royal Sutton Coldfield
4-2:12.79-Kate McGing-PB-U23-W-22-12.04.86-Liverpool H/Edge Hill Col
5-2:14.12-Emily Merrick- -U20-W-17-15.01.91-Hereford
6-2:14.46-Jaki Fairchild- -U20-W-19-03.05.89-Trafford/Loughborough Uni
7-2:14.96-Kaye Kirkham- -SEN-W-23-19.10.84-Sale Harriers Manchester/Loughborough Uni
8-2:15.99-Natalie Shaw- -U23-W-22-30.01.86-Loughborough Uni
9-2:16.44-Lauren Downing- -U17-W-15-10.06.93-Coventry
10-2:17.44-Lauren Proctor- -U17-W-15-25.06.93-Wakefield
Women 800 E
1-2:13.83-Ruth Mitchell-PB-U23-W-20-10.02.88-Bristol & West/UWIC
2-2:15.12-Holly Archer-PB-U15-W-14-07.11.93-West Suffolk
3-2:16.15-Cerian Lancaster- -U20-W-16-17.08.91-Telford AC
4-2:16.62-Dawn Kelly- -SEN-W-24-01.10.83-Belgooly/Ireland
5-2:16.84-Bethan Strange-SB-U23-W-21-07.03.87-Cardiff/UWIC
6-2:17.10-India Lee- -U23-W-20-31.05.88-Winchester/Southampton Uni
7-2:17.17-Rebecca Nuttall- -U20-W-18-25.02.90-Deeside AAC/Liverpool H/North Wales
8-2:17.57-Jessica Dickson- -U20-W-19-21.02.89-Cwmbran/Cardiff Uni
9-2:21.39-Sophie Fletcher- -U17-W-16-27.03.92-Preston
Women 800 F
1-2:13.78-Jade Williams-PB-U17-W-15-07.09.92-Radley/Amman Valley
2-2:16.55-Davina Cole-SB-U17-W-16-13.01.92-Coventry
3-2:17.31-Nicole Roberts-SB-U17-W-16-30.01.92-Winchester
4-2:21.26-Lora James-PB-U17-W-14-16.07.93-Cwmbran
5-2:22.76-Lucy Sumner- -U17-W-16-26.06.92-Preston
6-2:22.77-Aimee Booth- -U23-W-22-15.06.86-Birchfield
7-2:24.20-Jennifer Davies- -U17-W-16-04.10.91-Blackpool, Wyre & Fylde
Men 1500 A
1-3:42.04-James Thie-SB-SEN-M-30-27.06.78-Cardiff
2-3:42.28-Michael Coltherd-SB-SEN-M-25-28.12.82-Trafford/Loughborough Uni
3-3:44.07-Gareth Price-SB-SEN-M-28-27.11.79-Shaftesbury Barnet/Black Squirrel TC
4-3:44.25-Tim Bayley- -SEN-M-26-04.10.81-Belgrave/Iona Col
5-3:44.44-Chris Bolt-SB-SEN-M-27-21.09.80-Aldershot, Farnham & District/Shaftesbury Barnet
6-3:44.70-Hamza Chatholi- -SEN-M-27-01.01.81-India
7-3:44.77-Bruce Raeside- -SEN-M-26-02.12.81-Notts/Cambuslang/Nottingham Trent Uni
8-3:45.15-Jorge Thomas-PB-SEN-M-25-07.02.83-Cardiff/Leeds Uni Cross Country Club
9-3:45.69-Jermaine Mays- -SEN-M-25-23.12.82-Kent
10-3:45.77-Joe MacDonald- -SEN-M-22-30.12.85-Trafford/Loughborough Uni
11-3:46.22-Jonathan Taylor- -U23-M-20-10.10.87-Morpeth/Teeside Uni
12-3:46.49-Rory Fraser- -U23-M-21-25.04.87-Owls Leicester/Leeds Metropolitan Uni
13-3:48.77-Paritam Bind- -SEN-M-22-05.10.85-India
14-3:51.72-Moumin Geele-SB-U23-M-22-06.04.86-Newham & Essex Beagles/Somalia
15-3:56.37-Ravinder Sharma- -U23-M-20-23.12.87-India
Men 1500 B
1-3:47.18-Drew Graham-PB-SEN-M-23-14.11.84-Gosforth
2-3:47.80-Matthew Bowser-SB-SEN-M-24-03.07.83-Lincoln Wellington/City of Sheffield
3-3:47.90-Rob Whittle- -SEN-M-27-14.06.81-Basingstoke & Mid Hants/Loughborough Uni
4-3:48.09-Alastair Hay-SB-SEN-M-22-07.09.85-Central/Thames Valley/Queen Margaret Uni
5-3:48.41-Ben Tickner- -SEN-M-26-13.07.81-Thames Valley/Wells City
6-3:49.11-Henrik Skoog-PB-SEN-M-29-17.04.79-Sweden
7-3:49.21-Jordan Neil-PB-U20-M-19-06.02.89-North Down/McNeese State Uni
8-3:50.88-Philip Aagaard- -SEN-M-26-19.06.82-Sweden
10-3:52.00-Gary O'Hanlon- -SEN-M-33-03.08.74-Clonliffe/Ireland
9-3:52.00-Phil Nicholls-PB-SEN-M-24-29.09.83-Tipton/Birmingham Uni/Shaftesbury Barnet
11-3:52.71-Ian Williamson- -SEN-M-29-02.11.78-Cambridge & Coleridge/Edinburgh/Loughborough Uni/B
12-3:53.46-James Mills- -U23-M-20-23.11.87-Wrexham/Bath Uni
13-3:54.25-Peter Bridger- -SEN-M-26-06.09.81-Luton/Lancaster Uni/Swansea
14-3:54.52-Aki Nummela-PB-SEN-M-23-30.05.85-Finland
15-3:55.36-Aidan Bailey- -SEN-M-24-29.12.83-Ireland
16-3:58.20-Paul Miles- -SEN-M-24-28.04.84-Owls Leicester
Men 1500 C
1-3:49.19-Richard Peters-PB-U20-M-18-18.02.90-Bristol & West
2-3:50.03-Niall Brooks-PB-U20-M-16-08.07.91-Sale Harriers Manchester
3-3:52.08-Tim Egerton-PB-SEN-M-24-19.01.84-Trafford/UWIC
4-3:52.41-Phillip Tulba-SB-SEN-M-34-20.09.73-Basingstoke & Mid Hants
5-3:52.75-Tom Marley- -U23-M-21-02.01.87-Bristol & West/UWIC
6-3:53.78-Keith Gerrard- -U23-M-22-24.03.86-Newham & Essex Beagles/St. Mary's Uni
7-3:53.89-Gareth Hill- -SEN-M-29-24.05.79-Ballymena & Antrim/Border
8-3:53.94-James King- -U23-M-21-26.09.86-Milford/Ireland
9-3:54.35-Thomas Minshull- -U23-M-21-17.04.87-Trafford
10-3:54.49-Martin Conroy- -SEN-M-27-17.12.80-Sligo/Swansea/Ireland
11-3:54.51-Matthew Nicholson- -SEN-M-26-26.05.82-Gosforth/Pudsey & Bramley/Newcastle Uni
12-3:56.47-Stephen Lisgo- -U23-M-21-29.03.87-Mansfield/Edinburgh/Leeds Metropolitan Uni
13-3:56.60-Fintan Mc Gee-SB-SEN-M-26-23.08.81-Lucan/Ireland
14-3:57.10-Jakob Hannibal-SB-SEN-M-27-18.01.81-Denmark
15-3:58.85-Andrew Brown-SB-SEN-M-31-17.06.77-Woodford Green with Essex Ladies
16-4:01.63-Henry Hammond- -SEN-M-26-03.10.81-Coventry
17-4:03.29-Mark Pollard- -SEN-M-26-25.02.82-Belgrave/Inverclyde
Men 1500 D
1-3:50.09-Tim Dalton- -U23-M-20-16.08.87-Severn/Loughborough Uni
2-3:51.06-Ian Boneham-PB-SEN-M-25-30.09.82-Notts
3-3:53.25-Emmett Dunleavy-SB-SEN-M-26-01.07.81-Sligo/Ireland
4-3:53.77-Chris Powner- -SEN-M-24-21.12.83-Winchester/Loughborough Uni
5-3:54.10-Torsti Kettula-PB-SEN-M-23-14.05.85-Finland
6-3:54.15-Ben Moreau-SB-SEN-M-26-15.12.81-Aldershot, Farnham & District/Oxford Uni
7-3:54.77-Mathew Almond-SB-SEN-M-26-16.07.81-Coventry
8-3:55.61-Sam Burke-PB-SEN-M-25-27.07.82-Australia
9-3:57.18-Nick Goolab- -U20-M-18-30.01.90-Belgrave
10-3:57.32-Ben Jones- -U23-M-22-14.01.86-Coventry
11-3:57.89-Colin Miles- -SEN-M-30-20.12.77-Southend
12-3:59.96-Kevin Lawlor-PB-U23-M-20-22.09.87-St. Laurence O'Toole/Ireland
13-4:00.36-Gareth Klepacz- -SEN-M-27-31.08.80-Team Southampton/Southampton Uni
14-4:00.81-Ben Lindsay-SB-U23-M-20-06.03.88-Aldershot, Farnham & District/St. Mary's Uni
15-4:01.89-Robert Hodges- -U23-M-20-05.12.87-Kingston upon Hull/Loughborough Uni
16-4:01.94-Lee Reynolds- -SEN-M-23-13.11.84-Herts Phoenix
Men 1500 E
1-3:53.94-Martin Mashford-SB-U23-M-21-03.05.87-Aldershot, Farnham & District
2-3:55.50-Jeremy Bradley-SB-SEN-M-31-05.02.77-Cheltenham
3-3:55.72-Warren Frey- -SEN-M-24-22.09.83-Birchfield
4-3:56.39-Thomas Fitzpatrick-PB-SEN-M-26-02.10.81-Tallaght/Ireland
5-3:56.88-Harry Jones- -U20-M-18-21.08.89-Colwyn Bay/North Wales
6-3:57.44-Daniel Cotterill-PB-U20-M-18-18.01.90-Tipton
7-3:59.23-Stuart King-SB-U23-M-20-17.05.88-Mansfield
8-3:59.46-Andy Wiles-SB-U23-M-20-26.04.88-Gateshead/Tees Valley Tigers
9-3:59.78-James Mee-PB-U20-M-18-01.08.89-Mansfield/Birmingham Uni
10-4:00.80-Abdirisak Ahmed- -U20-M-17-30.12.90-Sheffield RC
11-4:01.04-Peter Street- -U20-M-19-01.02.89-Preston/Loughborough Uni
12-4:01.40-Matthew Carey-SB-U23-M-21-14.11.86-Harrow/Brunel Uni
13-4:01.67-Alistair Smith-PB-U23-M-19-10.08.88-Coventry
14-4:02.48-Richard Warburton-SB-U23-M-22-30.03.86-Notts/Loughborough Uni
15-4:02.79-Peter Whitehouse-PB-U20-M-18-22.09.89-Birchfield
16-4:03.31-Stephen Bennett- -U20-M-18-23.01.90-Preston
17-4:03.62-Jon Brown-SB-SEN-M-28-14.09.79-Team Southampton
18-4:04.43-Nathan Elliott-SB-U23-M-20-04.03.88-Wakefield/Birmingham Uni
19-4:11.70-Tim Burt- -U20-M-18-22.11.89-Ashford AC
Women 1500 A
1-4:09.29-Stephanie Twell-SB-U20-W-18-17.08.89-Aldershot, Farnham & District/St. Mary's Uni
2-4:11.64-Sinimole Paulose-PB-SEN-W-25-24.06.83-India
3-4:17.39-Kelly Reid-SB-SEN-W-30-17.06.78-Lisburn/Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow/Ireland
4-4:20.16-Mari Jarvenpaa-SB-SEN-W-26-29.11.81-Finland
5-4:21.49-Rose-Anne Galligan- -U23-W-20-09.12.87-Aldershot, Farnham & District/St. Mary's Uni/Ireland
6-4:22.35-Stacey Johnson- -U23-W-21-15.04.87-Cannock & Stafford/Birmingham Uni
7-4:24.25-Hannah Whitmore-SB-SEN-W-24-24.02.84-Charnwood
8-4:27.49-Jessica Burns- -U20-W-17-30.04.91-City of Plymouth/Armada
9-4:30.22-Suzanne Hasler- -SEN-W-26-07.04.82-Puerto de Alicante (Spain)
Women 1500 B
1-4:24.28-Vicky Gill-SB-SEN-W-27-21.08.80-Aldershot, Farnham & District
2-4:24.64-Gemma Miles-PB-SEN-W-27-27.10.80-Kendal
3-4:24.94-Sophie Morris-SB-SEN-W-32-05.12.75-Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow/Army
4-4:25.58-Sonia Samuels-PB-SEN-W-29-16.05.79-Sale Harriers Manchester/Loughborough Uni
5-4:26.31-Karen Harewood-SB-SEN-W-32-19.08.75-Corby/Rugby & Northampton
6-4:27.46-Julia Russell- -SEN-W-25-08.06.83-Hallamshire/Trafford/Sheffield Hallam Uni
7-4:28.14-Katie Knowles-PB-U20-W-18-06.06.90-Bristol & West
8-4:28.39-Ciara Durkan-PB-U23-W-21-17.09.86-Ireland
9-4:28.72-Josephine Moultrie-PB-U20-W-17-19.11.90-Victoria Park City of Glasgow/Strathclyde Uni
10-4:29.20-Jenna Hill- -SEN-W-22-16.10.85-Sale Harriers Manchester/St. Mary's Uni
11-4:30.84-Ruth Senior- -U23-W-20-16.10.87-City of Norwich/Loughborough Uni
12-4:32.19-Debbie Jones- -SEN-W-30-06.01.78-Cardiff
13-4:36.22-Emma Reed- -U20-W-19-06.05.89-Bristol & West
14-4:36.45-Julia Leventon-PB-SEN-W-26-28.02.82-Trafford/Manchester Uni
15-4:38.61-Lucy Dowsett-SB-U20-W-18-12.02.90-Cambridge & Coleridge/Team Cambridgeshire
Women 1500 C
1-4:29.75-Hannah Barker-PB-U20-W-19-02.03.89-New Zealand
2-4:33.44-Sarah Hood-PB-SEN-W-26-09.06.82-Edinburgh/Edinburgh Uni
3-4:34.13-Frances Briscoe-SB-SEN-W-25-12.04.83-White Horse
4-4:36.50-Annabel Gummow-PB-U15-W-14-16.09.93-Bristol & West
5-4:36.86-Claire Robson-SB-SEN-W-24-09.01.84-Teesdale/Boston Uni
6-4:36.92-Aoife Brady-SB-SEN-W-25-23.11.82-Sportsworld/Ireland
7-4:37.44-Bryony Proctor- -U23-W-20-15.02.88-Blackheath & Bromley/St. Mary's Uni
8-4:37.51-Joanna Emery-PB-SEN-W-27-30.11.80-Rugby & Northampton
9-4:37.86-Natalie Grant-SB-U20-W-17-03.07.90-Rotherham
10-4:38.36-Rosanna Iannone- -SEN-W-29-15.06.79-Vale of Aylesbury
11-4:38.58-Martine Scholes-PB-V35-W-37-22.04.71-Guernsey/Channel Islands
12-4:39.55-Sarah McSweeney-PB-U20-W-18-08.01.90-New Zealand
13-4:40.59-Joanne English-PB-U23-W-20-10.03.88-Letterkenny/Ireland
14-4:41.82-Bernadine Pritchett- -V40-W-41-25.01.67-Woodford Green with Essex Ladies/Veterans
15-4:46.43-Rachel Deegan- -U23-W-22-10.01.86-Sale Harriers Manchester/Oxford Uni
16-4:47.80-Louise Reilly-PB-SEN-W-24-21.03.84-Clonliffe/Ireland
Women 1500 D
1-4:34.64-Deborah Niccol-PB-U23-W-21-21.06.87-Bristol & West/UWIC
2-4:36.33-Sara Parkinson-PB-U23-W-20-09.03.88-Chorley H/Loughborough Uni
3-4:39.46-Adrienne Jordan-SB-SEN-W-31-10.12.76-Donore/Ireland
4-4:40.15-Laura Parker-PB-U20-W-18-30.05.90-Wells City/Yeovil/Enfield & Haringey
5-4:42.07-Siobhan Harrison-PB-U17-W-15-02.10.92-Aldershot, Farnham & District
6-4:42.44-Lucy Mayho-SB-U23-W-20-01.11.87-Bingley/Birmingham Uni
7-4:43.95-Blue Haywood- -U20-W-16-10.08.91-Lincoln Wellington/Notts
8-4:44.66-Susan Byrne-SB-SEN-W-28-10.07.79-Raheny Shamrocks/Ireland-
9-4:45.50-Ellen Butler- -SEN-W-23-09.05.85-Notts/Swansea
10-4:45.87-Leonie Smith- -U23-W-21-20.12.86-Aldershot, Farnham & District/St. Mary's Uni
11-4:49.70-Dannii Johnson- -U17-W-15-18.10.92-Birchfield
12-4:53.59-Leah Dixon- -U20-W-16-26.08.91-Neath/Bridgend/West Wales
13-4:55.81-Robyn Matson- -U23-W-20-01.03.88-Havering Mayesbrook/Birmingham Uni
14-5:02.17-Rebecca Hall- -U23-W-20-22.10.87-Kettering/Beds Uni
Frank Horwill Junior Women's Mile
1-4:46.87-Emelia Gorecka-PB-U15-W-14-29.01.94-Aldershot, Farnham & District
2-4:53.46-Melissa Courtney-SB-U17-W-14-30.08.93-Poole AC/Team Dorset
3-4:56.20-Monique Powell-PB-U17-W-15-30.07.92-Royal Sutton Coldfield
4-4:57.14-Georgia Bell-PB-U15-W-14-17.10.93-Ealing, Southall & Middx
5-4:59.92-Melanie Wood-PB-U15-W-14-01.09.93-Marshall Milton Keynes--
6-5:02.41-Ruth Haynes-PB-U15-W-14-03.11.93-Aldershot, Farnham & District
7-5:05.67-Lucy Farnell-PB-U17-W-15-06.01.93-Royal Sutton Coldfield
8-5:10.62-Calli Thackery-SB-U17-W-15-09.01.93-Hallamshire
9-5:12.94-Hannah Alderson-PB-U17-W-16-01.03.92-Yate---
10-5:13.31-Megan Huxley-PB-U15-W-14-10.03.94-Vale Royal
11-5:21.36-Freya Vincent-PB-U15-W-14-26.04.94-Leicester
Peter Coe Junior Men's Mile
1-4:18.07-Jonathan Hay-PB-U17-M-16-12.02.92-Aldershot, Farnham & District
2-4:18.68-John McDonnell-PB-U17-M-16-22.11.91-Luton
3-4:25.93-Paul Thompson-PB-U17-M-15-28.07.92-Birmingham Rowheath
4-4:27.06-Sean Bowden-PB-U17-M-16-13.01.92-Bromsgrove & Redditch
5-4:31.88-Tristan Venus-PB-U17-M-16-30.12.91-Tynedale
6-4:32.31-Karnvir Hayer-PB-U15-M-14-24.02.94-Ealing, Southall & Middx
7-4:35.69-Greg Halliwell-PB-U17-M-16-12.09.91-Yate
8-4:35.76-Robert Galt-PB-U17-M-16-27.01.92-Westbury
9-4:36.23-Andy Clement-PB-U17-M-16-10.09.91-Basingstoke & Mid Hants
10-4:37.00-Lewis Smart-SB-U17-M-16-16.09.91-Owls Leicester
11-4:40.57-Richard Charles-PB-U15-M-14-31.05.94-Ealing, Southall & Middx
Men 5000 A
1-13:45.77-Surendra Singh-PB-SEN-M-30-10.01.78-India
2-13:46.06-Andy Vernon- -U23-M-22-07.01.86-Aldershot, Farnham & District/St. Mary's Uni
3-14:01.83-Michael Skinner-SB-SEN-M-28-21.11.79-Blackheath & Bromley
4-14:03.07-Mati Räsänen-PB-SEN-M-25-15.02.83-Finland--
5-14:03.30-Lee Merrien- -SEN-M-29-26.04.79-Guernsey/Bath Uni
6-14:06.55-Simon Deakin-SB-SEN-M-30-05.10.77-Leeds City---
7-14:07.05-Killian Lonergan-SB-SEN-M-33-06.07.74-Clonliffe/Ireland
8-14:09.21-Gareth Raven-PB-SEN-M-34-09.05.74-Sale Harriers Manchester
9-14:09.26-James Walsh-PB-SEN-M-26-22.09.81-Leeds City/Leeds Uni
10-14:11.03-Jonathan Mellor-SB-U23-M-21-27.12.86-Liverpool H
11-14:17.19-Fredrik Uhrbom-SB-SEN-M-30-13.08.77-Sweden
12-14:20.21-Ryan McLeod-PB-SEN-M-23-07.06.85-Elswick/Loughborough Uni
13-14:27.94-Ian Hudspith-SB-V35-M-37-23.09.70-Morpeth
14-14:28.90-John McCole- -SEN-M-28-08.09.79-Liverpool H
15-14:32.07-Dave Webb-SB-SEN-M-26-17.03.82-Leeds City/Birmingham Uni
16-14:34.32-Brian Maher-SB-SEN-M-31-21.01.77-Kilkenny/Ireland
17-14:42.28-Tuomas Jokinen-PB-U23-M-21-26.02.87-Finland
18-14:43.95-Sandip Kumar-PB-U23-M-20-02.03.88-India
Men 5000 B
1-14:18.48-Henri Manninen-PB-SEN-M-23-03.01.85-Finland
2-14:21.21-Jonathan Wills-PB-SEN-M-29-09.08.78-Bristol & West
3-14:21.51-Matt Janes-SB-SEN-M-25-12.12.82-Bedford & County/W’minster U
4-14:21.81-Neilson Hall-PB-SEN-M-25-05.10.82-Bedford & County/Herts Phoenix
5-14:23.54-David Jackson-PB-SEN-M-32-31.05.76-Canada
6-14:25.02-Adam Grice-SB-U23-M-22-30.04.86-Leeds City/Leeds Uni
7-14:26.02-Tom Payn-SB-SEN-M-28-18.10.79-Winchester/Birchfield
8-14:26.30-Alan O'Shea-PB-SEN-M-27-17.09.80-Ireland
9-14:26.47-Dan Dalmedo-PB-SEN-M-28-14.03.80-Bedford & County/Hillingdon
10-14:33.91-Dean Lacy- -SEN-M-23-29.12.84-Cambridge H
11-14:38.19-Mark Hood-SB-SEN-M-26-06.09.81-Sunderland/Northumbria Uni
12-14:43.61-Dave Norman-SB-SEN-M-29-04.11.78-Altrincham/Sale Harriers Manchester
13-14:44.32-Martin Gostling- -SEN-M-33-21.11.74-Leeds City
14-14:54.15-Ben Fish- -SEN-M-26-21.05.82-Blackburn
15-14:58.27-Conor McNulty- -U23-M-19-08.08.88-Kilbarchan/Strathclyde Uni
16-14:59.75-Brian MacMahon-SB-SEN-M-25-07.07.82-Clonliffe/Ireland
17-15:07.02-Steffan North- -SEN-M-31-19.07.76-Sale Harriers Manchester
Men 5000 C
1-14:27.63-Paddy Hamilton-PB-SEN-M-27-17.03.81-Annadale/Border
2-14:36.26-Matthew Bond-PB-SEN-M-25-17.07.82-Sale Harriers Manchester
3-14:39.76-Craig Murphy-PB-U20-M-18-16.09.89-Togher/Ireland
4-14:40.06-Dewi Griffiths-PB-U20-M-16-19.08.91-Carmarthen
5-14:41.25-Alan McCormack-PB-SEN-M-24-21.06.84-Dundrum South Dublin/Border/Ireland
6-14:48.64-John Eves-SB-SEN-M-25-17.01.83-Dundrum South Dublin/Ireland
7-14:55.06-Kevin Skinner-SB-SEN-M-28-09.12.79-Newham & Essex Beagles/Garden City Runners
8-15:01.54-Simon Mills- -U23-M-22-30.04.86-Sale Harriers Manchester
9-15:03.01-James Connor-SB-SEN-M-25-21.03.83-Kent/Brunel Uni
10-15:04.51-Ryan Kenny- -U23-M-20-10.06.88-Coventry
11-15:12.30-James McMullan- -SEN-M-24-16.02.84-Thames Hare & Hounds/Epsom Oddballs/Hunters Bog Tr
12-15:18.96-Matthew Pierson- -SEN-M-23-15.05.85-Holmfirth/St. Mary's Uni
13-15:29.96-Fergus Meade- -SEN-M-25-29.03.83-Aldershot, Farnham & District/Ireland
Women 5000
1-15:45.61-Preeja Sreedharan-PB-SEN-W-26-13.03.82-India
2-16:06.68-Juliet Potter-SB-SEN-W-26-24.10.81-Charnwood
3-16:08.42-Alexa Joel-PB-SEN-W-24-19.09.83-Havering Mayesbrook
4-16:13.80-Natalie Harvey-SB-SEN-W-33-19.01.75-South London/Brunel Uni
5-16:31.06-Claire Hallissey (Willer)-PB-SEN-W-25-17.03.83-Bristol & West/Bristol Uni/Watford
6-16:33.38-Charlotte Purdue-SB-U20-W-17-10.06.91-Aldershot, Farnham & District
7-16:38.69-Nicky Archer-PB-SEN-W-22-20.09.85-Vale Royal/Birmingham Uni
8-16:40.39-Andrea Woodvine- -SEN-W-24-08.07.83-Aldershot, Farnham & District/Birmingham Uni
9-16:57.45-Emily Adams-PB-SEN-W-23-27.01.85-Aldershot, Farnham & District/Surrey Uni
10-17:09.12-Kavita Raut-PB-SEN-W-23-05.05.85-India
11-17:22.74-Claire Martin-SB-SEN-W-33-14.09.74-Telford AC
12-17:25.02-Clare Mensley-PB-U23-W-20-31.03.88-Charnwood/Birmingham Uni
Men 3000SC
1-8:27.40-Andrew Lemoncello-SB-SEN-M-25-12.10.82-Fife/Florida State Uni
2-8:28.04-Stuart Stokes- -SEN-M-31-05.12.76-Sale Harriers Manchester
3-8:28.48-Luke Gunn-PB-SEN-M-23-22.03.85-Derby/Birmingham Uni/Florida State Uni
4-8:29.52-Adam Bowden-SB-SEN-M-25-05.08.82-Harrow
5-8:40.02-Ruben Ramolefi-PB-SEN-M-29-17.07.78-South Africa
6-8:44.55-Frank Tickner- -SEN-M-24-12.10.83-Thames Valley/Wells City/Birmingham Uni
7-8:52.38-Glen Comish- -SEN-M-28-27.10.79-Sale Harriers Manchester
8-8:55.08-Joonas Harjamäki-PB-U23-M-22-30.05.86-Finland
9-8:58.74-Mark Sanford-SB-SEN-M-30-19.04.78-Basildon/Newham & Essex Beagles
10-9:06.75-Chris Sampson-PB-SEN-M-32-30.09.75-Morpeth/Gateshead
11-9:12.11-Benjamin Wolthers-PB-SEN-M- - -Denmark-
12-9:13.45-Tom Doe- -SEN-M-26-01.06.82-Lincoln Wellington/Birmingham Uni
13-9:20.85-Owain Matthews- -SEN-M-26-04.11.81-Bedford & County
14-9:24.28-Eugene O'Neill- -SEN-M-31-11.05.77-Crusaders/Ireland
15-9:25.79-Peter Norris- -SEN-M-24-19.08.83-Harrow/Brighton Uni
16-9:33.70-Pat Davoren- -V35-M-36-13.03.72-Phoenix AC
17-9:40.47-Gavin Smith- -SEN-M-23-15.02.85-Winchester
GREAT BRITAIN’S men’s team won the SPAR European Cup for the fifth time in their history with a superb overall victory in Annecy, France.
Russia’s powerful squad triumphed in the women’s competition with their 12th success as Team GB secured third position behind runners-up the Ukraine.
On another beautiful and very hot morning in the French Alps Beijing gold medal favourite, triple jumper Phillips Idowu, led the charge for Team GB on Day 2 of competition as the 29-year-old Valencia IAAF World indoor champion started slowly in the early rounds but jumped a best of 17.46 metres to take victory.
Marlon Devonish powered through to win the 200m and the Bislett Games ‘Dream Mile’ winner Andy Baddeley left it late to claim a superb victory in the 3,000 metres.
Jade Johnson with a fabulous personal best of 6.81 metres in the Long Jump claimed second as Russia's Lyudmila Kolchanova set a world-leading effort of 7.04m, this combined with runners-up positions for Osaka world 400m champion Christine Ohuruogu in the 200m and Bristol’s Kate Reed over 5,000m impressed for the women’s team.
Idowu was delighted with his first European Cup win commenting: "I needed to get a jump in today and win and that's what I did, I wanted a little bit more but a win is a win and I'm still on top of the world. I reckon I can even put down another one metre."
In the 200m Coventry’s Marlon Devonish narrowly edged through with a season's best time of 20.52secs, but admitted afterwards that his performance had not gone smoothly.
"Today, I won with my experience. I wanted to bring 8 points, it's done. I can be proud of that, I did my job. But my race was not very good technically. I had some difficulties to keep my speed until the end, I had to work on that."
In the 200m Christine Ohuruogu powered through over the line to finish behind the impressive defending champion Muriel Hurtis-Houairi of France by a margin of just 0.48secs in 23.23.
Following his marvellous 'Dream Mile' victory at the Oslo Golden League meeting at the beginning of the month, Andy Baddeley ran a storming final 50 metres to come through to defeat Spain’s reigning European 5,000m champion Jesus Espana in the 3,000m - winning with a time of 8mins 01.28secs.
Baddeley commented afterwards: "Actually I had no tactic in mind before the race, just run and look on the next step, on some occasions I wasn't very well placed in the race. But the finish was great."
In other distance events Kate Reed called her 5,000m race "hell" as she finished second behind Ukraine's Nataliya Berkut, this after a fabulous showing in the searing temperatures.
Californian-based Scot, Andrew Lemoncello, battled to a fine third place in the 3,000m Steeplechase with a late sprint to finish in a time of 8:36.33.
Loughborough-based Steve Lewis produced a best of 5.40m in the Pole Vault but had to settle for third position as Germany’s Danny Ecker prevailed with a mark of 5.55m, whilst, Allan Scott, replacing Commonwealth and European bronze medallist Andy Turner, surpassed expectations to finish fourth in the 110m Hurdles clocking a time of 13.70secs in the race won by Spain’s Quiñónez Jackson in (13.40).
Over the 800m, Notts AC’s Richard Hill was also a late replacement for Michael Rimmer and did well to finish in fifth place with a time of 1:50.65.
Glasgow’s Susan Scott was another British distance athlete to fare well in the blistering heat of Annecy as she completed a well-deserved third place in a tactically slow run 1500m race clocking a time of 4:19.83 as Poland’s Sylwia Eidys won in 4:19.17.
Susan Moncrieff was sixth in the High Jump with a best of 1.85 metres as Germany’s rising star Ariane Friedrich produced a huge personal best of 2.03m to win the competition. Loughborough graduate Emeka Udechuku was fifth in the Discus and Sarah Claxton struggled in the 100m Hurdles in last position.
Loughborough graduate Rebecca Peake finished 8th in the Shot Put with a final round throw of 14.84m, and Zoe Derham threw a season's best in the Hammer of 66.85m to finish seventh. Michael Allen was also seventh in the Javelin with a best of 70.63m in the second round.
In the final track competition of the afternoon the Men's 4x400m relay team finished second with strong runs by Rob Tobin, Dale Garland, Conrad Williams and another stellar performance by Loughborough student Martyn Rooney.
The 2004 Athens Olympic bronze medallist Kelly Sotherton impressed in the Women's 4x400m relay squad alongside team-mates Christine Ohuruogu, Marilyn Okoro and Vicki Barr to secure fifth position ahead of Poland and guarantee their top three overall finish.
At the end of the final day of competition in Annecy the Bruno Zauli trophy was again returning to British soil for the first time since their Millennium victory in Gateshead, this after Dwain Chambers revealed he was using drugs when captaining the side to the title in 2002 at the same French venue, his performances were then annulled and Team GB relegated to fourth place.
Next year the tournament will be relaunched as the European Team Championships, where the top tier will have 12 nations competing and there will be promotion and relegation throughout the different divisions.
There will also be a number of rule changes with the elimination of the slowest racers being introduced, for example, in the 3,000m, 5,000m and Steeplechase.
Meanwhile over the French border the highly entertaining and compelling 2008 UEFA European Football Championships are taking place in Switzerland and Austria – and where are Britain’s footballers? . . . nowhere to be seen - failed even qualify - so congratulations to our athletes successfully flying the flag for the nation in Europe.
Final Overall Team Standings:
Men
1 Great Britain 112pts, 2 Poland 98pts, 3 France 96pts, 4 Germany 95pts, 5 Russia 84pts, 6 Italy 82pts, 7 Spain 81pts, 8 Greece 68pts
Women
1 Russia 122pts, 2 Ukraine 108.5pts, 3 Great Britain 89pts, 4 Poland 86pts, 5 France 81pts, 6 Italy 79.5pts, 7 Belarus 78pts, 8 Germany 74pts
ONE-LAP specialists Martyn Rooney and Nicola Sanders completed an impressive 400m double as Mo Farah (5,000m) and Jenny Meadows with a stunning victory over 800m produced the highlights as Great Britain’s athletics shone brightly on the track during the opening day of competition at the final edition in the present format of the SPAR European Cup in Annecy, France.
Under bright blue skies on a very hot day against the stunning backdrop of the French Alps in front of a 10,000+ crowd at the Parc des Sports Arena current Loughborough student and World junior bronze medallist Martyn Rooney made it a 400m double by winning in a time of 45.33secs, this after Loughborough University graduate and reigning European indoor champion Nicola Sanders, running her first race this season because of a knee injury, cruised home to victory over the same distance.
A confident Rooney commented afterwards: "A win was the first priority today, I decided this morning to go for a run and look at the time at the end. It's a good time but I know I have to run a bit faster if I want to make the final in Beijing but I know I'm capable of it."
Sanders had a two metres advantage coming off the final bend and stretched it to three down the home straight to win in 51.17secs as the Ukraine's Natalya Phyda edged ahead of the rest over the final 50m to finish second (51.57).
"My coach (Tony Lester) told me to get out, see how it feels down the back straight and then wind it up on the bend. For my first race I am really, really chuffed about that. It's quite a bit faster than my first race last year so I feel a lot better today than I did yesterday," said Sanders.
US-based sprinter Tyrone Edgar repeated Craig Pickering’s win in the competition twelve months ago in Munich by securing a superb victory with a time of 10.20 seconds in the Men's 100m - the 26-year-old finished ahead of France's Martial Mbandjock and Tobias Unger of Germany.
After four events Edgar's maximum points moved the men up to fourth behind France, Italy and Poland, whilst, the women were second last as Ukraine led their contest from Russia and Italy.
Emma Anier finished in a time of 11.22secs in the 100 metres just one hundredth outside her lifetime best but was outpaced by Belarussia's reigning Olympic champion Yulia Nesterenko who won by a margin of 0.05seconds with a season's best of 11.17.
In the 5,000m former European cross country champion Mo Farah was in dominant form as he won easily in 13mins 44.07secs, the Gothenburg European silver medallist eased to victory well ahead of Carles Castillejo and Daniele Meucci.
Farah, 25, was happy with his victory: "I felt comfortable, but at the same time the conditions were hot, so I just waited until the last four laps, the crowd made such a difference. I've been working hard in training with my Kenyan friends and it's going well at the moment."
Florida State University student Tom Lancashire made a strong start in the 1500m, but had to settle for fourth place with a time of 3:42.11 as he faded over the final 200 metres where France’s impressive defending champion Mehdi Baala was a class apart powering to victory in 3:40.55 ahead of Spain’s Arturo Casado (3:40.70).
Jenny Meadows produced the performance of the day for the Great Britain's Women's team following a superb final sprint finish to take a well-deserved victory in the 800 metres.
Meadows avoided an early exit from the race when Italy's Elisa Cusma Piccione fell on the apex of the final bend, to record the best victory of her career.
The 27-year-old Lancastrian, making her European Cup debut, finished with a strong powerful push for the line to win comfortably in a time of two minutes 1.20 seconds.
Helen Clitheroe battled well to take second in the 3,000m as four women were in contention at the bell of a slow-paced race due mainly to the hot conditions in Annecy as Poland's European indoor gold medallist Lidia Chojecka with a surge over the final 400m claimed victory in a time of 9:03.49. Clitheroe, coached by John Nuttall at Loughborough University - a Cup winner over 1500m back in 2000, finished second in 9:04.38
In the 3,000m Steeplechase Hatti Dean found the pace tough going finishing in seventh place in 9:59.36 as Russia's highly impressive world record-holder and firm favourite for gold in Beijing, Gunnar Galkina, hit the front at the bell to cross the line in 9:35.32 to secure another fine individual victory.
Natasha Danvers failed to regain the 400m Hurdles title she won two years ago when the women were relegated in Malaga, the Californian-based athlete finishing seventh in a time of 57.06secs.
Ukraine's Anastasiya Rabchenyuk produced a European lead performance for 2008 clocking 54.64 to take the win ahead of Poland's world bronze medallist Anna Jesien and Germany's Jonna Tilgner.
Dale Garland placed fifth in the Men’s 400m Hurdles recording a time of 50.65 in the race where Greece's defending champion Periklis Iakovakis won comfortably in 49.15.
In the field events British record-holder Goldie Sayers finished fourth in the Javelin with a best of 57.76m way down on her season’s best of 63.96, one place ahead of Germany's Christina Obergföll who broke the European record in the event last year in Munich with a massive 70.20, but this time failed to find her form and could only throw 57.07.
Belarus's Natalya Shymchuk won the competition with a final round throw of 63.24 metresto take victory ahead of Russia's Mariya Abakumova.
Fellow British record-holder Chris Tomlinson also finished fourth in the Long Jump with a best of 7.89m as Nony Mordi placed eighth in the Triple Jump with 13.36m.
Samson Oni could only finish fifth in the High Jump with a leap of 2.20 metres as compatriot Mike Floyd placed seventh in the Hammer with 67.86.
Philippa Roles also finished seventh in the Discus, throwing 56.36 as Carl Myerscough finished sixth with 19.27 in the Shot.
Loughborough-based Louise Butterworth on her senior Team GB debut, a late replacement for training partner Kate Dennison, finished seventh in the Pole Vault with a best of 3.90m, this after three no jumps at the 4.05m mark.
Russia’s Yuliya Golubchikova with a personal best of 4.73m won ahead of Poland’s 2005 European Cup champion Anna Rogowska.
In the Women’s 4x100m relay France produced the fastest opening leg with Nelly Banco handing over just in front of their Russian rivals but some good running and slick baton changing by Natalya Rushakova and Yuliya Guschina on legs two and three gave Russia a metre lead off the final bend as Yuliya Chermoshanskaya retained their advantage on anchor leg.
Russia recorded 42.80 to take the win, with France crossing the line second but later being disqualified for handing over the baton outside the box, and instead it was the Britain squad of Montell Douglas, Jeanette Kwakye, Emma Ania and Anyika Onuora who were give second place in 42.95.
The Men’s 4x100m relay team of Christian Malcolm, Tyrone Edgar, Marlon Devonish and Rikki Fifton running together for the first time were very impressive in their race finishing second in a time of 38.48secs, only to be as with the women moved up a place following the disqualification of the German team.
At the end of Day 1 Russia are well on their way to securing their 12th consecutive Women's title after amassing 71 points, 13 clear of their nearest rivals Ukraine.
The British Men lead their competition with a total of 55 points ahead of Poland (52), France (52) Italy (46) and Germany (45).
JO PAVEY successfully defended her UK 10,000m championship title on a night at Watford’s Woodside Stadium where India’s top young talent took centre stage to give notice of their 2010 Commonwealth ambitions when the games are staged in the city of Delhi in two-years time as Sajeesh Joseph and Surender Singh with two national-records secured impressive victories in the 1500m and 10k elite races respectively.
Britain’s leading 5,000m exponent Jo Pavey in the near perfect conditions was made to work hard in defence of her United Kingdom 10,000m title as India’s Preeja Sreedharan tracked her every move to finish just 8 seconds adrift over the line setting a new Indian national-record as, Pavey, the 34-year-old Exeter athlete having already achieved the Olympic ‘A’ qualifying standard last year when finishing fourth at the Osaka IAAF World Championships, clocked a time of 31mins 56.90 seconds to take victory as compatriot Hayley Yelling finished third in 32:39.80 to fall short of the Olympic ‘B’ standard of 32:20.
With three places available for Beijing only one British athlete this year, Kate Reed, has the qualifying mark – clocking 31:35.77 in Stanford, United States, back in May.
Sreedharan was amongst a host of Indian athletes competing in Watford currently training at Newham Sports Academy run by Olympic gold medallist Tessa Sanderson.
With the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games just two-years away India are building a very impressive middle-distance squad as was underlined in the Men’s 10,000m as 30-year-old Army solider Surender Singh, coached by Belarusian Nikolai Snesarev, broke the Indian national record set by Hari Chand at the 1976 Montreal Olympics by clocking a time of 28mins 22.79secs to take the victory ahead of Blackpool’s Anthony Ford (28:30.39) and Phil Nicholls of Tipton (28:54.95). Ford winning the UK title.
In the Men’s 800m ‘A’ race Under-23 international Sajeesh Joseph prevailed in a time of 1:47.67 to finish ahead of UWIC student Chris Gowell (1:48.07) and Belgrave’s Graeme Oudney (1:48.45).
World University Games bronze medallist Charlotte Best warmed up for Memorial Josefa Odlozila meeting in Prague on Monday (16th June) by out sprinting Liverpool’s Vicky Griffiths to win the 800m ‘A’ race in a time of 2:02.13 in the event where Corby’s Karen Harewood who suffered an horrific leg injury at the 2007 European Indoor Championships in Birmingham continued her return to full fitness finishing 7th in 2:05.17. Denmark's Rikke Albertsen was third.
Uganda’s impressive Osaka 2007 World 5,000m bronze medallist Moses Kipsiro dropping down in distance won the Men’s 1500m ‘A’ race in a time of 3:37.60 - the outstanding 21-year-old talent out paced India’s Hamza Chatholi (3:40.10) and Ireland’s James Nolan (3:40.80) to take the victory.
Irish international Deirdre Byrne claimed a three second victory in the Women’s 1500m ‘A’ race ahead of India’s Sinimole Paulose with a time of 4:10.92 as a host of Britain’s top junior talent followed over the line led by Emma Pallent and Steph Twell in 4th and 5th with times of 4:13.76 and 4:14.79, both inside the IAAF qualifying time for the World Junior Championships that take place in Bydgoszcz, Poland in July.
The UK’s new 3,000m Steeplechase record-holder Barbara Parker, who withdrew from the GB team for next weekend’s SPAR European Cup in Annecy - preferring to return to her Florida base to prepare for the Beijing Olympics finished 9th in 4:17.63.
Scottish internationals Nicola Gauld and Loughborough-based Laura Kenney battled out a very competitive tussle over 3,000m with Aberdeen’s Gauld, 4th over 1500m at the recent Loughborough International, winning by just two seconds ahead of the reigning European Under-23 5,000m champion in a time of 9mins 4.21secs with Charnwood’s Juliet Potter securing third place in 9:10.78.
Sale Harriers Glen Comish won the 3,000m Steeplechase in 8:45.49 with Mark Draper of Windsor, Slough Eton & Hounslow second in 8:56.18. The Olympic ‘A’ standard is a tough 8:24.60.
Elite Race Results:
BMC 800m A (Mens)
1---01:47.67-Sajeesh Joseph U23-India-
2---01:48.07-Chris Gowell -Swansea / UWIC-
3---01:48.45-Graeme Oudney -Belgrave / Pitreavie / Dundee Uni-
4---01:48.46-Gareth Balch -Unattached-
5---01:48.51-Thomas Chamney -Crusaders / Ireland-
6---01:48.72-Joseph Maynard -Cardiff-
7---01:49.03-James Brewer U23-Cheltenham / Bath Uni-
8---01:49.37-Ben Green U23-Warrington / Loughborough Uni-
BMC 800m B (Mens)
1---01:47.20-Rajeev Ramesan -India-
2---01:47.96-David Mccarthy -Le Cheile / Ireland-
3---01:48.06-Rick Ward U20-City Of Norwich-
4---01:48.20-Chris Smith U20-Wirral / Birmingham Uni / Liverpool-
5---01:48.57-Ed Aston U23-Cambridge & Coleridge / Birmingha-
6---01:48.85-Oliver Blake U23-Oswestry / Loughborough Uni-
7---01:49.48-Matthew Fox U23-Australia-
8---01:49.92-Raphael Asafo-agyei -Trafford-
9---01:52.35-Myles Barrett U23-Staffordshire Moorlands / Loughbo-
BMC 800m C (Mens)
1---01:50.61-Gareth Warburton -Cardiff / UWIC-
2---01:50.94-Ricky Soos -Mansfield / Loughborough Uni-
3---01:51.49-Frank Baddick -Bristol & West / Loughborough Uni-
4---01:51.81-Andy Whetstone U23-Marshall Milton Keynes / Birmingh-
5---01:52.83-Anthony Leighio U20-Ireland-
6---01:55.70-Matt Carlisle -Herts Phoenix / Windsor Slough -
7---02:01.28-Ian Munro -Cambuslang / Glasgow Uni Ac-
BMC 800m D (Mens)
1---01:53.17-Conor Healy U23-Clonliffe / Ireland-
2---01:53.85-Nick Samuels -Sale Harriers Manchester / Loughb-
3---01:53.93-Philip Burkart -Belgrave / Loughborough Uni / Unite-
4---01:55.11-Martyn Gibbons U23-Notts / UWIC-
5---01:55.89-Warren Frey -Birchfield-
BMC 800m E (Mens)
1---01:53.31-Sam Coombes -Dartford H / Brunel Uni / Kent-
2---01:55.56-Mark Fallaize U23-Vale Of Aylesbury-
3---01:55.79-Fabian Downs U23-Chiltern / Uw Bangor-
4---02:01.46-Sam Bradley U23-Marshall Milton Keynes-
BMC 800m A (Womens)
1---02:02.13-Charlotte Best -Crawley / Loughborough Uni-
2---02:02.65-Vicky Griffiths -Liverpool H / Liverpool John Moor-
3---02:03.03-Rikke Albertsen -Sparta / Denmark-
4---02:03.27-Joanna Ross -Victoria Park City Of Glasgow / E-
5---02:03.37-Emma Jackson U23-City Of Stoke / Keele Uni-
6---02:04.76-Claire Gibson -Kilbarchan / Glasgow Caledonian U-
7---02:05.17-Karen Harewood -Corby / Rugby & Northampton-
8---02:05.90-Sushma Devi -India-
BMC 800m B (Womens)
1---02:09.20-Rachel Stringer U20-City Of Norwich-
2---02:10.19-Sara Treacy U20-Moynalvey / Birmingham Uni / Irelan-
3---02:12.58-Kaye Kirkham -Sale Harriers Manchester / Loughb-
4---02:12.97-Danielle Christmas U23-Crawley / Loughborough Uni-
5---02:13.47-Sally Read-cayton V40-Woking / Veterans / Reigate Priory-
6---02:14.10-Sarah Burgin U20-Winchester-
7---02:14.85-Sarah Hood -Edinburgh / Edinburgh Uni-
8---02:15.12-Abigail Marriott U17-West Suffolk-
9---02:15.56-Carolyn Plateau U23-Radley / Oxford Uni-
10---02:16.47-Martha Reynolds U17-Ealing Southall & Middx / Windso-
11---02:16.71-India Lee U23-Winchester / Southampton Uni-
BMC 1500m A (Mens)
1---03:37.60-Moses Kipsiro U23-Uganda
2---03:40.10- Hamza Chatholi - India
3---03:40.80- James Nolan -Ireland
4---03:41.20-Chris Warburton -Notts
5---03:41.60- David Forrester U20- St. Helens Sutton
6---03:42.40-James Thie -Cardiff
7---03:42.80-Stephen Davies -Belgrave
8---03:43.00-Chris Moss -Cardiff
9---03:43.40-Liam Reale -Lemerick
10---03:43.70-Mark Christie -Ireland
11---03:44.10-Michael Coltherd -Trafford
12---03:44.70-Rizak Dirshe -Sweden
13---03:45.10-Jonathan Blackledge -Belgrave
14---03:46.20-Tom Carter - Vale Royal
15---04:48.80-Chris Bolt -AFD
BMC 1500m B (Mens)
1---03:42.55-Ricky Stevenson U23-New Marske / Teeside Uni-
2---03:42.76-Adam Bowden -Harrow-
3---03:42.91-Paritam Bind -India-
4---03:42.98-Andy Vernon U23-Aldershot Farnham & District / S-
5---03:43.83-Ravinder Sharma U23-India-
6---03:43.94-David Mccarthy U23-City Of Derry / Ireland-
7---03:44.66-Bruce Raeside -Notts / Cambuslang / Nottingham Tre-
8---03:44.85-Rob Mullett U23-Lewes / St. Mary's Uni / Enfield & -
9---03:45.23-Gareth Price -Shaftesbury Barnet / Black Squirr-
10---03:45.60-Jermaine Mays -Kent-
11---03:46.65-David Bishop U23-Bristol & West / UWIC-
12---03:46.72-Michael Skinner -Blackheath & Bromley-
13---03:47.41-Jonathan Taylor U23-Morpeth / Teeside Uni-
14---03:48.60-Ciaran O'lionaird U23-Leevale / Ireland-
BMC 1500m C (Mens)
1---03:44.49-Joe Macdonald -Trafford / Loughborough Uni-
2---03:45.45-Rory Fraser U23-Owls Leicester / Leeds Metropolit-
3---03:45.55-Simon Horsfield U20-East Cheshire-
4---03:46.28-Mitch Goose U20-City Of Norwich / St. Mary's Uni-
5---03:47.30-Ben Tickner -Thames Valley / Wells City-
6---03:47.59-Rob Whittle -Basingstoke & Mid Hants / Loughbo-
7---03:48.03-Philip Aagaard -Sparvagen / Sweden-
8---03:48.95-Gavin Massingham -Sunderland / Sunderland Uni-
9---03:50.23-Rooney Colm -Clonliffe / Ireland-
10---03:50.55-Rob Bugden -Bristol & West / UWIC-
11---03:51.67-Mark Pollard -Belgrave / Inverclyde-
12---03:56.47-Sam Burke -Australia-
BMC 1500m D (Mens)
1---03:49.67-Alastair Hay -Central / Thames Valley / Queen Mar-
2---03:49.85-Tom Penfold -Birchfield / Birmingham Uni-
3---03:49.89-Chris Mackay -Newham & Essex Beagles / Invercly-
4---03:50.98-Ian Williamson -Cambridge & Coleridge / Edinburgh-
5---03:51.22-Gary O'hanlon -Clonliffe / Ireland-
6---03:51.37-Kevin Kane -Cumbernauld / Inverclyde / Strathcl-
7---03:51.78-Brett Halls -Australia-
8---03:51.82-Julian Kuppler -Australia-
9---03:53.29-Laurence Cox U23-Aldershot Farnham & District / L-
10---03:53.69-Brian Maher -Kilkenny / Ireland-
11---03:54.60-Nick Goolab U20-Belgrave-
12---03:57.03-Martin Conroy -Sligo / Swansea / Ireland-
13---04:00.60-Gearoid O'connor -Rathfarnham / Ireland-
14---04:02.30-Aidan Bailey -Ireland-
BMC 1500m E (Mens)
1---03:52.41-Henry Hammond -Coventry-
2---03:53.52-Chris Towner -Winchester-
3---03:53.72-Patrick Mccartan -Limerick / Ireland-
4---03:53.88-James King U23-Milford / Ireland-
5---03:55.26-Daire Bermingham U23-Raheny Shamrocks / Stony Brook Un-
6---03:55.36-Colin Miles -Southend-
7---03:57.43-James Tydeman -Basildon-
8---03:58.51-Lee Reynolds -Herts Phoenix-
9---04:03.91-Desmond Earls U23-Inbhear Dee / Ireland-
10---04:08.11-Luke Minns U20-Blackpool-
BMC 1500m A (Womens)
1---04:10.92-Deirdre Byrne -Sli Chulann / Ireland-
2---04:13.15-Sinimole Paulose -India-
3---04:13.76-Emma Pallant U20-Aldershot Farnham & District / B-
4---04:14.79-Stephanie Twell U20-Aldershot Farnham & District / S-
5---04:15.50-Jessica Sparke U23-Woodford Green With Essex Ladie-
6---04:16.24-Rachel Felton -Shaftesbury Barnet / Stroud-
7---04:16.38-Kajsa Haglund -Hasselby / Sweden-
8---04:17.01-Hazel Murphy -Dundrum South Dublin / Ireland-
9---04:17.63-Barbara Parker -City Of Norwich-
10---04:17.69-Rachael Ogden -Worthing-
11---04:19.32-Rose-anne Galligan U23-Aldershot Farnham & District / S-
12---04:25.14-Linda Byrne U23-Dundrum South Dublin / Ireland-
BMC 1500m B (Womens)
1---04:25.95-Jane Potter -Charnwood / Nottingham Trent Uni-
2---04:26.75-Vicky Gill -Aldershot Farnham & District-
3---04:28.07-Ashley Gibson U23-Elswick / Gateshead / Loughborough -
4---04:28.37-Julia Lange -Oxford Uni-
5---04:28.69-Stephanie Barnes U23-Bristol & West / UWIC-
6---04:39.35-Lorraine Mccarthy U20-Ferrybank / Ireland-
7---04:41.37-Rosanna Iannone -Vale Of Aylesbury-
BMC 3000m A (Womens)
1---09:04.21-Nicola Gauld -Aberdeen / Edinburgh-
2---09:06.90-Laura Kenney -Royal Sutton Coldfield / Loughbor-
3---09:10.78-Juliet Potter -Charnwood-
4---09:13.58-Joanne Harvey U20-Exeter-
5---09:15.97-Alexa Joel -Havering Mayesbrook-
6---09:18.69-Tina Brown -Coventry-
7---09:23.31-Lauren Howarth U20-Leigh / Wigan & District-
8---09:26.31-Emily Pidgeon U20-Gloucester / Loughborough Uni-
9---09:28.81-Sonia Samuels (was Thomas) -Sale Harriers Manchester / Loughb-
10---09:30.85-Katie Knowles U20-Bristol & West-
11---09:33.91-Lucy O'gorman U23-Wakefield / Loughborough Uni-
12---09:39.06-Louise Small U17-Aldershot Farnham & District-
13---09:41.40-Ruth Senior U23-City Of Norwich / Loughborough Un-
BMC 10,000m A (Mens)
1---28:22.79-Surender Singh -India-
2---28:30.39-Antony Ford -Blackpool Wyre & Fylde-
3---28:54.95-Phil Nicholls -Tipton-
4---29:17.97-Sandip Kumar -India-
5---29:19.42-James Walsh -Leeds City-
6---29:20.04-Ian Boneham -Notts-
7---29:20.29-Moumin Geele -Newham & Essex Beagles / Somali-
8---29:22.71-Eddie Ernest-jones -Bedford & Co-
9---29:23.05-Lee Merrien -Guernsey Ac-
10---29:27.47-Ian Hudspith -Morpeth-
11---29:30.28-Fredrik Urhbon -Sparvagen / Sweden-
12---29:32.71-Gareth Raven -Sale Harriers Manchester-
13---29:39.33-Joe Mcalister -Ireland-
14---29:39.72-Keith Gerrard -Newham & Essex Beagles-
15---29:44.59-Ben Moreau -Aldershot & Farnham District-
16---29:47.77-Adrian Marriott -Wells-
17---30:10.23-Gary Thornton -Galway / Ireland-
18---30:23.11-Vinny Mulvey -Ireland-
19---30:55.54-Dave Norman -Altrincham-
BMC 10,000m A (Womens)
1---31:56.90-Jo Pavey -Exeter-
2---32:04.41-Preeja Sreedharan -India-
3---32:39.80-Hayley Yelling -Windsor Slough Eaton & Hounsl-
4---33:23.05-Annie Bersagel -USA-
5---33:30.75-Gemma Miles -Kendal-
6---34:34.43-Jo Wilkinson -Bedford & Co-
7---34:55.84-Caroline Hoyte -Arena 80-
8---35:32.94-Andrea Woodvine -Aldershot & District-
9---36:09.49-Kavita Raut -India-
BMC 3000SC A (Mens)
1---08:45.49-Glen Comish -Sale Harriers Manchester-
2---08:56.18-Mark Draper -Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslo-
3---09:03.66-Owain Matthews -Bedford & County-
4---09:06.51-Eugene O'neill -Crusaders / Ireland-
5---09:07.70-Mark Sanford -Basildon / Newham & Essex Beagles-
6---09:08.86-Emmett Dunleavy -Sligo / Ireland-
7---09:09.60-Brian Farrell -Sli Chulann / Ireland-
8---09:11.87-Tom Doe -Lincoln Wellington / Birmingham U-
9---09:15.81-Chris Sampson -Morpeth / Gateshead-
10---09:17.83-David Flynn U20-Clonliffe / Ireland-
11---09:18.48-Tomas Cotter U20-Dunleer / Ireland-
12---09:23.47-Mattias Borg -Sweden-
13---09:30.04-James Bailey -Sale Harriers Manchester / Loughb-
A selection of British top middle-distance athletes were in a action at the IV Meeting Iberoamericano in the Andalucia town of Huelva, Spain, on Friday night.
UK indoor 3,000m champion Nick McCormick clocked a time of 3mins 37.75secs in the 1500m as the 26-year-old Morpeth Harrier finished 7th behind Spain’s Arturo Casado, the 2007 European indoor bronze-medallist delighting the home crowd to claim victory in 3:35.88 ahead of Algerian Kheddar Samir (3:36.09) and Spanish compatriot Diego Ruiz (3:36.26).
Fellow Loughborough-based athlete Chris Thompson finished in 18th place over 5,000m in a time of 13:48.77 in a race won with meeting record by Ethiopia’s 2004 Athens Olympic 10,000m silver-medallist Sileshi Sihine in 12:58.41.
Inform Faye Fullerton following on from her fine lifetime best performances at the CAU Championships in Bedford and the Manchester BMC Milers meeting that earned the 24-year-old Havering athlete the ‘UK Challenge Athlete of the Month’ award for May finished in 8th place in a tough competitive 1500m race where Ethiopia’s Asmere Work Bekele prevailed in a time of 4:10.02, with Fullerton clocking 4:14.79.
Helen Clitheroe recorded a season’s best of 9mins 43.56secs in a very high quality and competitive 3,000m Steeplechase as Kenya’s Eunice Jepkorir claimed victory with a stunning performance - breaking her own African area record set two years ago in Athens with a superb world leading mark of 9:11.18 to underline her Olympic gold medal potential in Beijing later this summer where she will face the world record-holder and winner at the recent Oslo Bislett Games, Russia’s Samitova-Galkina Gulnara.
Wigan’s Clare Entwhistle finished in 13th place with a new personal best of 10:00.69 - slicing 14 seconds off her previous mark.
In other evets Spain's 100m Hurdles record-holder Josephine Onyia, fresh from her recent triumphs at the ÅF IAAF Golden League meetings in Berlin and Oslo, secured her fourth consecutive victory by recording 12.82secs into a slight headwind.
DAYRON ROBLES set a superb new world-record in the 110 metres Hurdles with a time of 12.87 seconds at the Golden Spike IAAF Super Grand Prix meeting in Ostrava, Czech Republic.
The 21-year-old Cuban sliced one-hundreth of a second off the previous record set by Olympic and world champion Liu Xiang of China in Lausanne back in 2006. Terrence Trammell of the United States and Ukrainian Sregey Demidyuk finished second and third in the race.
Britain’s world champion Christine Ohuruogu in her first outing over 400m this season prevailed in a time of 51.06secs to defeat Ebony Floyd of the USA (51.44).
Loughborough student Martyn Rooney edged out training partner, Ireland’s two-time European indoor champion David Gillick, to win impressively the Men’s 400m in a time of 45.32secs. Tim Benjamin finished 8th in 47.94.
Rooney commented afterwards: "My goal was to run under 45 seconds today but last week I got a flu and had a cold.
"I did not feel well at all. I am happy that I won at least, now I want to be the number one in Europe and to reach the final at the Olympics these are my main goals for this season."
Inform British record-holder Goldie Sayers produced a best throw of 63.66m to finish in fourth place in the Javelin as Germany's Christina Obergfoll set a meeting record of 67.72m, to defeat the 2007 Osaka World champion Barbora Spotakova (66.91).
It was a tough night for Britain's middle-distance athletes on the track as Jemma Simpson finished fourth in 2:00.56 with Marilyn Okoro 8th in 2:01.56 over 800m behind the eventual winner Lucia Klocova.
Michael Rimmer clocked a season's best of 1:47.10 in the Men's 800m.
Former European cross-country champion Mo Farah was way off the pace in the 5,000m finishing in 17th place in 13mins 25.01secs where former world champion Eliud Kipchoge claimed victory in 13:02.06.
The meeting opened with another World record in the rarly run Women’s One Hour Run as Tire Tune of Ethiopia covered 18,517m in 60 minutes, adding 177m to the previous record of 18,340m set by Tegla Loroupe 10 years ago in Borgholzhausen, Germany.
World 100m record-holder Usain Bolt won the 200m in 19.83 seconds, the fastest time in the world this year.
World and Olympic 400m champion Jeremy Wariner won a rarely-run 300m race in 31.72 secs, well off the world best of 30.85 set by Michael Johnson in 2000.
Six days after breaking the 5,000m world-record in Oslo, Tirunesh Dibaba won the 10,000m in 31:03.37, a performance which should ensure her selection in the event for Ethiopia's Olympic team.
Golden League jackpot contender, Croatia's High Jump world champion Blanka Vlasic, had three attempts at a world record of 2.10m, but had to settle for 2.05m as she claimed her 27th consecutive win.
THE full results of the LSAC v East Midlands v Achilles Challenge Match that was held on Wednesday 11th June at the Loughborough University track are listed below:
Full Results:
Mens 400m Hurdles Match
--Andy-Tippett-Loughborough Students--1--54.60
--Tom-Offler-East Midlands--2--55.64
--Tom-Moakes-East Midlands--3--57.30
--Tom-Zbaraski-Loughborough Students--4--57.50
--Aaron-Mason-Achilles--5--59.24
Mens 800m Match
--Mike-Coltherd-Loughborough Students--1--1:52.55
--Tom-Carter-Loughborough Students--2--1:52.72
--Chris-Brown-East Midlands--3--1:54.03
--Dane-Austin-Achilles--4--1:56.27
--Nick-Cook-Achilles--5--1:56.60
--Martin-Gibbons-East Midlands--6--2:02.65
Mens 800m Guest Race A
--Lewis-Moses-LSAC--1--1:52.02
--Ricky-Soos-LSAC--2--1:52.68
--Rob-Whittle-LSAC--3--1:52.94
--Joe-McDonald-LSAC--4--1:53.24
Mens 800m Guest Race B
--Sam-Coombes-LSAC--1--1:54.29
--Laurence-Cox-LSAC--2--1:55.09
--Dan-Ryan-LSAC--3--1:57.75
--Andrew-Mariani-LSAC--4--1:58.41
--Dan-Marron-Leeds University--5--1:59.18
--Pete-Worthington-LSAC--6--2:00.83
--Seb-Foy-LSAC--7--2:09.84
Mens 100m Match-2.2 m/s
--Steve-Small-Loughborough Students--1--10.79
--Ben-Richardson-Achilles--2--10.89
--Adam-Daish-Loughborough Students--3--10.94
--Eligh-Skerin-East Midlands--4--11.11
--George-Kenyon-Achilles--5--11.37
Mens 100m Guest Race A-2.0 m/s
--Phiri-Eldridge---1--10.97
--Adam-Goulding-Guest East Midlands--2--11.09
--Luke-Stott-LSAC--3--11.15
--Will-Green-LSAC--4--11.20
--Martin-Ogun-Sanya-LSAC--5--11.33
--Nick-Little-LSAC--6--11.38
--Andrew-Bullimore-Achilles Guest--7--11.58
--Denis-Akinmolasire-LSAC--8--11.83
Mens 400m Match
--Michael-Warner-East Midlands--1--48.86
--Sam-Cordin-East Midlands--2--49.90
--Phil-Duggleby-Achilles--3--50.17
--David-Nefs-Achilles--4--51.58
--Simon-Boskovic-Loughborough Students--5--56.52
Mens 400m Guest Race A
--James-Roff-Australia--1--50.14
--Lewis-Bostock-Guest East Midlands--2--52.44
Mens 110m Hurdles Match-1.3 m/s
--Ben-Richardson-Achilles--1--14.65
--David-Feeney-Loughborough Students--2--14.65
--Simon-Wombwell-Loughborough Students--3--15.40
--Jeff-Wheeler-Guest Achilles--4--16.49
--Oliver-Stogdale-Achilles--5--16.50
Mens 200m Match-1.1 m/s
--Paul-Judson-Loughborough Students--1--21.70
--Phil-Taylor-Loughborough Students--2--22.07
--Martin-Cook-East Midlands--3--22.73
--Nav-Childs-Achilles--4--23.06
--Steven-Kemp-East Midlands--5--23.67
Mens 200m Guest Race A-1.0 m/s
--Adam-Daish -LSAC--1--21.82
--Dave-Martin-LSAC--2--21.92
--Nick-Little-LSAC--3--22.53
Mens 200m Guest Race B-2.0 m/s
--Martin-Ogun-Sanya-LSAC--1--22.63
--James-Roff-Australia--2--22.70
--Ben-Morris-Guest East Midlands--3--22.84
--Mike-Garside-LSAC--4--24.18
--Denis-Akinmolasire-LSAC--5--24.36
Mens 1500m Match
--Phil-Burkart-Loughborough Students--1--3:59.17
--Stuart-King-East Midlands--2--3:59.46
--James-Fairbourn-Loughborough Students--3--4:03.73
--Ben-Sharman-East Midlands--4--4:04.83
--Richard-Harper-LSAC--5--4:05.65
--Daniel-Braybrook-LSAC--6--4:17.50
Mens 4 x 100m Relay Match
----Loughborough Students--1--43.28
----East Midlands--2--43.87
----Achilles--3--46.29
Mens 3,000m Combined Match
--Tom-Doe-Loughborough Students--1--8:27.69
--Adam-Peers-Loughborough Students--2--8:40.71
--Adam-Elliott-LSAC--3--8:43.61
--Dane-Austin-Achilles--4--9:33.24
--Tim-Hall-LSAC--5--9:37.40
Mens 4 x 400m Relay Match
----East Midlands--1--3:22.52
----Achilles--2--3:30.50
Mens High Jump
--Ben-Mourbey-East Midlands--1--2.00m
--Matt-Ashley-Lboro Students--2--1.90m
--Ekachai-Field-Lboro Students--3--1.85m
--Adrian-Hemery-Achilles--4--1.85m
Mens Long Jump
--Andy-Bell-Lboro Students--1--6.94m
--Ekachai-Field-LSAC--2--6.60m
--Nav-Childs-Guest Achilles--3--6.55m
--Bradley-Pickup-Lboro Students--4--6.46m
--Andrew-Bullimore-Guest Achilles--5--6.40m
--Ian-Simson-Achilles--6--6.40m
--Matthew-Woolley -East Midlands--7--6.32m
--George-Kenyon-Achilles--8--6.17m
--Tom-Bell-East Midlands--9--6.00m
--Thomas-Dunn-Unattached--10--5.61m
Mens Triple Jump
--Ekachai-Field-Lboro Students--1--13.91m
--Ian-Simson-Achilles--2--13.88m
--Tom-Bell-East Midlands--3--13.35m
--Bradley-Pickup-LSAC--4--13.18m
Mens Pole Vault
--Paul-Walker-Lboro Students--1--5.05m
--Max-Eaves-Lboro Students--2--4.90m
--Edward -Mourbey-East Midlands--3--4.15m
--Max-Hall-LSAC --4--4.00m
--Daniel-Passey-East Midlands--5--3.85m
--Luke-Gent-LSAC --6--3.50m
--Adrian-Hemery-Achilles----NH
Mens Shot Putt
--Jamie-Stevenson-Lboro Students--1--15.98m
--Matthew-Woolley-East Midlands--2--12.24m
--Ben-Graham-East Midlands--3--11.97m
Mens Discus
--Emeka-Udechuku-Lboro Students--1--61.92m
--Chris-Scott-Lboro Students--2--52.79m
--Alex-Pope-LSAC--3--42.93m
--Adam-Porter-East Midlands--4--40.86m
--Max-Hall-LSAC--5--38.29m
--David-Feeney-LSAC--6--37.34m
--Tom-Pearson-East Midlands--7--36.88m
Mens Javelin
--Richard-Woolley-East Midlands--1--62.03m
--Luke-Peters-East Midlands--2--59.05m
Mens Hammer
--John-Pearson-LSAC--1--59.91m
--Chris-Shorthouse-East Midlands--2--55.42m
--Luke-Hyland-Lboro Students--3--45.24m
--Daniel-Gilder-East Midlands--4--40.96m
--Andy-Windley-Lboro Students--5--40.07m
Match Result:
1 Loughborough Students 169pts, 2 East Midlands 120pts, 3 Achilles 61pts
Womens 400m Hurdles Match
--Katie-Louise-Payne-East Midlands--1--66.94
--Catriona -Witcombe-Achilles--2--68.09
--Emily-Moss-East Midlands--3--68.40
--Amy-Teale-Loughborough Students--4--69.80
Womens 800m Match
--Lisa-Dobriskey-Loughborough Students--1--2:03.39
--Ashley-Gibson-Loughborough Students--2--2:13.66
--Julia-Lange-Achilles--3--2:13.95
--Lara-Thomas-East Midlands--4--2:18.89
--Rebecca-Hall-East Midlands--5--2:21.23
--Clare-Kane-Achilles--6--2:31.68
Womens 800m Guest
--Kaye-Kirkham-LSAC--1--2:14.28
--Emma-Leigh-Heighway-LSAC--2--2:16.59
--Alison-Lavender-LSAC--3--2:20.69
--Jodie-Ledger-LSAC--4--2:24.68
Womens 100m Match-1.5 m/s
--Emma-Bailey-Loughborough Students--1--11.94
--Laura-Mason-East Midlands--2--12.45
--Laura-Hitchman-Loughborough Students--3--12.45
--Sally -Hughes-Achilles--4--12.90
Womens 100m Guest-1.7 m/s
--Rebecca-Irwin-LSAC--1--12.58
--Becs-Syrocki-LSAC--2--12.75
--Sophie-Hart-LSAC--3--13.39
--Michelle-Kiff-LSAC--4--14.23
Womens 400m Match
--Lucy-Spray-East Midlands--1--58.34
--Gemma-Elliot-East Midlands--2--59.08
--Aisling-McGhee-Loughborough Students--3--59.85
--Kath-Dunn-Loughborough Students--4--60.74
--Emily-Binner-Achilles--5--61.56
Womens 400m Guest
--Sarah-Adams-LSAC--1--54.72
--Charlotte -Best-LSAC--2--55.34
--Wendy-Barru-France--3--56.64
--Claudia-Rogers-East Midlands--4--58.95
Womens 100m Hurdles Match-2.0 m/s
--Andrea-Vinet -Loughborough Students--1--14.22
--Kylie-Robilliard-Loughborough Students--2--14.69
--Lydia-Chamberlain-East Midlands--3--15.34
--Lauren-Boyd-East Midlands--4--17.42
--Catriona -Witcombe-Achilles--5--17.55
Womens 200m Match-0.5 m/s
--Gemma-Werrett-Loughborough Students--1--25.38
--Laura-Mason-East Midlands--2--25.39
--Laura-Hitchman-Loughborough Students--3--25.69
--Becky-Welbourn-Achilles--4--26.26
--Gemma-Elliot-East Midlands--5--26.33
--Sally-Hughes-Achilles--6--26.49
Womens 200m Guest Race A-1.4 m/s
--Elaine-O'Neill-Woodford Green with Essex Ladies--1--24.31
--Rebecca-Irwin-LSAC--2--25.34
--Becs-Syrocki-LSAC--3--25.53
--Andrea-Vinet-LSAC--4--26.53
--Lisa-Henderson-LSAC--5--28.65
Womens 1500m Match
--Laura-Kenney-Loughborough Students--1--4:17.26
--Lucy-O'Gorman-Loughborough Students--2--4:24.97
--Dani-Christmas-LSAC--3--4:28.66
--Kirsty-Milner-LSAC--4--4:35.98
--Natalie-Gray-LSAC--5--4:37.97
--Nicole-Roberts-East Midlands--6--4:39.16
--Joanne-Maddick-LSAC--7--4:43.52
--Hayley-Munn-East Midlands--8--4:46.46
--Lucy-Crookes-Loughborough High School--9--4:49.50
Womens 3,000m Match-
--Sarah-Parkinson-Loughborough Students--1--10:03.23
--Katie-Lomas-Loughborough Students--2--10:13.74
--Alex-Snook-LSAC--3--10:14.59
--Estelle-Demant-LSAC--4--10:15.50
--Helen-Rollins-Achilles--5--10:20.62
--Venessa-Rollins-East Midlands--6--10:31.92
Womens 4 x 400m Relay Match
----East Midlands--1--4:13.26
Womens High Jump
--Lydia-Chamberlain-East Midlands--1--1.60m
--Frances-Smithson-Achilles--1--1.60m
--Lauren-Boyd-East Midlands--3--1.35m
Womens Long Jump
--Laura-Samuel-East Midlands--1--5.48m
--Heather-Douglas-East Midlands--2--5.22m
--Lisa-Henderson-Lboro Students--3--4.64m
Womens Triple Jump
--Claire-O'Reilly-East Midlands--1--11.97m
--Nicola-Breaks-Lboro Students--2--11.30m
--Hannah-Walsh-East Midlands--3--10.81m
--Jen-Coleman-Lboro Students--4--10.59m
--Caroline-Amoss-LSAC--5--9.45m
Womens Pole Vault-Invitation
--Hen-Paxton-Birchfield--1--4.00m
--Emma-Lyons-Sale--2--3.70m
--Abi-Haywood-Sale--2--3.70m
Womens Shot
--Rebecca-Hall-East Midlands--1--11.79m
--Beth-Staniland-Achilles--2--11.20m
--Lauren-Boyd-East Midlands--3--11.04m
Womens Discus
--Emma-Carpenter-WSE--1--53.77m
--Rachel-Backhouse-East Midlands--2--40.48m
--Elicia-Metaxas-Belt-East Midlands--3--36.06m
--Beth-Staniland-Achilles--4--34.89m
Womens Javelin
--Beth-Staniland-Guest Achilles--1--33.72m
Womens Hammer
--Sarah-Holt-Lboro Students--1--57.77m
--Rachel-Gair-East Midlands--2--54.19m
--Jenna-Winson-East Midlands--3--41.48m
--Annika-Wing-Lboro Students--4--30.54m
Match Result:
1 East Midlands 143pts, 2 Loughborough Students 114pts, 3 Achilles 43pts
Overall Match Result:
1 Loughborough Students 283, 2 East Midlands 263pts, 3 Achilles 104pts
MARK EDWARDS set a superb new lifetime best in the USA of 20.88 metres to win the Shot competition at the All Comers track and field meeting held in Mesa, Arizona, on Saturday (7th June) to confirm his strong position for selection for the Great Britain team to compete at this summer’s Olympic Games.
This excellent victory in the States was the second time this outdoor season that the 34-year-old Charnwood athlete has achieved the Olympic ‘A’ qualifying standard of 20.30m for Beijing - having set a previous lifetime best of 20.70m at the Notts Spring Spruce meeting at the Harvey Haddon Stadium in Nottingham back in April.
BRITAIN’S leading exponents of the Long Jump were in action at the 2008 Weitsprung-Meeting in Bad Langensalza, Germany, where Botswana’s Gable Garenamotse was once again on top form as the 31-year-old improved on his fourth place finish at the Berlin ÅF IAAF Golden League meeting the previous weekend to retain his title producing a season’s best leap of 8.22 metres.
United Kingdom record-holder Chris Tomlinson and compatriot Nathan Morgan, the 2002 Commonwealth champion, had to settle for 5th and 6th positions with bests of 8.09m and 7.99m respectively.
Tomlinson set a season’s best at the same German venue where he broke the British record in 2007, however, this fell short of the Olympic ‘A’ standard of 8.20m, but was inside the ‘B’ mark of 8.05m.
In the Women’s competition there was an excellent home victory for Germany’s Bianca Kappler with a leap of 6.97m as Britain’s Jade Johnson celebrating her 28th birthday recorded a season’s best of 6.71m to take third place – agonisingly falling just one centimetre short of the Olympic ‘A’ standard.
Full Results:
Elite Men Group A
1 Gable Garenamotse-Botswana-8.22m
2 Nils Winter-TEAM Referenznetzwerk Leverkusen-8.14m
3 Sebastian Bayer-TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen-8.12m
4 Peter Rapp-LAV Asics Tübingen-8.10m
5 Chris Tomlinson-Great Britain-8.09m
6 Nathan Morgan-Great Britain-7.99m
7 Christoph Stolz-Vfl Wolfsburg-7.93m
8 Julien Fivaz-Schweiz-7.91m
Men Group B
1 Christian Kaczmarek-LG Nike Berlin-7.89m
2 Kofi Amoah Prah-LG Nike Berlin-7.86m
3 Remigius Roskosch-TV Heppenheim-7.79m
4 Sebastian Reinke-LAZ Leipzig-7.75m
5 Chris Noffke-Australien-7.71m
6 Schahriar Bigdeli-TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen-7.58m
7 Stefan Köpf-LG Staufen-7.54m
Elite Women
1 Bianca Kappler-Lc Asics Rehlingen-6.97m
2 Karin Mey-Südafrika-6.93m
3 Jade Johnson-Great Britain-6.71m
4 Sophie Krauel-TuS Jena-6.49m
5 Melanie Bauschke-LG Nike Berlin-6.49m
6 Angela Dies-TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen-6.35m
7 Katrin van Bühren-KSV Kevelaer-6.27m
8 Anika Leipold-Schweriner SC-6.16m
ANDY BADDELEY and Tom Lancashire with impressive victories in the ‘Dream Mile’ and the 1500m restored the pride in British middle-distance running as Ethiopia’s Tirunesh Dibaba set a new world record in the women's 5,000m on a stellar night of high quality athletics at the Exxon Mobil Bislett Games - the second meeting of the 2008 ÅF Golden League on a beautiful warm night in the Norweigen capital Oslo, Mark Woolley reports.
Andy Baddeley brought back the memories of the glory years two-decades ago when Coe, Cram and Ovett broke world records for fun and Britain ruled the middle-distance events by winning the 'Dream Mile' following a final surge over the line and complete a race victory over the Africans. The first British time since 1991 when Peter Elliot prevailed.
Following his impressive 800m win in Belgrade at the end of last month - Baddeley, an Osaka IAAF World Championships finalist Andy Baddeley over 1500m timed his finish to perfection after lying fifth with 200 metres to run when he came off the final bend to produce a strong powerful finish as the 25-year-old, who finished third in last year's race, smashed his personal best to cross the line in a world-leading time of 3mins 49.38secs ahead of Kenyan runner-up Haron Keitany (3:49.70) and Deresse Mekonnen (3:49.72), setting a new Ethiopian national record.
A delighted Baddeley commented afterwards: "It started so quickly I was almost at the back of the field after the first lap and midway before I started to move through, my coach told me after I had run so well last year that I could run under 3min 50sec. After hanging around all day for what was the last event I was feeling the pressure.”
Florida State University student Tom Lancashire at the beginning of the evening’s programme gave Britain the perfect start with a fine victory in the 1500m as the 22-year-old clocked a new personal best time of 3mins 35.33secs holding off the challenges of Australia’s Mitch Kealey, a winner at the British Milers meeting in Manchester the previous weekend and Tim Kiptanui. The 2002 Commonwealth gold medallist Michael East finished fourth in 3:37.55.
Track performance of the night and the highlight of this wonderful meeting was Tirunesh Dibaba setting a stunning new world record in the Women's 5,000m. The 22-year-old crossed the finishing line in a time of 14mins 11.15secs, breaking compatriot Meseret Defar's previous mark set at the same meeting last year by a huge margin of 5.48 seconds.
Dibaba had excellent pacemaking from Anna Alminova of Russia and was inside world record pace for the last 2,000 metres. At the 4,000 mark, with Alminova out of the race, Dibaba was just over a second inside the pace she needed and went on to destroy the record with a superb last lap surge.
The Osaka World 10,000m champion's sister Ejegayehu Dibaba finished third, with Kenya's Lucy Wangui taking second. Britain's Jo Pavey finished well under the Olympic ‘A’ qualifying standard in eighth place in 15:02.41. Compatriot Katrina Wootton recorded a personal best of 15:39.92 in 15th place.
Dibaba commented: "I was not expecting such a record, but it is very important for me, it was my dream to break a high quality world record. God helped me today to achieve something special"
Golden League jackpot favourite, Croatia 6ft 4in World High Jump champion Blanka Vlasic, once again underlined her position as strong favourite for gold in Beijing by completing her 26th straight consecutive victory with a height of 2.04 meters combined with three attempts at the 2.10 world-record set 21-years ago in Rome by Bulgaria’s Stefka Kostadinova in 1987.
After his surprise defeat five days ago in Berlin to compatriot LaShawn Merritt, World and Olympic champion Jeremy Wariner restored normal service in Oslo, however, as in the German capital the American tightened up over the final 100m to narrowly defeat the Bahamas Christopher Brown in a time of a world-leading time of 43.98secs, with Brown seting a new national record of 44.40.
Russia’s tall elegant World record-holder Gulnara Galkina was a class apart in the 3,000m Steeplechase cruising to an impressive victory in a hugh field of 21 with a time of 9mins 14.77secs in a field which on the back of Barbara Parker’s recent UK record included three of Britain’s top exponents led by Sheffield’s Hatti Dean in 10th (9:39.19) followed by Jo Ankier and Loughborough-based Helen Clitheroe in 12th and 13th places respectively with times of 9:45.44 and 9:46.75.
Sensation of the Berlin meeting, Pamela Jelimo, completed another impressive vcitory but fell short of the World junior record set last week of 1:54.99, as the 18-year-old once again kicked clear of the field to clock 1:55.41 ahead of Slovak Lucia Klocova (1:58.89) and Jamaica’s Kenia Sinclair (1:59.00). Britain’s Jenny meadows dipped under two minutes to record 1:59.67 in 6th place.
Back in 1979 Sebastian Coe set the stadium record in the 800m, a world mark of 1:42.33, a time that has never been surpassed in the twenty-nine years that have past at the Bislett and was never under threat tonight although Sudanese Abubaker Kaki perfromance did break the World Junior mark of 1:43.64 set by the Kenyan Japheth Kimutai back in Zürich in 1997 as Kenya’s David Rudisha, the reigning World Junior champion, finished second in a personal best of 1:43.72 with South Africa’s Olympic silver medallist Mbulaeni Mulaudzi third in 1:44.04.
Britain’s European 800m bronze medallist Sam Ellis was eighth in 1:48.15 as Michael Rimmer failed to finish.
In the sprint events World silver medallist Derrick Atkins of the Bahamas ran a wind assisted (+2.3m/s) sub-10 in the Men’s 100m in 9.98secs, as Coventry’s Marlon Devonish recorded a season’s best to finished fourth in 10.08.
The Women’s 100m witnessed 2004 Olympic champion Yuliya Nesterenko of Belarus finish third (11.26) behind Jamaica’s Sherri Ann Brooks (11.24), with USA’s Bianca Knight splitting the two (11.25).
World 400m champion Christine Ohuruogu moved into new territory by beating the 23sec mark over 200m for the first time when an excellent third in her race clocking 22.94 as American Bianca Knight won in 22.56, ahead of Russia's Yuliya Guschina.
Ireland's Paul Hession was edged out in the 200m by just 0.09secs to Antigua's Pan-American gold medallist Brendan Christian, who recorded 20.39, with Clement Campbell of Jamaica taking third in 20.58.
Over the hurdles America’s 2005 World champion Bershawn Jackson looked very impressive in the 400m Hurdles passing the early leader Jamaican Danny MacFarlane, he pulled clear to set a 48.15 season’s best to maintain his chase for the $1 million Dollar prize.
MacFarlane finished second in his 2008 best of 48.58, with Commonwealth champion LJ Van Zyl of South Africa third also in a season’s best (48.84).
Following a false start Josephine Onyia won her second consecutive Golden League race, as the Spanish record-holder won the 100m Hurdles in a time of 12.59 secs, well clear of USA’s World Indoor champion Lolo Jones (12.66) and Sweden’s World Indoor 60m Hurdles record-holder Susanna Kallur (12.71).
The field events witneesed Saudi Hussein Taher Al-Sabee, the 21-year-old Asian Games champion winning the Long Jump with a second round leao of 8.19m leap (1.1m/s wind) ahead of Italy’s European champion Andrew Howe with a last round 8.16m (+0.3).
World champion Tero Pitkämäki in the Javelin Throw missed out on a chance of the $1 Million prize as the Finn’s first round leading throw of 85.82m which he improved by ten centimetres in the secondwas surpassed by compatriot Tero Järvenpää with an 86.49m PB, and then the Olympic champion AndreasThorkildsen delighted his home crowd by producing a massive 87.73m effort to win the competition in dramatic fashion.
The 2008 ÅF Golden League will resume on Friday 11th July with the Golden Gala meeting at Rome’s Olympic Stadium. The athletes who are still in the chase for the $1 Million jackpot are:
Men
400m Hurdles - Bershawn Jackson (USA)
Long Jump - Hussein Al-Sabee (KSA)
Women
800m - Pamela Jelimo (KEN)
100m Hurdles - Josephine Onyia (ESP)
High Jump - Blanka Vlasic (CRO)
BARBARA PARKER, the 25-year-old Florida-based former Loughborough College student broke Hatti Dean’s British record as she finished second in the Women’s 3,000m steeplechase in a time of 9mins 37.08secs at the American Milers Club meeting in Indianapolis, USA, on Saturday (31st May). American Allison Willard won the race in 9:37.00.
On the same day former UK record-holder Jo Ankier clocked the Olympic 'A' standard with a time of 9:43.88 in Neerpelt, Belgium.
LASHAWN MERRITT and Pamela Jelimo were the surprise package of the opening meeting of the 2008 ÅF Golden League Series with the staging of the DKB-ISTAF at Berlin’s sun drenched Olympic Stadium, Mark Woolley reports.
With a huge crowd of over 67,000 gathered in the German capital – the 2006 shared jackpot winner and firm favourite to repeat that success, Jeremy Wariner, the two-time World and reigning Olympic champion blasted out of his blocks in the 400 metres with a clear advantage over the field after the first 100m on the electric blue track.
However, the Texan began to tighten as American compatriot LaShawn Merritt began his counter attack which saw the World silver medallist with 20 metres to go make his move to take victory in a world leading time of 44.03secs with a disappointed Wariner second in 44.07 ending his nine-race unbeaten run.
“Stunning” is the only word to describe Pamela Jelimo’s performance in the 800m, the 18-year-old Kenyan produced one of the most devastating front running exhibitions ever seen in world athletics leaving the field which included compatriot and Osaka 2007 World champion Janeth Kepkosgei in her wake.
The African champion broke the Area and World Junior record with a superb time of 1:54.99. Jelimo’s run was the quickest performance seen for over a decade, and left her opponents adrift by nearly four seconds at the line. A distant second place went to World University Games champion Yuliya Krevsun of the Ukraine (1:58.98) with Jepkosgei third in 1:59.13.
European and Commonwealth bronze medallist Andy Turner finished 8th over the 110m Hurdles in a time of 13.71secs as American David Oliver, the world leader, won in 13.19 ahead of Cuba’s Dayron Robles (13.20).
Sweden’s World Indoor 60m Hurdles record-holder Susanna Kallur, an ÅF sponsored athlete and an employee of the Swedish firm which is a leader in technical consulting, in her first race of the outdoor season following an injury break, was convincingly beaten in the 100m Hurdles by a national record performance by Spain’s Josephine Onyia.
The Spaniard winning in a time of 12.50secs with Kallur second in 12.54, and the USA’s Lolo Jones, the World Indoor gold medallist in third in a season’s best of 12.57.
In the Men’s 1500m Augustine Choge, the Commonwealth 5,000m champion, eased to victory in a world leading time of 3:31.57 finishing ahead of second placed Daniel Kipchirchir Komen (3:31.91) with Shedrack Korir, the World bronze medallist, third in 3:31.99. Britain’s 2002 Commonwealth gold medallist over the distance Michael East trailed in 12th in a time of 3:36.48.
Britain’s Michael Rimmer running in the ‘A’ race of the Men’s 800m clocked 1:47.32 to finish 12th as Ugandan Abraham Chepkirwok won in a national record of 1:44.53.
In the wake of Usain Bolt’s stunning 9.72secs world record the previous night in New York the Men’s 100 metres was won by another high quality Jamaican Nesta Carter with a personal best of 10.08.
The 2003 Paris World champion Kim Collins of St. Kitts was second in 10.12. Britain’s Marlon Devonish clocked 10.18 to finish sixth on his season debut.
Joice Maduaka slipped at the start and emerged last from the blocks to finish seventh in the Women’s 100m in 11.81.
The two 5,000m races were decided with sprint finishes by an African train of athletes, and both went to Kenyans. Moses Masai took the Men’s race in a world season’s lead of 12:50.55, comfortably defeating Ethiopia’s World Indoor 3,000m champion Tariku Bekele, whilst, the Women’s race was taken in a sprint finish by Kenyan Sylvia Kibet in 15:05.09 ahead of compatriot Priscah Jepleting (15:06.77).
In the field events Blanka Vlasic, the indoor and outdoor global title holder in the Women’s High Jump, matched the 2.03m World season best she set in Doha early last month to comfortably win.
The Men’s Javelin was won by World champion Tero Pitkämäki with his first and only effort of the day with 85.20m, following injuring his back in the process.
In the 400m Hurdles, a storming second half of the race witnessed 2005 IAAF World champion Bershawn Jackson pass the early leader, reigning European champion Periklis Iakovakis of Greece, to win in 48.73secs.
World Indoor champion Evgeniy Lukyanenko of Russia succeeded in the Men’s Pole Vault with a personal best of 5.85m, and Ukraine’s Maksym Mazuryk, a former World Junior champion, also hit a career high with 5.80m for second place.
There was an Asian record in the Men’s Discus from Iran’s Ehsan Hadadi. His 69.12m effort in round two broke his own existing mark of 68.52m set last weekend in Hengelo) .Olympic titleholder Virgilijus Alekna was second with 69.12m as Germany’s Robert Harting, the World silver medallist, claimed third with a personal best of 67.70m.
The biggest disappointment for the fans in Berlin was the World Long Jump champion Irving Saladino, the Panamanian looked completely out of sorts as he fouled his opening attempts and could only record a third round leap of 7.92m in the competition won by Saudi Arabia’s Hussein Al-Sabee with a mark of 8.21m (+0.6m/s wind).
JAMAICA'S Usain Bolt set the 100 metre world-record in New York, clocking 9.72sec at the Reebok Grand Prix athletics meeting.
Bolt, 21, lowered the previous record of 9.74secs set by compatriot Asafa Powell at Rieti, Italy, last September.
With a favourable wind of 1.7m/sec, Bolt finished ahead of 100m and 200m Osaka IAAF World Champion Tyson Gay of the United States (9.85) and American Darvis Patton (10.07).
Bolt, the 200m world championships silver medallist, had signalled his arrival on the 100m scene in this Olympic year in early May, when he clocked 9.76 - then the second-fastest time in history - at a meeting in Jamaica.
Bolt's performance on a night disrupted by thunderstorms and lightning, jolted a crowd of 6,490 that included a big Jamaican contingent.
Bolt had already set the athletics world buzzing on May 3rd, when he clocked 9.76 - second fastest in history - at a meeting in Kingston.
Even after that, the tall Jamaican, runner-up to Gay in the 200m at last year's world championships, had said he thought the longer sprint was for him.
WORLD university cross-country champion Faye Fullerton produced one of the stellar performances on a night of high quality racing at the latest Nike (BMC) British Milers Club Grand Prix in Manchester to win the Women’s 1500m in a time of four minutes 12.47secs to lay down a strong Olympic selection bid for Beijing.
In the premier middle-distance race series in the United Kingdom, Fullerton, following on from her lifetime best of 4:10.45 set in windy conditions when finishing third to Britain’s top ranked athletes over the distance Susan Scott and Lisa Dobriskey at the recent Loughborough International, with the Olympic ‘A’ standard of 4:07 well within her grasp, the tall elegant 24-year-old from the Havering Mayesbrook club powered away from a high quality domestic field on the track of SportCity that included European 800m bronze medallist Becky Lyne stepping up in distance on her season debut, to out pace Aldershot’s Emma Pallent securing a four-second victory in a time of 4:12.47.
Fullerton will now look to take this rich vein of form into the Aviva Olympic Trials & AAA Championships in Birmingham at the end of June where she will meet the main contenders for Team GB selection including the Florida-based Hannah England, also producing top quality results on the American college circuit over 1500m and the mile.
Australian international Mitch Kealey won the Men’s 1500m ahead of former European Under-23 champion Chris Warburton, the 24-year-old Queenslander prevailing in a season’s best time of 3:40.78 with Belgrave’s Stephen Davis third.
Dmitrijs Jurkevics won a tight battle over the Men’s 800m clocking a time of 1:48.06, the Latvian edging out Scotland’s Graeme Oudney (1:48.61) and Irishman David Campbell (1:49.43).
The Women’s 800m witnessed Vicky Griffiths claim a fine victory ahead of British number one Jenny Meadows - making her move on the home straight the 23-year-old Liverpool Harrier sprinted away to win in a time of 2:00.49.
Meadows finished runner-up in 2:00.70 with Loughborough-based World University bronze medallist Charlotte Best third with her second fastest time ever in 2:02.16.
Two high quality and competitive races were produced in the 5,000m as Andy Vernon led the top six athletes over the line to new personal bests as the 22-year-old British Universites cross country champion claimed victory by a margin of four seconds ahead of Leeds Metropolitan student Rory Fraser in a time of 13mins 45.35secs.
British Under-23 international Fraser running in the colours of the Leicester Owls clocked a lifetime best and club record of 13:49.02 to take second place narrowly ahead of Tipton’s Phil Nicholls (13:49.16).
Kendal’s Gemma Miles went with the pacemaker in the women’s race with the duo of Loughborough student Emily Pidgeon and Wigan’s Lauren Howarth for company tracking her every move in the event that was to be ultimately decided over the final lap where Pidgeon, the former European junior champion over the distance, kicked away over the final 100m as Miles held a narrow advantage to take the win in a new personal best time of 16:12.92.
Pidgeon finished second in 16:13.49 with Howarth third (16:13.93) and Charnwood’s Jane Potter fourth in 16:27.06.