Saturday 12th June 2010

MARTYN Rooney clocked the fastest time in Europe this season with a fine victory over 400m in Geneva.

The 23-year-old Loughborough-based athlete clocked a time of 44.98secs to secure victory ahead of training partner, Ireland’s David Gillick (45.32), becoming the first European athlete to dip under the 45-second barrier in the 2010 outdoor season. Conrad Williams finished third with a new personal best of 45.45.

Rooney, runner-up in the same race last year, as with Gillick an Olympic finalist in Beijing 2008 and also coached by Nick Dakin, will look to take this fine form into next weekend’s SPAR European Team Championships representing Great Britain in Bergen, Norway.

“I’m really happy with today’s run in Geneva, it’s another step forward and a great confidence booster going into next weekend,” a delighted Rooney commented afterwards.

“The organisers put together a quality field so I was always going to have to run fast to win, running sub-45 for the first time just reinforces where Nick and I though we were before today,” he continued.

This performance now makes Rooney one of the firm favourites for gold at next months European Championships in Barcelona.

UK indoor champion Richard Buck won the ‘B’ race in 46.23secs ahead of compatriot Graham Hedman (46.47).

Loughborough Sports Scholar Lee McConnell won the women’s 400m in 51.67secs and finished 7th in the 200m with a time of 23.60. Sarah Adams won the 400m ‘B’ race in 53.94secs.

Current Loughborough student Nathan Woodward continued his fine season as the 21-year-old produced a substantial smashed his lifetime best in the 400m hurdles clocking a time of 49.70secs breaking the 50-second barrier for the first time. David Hughes was fifth in 50.33.

In the women’s race Justine Kinney finished third in 57.40secs with Ireland’s Michelle Carey 7th in 58.77.

Report by Mark Woolley.

Full results are available on the following link: www.eap-circuit.org/IMG/pdf/100612.pdf

Sunday 13th June 2010

ATHLETICS Ireland have announced a full-strength team for the 2nd European Team Championship - 1st League to be held in Budapest, Hungary, on the weekend of 19th-20th June.

The Irish team will compete in the 1st League after finishing second behind Lithuania in last year's 2nd League competition in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia.

The team for this year is at full strength especially in the sprinting events. David Gillick will be hoping to right the wrongs after a disappointing World Indoor Championship whilst, fellow Loughborough graduate Michelle Carey is part of the women’s 4x400m squad.

"The European Team Championships offers athletes a rare opportunity to compete and perform as a team which in unusual in what in largely an individual sport. We will be seeking to maintain our 1st League status against some very stiff competition. In the future, hosting such an event in Ireland will be great for the sports, the athletes and the country," said the team manager Patsy McGonagle.

Thursday 10th June 2010

UK Athletics have announced the athletes selected to represent the Aviva Great Britain and Northern Ireland team at the forthcoming 9th European Mountain Running Championships in Sapareva Banya, Bulgaria, on Sunday 4th July.

The Junior women’s GB Team features current Loughborough University student Hannah Bateson from the Lancaster & Morecambe club. The 19-year-old coached by Bill Foster gains selection having finished third at the McCain UK Mountain Running Challenge U20 selection race in Keswick last weekend.
Aviva Great Britain & Northern Ireland Teams:
(Individual athletes coaches in brackets.)
Senior Men
Orlando Edwards (Frank Horwill) Shaftesbury Barnet
Gareth Raven (Paul Roden) Sale
James McMullan (Robin Dixon) Thames Hare & Hounds
Adam Osborne (Phil Townsend) Leeds City
Senior Women
Victoria Wilkinson (Bashir Hussain) Bingley
Olivia Walwyn (Don Nichol) City of Norwich
Lizzie Adams (Peter Schofield) Hallamshire
Mary Wilkinson (self coached) Bingley
Junior Men
Robbie Simpson () Banchory Stonehaven
Michael Kallenberg (Ken Evans) Ingli
Alexander Hendry (Derek Eaton) Central/Forth Valley
Junior Women
Catriona Buchanan (Derek Eaton) Central
Laura Riches (Joe Galvin) Leigh
Hannah Bateson (Bill Foster) Lancaster & Morecambe

www.emrc2010saparevabanya.org/

Paula Radcliffe Track, Loughborough University Campus

Wednesday 9th June 2010

FULL results of the Loughborough Students v Combined Services v Achilles match staged at the Paula Radcliffe Track on Wednesday 9th June are available below:
Full Results:
Mens 400m Hurdles Match
1 3 Mike Baker Loughborough Students 1 52.34
2 7 Gareth Morris Loughborough Students 2 55.55
4 6 Darren Robinson Combined Services 3 57.25
3 4 Neil Edwards Combined Services 4 58.88
191 8 Tom Fright LSAC 5 59.38
Mens 800m Match
1 2 Frank Baddick Loughborough Students 1 1:52.23
2 5 Rob Whitte Loughborough Students 2 1:52.66
163 8 Matt Sullivan LSAC 3 1:52.94
5 4 Declan Murray Achilles 4 1:53.74
3 3 Travis Culverwell Combined Services 5 2:02.09
Mens 800m Guest Race A
176 4 Steve Mears LSAC 1 1:55.98
20 10 Vince Wilson Durham 2 1:57.72
169 7 James Poole LSAC 3 1:59.72
160 7 Paul Harmer Charnwood 4 2:00.50
178 8 James Fairbourn LSAC 5 2:02.61
181 2 Jamie Knapp LSAC 6 2:03.70
167 3 Andrew Warburton LSAC 7 2:05.95
Mens 100m Match -1.1m/s
1 2 Luke Evans Loughborough Students 1 11.02
5 4 Mark Dyble Achilles 2 11.23
2 5 Adam Mohammed Loughborough Students 3 11.30
3 3 Daryn Jackson Combined Services 4 11.40
4 6 Rob Barker Davies Combined Services 5 11.63
6 7 Ed Moyse Achilles 6 11.68
Mens 100m Guest Race A -2.7m/s
198 6 Bill Porter LSAC 1 11.45
264 3 Billy Ryan LSAC 2 11.79
263 4 Spartak Lyashenko LSAC 3 11.81
199 8 Simon Carty LSAC 4 11.94
Mens 100m Guest Race B -2.5m/s
265 5 Conor McLaughlin LSAC 1 11.35
274 6 Seni Ogunmilade LSAC 2 11.48
268 2 Marcel Hodge LSAC 3 11.51
266 7 Abayomi Oladinni LSAC 4 11.53
270 3 Matt Threadgold LSAC 5 11.60
269 8 James Eccles LSAC 6 11.70
78 4 Jim Galvin Combined Services 7 11.71
Mens 100m Guest Race C -2.5m/s
34 2 Joe Williamson Charnwood 1 12.02
82 7 Jonny Anderson Combined Services 2 12.29
233 5 James So LSAC 3 12.39
222 4 Jonathan Moore LSAC 4 12.67
158 3 Shadrak Muleli Achilles 5 12.76
Mens 400m Match
1 4 Richard Davenport Loughborough Students 1 46.90
3 3 Saul Morong Combined Services 2 50.67
5 2 Andy Dobson Achilles 3 50.87
2 1 Simon Boskovic Loughborough Students 4 52.98
194 8 James Watt LSAC 5 54.04
Mens 110m Hurdles Match -0.6m/s
3 3 Tony Higbee Combined Services 1 14.88
5 4 Richard Baderin Achilles 2 15.29
Mens 110m Hurdles Guest -0.9m/s
197 8 Robin Smith Staffs Fire and Rescue 1 15.63
Mens 200m Match -1.5m/s
1 3 Luke Evans Loughborough Students 1 21.91
2 6 Billy Ryan Loughborough Students 2 22.72
4 5 Darren Robinson Combined Services 3 23.07
3 2 Daryn Jackson Combined Services 4 23.30
6 7 Owen Churton Achilles 5 24.48
5 4 Shadrak Muleli Achilles 6 24.81
Mens 200m Guest Race A -2.8m/s
198 3 Bill Porter LSAC 1 22.78
270 8 Matt Threadgold LSAC 2 23.27
268 4 Marcel Hodge (U20) LSAC 3 23.79
263 6 Spartak Lyashenko LSAC 4 26.84
Mens 200m Guest Race B -0.8m/s
265 7 Conor McLaughlin LSAC 1 22.47
278 8 Ben Gregory LSAC 2 22.75
35 4 Aqeel Hussan Charnwood 3 23.19
37 3 Chris Sinclair Charnwood 4 23.41
269 6 James Eccles LSAC 5 23.45
Mens 200m Guest Race C -1.0m/s
276 6 Danny McIntosh LSAC 1 22.95
277 5 Kieran Flannery LSAC 2 23.51
34 3 Joe Williamson Charnwood 3 23.79
266 4 Abayomi Oladinni LSAC 4 23.79
199 7 Simon Carty LSAC 5 25.33
Mens 1500m Match
2 6 Seb Foy Loughborough Students 1 4:12.27
33 10 Stefan Ashman Leicester Coritanians 2 4:18.59
3 4 Oz Ellis Combined Services 3 4:32.70
Mens 4 x 100m Relay Match
1 5 0 Loughborough Students 1 44.88
3 3 0 Combined Services 2 46.29
Mens 3000m Combined Match
2 5 Steve Emery Loughborough Students 1 8:37.04
3 3 Matt Blunden Combined Services 2 8:45.43
4 6 Matt Whitfield Combined Services 3 8:46.19
6 6 Chris Bannon Achilles 4 8:47.43
1 2 Andrew Mariani Loughborough Students 5 9:05.68
Mens High Jump
2 Chris Baker Lboro Students 1 2.00m
1 Michael Cole Lboro Students 2 1.85m
5 Abu Abioye Achilles 4 1.75m
83 David Feeney LSAC 3 1.75m
Mens Long Jump
92 Paul Allen Comb Services 1 6.95m 1.3m/s
1 Ricardo Twumasi Lboro Students 2 6.55m 0.9m/s
166 Adrian Hemery LSAC 3 6.40m 1.6m/s
3 Nav Childs Comb Services 4 6.28m 1.4m/s
5 Ed Moyse Achilles 5 6.25m 2.4m/s
190 Tom Dunne Unattached 6 6.16m -1.6m/s
2 Spartak Lyashenko Lboro Students 7 NM
Mens Pole Vault
62 Alasdair Strange LSAC 1 5.20m
2 Matt Devereax Lboro Students 2 5.00m
1 Rob Warensjo Lboro Students 3 4.80m
85 Cameron Walker Shepherd Birchfield 4 4.60m
70 Ingmar Voss Birchfield 5 4.50m
5 James Douglas Achilles 6 3.75m
159 James Smithdale Achilles 7 3.00m
Mens Shot Putt
3 Mark Wiseman Comb Services 1 14.74m
4 Andy Dawkins Comb Services 2 14.73m
1 Joe Bloomfield Lboro Students 3 13.16m
90 Steve Watson WSE & H 4 10.86m
Mens Discus
4 Mark Wiseman Comb Services 1 49.56m
90 Steve Watson WSE & H 2 46.00m
1 Joe Bloomfield Lboro Students 3 42.01m
83 David Feeney LSAC 4 39.32m
2 John Tarrant Lboro Students 5 38.07m
3 Andy Dawkins Comb Services 6 37.24m
187 Max Hall LSAC 7 35.69m
100 John Currie CS 8 34.96m
5 Josh Mouland Achilles 9 31.37m
188 Yong Sheng Tan LSAC 10 29.61m
Mens Javelin
6 Andy Bogrand Achilles 1 60.51m
1 Jon Lundman Lboro Students 2 60.44m
2 Max Hall Lboro Students 3 56.73m
3 Steve Coombes Comb Services 4 41.94m
4 Jamie Davies Comb Services 5 38.92m
Mens Hammer
1 Joe Bloomfield Lboro Students 1 59.63m
4 Mark Wiseman Comb Services 2 46.67m
2 Andy Windley Lboro Students 3 45.11m
3 Andy Dawkins Comb Services 4 39.37m
109 John Curry CS 5 34.32m
Teams:
1 LSAC 161pts, 2 Combined Services 108pts, 3 Achilles 51pts
Womens 400m Hurdles Match
1 3 Katie Hewitt Loughborough Students 1 1:06.52
2 6 Lana Whatley Loughborough Students 2 1:07.54
3 2 Naomi Backhouse Combined Services 3 1:11.30
4 5 Charlotte Todd Combined Services 4 1:22.08
Womens 800m Match
1 4 Carolyn Plateau Loughborough Students 1 2:09.22
2 7 Amy Cambell Loughborough Students 2 2:12.35
279 11 Sarah Hudak LSAC 3 2:14.96
3 2 Julie Stroud Combined Services 4 2:20.97
46 1 Emily Sales (U17) Leicester Coritanians 5 2:22.29
40 8 Tilly Abraham (U17) Leicester Coritanians 6 2:23.84
4 5 Emma Bakewell Combined Services 7 2:26.23
42 9 April Beeby (U17) Leicester Coritanians 8 2:32.34
Womens 100m Match -1.9m/s
3 3 Sam Hodges Combined Services 1 12.98
5 2 Nikki Moss Achilles 2 13.40
4 6 Shelly Prescott Combined Services 3 13.48
Womens 100m Guest -2.1m/s
32 4 Jor’Dan McIntosh Charnwood 1 13.21
64 3 Kenisha Asquith Combined Services 2 14.46
Womens 400m Match
2 6 Savanah Echel-Thomson Loughborough Students 1 55.87
1 3 Charlotte Best Loughborough Students 2 56.54
6 2 Kate Laidlow Achilles 3 57.35
3 4 Caroline Livingstone Combined Services 4 59.11
5 5 Helen King Achilles 5 63.23
Womens 100m Hurdles Match -1.8m/s
3 3 Laura McGawn Combined Services 1 15.80
1 8 Emma Bailey Loughborough Students 2 16.39
1 2 Emma Lowry Loughborough Students 3 16.62
4 6 Charlotte Todd Combined Services 4 17.19
Womens 200m Match -1.6m/s
2 6 Savanah Echel-Thomson Loughborough Students 1 25.03
4 5 Sam Hodges Combined Services 2 25.94
32 8 Jor'Dan McIntosh Charnwood 3 25.99
5 4 Grace Clements Achilles 4 26.46
1 3 Sophie Upton Loughborough Students 5 26.98
61 1 Abi Haywood LSAC 6 27.87
6 7 Helen King Achilles 7 29.26
3 2 Kenisha Asquith Combined Services 8 29.58
Womens 1500m Match
1 2 Dani Christmas Loughborough Students 1 4:26.42
2 5 Rachel Stringer Loughborough Students 2 4:34.01
300 14 Sophie Crumly LSAC 3 4:35.97
193 13 Alex Snook LSAC 4 4:37.64
183 10 Julia Orr LSAC 5 4:40.43
184 11 Hannah Bateson LSAC 6 4:51.72
3 3 Julie Stroud Combined Services 7 5:03.26
4 6 Emma Bakewell Combined Services 8 5:11.29
49 1 Laura Alexander-High (U20) AFD 9 5:16.19
Womens 4 x 100m Relay Match
3 4 0 Combined Services 1 49.89
1 3 0 Loughborough Students 2 50.37
3000m Match
1W 7 Laura Kenney Loughborough Students 1 9:19.65
2W 10 Estelle Damant Loughborough Students 2 10:16.74
3W Kate Spilsbury LSAC 3 10:54.91
Womens High Jump
5 Frances Smithson Achilles 1 1.60m
3 Claire Nixon Comb Services 2 1.55m
Womens Long Jump
1 Katie James Lboro Students 1 5.19m 0.4m/s
2 Cat Clague Lboro Students 2 4.72m -0.6m/s
4 Claire Nixon Comb Services 3 4.63m 2.5m/s
196 Judi Perry LSAC 4 4.44m -0.7m/s
Womens Pole Vault
2 Sophie Upton Lboro Students 1 4.10m
1 Abi Haywood Lboro Students 2 3.75m
5 Clara Blattler Achilles 3 3.40m
Womens Shot
2 Sophie Thomas Lboro Students 1 13.54m
3 Lucy Rann Comb Services 2 11.24m
1 Charlotte Rose Lboro Students 3 11.11m
4 Laura McGawn Comb Services 4 10.59m
31 Emma Lowry LSAC 5 9.79m
73 R Hanson CS 6 7.68m
Womens Discus
1 Claire Williams Lboro Students 1 35.99m
3 Ester Sandiford Comb Services 2 33.17m
5 Claire Palmer Achilles 3 28.48m
4 Rhian Hanson Comb Services 4 24.72m
Womens Javelin
5 Grace Clements Achilles 1 44.45m
2 Sophie Thomas Lboro Students 2 42.82m
3 Lucy Rann Comb Services 3 42.80m
6 Clare Palmer Achilles 4 32.59m
4 Rhian Hanson Comb Services 5 15.63m
Teams:
1 LSAC 150pts, 2 Combined Services 96pts, 3 Achilles 45pts
Combined Match Score:
1 LSAC 311pts, 2 Combined Services 204pts, 3 Achilles 96pts

Wednesday 9th June 2010

FOLLOWING a six-year absence from the track Loughborough graduate Gareth Turnbull made a winning return in the 800 metres clocking a time of 1:53.87 at the Dublin Graded Meeting held at the Irishtown Stadium (2nd June).

The early afternoon warm temperatures were replaced by a cooling breeze blowing up from Dublin Bay as Turnbull made good use of the conditions to complete victory ahead of compatriots Andrew Connick and Michael Dowling.


“It is nice to be back “was Gareth Turnbull’s post race comment “and I hope to finish the season healthy” was how he described his season’s ambitions.

Saturday 5th June 2010

FORMER European U23 champion David Hughes placed himself firmly in the frame for inclusion in the Great Britain team for next month’s European Championships in Barcelona having made a very impressive transition from the high hurdles to the 400m hurdles.

In only his third race over the distance the Loughborough graduate ran a personal best of 50.35secs representing his club City of Manchester at the (BAL) British Athletics League meeting at Barnet’s Copthall Stadium on Saturday and will be one to watch at the Aviva Euro trials in Birmingham in three weeks time.

This impressive performance capped a superb week for the 26-year-old having set a lifetime best on Spring Bank Holiday Monday to win the CAU Inter Counties Championships title in Bedford with 51.49.

David Greene’s 49.05 heads the British rankings set at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Oslo on Friday night with Hughes now in fourth as the duo head towards Birmingham.

Over in Belgium at the International Flanders Athletics Meeting Loughborough Sports Scholar Lee McConnell clocked a season’s best of 51.63secs to win the 400m.

Loughborough-based Leon Baptiste continued his fine run of form to lead a British 1-2-3 over the line in the 200m at the Sparkassen Gala in Regensburg, Germany.

The 20-year-old having set a lifetime best of 20.53secs inside the European Championships ‘A’ qualifying standard at the McCain Loughborough International last month, clocked 20.79 to finish ahead of Marlon Devonish (20.82) and Jeffrey Lawal-Balogun (20.87).

Sunday 6th June 2010

MARTYN ROONEY set a season’s best of 45.45secs to finish third over 400m at the IAAF World Challenge International Mohammed VI d'Athletisme de Rabat meeting in Morocco.

The 23-year-old Olympic finalist coached by Nick Dakin continued his recent good form having won at the recent McCain Loughborough International finishing third behind race winner Jamaica’s Jermaine Gonzalez (45.06), with Chris Brown of the Bahamas second in 45.32.

European U23 champion Perri Shakes-Drayton was the only other British competitor in Rabat finishing second over the 400m hurdles in a time of 56.03secs as Jamaican Kaliese Spencer prevailed in 54.89.

Full results are available on the following link: www.iaaf.org/iwc10/results/eventcode=4448/

Tuesday 8th June 2010

UNITED Kingdom indoor champion Kim Wall set a season’s best of 53 seconds to win over 400m at the Meeting International EAP de Valbonne in France on Saturday (5th June).

At the European Athletics Promotion meeting held in Sophia Antipolis southwest of Nice, the 27-year-old Loughborough graduate finished ahead of South African Estie Wittstock (53.12) with current Loughborough student Laura Wake (U20) third in 55.07.

Kieran Flannery, the BUCS 800m bronze medallist for Loughborough, ran his fastest time for over three-years as the Gateshead Harrier broke the 1:50 barrier placing fifth in a time of 1:49.53 as Sweden’s Anton Asplund prevailed in 1:48.17.

Report by Mark Woolley.

Full results are available on the following link: http://bases.athle.com/asp.net/liste.aspx?frmbase=resultats&frmmode=1&frmespace=0&frmcompetition=062266

Sunday 30th May 2010

LOUGHBOROUGH student Nathan Woodward secured a fine lifetime best victory over the 400m hurdles as Newham & Essex Beagles finished in fourth place as SC Luch Moscow clamed the title at the European Clubs Cup Championships at Vila Real de San Antonio, Portugal (29th-30th May).

Woodward, winner at the McCain Loughborough International the previous week continued his great start to the outdoor season setting a personal best of 50.06secs as the 20-year-old won the 400m hurdles final ahead of Russian Aleksandr Derevyagin (50.29).

Loughborough College student and 2007 World Youth Games champion Chris Clarke finished runner-up over 200m with a time of 20.85secs as Italian Matteo Galvan prevailed in 20.71. European champion Francis Obikwelu from Portugal was third in 21.00.

Alumni Aidan Syers clocked 10.97secs to finish second in Race 2 of the 100m, whilst, fellow graduate Frank Baddick finished third in the 1500m with a season’s best time of 3:46.48. Uganda’s World Championships steeplechase representative Simon Ayeko claimed victory in 3:42.81, also a season’s best.

Former Leicester athlete Moumin Geele, training partner of European 3,000m indoor champion Mo Farah missing the event to concentrate on defending his Bupa London 10,000m title, finished sixth over 5,000m in 13:52.83. Turkey’s Halil Akkas won with a lifetime best of 13:46.19.

In the field events Robbie Grabarz finished in 5th place in the high jump competition with a best of 2.17m as Cuban Lisvany Perez won with a season’s best of 2.20, whilst, Max Eaves was 8th in the pole vault with a height of 4.80m.

J J Jegede claimed fourth place in the long jump with a leap of 7.68m, Russia’s Pavel Karavayev won with a best of 7.80.

SC Luch Moscow claimed the title on a total of 119pts ahead of the hosts Sporting C. Portugal (114), with Italian club GA Fiamme Gialle (104.5) completing the podium places ahead of Newham & Essex Beagles (91).

Report by Mark Woolley.

Team Results:
Men
1 SC Luch Moscow 119pts
2 Sporting C. Portugal 114pts
3 GA Fiamme Gialle 104.5pts
4 Newham & Essex Beagles 91.5pts
5 Club Playas de Castellon 91pts
6 AK Kromeriz 88.5pts
7 Fenerbahce Spor Kulübü 63pts
8 CA Montreuil 93 45.5pts

Full results are available on the following link: www.tilastopaja.org/staticresults/eaa12797629.htm

Loughborough Students v East Midlands v British Police

Paula Radcliffe Track, Loughborough University Campus

Wednesday 26th May 2010

FULL results of the Loughborough Students v East Midlands v British Police match staged at the Paula Radcliffe Track on Wednesday 26th May are available below:
Full Results:
Mens 400m Hurdles Match
Moakes Tom East Midlands 54.22m
Wombwell Simon Loughborough Students 57.42m
Fright Tom Loughborough Students DNF
Mens 800m Match
Sharman Ben East Midlands 1 1:54.64
Cameron Stuart Loughborough Students 2 1:55.08
Addison Matthew British Police 3 1:55.09
Womersley Ed LSAC 4 1:57.35
Lacey Ben East Midlands 5 1:59.48
Poole James LSAC 6 1:59.84
Hall David British Police 7 2:00.02
Harmer Paul Charnwood 8 2:01.03
Wall-Clarke Alex Loughborough Students 9 2:01.27
Warburton Andrew LSAC 10 2:05.23
Mens 100m Match -1.6m/s
Farrington Ryan Birchfield 1 11.09
Evans Luke Loughborough Students 2 11.13
Vernon Sean LSAC 3 11.27
simpson Judah East Midlands 4 11.33
Baxter Josh Loughborough Students 5 11.41
Ryan Jules British Police 6 11.54
Phippen Yannick East Midlands 7 11.72
Gall James British Police 8 12.23
Mens 100m Guest Race A -1.5m/s
Holden Michael LSAC 1 11.35
Stott Luke LSAC 2 11.36
Porter Bill LSAC 3 11.52
Lyashenko Spartak LSAC 4 11.76
Hodge Marcel LSAC 5 11.79
Mens 100m Guest Race B -0.8m/s
Mohammed Adam LSAC 1 11.24
Oladini Abayoni LSAC 2 11.63
George Matthew WSE & H 3 11.73
Hemery Adrian LSAC 4 12.02
Mens 100m Guest Race C -2.1m/s
Porter Bill LSAC 1 11.58
Ward Oscar LSAC 2 11.71
Pobischan Andrei LSAC 3 11.74
Haasan Aqeel Charnwood 4 11.92
Summer-Rell Lewis East Midlands 5 11.94
Whitfield James LSAC 6 12.14
Aboaba Adetokumbo LSAC 7 12.34
Mens 400m Match
Baines James East Midlands 1 48.23
Warner Michael East Midlands 2 49.72
Hawkes Glyn Loughborough Students 3 49.89
McManus Phil Loughborough Students 4 50.57
Richards Gregg British Police 5 53.1
Pye Kevin British Police 6 59.1
Mens 400m Guest Race A
Ryan Jules British Police 1 49.81
Spike Dominic LSAC 2 50.96
Ewbank John LSAC 3 51.14
Eccles James LSAC 4 52.09
Boskovic Simon LSAC 5 53.44
Watt Jamie LSAC
Mens 110m Hurdles Match
George Matthew WSE & H 1 15.41
Dean Jamie East Midlands 2 17.01
Mens 200m Match -0.5m/s
Evans Luke Loughborough Students 1 21.74
Burton Tom Loughborough Students 2 22.22
Sturgess Ben East Midlands 3 22.45
Ryan Jules British Police 4 22.83
Warner Michael East Midlands 5 22.83
Marchant Matthew British Police 6 23.58
Mens 200m Guest Race A -1.3m/s
Farrington Ryan Birchfield 1 22.46
Simpson Judu East Midlands 2 22.72
Vernon Sean LSAC 3 22.8
Mens 200m Guest Race B -1.3m/s
Pobischan Andrei LSAC 1 22.76
Porter Bill LSAC 2 22.98
Hassan Aqeel Charnwood 3 23.46
Summer-Rell Lewis East Midlands 4 23.57
Cignoni Adrea LSAC 5 23.85
Mens 1500m Match
Sullivan Matt Loughborough Students 1 3:52.59
Mears Stephen East Midlands 2 4:05.57
Miller James British Police 3 4:13.04
O'Donnell Richard Loughborough Students 4 4:18.34
Lacey Ben East Midlands 5 4:29.19
Mens 4 x 100m Relay Match
0 0 Loughborough Students 1 44.40
0 0 East Midlands 2 45.33
3000m Combined Match
Clarke Will LSAC 1 8:30.83
Seaward Kevin Loughborough Students 2 8:44.86
Pickett Andy Loughborough Students 3 9:13.70
Mens 4 x 400m Relay Match
0 0 Loughborough Students 1 3:28.01
High Jump
Sithole Romeo Lboro Students 1 1.94m
Mourbey Ben East Midlands 2 1.85m
Chalke Phil British Police 3 1.65m
Dean Jamie East Midlands 4 1.65m
Gill Steve British Police 5 1.45m
Long Jump
Small Steve Lboro Students 1 7.12m
Fenn Michael East Midlands 2 6.67m
Holden Michael LSAC 3 6.66m
Lyashenko Spartak Lboro Students 4 6.56m
Bobb Sam British Police 5 6.24m
Dunn Thomas Unattached 6 6.21m
Pole Vault
Marsh Andy City of Stoke 1 5.10m
Gregory Ben Lboro Students 2 5.10m
Warensjo Robert LSAC 3 5.00m
Strange Ally Lboro Students 4 4.85m
Mourbey Edward East Midlands 5 4.20m
Beer Mark British Police 6 3.80m
Pentin Nathan East Midlands 7 3.80m
MacLean Gregor Shaftesbury Barnett NH
Shot Putt
Fricker Simon British Police 1 13.98m
Bloomfield Joe Lboro Students 2 13.55m
Gregory Ben Lboro Students 3 12.83m
George Matthew WSE & H 4 12.39m
Pearson Tom East Midlands 5 11.46m
Tan Yong Shen LSAC 6 10.75m
Discus (Guest)
Udechuku Emeka LSAC 58.26m
Javelin
Lundman Jon Lboro Students 1 58.61m
Hall Max Lboro Students 2 55.98m
Stocks Charlie East Midlands 3 50.77m
Millar Greg East Midlands 4 49.46m
Lyashenko Spartak LSAC 6 39.73m
Churchill (F37) Kenny Charnwood 41.63m
Hammer
Dry Mark Woodford Green with EL 69.84m
Shorthouse Chris East Midlands 64.69m
Bloomfield Joe Lboro Students 59.97m
Williamson Ali British Police 56.41m
Windley Andy LSAC 46.16m
Hyland Luke Lboro Students 45.39m
Pearson Tom East Midlands 41.94m
Men's Match Score:
1 LSAC 161pts, 2 East Midlands 121pts, 3 British Police 59pts
Womens 400m Hurdles Match
Bouchard Lauren Loughborough Students 1 61.33
Komocki Emma East Midlands 2 65.56
Hewitt Katie Loughborough Students 3 66.53
Whatley Lana LSAC 4 68.11
Bowling Charlotte East Midlands 5 68.28
Womens 800m Match
Stockton Stevie Loughborough Students 1 2:12.57
Bull Sarah Loughborough Students 2 2:15.13
Inwood Charlotte East Midlands 3 2:20.55
Hall Rebecca East Midlands 4 2:22.13
Youden Sally British Police 5 2:29.09
Womens 100m Match -0.8m/s
Haslam Laura East Midlands 1 12.57
Echell Thompson Savannah Loughborough Students 2 12.59
Barry Katie East Midlands 3 13.09
Archer Rachel British Police 4 13.67
Womens 100m Guest -1.3m/s
James Felicity LSAC 1 12.74
McIntosh Jor'dan Charnwood 2 13.00
Chrisp Hannah LSAC 3 13.24
Martin Nicole LSAC 4 13.46
Chapple Meghan LSAC 5 14.10
Womens 400m Match
Kinney Justine Loughborough Students 1 55.71
Christmans Dani Loughborough Students 2 56.65
Turner Alex East Midlands 3 59.61
Smyton Beth East Midlands 4 61.83
Cotter Charlottte East Midlands 5 62.39
Womens 100m Hurdles Match -0.5m/s
Tappin Jess Loughborough Students 1 15.08
Komocki Emma East Midlands 2 15.26
Payne Katy-Louise Loughborough Students 3 16.99
Womens 200m Match -1.9m/s
Adams Sarah Loughborough Students 1 25.15
Echel-Thomson Savannah Loughborough Students 2 25.26
Haslam Laura East Midlands 3 25.78
Barry Katie East Midlands 4 27.01
Archer Rachel British Police 5 27.96
Womens 200m Guest Race A -0.5m/s
James Katie LSAC 1 25.47
Hitchman Laura LSAC 2 26.02
McIntosh Jor'dan Charnwood 3 26.24
Martin Nicole LSAC 4 27.56
Wardle Emily Charnwood
Womens 1500m Match
Plateau Carolyn Loughborough Students 1 4:27.57
Brathwaite Lizzie Herts Phoenix 2 4:27.60
Milner Kirsty Loughborough Students 3 4:37.91
Moriarty Gabriella East Midlands 4 4:56.08
McHale Katie LSAC 5 4:56.80
Inwood Charlotte East Midlands 6 5:04.74
Alexander-High Laura AFD 7 5:17.08
Womens 4 x 100m Relay Match
0 0 Loughborough Students 1 49.96
0 0 East Midlands 2 53.39
3000m Combined Match
Crumly Sophie LSAC 1 9:55.17
Snook Alex Loughborough Students 2 9:55.24
Hudak Sarah LSAC 3 9:57.08
Mensley Clare East Midlands 4 9:59.64
Orr Julia LSAC 5 10:00.80
Bateson Hannah Loughborough Students 6 10:00.87
Pereira Jenni Medway & Maidstone 7 10:02.96
Farrow Natalie British Police 8 10:08.70
Lomas Katie LSAC 9 10:31.32
Rollins Helen East Midlands 10 10:42.84
Spilsbury Kate LSAC 11 11:07.47
Womens 4 x 400m Relay Match
0 0 Loughborough Students 1 4:07.06
0 0 East Midlands 2 4:26.15
Womens High Jump
Lowry Emma Lboro Students 1 1.60m
Hankins Daniella East Midlands 2 1.60m
Bailey Niamh East Midlands 3 1.45m
Potter Alex British Police 4 1.40m
Womens Long Jump
Carr Melissa Lboro Students 1 5.34m 0.9m/s
James Katie LSAC 2 4.97m 0.7m/s
Tappin Jess LSAC 3 4.84m 1.6m/s
Lowry Emma LSAC 4 4.76m 0.2m/s
Elphick Chloe East Midlands 5 4.73m 1.3m/s
Perry Judi LSAC 6 4.43m 0.5m/s
Clague Cat LSAC 7 4.13m 1.1m/s
Womens Pole Vault
Peake Sally Liverpool Harriers 1 3.70m
Adams Caroline Lboro Students 2 3.35m
Collings Paige East Midlands 3 3.20m
Gardner Nadine East Midlands 4 2.60m
Orr Helen Lboro Students 5 2.40m
Womens Shot
Ward Tesni East Midlands 1 12.42m
Rose Charlotte Lboro Students 2 11.66m
Lowry Emma Lboro Students 3 10.58m
Metaxas-Belt Elycia East Midlands 4 9.62m
Davies Rebecca LSAC 5 9.54m
Womens Discus
Ward Tesni East Midlands 1 44.60m
Backhouse Rachel East Midlands 2 38.22m
Williams Claire Lboro Students 3 37.64m
Gair Charlottte East Midlands 4 34.42m
Metaxas-Belt Elycia East Midlands 5 32.97m
Davies Rebecca Lboro Students 6 29.77m
Cameron Claire British Police 7 29.07m
Hammer (Guest)
Sophie Hitchon Blackburn 63.06m
Women's Match Score:
1 LSAC 164pts, 2 East Midlands 139pts, 3 British Police 17pts
Overall Match Score:
1 LSAC 325pts, 2 East Midlands 260pts, 3 British Police 76pts

Wednesday 26th May 2010

LOUGHBOROUGH graduate Chris Thompson will face a tough field in the Bupa London 10,000 metres on Spring Bank Holiday Monday (31st May) around the streets of the capital.

The 29-year-old will be returning from his American training base in the running Mecca of Eugene, where representing the Nike Oregon Track Club Elite under the guidance of coach Mark Rowland his confidence will be on a real high after earlier this month clocking the third fastest track 10,000m time ever by a British male athlete with a mark of 27:29.61, and lowering his road 10k personal best time to 28:02 when finishing fourth at the Healthy Kidney race in New York City.

His performance on the track Stanford, California, has only been bettered by Jon Brown's 12-year-old record of 27:18.14 and Eamonn Martin's 27:23.06 achieved in 1988.

In the men’s race Thompson will be up against compatriot and defending champion Mo Farah and Kenya’s world record-holder over the distance Micah Kogo in the strong elite field.

Farah set the British road record of 27:50 in the event twelve months ago, whilst, Kogo, the Olympic 10,000m bronze medallist, is returning to action after missing the recent inaugural IAAF Diamond League meeting in Doha due to injuries suffered when he and two other Kenyans were involved in a car crash on their way to Nairobi airport.

The women's race looks set to be a thrilling battle between Kenya's world 10,000m gold medallist Linet Masai and the reigning world half-marathon champion Mary Keitany, who became the first ever woman to run 25km in under 1hr 20mins with a world-record time of 1:19:53 in Berlin at the beginning of May.

Masai at the age of just 20 won the world 10,000m title last August in Berlin and is the world junior record-holder for 10,000m with a 30:26.50 career best. She finished second on Sunday (23rd May) at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Shanghai, clocking a personal best of 14:31.14 over 5,000m.

Race director Dave Bedford, expects race entrants to top 13,000 this year (last year's race had 8305 finishers), was very satisfied with his field.

"We are delighted to have such strong elite fields for our third Bupa London 10,000," Bedford said. "To have world and Olympic medallists and world record-holders on the start line alongside our British champions is a great boost for us. Their presence will add to the excitement and enjoyment for the many thousands who will follow them around this fantastic course."

The race starts on Birdcage Walk and follows an anti-clockwise route around the City of Westminster and the City of London through Trafalgar Square to the finish in The Mall.

www.london10000.co.uk

Sunday 23rd May 2010

ATHENS Paralympic gold medallist Dan Greaves (Charnwood) recorded a new World-record in the F44 discus category (57.14m) at the McCain Loughborough International on Sunday.

The 27-year-old Loughborough University graduate from Anstey in Leicestershire having previously threw a lifetime best and unofficial World-record of 56.50m at the Wexiö Indoor Throwing meeting in Växjö, Sweden in March, re-wrote the record books with a superb throw of 57.14 metres in the first round of competition - a mark that is also inside the IPC Athletics World Championships qualifying standard.

Tuesday 18th May 2010

SAMSON Oni made a winning start on his outdoor season debut with victory in the men’s high jump competition at the Meeting National de Montgeron in France on Sunday 16th May.

The 28-year-old Loughborough graduate will hope to carry forward his stellar indoor form in 2010 that witnessed the Belgrave Harrier represent Great Britain in the Doha World Championships and set a new lifetime best of 2.31m in Slovakia back in March.

In France Oni won the competition with a leap of 2.27m defeating the Ukraine’s Abdoulaye Nartov (2.24) and home athlete Abdoulaye Diarra (2.18).

Saturday 15th May 2010

GREAT Britain’s Chris Thompson finished in a strong fourth place as Ethiopia’s Gebregziabher Gebremariam broke the course record to win the UAE Healthy Kidney 10km in New York’s Central Park.

Over the undulating course the 2009 World cross country champion Gebremariam sliced six seconds off Tadese Tola’s 2009 course-record, crossing the line in a time of 27mins 42secs clear of the Kenyan duo of NYC half-marathon winner Peter Kamais (27:49) and Julius Kogo (28:19).

Chris Thompson, having produced one of the finest performances by a British distance athlete for over a decade moving to third on the UK all-time list with a mark of 27:29.61 on his track debut over 10,000m at the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational in California last month, the 29-year-old Loughborough graduate ran a solid race to finish fourth in 28:25 one place ahead of Ireland’s Alistair Cragg (28:33).

Report by Mark Woolley.

Full results are available on the following link: http://web2.nyrrc.org/cgi-bin/start.exe/aes-programs/results/startup.html?result.id=b00515&result.year=2010

Paula Radcliffe Track, Loughborough University Campus

Wednesday 12th May 2010

FULL results of the Loughborough Students v Birmingham University v Army match staged at the Paula Radcliffe Track on Wednesday 12th May are available below:
Full Results:
Men

Mens 400m Hurdles Match
Baker Mike Loughborough Students 1 52.92
Draper Mark Loughborough Students 2 53.86
Wright Dan Birmingham 3 57.08
Domingo Jake Charnwood 4 59.66
Shaw Chris Army 5 59.87
DeBique Ronald Army 6 62.07

Mens 800m Match
Bowser Matt Lincoln 1 1:52.71
Samuels Nick Loughborough Students 2 1:52.72
Whittle Rob LSAC 3 1:53.45
Barkes Danny Mansfield 4 1:53.73
Baddick Frank Loughborough Students 5 1:55.48
Kinyanjui Eric Army 6 2:01.97
Gray Jonny Army 7 2:18.91

Mens 800m Guest Race A
Hodges Rob LSAC 1 1:51.62
Emery Stephen LSAC 2 1:52.41
Sullivan Matt LSAC 3 1:53.20
Gayle Tom LSAC 4 1:55.06
Nasir Abdilla Charnwood 5 1:59.31
Harmer Paul Charnwood 6 2:00.82
Knapp Jamie LSAC 7 2:01.24
Poole James LSAC 8 2:02.12
Fairbourn James LSAC 9 2:04.08

Mens 100m Match -0.6m/s
Mohammed Adam Loughborough Students 1 11.34
Funsho Joseph Army 2 11.35
Hodge Marcel Loughborough Students 3 11.50
Gaye Taala Army 4 11.60
Vickery Jamie B'ham University 5 11.69
Sweeney Mike B'ham University 6 12.53

Mens 100m Guest Race A -1.3m/s
Farrington Ryan Birchfield 1 11.25
Doorgachurn Phil Cardiff 2 11.27
Aliu Yusuf LSAC 3 11.71

Mens 100m Guest Race B -1.4m/s
Norfolk Phil LSAC 1 11.50
Porter Bill LSAC 2 11.65
Hunt Markus LSAC 3 11.71
McIntosh Danny LSAC 4 11.73
Williamson (U20) Joe Charnwood 5 12.40

Mens 100m Guest Race C -2.1m/s
Peacock Ben LSAC 1 11.87
Lyashenko Spartak LSAC 2 11.87
Ogunmilade Seni LSAC 3 12.04
Smith Alex LSAC 4 12.15
Whitfield James LSAC 5 12.15

Mens 400m Match

Burton Tom Loughborough Students 1 48.60
Goodall Paul Loughborough Students 2 50.63
Caine Scott Army 3 51.63
Hardy Lee Army 4 53.05
Sweeney Mike B'ham University 5 54.59

Mens 400m Guest Race A

Judson Paul LSAC 1 49.10
Miller Tom LSAC 2 49.46
Green Ben LSAC 3 50.01
Cignoni Andrea LSAC 4 51.30
Phillips James LSAC 5 51.51

Mens 400m Guest Race B
Forde Callum Charnwood 1 51.40
Owen Paul Chelmsford 2 52.08
Douglas (U17) Scott Charnwood 3 52.57
Eccles James LSAC 4 53.03
Hussan (U20) Aqeel Charnwood 5 53.30
Adiyia Richard Charnwood 6 53.84
Oladini Abayoni LSAC 7 56.31
Isooba Paul Army 8 65.95

Mens 200m Match -1.5m/s
Clarke Chris Loughborough Students 1 21.51
Craig Chris Sale 2 21.80
Funsho Joseph Army 3 23.24
Vickery Jamie B'ham University 4 23.59
Hodge Marcel Loughborough Students 5 23.72
Okoroafo Lee Army 6 23.91

Mens 200m Guest Race A -1.0m/s
Mohammed Adam LSAC 1 23.07
Peacock Ben LSAC 2 23.26
McIntosh Danny LSAC 3 23.60
Wilson ((U20) Scott Charnwood 4 24.46

Mens 200m Guest Race B -1.6m/s
McLaughlin Conor LSAC 1 23.16
Douglas (U17) Scott Charnwood 2 24.10
Hussan (U20) Aqeel Charnwood 3 24.32
Williamson (U20) Joe Charnwood 4 24.55

Mens 1500m Match
Warburton Chris Loughborough Students 1 3:52.06
Bowser Matt Lincoln 2 3:56.16
Emery Stephen Loughborough Students 3 3:56.97
Mears Stephen LSAC 4 3:59.67
Gayle Tom LSAC 5 4:02.69
Poole James LSAC 6 4:03.62
Townsend Joe B'ham University 7 4:06.37
Booker Chris B'ham University 8 4:06.75
Lacey Ben Charnwood 9 4:09.33
Fairbourn James LSAC 10 4:09.84
Kinyanjui Eric Army 11 4:19.19
Gray Jonny Army 12 5:06.84

Mens 4 x 100m Relay Match
0 0 Loughborough Students 1 43.97
0 0 Army 2 44.54

3000m Combined Match
Samuels Nick Loughborough Students 1 8:29.34
Hodges Rob Loughborough Students 2 8:32.52
Carter Chris B'ham University 3 8:49.72
Carter Tom LSAC 4 8:49.96
Porter John Army 5 9:06.74
Branfoot Dave Army 6 9:17.07

Mens 4 x 400m Relay Match
0 0 LSAC 1 3:27.27
0 0 Army 2 3:39.33
0 0 Loughborough Students 3 DNF

High Jump
Baker Chris Lboro Students 1 2.00m
Sithole Romeo Charnwood 2 1.95m
Cole Michael Lboro Students 3 1.95m
Muskwe Osman Army 4 1.85m
Sweeney Mike B'ham University 5 1.80m
Okorofu Lee Army NH

Long Jump
Lyashenko Spartak Lboro Students 1 6.57m 1.3m/s
Muskwe Osman Army 2 6.27m 1.0m/s
McMullan Carl Army 3 6.22m 0.7m/s

Pole Vault
Eaves Max Lboro Students 1 5.20m
North Christian WG & EL 2 4.90m
Warensjo Rob LSAC 3 4.90m
Marsh Andy Stoke 4 4.90m
Hurren Richard Newham & Essex 5 4.90m
Gregory Ben LSAC 6 4.90m
Holden Michael LSAC 7 4.75m
Chappell Steve Army 8 3.40m
Shaw Chris Army 9 2.60m

Shot Putt
Mohan Rob Lboro Students 1 15.34m
Wiseman Mark Army 2 14.26m
Ufodiama Chiedu B'ham University 3 11.76m
Whitehead Lee Army 4 11.04m
Ozazuwa John Army 5 10.86m
Sweeney Mike B'ham University 6 10.67m
Chappell Stephen Army 7 10.08m

Discus
Buhari Abdul Newham & Essex 1 58.20m
Udechuku Emeka Lboro Students 2 57.36m
Wiseman Mark Army 3 52.80m
Bloomfield Joe Lboro Students 4 46.46m
Okorafo Lee Army 5 34.34m
Ufodiama Chiedu B'ham University 6 37.57m
Tarrant John LSAC 7 37.53m
Holden Michael LSAC 8 33.15m

Hammer
Bloomfield Joe Lboro Students 1 60.47m
Pearson John Lboro Students 2 58.77m
Osazuwa John Army 3 55.85m
Hyland Luke LSAC 4 47.72m
Wiseman Mark Army 5 47.37m
Windley Andy LSAC 6 45.25m
Pearson Tom B'ham University
Match Score
1 LSAC 165pts, 2 Army 101pts, 3 Birmingham University 40pts
Women

Womens 400m Hurdles Match
Surman Jade Birchfield 1 61.98
Murray Katie Loughborough Students 2 62.82
Holmes Vicki B'ham University 3 66.68
Calcott Sarah B'ham University 4 69.36
Bloomer Julia Army 5 72.47
Backhouse Naomi Army 6 78.88

Womens 800m Match
Leonard Alison B'ham University 1 2:05.81
Christmas Dani Loughborough Students 2 2:08.96
Treacy Sara B'ham University 3 2:11.66
Kinney Jordan Loughborough Students 4 2:12.11
Wickham Charlotte LSAC 5 2:16.17
Bateson Hannah LSAC 6 2:20.08
Gough Rrebecca B'ham University 7 2:21.21
Mcgrevey Jemma Army 8 2:24.42

Womens 100m Match -1.2m/s
O'Neill Elaine Loughborough Students 1 12.00
Beesley Meghan Loughborough Students 2 12.07
Waters Helen B'ham University 3 13.79
Jarman Alicia Army 4 13.90
Armitage Debbie Army 5 15.83

Womens 100m Guest -0.9m/s
Banjo Susanah Newhan & Essex 1 12.76
Haslam (U20) Laura Charnwood 2 13.01
McIntosh Jor'Dan Charnwood 3 13.36
Chrisp Hannah LSAC 4 13.49
Heckford Jenny LSAC 5 13.63
Martin Nicole LSAC 6 13.72

Womens 400m Match
Adams Sarah Loughborough Students 1 55.50
Williams Rebecca B'ham University 2 56.59
Echel-Thomson Savanah Loughborough Students 3 57.04
Coveney Gabrielle LSAC 4 57.42
McGreavey Jemma Army 5 61.65
Gough Rebecca B'ham University 6 62.85

Womens 400m Guest
James Felicity LSAC 1 58.26
Thompson Jenna LSAC 2 60.48

Womens 100m Hurdles Match -0.3m/s
Vinet Andrea Loughborough Students 1 14.75
Tappin Jess LSAC 2 15.25
Heckford Jenny Loughborough Students 3 16.07
Backhouse Naomi Army 4 19.46

Womens 200m Match -1.3m/s
Beesley Meghan Loughborough Students 1 24.92
Montaque Chani B'ham University 2 25.60
Banjo Susannah B'ham University 3 27.62
Jarman Alicia Army 4 28.84
Armitage Debbie Army 5 33.79

Womens 200m Guest Race A -0.9m/s
Haslam (U20) Laura Charnwood 1 26.27
McIntosh Jor'Dan Charnwood 2 26.82
Holmes Vicky Birmingham 3 27.94

Womens 1500m Match
Whitmore Hannah Charnwood 1 4:22.51
Tarplee Claire Loughborough Students 2 4:23.02
Morris Sophie Army 3 4:24.09
Milner Kirsty LSAC 4 4:37.58
Hudak Sarah LSAC 5 4:39.33
Thomas Lara B'ham University 6 4:41.26
Miles Claire B'ham University 7 4:53.71

Womens 4 x 100m Relay Match
0 0 Loughborough Students 1 51.07
0 0 B'ham University 2 54.54
0 0 Army DQ

3000m Match
Snook Alex Loughborough Students 1 10:03.43
Pereira Jenni Maidstone & Medway 2 10:15.82
Orr Julia Loughborough Students 3 10:15.96
Blackwell Roxy B'ham University 4 10:36.51
Williams Paris LSAC 5 10:37.87
Roberts Megan B'ham University 6 10:55.57

Womens 4 x 400m Relay Match
0 0 Loughborough Students 1 3:51.73
LSAC 2 3:57.03
0 0 B'ham University 3 4:21.92

Womens High Jump
Bloomer Julia Army 1 1.40m

Womens Long Jump
Coleman Jen Lboro Students 1 5.22m
Butler Lucy Army 2 4.82m
Lowry Emma Lboro Students 3 4.66m
Bloomer Julia Army 4 4.57m
Claque Cat LSAC 5 4.53m
Perry Judi LSAC 6 4.42m
Martin Nicole LSAC 7 3.30m

Womens Pole Vault
Massey Anna Sale 1 3.85m
Adams Caroline Lboro Students 2 3.00m

Womens Shot
Rose Charlotte Lboro Students 1 11.86m
Rann Lucy Army 2 11.60m
Davies Rebecca Lboro Students 3 9.75m
Waters Helen B'ham University 4 8.56m

Womens Javelin
Thomas Sophie Lboro Students 1 44.10m
Rann Lucy Army 2 42.89m
Burdett Amber Charnwood 3 42.36m
Treacy Sara B'ham University 4 30.54m
Knight Alice Charnwood 5 29.39m
Match Score
1 LSAC 143pts, 2 Birmingham University 74pts, 3 Army 51pts
Overall Score
1 LSAC 308pts, 2 Army 152, 3 Birmingham University 114pts

Tuesday 12th May 2010

DAME Kelly Holmes has explained why she is returning to Loughborough College on Saturday (May 15th) to encourage Great Britain’s middle distance running stars of the future.

And the double Olympic champion, whose own career came to a glorious climax in Athens in 2004, has chosen the College’s own Commonwealth Games hopeful Charlotte Best as one of her select team of mentors.

The 24-year-old, who recently qualified for the world indoor championships in Qatar, joins Loughborough University’s Dani Christmas and six others from the ‘On Camp with Kelly’ programme to deliver a day of mentoring, education and specialised training to promising runners under 20 years of age.

Dame Kelly said: “The success of my previous mentoring programmes, such as ‘On Camp with Kelly’, also supported by Aviva, has shown the importance of providing education and mentoring to athletes through their teenage years when they are developing as athletes and also undergoing many changes away from the track.

“The ‘On Camp with Kelly’ athletes will work to offer advice and boost the confidence of the young rising stars attending the Aviva day as they progress further in their athletics careers, emulating the mentoring scheme they themselves have benefited from.”

Charlotte, a sports science student at the College, said: “I feel really honoured to be able to support and aid Dame Kelly Holmes with this mentoring and education day. It will be a great opportunity to help, encourage and inspire the next generation of athletes to follow in Dame Kelly’s footsteps, in the same way that I have sought to.”

Dame Kelly Holmes is mentoring talented young middle distance athlete and their coaches through her 'On Camp with Kelly' initiative, supported by Aviva.

For more information about 'On Camp with Kelly' and the latest news and updates visit: www.oncampwithkelly.co.uk

Monday 10th May 2010

LOUGHBOROUGH sprinters were in action at the European Permit Meeting Memorial “Graziano Della Valle” in Pavia, Italy (9th May).

In the men’s 100m Leon Baptiste (10.46) finished runner-up to compatriot Rikki Fifton (10.35) having won his semi-final in 10.59.

Over the one-lap distance national indoor 400m champion and Doha World championship representative Richard Buck finished fourth in 46.33 in the race won by Claudio Licciardello (45.25).

Cuban Aramis Diaz Martinez won the men’s 400m hurdles (51.09) as BUCS silver medallist Richard Davenport finished runner-up (51.41) with Andy Blow securing third (52.79). BUCS 400m hurdles champion Niall Flannery finished 5th in 54.72.

Having won over 200m at the UCSD Triton Invitational in California last month Harrow’s Laura Turner claimed victory in the women’s 100m with a time of 11.57 as Loughborough’s welsh champion Elaine O’Neill, fresh from a recent warm-weather training stint in San Diego secured fourth place (11.86).

Hayley Jones produced a fine performance to win the 400m in 53.23 as the 21-year-old 2007 European junior 200m champion finished clear of Italian Marta Milani (53.30), with reigning AAA indoor champion, Alumni Kim Wall third (53.85).

In the ‘B’ 400m final Sarah Adams clocked 54.93 to secure third place, while, Justine Kinney finished second in the 400m hurdles ‘A’ race in 59.50 as Ireland’s Brona Furlong won in 59.11.

Full results are available on the following link: http://fidal.it/2010/COD2144/Index.htm

Friday 7th May 2010

LOUGHBOROUGH Alumni Katie Ingram won silver for Great Britain at the 2010 Nancy ETU Duathlon European Championships in France over the May Bank Holiday weekend as compatriot Kat Grimmett claimed bronze in the race won by Ruth Van der Meijden of The Netherlands following a sprint finish.

Ingram (24), from Chorley, the 2009 Commonwealth Mountain Running champion identified through the trigold talent initiative and part of the Wells Sports Foundation began training at British Triathlon’s High Performance Centre in Loughborough just six months ago and made her international debut last month at the Monterrey ITU Triathlon World Cup in Mexico.

In the race around the historic centre of Nancy in the Lorraine region of eastern France, comprising of a 10km run, 40km bike ride and a 5km run, the two British athletes were part of a breakaway group of three with Van der Meijden, that built up a minute-and-a-half lead ahead of the chasing pack during the bike leg and they maintained their advantage during the final 5k run.
Leading Results:
Women

1 Ruth Van der Meijden (NED) 01:51.08

2 Katie Ingram (GBR) 01:51.13 

3 Katrina Grimmett (GBR) 01:52.58

www.duathlonnancy.fr

Friday 7th May 2010

THE Lloyds TSB Local Heroes is an initiative in partnership with SportsAid providing support and funding to over 270 of Britain’s most talented developing athletes on their journey to London 2012 and beyond.

In 2010 this will include Loughborough athletes Charlotte Best (800m) and Vicki Hubbard (high jump) as they target the London Olympic Games in two-years time.

Both Charlotte and Vicki have enjoyed breakthrough performances and achieved lifetime best marks this year as they qualified for their first senior major global championships representing Great Britain at the World indoors in Doha back in March.

Local Heroes was launched in 2008, with the aim of supporting promising British sporting talent on their journey to London 2012 and beyond. The programme is designed to assist young athletes across Britain with awards of £1,000 to help with the costs of training and competing at national and international level – at a time when they might need it the most.

Over the next two weeks, the ‘Local Heroes’ and their parents will attend one of five inspirational workshops across the country to ensure they not only benefit from the financial support and recognition, but also from practical advice on how to prepare for life as an elite athlete.

Lloyds TSB Local Heroes is an initiative in partnership with SportsAid providing support and funding to over 270 of Britain’s most talented developing athletes on their journey to London 2012 and beyond.

To find out more about Lloyds TSB Local Heroes visit: www.lloydstsb.com/localheroes

Friday 7th May 2010

EIGHT Loughborough based athletes have been boosted by help from double Olympic gold medallist Dame Kelly Holmes after returning from a training camp with the 800m and 1500m champion from Athens 2004.


Charlotte Best, Jessica Burns, Dani Christmas, Kirsty Hamilton, Jordan Kinney, Carolyn Plateau, Stevie Stockton and Claire Tarplee all received support from the 'On Camp with Kelly' mentoring and education initiative for talented young middle distance athletes which has been supported by Aviva since 2004.



Some of the athletes were able to access funding from 'On Camp with Kelly' to cover their travel and accommodation costs for the trip and the programme also funded a massage therapist to travel out to Portugal so that the Loughborough athletes and the other eight 'On Camp with Kelly' athletes training in the area could access massage when they needed it.



Dame Kelly said: "An overseas training trip is a key part of an athlete's preparation for the summer season as they are able to totally focus on their training away from the distractions of home. It is important that they have access to massage treatment when they need it during this intense training period which is why 'On Camp with Kelly' and Aviva have funded a massage therapist to travel to Portugal."



Stevie Stockton, one of Loughborough University’s 2012 Sports scholars, made her senior GB debut at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Poland on 28th March.

She said: "The support provided by 'On Camp with Kelly' and Aviva was fantastic in Portugal. Having massage available to us 'on tap' from massage therapist Lesley Bryant has enabled me to recover from sessions well enough to get back and train the same evening or the next day. I cannot explain how valuable Lesley was to all of us and I can't thank her, 'On Camp with Kelly' and Aviva enough!"



Charlotte Best said: “Without the generous support of Aviva through ‘On Camp with Kelly’, I would not be running to my full potential, as they supported me through a career changing operation on my ankle. Also through all the ‘On Camp with Kelly’ education days I was able to prepare properly for this warm weather training trip.”

Dani Christmas added: “Warm weather training allows us to completely concentrate on our athletics and maximise our performance. Thanks to ‘On Camp with Kelly I have been able to spend two weeks in Portugal, which has been a fantastic opportunity to train hard. Having Lesley Bryant here to offer massage has been crucial to keep us all on track.”

Jess Burns said: “Being a part of the ‘On Camp with Kelly’ initiative helped provide all of us out here in Portugal with sports massage, which has been really appreciated! Thank you to both the massage therapist Lesley and Dame Kelly, as training wouldn't have gone so smoothly without their support.”

Jordan Kinney said: “I feel that the massage available from OCWK massage therapist Lesley Bryant was an invaluable part of my training in Portugal. I was able to get massage to aid my recovery for the next session and at various times when I had niggles Lesley was there to help sort them out so I was able to continue training at my optimum.

“The fact that massage from Lesley was funded through ‘On Camp With Kelly’ was brilliant and I felt with this privilege I was able to get the most out of my training and recover for each session. Lesley was brilliant and I fully appreciated her being there for the time I was in Portugal.”

Carolyn Plateau said: “Being able to go out to Alfamar, Portugal, for a two week warm weather training trip has been a great opportunity. The support from ‘On Camp with Kelly’ and Aviva is invaluable in preparation for the upcoming track season, it has been particularly useful to have OCWK's Lesley Bryant providing massage to allow us to train hard everyday.”

Claire Tarplee said: “’On Camp with Kelly’ really helped me with my warm weather training to Portugal, by financially supporting the cost of my flights and accommodation. Another great benefit was having the OCWK massage therapist, Lesley Bryant, here with us, as she was available to give massage whenever needed.”

Kirsty Hamilton said: “My two weeks training trip to the Alfamar resort in Portugal has been great, as it has allowed me to train with my Loughborough training group whilst I'm on a work placement in the South of France. I’m using this time to gain fitness and this is greatly helped by the OCWK massage therapist Lesley Bryant as she keeps all my niggles at bay during some hard training!”

Dame Kelly Holmes is mentoring talented young middle distance athlete and their coaches through her 'On Camp with Kelly' initiative, supported by Aviva.

For more information about 'On Camp with Kelly' and the latest news and updates visit www.oncampwithkelly.co.uk

Above photo: Dani Christmas, Carolyn Plateau, Kirsty Hamilton and Charlotte Best.