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EURO INDOORS16 Preview and Euro rankingsYour complete guide to the four days of action in Prague

REGULARS6 NewsBosworth wants more records50 CommentWhy Farah’s drifted off the pace52 Your SayCriticism of UKA’s World Cross policy53 Young AthleteCombined-eventer Grace Bower82 Dip FinishNational success runs in the family

SPOTLIGHT24 Euro Indoors historyA look back at the fi rst 50 years30 Morgan LakeGB’s latest heptathlon star interviewed36 Olympic MuseumAW visits a new temporary exhibition40 Reg SpiersThe remarkable story of a little-known Australian javelin thrower of the 1960s

44 Masters profi leTop over-40 runner Chris Greenwood

ANALYSIS46 IAAF World ChampsMen’s triple jump and shot put history

PERFORMANCE54 Training frequencyShould you train twice a day?

56 ProductsRecovery snacks and drinks

58 Improve breathingThe fi nal article in the series

59 Club nightTraff ord AC

60 NutritionIron defi ciency

EVENTS62 ResultsRound-up from home and abroad

72 Inter-Counties previewThe runners and riders at Cofton Park

75 What’s OnFixtures for the coming weeks

Cover: World junior heptathlon and high jump champion Morgan Lake (On-Edition, 2015)

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Prague revisitedA MAJOR athletics championship returns this week to

Prague for the fi rst time in 37 years. Back in 1978, the

Strahov Stadium in the Czech capital staged the

European outdoor summer championships. Now, the

city’s O2 Arena is set to hold the indoor winter equivalent.

If the events of Prague 2015 are anywhere near as

eventful as the performances from 1978, the meeting will

be pretty entertaining. One day alone – Wednesday

August 31 – at those championships, for example,

produced the unique newspaper headline “Ovett, Coe

and Thompson lose” as Seb and Steve were defeated by

Olaf Beyer in a thrilling 800m while Daley lost to

Aleksandr Grebenyuk of the Soviet Union after the

Briton’s pole kept bringing down the bar in the vault.

With the Cold War at its peak, Eastern bloc athletes

such as Beyer, Grebenyuk and GDR sprinters Marlies

Gohr and Marita Koch flourished, while Yuriy Sedykh, the Soviet winner of the hammer in

1978, still holds the world record today.

Other winners in 1978 included 400m hurdler Harald Schmid, 200m legend Pietro

Mennea and Polish steeplechaser Bronislaw Malinowski, who tragically died in a car

accident only three days later. The stadium, however, survives, although these days is used

mainly as a training venue for Sparta Prague and as a concert venue.

Added to this history, this week’s championship will also be held in a land that brought us

Emil Zatopek and Jan Zelezny. So who will make a name for themselves in Prague this week?

Well, no winner will be more popular than Jenny Meadows if she lives up to her billing as

800m favourite. In the 400m, Seren Bundy-Davies is one of the breakthrough stars of the

winter. In the pentathlon, Katarina Johnson-Thompson will be attacking the British and

maybe world record.

Brace yourselves for an action-packed few days as Prague becomes the temporary

epicentre of athletics once again.

Jason Henderson, Editor

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Behind the times?LIKE other cross-country events, the National often comes under fi re for closing off entries so soon (p8).

I can understand why the cut-off point may have to be so early, given it is run by volunteers.

However, for me, the main issue is why, with current technology, team managers can’t easily change names of athletes entered

online up to very near the day of the event.

This would stop runners feeling the need to run with someone else’s number and also stop so many of the entries going to waste.Paul Halford, deputy editor


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AFTER setting a UK 10km walks best last weekend, Tom Bosworth is aiming to break the 20km mark in Lugano on March 15.

The Tonbridge AC athlete walked 39:36 at the Molly Barnet Open to take 41 seconds off the 26-year-old best held set by Chris Maddocks.

Talking of the feat, he said: “I’ve had a perfect winter. I knew it would be possible and I knew I was in great shape and my PB was only a few seconds off it. But I wasn’t feeling that fresh and I’d had a big block of work in Spain through January and February.

“It’s just brilliant that even not at my best I smashed the time and proved my fi tness.”

Bosworth’s next major target is the Lugano Trophy, where Ian McCombie’s 1988 UK record of 82:03 is the target.

He is building up for the IAAF World Championships in Beijing in August, for which he already has the selection mark.

Bosworth, who clocked a PB of 82:20 last spring, said: “It’s a really competitive race so it should pull

me round to a PB and that should get me the UK record as well. So I’m hoping for a top-10 fi nish there and, looking at the World Championships top-20.”

His UK record has put walking

in a good light for a change following the recent spate of doping positives among Russian racewalkers.

“We’ve known for some time in the walks how corrupt the Russians are and it’s fantastic that it’s come to light,” he said.”Even though it is bad press, we can move on from it.

“My results prove exactly what you can do clean through hard work.

“You go into a race and you see these athletes that are allowed to compete still and it’s frustrating but it just pushes you on.

“The times the Russians were doing would have been aff ecting selection times, funding times, so it really had a big impact, not just on those missing out on medals.”

He feels eventually his best hopes may lie at 50km.

“I think I probably will be quite good at 50km,” he said. “There’s not much to me. One day I could see that happening but not until I’ve mastered the 20km and I want to get to the top end at the Olympics.”

Bosworth aiming for 20km recordRACE WALKING: TONBRIDGE ATHLETE ON A HIGH AFTER 10KM MARK LAST WEEKEND

Tom Bosworth: seeking to improve his 20km PB by 18 seconds in Lugano

BERNARD LAGAT will attack Haile Gebrselassie’s world over-40 10km record at the Morrisons Great Manchester Run on Sunday, May 10.

The 40-year-old has already set world records at one mile, 3000m and two miles on the track this year and could add a road mark when he goes in Europe’s largest 10km race.

Gebrselassie ran 28:00 in the 2013 event and Lagat, who will be making his 10km debut, said: “That is a really quick time but it is good to shoot at something. It is what I am going to train hard for with my coach in Flagstaff, Arizona, and I think I will shoot for that record.”

It could be a second masters

record for Lagat as he is due to compete in the Carlsbad 5000 on March 29, where the 13:55 by New Zealand’s John Campbell from 1991 will be under threat.

Lagat will also be enthused to witness the Great CityGames street athletics event.

“I’ve not been to Manchester so I’m excited about that. It has a great reputation for sport and I love the Great CityGames that they have on the streets the day before the 10km race,” he said.

“I’ve watched it online and thought to myself, ‘Could you imagine if we had that here at home in the US – track and field on the streets?’”

Lagat is set for 10km at GMR

Bernard Lagat: due to make

10km debut in Manchester

More Russian dopingYEVGENIY PANTYUSHIN has become the latest Viktor Chegin-coached Russian walker to be banned for doping.

The 18-year-old was banned for nine months, backdated to October.

Chegin is under IAAF investigation after at least 16 of his athletes have received a doping conviction.

Bolt beaten in relayUSAIN BOLT suff ered his fi rst loss in a 4x100m relay since 2007 when he anchored Racers Lions to second in Kingston last weekend.

Making his season’s debut, the clock showed 38.29 as he came in behind the sprinter from the University of Technology. SEE Results, p62

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THE management agency of Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson is to sue supplement company Epiphany D1 for more than $8 million following their failed drugs tests, writes Alex Mills.

The Jamaican sprinters both tested positive for oxilofrine at their national championships in June 2013 and were provisionally suspended for 18 months by a Jamaican anti-doping disciplinary panel. That sentence was later reduced to six months after an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in 2014.

During the CAS hearing it was argued that Epiphany D1 manufacturers had failed to specify in their listed ingredients that oxilofrene was included.

Powell’s agent Paul Doyle, who is the director of Doyle Management, said that one of the ingredients listed on the bottle had never been put into the product.

Having had the supplement tested by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), they were able to confi rm that the banned drug was in that particular product and that their claims were correct, meaning that Epiphany D1 has now been placed on the US Anti-Doping Agency’s “high-risk dietary supplement list”.

Part of the reason for suing the company, Doyle says, is to clear the names of both athletes whose reputations have been tarnished since the failed tests were revealed.

“The only situation for redemption for Asafa is to sue the supplement company and that’s what we’ve done; we’re suing them on behalf of Asafa and Sherone for over $8 million because to be honest the damage is stronger than eight million dollars in the way that he (Powell) has been aff ected, this will be with him for the rest of his life and that is what kills me inside,” said Doyle.

Doyle believes that the original punishment given to

the sprinters was overly severe, describing the 18-month sentence set by the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) as being “complete bogus” and calling the organisation inept and citing a delay of more than 10 months for the hearing.

“I have to blame the IAAF a lot in this too because they never stepped in,” Doyle said. “The rules state that if a hearing isn’t held within 90 days then the IAAF shall step in and take over the case and appoint it to a single arbitrator.”

Doyle says that he is working hard to promote the informed-choice.org website which tests supplements to see if they are clean and posts their details on

the site if they are. The manager now insists to his athletes that he doesn’t want anything to be taken that has not previously been put on the cleared lists.

Regarding the future of drug testing, the American would like to see greater involvement for the athletes in terms of the decisions made in doping control: “I think the athletes need to have a say in how the doping control is handled because they’re the ones being aff ected by it and you look at the vast majority of positive tests and there are mistakes, there are inadvertent doping charges or there are stimulant cases or they are questionable substances.

“The head of the WADA lab when Asafa tested positive said to me that she was literally sick to her stomach when she read that it was Asafa Powell; if Asafa Powell is going to cheat he’s certainly not going to take oxilofrene, so why is it even on the banned list? I think athletes need to have a say in how doping control is handled because a lot of these positive tests we have, they’re not people being caught doing a systematic doping plan, they’re not catching people taking hard steroids that can’t be detected, they’re catching people that are making mistakes – that are taking a tainted supplement or didn’t realise it was banned.”

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entry criteria”, and highlights the resulting high amount of runners competing with someone else’s number and adds: “In this day and age, with automatic online entries, they’ve got this badly wrong and it’s a hostile act against the clubs, many of which are run at a loss.”

ECCA secretary Ian Byett has defended the criteria, comparing the seven weeks to the several-month entry deadline of some major road races like the Virgin Money London Marathon.

He highlighted the fact that the event is run by volunteers and that the cost of online entry would have to double if more advanced entry systems were used to cut down the entry period.

“We have to process it all, send it to FR Systems so they can allocate the numbers and chips, we have to order the numbers. You don’t do it overnight when you’re a voluntary organisation.”

He also referred to the time needed to check on eligibility of foreign athletes and whether domestic runners are registered with England Athletics.

The ECCA’s website states that inputting and formatting of entries takes 10 to 14 days, before which they are sent for further scrutiny. The statement explaining the

process on the website concludes: “The process is reviewed annually but we are unable to identify any slack in the system.”

Byett added: “Clubs are most welcome to come to our open meeting in May and challenge us and ask if we can reduce it (the period of time that entries are closed).”

Cockerell’s correspondence also criticised the revenue brought in by the wasted entries.

He writes: “May I point out that the ECCA raked in £28,903 in unused National entry fees, due to their draconian early entry criteria; on top of the impressive £36,502 in used entries, for a combined total of £65,485 and a huge profi t.”

Byett said any entry derived was put back into the general accounts and used primarily for sending England teams to international matches.

For 2011-12 the cost of the six trips to matches was £28,274 and for the following it was £25,211 for fi ve trips.

The ECCA’s last three audited accounts show a surplus of £12,661 in 2011, £9,915 in 2012 and a defi cit of £2,561 in 2013, according to Byett.

Other expenditure included £11,991, even with “a lot of goodwill” from Nottingham City Council for the organising of the home countries international in 2013.

Byett said: “Also we support the areas with their representative travel at £3000 per year, clubs going to the Euro Champion Clubs competition at £2000 per year and also club development grants at the National at £2000 per year. I also repeat no income with regards any affi liation fees or grants comes our way.”

He added: “All of us on the ECCA are members of clubs and are volunteers and try and do our best for them.”

FOLLOWING complaints about the entry procedure for the Saucony English National Cross Country Championships, organisers have defended the seven-week registration deadline.

The number of runners in this year’s event at Parliament Hill Fields on Saturday February 21 further demonstrated the rise in recent years.

The total fi nishers were 5283 – a 27% increase on fi ve years ago. However, due to the entry closing on January 7, 4072 were entered but did not run.

Ongoing complaints about the entry process were repeated recently by the Association of GB Athletics Clubs (ABAC) and in this week’s Your Say (see p52) by Belgrave team manager Will Cockerell.

ABAC highlighted on its website that, with a £7 per runner entry fee, more than £28,000 was wasted by clubs and athletes, depending on who paid. It cited Newham & Essex Beagles entering 20 athletes but only being represented by three.

“The cost of entering runners

early and then fi nding they do not compete is enormously expensive to clubs,” wrote the review.

ABAC recommended the English Cross Country Association give a rebate of £5 for each runner entered who does not run and has encouraged clubs to lobby for this proposal to be accepted. The ECCA has invited clubs to its open meeting on May 16 when such issues can be discussed.

Cockerell writes on AW’s Your Say page of the “draconian early

National entry process defended by organisersCROSS COUNTRY: QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN RAISED BY CLUBS OVER SEVEN-WEEK DEADLINE FOR HISTORIC EVENT



ECCA says it needs seven weeks to process entries and channels money back into grassroots

Big increase in National finishers

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THE number of runners in the English Cross Country Championships are bucking the historic downward trend, with this year’s fi gures showing an overall 27% increase on 2009 when the event was last held at the same venue of Parliament Hill.

Although the number of runners in the senior men’s race is below the 1980s peak, it topped 2000 this year – compared to just 1455 in 2009.

The volume in the senior women’s race was even more encouraging –at 865 a 58% increase on 2009.

Only in two age groups did the number of runners drop compared to six years ago.

Number of � nishers at Parliament Hill Age group 2009 2015 % increase

Jnr men 173 190 10

Jnr women 109 130 19

Snr men 1455 2005 38

Snr women 546 865 58

U13 boys 356 395 11

U13 girls 354 433 22

U15 boys 398 371 -7

U15 girls 315 379 20

U17 men 285 280 -2

U17 women 184 235 28

TOTAL 4175 5283 27


National entry process defended by organisers


SOME of Britain’s biggest track stars could soon be involved in a televised professional draft similar to that seen in American football as the American Track League (ATL) looks to revamp itself for a big launch in 2016, writes Alex Mills.

The competition, which was established by athletics manager Paul Doyle in 2014, will now include a team component that sees athletes selected within a “draft”, representing teams from diff erent cities around the USA in a push to increase the level of attention given to the sport’s stars in the US.

Doyle says that, in the new structure, athletes would be paid competitive salaries similar even to that of the Diamond League.

Entries will be open to competitors from across the world, who will choose either to sign up for the draft, and, if picked, take part in at least fi ve of the eight meets, or to join teams on a “free transfer”.

Although he declined to name the prospective host cities, he said that he had some in mind to take part and that he already has one investor on board for the league.

With athletics popular in the United States only during Olympic years, Doyle hopes that by launching his franchise in 2016 he can capitalise on that interest by having potential Olympians competing more often in the US and raise their appeal just months

before the Rio Games.While it may appear to be a big

step away from what athletics fans are used to, Doyle believes that the changes are necessary to increase the sport’s following.

“If you have a team component, you’re going to get the type of people that like the sport of track and fi eld but don’t know a lot about it, but they’ll still attach themselves to a team, and that’s going to give them something to

follow and support.” he said. “We need to be drastic, we need to make a massive change and I think that’s what this is.”

Last year 12 British athletes took part in the meetings that took place during May and June, including European championship medallists Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, Martyn Rooney and Lynsey Sharp.

One of the competition’s unique selling points is fan interaction, with a live band, DJ and dancers all present in 2014, as well as the opportunity to get close to the athletes, something Doyle believes aided its success. He said countless athletes described the meetings as the best they had ever attended.

How big the competition can become is unclear, yet Doyle thinks he is on to something. “It’s not rocket science,” he said. “It’s just a little diff erent presentation of the sport. I truly believe in it and I really do think that this can change the sport. I think it can push it to a higher level. “

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MO FARAH became involved in more controversy last week when it emerged he had been training with a banned drug cheat.

Qatari Hamza Driouch, the world junior 1500m champion in 2012, was revealed by the IAAF last week as having started his ban on December 31. Hamza, 20, posted a picture in January of him apparently training with Farah, while another around the same period appears to show him travelling with the double Olympic champion in a vehicle (see right).

Farah’s agent Ricky Simms told the Daily Telegraph in response: “Mo was in Ethiopia by himself. He hired some local athletes to pace for him during his workouts and he wasn’t part of any other training group. It’s

not unusual for people to jump in. He has not got any association with any other athletes that may be out there.”

Banned athletes are prohibited under IAAF rules from participating in training camps. However, there is no suggestion that Farah will be reprimanded and no evidence that

the Brit was aware of the Qatari’s suspension.

The latest saga came a week after his Twitter war with fellow British international Andy Vernon in which he called him an “embarrassment”.

Last week The Mail on Sunday reported that British Athletics had admitted using the coach of Driouch, Jama Aden as an “unofficial facilitator” for Farah’s seven-week stay in Sululta, where he apparently trained with the banned athlete. The paper added that BA performance director Neil Black and head of endurance Barry Fudge were in Ethiopia with Farah but said they did not know who Driouch was.

The dates of Driouch’s doping offence, which came via the IAAF’s biological passport programme,

was given as August 2, 2012, the day before the heats of the 1500m in London 2012. He made the semi-final around one month after winning the world junior title , having earlier set an Asian junior record of 3:33.69.

Several have asked how Driouch, who was Moroccan until changing allegiance until 2009, came to be using drugs as a 17-year-old and called on the athlete to name his supplier.

Farah embroiled in Driouch saga

Driouch and Farah on social media shot

Mo Farah: running with Hamza Driouch

The Diamond League takes presentation to the next level


HURDLER Lawrence Clarke has been named as captain of the Great Britain team for the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Prague.

Clarke, who lies third on the European 60m hurdles rankings for 2015, was chosen by performance director Neil Black following his return to form after a couple of years blighted by injury.

“It’s an absolute privilege (to be captain),” said Clarke.

“I’ve worked so hard for so many years to be a part of the team and to be honoured in this way is a great privilege. I feel very lucky that Neil Black has asked me to lead the team and hopefully it will be a very successful championship.

“Neil said my indoor season has been going very well and I had performed consistently at championships. He felt it was time in my career and that I could be an

inspiration to some of the team.”Clarke, who was fourth in the

100m hurdles at the 2012 London Olympics, is expected to do much better than in 2011 when he failed to make it out of the heats at the European Indoors.

“I want to take it round by round,” he explained. “Consistency for me is the most important thing, if I can get into that environment and perform to the best of my ability that’s what’s important to me.

“I’ve got a tough test. There is Pascal Martinot-Lagarde, Dimitri Bascou, who is European leader at the moment and the world junior champion Wilhem Belocian. There are a lot of people who are running well.

“I feel really confi dent in my ability. If I can get out of the starting blocks then I should be mid-7.5 and that’s where I think the medals will be won.”

Clarke will captain GB team in Czech RepublicEUROPEAN INDOORS: HURDLING MEDAL CONTENDER GIVEN HONOUR BY PERFORMANCE DIRECTOR NEIL BLACK



Lawrence Clarke: hoping to lead by example and challenge for a medal

GREG RUTHERFORD withdrew from the team for the European Athletics Indoor Championships just days after his last-minute decision to take part.

The Olympic champion was originally planning to make the Sainsbury’s Indoor Grand Prix in Birmingham his only appearance of the indoor season.

However, after jumping 8.17m there to go to second on the European indoor rankings, Rutherford changed his mind and was included in the team.

But just three days later came the announcement he wanted to let his body recover.

He said: “While I would have loved to compete at the European Indoor Championships, I have decided

to remove myself after a long deliberation.

“My body still hasn’t fully recovered from the Grand Prix and with an incredibly important summer coming up where I intend on giving it my all to win the long jump at the World Championships in Beijing I’ve decided to keep my focus purely on the summer season.

“I wish all of the British athletes competing in Prague the very best of luck, and I will be a fan cheering them on from home.”

His withdrawal leaves GB without a male long jumper in Prague.

Meanwhile, Rory Evans has withdrawn from the men’s 4x400m with an injury, and will be replaced by Alex Boyce.

Rutherford out of PragueJAMAICA’S eff ort to improve its drug-testing is “hugely impressive”, believes the president of the World Anti-Doping Agency.

Craig Reedie said the current procedures were in line with WADA regulations. In the autumn of 2013 the world anti-doping authority launched an investigation after it emerged there was a severe lack of out-of-competition testing in the Caribbean nation.

“I have to say, nobody could be anything other than hugely impressed by the amount of work that has been done,” said Reedie.

The Jamaican Anti-Doping Commission have increased testing, replaced its board and increased the budget for testing.

“From the WADA point of view, we are proud of what you have achieved. You have become an excellent case study because there are many areas of the world which need the enthusiasm and the ability that you have shown,” said Reedie.

The turnaround will be welcomed as the spotlight has since fallen on other nations. Kenya has been criticised for a lack of testing, while Russia is accused of widescale doping and systemised cover-ups.

Jamaica praised foranti-doping advances

Craig Reedie: said Jamaica’s overhaul

was good news regards to other nations

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Clarke will captain GB team in Czech Republic


DAVID WEIR will go for a record seventh Virgin Money London Marathon title on April 26.

The six-time Paralympic gold medallist will compete against Switzerland’s Marcel Hug, who edged him out in last year’s thrilling climax in London.

Weir, who has competed in the marathon for the last 15 consecutive editions, equalled Tanni Grey-Thompson’s six victories there in 2012. However, he was fi fth two years ago before also just losing out last year.

The duo will be forerunners for the record $20,000 fi rst prize and the IPC world title, which is incorporated into the event. The men’s and women’s T53/54 events are just two of the IPC events taking place within the marathon.

Weir, who is concentrating on the IPC World Championships in Doha in October, said: “Just a second separated the top three last year and I’m sure it’s going to go down to the wire again in 2015.

“It would mean a lot to get the record-breaking seventh in

London and win gold for the British team, but fi rst and foremost I’m focused on ensuring I’m in the best possible condition at the end of April and ready to attack the race.

“It was heartbreaking having to pull out of the team for the Europeans last summer, but I’m really looking forward to getting back in a GB vest to test myself

against the very best in the world. We’re going to have the home support behind us and if we can deliver it will be a real boost for the team ahead of Doha in October.”

Also in the fi eld will be Heinz Frei, Switzerland’s three-time winner of the race in the 1990s, Canada’s 2010 winner Josh Cassidy and South Africa’s 10-time Boston Marathon winner Ernst van Dyk.

In the women’s race, American Tatyana McFadden will try to claim a third consecutive victory in the race after breaking the course record in 2013 and 2014.

The six-time champion at the IPC Worlds in 2013 will be a strong favourite having won back-to-back titles in Boston, Chicago, New York and London – the majors of wheelchair racing – the last two years.

Among her challengers will be Americans Shirley Reilly and Amanda McGrory and Japan’s 2010 winner Wakako Tsuchida. Britain’s Shelly Woods will be hoping to improve on her sixth of last year.

Weir targets his seventh London winLONDON MARATHON: PARALYMPIC CHAMPION HEADS TOP WHEELCHAIR FIELDS


David Weir: could be in seventh heaven come April

AN INDEPENDENT review into Athletics Australia has recommended the government withdraw 40% of its funding until radical changes are made.

The One Sport review commissioned by the Australian Sports Commission said athletics was a “disjointed” sport, governed poorly and which relied too heavily on government fi nancial input.

It called for two new board members within a year and questioned the suitability of David Grace as chairman.

ASC wrote in a statement to accompany publication of the review: “The review concluded

athletics was a disjointed sport and Athletics Australia had become increasingly reliant on government funding as corporate support diminished after the Sydney Olympics. For athletics to be sustainable, clearly this must change.

“This report provides an evidence base to support some of the key issues that prompted the ASC to commission the review. The research, interviews and submissions clearly identify long-term systemic problems around governance, leadership, high performance programs and funding.”

Athletics Australia responded

by saying it welcomed the review and would work to address the problems raised.

A statement from the board said in part: “It will provide us with additional invaluable insights into some key areas for improvement that ensure that all parts of athletics in this country are unifi ed, inclusive and working eff ectively together, and after further consideration of the fi ndings we are confi dent we will emerge stronger than ever.

“We are pleased to advise that given the passage of time many of the recommendations in this report are already being implemented.”

Athletics Australia slammed by review

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EARMAN

EA consultationA SERIES of consultation meetings set up by England Athletics will be held between March and May.

EA staff, board members and councillors will be at the meeting venues across the nine regions to hear from volunteers, athletes and others involved in the sport.The dates and venues are as follows:March 30: University of London Union, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HY April 13: Sportpark, 3 Oakwood Drive, Loughborough, Leicestershire LE11 3QF April 14: Reed Hall, Streatham Drive, Exeter, Devon, EX4 4QR April 15: Longford Park Stadium, Ryebank Road, Manchester M21 9TA April 17: Gateshead International Stadium, Neilson Road, Gateshead NE10 0EF April 22: Q3 Academy, Wilderness Lane, Great Barr, Birmingham,B43 7SDApril 24: Best Western Priory Hotel, Mildenhall Road, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk IP32 6EH April 27: Holiday Inn Leeds, Wakefield M1 J40, Queens Drive, Ossett, Wakefield WF5 9BE May 6: Holiday Inn Oxford, Peartree Roundabout, Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 8JD May 13: Crawley Town FC, Winfield Way, Broadfield, Crawley, West Sussex RH11 9RX

Roger CressyHILLINGDON AC life member Roger Cressy, a 2:24 marathon runner during his heyday, has died aged 74.

Although his career was prematurely ended due to multiple sclerosis, he continued to support athletes both locally and at an international level and was a regular with the British Athletics Supporters Club.

Dan Tunstall-PedoeDAN TUNSTALL-PEDOE, the chief medical officer for the London Marathon from 1981-2008, has died at the age of 75.

National pictureTHE former National winner captioned in our news pages last week as Ann Ford was actually her twin sister, Paula Fudge, who won the event in 1982 – six years after her sibling.

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ORGANISERS of the Easter Festival of Running on the Isle of Man are urging runners to enter now following a resurgence in the popularity of the event last year.

The 2014 edition of the three-day, three-race event attracted the highest number of competitors since the 1980s – 450 – and local entries were up by some 100%.

The 53rd Easter festival will start on the evening of Good Friday, April 3, with the 10km in Port Erin, followed by the Peel Hill race the following day and will end with the 5km relay on the Douglas promenade on April 5.

Race director Chris Quine said: “The event is called a “festival” because it’s much more than just a weekend of competitive running. It’s open to anyone aged 15 or over – whether you’re a novice or an Olympics-standard runner – and the social side is legendary, especially the Sunday evening prize presentation and famous beer races.”

The event regularly attracts several teams of runners from around Britain, treating the racing – and drinking – with varying degrees of seriousness.

Quine added: “Indications are that this year we’ll see a strong off -island representation again, especially from universities, which fi eld large teams and traditionally

enter into the spirit of the occasion with many competing in costume, which really adds to the festival atmosphere.

“It’s surprising, though, that there tends to be fewer local than visiting entrants. This is a festival off ering local runners and fi tness groups, for example, a great opportunity to compete in a top-class event that’s right on their doorstep, with no need to consider travel or accommodation costs. Then there’s the added attraction of being able to test your running skills against athletes not only from the British Isles but further afi eld. I can only repeat what one competitor said to me last year: ‘It’s great fun and a cracking experience.’”

The exact event schedule is unchanged from last year and ends with the prize presentation and beer races on the Sunday evening. Entries close on March 21. See easterfestival.info for details

Isle of Man event hopes for further rise in entriesEVENTS: THREE-DAY EASTER FESTIVAL ENJOYED RECORD NUMBERS LAST YEAR AND IS SET FOR STRONG LINE-UP



Peel Hill: the second of three races at the Easter Festival of Running

ENGLAND ATHLETICS has announced a new sponsorship deal with New Balance.

The footwear and apparel brand will kit out England representative teams and off er discounts to registered athletes.

New Balance will produce new designs for EA teams across all disciplines and age groups.

The company will also support England national championships, beginning with the under-20/under-17/under-15 championships last weekend.

Chris Jones, chief executive of England Athletics, said: “England Athletics is delighted to be working with New Balance, one of the world’s leading performance brands. New

Balance has shown that they are fully committed to supporting the development of athletes and the grassroots of the sport and the sponsorship represents an exciting opportunity for both New Balance and England Athletics to deliver real value to our membership and the wider athletics and running family in England.”

Pete Riley, New Balance’s sports marketing manager, said: “I am proud that New Balance has taken the opportunity to sponsor the governing body for athletics in England. The beating heart of athletics in England lies within its clubs and its athletes and we feel honoured to be part of such a rich tradition.”

EA in New Balance linkTHE International Olympic Committee is allowing competing athletes greater flexibility over sponsorship during Games time.

Taking effect from Rio next year, assuming plans are formally approved in July, competitors would be allowed to promote non-official Olympic sponsors.

This is after several athletes protested against Olympic Charter Rule 40, which they said was severely hampering their ability to make a living from their sport.

“It has to do with advertising around the Games, on a social media site, or newspaper, or whatever,” an IOC spokesman told news agency AP.

“So if someone has a contract with a watch manufacturer, that may continue as long as the advert doesn’t relate to the Games.”

Rule 40 states: “Except as permitted

by the IOC executive board, no competitor, coach, trainer or official who participates in the Olympic Games may allow his person, name, picture or sports performances to be used for advertising purposes during the Olympic Games.”

A proposed change to another rule could see an increase in the maximum size of manufacturers’ logos on national team kits.

One-lap runner Sanya Richards-Ross and 800m runner Nick Symmonds were at the forefront of a pre-London 2012 campaign to get the IOC to relax the regulations.

Symmonds went on the record in 2012: “These [official] sponsors have done absolutely nothing to help me be the athlete I am today ... For years my sponsors … have helped me train and compete and now they are made to feel unwelcome. This is not right.”

IOC to relax sponsor rules


Isle of Man event hopes for further rise in entries


CURRENT world and European medallists dominate the entry list for this weekend’s British Masters Indoor Championships, writes Martin Duff .

Some of those competing at Lee Valley on March 7-8 have already set world indoor records this winter en route to the European Indoor Masters in Poland later this month.

Darren Scott broke the European M45 200m best with 22.58 last month and was part of a 4x200m world record squad.

W60 Caroline Powell set a 400m record of 64.76 last winter and is already down to 65.02 this season. She seeks further improvement as she is up against Helen Godsell in the sprints.

Since turning 60, Ros Tabor has battled with multiple world record-holder Angie Copson. However, now that they are both in the W65 class, Tabor has moved down in distance and over the shorter races has the measure of her rival, who still dominates in the longer

events. Moira West headed Tabor over 400m at Lee Valley last month and is also in the fi eld.

In the 60m hurdles, Joe Appiah has already shown good M40 form this winter, while M50 all-time best and world masters champion Greg Dunson clocked 9.03 when winning the south of England pentathlon title and will now be

eyeing his own world record of 8.53 seconds.

Also in action will be Mark Johnson, who set a British M50 indoor pole vault record of 4.54m at Carshalton last month, which was his best since 2012.

In the sprints, Ellena Ruddock, who ran 25.30 to take the Midland 200m senior title and ran 7.87 in

the 60m, tackles the W35 races.For the male sprinters, M60

Alasdair Ross has already won over three distances from 100 to 400m in this arena in 2014. Carole Filer goes in a handful of W55 events from 60m to the jumps.

The championships also include an outdoor winter throws meeting where javelin, discus, hammer and heavy weight are on off er.

The walkers have two events and Francisco Reis (M50) and Ian Richards (M65) are the stand out athletes here.

Top entry in store for masters indoor champsMASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS: DARREN SCOTT AND ROS TABOR AMONG ATHLETES WHO WILL COMPETE AT LEE VALLEY


TimetableFirst event 9.30am both daysMarch 9 60, 400, 1500, 60H, LJ for all. HJ (W & M55+), PV (W & M60+). HT, SP & WT (W & M65+), DT, JT (M35-60)March 10 200, 800, 3000, 3000W, TJ. HJ (M35-M50), PV (M35-M55). SP, HT & WT (for M35-M60). DT, JT (W & M65+)

Darren Scott: completing a world 4x200m best last month

WORLD long jump record-holder Mike Powell will attempt to set a masters M50 global best at the New Zealand Championships this weekend.

Targetting the mark of 6.84m, the 51-year-old is making a comeback with a view to becoming the fi rst person to hold a world senior record and world veteran record at the same time.

“Barring injury, and injury could hinder any athlete at any age, I am confi dent of medalling and even winning at the Championships,” said Powell. “This is an exciting challenge for me to actually compete with athletes half my age and I am confi dent about breaking the Masters record.”

He added that he was hopeful of winning the event outright. However, he would have to beat defending champion Matthew Wyatt, who has already jumped 7.62m this year.

Powell’s 8.95m from his epic 1991 World Championships duel with Carl Lewis remains in the record books and seems presently unchallenged.

He said: “The other athletes should not be deceived by my age. I may be a little slower than when I beat Carl Lewis in 1991 but with age comes knowledge. Along with personal training I have been studying advanced techniques and have unique long jump knowledge that probably nobody

else in the world possesses.”Powell is thought not to have

competed since 2003 when he had a best of 7.39m. He had returned to the sport in 2001 and was aiming to compete at the Athens Olympics before injury brought his ambitions to an end.

He has said he is within 11kg of what he weighed in 1991.

He is also hoping to qualify for the 2016 US Olympic Trials but would need to jump at least 7.74m to qualify.

His appearance at the championships in Wellington is part of a tour of New Zealand, during which he acted as IAAF ambassador in support of their Nestle Kids’ Athletics initiative.

Powell to go for world masters record

Mike Powell: hopes to add masters mark to world senior record of 8.95m

MARK SH

EARMAN

DAVID G

RIFFITHS


THE ORGANISERS of next year’s IAAF World Half-marathon Championships in Cardiff are hoping to attract the likes of Mo Farah and Zersenay Tadese, they said at last week’s launch.

Britain will be hosting the championships for the fourth time on March 26, 2016, and the public will have chance to run in the accompanying mass-participation event.

A pre-registration period has opened for the 25,000 spaces for the mass-participation race, which will take place on the same day and same course as the World Half.

Billed as the chance to “rub shoulders” with the likes of double Olympic, world and European track champion Farah and fi ve-time world half marathon champion Tadese, places for the mass-participation event are expected to sell out quickly after the 30,000 spots for the mass event at the last World Half in Copenhagen in 2014 were fi lled within days.

With the event over a year away, the participation of Farah and Tadese isn’t confi rmed, though organisers are hopeful that the pair will be among those competing for the world title on the streets of Cardiff next spring.

However, last week Welsh

Athletics CEO Matt Newman confi rmed no appearance fees would be paid – as is the custom with championship races.

“At the moment we’re defi nitely not talking about fi nancial inducements,” said Newman, a member of the organising committee.

“What we’re talking about I guess are emotional and practical inducements to make sure the event does fi t into his agenda in an Olympic year.

“It’s for him really to an extent to give something back to the public of the UK as well.”

Farah is believed to be on a big payday when he returns to the roads next month at the Lisbon Half-marathon, racing his sixth half-marathon on the course where Tadese set the world record of 58:23 in 2010. The previous two years he ran spring half-marathons in New York and New Orleans.

“A lot of hard work has already gone in since we won the right to host the championships back in November 2013,” said race director Steve Brace, a two-time Olympian and former winner of the Berlin and Paris Marathons.

“We are confi dent Cardiff will hit the very high standards of previous years for this prestigious event and we are delighted to be able to off er runners the unique opportunity to run alongside elite athletes competing in a major championship.”

He added: “After the success of the Copenhagen half-marathon in 2014 we are expecting a lot of

interest from runners in Wales, the rest of the UK and right across Europe and the world.

“We have a fantastic running course which is renowned for being flat, fast and iconic. This will be a truly special event that will enhance Wales’ credentials as one of the best major-events cities in Europe.”

Cardiff 2016 will be the biggest athletics event to be held in Wales since the Commonwealth Games in 1958. It will be the fourth time that the World Half Marathon Championships will have been staged in the UK, with previous editions held as part of the Great North Run in 1992, in Bristol in 2001 and Birmingham in 2009.

Entry fees for the mass participation 13.1-mile event are set to start at £49. Those that pre-register their interest for a place at cardiff 2016.co.uk will have the fi rst opportunity to apply for a race number when entry offi cially opens on March 26 – exactly a year ahead of race day.

See cardiff 2016.co.uk

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Cardiff has a fi ne tradition of road running and next year will welcome the world

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TRACEY CRAMMOND, the Morrison’s Great North Run’s one millionth fi nisher, is in New Zealand to take part in the race which inspired the world’s greatest half-marathon.

It was when Brendan Foster took part in the 70,000-strong Round the Bays race in Auckland in 1980 that the Olympic 10,000m bronze medallist decided he wanted to create a mass-participation event in his native North East.

Last September in the build-up to the one millionth fi nisher crossing the line, Seb Coe suggested live on air to BBC commentator Foster, head of organisers Nova, that the winner should receive the prize of competing in the Round the Bays.

Since earning the “one millionth” honour, Crammond has

switched on Christmas lights in South Shields, been a presenter at the BBC North East Awards and featured in the Great North Greats Exhibition.

The 52-year-old grandmother from Darlington said: “Brendan said to me at the time, ‘This is your 10 minutes of fame.’ I think Mr

Foster had better check his watch. Ten minutes! It’s been a whirlwind ever since. It’s been amazing.”

Crammond, who left for New Zealand last Monday and will take part in the race on March 8, took up running in 2013 and ran the Great North in 2014 to raise money for Butterwick Hospice in

Stockton in memory of her mother, who died the previous year.

She has been training three or four times a week in preparation for the 5.2-mile event in Auckland.

She added: “My father, Roy Liddell, is coming out with me. I only got involved in running in memory of my mum and my dad has been my staunchest supporter. He’s always been there for me, on the fi nish line.

“He’s super-excited. It’s a double whammy for him because not only is he getting the opportunity to join me in New Zealand but – thanks to Brendan’s company, Nova – he’s going on to see his family in Australia. He hasn’t seen them since they emigrated in 1967, so he’s got lots of exciting plans and memories to be made.”

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Czechit out

AS THE INDOOR SEASON REACHES ITS CLIMAX, PRAGUE HOSTS THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPSWords: Jason Henderson Pictures: Mark Shearman

European Indoor Championships Prague, Czech Republic, March 5-8 Preview

PRAGUE stages its fi rst major athletics event since the European outdoor championships took place in

the city 37 years ago. Back then, in 1978, winners included Pietro Mennea of Italy in the 100m and 200m and Steve Ovett in the 1500m, while the meeting also featured the fi rst-ever senior clash between Ovett and Seb Coe as they raced in an 800m that was won, surprisingly, by Olaf Beyer of East Germany.

The European Indoor Championships is not quite as big as its outdoor equivalent but the four-day meeting this week in the capital of the Czech Republic promises some entertaining action with the British team being traditionally pretty successful and on this occasion fi elding a decent team that contains a number of gold medal hopes.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson is favourite for the pentathlon and is joined in the event by her talented,

younger team-mate Morgan Lake. They face a strong fi eld, but Johnson-Thompson will not only have gold in her sights but also the British and perhaps even world record.

Jenny Meadows is also a strong favourite for the women’s 800m and her event features one of several that contain big host

nation hopes, on this occasion the reigning world 400m hurdles champion, Zuzana Hejnova, who makes a rare appearance over 800m.

Then there are the British speed merchants. Richard Kilty is Britain’s only reigning world indoor champion following his 60m triumph in Poland 12 months ago

Lawrence Clarke: GB team captain is

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and he will challenge for European gold with team-mates CJ Ujah and Sean Safo-Antwi.

The women’s 60m also looks like a mouth-watering prospect with Dafne Schippers of the Netherlands the No.1 but Britain’s world junior champion Dina Asher-Smith in flying form.

The men’s sprint hurdles looks

like a classic, too, with Lawrence Clarke facing a trio of formidable Frenchmen led by Pascal Martinot-Lagarde. Clarke has bounced back to brilliant form this winter and is the GB team captain in Prague.

Britain won four golds and eight medals in total at the last championships in Gothenburg two years ago. But the rich history

of the event, which dates back to the 1960s (see p22-27), has featured memorable victories from athletes such as Jason Gardener, Todd Bennett, Linford Christie, Colin Jackson, Geoff Capes, Sally Gunnell, Ashia Hansen, Yvonne Murray, plus Coe, who used the 1977 event in San Sebastian as a springboard to greater things as he

won his fi rst major senior title.International stars who have

won titles at the championships include everyone from Sergey Bubka to Carolina Kluft to Stefka Kostadinova and Heike Drechsler.

No doubt the 2015 championships in the city’s O2 Arena will unearth a few future stars as well.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson: going for gold in the pentathlon on Friday




MENSprints and hurdlesRICHARD KILTY will attempt to add the European indoor title to the world title he won in Poland 12 months ago. Back then, he was Britain’s only gold medallist at the championships and he leads the GB team hopes in the blue ribbon short sprint event alongside team-mates CJ Ujah, who won the British title in Birmingham last month, and Sean Safo-Antwi, while James Dasaolu, the fastest man in Europe this winter, misses the event.

Opposition includes Christian

Blum, Lucas Jakubczyk and Julian Reus of Germany in an event where past winners include Valeriy Borzov, a seven-time champion in the 1970s, Marian Woronin, Linford Christie, Colin Jackson, Mike McFarlane and Jason Gardener.

Christie also won the 200m title at these championships when in 1986 it was a great breakthrough race for him, but of course the event has now been scrapped due to the disadvantage that results from drawing an unfavourable lane and there will be no one-lap battles in Prague.

In the 60m hurdles, Britain also has good chances as Lawrence Clarke hopes to continue his rich run of form. He faces a tough French trio, though – Dimitri Bascou, Wilhem Belocian and Pascal Martinot-Lagarde, the latter having returned from a hamstring injury that had threatened to rule him out for the season.

The hurdles also features host nation interest with 2011 European indoor champion Petr Svoboda on the comeback trail from injury and aiming to get on the podium.

Similarly, in the 400m, expect a great atmosphere as Pavel Maslak of the Czech Republic host nation attempts to defend his title and he goes into Prague top-ranked ahead of fellow countryman Jan Tesar. Their task is easier with the absence of Brit Nigel Levine, too.

EnduranceThe middle-distance events are missing one or two big names such as reigning 800m champion Adam Kszczot of the Czech Republic, who is out with illness, and Britain’s Mo Farah, the 2009 and 2011 winner at 3000m.

But there are still some exciting talents to watch such as Homiyu Tesfaye, who ran a German 1500m record of 3:34.13 recently.

Brits hoping to make an impact include British 1500m champion Charlie Grice, rising 800m star Guy Learmonth and national 3000m champion Lee Emanuel, the latter being fresh from a 3:35.66 for 1500m at the Sainsbury’s Indoor Grand Prix – a time that put him No.2 on the UK all-time lists behind Peter Elliott.

British 800m runners James Bowness and Mukhtar Mohammed, the latter being a bronze medallist in 2013, will hope to fi gure. Similarly, Chris O’Hare will plan to use his strong fi nish to make an impact alongside Grice in the 1500m, while Tom

Kilty hopes to repeat world result

CJ Ujah (left) and Sean Safo Antwi: hoping to make impact in 60m

Richard Kilty (third from right) wins world indoor gold last year

Charlie Grice: 1500m contender


Lancashire and Phil Hurst could step up to the next level after solid indoor campaigns.

Also in the 800m, Mark English will be hoping to win Ireland’s fi rst medal in the event since Noel Carroll took three golds and a bronze in the 1960s.

FieldRenaud Lavillenie is one of the hottest favourites of the weekend as the Frenchman goes for his fourth European indoor vault title.

In the shot put, Serbia’s Asmir Kolasinac will try to defend his title but faces Germany’s David Storl, the reigning world outdoor champion.

In the absence of Greg Rutherford and Eusebio Caceres of Spain, the long jump contenders include Kafétien Gomis of France and Michel Torneus of Sweden in what has become one of the most open events of the championships.

Nelson Evora, the 2008 Olympic champion from Portugal, leads the triple jump entries.

The high jump sees Andriy Protsenko of Ukraine and Russian duo Aleksey Dmitrik and Daniyil Tsyplakov, although Marco Fassinotti of Italy, the European No.1 in 2015, has withdrawn.

British hopes in the fi eld events are slim, though, because there is only one male competitor – Allan Smith in the high jump and he will be aiming to improve into 2.30m-plus territory.

Combined events and relaysEelco Sintnicolaas will try to defend his heptathlon title for the Netherlands in Prague. His rivals include Ilya Shkurenyov of Russia, Arthur Abele of Germany and Adam Sebastian Helcelet of the Czech Republic.

In the 4x400m, Great Britain won the title two years ago in Gothenburg from a Russian quartet but they suff er the blow of missing fi ve-time British champion Nigel Levine on this occasion.



GB team for PragueMEN60m: Richard Kilty, Sean Safo-Antwi, Chijindu Ujah. 400m: Jarryd Dunn. 800m: James Bowness, Guy Learmonth, Mukhtar Mohammed. 1500m: Charlie Grice, Chris O’Hare3000m: Lee Emanuel, Philip Hurst, Tom Lancashire. 4x400m: Jamie Bowie, Alex Boyce, Jarryd Dunn, Conrad Williams, Rabah Yousif. 60m hurdles: Lawrence Clarke, David Omoregie. High jump: Allan Smith

WOMEN60m: Dina Asher-Smith, Rachel Johncock. 400m: Seren Bundy-Davies, Laura Maddox; Kirsten McAslan. 800m: Jenny Meadows, Shelayna Oskan-Clarke. 1500m: Rosie Clarke. 3000m: Kate Avery, Emelia Gorecka, Laura Muir. 4x400m: Amy Allcock, Seren Bundy-Davies, Laura Maddox, Kelly Massey, Kirsten McAslan, Shelayna Oskan-Clarke. 60m hurdles: Lucy Hatton, Serita Solomon. High jump: Isobel Pooley. Pentathlon: Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Morgan Lake

Kilty hopes to repeat world result

ORGANISERS are in no doubt the O2 Arena in Prague will be buzzing with energy due to the popularity of athletics in the Czech Republic.

The nation also fields a large team full of medal contenders such as Pavel Maslak in the 400m and Zuzana Hejnova in the 800m.

“Czechs love sport, they are passionate about it and athletics is one of the most popular sports,” says Libor Varhaník, president of the Czech Athletic Federation and the local organising committee.

“The competition will be held in one of the most modern

arenas in Europe and I believe that the tribunes filled with excited fans that will create atmosphere worthy of the biggest athletics event in this country for the past 37 years.”

The nation has produced many champions over the years, of course, such as Emil Zátopek and Dana Zátopková, Helena Fibingerová, Jarmila Kratochvílová, Jan Železný or Barbora Špotáková.

“The sheer interest in athletics at this moment in time will ensure that the eyes of Europe and the world will be trained on Prague the whole weekend,” adds European Athletics president Hansjorg Wirz.

“I am confident the spectators will enjoy an exciting event, with ideal conditions for all athletes taking part.

“I know from my many visits to Prague that Czech people love athletics and sport in general and along with the emergence of some fine local athletes, I have no doubt that they will fill the arena each day of the championships to catch a glimpse of the many stars we saw in 2014.”

While not having staged a major event for 37 years, there are no doubts the Czech Republic has the organisational ability. Big meetings it stages every year include the Ostrava Golden Spike and Josef Odložil Memorial, while it also held the 2007 IAAF World Youth Championships and 2011 European Athletics Under-23 Championships in Ostrava.

Expect a great atmosphere in Prague

The O2 Arena under construction

Great Britain took relay gold in 2013

Eelco Sintnicolaas: defends heptathlon title

Renaud Lavillenie: aiming to win fourth Euro Indoor crown




WOMENSprints and hurdlesMANY would love to see Dafne Schippers take on Katarina Johnson-Thompson in the pentathlon, but the Dutch athlete continues to focus on the sprints, just as she did with great success last summer, and is favourite for the 60m title where she hopes to follow in the footsteps of fellow countrywoman, Nelli Cooman, who won this title six times in the 1980s and 1990s.

Schippers is likely to face strong opposition from world junior champion Dina Asher-Smith, though, as the Briton was in flying form when winning the British

title in Sheffi eld before pulling out of the grand prix in Birmingham with a niggle. Then there is Verena Sailer, the former European 100m champion from Germany.

Seren Bundy-Davies was a little-known name to some at the start of this season but she fi nds herself leading the 400m rankings following her terrifi c 51.72 win at the Sainsbury’s Grand Prix last month.

The Briton faces Marie Gayot of France in an intriguing event that sees Brits Kirsten McAslan and Laura Maddox ranked No.3 and 4.

EnduranceJenny Meadows has been on fi re in 2015 and is going for gold in the twilight of a career that has seen her denied an estimated seven medals or superior podium places due to drug cheats. She tackles the 800m in Prague and will hope to be fi rst after her 2011 experience which saw her upgraded to fi rst place after fi nishing behind Yevgeniya Zinurova of Russia.

It promises to be some race, too, with host nation hope Zuzana Hejnova, the world 400m hurdles champion, entered for the 800m

and fresh from a big PB of 2:03.Other contenders include rising

Icelandic star Aníta Hinriksdóttir and Poland’s Joanna Jozwik but Meadows is the only sub-two-minute runner so far this year.

Elsewhere, Sifan Hassan is down to run the 1500m and 3000m and the Ethiopian refugee, who runs for Netherlands, certainly has the versatility as she is only one of two athletes – the other being Maryam Jamal – who have broken 2:00 for 800m, 4:00 for 1500m, 4:30 for the mile, 8:30 for 3000m and 15:00 for 5000m.

Schippers v Asher-Smith battle

Daphne Schippers: European outdoor

champion tackles indoor 60m in Prague

Seren Bundy-Davies: surprise No.1 over 400m leading into

the championships

Jenny Meadows: Euro indoor

champion in 2011

Dina Asher-Smith: contest over 60m could be enthralling




TimetableThursday March 515:30 W Shot Qual 16:00 M Long jump Qual 17:00 M Shot QualFriday March 68:45 W 60m hurdles Pent 9:00 M Triple jump Qual 9:05 W 60m hurdles Rd1 9:15 M Pole vault Qual 9:32 M 60m hurdles Rd1 10:00 W High jump Pent 10:20 W 400m Rd1 10:48 M 400m Rd1 11:15 W Long jump Qual 11:20 W 800m Rd1 11:41 M 800m Rd1 12:15 W Shot Pent 12:25 W 3000m Rd115:00 W 60m hurdles SF 15:05 W High jump Qual 15:10 W Long jump Pent 15:15 W Pole vault Qual 15:25 M 60m hurdles SF 15:50 M 400m SF 16:10 W 400m SF16:25 M Shot Final 16:35 W 800m Pent 16:55 M Long jump Final 17:00 M 3000m Rd1 17:35 W 60m hurdles Final 17:55 M 60m hurdles FinalSaturday March 79:00 W 60m Rd1 9:05 W Triple jump Qual 9:21 M 60m Rd1 9:49 M 60m Hept

10:10 M High jump Qual 10:15 W 1500m Rd1 10:50 M 1500m Rd1 11:00 M Long jump Hept 15:30 W High jump Final 15:35 M Shot Hept 15:45 W Long jump Final 16:00 M Pole vault Final 17:00 W 800m SF 17:15 W Shot Final 17:25 M 800m SF 17:30 M High jump Hept 17:40 M Triple jump Final 17:50 W 3000m Final 18:10 W 400m Final 18:30 M 400m Final 18:45 M 3000m FinalSunday March 810:30 M 60m hurdles Hept 11:40 M Pole vault Hept 13:30 W 60m SF 13:55 M 60m SF 14:15 W 800m Final 14:30 M 800m Final 14:40 M High jump Final 14:45 M 1000m Hept 15:05 W Pole vault Final 15:10 W 1500m Final 15:25 W Triple jump Final 15:30 M 1500m Final 15:55 W 60m Final 16:15 M 60m Final 16:35 W 4x400m Final 16:55 M 4x400m Final

Times above are GMT (Prague is one hour

ahead of the UK)

Schippers v Asher-Smith battle

Hassan’s also in great form if her recent 4:00.46 1500m is anything to go by, as Laura Muir leads the GB challenge over 3000m.

FieldThe 45-strong Czech team has a number of strong medal hopes and they include Kamila Licwinko in the high jump.

Licwinko tied for world indoor gold with Russia’s Mariya Kuchina last year and leads the European rankings this winter.

It could be a thrilling rematch of the 2014 world indoor fi nal in Sopot as well, although other contenders include Ruth Beitia. The Spaniard might be 36 years old but is chasing her sixth medal in this event and is the reigning champion from Gothenburg two years ago.

The long jump contenders are headed by Ivana Spanovic after the Serbian jumped 6.99m and had three other jumps better than 6.94m in an experimental event in Malmo recently where the athletes did not have a take-off board and their leap was simply measured from where they took off .

Yulia Leantsiuk of Belarus leads the shot put rankings while Russian Yekaterina Koneva is No.1 in the triple jump heading into this championship.

Combined events and relaysFresh from UK records in the long and high jump, all eyes will be on

Katarina Johnson-Thompson and her young team-mate Morgan Lake as the two Britons take on the fi ve-event pentathlon.

They face a good fi eld, though, with Nadine Broersen of Netherlands, the world indoor champion from 12 months ago, plus France’s Ida Antoinette Nana Djimou, the 2011 and 2013 European indoor and 2012 and 2014 European outdoor champion in pentathlon and heptathlon.

Medals aside, an obvious target for Johnson-Thompson is Jess Ennis-Hill’s UK record of 4965, set when winning 2012 world indoor silver, while the world indoor record is Natallia Dobrynska’s 5013 from the same 2012 competition in Istanbul, where the Ukrainian clocked 8.38 for 60m hurdles, a 1.84m high jump, 16.51m for the

shot, 6.57m long jump and 2:11.15 for 800m.

After much deliberation and heartache, the pentathlon also includes Germany’s Carolin

Schafer despite the death of her boyfriend last month.

The 4x400m, meanwhile, sees Britain defending its title but none of the 2013 winners – Eilidh Child, Shana Cox, Christine Ohuruogu or Perri Shakes-Drayton – are in Prague. On that occasion, Britain was pushed by Russia to a UK record to win, but we can expect the Russians to be slightly weaker this weekend after their team has been obliterated by a number of drugs positives.

NEXT WEEK’S Athletics Weekly will have in-depth reports from Prague as we bring you all the action from the O2 Arena. Keep an eye as well on athleticsweekly.com and our social media feeds for breaking news and results

Ruth Beitia: high jump veteran

Morgan Lake: pentathlon competitor in a week where she is also taking her mock A-levels


Men60m6.53 Chijindu Ujah (GBR)6.54 Richard Kilty (GBR)6.56 Christian Blum (GER)6.58 Lucas Jakubczyk (GER)6.60 Julian Reus (GER)6.61 Sean Safo-Antwi (GBR)6.61 Jaysuma Saidy Ndure (NOR)6.61 Catalin Cîmpeanu (ROU)6.63 Remigiusz Olszewski (POL)6.64 Brian Mariano (NED)6.65 Patrick Domogala (GER)6.66 Erik Hagberg (SWE)6.66 Denis Dimitrov (BUL)6.66 Delmas Obou (ITA)6.67 Emmanuel Biron (FRA)6.67 Jan Veleba (CZE)6.67 Alex-Platini Menga (GER)Not competing6.52 James Dasaolu (GBR)6.57 Christophe Lemaitre (FRA)6.67 John Otugade (GBR)

400m45.27 Pavel Maslák (CZE)46.21 Jan Tesar (CZE)46.25 Karol Zalewski (POL)46.28 Rafal Omelko (POL)46.37 Lukasz Krawczuk (POL)46.46 Lee-Marvin Bonevacia (NED)46.49 Patrik Šorm (CZE)46.53 Dara Kervick (IRL)46.59 Luka Janežic (SLO)46.67 Jarryd Dunn (GBR)46.69 Matteo Galvan (ITA)46.72 Yevhen Hutsol (UKR)46.73 Dylan Borlée (BEL)46.74 Yegor Kibakin (RUS)46.74 Daniel Nemecek (CZE)46.75 Aleksey Kenig (RUS)46.75 Bjorn Blauwhof (NED)46.77 Terrence Agard (NED)46.80 Samuel García (ESP)46.83 Vitaliy Butrym (UKR)46.87 Yavuz Can (TUR)46.87 Pau Fradera (ESP)Not competing46.3 Michael Bingham (GBR)46.43 Nigel Levine (GBR)46.48 Jonathan Borlée (BEL)46.54 George Caddick (GBR)46.56 Jakub Krzewina (POL)46.64 Lev Mosin (RUS)46.80 Rabah Yousif (GBR)

800m1:45.78 Marcin Lewandowski (POL)1:46.56 Andreas Almgren (SWE)1:47.17 Mark English (IRL)1:47.26 Thomas Roth (NOR)1:47.38 Guy Learmonth (GBR)1:47.45 Kevin Lopez (ESP)1:47.59 James Bowness (GBR)1:47.69 Mukhtar Mohammed (GBR)

1:47.72 Andreas Rapatz (AUT)1:47.80 Robin Schembra (GER)1:47.81 Thijmen Kupers (NED)1:47.87 Jozef Repcik (SVK)1:47.88 Brice Leroy (FRA)1:47.88 Kamil Gurdak (POL)1:47.92 Stepan Poistgov (RUS)1:47.95 David Palacio (ESP)Not competing1:45.77 Adam Kszczot (POL)1:47.73 Manuel Olmedo (ESP)1:47.79 Jan van den Broek (BEL)

1500m3:34.13 Homiyu Tesfaye (GER)3:38.05 Olham Tanui Özbilen (TUR)3:38.30 Adel Mechaal (ESP)3:38.74 Valentin Smirnov (RUS)3:39.22 Yoann Kowal (FRA)3:39.44 Charlie Grice (GBR)3:40.03 Johan Rogestedt (SWE)3:40.20 Florian Orth (GER)3:40.42+ Chris O’Hare (GBR)3:40.60 Diego Ruíz (ESP)3:40.66 Manuel Olmedo (ESP)3:40.75 Bryan Cantero (FRA)3:41.09 Andreas Vojta (AUT)3:41.34 Mateusz Demczyszak (POL)3:41.36 Artur Ostrowski (POL)3:41.49 Krzysztof Zebrowski (POL)3:41.54 Jakub Holuša (CZE)Not competing3:35.66 Lee Emanuel (GBR)3:37.30 Pieter-Jan Hannes (BEL)3:38.68 Marcin Lewandowski (POL)

Mile3:55.35 Chris O’Hare (GBR)3:58.33 OT Tom Farrell (GBR)

3000m7:46.18 Richard Ringer (GER)7:46.88+ Lee Emanuel (GBR)7:48.36 Yegor Nikolayev (RUS)7:49.48 Florian Orth (GER)7:49.49 Halil Akkas (TUR)7:49.51 Aleksey Popov (RUS)7:49.80 Pieter-Jan Hannes (BEL)7:51.1h Jesús España (ESP)7:51.1h+ Philip Hurst (GBR)7:51.5h Roberto Alaiz (ESP)7:52.0h Carlos Alonso (ESP)7:52.2h+ Tom Lancashire (GBR)7:52.34 Adel Mechaal (ESP)7:52.50 Lukasz Parszczynski (POL)7:53.61 Clemens Bleistein (GER)Not competing7:33.1h+ Mohamed Farah (GBR)7:50.49 OT Fabian Clarkson (GER)7:51.3h+ Thomas Farrell (GBR)7:51.87 OT Kevin Batt (IRL)7:53.98 OT Sam Stabler (GBR)No mark in 2015Henrik Ingebrigsten (NOR) and Ali Kaya (TUR)

60m hurdles7.48 Dimitri Bascou (FRA)7.53 Wilhem Belocian (FRA)7.59 Lawrence Clarke (GBR)7.61 Erik Balnuweit (GER)7.62 Balázs Baji (HUN)7.63 Pascal Martinot-Lagarde (FRA)7.63 Konstadínos Douvalídis (GRE)7.63 Dominik Bochenek (POL)7.67 Gregory Sedoc (NED)7.67 Milan Trajkovic (CYP)7.67 Damian Czykier (POL)7.68 Damien Broothaerts (BEL)7.69 Konstantin Shabanov (RUS)7.70 Petr Svoboda (CZE)7.71 David Omoregie (GBR)7.72 Maksim Lynsha (BLR)7.73 Gerard O’Donnell (IRL)Not competing7.69 Simon Krauss (FRA)7.71 David King (GBR)7.72 Sebastian Barth (GER)7.72 Alexander John (GER)7.72 Yevgeniy Borisov (RUS)7.75 Joao Carlos Almeida (POR)

High jump2.33 Andrii Protsenko (UKR)2.32 Dimítrios Hondrokoúkis (CYP)2.31 Aleksey Dmitrik (RUS)2.31 Daniyil Tsyplakov (RUS)2.31 Matúš Bubeník (SVK)2.30 Silvano Chesani (ITA)2.30 Jaroslav Bába (CZE)2.30 Adónios Mástoras (GRE)2.29 Allan Smith (GBR)2.28 Aleksandr Shustov (RUS)2.28 Raivydas Stanys (LTU)2.28 Konstadínos Baniótis (GRE)2.28 Mihai Donisan (ROU)2.28 Andriy Kovalyov (UKR)2.28 Sylwester Bednarek (POL)Not competing2.34 Marco Fassinotti (ITA)2.31 Dmitriy Semyonov (RUS)2.31 Ivan Ukhov (RUS)

Pole vault6.02 Renaud Lavillenie (FRA)5.87 Piotr Lisek (POL)5.81 Robert Sobera (POL)5.81 Aleksandr Gripich (RUS)5.80 Valentin Lavillenie (FRA)5.71 Konstadínos Filippídis (GRE)5.70 Anton Ivakin (RUS)5.70 Tobias Scherbarth (GER)5.66 Kévin Menaldo (FRA)5.65 Michal Balner (CZE)5.65 Carlo Paech (GER)5.60 Jérôme Clavier (FRA)5.60 Damiel Dossévi (FRA)5.60 Edi Maia (POR)5.60 Artem Burya (RUS)5.60 Raphael Holzdeppe (GER)5.60 Georgiy Gorokhov (RUS)5.60 Nicolas Homo (FRA)5.60 Diogo Ferreira (POR)5.60 Jan Kudlicka (CZE)Not competing5.78 Ilya Mudrov (RUS)5.71A Steven Lewis (GBR)5.60 Luke Cutts (GBR) Long jump8.18 Kafétien Gomis (FRA)8.07 Michel Tornéus (SWE)8.05 Loúis Tsátoumas (GRE)8.04 Julian Howard (GER)8.03 Max Hess (GER)8.00 Vasiliy Kopeykin (RUS)7.97 Elvijs Misans (LAT)7.97 Adrian Strzalkowski (POL)7.97 Pavel Shalin (RUS)7.97 Alyn Camara (GER)7.96 Sergey Polyanskiy (RUS)7.96 Jean Marie Okutu (ESP)7.95 Aleksandr Petrov (RUS)7.94 Kanstantsin Barycheuski (BLR)7.94 Bachana Khorava (GEO)Not competing8.17 Greg Rutherford (GBR)8.16 Eusebio Cáceres (ESP)8.03 Lamont Marcell Jacobs (ITA)

Triple jump17.19 Nelson Évora (POR)17.03 Pablo Torrijos (ESP)16.94 Dmitriy Sorokin (RUS)16.91 Aleksey Fyodorov (RUS)16.89 Dmitriy Chizhikov (RUS)16.75 Adrian Swiderski (POL)16.67 Jorge Gimeno (ESP)16.66 Maksim Nesterenka (BLR)16.65 Dzmitry Platnitski (BLR)16.59 Zlatozar Atanasov (BUL)16.58 Fabrizio Schembri (ITA)16.53 Jean-Marc Pontvianne (FRA)16.50 Rumen Dimitrov (BUL)16.48 Aliaksei Tsapik (BLR)16.47 Marian Oprea (ROU)16.47 Fabian Florant (NED)16.45 Dimítrios Tsiámis (GRE)Not competing16.70 Fabrizio Donato (ITA)16.67 Aleksandr Yurchenko (RUS)16.55 Ben Williams (GBR) Shot21.26 David Storl (GER)20.94 Tomáš Stanek (CZE)20.91 Asmir Kolašinac (SRB)20.71 Jan Marcell (CZE)20.70 Aleksandr Lesnoy (RUS)20.66 Borja Vivas (ESP)20.61 Stipe Žunic (CRO)20.58 Ladislav Prášil (CZE)20.56 Maksim Sidorov (RUS)20.55 Jakub Szyszkowski (POL)20.41 Georgi Ivanov (BUL)20.37 Maris Urtans (LAT)20.29 Bob Bertemes (LUX)20.25 Ivan Emilianov (MDA)20.20 Konstantin Lyadusov (RUS)20.14 Pavel Lyzhyn (BLR)20.10 Michal Haratyk (POL)20.10 Tumatai Dauphin (FRA)20.09 Gaëtan Bucki (FRA)20.09 Arttu Kangas (FIN) Heptathlon6164 Adam Helcelet (CZE)6100 Ilya Shkurenyov (RUS)6065 Gaël Querin (FRA)6051 Jorge Ureña (ESP)5999 Bastien Auzeil (FRA)5988 Artem Lukyanenko (RUS)5986 Pawel Wiesiolek (POL)5975 Mathias Brugger (GER)5957 Niels Pittomvils (BEL)5892 Eelco Sintnicolaas (NED)5883 Marek Lukáš (CZE)5859 Einar Daði Lárusson (ISL)5847 Maicel Uibo (EST)5837 Pieter Braun (NED)5831 Petter Olson (SWE)5783 Yevgeniy Teptin (RUS)5779 Mikk Pahapill (EST)5777 Yuri Yeramich (BLR)Not competing6049 Kai Kazmirek (GER)5948 Yevgeniy Sarantsev (RUS)


European indoor rankingsTOP LISTS SHOW THE ATHLETES IN FORM AHEAD OF THE BIG EVENT IN PRAGUE THIS WEEKEND

MARK SH

EARMAN


Lee Emanuel: Euro Indoor 3000m

entrant is No.2 at 1500m

AW March 5 Euro rankings 22-23.indd 2 03/03/2015 15:40:53

Women60m7.09 Dafne Schippers (NED)7.12 Dina Asher-Smith (GBR)7.12 Verena Sailer (GER)7.18 Mujinga Kambundji (SUI)7.19 Ezinne Okparaebo (NOR)7.2 Olesya Povh (UKR)7.21 Nataliya Pohrebnyak (UKR)7.21 Ewa Swoboda (POL)7.22 Ivet Lalova (BUL)7.24 Rebekka Haase (GER)7.24 Alexandra Burghardt (GER)7.24 Rachel Johncock (GBR)7.24 Yasmin Kwadwo (GER)7.24 Jamile Samuel (NED)7.25 Céline Distel-Bonnet (FRA)7.26 Maja Mihalinec (SLO)7.26 Kseniya Ryzhova (RUS)7.26 Irene Ekelund (SWE)7.27 Kristina Sivkova (RUS)7.27 Marina Panteleyeva (RUS)

400m51.72 Seren Bundy-Davies (GBR)52.14 Marie Gayot (FRA)52.28 Kirsten McAslan (GBR)52.32 Laura Maddox (GBR)52.34 Floria Guei (FRA)52.42 Madiea Ghafoor (NED)52.51 Justyna Swiety (POL)52.63 Nataliya Pyhyda (UKR)52.64 Denisa Rosolová (CZE)52.64 Indira Terrero (ESP)52.83 Sara Petersen (DEN)52.84 Yana Glotova (RUS)52.86 Aauri Lorena Bokesa (ESP)52.87 Ruth Sophia Spelmeyer (GER)52.88 Kseniya Zadorina (RUS)52.88 Bianca Razor (ROU)52.89 Kseniya Ryzhova (RUS)Not competing52.08 Yekaterina Renzhina (RUS)52.39 Alena Mamina (RUS)52.76 Zuzana Hejnová (CZE)

800m1:59.21 Jenny Meadows (GBR)2:00.01 Joanna Józwik (POL)2:01.77 Aníta Hinriksdóttir (ISL)2:01.87 Selina Büchel (SUI)2:01.97 Renelle Lamote (FRA)2:02.11 Yekaterina Poistogova (RUS)2:02.13 Anastasiya Bazdyreva (RUS)2:02.15 Angelika Cichocka (POL)2:02.22 Mariya Nikolayeva (RUS)2:02.91 Shelayna Oskan-Clarke (GBR)2:02.93 Stina Troest (DEN)2:02.94 Syntia Ellward (POL)2:03.04 Nataliya Lupu (UKR)Not competing2:01.71 Ayvika Malanova (RUS)2:02.50 Yekaterina Kupina (RUS)2:02.59 Svetlana Rogozina (RUS)2:02.68 Yuliya Stepanova (RUS)2:02.71 Irina Maracheva (RUS)2:02.84 Yekaterina Brodovaya (RUS)

1500m4:00.46 Sifan Hassan (NED)4:06.44 Angelika Cichocka (POL)4:08.87 Federica Del Buono (ITA)

4:08.95 Renata Plis (POL)4:09.22 Katarzyna Broniatowska (POL)4:11.36 Maureen Koster (NED)4:12.06 Hanna Klein (GER)4:12.18+ Rosie Clarke (GBR)4:12.46 Gesa-Felicitas Krause (GER)4:13.20 Giulia Viola (ITA)4:13.72 Maren Kock (GER)4:14.19 Olesya Muratova (RUS)4:14.45 Sofi e Van Accom (BEL)Not competing4:06.42 Meraf Bahta (SWE)4:10.4h mx Laura Muir (GBR)4:11.89 Sandra Eriksson (FIN)4:11.95 Sofi a Ennaoui (POL)4:12.27 Anna Shchagina (RUS)4:13.57 Alison Leonard (GBR)4:14.53 Jessica Judd (GBR)

Mile4:31.78 Rosie Clarke (GBR)

3000m8:47.61 Yelena Korobkina (RUS)8:49.73 Laura Muir (GBR)8:51.10 Maureen Koster (NED)8:53.12 Kate Avery (GBR)8:53.22 Sofi a Ennaoui (POL)8:55.94 Sviatlana Kudzelich (BLR)8:56.23 Giulia Viola (ITA)8:57.87 Maren Kock (GER)8:58.88 Kristiina Mäki (CZE)9:00.13 Maruša Mišmaš (SLO)9:00.25 Gesa-Felicitas Krause (GER)9:00.83 Yekaterina Sokolenko (RUS)9:01.19 Federica Del Buono (ITA)9:01.33 Natalya Gorchakova (RUS)9:03.42 Claudia Bobocea (ROU)9:04.41 Özlem Kaya (TUR)9:06.27 Emelia Gorecka (GBR)Not competing8:55.09 Ciara Mageean (IRL)8:56.83 Sara Moreira (POR)8:58.84 Alla Kulyatina (RUS)9:03.55 Steph Twell (GBR)No mark in 2015Sifan Hassan (NED) and Renata Plis (POL)

60m hurdles7.88 Alina Talay (BLR)7.95 Eline Berings (BEL)7.98 Nooralotta Neziri (FIN)7.99 Hanna Plotitsyna (UKR)7.99 Cindy Roleder (GER)8.01 Isabelle Pedersen (NOR)8.01 Josephine Onyia (ESP)8.02 Lucy Hatton (GBR)8.03 Anne Zagré (BEL)8.04 Serita Solomon (GBR)8.06 Andrea Ivancevic (CRO)8.06 Nina Morozova (RUS)8.07 Yekaterina Galitskaya (RUS)8.07 Karolina Koleczek (POL)8.07 Alice Decaux (FRA)8.07 Pamela Dutkiewicz (GER)8.08 Nadine Visser (NED)8.08 Giulia Pennella (ITA)8.09 Beate Schrott (AUT)Not competing7.98 Tiff any Porter (GBR) High jump2.02 Kamila Licwinko (POL)1.99 Mariya Kuchina (RUS)1.98 Airina Palšyta (LTU)1.96 Alessia Trost (ITA)1.96 Ruth Beitia (ESP)1.95 Svetlana Shkolina (RUS)1.94 Daniela Stanciu (ROU)1.94 Venelina Veneva-Mateeva (BUL)1.93 Barbara Szabó (HUN)1.92 Isobel Pooley (GBR)1.92 Justyna Kasprzycka (POL)1.92 Urszula Gardzielewska (POL)1.92 Yana Maksimava (BLR)1.92 Mirela Demireva (BUL)1.91 Tatyana Mnatsakanova (RUS)1.91 Oksana Krasnokutskaya (RUS)1.91 Oldriška Marešová (CZE)1.91 Desirée Rossit (ITA)Not competing1.97 Katarina Johnson-Thompson (GBR)1.95 Ana Šimic (CRO)1.94 Irina Gordeyeva (RUS)

1.94 Morgan Lake (GBR)1.92 Oksana Okuneva (UKR) Pole vault4.80 Nikolía Kiriakopoúlou (GRE)4.77A Ekateríni Stefanídi (GRE)4.75 Anzhelika Sidorova (RUS)4.72 Lisa Ryzih (GER)4.71 Marion Fiack (FRA)4.68 Angelica Bengtsson (SWE)4.67 Angelina Zhuk-Krasnova (RUS)4.60 Katharina Bauer (GER)4.60 Anastasiya Savchenko (RUS)4.55 Nicole Büchler (SUI)4.51 Victoria von Eynatten (GER)4.50 Martina Strutz (GER)4.50 Michaela Meijer (SWE)4.50 Tina Šutej (SLO)4.50 Jirina Ptácníková (CZE)4.47 Femke Pluim (NED)Not competing4.60 Olga Mullina (RUS)4.50 Natalya Demidenko (RUS)4.50 Tatyana Shvydkina (RUS)4.50 Alayna Lutkovskaya (RUS) Long jump6.86 Sosthene Moguenara (GER)6.83 Ivana Španovic (SRB)6.82 Aiga Grabuste (LAT)6.74 Éloyse Lesueur (FRA)6.73 Abigail Irozuru (GBR)6.69 Erica Jarder (SWE)6.68 Alina Rotaru (ROU)6.66 Florentina Marincu (ROU)6.66 Khaddi Sagnia (SWE)6.61 Melanie Bauschke (GER)6.56 Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova (BLR)6.55 Xenia Atschkinadze (GER)6.54 Nadja Käther (GER)6.54 Lena Malkus (GER)6.53 Anastasiya Mokhnyuk (UKR)6.53 Laura Strati (ITA)Not competing6.93 Katarina Johnson-Thompson (GBR)

6.82 Yekaterina Koneva (RUS)6.57 Olga Balayeva (RUS)6.56 Yuliya Pidluzhnaya (RUS) Triple jump14.68 Yekaterina Koneva (RUS)14.55 Gabriela Petrova (BUL)14.30 Kristin Gierisch (GER)14.28 Cristina Bujin (ROU)14.23 Hanna Knyazyeva (ISR)14.20 Kristiina Mäkelä (FIN)14.18 Natallia Viatkina (BLR)14.16 Katja Demut (GER)14.13 Jeanine Assani Issouf (FRA)14.10 Andriana Bânova (BUL)14.10 Patrícia Mamona (POR)14.03 Olesya Zabara (RUS)13.98 Ksenia Dziatsuk (BLR)13.95 Dovila Dzindzaletaite (LTU)13.94 Patricia Sarrapio (ESP)13.86 Elena Andreea Panturoiu (ROU)Not competing14.14 Olha Saladukha (UKR)14.11 Irina Gumenyuk (RUS)14.08 Natalya Alekseyeva (RUS) Shot19.00 Yulia Leantsiuk (BLR)18.60 Anita Márton (HUN)18.34 Radoslava Mavrodieva (BUL)18.31 Alena Abrahmchuk (BLR)18.21 Chiara Rosa (ITA)17.97 Anastasiya Podolskaya (RUS)17.94 Halyna Obleshchuk (UKR)17.79 Lena Urbaniak (GER)17.76 Denise Hinrichs (GER)17.68 Úrsula Ruiz (ESP)17.54 Paulina Guba (POL)17.06 Viktoryia Kolb (BLR)Not competing17.97 Julaika Nicoletti (ITA)17.74 Olha Holodnaya (UKR)17.55 Emel Dereli (TUR)17.08 Irina Kirichenko (RUS)17.52 Josephine Terlecki (GER) Pentathlon4742 Yana Maksimava (BLR)4691 Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas (HUN)4609 Alina Fyodorova (UKR)4531 Eliška Klucinová (CZE)4489 Katsiaryna Netsviatayeva (BLR)4478 Xénia Krizsán (HUN)4455 Aleksandra Butvina (RUS)4448 Morgan Lake (GBR)4394 Anna Blank (RUS)Not competing4707 Anastasiya Mokhnyuk (UKR)4386 Katecina Cachová (CZE)4368 Agnieszka Borowska (POL)4368 Lyubov Tkach (RUS)4366 Magdalena Sochol (POL)4274 Sofi a Linde (SWE)4266 Lucia Mokrášová (SVK)4261 Yelena Molodchinina (RUS)4249 Jessica Taylor (GBR)No mark in 2015Katarina Johnson-Thompson (GBR), Ida Antoinette Nana Djimou (FRA), Nadine Broersen (NED), Nafi Thiam (BEL), Anouk Vetter (NED), Carolin Schafer (GER)


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Early venues: 1966 Dortmund (FRG), 1967 Prague (TCH), 1968 Madrid (ESP), 1969 Belgrade (YUG)

INITIALLY the event was called the European Indoor Games and fi rst run in 1966. It was also an annual event and became a

full championship in 1970.Barrie Kelly won gold over 60m

in 1966 while 1968 Olympic fi fth placer John Whetton, who was ideally suited to indoors, won the fi rst three 1500m titles.

Ireland’s Noel Carroll at 800m and hurdlers Eddie Ottoz and Karen Balzer also won three successive titles.

Other British ‘Games’ winners included Olympic medallists Alan Pascoe (1969 hurdles), Lynn Davies (1967 long jump) and Ian Stewart (1969 3000m). The 1964 Olympic long jump champion Mary Rand won three medals in the high jump, long jump and 60m in 1966.

1970 ViennaHE DIDN’T run many world class races but Ricky Wilde’s 3000m in 7:47.0 not only won gold but was a world best.

Valerie Borzov showed the speed that took him to Olympic gold in 1972, with 60m gold in 6.6 seconds. The Soviet sprinter was to win six more times.

Britain also won their fi rst women’s gold via 17 year-old London schoolgirl Marilyn Neufville in the 400m. She wore a Jamaican vest when setting a world record outdoors a few months later at the Commonwealth Games. Olympic champion Collete Besson was third.

1971 So� aMARGARET BEACHAM only had one season of note and never showed the same form outdoors but won the 1500m in a world best 4:17.2. The runner-up Lyudmila Bragina was to win Olympic gold in world record time in the Munich Olympics the following year.

Two future German Olympic champions, Hildegard Falck and Heike Rosendahl, won the 800m and long jump.

Peter Stewart, elder brother of Ian, made it three wins in a row for Britain at 3000m.

Karin Balzer won her fi fth successive 60m hurdles title.

1972 GrenobleHARTMUT BRIESENICK won his third successive shot gold with a championship best 20.67m.

Guy Drut, who would go on to win hurdles gold in Montreal, won the 60m hurdles.

Athletes who would become Olympic champions later in the year included Wolfgang Nordwig, who won his fourth pole vault

title, hurdler Annelie Ehrhardt and Nadezhda Chizhova won her fi fth title and sixth medal in the shot.

All-time great Viktor Saneyev won the triple jump for the third year running.

1973 RotterdamTHE TOP British performance came from Verona Bernard, who won the 400m with a typical brave front-run in a world best 53.04.

Emiel Puttemans, who was to smash the world 3000m (7:39.2)

and two miles (8:13.2) bests that year, won the fi rst of his two golds, winning the 3000m in a fast 7:44.5.

Istvan Major won his third successive high jump title.

France’s Sylviane Telliez won her sixth medal in the 60m.

1974 GothenburgGEOFF CAPES won gold with a championship best and European best 20.95m, a distance superior to his British outdoor record. It was the fi rst European heavy


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throws success since Arthur Rowe’s 1958 outdoor gold medal.

Luciano Susanj, who had won the 400m the previous year, won the 800m and later in the year, he won the European outdoor title to decimate the 800m European fi eld including a young Steve Ovett.

Renate Stecher won her fourth gold in 60m just 0.01 ahead of Briton Andrea Lynch’s UK best of 7.17.

Michal Joachimowski’s 17.03m triple jump, Totka Petrova’s 4:11.0 for the 1500m and Helena Fibingerova’s 20.75m shot were all world bests.

Ehrhardt equalled the world mark of 7.90 in her heat but scratched from the fi nal while Nadyezhda Ilyina set a world best in the 400m semis of 52.44 but was beaten in the fi nal.

1975 KatowiceFOR THE First time, Britain won three golds in the same Championships.

Ian Stewart outsprinted the capped Pekka Paivarinta in a dip fi nish in the 3000m. A week later he uniquely won the world cross-country title, a double that has never been repeated.

Andrea Lynch advanced to gold with a 7.17 victory with all-time great Irena Szewinska third while Elder regained her 400m title with an UK record 52.68.

There were some top class performances but note the men’s 400m was won in a pathetic 48.75.

1976 MunichAFTER silver in 1975, Geoff Capes regained his shot title with a clear victory and silver medals went to Berwyn Price in the hurdles and Sonia Lannaman in the 60m.

Ray Smedley, who ran in the 1972 Olympic 1500m and later made a Commonwealth marathon team, won bronze at 3000m.

Ivo Van Damme, who was to win Olympic silver later that year, easily won 800m gold.

Rosie Ackermann won her third

successive high jump title and she, Saneyev and shot putter Ivanka Khristova went on to win Olympic golds.

Rita Wilden set a world best in the 400 metres with 52.26.

1977 San SebastiánBRITAIN won three gold medals - all in middle–distance events.

Sebastian Coe, then little-known internationally, blasted through 200m in 24.9 and 400m in 51.37 and hung on to win in 1:46.5 just a tenth off the world best.

Jane Colebrook was even more of a surprise. Only fi fth at 400m, she came through with a storming fi nish to win in 2:01.1 to equal the world best and beat former outdoor record holder Svetla Koleva.

Mary Stewart became the third member of her family (after brothers Ian and Peter) to win gold in a fast 4:09.4 and would have been closer to her world best 4:08.1 but for a slow early pace.

Jurgen Straub, who was to split Coe and Ovett in the Moscow

Olympic 1500m, won gold for East Germany.

Universally regarded as the world’s greatest ever triple jumper, triple Olympic champion Viktor Saneyev won his sixth indoor title.

Capes won his fourth successive medal, a silver as he was beaten by Iceland’s Hreinn Halldorsson.

Bernard, now Elder took silver in 52.75, a long way behind Marita Koch’s 51.14 world best.

Helena Fibingerova set a still standing championship record of 21.46m in the shot.

Thomas Munkelt set a world best in the 60mH of 7.62.

1978 MilanTHE meeting’s highlight was provided by Ukrainian teenager Vladimir Yashchenko who jumped a world best 2.35m on his 20th jump of the competition, to better his outdoor record by two centimetres.

Marlies Oelsner won the 60m in a world best 7.12.

Pietro Mennea, who was to

hold the 200m world record for 17 years between 1979 and 1996, made a rare excursion over 400m to win gold and delight the Italian crowd.

Olaf Beyer, who was to beat Ovett and Coe outdoors in the European outdoor championships in Prague, fi nished second in the 800m.

Keith Connor, who would go on to be Commonwealth champion that year, won triple jump silver for the best British result. Capes won bronze.

Nine years after a silver behind Irina Szewinska, Sue Reeve won British bronze in the long jump.

1979 Vienna ELDER won her third gold in 51.80 but it was close as a then unknown Jarmila Kratochvilova was just a hundredth of a second behind as the Briton broke her British best and went second-all time having only got to the fi nal as a fastest loser.

Eamonn Coghlan, who was known as the chairman of the boards for his indoor form in the USA, won the 1500m with Briton John Robson third.

Capes won his sixth successive medal with silver behind Reijo Stahlberg of Finland.

The other British medal was less prestigious as Judy Oakes fi nished third and last in the shot with 15.66m, over fi ve metres behind the winner and almost four metres down on what she would eventually throw in 1988.

1980 Sindel� ngenMAYBE it was the upcoming 1980 Moscow Olympics but this was a disappointing championship with the best East Germans and Russians absent.

Highlights included Sofka Popova’s 7.11m 60m and Zofi a Bielczyk’s 7.77 60m hurdles.

Liz Barnes won Britain’s sole medal – an 800m bronze.

1981 GrenobleKRATOCHVILOVA was now a diff erent athlete in ability and size to what she was two years earlier


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and she won the 400m in 50.07 with Elder winning her fourth medal in third.

Stahlberg won his third gold medal in the shot, while Sara Simeoni won her fourth high jump title in fi ve years.

Later to be a top coach, Aston Moore won British triple jump bronze.

1982 MilanKRATOCHVILOVA retained her 400m title in 49.59, which 33 years later still stands as the world record.

Patriz Ilg outsprinted Alberto Cova in the 3000m – both would win world titles in Helsinki the following year.

Erwin Skamrahl became the inaugural 200m champion with a 21.20 victory.

British bronzes were won by Wendy Hoyte at 60m and Paula Fudge in the 3000m in a disappointing championship for the Brits.

1983 Budapest EAST GERMANY’S athletes impressed as Thomas Munkelt won his fourth gold in the 60m hurdles, Marlies Gohr won her fi fth 60m gold in a record 7.09 while Marita Koch won the second ever women’s 200m with Joan Baptiste second almost a second back.

Other British silver medallists were diminutive Ainsley Bennett in the 400m and future world indoor 1500m record in the 800m.

Thomas Wessinghage won his fourth gold and eighth medal in the 1500m and Kratochvilova won her third 400m gold in 49.69, while Tamara Bykova jumped a championship best 2.03m in the high jump.

1984 GothenburgIT WAS a good British Championships as Bev Kinch easily won the 60m in 7.16 while Sue Hearnshaw won the long jump easily with a 6.70m leap to become Britain’s fi rst winner of the event.

Ade Mafe was second in the 200m and Phil Norgate won 800m bronze.

Twelve years after winning Olympic gold, Ulrike Meyfarth won her second high jump title while Thierry Vigneron regained the pole vault world best with a 5.85m leap.

1985 Athens/PiraeusFORMER steeplechaser Todd Bennett produced the championship highlight as he won the 400m in a world best 45.56.

Rob Harrison won the 800m and Mike McFarlane the 60m while Yvonne Murray gained 3000m and Heather Oakes 60m bronzes.

Twelve years after her fi rst win, Fibingerova remarkably won a record (for any event) eighth shot title and her 11th medal.

Galina Chistyakova became the fi rst athlete to surpass seven metres in the long jump.

Sergey Bubka won six world titles but here won his only European indoor gold.

1986 MadridTHEN little-known, Linford Christie enjoyed his international breakthrough with a strong fi nish to snatch the 200m in 21.10.

Other British medallists included Geoff Parsons who won a high jump bronze and Yvonne Murray won 3000m silver.

Nelli Fiere-Cooman retained her 60m title with a 7.00 world best ahead of Gohr while the fi eld highlight was Maris Bruziks 17.54m world best in the triple jump.

Jose Luis Gonzalez won his third 1500m title.

Werner Gunthor, who was to win three successive world outdoor titles, won the shot. Koch won her third 200m title.

1987 Liévin THE STAR performance came from home favourite Bruno Marie-Rose who set a world best 20.36 with John Regis third.

Yvonne Murray completed the full set of 3000m medals with an easy win in 8:46.1 and Bennett regained his 400m title with Paul Harmsworth third. There were also two medals in the 60m hurdles for Colin Jackson and Nigel Walker behind Arto Brygarre.

GDR’s Ulf Timmermann won the shot in a still standing championships best 22.19m.

Poland’s Marian Woronin won his fi fth 60m title, but fi rst for fi ve years, with his fastest ever time by far of 6.51.

Vigneron won his third pole vault title and Gohr won her ninth 60m medal.

Yvonne Murray: bronze, silver and gold in

successive championships in the 1980s

Colin Jackson: 60m flat and

three-time hurdles winner

Jarmila Kratochvilova: 200m and three 400m titles in the 1980s




Robert Emmiyan won his second successive long jump gold with a record 8.49m leap.

1988 BudapestLINFORD CHRISTIE warmed for the Olympics later in the year with a 6.57 win in the 60m and was third in the 200m.

Fast-fi nishing David Sharpe won the 800m from defending champion Rob Druppers.

There were silver medals for Jon Ridgeon in the hurdles and Brian Whittle in the 400m, while Wendy Sly won 3000m bronze.

Having won three 1500m golds, Gonzalez won his second 3000m title. Brigitte Kraus, who had won 1500m gold 12 years earlier, won her fi fth medal in third and she also won two medals, including gold at 3000m.

Now indoor marks could be offi cial IAAF world records rather than bests and Heike Drechsler came close as won her third successive long jump with a huge 7.30m as former champion Chistyakova found 7.24m only good enough for silver.

Another world record holder Stefka Kostadinova upped the championship high jump record to 2.04m.

1989 The Hague IT WAS a great British championships. Steve Heard had the win of his life to win the 800m from Druppers.

Ade Mafe led a British one-two in the 200m from John Regis.

Colin Jackson won the 60m hurdles and Sally Gunnell showed her flat 400m speed as she won in 52.04.

There were silver medals for Whittle at 400m, Dalton Grant in the high jump and Nicky Morris in the 3000m behind Elly Van Hulst. Michael Rosswess won 60m bronze.

Future Olympic 5000m champion Dieter Baumann won the 3000m from Abel Anton, who was to win two world marathon golds in 1997 and 1999 took silver.

Dietmar Mogenburg won his fi fth high jump gold.

1990 GlasgowCHRISTIE regained the 60m crown with a 6.56 victory.

Britain won their third successive 800m title when Tom McKean delighted the Scottish crowd with an easy 1:46.2 victory. He won the outdoor title too in the summer.

Jens-Peter Herold, who was to make it a 1500m golden double in the summer, won from future Olympic champion Fermin Cacho with Tony Morrell third while Lorraine Baker won 800m bronze and Tony Jarrett won 60m hurdles silver.

Elly Van Hulst won her third successive 3000m gold.

1992 Genoa NOW a biennial event, Matthew Yates narrowly won the 1500m in 3:42.3.

Jason Livingston won the 60m in 6.53, but later in the season failed a drugs test. Rosswess was third again.

Teenager David Grindley, who was to set a British outdoor record later in the year, took 400m bronze, while John Mayock won 3000m silver.

Patrik Sjoberg won his fourth high jump title with 2.38m.

Alina Ivanova won the 3000m walk in a championship best 11:49.99.

1994 Paris COLIN JACKSON showed he was more than a hurdler as he won the 60m in 6.49. Rosswess won his third bronze medal. Jackson

also won the 60m hurdles gold in a record 7.41. He set the still standing world record of 7.30 that year in Sindelfi ngen.

Britain had a great championships as Du’aine Ladejo won the 400m, David Strang edged the 1500m and Dalton Grant won the high jump with his best ever jump, a superb 2.37m that still lies equal second all-time in the UK lists.

Mikhail Shchennikov won his third 5000m walk title as the walks were ran for the fi nal time.

Dutch powerhouse Cooman, who had won fi ve successive 60m golds between 1985 and 1989, regained the title for her sixth gold and eighth medal.

Veteran Yekaterina Podkopayeva, now 41, retained her 1500m title.

Drechsler and high jumper Stefka Kostadinova each won their fourth titles.

1996 Stockholm LADEJO retained his 400m title.

Anthony Whiteman, still in great form as a master almost 20 years on, took 1500m silver and triple jumper Francis Agyepong and 60m runner Jason John also won silver. Agyepong was beaten by Bruziks, who regained his title after a 10-year gap.

Fernando Ribiero retained her 3000m title.

1998 Valencia ASHIA HANSEN had her greatest ever competition as she smashed the world indoor triple jump record with a huge 15.16m leap to win by 40cm.

John Mayock was involved in one of the most exciting races, narrowly relegating the Spaniards to minor medals in the 3000m (see centre spread poster).

Jonathan Edwards won triple jump gold with 17.43m.

Jason Gardener was second in the 60m.

Allyn Condon won bronze in the 200m while third-placed Diane Allahgreen won Britain’s fi rst medal in the hurdles since Christine Pereira in 1969.

Tom McKean: 800m title on home soil in 1990

Elly van Hulst: three-time 3000m gold medallistfrom Netherlands




Igors Kazanovs won his fourth 60m hurdles gold and Grit Breuer retained her 400m title in 50.45.

Former Briton Fiona May won the long jump for Italy with 6.91m.

2000 Ghent CHRISTIAN MALCOLM won the 200m easily in 20.54 with team-mate Julian Golding third while Jason Gardener won the 60m in a top class 6.49.

Tony Jarrett won his second 60m hurdles silver and Mayock won 3000m bronze.

The future 2004 Olympic 800m champion Yuriy Borzakovskiy easily beat the future 2000 Olympic champion and defending champion Nils Schumann in a top class 800m.

Tomas Dvorak won the heptathlon from Roman Sebrle.

2002 ViennaCOLIN JACKSON won his third 60m hurdles gold, 15 years after his fi rst medal and 13 years after his fi rst gold. He set a championship record of 7.40.

Gardener retained his 60m title, equalling his and Jackson’s championship best of 6.49 with Mark Lewis-Francis second.

Hansen couldn’t quite regain her triple jump title but took silver, 10cm down on Tereza Marinova’s 14.81m.

Malcolm won 200m silver and Mike East 1500m bronze and Mayock got a share of 3000m bronze.

The best race of the meeting was the 800m where Jolanda Ceplak narrowly beat home favourite Stephanie Graf with a world record 1:55.82 to 1:55.85.

2005 MadridYELENA ISINBAYEVA won her fi rst pole vault title with a world record 4.90m vault.

Gardener won his third successive 60m gold in 6.55.

In the relays, Britain won 4x400m men’s silver and the women’s team took bronze.

Chris Lambert won 200m silver in the fi nal running of the event.

Ireland’s David Gillick won the 400m and Alistair Cragg won the 1500m with Mayock winning his fourth medal.

Stefan Holm won the high jump in a top class 2.40m.

Carolina Kluft easily broke the pentathlon record with a score of 4948, with Kelly Sotherton a clear second.

2007 BirminghamNICOLA SANDERS hadn’t cemented a reputation as a 400m runner until the indoor season but after blasting through 200m in 23.31, she won easily in a British record 50.02, the fastest winning time for 16 years. She also won a medal in the 4x400m with Britain third.

Jason Gardener won his fourth 60m title with Craig Pickering second and there was also a one-two in the triple jump. Phillips Idowu set a championship best 17.56m while Nathan Douglas produced the best ever non-winning mark.

Kluft retained her pentathlon title but was pushed all the way by Kelly Sotherton, who produced a championships score that only Kluft had beaten in second.

Rob Tobin won 400m bronze and led off Britain’s 4x400m team to gold.

Kim Gevaert of Belgium, meanwhile, won her third 60m title, while her team-mate Tia Hellebaut surprised with a championship high jump best of 2.05m.

Lidia Chojecka defended her

Ashia Hansen: celebrates a world triple

jump record in Valencia 1998

Jason Gardener (left): Bath Bullet had tremendous record indoors




3000m title but also won 1500m gold.

Five years ahead of their peak, Mo Farah fi nished fi fth in the 3000m and Jess Ennis sixth in the pentathlon.

2009 Turin A DECADE after his emergence as a top class sprinter, Dwain Chambers won his fi rst European indoor title with a championship best of 6.46 in the 60m.

Farah won the 3000m easily by two seconds.

Britain fi nished second in both of the 4x400m relays.

Sebastian Bayer produced the performance of the championships with a half metre long jump win with 8.71m.

2011 ParisTHE HIGHLIGHT of the meeting to a delighted French audience was Teddy Tamgho improving his triple jump world record to 17.92m.

In other quality jumps, Renaud Lavillenie achieved the fi rst six metres to retain his pole vault title while Ivan Ukhov won a top-class high jump with 2.38m.

While Britain didn’t match the

French successes, they had a rewarding championship.

Farah retained his 3000m title but was given a tough race by Hayle Ibrahimov.

Less expected was veteran Helen Clitheroe who had the race of her life to win an exciting 3000m though the margin was increased with the Russian runner-up later banned.

Also courtesy of doping violations, Jenny Meadows won the 800m with Marilyn Okoro third.

New British recruit Tiff any Porter just missed out on 60m hurdles gold in her major GB debut.

The battle of the over 30s in the 60m saw Francis Obikwelu edge Chambers.

2013 GothenburgPERRI SHAKES-DRAYTON was the British star as she won the 400m from Eilidh Child and then the duo teamed up with Shana Cox and Christine Ohuruogu to easily win the 4x400m for the fi rst time, having won medals in the four previous championships.

GB also won the men’s 4x400m easily by a second.

Britain’s fourth gold was struck by pole vaulter Holly Bleasdale, who beat defending champion Anna Rogowska in a jump-off .

Jimmy Vicaut won the 60m as he narrowly beat James Dasaolu who shared the winning time of 6.48.

Pavel Maslak won the 400m in 45.66 with Nigel Levine second.

There were some top class jumps with Lavillenie winning the vault with 6.01m, Aleksandr Menkov the long jump with 8.31m and Daniele Greco won the triple jump with 17.70m.

Christian Malcolm: winner of the now defunct 200m event

Perri Shakes-Drayton: beat Eilidh Child to 400m title in 2013

Nicola Sanders: UK 400m record in Birmingham 2007


WITH Katarina Johnson-Thompson poised to cement her status as world heptathlon No.1

this year, 17-year-old Morgan Lake is the next Brit in line, preparing to take over the throne.

Britain has a rich history in women’s combined events, with Mary Peters taking Olympic glory in 1972, Denise Lewis taking the title in 2000, Jessica Ennis capturing the hearts of the public with her London 2012 Olympic victory and now Johnson-Thompson and Lake.

For Lake it is early days, but comparisons have already been made with Ennis, particularly due to the Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow athlete’s ability in the high jump, which saw her break the British junior record with a clearance of 1.94m last year.

However, it could be argued that Lake’s throwing talents far outweigh Ennis’s at a similar age. As a junior, Ennis had a best of only 12.26m for the shot put, whereas Lake has already thrown 14.85m and also 41.66m in the javelin, the

latter a distance that Ennis did not better in a heptathlon until 2009 when she went on to win the world heptathlon title in Berlin.

Lake is arguably helped by her almost 6ft frame,

but this should not detract anything from the quality of her performances, as she nevertheless high jumps more than 10cm over her head height. Moreover, after winning double world junior gold in the high

jump and heptathlon in Eugene last year, Lake has shown she has the mental capacity on her tall shoulders to perform to her best on the global stage.

Reflecting on the World Juniors, where she set a world


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POISED TO COMPETE IN THE PENTATHLON THIS WEEKEND IN PRAGUE, 17-YEAR-OLD MORGAN LAKE LOOKS DESTINED TO CONTINUE BRITAIN’S FINE TRADITION IN COMBINED EVENTSWORDS: EMILY MOSS

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“My parents took me to my local athletics club where my dad became a coach. I

really enjoyed doing multiple events. I tended to get bored focusing on just one event, so heptathlon seemed the

obvious route for me” MORGAN LAKE on how she got into athletics



under-18 heptathlon best with 6148 points to go with the world under-18 indoor pentathlon record she had set earlier in the year with 4284 points, the youngster reveals: “Being able to compete in a World Junior Championships, especially in Eugene, Oregon, was in itself a very magical experience.

Hayward Field is a great stadium to compete in and I really enjoyed being in the USA and meeting some unforgettable people. The whole experience was amazing and winning double gold is to date my proudest moment. It has motivated me to make the team for future championships.”

There had been a lot of media attention on Lake in the lead-up to the championships after the teenager had changed her mind and decided to compete in the World

Juniors as opposed to the Commonwealth Games. “It was a really diffi cult decision, but in the end you only have a few chances as a junior athlete,” she said. “I felt it was important to compete among my peers. I defi nitely didn’t expect to win two titles.

“My main focus was the heptathlon and going into the competition I was ranked third, so I knew I would need to work

hard just to get on the podium. The high jump was even more of a shock as I decided to enter quite last-minute, as I still felt good after the heptathlon.”

However, Lake has not shied away from competing against the seniors. After her exploits at the world juniors, the teenager represented Great Britain in

the high jump at the European Championships. She feels she gained a lot from the experience. “It was surreal being on a team with people I have looked up to throughout my life. It has made me hungry for more,” she says.

Lake has always been a prodigiously talented athlete. Her fi rst national title came in the under-15 long jump at the England Athletics championships in 2009, when she was still only an under-13. That year she also set a UK under-13 pentathlon best of 3046 points.

Since then, Lake has won dozens of national titles in events spanning from sprint hurdles, long jump, high jump, combined events and even triple jump. So many, in fact, that she has lost count, although a quick count on Power of 10 indicates that the fi gure is around 32 across the diff erent events.

“I’m not 100% sure how many national titles I have won,” she says. “I just try and focus on the next events and not get too caught up in the past.”

She has also set combined events UK records at under-15 (3755 points) and under-17 level (5474 points), as well as UK under-17 bests in high jump (1.90m) and triple jump (12.45w). With two years left as a junior, the teenager looks almost certain


High flyer: Morgan has always been a prodigious talent

Morgan Lake: long jump is one of her events this weekend in the Prague pentathlon

Hayward Field is a great stadium to compete in and I really enjoyed being in the

Juniors as opposed to the Athletics Weekly featured Morgan Lake on its Rising Stars page back in 2009




to threaten Katarina Johnson-Thompson’s UK under-20 record of 6267.

Not only is athletics in Lake’s genes (her father, Eldon was a GB junior international in the triple jump), but it is clear that the youngster has an excellent team around her in place. Lake senior is her main coach, with Jeremy Tigar coaching her for throws, Richard Aspden for high jump and Ian Grant for hurdles.

“It works really well for me,” she says. “I train approximately fi ve days a week, between Thames Valley and Brunel University. My training always varies, depending on the time of the year.”

Speaking of how she fi rst got into combined events, she explains: “I think my dad had always wanted me to do athletics.

I started aged about fi ve. My parents took me to my local athletics club where my dad became a coach. I really enjoyed doing multiple events. I tended to get bored focusing on just one event, so heptathlon seemed the obvious route for me.”

Lake is also quick to credit Wellington College where she studies for the part they have played in her development. “Wellington are really supportive with my athletics and understand the balance between education and sport, so it works out well,” she says. “I’m currently studying English, business and PE and I’m hoping to do psychology at university. Training and school takes up quite a lot of my free time, but I quite enjoy photography.”

It is refreshing that, despite having been thrust into the limelight as a potential world athletics star of the future, Lake remains a typical 17-year-old girl, who not only fi nd training challenging at times, but also enjoys

“Hayward Field is a great stadium to compete in and I really enjoyed being in the USA and meeting some unforgettable

people. Winning double gold has motivated me to make the team for future championships”

Eugene winner MORGAN LAKE

Morgan Lake: double gold

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Morgan Lake: world junior champion in the high jump and heptathlon


So far, Lake is quite literally following in Ennis and Johnson-Thompson’s footsteps, not only in terms of her rate of progress, but also last month she led the GB team at a combined events indoor international in France, an event both Ennis and Johnson-Thompson participated in during the past. She won with 4448 – just 78 points short of Johnson-Thompson’s UK under-20 best.

With the World Championships

scheduled to take place in Beijing and the European Junior Championships in Sweden this summer, Lake is hoping to take part in both. “I know that I will have to have a good winter and work hard in order to achieve these goals,” she says modestly.

Further in the future, the 2016 Olympics in Rio beckon. Although Lake will still be a junior, this could be where she makes a name for herself on the senior global stage.



dressing up in nice clothes and meeting stars from the past.

She had plenty of chance to do both at the end-of-season awards ceremonies last year. She says: “In 2014 I won the IAAF Rising Star Award and the SportsAid One To Watch Award and I am honoured to have won both. I don’t often get the chance to dress up, as I’m either studying or training, so it was nice to put a dress on and go to various awards. Meeting a sporting legend like Dick Fosbury was really inspiring as he has had such an impact in how high jump is today.”

However, at the same time, Lake is aware of the influence she could have on other young athletes starting out in the sport. “Denise Lewis and Carolina Kluft are athletes that I have looked up to throughout my life, and when I was younger Jade Johnson was also a big idol,” she says. “It’s great that heptathlon produces such talented UK athletes and, for me, being able to learn from Jess (Ennis) and Kat (Johnson-Thompson) is a good thing. If I am also able to inspire and help other young athletes get into multi-events, then that too is amazing.”

Born May 12, 1997Coach Eldon Lake; Jeremy Tigar (throws), Richard Aspden (high jump), Ian Grant (hurdles)Club Windsor, Slough, Eton & HounslowPBs 100H: 14.25; HJ: 1.94; SP: 14.85; 200: 24.59; LJ: 6.32; JT: 41.66; 800: 2:21.06; TJ: 12.45wInternational championships record2014 World Juniors heptathlon and high jump 1st Domestic Record: 2014: England Athletics U20 long jump (1st); England Athletics U20 Indoor long jump and high jump (1st)2013 UK School Games high jump (1st); England Athletics U17 high jump, long jump, triple jump, heptathlon (1st); England Athletics U20 high jump (1st); England Athletics U17 indoor high jump, long jump, pentathlon (1st); UK senior indoor high jump (2nd) 2012 England Athletics U17 high jump, long jump, heptathlon (1st); SIAB Schools long jump (1st); English Schools long jump (1st); England Athletics U20 long jump (2nd); England Athletics U17 indoor long jump (1st); England Athletics U20 indoor pentathlon (2nd) 2011 England Athletics U15 high jump, long jump (1st), 75H 2nd; England Athletics U15 indoor high jump, long jump, 60H (1st); SIAB Schools U16 indoor pentathlon (1st) 2010 English schools pentathlon and long jump (1st); England Athletics U15 high jump, long jump, pentathlon (1st); England Athletics U15 indoor long jump and pentathlon (1st) 2009 England Athletics U15 indoor long jump (1st)

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Morgan Lake met Roy Hodgson when she won the Sportsaid One to Watch award

Morgan Lake: from schoolgirl talent to Olympic medallist one day?

Rising talent: high jumping in

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OLYMPIC broadcasting has been put in the spotlight at The Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland,

by way of a new temporary exhibition – ‘The Olympic Games: Behind the Screen’.

As the Museum highlights, modern sport was born in the same era as cinema, with Pierre de Coubertin – founder of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) – developing the Games around the time that the Lumière brothers were doing the same with fi lmmaking.

While technological advancements have given fans ever-increasing means

of following Games action, broadcasting is also vitally important to the Olympic Movement for the income it generates, with the fees for broadcasting rights its biggest source of revenue.

IOC president Thomas Bach used the launch of the new exhibition as an opportunity to stress the importance of images, fi lm and broadcasting in promoting the Olympic Games and Olympic values.

“Increasingly, images are the shared international language of today,” he said. “This is even more the case with the younger generation. It is those young

people that we have to reach if the Olympic Movement and our values are to prosper.

“If we are to connect with a new generation of spectators, a new generation of potential athletes, if we are to get the couch potatoes off the couch, we must make these images work for all of us.”

The IOC’s audiovisual patrimony restoration and digitisation programme, which has involved tens of thousands of hours of videos and hundreds of thousands of photographs, was also discussed and will provide some of the content for a new Olympic Channel. The channel,

which was one of the Olympic Agenda 2020 recommendations, is set to be launched in the next few years – probably after Rio 2016 but before Tokyo 2020.

“Interest in the Olympic Games is higher now than ever, and recent editions have enjoyed record broadcast audiences around the world,” Bach said towards the end of last year when the implementation of a number of the recommendations began.

“The idea of the channel is to harness this interest and extend it beyond the Games, in a way that will engage audiences, especially young audiences, in the power of what sport can do.”


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The past, the present and the futureDemonstrating the power of broadcasting and its evolution alongside the Games, ‘The Olympic Games: Behind the Screen’ is to run at the museum until January 2016.

The new three-part exhibition focuses on audience experience in ‘hearing and seeing the Games’ – providing an insight into radio and television coverage – as well as getting visitors involved in the broadcasting process.

Transporting them back to London on July 29, 2012, between the hours of 3pm and 4pm, visitors experience one

hour of broadcasting the Games. With 20 competitions in progress – 33 events at 18 venues in the Olympic Park, in London or at other venues across the UK – visitors get a glimpse of the steps involved in Games broadcasting.

The fi nal part of the exhibition looks to the future. The Olympic

Video Player app shows how users can select specifi c competitions to watch online, whether the action is live or pre-recorded. Future image quality is explored and this fi nal part takes a look at new technology including that which enables 360-degree sports coverage.

Interactivity is key – visitors can get involved from testing their knowledge with quizzes through to having a go at sports commentating at the ‘become a commentator’ display.

Many of the images and much of the footage on show unsurprisingly features athletics events, with Jim Owens, communications professor and dean of the School of Communications Arts at Asbury University in the United States and scientifi c curator of the exhibition, explaining: “I think there are so many events that happen in track and fi eld and if you think about it, the classic


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venue to go to for the Olympics is the Olympic Stadium. There’s just something romantic about that. That’s the classic view people have and I think that’s part of it.

“I think athletics was probably one of the most covered sports – at the early Olympics track and fi eld is what they covered which is why you see a lot of it, especially at the beginning, and it’s some of the most popular.”

Games moments are relived and memories shared. As well as looking at the technology used, the exhibition considers the creation and portrayal of emotion made possible by those broadcasting systems. Information on the exhibition background explains: “Television broadcasting of the sights and sounds of the Games is an ‘emotion machine’ that transforms a global event into a very personal, private adventure for each viewer.”

The Museum transformedThe Olympic Museum reopened in late 2013 after almost two years of renovation and £2 million worth of investment. The result is impressive, with this latest temporary broadcasting exhibition just a slice of the vast amount that is on off er. Overlooking Lake Geneva, the Museum welcomes visitors with its ‘Olympic Park’ area featuring many items from the biggest Olympic sport. Budding sprinters

can race Usain Bolt’s 100m world record time on a three-lane all-weather 100m sprint straight, the start of which is found under a pole vault bar at world record height, while visitors can compare their height to Javier Sotomayor’s incredible 2.45m high jump clearance as they walk towards the Museum’s entrance.

Once inside, each level of the Museum looks at a diff erent area of modern Olympism – The Olympic World, The Olympic Games and The Olympic Spirit.

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“Television broadcasting of the sights and sounds of the Games is an ‘emotion machine’ that transforms a global event into a

very personal, private adventure for each viewer”

Interactive activities around the exhibitionThe Museum will become an experiential lab on May 30-31The Criodrôme: Visitors aim to produce light by shouting to explore the relationship between sound and light.The CineCycle: Sport images are generated by pedal powerKinoFabriK Games: Visitors learn about film animation and can create sports action by manipulating figurines frame-by-frameIn the studio: Fans can become a director or sports commentator ‘on air’Restored footage: Enjoy screenings of sports-related feature-length films and shorts

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Behind the Screen’ runs until January 26, 2016

Location: The Olympic Museum, Quai d’Ouchy 1, 1006

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Admission: Adults CHF 18 (around £12); Children aged 6-16 (under 6 free) CHF 10 (around

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Sports kit, equipment, shoes and spikes are among the memorabilia on display – a pair of Jesse Owens’ shoes can be seen along with items such as footwear belonging to Haile Gebrselassie and a vest worn by Carl Lewis.

At the heart of the Museum is a fi lm experience, directed by the multi award-winning Daryl Goodrich who directed the London Olympic bid fi lm. A fi nale to the Museum, ‘Inside The Race’ is shown on

a 180-degree surround-sound scale – prepare for goosebumps.

The incorporation of multimedia into the Museum formed a large part of the design and that gained recognition in 2014 from the International Audiovisual Festival on Museums and Heritage held by AVICOM. It’s obviously impressing the visitors, too, with more than 240,000 having experienced its off erings since the Museum reopened just over a year ago. olympic.org/museum

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DURING the run-up to the Commonwealth Games in Delhi an article in the sports section of the

Guardian suggested a reluctance on the part of some athletes to compete, amid rumours of unfi nished accommodation in the competitors’ village. The writer compared this attitude with the “heroic – albeit borderline delusional – gumption” of the hazardous travel arrangements of one former Commonwealth athlete, the Australian javelin thrower, Reg Spiers.

Spiers’ story is well known among colleagues from the athletics world. His name, apt for a javelin thrower, is synonymous with the kind of youthful daredevilry rarely associated with track and fi eld athletes. Former discus thrower turned television crime writer Arthur McKenzie

well remembers swapping anecdotes about the athlete he now refers to as a “folk legend”.

A recent feature in the Daily Telegraph claims that Reg Spiers

“deserves his memorial in print”. It refers to the fi rst book to chronicle the off -fi eld enterprises of the Aussie thrower as a story “unlikely ever to be matched”.

The book’s foreword is penned by Lynn Davies, the president of UK Athletics, who writes: “Out Of The Box is surely one of the most colourful stories to emerge from the sporting world, one that deserves to be told.”

The young Spiers was tall and solidly built with a powerful throwing arm. His second placing in the javelin in the 1961-62 Australian National Track and Field Championships earned him a place in the 1962 Commonwealth Games squad in Perth, where he placed fi fth.

During the competition he met and befriended the then British javelin champion and record-holder, John McSorley. The pair kept in touch but their paths didn’t cross again until 1964, when Reg arrived, unannounced, at John’s flat in Twickenham.

Known as ‘Reggie’ to his friends, he was a larger-than-life young “Aussie larrikin” who had worked his passage to the UK on an oil tanker in time for the British athletics season. When his ship docked in Newcastle-upon-Tyne he sold his razor to a shipyard worker in order to buy a train ticket to London.

Having failed to qualify for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics at his hometown club in Adelaide, he was hoping to have the opportunity to plant one big throw, have it offi cially ratifi ed, and impress the selectors back home.

Nothing went to plan. He trained tirelessly with McSorley at St Mary’s College in Twickenham, regularly passing himself off as a student. The organisers of the AAA Championships allowed him to compete as a guest, but both athletes had injuries and throwing below their best distances.


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Reg Spiers: made the Australian team for the 1962 Commonwealth Games in Perth

John McSorley (centre), was a pal of Spiers, as was Fleet Street journalist James Coote (right), who would later die in an aircrash

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McSorley found him a job at Heathrow airport, but Spiers lost all his money when his wallet was stolen. He fi nally conceded that his Olympic quest might be over.

By now he was penniless and desperate to get back to Australia. By all accounts he wasn’t the type who was prepared to wait and so in late summer 1964 he hatched a most outrageous plan to post himself home. Preparations were made at various locations in Twickenham, where McSorley built a man-sized wooden crate for his friend’s journey. The box measured 5ft x 3ft x 2ft 6in, only aff ording enough room for the unfortunate occupant to sit with his legs straight, or lie flat with them bent.

On October 17 Spiers embarked on what has become a legendary journey. Boxed as airfreight described as “rubberised emulsion”, he was delivered to the freight department at Heathrow. Duly labelled ‘handle with care,’ Spiers was consigned to a non-existent shoe factory in Perth, cash on delivery, and designated for collection at

the other end by a fi ctitious company representative. The young javelin thrower endured a gruelling 13,000 mile, 63-hour flight, fraught with delays, forklift trucks, and near-dehydration on the tarmac at Bombay Airport.

And so at the exact moment Lynn Davies was receiving his long jump gold medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, an Australian javelin thrower of the same age had lost his Olympic dream and was heading home. Spiers was

making a diff erent kind of history, rattling around his box in the cargo hold of a Boeing 707.

One week after his departure John was starting to worry because he still had no news and feared his friend might have perished in some far-flung warehouse. He contacted a friend, James Coote, sports correspondent at the Daily Telegraph in London, who phoned his counterpart in Sydney and tracked down Spiers at his home in Adelaide, and the story became front-page news.

Reg’s notoriety spread through the international press and he was inundated with interviews and advertising opportunities. Trouble eluded him for more than a decade and he continued throwing the javelin, winning

the 1966-67 and 1976-77 Australian Championships and competing in the US versus the Commonwealth match in Los Angeles.

He retired from athletics in 1979 and, had he been prepared to leave his smuggling enterprises well alone and settle for a quieter life, we might never have heard of him again. He didn’t – his box escapade was followed by several more illegal journeys over the ensuing years. Hotly pursued by the Australian Federal Police and Interpol, Spiers skipped bail in 1981 and embarked on a wild road trip with his girlfriend across India, Africa and Sri Lanka.

As the title of the book suggests, Spiers’ life has been a series of highs and lows. Without doubt, the biggest low was when he was caught with narcotics at Colombo Airport and sentenced to death. Ever the joker, as Reg was led from the courtroom, arms shackled, he told a journalist that his dire predicament was his own fault – for taking a flight in the regular passenger compartment.

Out Of The Box: The Highs and Lows of a Champion Smuggler by Julie McSorley and Marcus McSorley is published by Roaring Forties Press, available through Amazon and major bookstores in the UK and US, and for Kindle



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Reg and John in training in Twickenham in 1964 – lifting a Ford Cortina into the air

Reg Spiers while in exile in Africa in the 1980s

John McSorley made the cover of

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Reg Spiers: drug smuggler, stowaway

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At the 1998 European Indoor Championships in Valencia, John Mayock out-smarted and out-sprinted an Armada of host nation hopes in a physical 3000m race. “If Mayock had chisels on his elbows then my chest would have been full of holes,” said one of the defeated Spaniards, Manuel Pancorbo, as a torrent of boos from the partisan crowd fi lled the stadium. “This is athletics,” shrugged the victorious Briton.

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ATHLETICS WEEKLY caught up with Chris Greenwood soon after he placed a fi ne second overall in the

South of The Thames 7.5 miles championship race, despite being a veteran. The 41-year-old is a new runner, although did have a minor running career at school, and is now a believer in running to and from work.

Athletics Weekly: What did you see as your best performance in your fi rst full year as an M40?Chris Greenwood: I was probably happiest with my two legs at the southern road relays in Aldershot. It was great to help the Kent AC M40 team achieve their fi rst gold medal in this event. Other notable races were my 9:12 steeplechase and 30:39 for 10,000m, therefore achieving my 2014 targets. Although disappointed not to win overall in Nottingham, I was happy to retain my Vets International M40 title in an easy second place overall.

AW: Prior to becoming a proper veteran what was your most pleasing success?CG: I haven’t been racing too long, so maybe my 71st in the 2013 National in Sunderland. The race has a lot of history and such a strong fi eld, plus I always enjoy the challenge and nature of cross-country racing. The snowy conditions possibly helped but we were all running the same course and you have to adapt. I know 71st isn’t overly impressive, but certain results can be a catalyst for improvement and increased belief to push you on. I probably encountered a similar lift from the London Marathon in 2014, where I won the M40 title (in 2:27:59).

AW: Power of Ten only lists performances from 2010. Are you a completely new runner? CG: I only started training and racing properly since joining Kent AC in 2010, so I’m a relative novice. This has probably helped given the lack of mileage in my legs, while also giving me the motivation to attain PBs every year.

I was a little obsessed with football growing up as a kid and played for 10 years, until I was 27, in the Altrincham and District Sunday League. Once I stopped, I occasionally joined a friend, Tony Greenwood, to run the odd fell race in Derbyshire for fun. I didn’t really train for them, but enjoyed the challenge and did okay. I then went travelling for two years and moved to London.

AW: How about when you were at school?CG: I enjoyed cross country at school and represented Traff ord once but didn’t receive any encouragement from memory and stuck with football. It may have been diff erent had someone shown some interest, so my endurance was initially utilised on a football pitch instead.

AW: All of your best performances have been set in the past year, so does this mean there is more to come?CG: I really hope I can push on again this year. I’m highly motivated and an increased mileage base for the Manchester Marathon on April 19 should help me take another step.

Realistically I probably have at least a couple more years of improvement to come, as the likes of Ian Hudspith and Steve Way indicate age isn’t necessarily the catalyst for decline.

AW: Can you describe a typical week’s training?CG: My training isn’t overly structured and I tend to run to feel. I’m not always sure about the route or pace beforehand, so can fi nd myself really pushing on when I’m supposed to be resting. My schedule for the Southern Masters in December was: Sun: 15.2 miles @ 5:56 per mile pace (1:30.12). Had planned 6:20, but felt relaxed.Mon: 8.1 miles @ 6:04 (49:10).Tues: (am) 3 miles @ 6:22 (19:24). (pm) 3 miles @ 6:31 warm up and then 5 miles @ 5:11 (2km reps x 4 with 2min recovery on the road). 2 mile warm down @ 7:00.Wed: (am) 11 miles @ 6:22. (pm) work Christmas party, hence morning run.Thurs: 2 miles warm up @ 7:00min pace. Then 8 miles @ 5:15 (5 x 1.7-mile lap of Battersea Park). 2 mile warm down @ 7:10.Fri: 3 miles @ 6:30 with 45sec strides x 4.Sat: SEAA Masters Cross Country Oxford. 1st place. 6 miles @ 5:38. Included 2.5 mile warm up @ 6:45 and 2.5 warm down at 7:00min mile pace.Weekly total: 73 miles.My midweek runs are usually my


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commute with a bag (except for Tuesday and Thursday evening sessions).

AW: With regard to veteran running how has the organisation been at the events you have contested?CG: The vet races are well organised, although they sometimes clash with other events and club commitments. I think there is a slight stigma associated to them in relation to quality for some. This probably applies to M40 athletes, who may have been racing at a much higher level in their earlier years. I personally enjoy them, having entered the sport quite late and they off er a chance to represent my country, compete against my peers and meet some great people.

AW: You were beaten by an M35 in the International do you think it is right that men as young as 35 are considered masters?CG: I’m not sure age 35 is representative of veteran status, because you appear to be in your peak endurance years around this age. However, the 2013 Veteran International was won overall by Tim Hartley who is an M45.

AW: What advice would you give to new runners?CG: I usually advise caution for new runners – they should remember to allow their body time to adjust to the extra miles. Defi nitely fi nd a good training group, or club, because you’ll learn about training and be inspired. The key is racing, though, because running is about competition and racing allows you to improve quickly.

Chris Greenwood: newcomer to

running

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Men’s triple jump

MANY all-time greats won gold at the fi rst IAAF World Championships at Helsinki, but that wasn’t

the case with the triple jump, won by Poland’s now largely forgotten Zdzislaw Hoff mann. It was a memorable competition, however, due to being one of the fi rst jumps with rhythmic clapping started by the charismatic Willie Banks.

Banks led after four rounds with 17.18m which saw the unique situation where four pairs of jumpers each had identical distances. Hoff mann spoiled the symmetry in round fi ve with a 17.35m and improved to 17.42m in the last round for an easy win with Banks holding on for second although Ajayi Agbebaku matched his distance in the last round. European and Commonwealth champion Keith Connor missed out on a fi nal place.

World record-holder Banks didn’t make the fi nal in Rome

in 1987 but would have to have been at his best to thwart Khristo Markov. The Bulgarian opened with a windy 17.70m and improved to 17.73m before jumping the second ever best 17.92m in round four to challenge the world record.

Olympic silver medallist Mike Conley, who had been fourth in 1983, was a clear second with leaps of 17.65m and 17.67m.

In Tokyo in 1991, it was American Kenny Harrison who was in top class form, opening with a foul

around 18 metres and then jumping 17.78m into a headwind and celebrating with a back flip. Soviet Leonid Voloshin came close as Conley took bronze.

In Stuttgart in 1993, Conley was now Olympic champion and at the fourth attempt fi lled in the one missing position in winning with three top class jumps in the 17.70m to 17.86m range with Voloshin again taking silver with 17.65m.

Bronze went to Briton Jonathan Edwards who went into third with a 17.44m fi fth round.

Edwards was a much improved athlete by the time Gothenburg came around and earlier in the season, had four times bettered 18 metres albeit only in windy conditions, but had improved the world record to 17.98m in Salamanca.

The Briton started superbly and smashed the world best with a 18.16m opening jump and in round two sailed out to a still unbeaten 18.29m.

Well back, just three centimetres covered the next top three with Brian Wellman winning Bermuda a silver with Conley seventh.

Yoelbi Quesada was the athlete who missed out on a medal on countback and his fourth place


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World Championship statsAS BEIJING BECKONS, WE CONTINUE OUR SERIES ON THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD CHAMPS Pictures: Mark Shearman

Mike Conley: 1993 winner in Stuttgart

Jonathan Edwards: world record-obliterating performance in 1995Zdzislaw Hoff mann:

inaugural champion

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came after previous seventh and twelfth fi nishes.

In Athens in 1997 the Cuban was a better athlete and led from the start, opening with a 17.60m and then sealing gold with 17.85m in the second round.

Edwards wasn’t at his best but his last three jumps were between 17.57m and 17.69m giving him silver.

The Briton’s form in Seville in 1999 was even more disappointing and well below that of the world-record holder, describing his bronze as ‘a disaster’ as his 17.48m left him 11cm down on Charles Friedek’s 17.59m PB.

In Edmonton in 2001, Edwards, now fi nally Olympic champion,

almost went out in qualifying, needing three jumps to get to the fi nal. Only fi fth after two rounds, he produced the world’s best jump for three years when he leapt 17.92m which gave him nearly half a metre on Christian Olsson. It was his fi fth successive medal.

The Swede was the big favourite in Paris in 2003, where Edwards announced it was his fi nal competition. Olsson won easily with 17.72m and had the best fi ve jumps. In his sixth fi nal, Edwards was last. Quesada, also in a record equalling sixth fi nal, was ninth.

In Helsinki in 2005, the winning mark was the worst since 1983 as Walter Davis won with 17.57m and Nathan Douglas, who had jumped 17.64m before the championships, could only manage a 16.53m in qualifying.

Davis was third in Osaka in 2007 in a contest won comfortably by Nelson Evora’s 17.74m as he became the fi rst ever Portuguese male to win a world title.

In Berlin in 2009, the 2008 Olympic champion Evora opened with 17.54m to narrowly lead British Olympic silver medallist Idowu, who jumped 17.51m. Idowu was close again in round two but took the lead in round three with an outdoor PB of 17.73. Evora responded with a 17.55m fi nal jump but Britain won another gold.

Idowu jumped even better in Daegu in 2011, opening with a 17.56m and then jumping 17.70m in the third and 17.77m in the fourth but it wasn’t enough for the title as American Christian Taylor achieved a 17.96m in the fourth round.

Idowu’s six jump average was a major championships best ever of 17.56m with his worst jump 17.38m.

France’s Teddy Tamgho had produced three jumps over 17.90m in 2011 but was injured and missed Daegu but was back fi t and healthy for Moscow in 2013.

He opened with a 17.65m but lost the lead to Pedro Pichardo’s 17.68m third round. Tamgho matched that in round four to go ahead on countback due to his superior second best jump.

Any doubts as to who was best though were removed when Tamgho produced a huge 18.04m fi nal jump to go third all-time behind Edwards and Harrison.

Will Claye won his second successive bronze as Olympic champion and former winner Taylor fi nished fourth.



Triple jumpYear Winner Jump GB position and mark1983 Zdzislaw Hoffmann (POL) 17.42 NQ Keith Connor 16.181987 Khristo Markov (BUL) 17.92 No competitor1991 Kenny Harrison (USA) 17.78 NQ John Herbert 16.791993 Mike Conley (USA) 17.86 3 Jonathan Edwards 17.441995 Jonathan Edwards (GBR) 18.29 Also: NQ Francis Agyepong 16.581997 Yoelbi Quesada (CUB) 17.85 2 Jonathan Edwards 17.691999 Charles Friedek (GER) 17.59 3 Jonathan Edwards 17.482001 Jonathan Edwards (GBR) 17.92 Also 7 Larry Achike 16.792003 Christian Olsson (SWE) 17.72 12 Jonathan Edwards 16.31 (16.94q)2005 Walter Davis (USA) 17.57 NQ Nathan Douglas 16.53wq2007 Nelson Evora (POR) 17.74 6 Phillips Idowu 17.092009 Phillips Idowu (GBR)` 17.73 Also: 10 Nathan Douglas 16.79 (17.00q)2011 Christian Taylor (USA) 17.96 2 Phillips Idowu 17.772013 Teddy Tamgho (FRA) 18.04 No competitor

Points table(8 for 1st etc)

1. USA 94 6. SWE 222. CUB 79 7. FRA 203. GBR 55 8. POR 194. RUS 27 9= BER 185. URS 24 9= BAH 18

Walter Davis:

American took gold

in Helsinki in 2005

Christian Olsson: 2003 winner in Paris

Nelson Evora: 2007 title was prelude to Olympic glory

Phillips Idowu: Briton struck gold in Berlin in 2009



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Men’s shot put

THE FIRST world champion in Helsinki was expected to be Udo Beyer, who had set a world record 22.22m in June

but injured he could only fi nish sixth as the gold went to third-ranked Edward Sarul.

The Pole led early on but was lying second behind Ulf Timmermann’s 21.16m until the last round when he produced a winning 21.39m.

Italian Allessandro Andrei was the home nation’s favourite in Rome in 1987 having set a recent 22.91m world record and he set a championship record 21.57m in qualifying.

European champion Werner Gunthor broke this with his opening throw of 21.63m. American John Brenner took the lead with 21.75m in the second but the Swiss responded with 22.12m in the fourth and 22.23m in the fi nal round when he was booed by the partisan Italian crowd.

Andrei improved to 21.88m to take second.

In Tokyo in 1991, Gunthor again saved his best for last winning easily with a 21.67m fi nal throw but his 21.61m opener was almost a metre up on the second best thrower.

Paul Edwards was a surprise British fi nalist in 10th which remains Britain’s best ever result in the event.

Gunthor was a disappointing fourth in the 1992 Olympics but bounced back to win his third

world gold in Stuttgart in 1993 but he had a better contest from his opponents than he’d had in Japan.

This time he opened with a huge 21.97m though world record-holder Randy Barnes, who was returning from a two-year doping

ban, twice went out to 21.80m to take second.

In 1995 in Gothenburg, the distances were down with John Godina, who had qualifi ed for the discus fi nal earlier in the day, winning easily with a 21.47m opener with Barnes in third.

In 1997, Godina was only fourth in the US trials, but got a wild card invitation from the IAAF to Athens as defending champion. He had a consistent series with fi ve throws between 21.19m and 21.44m and thought he was second to Aleksandr Bagach’s 21.47m until fi ve days later it was announced the Ukrainian was disqualifi ed for a doping off ence.

Mark Proctor, who generally didn’t have a good major Games record, came close to the fi nal with his 19.63m falling 20cm short of qualifying.

Godina could only fi nish a poor seventh in Seville in 1999 and it looked like the 1997 silver medallist Oliver-Sven Buder would win after a 21.42m throw in the fourth round.

However, CJ Hunter set a PB of 21.79m to give America their third successive gold.

Godina was back to form in Edmonton in 2001 and the American opened with throws of 21.87m and 21.80m to take gold

Werner Gunthor: three-time gold

medallist – 1987-93

Carl Myerscough: best Brit in recent years

Andrei Mikhnevich: 2003 gold medal winner’s career has been blighted by drugs and a lifetime ban in 2013




from his team-mate Adam Nelson.Andrey Mikhnevich was initially

tenth in Canada but was then disqualifi ed for two years and sadly he returned for Paris in 2003 and took gold easily with 21.69m. Nelson was again second and Godina dropped to eighth.

Godina was seemingly in good form for Helsinki in 2005 having set a world-leading 22.20 earlier in the season but in Finland, he failed to qualify for the fi nal.

The USA still won gold though as Nelson won easily opening with 21.73m and having a 21.68m as back up.

Carl Myerscough initially fi nished 12th and last, but did manage a 20 metre throw in qualifying.

He gained a place though

when in 2013, the 2004 Olympic champion Yuriy Belonog’s sample was retested and he was retrospectively disqualifi ed.

American domination continued in Osaka in 2007 when it was Reese Hoff a’s turn to win gold.

Opening with 21.81m, he improved to 22.04m and had the best four throws of the competition.

Nelson won his fourth successive medal as he took silver with Mikhnevich winning bronze for Belarus.

Hoff a was back for Berlin in 2009 but he could only fi nish fourth as the 2005 champion Christian Cantwell kept the USA in gold position.

He opened with 21.54m but lost

the lead to Olympic champion Tomasz Majewski’s 21.68m fourth round and then the Pole improved to 21.91m in the fi fth but Cantwell responded with a 22.03m to take gold.

Myerscough achieved a British World Championships best of 20.17m in qualifying and ended up 11th again in the fi nal with a disappointing 18.42m.

American domination ended in Berlin as Cantwell and Hoff a could only fi nish fourth and fi fth, with Ryan Whiting seventh and Nelson eighth.

The 21 year-old David Storl surprised in qualifying with a PB 21.50m and the young German took the lead with 21.60m in the second round.

The world leader Dylan Armstrong of Canada narrowly edged into the lead in the fourth round with a 21.64m throw.

Storl though responded with his third PB in Korea with a 21.78m fi nal throw to snatch gold and become the youngest ever champion.

In Moscow in 2013, Storl, who just lost out on gold in the 2012 Olympics, showed his competitive spirit as he again come from behind to throw 21.73m in the fourth round to retain his title.

Whiting improved to take American silver thanks to a 21.57m opener with Armstrong taking bronze. Hoff a fi nished fourth and double Olympic champion Majewski could only fi nish sixth.

Shot putYear Winner Jump GB position and mark1983 Edward Sarul (POL) 21.39 No competitor1987 Werner Gunthor (SUI) 22.23 No competitor1991 Werner Gunthor (SUI) 21.67 10 Paul Edwards 18.91 (19.28q)1993 Werner Gunthor (SUI) 21.97 NQ Paul Edwards 19.001995 John Godina (USA) 21.47 NQ Mark Proctor 18.081997 John Godina (USA) 21.44 NQ Shaun Pickering 18.101999 CJ Hunter (USA) 21.79 NQ Mark Proctor 19.632001 John Godina (USA) 21.87 NQ Mark Proctor 17.752003 Andrey Mikhnevich (BLR) 21.69 NQ Carl Myerscough 19.512005 Adam Nelson (USA) 21.75 11- Carl Myerscough 19.67 (20.07q)2007 Reese Hoffa (USA) 22.04 No competitor2009 Christian Cantwell (USA) 22.03 11 Carl Myerscough 18.42 (20.17q)2011 David Storl (GER) 21.78 No competitor2013 David Storl (GER) 21.73 No competitor

Points table(8 for 1st etc)

1. USA 160 6. SUI 242. GER 77 7. POL 233. UKR 40 8. URS 154. BLR 31 9. CAN 145. FIN 28 10. NED 12

Reece Hoff a: 2007 gold

Christian Cantwell: continued America’s fi ne record with Berlin victory

David Storl: young German has won the last two world crowns


Comment athleticsweekly.com


‘‘Why Farah’s drifted off the paceFOR EVERY STRIDE MO FARAH TAKES FORWARD AS A RUNNER, HE SEEMS TO LOSE TWO STEPS IN THE POPULARITY STAKES, WRITES JASON HENDERSONPicture: Mark Shearman

THE European Indoor Championships has featured several times in Mo Farah’s rise through the ranks. Ten years

ago this week he fi nished sixth in a 3000m fi nal in Madrid won by Alistair Cragg from John Mayock. Two years later, in 2007, he beat Cragg by one place but was fi fth in a 3000m in Birmingham which was headed by the little known Italian Cosimo Caliandro. Later, in Turin 2009 and Paris 2011, Farah fi nally stepped on to the top of the podium at the event.

Life must have seemed much simpler back then for the British distance runner. Because now, two Olympic gold medals, three world outdoor titles and a two-mile world indoor best later, he is seemingly dominating the athletics news headlines for all the wrong reasons.

Firstly, a succession of dubious decisions has annoyed a sizeable section of the athletics fraternity. Take for example his plan to run half of the London Marathon in

2013, his apparent indiff erence to racing at Glasgow 2014 and his increasing habit of ejecting journalists from press conferences or blocking them on Twitter when many are left wondering what they wrote to off end him. Even the Mobot and his Quorn sponsorship gets on some people’s nerves.

Then there was his spat with Andy Vernon last month where the Olympic champion perhaps should have thought twice before diving into an undignifi ed social media scuffl e that thousands of fans could easily see.

Give him his due, Farah

apologised and moved on – in style – to a glorious record-breaking run at the Sainsbury’s Indoor Grand Prix. Within days, though, he was back under the microscope after training with an athlete who has been banned for biological passport irregularities.

Farah’s growing band of critics, plus GB team-mate Vernon, pounced on the fact that Farah spent time during his recent training camp in Ethiopia with Hamza Driouch. The Olympic champion denied any friendship with the shamed Qatari runner but with photos of the duo strewn

all around Facebook and Twitter, it didn’t look good for the Briton.

“And I’m the embarrassment?” tweeted Vernon, before putting a link to a Mirror story on the topic on his Twitter page.

The story got even uglier this week when Telegraph journalist Ben Bloom emailed Driouch and got this response. “Go to hell. First of all, f*** you and all your s****y questions. You English are ignorant because you say that you endorse a champion and then bitch behind his back. You’re racist and you can’t accept it when someone becomes stronger than you. I am and always will be better than you.”

Farah claims he has no relationship with Driouch – and it’s just as well. The only respite for the Olympic champion is that the focus is likely to move away from him in coming days as the European Indoor Championships takes centre stage.

During which time Farah should surely take stock and sit down with his management team to talk about how to rediscover the popularity he had as recently as the summer of 2012.

When it comes to running, Farah has come a mighty long way since those early Euro Indoors defeats of 2005-07. When it comes to handling fame and dealing with the media and public, though, he is defi nitely drifting backwards.

HOPEFULLY the Inter-Counties and world trials at Cofton Park in Birmingham on Saturday will receive wider coverage than the Saucony National did at Parliament Hill a fortnight ago. Both meetings have suffered from a clash with major indoor events, but I have a feeling the Inter-Counties will make more of an impact – at least online – due to the fact British Athletics organises it and will want to promote it.

Also, of course, the Inter-Counties has the addition allure of being a trial for the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in China. Although how much of a factor that will be remains to be seen.

Until now, British Athletics has been criticised for not wanting to send seniors to the World Cross unless they have the potential to make the top 30 some time in the future (see Your Say,

p52). Increasingly, though, I am discovering that an alarming number of leading Britons seem disinterested in the event and would rather focus on their preparations for the track season rather than a long and tiring trip to China to get thumped by the Africans.

Emelia Gorecka is among them – the cross country stalwart said at the national indoor championships in Sheffield recently that she might

not tackle the World Cross. I hear she is hardly alone either.

All of which is a huge shame and British athletes might regret it in a couple of years’ time if Britain develops a firm habit of not sending full teams to the World Cross and effectively closes the door on the future participation of senior athletes as so many other European nations seem to have done in the last 10-15 years. JH

Anyone for the World Cross? Anyone?

Mo Farah: terrifi c form on the track but he continues to attract negative publicity

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Anyone for the World Cross? Anyone?

FOR many runners and joggers a sub-40min 10km is a massive target. So you can understand why many would be astounded to see that Tom Bosworth became the fi rst Briton to race-walk below that barrier last weekend.

His 39:36 broke a 25-year-old national record and, helped by a feature in the Independent this week, Britain’s top race walker is going some way to achieving his aim of bringing the discipline into the mainstream.

As he says, the UK mark will make a big impression on those outside the walking community.

“Now people really see it’s a very fast event and is faster than a lot of people can run despite the technical side of it,” he says. “People can relate to it and I think it brings it into the mainstream a bit more. They realise it’s not just going for a walk in the park!”

Not to deride Britain’s top race walkers, but it would be fair to say there is not much depth to the discipline and many could surely capitalise by taking up the event.

When you see that last year only 10 walkers were within 10 minutes – or 25% – of Bosworth’s world-class then 10km PB of 40:19 and only 28 were inside 55 minutes, you realise how minuscule the community is compared to running. Further evidence is seen in the fact that 54-year-old Francisco Reis was seventh at the Sainsbury’s Indoor British Championships last month.

Bosworth urges runners to consider making the move across. “If you’ve got the engine for 5km or 10km, you’ll make a good race walker,” he says.

Admittedly, some may be put off by how “daft” they fear they would look when race walking training, but Bosworth says: “When you are out training, you actually (overtake) runners out there and when people see it in person they realise how

fast you’re going, so I get a lot of respect on the streets rather than people saying, ‘what on earth is he doing?’

“There is scope for runners moving into race walking absolutely and it’s a real growing event with the quality of the juniors at the moment. So it’s really exciting and I’m really pleased to be leading that and perhaps changing people’s views in the UK.”

TOM BOSWORTH’S RACE WALK BRITISH RECORD COMMANDS RESPECT, SAYS PAUL HALFORD

MARK SH

EARMAN

ANY half-decent club runners tired of being put on a pedestal by slower runners in their club and jokingly called “elite” might want to respond with this fact: 265 runners at the Japanese national university half-marathon championships last weekend went below 66 minutes!

Only 25 Brits went quicker than that in the whole of 2014.

In addition, you would have needed to have run 69:42 to fi nish 600th.

Many factors no doubt contribute to the outstanding depth in Japan, but I believe that in part it shows just what the average senior male must be capable of given the right shape, the right diet and good training. Japan is known for good diet and low obesity

levels and stats like those above reflect that.

Most countries – Britain included – simply do not have the base of the pyramid. In many parts of the world, most of those capable of running sub-66 for a half probably aren’t running.

This isn’t a free advert, but it’s an appropriate time to mention that Adharanand Finn’s book The Way of the Runner: A journey into the fabled world of Japanese running is out next month.

Having spent a considerable amount of time in Japan, the author of Running With the Kenyans explores many of the reasons why the nation has so much depth in running and should make for a fascinating read. PH

No walk in the park

Depth in Japanese running A long stretch of the imaginationMIKE POWELL’S talk of winning the New Zealand national title this coming weekend at the age of 51 and jumping 7.74m to qualify for the US Olympic Trials next year (News, p13) seems to me to be nothing more than a publicity stunt.

I will be delighted if he jumps in Wellington, let alone wins the event. But 7.74m at 52 – that really would put his 8.95m in Tokyo in the shade! PH

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World cross carrotI WAS encouraged by the fi rst paragraph of the British Athletics selection policy for the British Athletics teams to the 2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships which says: “BA consider the WCC Championships as a key stepping stone towards success at future global T&F championships”.

At last, I thought, they seem to be thinking on the right lines. This was reinforced by their stated intention to select up to six athletes in the under-20 races, selected from the “trials” at the Inter Counties Championships this coming Saturday.

But then BA revert to type and conflict their opening statement by saying they “may select senior teams who the selection panel believe have the ability to fi nish at least in the top 30”.

It is just as well that this policy was not in place in 1989 when the GB senior men fi nished second team behind Kenya and in front of Ethiopia. For those too young to remember, the GB scoring six (position in brackets) were Tim Hutchings (2nd), Gary Staines (14th), Dave Clarke (15th), Craig Mochrie (22nd), Dave Lewis (45th), Richard Nerurkar (49th) and non scoring were Eamonn Martin (93rd), Geoff Turnbull (136th) and Roger Hackney (DNF).

Had this year’s policy been in place I suggest only Tim, Gary and Eamonn would have been selected!

Come on British Athletics, give some encouragement to all aspiring endurance runners by sending full senior teams to the World Cross, selected from the Inter Counties thereby enhancing that event too.Ian Wilson, GB senior men’s team manager in 1989

National/GP clashWITH regards to the clash over the National Cross Country Championships and the Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix being held on the same day, let me say this on behalf of the English Cross Country Association (ECCA). The ECCA always stages its Championships on the Saturday of week eight of the calendar. This is a date agreed at the UKA fi xtures meeting as it was for this year. So having been arranged for some time it was a surprise to see the GP had been set on the same date this year, as it doesn’t normally clash.

Having said that, the ECCA Committee can understand why the clash happened as it seems UKA are entirely dependent on the BBC televising the event. I am sure that UKA can speak for themselves but Saturday February 21 seemed to be the only slot available on the BBC avoiding the FA Cup, Six Nations Rugby and World Cycling Championships.

The ECCA could not move as the date had been planned with its host, the City of London, for a year or more and any move would have upset the carefully planned cross country season. With the Inter-Counties, World Trials, English Schools and Home Countries International still to come it would have been diffi cult to alter things and maintain the planned season so the clash this year was unfortunate.

As reported in AW, the National Cross Country Championships was supported magnifi cently by the clubs but maybe not by the star names. However it should be noted that there were plenty of stars past and present at Parliament Hill watching real athletics rather than the synthetic stuff at Birmingham.

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LETTER OF THE WEEK

ATHLETICS WEEKLY has touched upon the legacy eff ect of Glasgow 2014 and how vibrant the sport seems to be in Scotland right now.

We have seen record entries in the Scottish teenage age-group championships at the Emirates and national cross country event in Falkirk. So in last week’s issue it was good to see another story of the boom in interest in Scotland with the success of the Scottish Athletics Indoor

League, which is appropriately abbreviated to SAIL for short.

As if that isn’t good enough, the GB team for Prague features a record six athletes from Scotland – the most ever picked from north of the border since the European Indoor Championships began in 1970.

Let’s hope more Scottish athletes make the GB team for the World Cross after this weekend’s trials in Birmingham.William Cartwright, via email

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Farah on achieving a world record but he can’t really claim to be a great athlete until he has won a senior National, can he!? The 2016 National has been set and agreed by all and confi rmed for Saturday February 27 as published in AW. It should avoid clashes but we will have to wait and see. Next year being a non-World Championship year all the stars should be there!Ian Byett, English Cross Country Association

Entries anguishFURTHER to my last letter about entries for the English National, may I point out that the English Cross Country Association raked in £28,903 in unused National entry fees, due to their draconian early entry criteria; on top of the impressive £36,502 in used entries, for a combined total of £65,485 and a huge profi t.

May I suggest enough is enough and they ease up on this “torture of the team managers” and allow us to select our squads with more accuracy? Look at Newham for instance, entering 20, running 3.

The early entries mean no runner can decide if they would like to run in the seven weeks before the race, if their plans change and the TM hasn’t taken a punt. It excludes so many, in Belgrave’s case a former double winner.

Also, there are far too many

racing under an assumed name – at least 5%. It’s really starting to mess with the databases like Power of 10, as good runners are having dreadful results put by them, which can’t be erased. The ECCA say to TMs: “Well, stop doing it!” To which we reply, “What choice do we have?”

I acknowledge the ECCA put on a fi ne day’s sport, but in this day and age, with automatic online entries, they’ve got this badly wrong and it’s a hostile act against the clubs, many of which are run at a loss.Will Cockerell, Wimbledon

US success storyHOW refreshing to hear of the success story of Sam Watts (AW, Feb 26). I have signifi cant experience of the collegiate system in the USA and much of that has not encouraged me to recommend it to European sprinters. Sam can clearly be an outstanding exception, who I know has worked tirelessly since moving across the Atlantic – more’s the pity he hasn’t yet been able to translate that into recognition nearer home.

Here we have an athlete who gained international status as a junior, didn’t make the grade straight away as a senior, but plugged away – and even stayed loyal to his all-time coach back home (Gladys Bird must be proud!)John Powell, Belgrave Harriers

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AFTER winning the English Schools’ junior girls’ pentathlon title in September last year,

Grace Bower is aiming high, with her dream being to take part in the World Juniors, the Commonwealth Games and ultimately, the Olympics.

The 15-year-old scored a PB of 3273 at the English Schools, a score that placed her second in the end of season age group rankings behind Scotland’s Holly McArthur.

With the top four from the English Schools selected to represent their country in the SIAB Schools’ International in Glasgow, Grace also earned her fi rst England cap.

Reflecting on the day that saw her fi rst national title win, the Sale Harrier revealed: “Winning was amazing and such a thrill. I achieved PBs in hurdles, high jump, shot put and 800m and was only 1cm off in long jump, so the day couldn’t have gone any better. I was totally exhausted after the 800m, but getting the gold medal and then trying on my England kit with the other girls made it all worthwhile.”

Although Grace got disqualifi ed in the 800m in Glasgow,

the resilient teenager enjoyed the experience of her fi rst international. “It was a brilliant experience for me, even though it ended in upset and a few tears. I was in second going into the 800m and fi nished the race in third, which would have placed me third overall. However, an offi cial held up a red card, as I had stepped on the white line. I met lots of great people in Glasgow and have become good friends with all my England team-mates,” recalls Grace.

Grace is also quick to credit the role that the athlete who

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came third in the English Schools, Megan McHugh, has had in her success. “Megan is my main training partner and is also coached by Chris Bartram. She was just two places behind me at the English Schools. Having someone this close in competition is fantastic for both of us and really pushes us on. Meg always brings the best out in me,” explains Grace, adopting a mature attitude.

Having previously been a gymnast, Grace started athletics aged 10 through a sportshall competition. Peter Torrence from Stockport Harriers noticed Grace had a nice running style and invited her along to the club where she participated in middle distance and cross country.

However, Stockport was often short of athletes to do the fi eld events in the Youth Development League. Grace takes up the story: “I volunteered for absolutely everything I could and very soon realised that I enjoyed the fi eld events so much more than cross country. It wasn’t long after that I made my own decision to take up track and fi eld.

“My favourite event was long jump so I spoke to Peter who told me to see Ian Willshire at Sale Harriers for specialised coaching, in addition to my running training at Stockport.”

However, it was not long before Grace’s talent was noticed. Aged 13, she became the youngest member of Bartram’s multi-events training group. As a multi-eventer, Grace has to train for all of the diff erent events, but reveals: “The hardest training I do right now is 10x200m sprints with a two-minute recovery.”

In year 10 at Werneth School, Grace wants to become a commercial airline pilot and has already began flying lessons. However, she has some athletics aims to fulfi l fi rst. “I am very much looking forward to the new season in the under-17 age group. The pressure is slightly off me this year, but I am aiming to get to the English Schools combined events fi nal again.

“My future aims are to achieve all I can in multi-events. I have a great coach and a fantastic opportunity,” explains the determined athlete.

Born November 3, 1999 Coach Christopher BartramClub Sale HarriersPBs 75H: 11.57; High jump: 1.60; Shot (3.25kg): 9.22m; Long jump: 5.23; 800: 2:28.7; Pentathlon: 3273Achievements2014: English Schools pentathlon 1st; North West Schools pentathlon 1st; Greater Manchester Schools’75m hurdles 1st

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TRAINING FREQUENCY AND PROGRESSIVE OVERLOAD ARE EXPLORED BY MATT LONG AND GEOFF JAMES

WITH the help of a case study of a world-class coach and athlete, this piece explores the principle of long-term

athlete development in the context of whether and when it may be appropriate for an athlete to begin training twice daily. The primary focus is on endurance running, but some of the questions it raises may also have an application for jumpers and throwers.

When an athlete and coach plan their work, the issue of training twice in one day is dependent on a comprehensive understanding of the notion of periodisation. If you are putting thought into varying both the quantity and intensity of your training over periods of time, you are beginning to periodise your work. Some of the best coaches will ordinarily start with

the target competition dates and work backwards from them with their athletes. For instance, the famed Italian coach Gianni Ghidini, who has worked with both 2008 Olympic 800m champion Wilfred Bungei (PB 1:42.34) and 2009 world 1500m champion Yusuf Kamel (PB 3:31.56), reputedly planned the macrocycles (annual plan) of his athletes in such a way.

Within your long-term macrocycle of training, you will need to eff ect the principle of progressive overload in order to achieve success. Simply overloading your system without thought or progression is likely to lead to illness and injury. The notion of “progressive overload” was originally developed by Thomas Delorme in his work on the rehabilitation of soldiers injured in World War II and in an athletics context it has become associated with the gradual increase of stress placed upon the body during exercise training.

An analogy shared among British Athletics coach education tutors tends to be that of getting

a sun tan. Setting aside debates about the appropriateness of exposure to the sun and in focusing upon the spirit of the analogy, ask yourself the following: in a bid to top up your tan, would you be advised to try to spend one hour in the sun today and then two hours tomorrow and so on? The answer of course, should be a resounding “no”. This is because you will get sun burned and not sun tanned!

If, however, you start with say, 10 minutes in the sun today and have a day off tomorrow and then return for 15 minutes the next day and so on, you are likely to achieve a sun tan without the risk of burning. That, in a nutshell, is the principle of progressive overload.

Decision-makingIn terms of making a decision on whether to opt for twice-daily running sessions, at fi rst glance there are obvious benefi ts such as the added volume of work undertaken, which means that your aerobic energy system can be enhanced, which is great if you are an endurance-based athlete.


For more coaching advice, go to athleticsweekly.com EndurancePERFORMANCE

The right ingredientsPERFORMING well is never down to any one aspect, although hard training is always top of the list!

Everything has to be just right and in this week’s section we cover quite a few things that go to make up the eclectic mix.

Most elite athletes train twice daily, but for others

is it necessary, or is it just something that everyone else does because their rivals do? See pages 54-55 and you decide.

Nutrition is vital to performing well and on pages 56-57 we have some useful and tasty products on show while on page 60 we have a look at iron and the problems it can cause and also importantly, how to remedy the lack of it. Elsewhere, look out for the fi nal part of our series on breathing and also a look at what goes on at Traff ord AC in our ‘Club Night’ series. David Lowes, Coaching editor

PERFORMANCE GUIDE Training frequency – twice daily training Coaching courses – upcoming UK dates Nutritional boosts – tasty products on trial Breathless performance – improve your breathing Club night – Traff ord AC Ironing out problems – iron defi ciency Sports science – early morning training

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Twice daily runs will place your body into a glycogen-depleted state and chemical changes in the body, such as enzyme activity and fat oxidation, can lead to greater training adaptions.

Doubling up can train the body to use glycogen more effi ciently and boost the production of mitochondria (energy convertors), which in turn can delay fatigue.

If twice-daily runs are introduced without the principle of progressive overload being adhered to, you could end up overtraining.

One of the problems in introducing twice-daily sessions is that sometimes athletes are wrongly assessed on their chronological age (how old they are) rather than their biological age (the physical development of the person for their chronological age). When beginning to introduce twice-daily sessions for the athlete, the coach should also take into consideration training age (the amount of time spent in the sport since the commencement of focussed competition) and the emotional and social maturity of the athlete has to be factored in.

Now what?Use the following questions for self-reflection to guide your consideration about training twice daily: Is there a necessity for me to train twice daily or am I just doing it because that’s what I perceive elite athletes tend to do? Does my wider work-life

balance allow for the potential for me to train twice daily where appropriate? Am I biologically and emotionally mature enough to begin to introduce twice daily sessions where appropriate?

If twice-daily sessions are being introduced, am I eff ecting their introduction gradually and progressively? Do my dietary requirements take into account days when I train twice? Do my rest and sleep patterns need to be adjusted in order to accommodate twice daily training needs? Am I monitoring the potential disadvantages of twice-daily training through utlisation of an active training dairy, which I and my coach constantly reflect upon to assess loss of form, illness and injury?

Matt Long and Geoff James worked together as lead coaches at last year’s British Milers’ Club Academy residential weekend


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Case study COACH GHIDINI AND WILFRED BUNGEI

IN RETURNING to Ghidini and his work with Bungei, it is evident that the principle of long-term athlete development has been adhered to. The Kenyan, who also won a world indoor gold over 800m two years before his triumph in Beijing, reportedly ran four to fi ve times a week as a 17-year-old. This was progressively increased to six days a week at the age of 18 and at this stage he was still only training once a day. This progressive overload of training frequency saw him take a silver medal at the World Junior Championships in 1998.

By the time he had placed fi fth in the 2004 Athens Olympics and then moved on a year later to place fourth in the Helsinki world fi nal, the frequency and intensity of his training appears to have increased to the point where in the November before his Olympic triumph, he was typically undertaking 10 sessions per week, including six active days and one recovery day. Notably, only four of these days included double sessions. Just weeks before those Games, in June 2008, the Kenyan was undertaking twice-daily sessions six days a week, before allowing suffi cient time to taper during the competition phase of the periodisation cycle, which he and Ghidini had worked on.

Coaching coursesENGLAND Officials Level 2 (Field)Mar 20: Horspath Athletic Ground, Oxford. Cost: £20 (£30 including H&S). Officials Level 2 (Track)Mar 20: Horspath Athletic Ground, Oxford. Cost: £20 (£30 standalone module). Coaching AssistantMar 21-22: English Institute of Sport, Sheffield. Cost: £230 (EA affiliated £170). Athletics CoachMar 21-22: English Institute of Sport, Sheffield. Cost: £410 (EA affiliated £250).Mar 21-22: Marlborough College, Marlborough.. Cost: £410 (EA affiliated £250). Officials Level 2 (Field) Officials Level 2 (Starter/Marksman) Officials Level 2 (Timekeeper) Officials Level 2 (Track)Mar 21: Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds. Cost: All £30. Officials (Health & Safety)Mar 21: Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds. Cost: £10. Contact: englandathletics.org

NORTHERN IRELAND Athletics CoachMar 14-15: Mary Peter’s Track, Belfast. Cost: £350.Part 2: April 25. Part 3: August 8.Contact: [email protected]

WALES Leadership in Running FitnessMar 22: North Region (venue TBC). Cost: £140 (WA affiliated £110).Mar 29: South Region(venue TBC). Cost: £140 (WA affiliated £110). Contact: [email protected]

SCOTLAND Athletics LeadersApr 11: Grangemouth Stadium, Grangemouth. Cost: £90. Coaching AssistantApr 18-19: Grangemouth Stadium, Grangemouth. Cost: £150 (SA affiliated 50% subsidy available).Contact: Jim Goldie: [email protected]

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Gianni Ghidini: Italian coach

Wilfred Bungei: long-term planning



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Nutritional boostsLOOKING AFTER YOURSELF AND RECOVERING WELL IS ESSENTIAL – HERE WE HAVE SOME OF THE BEST AND TASTIEST PRODUCTS AROUND Beet It beetroot and oat � apjack THE research into the eff ects of nitrates and their benefi ts for athletes has been ongoing for several years, with the popularity of the use of beetroot-derived bars and drinks forming the main part of the market. Being high in natural nitrates, beetroot is a great dietary supplement that can easily boost the body’s own supply. The bars are very easy to eat, even on the go,

especially for ultra-endurance athletes. They are moist and chewy, the beetroot flavour making for an alternative taste to the usual

sweet energy bars that are on off er.Cost: £25 (case of 15x60g bars)

Maxi Nutrition Cyclone MilkTHIS product is the world’s fi rst Creatine milk, each serving delivering 3g. Creatine is shown to be of benefi t in increasing strength and power, in particular with short bursts of intensive exercise. With this in mind, it has long been a favourite for sprinters and throwers. The drink contains 30g of protein to help with recovery and muscle repair, as well as 7g of branded chain amino acids to help maintain healthy muscle growth. The chocolate flavour we tried, which had a smooth texture and a great taste, was enjoyed by all our testers. It’s also easy to drink and is a convenient way to take on board the supplements.

Cost: £27.99 (case of 8x330ml)

Energy 6Vitamin ShotTHIS easy-to-take single shot contains a combination of vitamins and nutrients designed to improve performance and speed recovery. The vitamin contents are all aimed at helping the user maintain a healthy lifestyle, speed recovery from illness and improve performance. When taken during exercise, the 120mg content will also provide an energy boost similar to that of a cup of fresh coff ee as well as increasing alertness.Cost: £24.99 (case of 12 single shots of 60ml)

Maxi Nutrition Promax MilkDESIGNED as a post-exercise protein-packed drink, this milk-based drink includes 30g of protein to help recovery by restoring and rebuilding muscle. It contains no added sugar and the fat-free drink also has branded chain amino acids, which help with muscle

growth. It’s available in three flavours: banana, chocolate or strawberry and our testers found it diffi cult to choose a favourite.Cost: £23.00 (case of 8x30ml)

Herbalife H24 RestoreDESIGNED to support the recovery process for all athletes, these capsules are intended to deliver a nutrient-rich formula to the body while you sleep. Taken once a day, at night, they promote relaxation by reducing the levels of cortisol and the oxidative stress caused by exercise. They contain vitamins A and E as well as 200mg of vitamin C to support the normal function of the immune system.Cost: £29.75 (30 capsules)

Osmo Nutrition Active Hydration for womenTHIS new range of nutrition products is designed specifi cally for the needs of

the female athlete. The oestrogen and progesterone found in the female body impacts the performance of female athletes. With this in mind, the drinks were formulated to address the negative eff ects, avoid premenstrual performance declines and optimise training adaptations. Pre-workout, hydration and recovery formulations are available in a variety of flavours and all are easy to mix and use.Cost: £15.99 (425g tub)



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Nutritional boosts Re� ex R Bar WITH the aim of producing the best protein bar, Reflex has created six diff erent flavoured bars to cater for every taste. Made using high-quality ingredients, the bars are free from soy protein, gluten and added sugar. Each 60g bar contains 20g of protein to aid in muscle-recovery and, with real pieces of fruit, chocolate, caramel or nuts, they taste as good as they sound!Cost: (tbc, launched later in March)

USN Sports Ener-GPART of the brand’s performance range of products, this carbohydrate-based drink aims to rehydrate and replenish while on the go. The added electrolytes and phosphates fuel your body and help maintain optimum performance output as well as helping to reduce muscle cramping. Each 18g serving (mixed with water) provides 16g of carbohydrates as an energy source and is fat-free. The product is very easy to mix and can be used as a pre-workout fuel or at anytime for an energy-boosting drink.Cost: £19.99 (1kg tub)

SiS Whey ProteinWITH exercise, your body’s protein requirement is increased, so taking on more protein helps to support the growth and maintenance of your lean muscle mass. The best kind of this protein comes from a rapidly digested source, such as whey or soy. Whey in particular has a high leucine content, which plays a vital role in protein synthesis in the body and is a major building block for new lean-muscle tissue. The recommended serving of 30g of the SiS product provides 23g of the whey protein, making it a protein-packed drink. Best mixed with 250ml of water, testers experimented and foundmixing with a blender was the best methodto achieve a smooth, easy-to-drink and great tasting post-exercise drink.Cost: £29.99 (1kg tub)

Wiggle Energy BarWITH a mix of oats and fruit pieces, each of these energy bars have 45g of carbohydrate, making them a great source of fuel for extended training sessions. Most importantly, our testers enjoyed the flavours and texture and one of them commented: “They taste moist and soft, easy to chew and very easy to digest.” The bars are available in berry, coconut and apple flavours and are suitable for vegetarians. They contain no caff eine but have gluten and dairy additives and are also not nut allergy safe. Importantly, they are designed to consume before, during and after exercise.Cost: £17.99 (Box of 20x60g bars)

USN R-3 ExcellTHIS recovery product is formulated to provide your body with high levels of protein, vitamins, minerals, electrolytes and sugar when it is needed most. The post-exercise drink mix is best consumed within 30 minutes of exercise to provide the replenishment ideal for recovery. The drink will provide 19g of protein and 69g of carbohydrates per serving, giving you the nutrients required to maximise recovery in a post-exercise formula.Cost: £29.99 (1kg tub)

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scienceinsport.com 6vitaminshot.co.uk usn-sport.com wiggle.co.uk

Many of the items featured have manufacturers’ claims and site-scientifi c evidence as to their eff ectiveness. Our tests are relatively short-term and conducted in non-scientifi c, “real-world” conditions. For more information about any of the items featured here please consult the websites above



For more coaching advice, go to athleticsweekly.com Improving breathingPERFORMANCE

IN THIS FINAL PART OF THE SERIES, ROBIN MCNELIS LOOKS AT HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR BREATHING AND THUS YOUR PERFORMANCE

HAVING explored several problems with breathing in the previous articles in this series, in this one I am

going to show you ways to make your breathing more effi cient and hopefully improve your performance, whether you have a breathing problem or not. If you have followed the previous articles you should have taken the Nijmegen questionnaire, identifi ed and modifi ed any trigger factors and practised the “normal breathing at rest” routine. Hopefully this has given you a greater understanding of breathing and helped you form a solid foundation to build upon.

Below, I have listed several techniques that can help improve performance in the same way that weights or core exercises can help athletic activities.

Nose breathingAt increasing levels of exertion, nose breathing can make your breathing stronger. Once you have progressed to being comfortable at breathing with good technique at slow and steady paces, you can push the limits by increasing your pace to the maximum level at which you can continue nose breathing. Breathing through your nose means that the air is fi ltered, heated and humidifi ed as it passes through the turbinates in your nose and allows chemicals to be released that help to open airways and make breathing easier.

However, all this means you are breathing against more resistance than if you were breathing through your mouth, so your breathing muscles are working harder. This

harder work can lead in time to your breathing muscles becoming stronger and more effi cient. The technique allows the diaphragm to remain the main muscle of breathing further into exertion before the accessory muscles around the neck and shoulders kick in. Accessory muscles are ineffi cient and steal blood from working muscles, so by maximising the use of the diaphragm athletes perform better.

Inspiratory muscle trainingThis is gaining in popularity among many dedicated athletes of all levels to try to squeeze out as much improvement as possible from their training regime. Dubbed as “dumbbells for your diaphragm” by Powerbreathe, the idea is that you breathe in against a resistance for 30 breaths twice a day to strengthen your breathing muscles resulting in improved performance through increased respiratory muscle strength and endurance. The Powerbreathe devices (powerbreathe.co.uk) have adjustable levels of resistance on

each of their models so you can progress your programme just like you were increasing your weights.

Nasal rinsingThis sounds unpleasant to most people, but it helps to maintain clear and clean nasal passages and sinuses, making nasal breathing easier at rest and during exercise. It also helps if your breathing is aff ected by airborne allergens or if you suff er regular sinus or nasal infections. For more information and to view products and instructions see neilmed.co.uk.

One for the future?Brightly coloured tape is now commonly seen at major sporting events across the world helping sportspeople get that extra protection for joints and muscles by stimulating, restricting or inhibiting movement patterns.

One area that there seems to be little reference for is using this magical sticky stuff to influence breathing patterns. I have tried this recently with many patients and athletes by placing tape strategically onto their abdomens to encourage good use of the diaphragm with great eff ect.

More info, including a list of suitable physiotherapists can be found at physiohypervent.org, which also has details of various self-help books, including several by Dinah Bradley of breathingworks.com.

Robin McNelis is a chartered physiotherapist specialising in cardiac and respiratory physiotherapy at Wellington Hospital in London. He is a qualifi ed athletics coach and runs his own health, fi tness and wellbeing consultancy, Run Robin Run (runrobinrun.com). For further information email: [email protected]

Breathless performance

Diaphragm taping: well placed taping

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Good breathing means good performance

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CONTINUING OUR CLUB NIGHT SERIES FEATURING CLUBS FROM ALL CORNERS OF THE BRITISH ISLES, WE FOCUS THIS WEEK ON A CLUB FROM GREATER MANCHESTERHistory

TRAFFORD AC was formed by a group of athletics enthusiasts led by Bill Murphy and the late Jim Harris at Longford Park,

Stretford, in 1964. The Stretford track is still the base for the club, club nights being Mondays and Thursdays with an extra session held through the day on a Sunday.

The stadium has earned the nickname “Oslo of the North” due to the tendency of the six-lane track to produce fast times in middle-distance races. The impressive track records are: 800m (1:45.63 Andrew Osagie) and 1500m (3:38.19 Bethwell Birgen), which were both set in 2011. Jenny Meadows is a regular at the track meetings, competing over 400m and her favoured 800m. The 2011 world 800m bronze medallist set the women’s track record in 2014 with an excellent 1:59.34 in a mixed-gender race. In addition, the club has probably the most extensive programme of open meetings and medal meetings in the UK and hosts various British Milers’ Club events, such as the 10,000m Track Festival.

BackgroundAs well as hosting talent, Traff ord AC has had more than 100 athletes who have competed at international level and in major championships. Previous alumni include: Paula Thomas (Commonwealth 100m bronze medallist in 1994), Shirley Strong (former 100m hurdles UK record-holder and 1984 Olympic silver medallist), Andrew Carter (former UK record-holder over 800m) and Chris Benning (Olympic 1500m fi fth in 1984). More recently, Andrew Steele made the 2008 Olympic 400m semi-fi nal in Beijing while being coached by Traff ord’s Steve Ball. Seren Bundy-Davies, also coached by Ball, is a fast-emerging talent who will be one of the favourites for European indoor 400m gold. Another, James Bowness, qualifi ed for the European Indoor Championships over 800m courtesy of his fi ne 1:47.59 PB.

Developing the next generation of athletes has been the cornerstone of the philosophy led by Tom Cullen, lead coach of the junior sprinters and fi eld-eventers at the club. The system created

by Cullen involves all the coaches working together across the events on training nights.

External expertise and assistance has been sought from the national coach development scheme via John Crotty and Carl Foster.

The programme has seen in recent years the emergence of young talents such as Naomi Ogbeta, who broke the British intermediate age-group record for the triple jump with 12.61m in 2014. She also took the England Athletics and English Schools titles as part of a clean sweep of domestic honours.

Club trainingA typical training session for the junior group is as follows (the days may vary): Saturday: Hill session 2x150m gradient sprints, 6x30m uphill sprints, plus 2 sets of uphill bounding or 2km fartlek Monday: Plyometrics, drills, jumps techniques, light weights Thursday: Track session: Tempo runs over 200m and 300m. Technique drills between 60m and 250m

Stretford, as they were known, were a road running powerhouse during the 1980s, winning several road relay medals, including national six-stage titles in 1984 and 1989.

Internationals Peter Tootell, Nick O’Brien, Karl Harrison, plus stalwarts Clive Bucknall and Mike Hutchinson, were the heartbeat of the team during that period.

The distance section has undergone a renaissance in recent times with some impressive performances among the younger athletes.

The team of Richard Powell, Zak Miller and Danny Lawton won silver medals in the English cross-country relays at the start of the 2014-15 winter season.

Miller won the National under-17 cross-country title in 2014 to add to his European Cross selection for Great Britain in 2013.

Want your club featured? Contact: david.lowes@athletics weekly.com with some history and details of a typical winter session at your club and we’ll do the rest!

Tra� ord ACRichard Powell, Zak Miller and Danny Lawton: silver medallists for Traff ord AC at the 2014 ECCA cross relays

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ALEXANDRA COOK EXPLAINS HOW TO LOOK FOR SIGNS OF IRON DEFICIENCY AND HOW TO COMBAT IT

YOU TRAIN hard, sleep well and look after yourself, yet you still feel exhausted. Does this sound familiar?

Fatigue comes hand in hand with training and for most a good snooze alongside a day’s rest should put things right. Constant tiredness, shortness of breath and reduced performance can be symptoms of many things, but one that must be considered is iron defi ciency. It is not uncommon in endurance athletes, especially females. The healthiest athlete can be iron-defi cient, so do not worry – if identifi ed early, you will be on top form in no time.

Iron is an essential mineral, which is important to endurance athletes because of its roles in energy metabolism, immune function and providing oxygen to the working muscles. Very important for runners, iron makes haemoglobin, which has the important job of carrying oxygen to the working muscles. Any iron that is not used is stored in the liver in the form of ferritin.

The problems lie in that the body does not produce its own iron, so there is a fi rm reliance on a good, iron-rich diet to fulfi l these roles. Realistically, achieving the perfect diet can be tricky, so what happens if iron intake is low and the levels drop? Well, iron-depletion is continuous and the sooner it is recognised, the easier it is to rectify. If identifi ed early, it will develop from iron depletion (non-anaemic) into iron defi ciency anaemia. Advances occur when iron stores have become so low that production of haemoglobin and red blood cells are reduced, causing the body to work more

slowly, resulting in symptoms (see below) and a reduction in performance.

Symptoms of iron de� ciency Lasting fatigue Shortness of breath Poor performance Low motivation Heart palpitations Pale skin Headaches

If iron defi ciency is suspected, don’t self-diagnose and treat. A blood test from your GP is needed to rule out anything else and to diagnose levels of iron depletion. Monitoring over time may be needed as false readings can occur due to sports anaemia where training causes a rise in the plasma volume in the blood, resulting in a dilution of haemoglobin and false reading of iron levels. This does not require treatment and is unlikely to aff ect performance.

Various factors suggest why a runner may develop iron defi ciency. Loss of iron through sweat has been postulated alongside iron loss through urine or gastro-intestinal bleeding that occurs in a small percentage of runners. Although plausible, evidence is not conclusive.

There is also a phenomenon called “foot strike haemolysis”, which is a destruction of red blood cells as a result of constant foot pounding on the ground. The loss

of cells in this process, however, is not thought signifi cant enough to show up in a blood test. In reality, the most likely cause is not meeting requirements through diet. Men need only 8mg per day, but menstruating, non-pregnant women need 18mgs per day. These increased needs for women are reflected in the fact that iron defi ciency is seen more commonly in women.

If diagnosed with iron defi ciency anaemia, supplementation, as guided by your healthcare professional is essential to bring levels back up. It can take weeks or months to get a spring back in your step, so be patient. Levels should be re-checked and, when back to normal, supplementation can cease. An increase in iron-rich foods is also needed to maintain iron store levels, although absorption is dependent on the form of iron eaten (whether animal or plant), meal composition and iron levels of the individual. Following a healthy balanced diet containing a variety of high iron foods will help you achieve adequate iron status.

Top tips to increase iron intake Iron in animal products such as red meat and liver is better absorbed than iron in plant-based foods and cereals

Choose lean red meat 2-3 times a week (80-100g) Liver, fi sh, chicken can make up the remaining days Ensure breakfast cereals have added iron Combine animal and vegetarian sources of iron For vegetarians, eat plenty of beans, dark green leafy vegetables and eggs Snack on dried fruit such as apricots, prunes, raisins and nuts Add to meals vitamin C-rich foods such as fruit, juice, broccoli, and peppers as these enhance the absorption of iron Avoid drinking tea or coff ee with meals, as the tannins inhibit iron absorption – drink between meals only

Iron defi ciency can be hugely detrimental to performance, but awareness is key. If in doubt seek advice from a health care professional or team medic, if only to rule out any other underlying problems.

Alexandra Cook BSc P.g. Dip RD is a sports dietitian and a club runner with Thames Hare and Hounds. DIET 360 is a private dietetic and nutrition consultancy covering Lincolnshire, Rutland and Leicestershire (diet360.co.uk)

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Ironing out problems YOU might try setting your wake-up alarm earlier and exercising before breakfast. There is some evidence that working out on a completely empty stomach – or, as scientists call “in a fasted state” prompts the body to burn more fat and potentially stave off weight gain, compared to exercising at other times.

In a groundbreaking 2010 study, researchers in Belgium persuaded young, healthy men to stuff themselves for six weeks with a diet consisting of 30% more calories and 50% more fat than they had previously been eating. Some of the volunteers remained sedentary while gorging. Others began a strenuous, mid-morning exercise routine after they had breakfasted. The third group followed the same workout regimen, but before they had eaten anything.

At the end of the six weeks, the sedentary group predictably was supersized and unhealthy, having gained about six pounds each. They had also developed insulin resistance and larded their muscles with new fat cells. The men who exercised after breakfast had also packed on pounds, about

three pounds each, and developed insulin problems. But the men who had exercised first thing in the morning, before eating anything, had gained almost no weight and retained healthy insulin levels. Their bodies were also burning more fat throughout the day than were the other men.

Of course, the early-morning exercise prevented weight gain, which is not the same thing as inducing weight loss. The results are encouraging for those who hope to shave off a few pounds, said Peter Hespel, a professor in the Research Centre for Exercise and Health at Catholic University Leuven in Belgium and the study author. He said: “The optimal strategy to prevent increases in bodyweight is obviously to combine a healthy, well-balanced diet with a physically active lifestyle.”

However, if you are cheating on the healthy and well-balanced diet part, Hespel added: “We demonstrated that early-morning exercise in the fasted state is more potent than an identical amount of exercise in the fed state” for those wanting to maintain healthy waistlines.

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OVERSEASAUSTRALIAAlbert Park, February 28 - March 1Men: 1500: 1 MARTIN MASHFORD 3:51.13. Ht1: 1 MASHFORD 3:54.37. 3000SC: 4 NICK EARL 9:22.86. Women: 3000SC: 7 CLAIRE JOHNSON 11:33.93Sydney, February 28Women: DT: 1 JADE LALLY 58.31Parkville, February 24Men: 5000: A: 2 NICK EARL 14:43.4Adelaide, February 21Women: DT: 2 JADE LALLY 58.45

BELGIUMLotto Cross Cup, Dour, March 1Women: 4.5km: 8 STEPHANIE BARNES 17:18

CANADACanada West Championships, Winnipeg, February 27/28

Men: 60H: 1 CALUM INNES 8.00. Ht2: 1 INNES 8.32. PV: 3 JAMIE SINCLAIR 4.63. Women: 1000: r2: 2 SARAH INGLIS 2:45.55.1500: r2: 1 INGLIS 4:16.84. 60H: 3 HAZEL ROSS 8.61. 2 ROSS 8.65. HJ: 1 EMMA NUTTALL 1.73. LJ: 4 ROSS 5.92

FRANCELes Mureaux, March 1Women: XC: 14 BETH HAWLING 28:41Metz, February 25BERNARD LAGAT improved his M40 world masters 3000m record to 7:37.92.Men: 60: A Harris (GUY 6.58. 400: 1 J Borlee 46.48; 2 D Borlee 46.73. 1000: 1 D Olivier (RSA) 2:19.24; 2 J Holusa (CZE) 2:19.45 (rec); 3 V Kibet (KEN) 2:19.93. 3000: 1 B Lagat USA 7:37.92 (world M40 rec); 2 P Koech (KEN) 7:39.68; 3 N Chepseba (KEN) 7:42.65; 4 B Birgen (KEN) 7:43.7760H: A: 1 S Krauss 7.69 (7.69 ht); 2 DAVID KING 7.71 (7.77 ht). TJ: 1 A Copello (CUB) 17.07; 2 T Oke (NGR) 16.45; 3 A Fyodorov (RUS) 16.31; 6 NATHAN FOX 15.55. Women: 60: 1 S Akakpo 7.29; 2 V Mang 7.29. 300: 1 F Guei 37.07. 60H: 1 A Zagré (BEL) 8.10; 2 S Gomis 8.13 (8.10 ht). PV: 1 L Ryzih (GER) 4.72; 2 A Zhuk- Krasnova (RUS) 4.67; 3 M Fiack 4.62Bourges, March 1Men: 24HW (with 100km splits): 24 TONY MACKINTOSH (M40) 156.405 (14:46:43). Women: 24HW: 2 SANDRA BROWN (W65) 180.452 (12:45:44); 10 KAREN LAWRIE (W40) 153.717 (14:46:41); 16 KATHY CRILLEY (W65) 133.738 (17:14:11)

GERMANYHamm, February 22Men: HM: 7 NIKKI JOHNSTONE 74:33Bad Oeynhausen, February 27-28Men: PV: 1 P Lisek (POL) 5.90

ITALYTreviso, March 1Men: Mar: 22 IAN BERRY (M40) 2:44:15; 55 GRAHAM HEDGER (M50) 2:51:20Rome Ostia, March 1ROBERT CHEMOSIN of Kenya won in a world-leading time in 59:37, making it the fifth year in a row the race has been won in a time under 60 minutes. Fellow Kenyan Simon Cheprot and Geoffrey Kusuru of Uganda were also inside the hour.Men: HM: 1 R Chemosin (KEN) 59:37; 2 S Cheprot (KEN) 59:39; 3 G Kusuru (UGA) 59:43; 4 L Langat (KEN) 60:05; 5 J Kiprotich (KEN) 60:13; 6 E Ndiema (KEN) 60:44; 7 W Kibor (KEN) 60:55. Women: HM: 1 A Beriso (ETH) 68:42; 2 S Cherop (KEN) 69:13; 3 E Ngetich (KEN) 69:13; 4 P Arusei (KEN) 69:20; 5 S Kibet (KEN) 69:32

JAMAICAKingston, February 28USAIN BOLT ran the final leg for the Racers Lions 4x100m team. He

anchored his team to a 39.26 heat win, but in the final the University of Technology team ran a world-leading 38.23.

Bolt couldn’t quite close the gap on Tyquendo Tracey on the final leg and his team finished 0.06 adrift in 38.29.

Bolt said: “Any race, win or lose is a learning curve. It’s early in the season and there is still work to be done.”

He is planning a 400m race in the next few weeks.Men: 4x100: 1 U.Tech (Fisher, Forte, K Brown, Tracey) 38.23 (38.87 ht); 2 Racer Lions TC (Forsythe, Bailey-Cole, Weir, Bolt) 38.29. 4x400: 1 Racers Lions 3:03.18; 2 U.Tech 3:04.06. Women 100: (0.4): C Williams 11.30. LJ: S Thomas 6.63/0.6. 4x100: 1 U.Tech 43.13; 2 Racers Lions 43.75. 4x400: 1 U.Tech 3:29.87

JAPANLake Biwa Marathon, Wotsu, March 1Men: Mar: 1 S Nduingu (KEN) 2:09:08; 2 D Meucci (ITA) 2:11:10; 2 S Bat-Ochir (MGL) 2:11:18; 4 K Maeda 2:11:46; 5 T Noguchi 2:12:29; 6 E Ndiema (KEN) 2:13:28; 7 B Worku (ETH) 2:13:32

THE NETHERLANDSAlphen, March 1Men: 10km: 1 ANDREW VAN KINTS 32:54

NEW ZEALANDAuckland Track Challenge, Waitakere, February 26Men: 5000: 1 N Willis 13:22.11; 2 J Robertson 13:25.41; 3 B Robinson (AUS) 13:31.66. SP: 1 R Whiting (USA) 21.27; 2 T Walsh 20.24. JT: 1 S Farquhar 80.11; 2 H Peacock (AUS) 78.47.Women: 1500: 1 M Duncan (AUS) 4:10.13; 2 N Hamblin 4:10.16; 3 Z Buckman AUS 4:11.01. Women: DT: 2 JADE LALLY 57.14

PUERTO RICOWorld’s Best 10km, San Juan, March 1IN hot and windy conditions, times were disappointing as Gemma Steel finished fifth in a high-quality women’s race in 32:52, just under a minute down on the winner. Men: 10km: 1 S Kirop (KEN) 28:51; 2 J Nzau (KEN) 28:52; 3 S Sambu (KEN) 28:56; 4 J Kogo (KEN) 28:56; 5 M Kipsiro (UGA) 29:06; 6 B True (USA) 29:19; 12 SCOTT OVERALL 30:19.

Women: 10km: 1 B Oljira 31:57; 2 C Limo (KEN) 31:58; 3 B Saina 32:07; 4 S Ejigu (ETH) 32:26; 5 GEMMA STEEL 32:52; 6 Y Alalew (ETH) 32:59; 7 M Wacera (KEN) 33:08; 8 V Cheruiyot (KEN) 33:23; 9 B Ramos 33:50

RUSSIAWinter Championships, Sochi, February 27A LACK of international judges cost Elmira Alembekova a world record as she covered 20km in a spectacular 1:24:47 – her 5km splits were 21:00, 21:12, 21:08 and 21:27.

Keep it realTHE US Championships were missing 400m, 800m, 1500m and 3000m races and

replaced them with 300m, 600m, 1000m, mile and 2 miles.As these events are run less often, it increased the chances of

records. While athletics will never be as bad as boxing with its all its manufactured weights and diff erent bodies to manufacture champions, let’s stick to traditional events.Steve Smythe, Results editor

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World all-time listsJunior men’s 60m6.51 Mark Lewis-Francis (GBR)6.52 D’Angelo Cherry (USA) 6.53 Sven Matthes (GER)6.56 Leonard Scott (USA)6.57 Casey Combest (USA)6.58 Ibrahim Meite (CIV)6.58 Christian Coleman (USA)6.59 Eugen Ray (GDR)6.59 Yoshihide Kiryu (JPN)

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USAAmerican Indoor Championships, Boston, February 27-March 1BY past standards and with no World Championships places on offer and many Americans staying in Europe, this was a relatively disappointing championships. It wasn’t helped by odd distances with track races at unusual distances such as 300m, 600m, 1000m and two miles.

One of these provided a track highlight, though, as former world junior 800m silver medallist Casimir Loxsom set an American record over 600m. He led past 200m in 23.76 and through 400m in 48.26 and, though slowing to a painful 27.32 for that last lap, he finished in 75.58 to miss Nico Motchebon’s world best by just 0.46 of a second.

Alysia Montana won the women’s race, though the fastest time came in the heat from Ajee Wilson, who then fell in the final.

Natasha Hastings also benefitted from the odd distances as she won the 300m in a world-leading 36.52.

The hurdles races were top-class, though, as Aleec Harris and Jasmin Stowers sped to respective 7.51 and 7.84 clockings. The sprints were also sharp with Marvin Bracy winning the men’s 60m in 6.55 and Tia Bartoletta taking the women’s equivalent in 7.08.

Shannon Rowbury won a mile-two

mile double while Matt Centrowitz took a slow tactical mile and Ryan Hill won the two miles courtesy of a 25.8 last 200m.

Eric Kynard won the high jump with 2.34m, while Michelle Carter impressed in the shot with a world-leading 19.45m on her annual debut, which won her an eighth title.

Both multi-events winners shone, Jeremy Taiwo and Sharon Day-Monroe enjoying clear victories.

Less impressive were the marks in the long jump where distances of 7.93m and 6.37m sufficed for gold medals.Men: 60: 1 M Bracy 6.55; 2 J Morris 6.57; 3 C Vaughn 6.60; 4 T Kimmons 6.60; 5 S Mclean 6.63; 6 D Lawrence 6.64. Ht 1: 1 R Bailey 6.60. ht2: 1 Morris 6.56; 2 Bracy 6.57; 3 Lawrence 6.60. 300: 1 M Mitchell 32.86; 2 C Parros 33.00. B: 1 W Shell 33.09; 2 A Bailey 33.12. ht 1: P Feeney 33.14. 600: 1 C Loxsom 75.33 (rec) (76.26 ht); 2 M Wieczorek 76.07 (76.80 ht); 3 J Hutchison 76.32; 4 E Sowinski 76.52; 5 B Berian 76.57. 1000: 1 R Andrews 2:21.91 (2:19.85 ht); 2 K Merber 2:22.39 (2:19.92 ht); 3 M Rutt 2:22.44 (2:20.02 ht). 1M: 1 M Centrowitz 4:01.40; 2 B Blenkenship 4:02.14; 3 P Casey 4:02.85; 4 M Elliott 4:03.22; 6 L Manzano 4:04.25; 8 L Lomong 4:04.51. 2M: 1 R Hill 8:26.72; 2 B Blankenship 8:27.31; 3 E Jager 8:27.44; 4 G Heath 8:27.99; 5 C Derrick 8:32.51. 60H: 1 A Harris 7.51 (7.66 ht); 2 J Eaton 7.59 (7.66 ht); 3 J Porter 7.66. HJ: 1 E Kynard 2.34; 2 R Robertson

2.31; 3 J Williams 2.28; 4 N Ross 2.28. PV: 1 S Kendricks 5.76; 2 C Pillow 5.60; 3 J Coover 5.55. LJ: 1 W Claye 7.93; 2 T Hooper 7.58. TJ: 1 O Craddock 16.84; 2 C Benard 16.57. SP: 1 C Cantwell 20.41; 2 B Grace 19.19; 3 N Hunter 19.07. Wt: 1 A Kruger 23.41; 2 J Lambert 23.35; 3 A Fryman 22.74. Hept: 1 J Taiwo 6274 (7.09, 7.39, 14.50, 2.16, 7.87, 4.80, 2:34.26); 2 A Bahner 5526. Women: 60: 1 T Bartoletta 7.08 (7.18 ht); 2 J Young 7.16 (7.14 ht); 3 T Townsend 7.23; 4 M Barber 7.24 (7.22 ht). 300: 1 N Hastings 36.52 (37.11 ht); 2 J Beard 36.65 (36.87 ht); 3 S Romero 37.44. B: B Nelson 37.97. 600: 1 A Montano 86.59 (87.47 ht); 2 P Wright 88.00 (87.81 ht); 3 M Malasarte 88.98 (87.87 ht); 6 A Wilson 99.39 (86.56 ht). ht 1: 1 M Fricker 88.24; 2 M Krumpoch 88.31; 3 L Thomas 88.76. ht 3: 2 K Chambers 86.73. 1000: 1 L Wallace 2:40.42; 2 T Moser 2:40.62; 3 S Brown 2:40.62; 4 C Lipsey2:40.86 (2:40.79 ht). 1M: 1 S Rowbury 4:34.40; 2 K Mackey 4:34.83; 3 R Schneider 4:35.85; 4 J Hasay4:36.48; 7 M Uceny 4:38.13. 2M: 1 S Rowbury 9:43.94; 2 J Hasay 9:44.69; 3 B Felnagle 9:47.73. 60H: 1 J Stowers 7.84 (7.89 ht); 2 T Jones 8.03; 3 T McReynolds 8.06; 4 K Castlin 8.07. HJ: 1 C Lowe 1.88; 2 A Acuff 1.82. PV: 1 D Payne 4.55; 2 M Saxer 4.50; 3 K Nageotte 4.50; J Suhr nh. LJ: 1 F Jimoh 6.37. TJ: 1 A Smock 13.28. SP: 1 M Carter 19.45. Wt: 1 F Johnson 23.45; 2 J Stevens 23.43; 3 A Campbell 22.48. Pent: S Day-Monroe 4654 (8.56, 1.83, 15.41, 5.94, 2:13.45); 2 B Nwaba 4389; 3 K Eppinger 4317

Loxsom sets US 600m best

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Casimir Loxsom: fast 600m

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Shannon Rowbury: middle-distance double

The start of a wet Lake Biwa Marathon

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Men: 20kmW: 1 A Ivanova 1:20:06. 35kmW: 1 M Ryzhov 2:25:54; 2 I Noskov 2:27:20. Women: 20kmW: 1 E Alembekova 1:24:47; 2 M Pandakova 1:25:03; 3 S Vasilyeva 1:25:04; 4, S Sokolova 1:25:38

SPAINAntequera, February 28U16 Women 600: 2 CHARLIE BLOXHAM 1:40.23.

SWEDENWorld Indoor Throwing, Växjö, March 1Men: SP: 3 ZANE DUQUEMIN 17.59. DT: 3 DUQUEMIN 55.20World Indoor Throwing, Växjö, February 28Men SP: 4 DUQUEMIN 17.21Malmö Games, Malmö, February 25SHARIKA NELVIS maintained her winning streak in the hurdles as she set a world leading mark of 7.83 to beat European Indoors favourite Alina Talay by 0.1.

Lucy Hatton surprisingly beat Tiffany Porter to take third after a PB of 8.02 in her heat. Porter was unable to replicate her heat form where she was inside eight seconds.

Kim Collins continued his unbeaten streak at 60m and won easily in 6.52, despite slowing in the last 10 metres with a bad cramp.

The men’s 60m hurdles featured a very close finish with Orlando Ortega just pipping Aries Merritt with both timed at 7.52.

Mutaz Essa Barshim won the high jump with a relatively modest 2.34m, though Olympic champion Sergey Ukhov jumped no higher than 2.22m and will no longer compete in Prague.

Renaud Lavillenie won the pole vault with 5.92m before failing at 6.03m, marginally missing his second attempt.Men: 60: 1 K Collins (SKN) 6.52 (6.55 ht); 2 M Rodgers (USA) 6.57 (6.61 hy); 3 T Kimmons (USA) 6.58; 4, D Bailey (ANT) 6.59; 5 A Adams (SKN) 6.59. in ht: Y Pérez CUB 6.60. Ht1: 6 RAMONE SMITH 6.75. 60H: 1 O Ortega (CUB) 7.52 (7.66 ht); 2 A Merritt (USA) 7.52 (7.57 ht); 3 D Oliver (USA) 7.67 (7.62 ht); 4 W Davis (TTO) 7.67; 5 J Eaton (USA) 8.45 (7.67 ht); dq (fell) D Robles CUB (7.71 ht). HJ: 1 Mutaz Barshim (QAT) 2.34; 2 A Protsenko (UKR) 2.26; 3 D Thomas (BAH) 2.26; 4 S Ukhov (RUS) 2.21. PV: 1 R Lavillenie (FRA) 5.92; 2 P Lisek POL 5.85; 3 I Mudrov (RUS) 5.78; 4 K Filippídis (GRE) 5.70; 5 R Holzdeppe (GER) 5.55; 6 R Sobera (POL) 5.55. Women: 60: 1 M Ahouré (CIV) 7.14 (7.17 ht); 2 N Pogrebnyak (UKR) 7.26; 3 M Lee (USA) 7.27; 4 E Okparaebo (NOR) 7.35; 5 I Ekelund 7.35; 6 C Horn (RSA) 7.37 (7.30 ht). 60H: 1 S Nelvis (USA) 7.83 (7.91 ht); 2 A Talay (BLR) 7.93 (7.93 ht); 3 LUCY HATTON 8.03 (8.02 ht); 4 TIFFANY PORTER 8.04 (7.98 ht); 5 Y Lewis (PAN) 8.14 (8.07 ht); 6 Y Galitskaya (RUS) 8.14 (8.13 ht). LJ: 1 I Spanovic (SRB) 6.83; 2 S Moguenara (GER) 6.75; 3 E Lesueur (FRA) 6.74; 4 C Nettey (CAN) 6.69; 5 Y Pidluzhnaya (RUS) 6.40; 6 E Jarder 6.39; 7 F Jimoh USA 6.33

SWITZERLANDSwiss Championships, Lausanne, February 28Men: XC: 6 NEIL BURTON 31:28; 7 FABIAN DOWNS 31:32

UAEIPC GP, Dubai, February 22/23BRITISH winners over the last two days (leading results from days one and

two were in last week’s issue) included Hannah Cockroft, who clocked 18.37 in the 100m T32/34, and Paul Blake, who enjoyed a convincing win in the 400m T36 in a time of 56.26 – nearly seven seconds clear of the field.

Great Britain’s Joanna Butterfield threw 19.69m in the women’s club F51 – a new European record mark for the 35-year-old European champion.

On the final day, Maria Lyle and Butterfield capped an outstanding four days of competition for Britain with world records in the 200m T35 and discus F51 respectively.

The 15-year-old Lyle ran 30.53 to better the 200m T35 world record mark she set in Bedford by 0.18 seconds.

Butterfield threw 8.87m to break the previous F51 world record mark by 27cm.

Sophie Hahn and Olivia Breen finished first and second respectively in the 200m T37/38. Hahn (T38) clocked a wind-assisted 27.20.

In the men’s 200m T35/36 Graeme Ballard won in 25.60, more than two seconds clear of the field. Men: 100: T37 (6.0): 1 LEWIS CLOW 12.65. T33/34 (4.3): 4 BEN ROWLINGS (U20) 16.94 T36: 1 GRAEME BALLARD (V35) 11.99. T51/52 (4.6): 3 STEPHEN OSBORNE (M50) 21.87. T36 (0.5): 2 BALLARD 12.43; 3 PAUL BLAKE 12.52; 4 BEN RUSHGROVE 12.78. T37 (-0.1): 4 LEWIS CLOW 13.05. T51/52 (0.9): 4 STEPHEN OSBORNE (M50) 23.39. T33/34 (-0.7): 7 BEN ROWLINGS (U20) 17.89. 200: T33/34 (0.0): 5 BEN ROWLINGS (U20) 31.63. T35/36 (2.6): 1 GRAEME BALLARD (M35) 25.60. T37 (5.0): 4 LEWIS CLOW 27.07. T51/52 (1.0): 5 OSBORNE 48.72. 400: T34: 4 BEN ROWLINGS (U20) 59.97. T36: 1 PAUL BLAKE 56.26. T51/52: 5 OSBORNE 1:40.66. 800: T34: 3 ROWLINGS 1:58.59. SP: F42/44: 1 ALED DAVIES 15.92. SP: F40/41: 4 PANAGIOTIS MAMUNEAS (U20) 10.42. CT: F31/32/51: 2 STEPHEN MILLER 28.33. JT: F40/41: 7 PANAGIOTIS MAMUNEAS (U20) 27.13. DT: F42/44: 1 ALED DAVIES 48.87. Women: 100: T13/20 (0.8): 2 ERIN MCBRIDE (U20) 13.22. T32/34 (-0.4): 1 HANNAH COCKROFT 18.37; 4 CARLY TAIT 20.87; 3 MEGGAN DAWSON-FARRELL 19.07; 4 KYLIE GRIMES 35.93; 5 BETHANY MONKS 43.28. T35/36 (-1.3): 1 MARIA LYLE (U17) 14.92; 1 GEORGINA HERMITAGE 14.22; 1 SOPHIE HAHN (U20) 13.18; 2 OLIVIA BREEN (U20) 13.73; 3 SOPHIE KAMLISH (U20) 14.11. 200: T34 (-0.6): 1 HANNAH COCKROFT 33.85; 4 CARLY TAIT 39.89; 3 MEGGAN DAWSON-FARRELL 36.36. T35/44 (1.0): 3 MARIA LYLE (U17) 30.53; 5 SOPHIE KAMLISH (U20) 31.51; 1 SOPHIE HAHN (U20) 27.20; 2 OLIVIA BREEN (U20) 28.93. 400: T13/37: 2 ERIN MCBRIDE (U20) 62.17; 3 GEORGINA HERMITAGE 66.33. T34: 1 COCKROFT 66.89; 4 CARLY TAIT 78.20; 3 MEGGAN DAWSON-FARRELL 65.48. 800: T34: 1 COCKROFT 2:14.79; 4 CARLY TAIT 2:42.80; 3 DAWSON-FARRELL 2:22.57. SP: F36-38: 3 BEV JONES 8.35.CT: F32/51: 1 JOANNA BUTTERFIELD (W35) 19.69. DT: F40/41: 3 HOLLY NEILL 21.84.F51: 1 BUTTERFIELD 8.87Sharjah, February 27/28Men: 200: T35/36/38 (3.5): 2 GRAEME BALLARD (V35) 25.47. T37 (4.0): 2 LEWIS CLOW 26.70. T33/34 (2.5): 4 BEN ROWLINGS (U20) 30.35. T51/52 (2.8): 4 STEPHEN OSBORNE (M50) 42.40. 400: T33/34: 4 BEN ROWLINGS (U20) 58.07. T51/52: 4 OSBORNE (M50) 99.59. 800: T33/34:

3 BEN ROWLINGS (U20) 1:50.43. Women: 100: T35/36/44 (4.8): 1 MARIA LYLE (U17) 14.53; 3 MEGGAN DAWSON-FARRELL 18.36. T32-24/51 (4.5): 1 HANNAH COCKROFT 17.56; 2 CARLY TAIT 19.72; 3 KYLIE GRIMES 33.37; 5 BETHANY MONKS 38.63. 200: T35-38 (3.5): 3 MARIA LYLE (U17) 30.55. T33/53/54 (1.8): 3 HANNAH COCKROFT 33.13; 4 MEGGAN DAWSON-FARRELL 35.11; 6 CARLY TAIT 38.84. 400: T34/53/54: 4 HANNAH COCKROFT 67.40; 5 MEGGAN DAWSON-FARRELL 70.11; 7 CARLY TAIT 82.81. 800: T33/53/54: 4 HANNAH COCKROFT 2:09.96; 5 MEGGAN DAWSON-FARRELL 2:13.30; 7 CARLY TAIT 2:42.68. SP: F36/37: 3 BEVERLEY JONES (V40) 8.77; 2 HOLLY NEILL 6.82. CT: F32/51: 1 BUTTERFIELD 16.49. DT: F37: 1 BEVERLEY JONES (V40) 25.86; 2 HOLLY NEILL 22.65; 1 BUTTERFIELD 8.84

UNITED STATESNew York, March 1Men: 5km: 10 JAMES KELLY 15:23; 34 PAUL THOMPSON (M45) 16:29Birmingham, February 22Men: HM: 8 MICHAEL GREEN 69:58ACC Championships, Blacksburg, February 27/28Men: Mile: 3 NEIL GOURLEY 4:03.25. Ht3: 2 NEIL GOURLEY 4:06.78.3000: r2: 5 ZAK SEDDON 8:05.99. 5000: r2: 6 JACK GOODWIN 14:12.97. LJ: 6 OLIVER NEWPORT 7.39. TJ: 2 BEN WILLIAMS 16.45. HepI: 11 JOSEPH HUTCHINSON 4859 (7.35, 6.46, 12.33, 1.87, 8.26, 3.75, 3:03.52). Women: 800: 5 CHELSEA JARVIS (U20) 2:05.18.Ht1: 1 JARVIS (U20) 2:07.00. Mile: 5 GEORGIA PEEL 4:44.68. Ht2: 1 PEEL 4:47.71. 3000: r2: 6 IONA LAKE 9:22.75. 5000: r2: 12 PIPPA WOOLVEN 16:50.81Conference USA Championships, Birmingham, February 26Women: 3000: r2: 8 SARAH LIVETT 9:58.98; 11 LUCY CROOKES 10:03.43. 5000: 6 LUCY CROOKES 17:09.71; 10 SARAH LIVETT 17:24.94; 13 REBECCA EVANS 17:40.89; 18 LOUISE HILL-STIRLING 18:43.31Mountain West Championships, Albuquerque, February 27/28Men: 60: 6 ALLAN HAMILTON 6.78; 7 SCOTT BAJERE 6.80. Ht1: 1 BAJERE 6.83. Ht2: 4 HAMILTON 6.82. 200: Ht1: 4 BAJERE 21.96. 800: 6 THOMAS ATKINSON 1:53.96. Ht1: 2 ATKINSON 1:50.78. Ht2: 2 HARRY FISHER 1:51.01.Mile: 2 ROSS MATHESON 4:10.53; 3 ADAM BITCHELL 4:10.63. 3000: 1 BITCHELL 8:11.05; 5 MICHAEL

VENNARD 8:18.70; 15 RHYS PARK 8:39.68. 5000: 1 BITCHELL 14:30.17; 6 VENNARD 14:41.20; 17 PARK 15:11.56. LJ: 1 ALLAN HAMILTON 7.61. TJ: 3 HAMILTON 14.94. Women: 800: 3 TAMARA ARMOUSH 2:12.15; 4 SOPHIE CONNOR 2:12.47. Ht2: 1 CONNOR 2:10.56; 3 ARMOUSH 2:12.19.Mile: 3 CONNOR 4:52.64; 4 ARMOUSH 4:53.05; 8 JENNIFER BECKINGHAM 5:02.07.Mile: Hts: 3 BECKINGHAM 4:58.56; 1 CONNOR 5:01.46; 2 ARMOUSH 5:01.62. 3000: 2 ALICE WRIGHT 9:42.83; 3 CALLI THACKERY 9:47.99; 11 NICOLE ROBERTS 10:06.80; 14 ANNA BURTON 10:19.72; 16 NICOLA HOOD 10:20.42. 5000: 1 WRIGHT 16:31.85; 4 THACKERY 17:09.95. HJ: 10 ISOBEL BROWN 1.69American Conference Championships, New York, February 27/28Men: 3000: r2: 1 MARC SCOTT 8:01.77; 5 TOBY LOVERIDGE 8:15.61. 5000: 1 SCOTT 14:37.72; 3 LOVERIDGE 14:50.20. Women: 800: 4 ROSIE CHAMBERLAIN 2:08.90. 800: Ht1: 1 CHAMBERLAIN 2:10.63. Mile: 3 HOLLY ARCHER 4:51.92; 5 OLIVIA O’HARE 4:53.88. Mile: Ht2: 3 O’HARE 5:03.83; 4 ARCHER 5:04.46. 3000: r2: 11 ARCHER 9:48.92; 15 STACIE TAYLOR 9:59.35. 5000: 9 TAYLOR 17:00.11Atlantic Sun Championships, Winston-Salem, February 27Men: 3000: 4 RHYS GLASTONBURY 8:17.80Big 10 Championships, Geneva, February 27/28Men: 800: Ht1: 6 KIERAN REILLY 1:52.78. TJ: 1 BABATUNDE AMOSU 16.07. Women: LJ: 6 JAHISHA THOMAS 5.97Big 12 Championships, Ames, February 27/28Men: 200: 5 SAM WATTS 21.10. Ht5: 1 SAM WATTS 21.12.400: 4 GEORGE CADDICK 46.94. Ht1: 1 CADDICK 46.66. 800: 7 ZAC RANDALL 1:51.58. Ht1: 4 MATTHEW FAYERS 1:53.24. Ht2: 4 RANDALL 1:51.48. WT: 1 NICK MILLER 22.04; 6 ADAM DAMADZIC 18.07. Women: 200: Ht4: 3 AMA PIPI 24.31. 400: 5 MONTENE SPEIGHT 53.55; 8 AMA PIPI 54.77. Ht2: 2 SPEIGHT 53.91; 3 PIPI 54.36. 800: 3 KAYLEE DODD 2:07.67. (2:11.38 ht). 1000: 4 ABBIE HETHERINGTON 2:49.19 (2:49.26 ht)MPAC Indoor Championships, Seattle, February 27/28Men: 3000: r2: 24 RYAN FORSYTH (U20) 8:34.81. PV: 1 JAX THOIRS 5.48. Women: 3000: r1: 4 BETHAN KNIGHTS 9:18.44

Ohio Valley Conference Indoor Championships, Charleston, February 27/28Men: 800: Ht2: 3 MARCUS BRIDGER-WILKINSON 1:54.05. Mile: 7 JAMAINE COLEMAN 4:19.88. Women: Mile: r2: 8 EMMA GILMORE 5:03.66.SEC Indoor Championships, Lexington, February 27/28Men: 60: H TIM DUCKWORTH (U20) 7.11. Mile: 3 ROBBIE FARNHAM-ROSE 4:03.87. Ht2: 3 FARNHAM-ROSE 4:06.48. 3000: 6 ALEX GEORGE (U20) 8:08.61.TJ: 15 JONATHAN ILORI 15.05. HepI: 5 DUCKWORTH (U20) 5426 (7.11, 6.71, 11.36, 2.10, 8.42, 4.65, 2:57.51).Women: Mile: 2 RHIANWEDD PRICE 4:32.74. Ht3: 1 PRICE 4:45.67Big East Indoor Championships, New York, March 1/February 28Men: 800: 1 ELLIOT SLADE 1:48.91. 1000: 9 HARVEY DIXON 2:29.17. Mile: 8 CHARLES COOPER (U20) 4:20.03.Ht1: 3 COOPER 4:18.91.Women: Mile: 4 LAURA RICHES 4:56.78.Great Midwest Championships, Gambier, February 28Women: Mile: 2 NICOLE BURLINSON 5:11.47Ivy League Championships, Cambridge, March 1/February 28Men: 800: 3 HENRY TUFNELL 1:51.63. 3000: r2: 9 TOM PURNELL 8:19.98. TJ: 1 EFE UWAIFO 15.88; 2 NANA OWUSU-NYANTEKYI 15.67. Women: 1000: 7 ELIZABETH BIRD 2:51.60. Ht1: 2 BIRD 2:51.17. Mile: 2 OLIVIA SADLER 4:40.92; 3 MOLLY RENFER 4:42.98. Ht1: 2 RENFER 4:50.86; 2 SADLER 4:50.94Missouri Valley Conference Championships, Cedar Falls, February 28, March 1Men: 60: 2 JAMES McLACHLAN 6.79. Ht3: 1 McLACHLAN 6.81. 3000: r1: 5 HARAN DUNDERDALE (U20) 8:31.21. r2: 2 MICHAEL WARD 8:17.66. LJ: 2 McLACHLAN 7.53. TJ: 1 McLACHLAN 15.91. Women: 3000: r2: 10 ROSIE HILES 10:05.35. 5000: 9 HILES 17:21.69. 60H: Ht2: 5 HOLLY PATTIE-BELLELI 8.87. PenI: 5 PATTIE-BELLELI 3584 (8.76, 1.59, 9.16, 5.47, 2:26.81)Boston, March 1Men: 400: r1: 1 DAVID LAGERBERG 47.51. Mile: r1: 9 JORDAN DONNELLY 4:15.44. 3000: 3 ALEX CARTER (U20) 8:20.03. LJ: 2 ADAM WALKER-KHAN 7.04. Women: 800: r1: 5 LUCY YATES 2:09.09USATF New England Indoor Championship, Boston, February 22Men: 800: 1 JORDAN DONNELLY 1:53.42


Indoor world leaders – 2015 MEN WOMEN6.47 Kim Collins (SKN) 100m 7.05 Murielle Ahoure (CIV)20.57 Shaveez Hart (USA) 200m 22.81 Kyra Jefferson (USA)45.27 Pavel Maslak (CZE) 400m 51.35 Courtney Okolo (USA)1:45.48 Abdulrahman Musaeb Bala (QAT) 800m 1:59.21 Jenny Meadows (GBR)3:34.13 Homiyu Tesfaye (GER) 1500m 4:00.46 Sifan Hassan (NED)3:51.35 Matthew Centrowitz (USA) One mile 4:22.66 Shannon Rowbury (USA)7:33.1 Mo Farah (GBR) 3000m 8:37.22 Genzebe Dibaba (ETH)8:03.40 Mo Farah (GBR) 2 miles 9:18.35 Jenny Simpson (USA)13:27.53 Arne Gabius (GER) 5000m 14:18.86 Genzebe Dibaba (ETH)7.45 Orlando Ortega (CUB) 60m hurdles 7.83 Shakira Nelvis (USA)2.41 Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT) High jump 2.02 Kamila Licwinko (POL)6.02 Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) Pole vault 4.83 Fabiano Murer (BRA) 8.18 Kafetien Gomis (FRA) Long jump 6.99 Christabel Nettey (CAN)17.23 Marquis Dendy (USA) Triple jump 14.68 Yekaterina Koneva (RUS)21.80 Ryan Whiting (USA) Shot put 19.45 Michelle Carter (USA)6344 Jeremy Taiwo (USA) Hept/Pentathlon 4742 Yana Maksimava (BLR)18:16.76 Yohann Diniz (FRA) 5km walk/3km walk 12:05.68 Antonella Palmisano (ITA)

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INDOORFEBRUARY 28-MARCH 1ENGLAND ATHLETICS U20/U17/U15 CHAMPIONSHIPS, SheffieldATHLETES were in record-breaking form in Sheffield with under-17 records in the 800m and 200m and in the under-15 girls’ 800m.

Scotland’s Ben Greenwood smashed a UK record in the under-17 men’s 800m, clocking a superb 1:51.62 to erase Richard Davenport’s 1:52.79, set 13 years ago, from the record books. He produced a blistering last 200m to win by four seconds.

Toby Harries, who plays rugby for most of the week and trains specifically for athletics just a few times a month, broke Tim Benjamin’s 17-year-old UK 200m best by five hundreths of a second, clocking 21.46 in his first indoor championships. Last year’s under-15 champion, Sale’s Jonah Efoloko, took silver.

An age-group national record was also set in the under-15 girls’ 800m when Tilly Simpson smashed her own mark with 2:09.11, also lowering the championship record by more than 3.5 seconds. Such was the level of performance, it would have been easy to miss that Alexandra Shaw came in with 2:13.32 – not far off the former record herself.

In the field, Adam Hague, silver medallist in the British senior championships last month, vaulted 5.30m to successfully defend his title in style.

Daniel Cartwright threw 17.62m to secure the under-17 men’s shot and, with it, the qualification standard for the Commonwealth Youth Games that will take place in Fiji later this year..

North Somerset’s multi-eventer Ada’ora Chigbo backed up her 1.81m high jump from the recent Birmingham Games to secure victory in the under-17 women’s event, leaping 1.78m. She also won the shot with 14.25m.

Leeds City’s world junior representative Jacob Fincham-Dukes impressed in the long jump, soaring out to 7.60m, just 1cm shy of his outdoor best.

Local athlete Kristie Edwards produced a consistent series of races, culminating in a 24.14 victory in the under-20 women’s 200m final.

Another highlight of day one was

arguably the under-20 women’s 400m final where Laviai Nielsen rewrote the championship record with her 53.39. In a high-quality race, she was followed home by her sister Lina in 54.48.

The 60m races saw some impressive sprinting. In the under-20 men’s 60m, Ojie Edoburun equalled his PB with 6.69. Reuben Arthur improved his PB to 6.76 in second and Oliver

Bromby also lowered his best mark to 6.79.

In the under-20 women’s final Daryll Neita was in dominant form and came home with a clear margin in 7.32. Her PB cemented her position in the top 10 juniors over the distance in the world this year. Shannon Malone was silver medallist with 7.47 and Kristie Edwards took bronze with 7.49.

In the under-17 men’s 60m, Jona Efoloko won with a PB of 6.85 from Dominic Ashwell’s 6.88.

Irish athletes Ciara Neville (7.56) Molly Scott and Gina Akpe-Moss of Birchfield (both 7.58) took a 1-2-3 in the under-17 women’s race.

In the under-15 boys’ event it was Callum McKay who ran out a 7.32 winner, while Joy Ogunleye won the under-15 girls’ race in a hand-timed 7.7.

While it was Nielsen’s performance that caught the eye in the long sprints there were some more keenly contested events in that event too. In the under-17 men’s 400m, former UK U15 300m record-holder Chenna Okoh hit the bell in the lead with some aggressive running and looked to have the edge over Joe Milton. However, Milton was not to be denied and in a desperate lunge for the line was adjudged to have taken gold with both athletes given the same PB time of 49.70.

The under-15 boys’ 300m final saw Ben Griffin lowering his PB to 37.54 to beat Joshua Pearson’s 37.80 to the title while the under-17 women’s 300m final was won by Ashton Greenwood in 40.06.

The under-20 men‘s 1500m final saw a great race with Robbie Fitzgibbon hitting the front and looking as though he was edging away from James West. However, West had other ideas and in a great homestraight battle it was West who came back to win in 3:51.79 to 3:52.24.

By contrast, the under-17 men’s

1500m was front-run in convincing fashion by Markhim Lonsdale, whose 4:01.62 saw him clear at an early stage as the pack settled down for a battle for silver. That was won by Max Pearson in 4:05.40 from Will Stockley.

Henry-James Cowie controlled the under-15 boys’ 800m and was able to respond to the last-lap attacks and take gold in 2:08.77 with silver going to Jacob Birtles.

Thomas Hewes set a series of PBs in the under-17 men’s high jump as the bar moved higher. He finished with gold and 2.03m ahead of the 2.00m clearances of Steven Jones and Josh Hewett, who also set PBs.

There were also a batch of PBs in a competitive under-17 women’s long jump as Holly Mills broke six metres for the first time to take gold with 6.02m. Behind her Lucy Hadaway improved to 5.90m.

The under-20 women’s long jump gold medallist, Emily Wright, produced a great series of jumps, breaking her PB four times and going out to 6.03m.

In the under-17 men’s triple jump, Osaze Aghedo exceeded 14 metres for the first time to claim gold with 14.18m and Jude Bright-Davies also improved his own best to get within three centimetres of gold.

Montel Nevers took gold in the under-20 men’s triple jump with 14.82m.

In the under-15 girls’ pole vault it was gold for Jade Spencer-Smith with 3.20m, while Ashleigh West won the high jump with 1.62m.

It was PBs all round for the medallists in the long jump with 5.55m for Pippa Earley taking gold.

Andrew Douglas took the under-17 men’s pole vault with 4.15m.

The under-20 women’s pole vault was a close contest that was won by Abigail Roberts with 3.90m.

The under-15 boys’ high jump was won by Ayman El Amrani on countback with Joe Halpin also clearing 1.75m.

The under-15 girls’ shot was won by Hannah Molyneaux with 12.69m ahead of Eloise Locke.U20 men: 60: 1 O Edoburun (SB) 6.69; 2 R Arthur (E&H) 6.76; 3 O Bromby (Soton) 6.79; 4 R Miller (HW) 6.84; 6 J Lawrence (Bir) 6.99; 7 T Etienne (HW) 6.99; 8 J Dawkins (Card) 7.04. SF1: 1 O Edoburun (SB) 6.75; 2 J Lawrence (Bir) 6.93; 3 J Dawkins (Card) 7.00; 4 A Amoah (SB) 7.08; 5 I Moore (Card) 7.11; 6 A Hemoh (NEB) 7.15; 7 Z Stapleton (R&N) 7.20. SF2: 1 R Arthur (E&H) 6.81; 2 C Downes (R&N) 6.86; 3 J Dearden (Norw) 7.06; 4 S Ige (Belg) 7.07; 5 K Garrattley (Worc) 7.09; 6 J Adams (Sheff) 7.11; 7 K Thomas (Glas C) 7.12. SF3: 1 R Miller (HW) 6.81; 2 O Bromby (Soton) 6.82; 3 T Etienne (HW) 6.93; 4 D Wong (Norw) 7.10; 5 M Tambedou (Harl) 7.14; 6 R Ewer (R&N) 7.17. Ht1: 1 J Dawkins (Card) 7.03; 2 I Moore (Card) 7.11; 3 K Garrattley (Worc) 7.14. Ht2: 1 R Gorman (Notts) 7.03; 2 A Amoah (SB) 7.09. Ht3: 1 K Wright (Nene V) 6.94; 2 J Dearden (Norw) 7.06; 3 R Ewer (R&N) 7.12; 4 N Prentice (Bir) 7.13. Ht4: 1 C Downes (R&N) 6.96; 2 Z Stapleton (R&N) 7.18; 3 D Ellis (Harl) 7.19; 4 B Fisher (Lisb) 7.19.Ht5: 1 J Lawrence (Bir) 7.01; 2 D Wong (Norw) 7.14; 3 A Hemoh (NEB) 7.18. Ht6: 1 R Miller (HW) 6.94; 2 M Tambedou (Harl) 7.14; 3 C Eley (M’field) 7.18. Ht7: 1 R Arthur (E&H) 6.84; 2 J Adams (Sheff) 7.14. Ht8: 1 O Bromby (Soton) 7.03. Ht9: 1 T Etienne (HW) 7.07; 2 S Ige (Belg) 7.13; 3 S Griffin (Darl) 7.18. Ht10: 1 O Edoburun (SB) 6.76.200: 1 T Ramdhan (Bexley) 21.25;


Indoor (England U20 Championships)Results

Ben Greenwood: on his way to a UK under-17 800m record

Under-20 shot medallists: Sophie Merritt, winner Adele Nicoll and Toni Buckingham

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2 E Powell (Leic C) 21.55; 3 O Bromby (Soton) 21.56; 4 A Thomas (Glas C) 22.02; 5 N Stewart (E&H) 22.28. Ht1: 1 T Ramdhan (Bexley) 21.48; 2 N Stewart (E&H) 22.05; 3 J Dearden (Norw) 22.33. Ht2: 1 O Bromby (Soton) 21.82; 2 A Thomas (Glas C) 22.16; 3 S Griffin (Darl) 22.46. Ht3: 1 E Powell (Leic C) 21.92; 2 I Fesnoux (E&E) 22.48. 400: 1 N Petrou (Leeds C) 47.99; 2 F Owsley (B&W) 48.35; 3 M Mahamuud (Bir) 48.93; 4 J Reid (Manx) 49.32; 5 L Thompson (Roth) 49.36; 6 J Ness (Salis) 49.82. SF1: 1 F Owsley (B&W) 49.02; 2 L Thompson (Roth) 49.11; 3 A Sandall (Nene V) 49.70; 4 C Eley (M’field) 50.22. SF2: 1 N Petrou (Leeds C) 48.50; 2 M Mahamuud (Bir) 49.00; 3 F Bigg (Phoe) 50.46. SF3: 1 J Reid (Manx) 49.02; 2 J Ness (Salis) 49.40; 3 M Cottam (Yate) 50.14; 4 E Holland (Norw) 50.39. Ht1: 1 L Thompson (Roth) 48.92; 2 A Sandall (Nene V) 49.38; 3 C Eley (M’field) 49.45. Ht2: 1 E Holland (Norw) 50.12. Ht4: 1 M Mahamuud (Bir) 50.35. Ht5: 1 J Reid (Manx) 49.52; 2 H Pocock (Ports) 49.72. Ht6: 1 N Petrou (Leeds C) 49.45; 2 M Cottam (Yate) 49.93; 3 F Bigg (Phoe) 50.07. 800: 1 S Thomas (Phoe) 1:52.24; 2 M Wharton (Hal) 1:52.35; 3 S Greeves (Norw) 1:53.11; 4 D Chambers (Der) 1:53.13; 5 A Wright (R&N) 1:55.34; 6 J O’Hara (Bexley) 1:55.49. Ht1: 1 M Wharton (Hal) 1:55.40; 2 D Rigby (Inv EK) 1:56.70; 3 J Mann (Stoke) 1:57.52. Ht2: 1 A Wright (R&N) 1:53.80; 2 D Chambers (Der) 1:54.22. Ht3: 1 S Thomas (Phoe) 1:52.83; 2 S Greeves (Norw) 1:53.61; 3 J Ball (Glas Sc Sp) 1:55.76.Ht4: 1 J O’Hara (Bexley) 1:55.25; 2 R Lewis (Lut) 1:55.36; 3 H Sheekh (R&N) 1:56.18; 4 J Salisbury (Prest) 1:57.56. 1500: 1 J West (Ton) 3:51.79; 2 R Fitzgibbon (Phoe) 3:52.24; 3 J McCarthy (Chilt) 3:55.13; 4 J McCrae (Nene V) 3:59.91; 5 J Kerr (Edin) 4:04.35. 60H: 1 E Dickson-Earle (Bigg) 7.82; 2 J Kirby (Harrow) 7.91; 3 J Weaver (E&H) 8.00; 4 J Hatton (Read) 8.00; 5 S Healy (IRL) 8.00; 6 G McKenna (Shercock) 8.26; 7 M Behan (IRL) 8.35; 8 J Spence (Yate) 8.35. Ht1: 1 W Ritchie-Moulin (Bir) 8.03; 2 S Healy (IRL) 8.07; 3 J Spence (Yate) 8.18; 4 W Ritchie-Moulin (Bir) 8.26; 5 R Sakala (Croy) 8.33; 6 A Byron (St Alb) 8.92. Ht2: 1 J Kirby (Harrow) 7.90; 2 M Behan (IRL) 7.93; 3 J Weaver (E&H) 7.98; 4 M Hall (SB) 8.47; 5 W Marklew (SNH) 8.90. Ht3: 1 E Dickson-Earle (Bigg) 7.86; 2 G McKenna (Shercock) 8.10; 3 K Arnold (Newp) 8.26; 4 I Qureshi (Chelt) 8.35; 5 H Maslen (Ilkley) 8.75. HJ: 1 R Dwyer (Strat) 2.12; 2 W Grimsey (E&H) 2.06; 3

L McGuire (Centr) 2.03; 4 T Andrews (Herne H) 1.99; 5 A Coward (SB) 1.99; 6 J Field (Sutt) 1.95; 7 R Esien (SSH) 1.95; 8 M Morton (VPCG) 1.90; 9 S Hewitt (WSEH) 1.90; 10 J Lee (Hallam) 1.90; 11 O Schwartz (Holl S) 1.90. PV: 1 A Hague (Dearne) 5.30; 2 C Myers (M’bro) 5.00; 3 J Lister (Harrow) 4.90; 4 J Leon Benitez (Notts) 4.80; 5 T Booth (Prest) 4.50; 6 N Gardner (SNH) 4.40; 7 G Turner (B&H) 4.30; 8 T Farres (Ports) 4.30; 9 C Maw (Win) 4.20; 10 G Heppinstall (Dearne) 4.20. LJ: 1 J Fincham-Dukes (Leeds C) 7.60; 2 S Healy (IRL) 7.51; 3 S Khogali (Worc) 7.20; 4 O Clark (Corn) 7.16; 5 R Banigo (Leeds C) 7.15; 6 M Miller (Sheff) 6.86; 7 B Fisher (Lisb) 6.81. TJ: 1 M Nevers (Notts) 14.82; 2 K Metzger (Sale) 14.70; 3 A Alfred (SB) 14.31; 4 J Veerapen (Sutt) 14.25; 5 T Melville (Nun) 14.02; 6 E Baines (Seat) 13.82; 7 B Aspinall (B’burn) 13.72; 8 D Igbokwe (WSEH) 13.46; 9 J Walklett (Corn) 13.40. SP: 1 J Kelly (IRL) 17.44; 2 K Jones (NEB) 17.41; 3 A Graham (E&H) 17.41; 4 J Wallis (Sheff) 13.46U17: 60: 1 J Efoloko (Sale) 6.85; 2 D

Ashwell (D&T) 6.88; 3 T Harries (Phoe) 6.93; 4 C Lyttle (Bexley) 6.94; 5 E Davis (Herts P) 6.98; 6 S Talbot (Exe) 7.09; 7 K Chambers-Brown (Bir) 7.11; 8 B Okeke (Stoke) 7.19. SF1: 1 T Harries (Phoe) 6.91; 2 K Chambers-Brown (Bir) 7.10; 3 C Davies (Swan) 7.16; 4 N Bevan (E&H) 7.25; 5 S Boldizsar (Harl) 7.28; 6 A Braysford (B’burn) 7.30; 7 T Williamson-Greene (Bir) 7.45; 8 N Marshall (Bolt) 7.49. SF2: 1 D Ashwell (D&T) 6.85; 2 B Okeke (Stoke) 7.10; 3 B Paris (Card Arch) 7.20; 4 D Walters (N Som) 7.21; 5 K Cranston (Herne H) 7.24; 6 E Dadzie (TVH) 7.36; 7 K Wong (York) 7.42; 8 P Lyon (ESM) 7.42. SF3: 1 E Davis (Herts P) 7.03; 2 S Talbot (Exe) 7.11; 3 C Hilliard (Hale) 7.14; 4 K Allen (Herne H) 7.20; 5 T Cheyne (R&N) 7.23; 6 K Paris-Samuel (TVH) 7.35; 7 G Venyo (Dur) 7.41. SF4: 1 J Efoloko (Sale) 6.95; 2 C Lyttle (Bexley) 6.95; 3 D McIntyre (I’clyde) 7.11; 4 C Marcell (Herne H) 7.18; 5 C Miller (HW) 7.30; 6 R Buckle (HW) 7.36. Ht1: 1 B Paris (Card Arch) 7.17; 2 C Marcell (Herne H) 7.20; 3 R Buckle (HW) 7.31; 4 P Lyon (ESM) 7.37; 5 J Akers (FoD) 7.43; 6 A Cooper (Norw) 7.50. Ht2: 1 E Davis

(Herts P) 7.02; 2 K Chambers-Brown (Bir) 7.14; 3 B Okeke (Stoke) 7.18; 4 N Bevan (E&H) 7.30. Ht3: 1 S Talbot (Exe) 7.10; 2 K Allen (Herne H) 7.17; 3 C Miller (HW) 7.24; 4 G Venyo (Dur) 7.37; 5 S Dupey-Whyte (Bir) 7.41; 6 J Lightfoot (Stoke) 7.48. Ht4: 1 T Harries (Phoe) 6.96; 2 K Cranston (Herne H) 7.15; 3 C Davies (Swan) 7.16; 4 D John (TVH) 7.23; 5 R O’Connell (Sheff) 7.39; 6 F Williamson-Taylor (Warr) 7.44; 7 D Gregory (Stoke) 7.49. Ht5: 1 C Lyttle (Bexley) 7.07; 2 T Cheyne (R&N) 7.21; 3 K Wong (York) 7.38; 4 K Donnelly (Sale) 7.41; 5 E Dadzie (TVH) 7.41.Ht6: 1 J Efoloko (Sale) 7.03; 2 D McIntyre (I’clyde) 7.18; 3 C Hilliard (Hale) 7.20; 4 S Boldizsar (Harl) 7.41; 5 M Paterson (Corby) 7.50. Ht7: 1 D Ashwell (D&T) 6.96; 2 D Walters (N Som) 7.23; 3 K Paris-Samuel (TVH) 7.35; 4 B Lyall-Smith (Seat) 7.38; 5 S Rose (Ashf) 7.44. Ht8: 1 A Braysford (B’burn) 7.28; 2 T Williamson-Greene (Bir) 7.40; 3 N Marshall (Bolt) 7.42. 200: 1 T Harries (Phoe) 21.46; 2 J Efoloko (Sale) 22.00; 3 C Lyttle (Bexley) 22.30; 4 B Paris (Card Arch) 22.60; 5 E Greatrex (W&B) 22.86. SF1: 1 T Harries (Phoe) 22.04; 2 B Paris (Card Arch) 22.51; 3 B Lyall-Smith (Seat) 22.65. SF2: 1 J Efoloko (Sale) 22.39; 2 E Greatrex (W&B) 22.52. SF3: 1 C Lyttle (Bexley) 22.37; 2 E Ogunleye (C&T) 22.56; 3 C Hilliard (Hale) 22.59; 4 R Antonio (Bir) 22.68. Ht1: 1 E Greatrex (W&B) 22.73; 2 B Lyall-Smith (Seat) 22.85. Ht2: 1 J Efoloko (Sale) 22.59; 2 B Paris (Card Arch) 22.60. Ht3: 1 T Harries (Phoe) 21.86. Ht4: 1 C Lyttle (Bexley) 22.60. Ht5: 1 C Hilliard (Hale) 22.68. 400: 1 J Milton (Liv PS) 49.70; 2 C Okoh (D&T) 49.70; 3 D Allen (Giff N) 50.24; 4 A Knibbs (Amber) 50.51; 5 T Arnold (Cwmb) 51.05. Ht1: 1 D Allen (Giff N) 51.46. Ht2: 1 C Okoh (D&T) 50.33; 2 T Arnold (Cwmb) 50.80; 3 E Goldie (Sale) 51.35. Ht3: 1 J Milton (Liv PS) 50.63; 2 A Knibbs (Amber) 50.71; 3 J Hocking (Worc) 51.03; 4 E Latimer (Liv PS) 51.35. 800: 1 B Greenwood (Perth) 1:51.62; 2 A Davis (Phoe) 1:55.82; 3 J Harbinson (Lisb) 1:57.31; 4 M Milner (IRL) 1:59.48; 5 P Blezard (Prest) 1:59.85. Ht2: 1 J Harbinson (Lisb) 1:58.85; 2 M Milner (IRL) 1:59.60. 1500: 1 M Lonsdale (Crook) 4:01.62; 2 M Pearson (Tyne) 4:05.40; 3 W Stockley (Bath) 4:05.80; 4 R Brown (York) 4:08.35. 60H: 1 S Talbot (Exe) 8.00; 2 M Price (SNH) 8.34; 3 M Osunsami (NEB) 8.38; 4 J Nicholson (Gate) 8.39; 5 W Aldred (Traff) 8.40; 6 C Dickson-Earle (Bigg) 8.42; 7 M Shields (Bas) 8.42; 8 R Brown (Traff) 8.60. Ht1: 1 J Nicholson (Gate) 8.31; 2 M Osunsami (NEB) 8.43; 3 C Dickson-Earle (Bigg) 8.45; 4 R Brown (Traff) 8.49; 5 C Meakin (Warr) 8.56; 6 H Hillman (Card) 8.80. Ht2: 1 M Shields (Bas) 8.28; 2 M Price (SNH) 8.47; 3 R Harris (Swan) 8.51; 4 C Amedee (Ashf) 8.64; 5 A Roney (Gate) 8.83; 6 L Ellis (Leam) 8.86. Ht3: 1 S Talbot (Exe) 8.14; 2 W Aldred (Traff) 8.42; 3 T Thomas (Charn) 8.56; 4 R Keen (Sale) 8.64; 5 S Zygadlo (P’broke) 8.67; 6 A McFarlane (I’ness) 9.00. HJ: 1 T Hewes (Chelm) 2.03; 2 S Jones (Liv H) 2.00; 3 J Hewett (Manx) 2.00; 4= T Gale (Bath) 1.88; 4= J Winn (Thurr) 1.88; 6 R Marrs (Lisb) 1.88; 7 J Khan (Worc) 1.88; 8 C Borthwick (Wig D) 1.85; 9 M Campbell (Shett) 1.85; 10= L Halstead (BWF) 1.81; 10= M Price (SNH) 1.81; 12 S Webster (WG&EL) 1.81. PV: 1 A Douglas (Soton) 4.15; 2 D Cedro (Harrow) 4.00; 3= S Connal (W’moss) 3.90; 3= C Neil (Horsh BS) 3.90; 5 F Caudery (Corn) 3.90; 6 D McFarlane (I’ness) 3.90; 7 J Lindley-Harris (Dearne) 3.80; 8 A

McFarlane (I’ness) 3.50. LJ: 1 S Talbot (Exe) 6.92; 2 E Thorne (Slough J) 6.81; 3 O Aghedo (Swan) 6.54; 4 M Price (SNH) 6.52; 5 J Bright-Davies (TVH) 6.35; 6 B Craven (Ips) 6.30. TJ: 1 O Aghedo (Swan) 14.18; 2 J Bright-Davies (TVH) 14.15; 3 J Hoang (IRL) 13.81; 4 T Princewill (Harrow) 13.16; 5 W Matsuka-Williams (Norw) 13.09. SP: 1 D Cartwright (Bir) 17.62; 2 S Hadjiconstanti (E&H) 15.63; 3 L Rowley (Roth) 15.31; 4 H Fairclough (York) 14.36; 5 A McLoone (Shett) 13.45; 6 O Hussey (Dartf) 13.16U15: 60: 1 C McKay (Col H) 7.32; 2 J Etia (Hallam) 7.35; 3 N Price (W&B) 7.37; 4 K Milton (Brack) 7.55; 5 R Kuypers (M&M) 7.58; 6 K Walton (Shild) 7.60; 7 O Lambert (R&N) 7.65; 8 A Cross (C&C) 7.70. SF1: 1 C McKay (Col H) 7.26; 2 R Kuypers (M&M) 7.56; 3 K Milton (Brack) 7.57; 4 O Lambert (R&N) 7.58; 5 T Sanni (Leeds C) 7.68. SF2: 1 N Price (W&B) 7.45; 2 J Etia (Hallam) 7.45; 3 K Walton (Shild) 7.60; 4 A Cross (C&C) 7.65. Ht1: 1 N Price (W&B) 7.46; 2 K Hodson (Hale) 7.69. Ht2: 1 C McKay (Col H) 7.32; 2 K Walton (Shild) 7.64; 3 O Lambert (R&N) 7.65. Ht3: 1 K Milton (Brack) 7.65; 2 M Miller (Herne H) 7.68. Ht4: 2 R Kuypers (M&M) 7.50; 1 J Etia (Hallam) 7.55; 3 A Cross (C&C) 7.65. 200: 1 T Casson (Poole) 23.61; 2 T Baines (Warr) 23.64; 3 O Lambert (R&N) 24.02; 4 D Jenkins (Scun) 24.05. Ht1: 1 T Casson (Poole) 23.68; 2 D Jenkins (Scun) 24.07.Ht2: 1 T Baines (Warr) 23.87; 2 O Lambert (R&N) 24.37. 300: 1 B Griffin (Brec) 37.54; 2 J Pearson (B&R) 37.80; 3 T Casson (Poole) 37.96; 4 D Jenkins (Scun) 38.15. 800: 1 H Cowie (B&B) 2:08.77; 2 J Birtles (H&F) 2:09.64. 60H: 1 J Sumners (Strat) 8.59; 2 I Milham (M&M) 8.64; 3 J Connelly (Carl) 8.67; 4 J Halpin (Gate) 8.84; 5 J McFarlane (Arb) 8.88; 6 K Johnson (NEB) 8.95. Ht1: 1 J Sumners (Strat) 8.70; 2 J Halpin (Gate) 8.81; 3 J McFarlane (Arb) 9.02; 4 O Cresswell (Strat) 9.04. Ht2: 1 I Milham (M&M) 8.83; 2 J Connelly (Carl) 8.84; 3 K Johnson (NEB) 9.24. HJ: 1 A El-Amrani (Hallam) 1.75; 2 J Halpin (Gate) 1.75; 3 O Cresswell (Strat) 1.70; 4 F Castledine (Bed C) 1.70; 5 J McFarlane (Arb) 1.70; 6 J Boyle (Chelm) 1.70. PV: 1 F Johnson (Bed C) 4.00; 2 B Saunders (Lewes) 3.50; 3 L Herzog (C’ley) 3.50; 4 J Harris (Lewes) 3.10; 5 I Hosgood (Swan) 3.00. LJ:1 W Adeyeye (Thurr) 6.08; 2 J McFarlane (Arb) 5.98; 3 C Orange (Leeds C) 5.96; 4 J Halpin (Gate) 5.87; 5 S Gallagher (W’moss) 5.82; 6 Z Elliott (Bir) 5.77. SP: 1 W Adeyeye (Thurr) 14.66; 2 S Mace (Walton) 12.83U20 women: 60: 1 D Neita (SB) 7.32; 2 S Malone (Dees) 7.47; 3 K Edwards (Sheff) 7.49; 4= F Agyapong (NEB) 7.56; 4= H Brier (Swan) 7.56; 6 T Brade (TVH) 7.59; 7 C Paterson (KuH) 7.59; 8 S Lacey (IRL) 7.68. SF1: 1 D Neita (SB) 7.33; 2 H Brier (Swan) 7.53; 3 T Brade (TVH) 7.58; 4 S Lacey (IRL) 7.60; 5 J Cherry (VPCG) 7.75; 6 R Bell (Clee) 7.77; 7 A Short (B&H) 7.83; 8 P Fairclough (SB) 8.06. SF2: 1 K Edwards (Sheff) 7.51; 2 S Malone (Dees) 7.53; 3 F Agyapong (NEB) 7.57; 4 C Paterson (KuH) 7.60; 5 C Jones (Bir) 7.69; 6 S Yorke (Chelt) 7.71; 7 D Kuypers (M&M) 7.86; 8 Z Nash (B’end) 7.95. Ht1: 1 S Malone (Dees) 7.46; 2 T Brade (TVH) 7.58; 3 S Yorke (Chelt) 7.72; 4 R Bell (Clee) 7.73; 5 D Kuypers (M&M) 7.77; 6 L Johnson (Norw) 7.88. Ht2: 1 K Edwards (Sheff) 7.52; 2 C Paterson (KuH) 7.63; 3 S Lacey (IRL) 7.67; 4 S Addison (Gate) 7.97; 5 E Marriott (Mil K) 8.01; 6 E Rawson (Sheff) 8.06; 7 L Turner (Gate) 8.08. Ht3: 1 H Brier (Swan) 7.56; 2 P Fairclough (SB) 7.65; 3 C Jones (Bir)

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Molly Scott: winning the under-17 60m hurdles


7.69; 4 Z Nash (B’end) 7.85; 5 I Levy (B&H) 8.00; 6 S Ager (R&N) 8.04. Ht4: 1 D Neita (SB) 7.35; 2 F Agyapong (NEB) 7.63; 3 J Cherry (VPCG) 7.74; 4 A Short (B&H) 7.87; 5 M Caldbeck (IRL) 7.97; 6 E Staley (Stock H) 8.03; 7 J Salter (M&M) 8.07. 200: 1 K Edwards (Sheff) 24.14; 2 F Agyapong (NEB) 24.30; 3 E Barrett (C’field) 24.49; 4 M Roberts (Card) 24.55. SF1: 1 F Agyapong (NEB) 24.43; 2 E Barrett (C’field) 24.46; 3 H Brier (Swan) 24.69; 4 Z Nash (B’end) 25.49. SF2: 1 K Edwards (Sheff) 24.28; 2 M Roberts (Card) 24.41; 3 R McGuckian (Lisb) 25.38. Ht1: 1 M Roberts (Card) 24.83; 2 R McGuckian (Lisb) 25.39. Ht2: 1 F Agyapong (NEB) 24.70; 2 E Barrett (C’field) 24.84. Ht3: 1 K Edwards (Sheff) 24.75; 2 C Reid (Manx) 25.45. Ht4: 1 H Brier (Swan) 25.22. 400: 1 L Nielsen (E&H) 53.39; 2 L Nielsen (E&H) 54.48; 3 C Reid (Manx) 54.86; 4 K Stewart (A’deen) 56.16; 5 C Walker (York) 57.28; 6 N Kendall (K&P) 57.65. Ht1: 1 L Nielsen (E&H) 56.36; 2 C Reid (Manx) 56.87; 3 N Kendall (K&P) 57.36; 4 A Jaramazovic (And) 57.61. Ht2: 1 L Nielsen (E&H) 55.73; 2 K Stewart (A’deen) 56.31; 3 C Walker (York) 56.78; 4 M Hughes (Have) 57.96. 800: 1 C McAulay (Warr) 2:10.15; 2 M Hendry (VPCG) 2:10.87; 3 C Cayton-Smith (Corn) 2:12.29; 4 R Croft (WSEH) 2:14.44; 5 H Parker (C&C) 2:15.92. Ht1: 1 S Mansfield (Phoe) 2:14.28; 2 C Cayton-Smith (Corn) 2:14.87; 3 R Croft (WSEH) 2:15.44; 4 H Cameron (Edin) 2:16.69; 5 A Clark (WG&EL) 2:18.41. Ht2: 1 M Hendry (VPCG) 2:12.70; 2 H Parker (C&C) 2:13.27; 3 C McAulay (Warr) 2:13.67; 4 M Smith (Leic C) 2:18.76. 1500: 1 H Parker (C&C) 4:38.51; 2 A Pratt (Sale) 4:43.05; 3 C Thomas (Linc W) 4:43.81; 4 R Ward (Linc W) 4:49.99. 60H: 1 M Courtney (Chelt) 8.64; 2 H Sarti (G&G) 8.66; 3 O Montez-Brown (W Ches) 8.77; 4 M Barnett (R&N) 8.78; 5 C Walker (York) 9.12; 6 L Chappell (Donc) 9.17. Ht1: 1 Z Lucas (GAC) 8.90; 2 L Chappell (Donc) 9.23.Ht2: 1 M Courtney (Chelt) 8.69; 2 O Montez-Brown (W Ches) 8.80; 3 C Walker (York) 8.94; 4 S Yorke (Chelt) 9.02; 5 G Parris (Nun) 9.25. Ht3: 1 A Barrett (C’field) 8.63; 2 H Sarti (G&G) 8.73; 3 M Barnett (R&N) 8.84; 4 A Pask (Cov) 9.11; 5 L Connor (Lewes) 9.29. HJ: 1 L Armorgie (Herts P) 1.69; 2 G Parris (Nun) 1.69; 3= L Chappell (Donc) 1.65; 3= E Widdop-Gray (TVH) 1.65. PV: 1 A Roberts (Dearne) 3.90; 2 A Gordon (Pit) 3.80; 3 G Pickles (Sale) 3.80; 4 F Hockey (BWF) 3.60; 5 M Gutteridge (Have) 3.50; 6 J Robbins (Notts) 3.50; 7 L Connor (Lewes) 3.40; 8 E Danson-Chappell (Sale) 3.30; 9 H Newell (BWF) 3.10; 10 D Langdale (Tel) 3.10. LJ: 1 E Wright (B&W) 6.03; 2 R Alexander (Giff N) 5.97; 3 S Fajemisin (Oxf C) 5.83; 4 O Montez-Brown (W Ches) 5.80; 5 N Harryman (Harl) 5.80; 6 E Wake (Bir) 5.78; 7 K Garland (B&H) 5.49; 8 B Crocker (Craw) 5.45; 9 A Pask (Cov) 5.40; 10 L Turner (Gate) 5.33; 11 E Hornsby (Nene V) 5.32. TJ: 1 K Davidson (B&B) 12.24; 2 L Stephenson (TVH) 12.11; 3 C Ogden (Stock H) 11.93; 4 Z Hughes (Wig D) 11.39; 5 C Harvey (Glas C) 10.92; 6 B Mortiboy (Notts) 10.87. SP: 1 A Nicoll (Bir) 14.36; 2 S Merritt (Soton) 12.92; 3 T Buckingham (Barns) 12.05; 4 E Ball (W Ches) 11.75; 5 M Obijiaku (Herne H) 11.68U17: 60: 1 C Neville (IRL) 7.56; 2 M Scott (IRL) 7.58; 3 G Akpe-Moses (Bir) 7.58; 4 K Chadwick (Sale) 7.58; 5 A Rees (Banc) 7.62; 6 S Skervin (Notts) 7.66; 7 E Carr (Mil K) 7.75; 8 V Chinedu (Camb H) 7.81. SF1: 1 C Neville (IRL) 7.57; 2 K Chadwick (Sale) 7.64; 3 V Chinedu (Camb H) 7.73; 4 L Hoad (Sutt) 7.73; 5 A Reynolds

(Card) 7.80; 6 K Stewart-Morrison (Bir) 7.82; 7 M Cienciala (B&B) 7.98; 8 O Hunter (Poole) 7.99. SF2: 1 S Skervin (Notts) 7.57; 2 G Akpe-Moses (Bir) 7.60; 3 E Carr (Mil K) 7.73; 4 P Johnson (B&B) 7.79; 5 J Oliarnyk (Hale) 7.83; 6 S Cunningham (E’bne) 7.85; 7 N Alfred (Herne H) 7.95; 8 R Walker (E Ches) 7.99. SF3: 1 M Scott (IRL) 7.61; 2 A Rees (Banc) 7.66; 3 B Harris (Sheff) 7.81; 4 K Awuah (Herne H) 7.85; 5 A Hall (Read) 7.92; 6 Y Westwood (Yate) 7.95; 7 E Coope (Amber) 7.96; 8 M Jenks (Hale) 7.97. Ht1: 1 L Hoad (Sutt) 7.75; 2 J Oliarnyk (Hale) 7.88; 3 C O’Reilly (Col H) 8.06; 4 N Okologume (Sutt) 8.06; 5 T Richards (WSEH) 8.19; 6 A Dungworth (Blyth) 8.20. Ht2: 1 K Awuah (Herne H) 7.82; 2 A Reynolds (Card) 7.83; 3 V Chinedu (Camb H) 7.83; 4 E Coope (Amber) 7.91; 5 A Chadbond (Bolt) 7.99; 6 J Moss (Dur) 8.15. Ht3: 1 G Akpe-Moses (Bir) 7.64; 2 K Stewart-Morrison (Bir) 7.85; 3 O Hunter (Poole) 7.95; 4 C Sampson (Wake) 7.95; 5 S Fisher (Holl S) 8.18. Ht4: 1 K Chadwick (Sale) 7.73; 2 B Harris (Sheff) 7.79; 3 L Gleeson (IRL) 8.01; 4 I Bryant (Soton) 8.05; 5 Z Mattacks (Bath) 8.16. Ht5: 1 E Carr (Mil K) 7.76; 2 S Cunningham (E’bne) 7.92; 3 R Walker (E Ches) 7.94; 4 S Haigh (Chich) 7.98; 5 C Tobin (IRL) 8.05; 6 L Bell (Darl) 8.18. Ht6: 1 S Skervin (Notts) 7.67; 2 P Johnson (B&B) 7.79; 3 M Colbeck (Donc) 8.02; 4 B Robinson (TVH) 8.11. Ht7: 1 M Scott (IRL) 7.65; 2 A Hall (Read) 7.89; 3 K Buchanan (Notts) 7.97; 4 R Oderinde (Mil K) 8.14; 5 S Henlon (Sutt) 8.16; 6 H Ashton (Scun) 8.18. Ht8: 1 A Rees (Banc) 7.65; 2 M Cienciala (B&B) 7.93; 3 M Jenks (Hale) 7.94; 4 G Craft (Hallam) 8.20. Ht9: 1 C Neville (IRL) 7.60; 2 Y Westwood (Yate) 7.90; 3 N Alfred (Herne H) 7.91; 4 C Hodges (Mil K) 8.09; 5 A Benson (KuH) 8.12; 6 L Bonis (BWF) 8.20. 200: 1 G Akpe-Moses (Bir) 24.29; 2 A Rees (Banc) 24.53; 3 A Reynolds (Card) 24.76; 4 S Skervin (Notts) 25.01; 5 L Hoad (Sutt) 25.19. SF1: 1 G Akpe-Moses (Bir) 24.62; 2 S Skervin (Notts) 24.85; 3

Y Westwood (Yate) 25.75. SF2: 1 A Reynolds (Card) 24.85; 2 E Carr (Mil K) 24.95; 3 J Oliarnyk (Hale) 25.76; 4 E Strickland (Scun) 25.91. SF3: 1 A Rees (Banc) 24.62; 2 L Hoad (Sutt) 24.87; 3 K Chadwick (Sale) 24.97; 4 B Harris (Sheff) 25.62. Ht1: 1 Y Westwood (Yate) 25.48; 2 B Harris (Sheff) 25.50. Ht2: 1 L Hoad (Sutt) 25.22; 2 J Oliarnyk (Hale) 25.49. Ht3: 1 G Akpe-Moses (Bir) 24.79; 2 K Chadwick (Sale) 25.58. Ht4: 1 E Carr (Mil K) 25.35. Ht5: 1 S Skervin (Notts) 25.43; 2 K Buchanan (Notts) 25.90; 3 H Malpass (C&S) 25.91. Ht6: 1 A Rees (Banc) 25.12; 2 E Strickland (Scun) 25.79; 3 S Mills (Donc) 25.89. Ht7: 1 A Reynolds (Card) 25.03. 300: 1 A Greenwood (Spen) 40.06; 2 M Davies (C&S) 40.37; 3 H Cooper (Saffron) 40.53; 4 E Hack (St Alb) 41.49; 5 P Fenwick (Brack) 41.70; 6 E Williams (Cwmb) 41.88. Ht1: 1 A Greenwood (Spen) 40.42; 2 H Cooper (Saffron) 40.72. Ht2: 1 E Williams (Cwmb) 40.93; 2 E Hack (St Alb) 41.14. Ht3: 1 M Davies (C&S) 41.02; 2 P Fenwick (Brack) 41.24. 800: 1 I Boffey (E&H) 2:12.53; 2 I Parry-Jones (Cwmb) 2:14.91; 3 K Simpson (Hale) 2:15.20; 4 E Alderson (S’port W) 2:15.65; 5 L Mullin (Charn) 2:16.74. Ht1: 1 I Boffey (E&H) 2:16.93; 2 K McDonald (B&B) 2:19.42. Ht2: 1 K Simpson (Hale) 2:16.11; 2 H Bankes (Stroud) 2:16.55; 3 L Mullin (Charn) 2:16.76; 4 C Robertson (SSH) 2:18.32. Ht3: 1 I Parry-Jones (Cwmb) 2:17.25; 2 E Alderson (S’port W) 2:18.28; 3 E Bond (Inv EK) 2:18.31. 1500: 1 K McDonald (B&B) 4:42.16; 2 E Simpson (Sheff) 4:44.01; 3 E Robinson (Keigh) 4:47.51. 60H: 1 M Scott (IRL) 8.51; 2 H Williamson (Shrews) 8.62; 3 I Hilditch (B&B) 8.64; 4 C Neville (IRL) 8.65; 5 H Mills (And) 8.66; 6 F Marriott (C&C) 8.84; 7 M Angland (B’burn) 8.95. SF1: 1 H Williamson (Shrews) 8.73; 2 C Neville (IRL) 8.77; 3 C Deely (IRL) 9.02; 4 C Tobin (IRL) 9.06; 5 L Evans (Card) 9.07; 6 R Gray (Corn) 9.24; 7 A Linaker (York) 9.25. SF2: 1 M Scott (IRL) 8.60; 2 I Hilditch (B&B) 8.73; 3 M Angland (B’burn) 8.86; 4 E Bilsland (WSEH)

8.91; 5 C Perkins (W&B) 9.20; 6 A Griffiths (Leic C) 9.31; 7 S Channer (Bir) 9.37. SF3: 1 H Mills (And) 8.70; 2 F Marriott (C&C) 8.82; 3 C Esegbona (Stoke) 8.85; 4 I Wakefield (N Dev) 8.86; 5 I Menzies (Giff N) 9.06; 6 M McHugh (Sale) 9.16; 7 G Bower (Sale) 9.31. Ht1: 1 H Mills (And) 8.79; 2 C Esegbona (Stoke) 8.89; 3 A Griffiths (Leic C) 9.22; 4 Z Mattacks (Bath) 9.25; 5 G Hollis-Lawrence (Sheff) 9.30; 6 M Colbeck (Donc) 9.35. Ht2: 1 C Tobin (IRL) 8.84; 2 E Bilsland (WSEH) 8.86; 3 I Menzies (Giff N) 8.96. Ht3: 1 I Wakefield (N Dev) 8.79; 2 M Angland (B’burn) 9.00; 3 S Channer (Bir) 9.18; 4 A Byles (Oxf C) 9.31. Ht4: 1 C Neville (IRL) 8.82; 2 F Marriott (C&C) 8.86; 3 G Bower (Sale) 9.30; 4 I Care (Gate) 9.31. Ht5: 1 I Hilditch (B&B) 8.79; 2 C Perkins (W&B) 9.18; 3 A Linaker (York) 9.20; 4 R Gray (Corn) 9.28; 5 C Burns (Stoke) 9.43. Ht6: 1 H Williamson (Shrews) 8.69; 2 C Deely (IRL) 9.05; 3 M McHugh (Sale) 9.05; 4 J O’Dowda (Oxf C) 9.06; 5 L Bell (Moray) 9.40. Ht7: 1 M Scott (IRL) 8.70; 2 L Evans (Card) 9.15; 3 O Hunter (Poole) 9.21; 4 B Wood (R&N) 9.28; 5 A Semark (Herts P) 9.35. HJ: 1 A Chigbo (N Som) 1.78; 2 A Ward (Wake) 1.75; 3 S Lecky (IRL) 1.75; 4 G Mee (High) 1.68; 5= H Tapley (Worc) 1.64; 5= L Evans (Card) 1.64; 5= G Bower (Sale) 1.64; 8 R Hawkins (Bexley) 1.64; 9 A Durrant (M&M) 1.64; 10= J O’Dowda (Oxf C) 1.60; 10= E McNicol (Law) 1.60; 10= N Smith (Stroud) 1.60; 10= E Walker (Sheff) 1.60; 14 H McGarry (Seat) 1.60. PV: 1 J Robinson (WSEH) 3.70; 2 J Swannack (Prest) 3.60; 3 R Gray (Corn) 3.60; 4= S Emmett (Sutt) 3.50; 4= M Caudery (Corn) 3.50; 6 S Dowson (Harrow) 3.50; 7 I Deacon (Brack) 3.40; 8 C Jones (Carm) 3.30; 9 T Campbell (Craw) 3.20; 10 G Everson (G&G) 3.20; 11 A Eichelmann (Woking) 3.20; 12 A Williams (Sale) 3.20; 13 M Sketchley (Sutt) 3.10; 14 F Llewellyn (B’end) 3.10; 15 A McGuckian (Prest) 3.00; 16 S Fung (Harrow) 2.90; 17 M Hemsley (Lewes) 2.70. LJ: 1 H Mills (And) 6.02; 2 L Hadaway (York) 5.90; 3 E Broome (R&N) 5.83; 4 N Emerson (Amber) 5.58; 5 L Gleeson (IRL) 5.47; 6 A Hopkins (Rad) 5.44; 7 S Lecky (IRL) 5.39; 8 J Oliarnyk (Hale) 5.30; 9 J Robinson-Pascal (B&B) 5.23; 10 A Chigbo (N Som) 5.18; 11 M Colbeck (Donc) 5.18; 12 C Jones (Der) 5.16. TJ: 1 K Rowe (Amber) 11.67; 2 M Carey (IRL, SEN) 11.55; 3 A Omitowoju (C&C) 11.38; 4 G Sullivan (Ashf) 11.31; 5 C Jones (Der) 11.18; 6 M Mazza (E&H) 11.09; 7 Z Enechi (Sale) 10.89; 8 I Wynn (Harrow) 10.86; 9 H Chilokoa Mullen (Leeds C) 10.77; 10 A Inglis (Glas Sc Sp) 10.69; 11 S Haldane (Giff N) 10.67; 12 C Harding (Leic C) 10.61; 13 S Decker (Stock H) 10.58; 14 R Reynolds (K&P) 10.50; 15 T Orelaja (B&B) 10.49; 16 A Taylor (Glas Sc Sp) 10.41U15: 60: 1 J Ogunleye (C&T) 7.7; 2 A Hunt (GAC) 7.9; 3 A Ellis (E&H) 8.1; 4 P Mukendi (Gate) 8.1; 5 C Pemberton (Bir) 8.1; 6 R Bennett (Shild) 8.1; 7 L Walker (Bir) 8.3. SF1:1 P Mukendi (Gate) 7.79; 2 C Pemberton (Bir) 7.91; 3 H Kynman (KuH) 8.04; 4 A White (Chich) 8.07; 5 I Oliarnyk (Hale) 8.20; 6 O Adamson (Herne H) 8.21; 7 L Ashmeade (Wake) 8.25; 8 L Duncan (Brain, U13) 8.28. SF2: 1 J Ogunleye (C&T) 7.79; 2 L Walker (Bir) 7.89; 3 A Hunt (GAC) 7.89; 4 L Owusu-Junior (Sutt) 7.92; 5 R Sheffield (Burt) 8.12; 6 K Print (R&N) 8.23; 7 K Daniel (Nun) 8.25. SF3: 1 A Ellis (E&H) 7.97; 2 R Bennett (Shild) 7.98; 3 E Booker (Roth) 7.98; 4 E Yeboah (TVH) 7.99; 5 L Greig (Kil’k) 8.02; 6 R Rodgers (Sheff) 8.16; 7 F Ventour

(Sheff) 8.21. Ht1: 1 H Kynman (KuH) 8.00; 2 A Ellis (E&H) 8.04; 3 R Sheffield (Burt) 8.18; 4 R Rodgers (Sheff) 8.19. Ht2: 1 E Booker (Roth) 7.96; 2 L Walker (Bir) 8.09; 3 E Yeboah (TVH) 8.09; 4 L Duncan (Brain, U13) 8.21. Ht3: 1 C Pemberton (Bir) 8.00; 2 L Greig (Kil’k) 8.05; 3 I Oliarnyk (Hale) 8.18; 4 K Print (R&N) 8.19. Ht4: 1 R Bennett (Shild) 7.96; 2 A Hunt (GAC) 7.99; 3 F Ventour (Sheff) 8.14; 4 E Wansell (HAWC) 8.23. Ht5: 1 L Owusu-Junior (Sutt) 7.98; 2 S Sowole (Ashf) 8.28. Ht6: 1 J Ogunleye (C&T) 7.93; 2 A White (Chich) 8.24; 3 K Daniel (Nun) 8.25; 4 A Tivey (Notts) 8.30. Ht7: 1 P Mukendi (Gate) 7.90; 2 O Adamson (Herne H) 8.20; 3 L Ashmeade (Wake) 8.21; 4 I Hornung (Reig) 8.30. 200: 1 J Ogunleye (C&T) 25.12; 2 A Anning (B&H) 25.27; 3 E Booker (Roth) 25.46; 4 G Fakande (Cwmb) 25.55; 5 L Greig (Kil’k) 25.94. SF1: 1 A Anning (B&H) 25.18; 2 E Booker (Roth) 25.67; 3 L Greig (Kil’k) 25.79. SF2: 1 J Ogunleye (C&T) 25.44; 2 G Fakande (Cwmb) 25.74; 3 R Rodgers (Sheff) 26.12; 4 C Pemberton (Bir) 26.14. Ht1: 1 J Ogunleye (C&T) 25.62. Ht2: 1 G Fakande (Cwmb) 25.64; 2 A Hunt (GAC) 25.64. Ht3: 1 A Anning (B&H) 25.23; 2 E Booker (Roth) 25.59; 3 H Kynman (KuH) 26.01. Ht4: 1 L Greig (Kil’k) 25.91; 2 R Rodgers (Sheff) 26.15. 800: 1 T Simpson (Hallam) 2:09.11; 2 A Shaw (G&G) 2:13.32; 3 O Vareille (Falk) 2:14.66; 4 K O’Connor (Newry) 2:17.61; 5 E Wilkinson (Sheff) 2:20.40. 60H: 1 M Sims (E&H) 8.99; 2 A Hornbuckle (E&H) 8.99; 3 A Pye (C&S) 9.00; 4 E Jackson (Sale) 9.22; 5 E Race (Works) 9.54; 6 V Morgan (KuH) 9.57; 7 S Parker (N Som) 9.62; 8 J Henry (VPCG) 9.71. SF1: 1 A Hornbuckle (E&H) 8.92; 2 S Parker (N Som) 9.49; 3 C Hetherington (Herts P) 9.50; 4 L Beales (Gate) 9.50. SF2: 1 M Sims (E&H) 9.04; 2 J Henry (VPCG) 9.14; 3 V Morgan (KuH) 9.34; 4 I Breeden (Card) 9.42; 5 S Harris (Erme) 9.64; 6 G Clarke (Leam) 9.76. SF3: 1 A Pye (C&S) 9.11; 2 E Jackson (Sale) 9.26; 3 E Race (Works) 9.41; 4 R Sheffield (Burt) 9.42; 5 C Forman (Chelm) 9.66; 6 H Davies (Swan) 9.69.Ht1: 1 L Beales (Gate) 9.37; 2 E Scarborough (Gate) 9.69; 3 J Clark (M’bro) 9.71; 4 T Buckley (H’gate) 9.78. Ht2: 1 S Parker (N Som) 9.42; 2 I Breeden (Card) 9.51; 3 G Morgan (Card Arch) 9.72. Ht3: 1 E Jackson (Sale) 9.30; 2 R Sheffield (Burt) 9.42; 3 G Clarke (Leam) 9.74. Ht4: 1 J Henry (VPCG) 9.36; 2 C Hetherington (Herts P) 9.53; 3 M Tipping (W Ches) 9.69. Ht5: 1 M Sims (E&H) 9.10; 2 O Brennan (WSEH) 9.75. Ht6: 1 A Pye (C&S) 9.12; 2 H Davies (Swan) 9.48; 3 C Forman (Chelm) 9.53; 4 S Harris (Erme) 9.71. Ht7: 1 A Hornbuckle (E&H) 9.06; 2 V Morgan (KuH) 9.40; 3 E Race (Works) 9.40; 4 R Southcott (Leeds C) 9.67; 5 G Newson (Have) 9.78. HJ: 1 A West (M&M) 1.62; 2 E Bakare (N Som) 1.59; 3= R Southcott (Leeds C) 1.55; 3= A Bailey (SSH) 1.55; 5= J Oni (M&M) 1.55; 5= P Harland (Bir) 1.55; 5= N Morris (Bing) 1.55. PV: 1 J Spencer-Smith (Harrow) 3.20; 2 M Waters (Sale) 3.00; 3 F Fitchett (Lewes) 2.90; 4 N Purchas (Craw) 2.90; 5 M Hodgson (Card) 2.90; 6 C Walder (N Som) 2.90; 7 G Duthie (Sutt) 2.90; 8= L Hill (C’field) 2.50; 8= E Thomas (Bexley) 2.50. LJ: 1 P Earley (K&P) 5.55; 2 O Adamson (Herne H) 5.45; 3 A Bailey (SSH) 5.38; 4 C Forman (Chelm) 5.31; 5 K O’Connor (Newry) 5.27; 6 G Preston (Liv H) 5.19; 7 E Jarad (Stock H) 5.03; 8 G Plater (Leeds C) 5.02; 9 I Oliarnyk (Hale) 4.98; 10 K Waterworth (Stock H) 4.96; 11 K Harris (B&B) 4.94; 12 B Murray (Stock H) 4.92


Indoor (England U20 Championships)Results

Katy-Ann McDonald wins the under-17 women’s 1500m



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MARCH 1SWANSEA OPEN, SwanseaU20 men: 60: 1 M Wilson (Swan) 7.2. HJ: 1 M Keller-Jenkins (Swan) 1.93; 2 T Wyburn (P’broke) 1.90U17: 60: 1 K Saidykhan (Card) 7.1; 2 D Parry (B’end) 7.5. PV: 1 J Hawkins (Card) 3.40U20 women: 60H: 1 J Beynon (Card Arch) 9.4U17: TJ: 1 L Davey (Carm) 10.50

VETERANS INTER-AREA MATCH, Lee ValleySOUTHERN COUNTIES veterans dominated both men’s and women’s matches in an arena where the British championships will take place this weekend, Martin Duff reports.

They were led by the long-serving Dave Wilcock, who won the two M60 middle-distance events in 2:21.54 and 4:45.11.

Southern Counties were able to succeed by sheer weight of numbers, putting athletes in most events.

John Tilt took the M50 800m for them in 2:09.77, while M70 Vic Novell won the M70 60m in 8.73. The South also had the outstanding walker as M50 Francisco Reis dropped down to the M35 age section to win the 2km walk in 9:00.79.

In the field, the South also had M65 Neil Griffin take the M60 shot with 11.56m. Their women also chipped in as Viv Bonner won the W60 60m in 9.10. W45 Julie Briggs was another to drop down an age group when winning the W35 3000m in 10:16.29.

The outstanding athlete of the day was Eastern Vets’ Carole Filer, who won the three W50 jumps: the long jump with 4.63m, high jump with 1.35m and triple with 8.11m. Filer also took second in the 60m hurdles to Midland Masters’ Jane Horder’s 10.05. The East also had Jemma Eastwood win the W35 pole vault with 3.30m.

Horder also won the 400m in 70.4, while her Midland team-mate Angie Copson dropped down to win the W60 3000m easily in 11:57.26.

With electric timing, dead heats are a rarity but Vets AC’s W65 Ros Tabor and rival Copson managed the feat in the W60 800m with both women being given 2:51.92.

Last year in the same event they were separated by three hundreths of a second though Tabor got the better of her older rival in the European Masters Championships in Izmir.

They will battle again at Lee Valley this weekend.

Northern Vets’ Caroline Marler took the W60 400m in 73.28 and their Mark Johnson won the M50 pole vault with 4.40m.

Virgin London Marathon M50 champion Ben Reynolds honed his speed with a 9:34.51 victory for Vets AC in the M50 3000m race.

Midland Masters finished third overall and had a series of classy victories in the men’s section. Greg Dunson won the M50 high jump with 1.70m, while Michael Gardiner added the M35 400m with 52.24. David Oxland had a couple of minor placings to go with his M60 3000m victory in 10:39.89.

Welsh Veterans sent only a small team but their Jo-Anne Frost won the W35 long jump with 5.34m.Men: Match: 1 SCVAC 305; 2 East V 263; 3 Mid M 233; 4 VAC 222; 5 North V 133; Welsh M 105; 7 SWV 72; 8 NI M 61M35: 60: 1 J Wood (SCVAC, M40) 7.09; 2 S Herbert (EVAC, M40) 7.31; 5

C Burgess (NVAC, M40) 7.73. 200: 2 S Herbert (EVAC, M40) 24.05; 4 M White (VAC, M45) 25.42. 400: 1 M Gardiner (MMAC, M45) 52.24; 4 S Herbert (EVAC, M40) 55.17; 5 M White (VAC, M45) 56.52; 6 L Golding (NVAC, M45) 56.85. 800: 1 C Sharp (SCVAC, M40) 2:06.97. 1500: 1 A Glover (NIMAA, M40) 4:16.24; 2 A Haines (SCVAC, M45) 4:27.65; 3 C Scoltock (MMAC, M45) 4:33.41; 4 T Tuohy (Vets, M50) 4:38.38. 3000: 2 Tuohy 9:52.05. 5 S Rashid (NVAC, M50) 9:59.53. 60H: 1 A Lombaard (VAC, M40) 9.41. HJ: 1 A Lombaard (VAC, M40) 1.78. PV: 1 J Andrews (SCVAC, M50) 3.70; 1 D Gordon (WMAA, M45) 3.70; 3 S Eastwood (EVAC, M45) 3.20.LJ: 1 A Lewis (SCVAC, M45) 6.07; 2 D Davenport (MMAC, M40) 5.52; 3 P Harrison (EVAC, M45) 5.06. TJ: 1 K Newton (SCVAC, M45) 11.58; 2 D Davenport (MMAC, M40) 11.54; 3 P Harrison (EVAC, M45) 11.08. SP: 1 M Wiseman (SCVAC, M45) 13.73; 2 J Twiddle (NVAC, M45) 11.91M50: 60: 1 B Lewis (VAC) 7.63; 2 R Huskisson (EVAC, M55) 7.76; 3 J Wright (NVAC, M55) 7.81; 4 J Statham (MMAC) 7.87; 5 D Kemp (SCVAC) 8.19. 200: 1 R Huskisson (EVAC, M55) 25.50; 2 J Wright (NVAC, M55) 25.59; 3 P Crossan (NIMAA) 25.81; 4 B Lewis (SCVAC) 26.02; 5 P Ttereve (MMAC) 26.60; 6 R Wheeler (SWVAC) 26.78. 400: 1 B Lewis (SCVAC) 58.27; 2 P Crossan (NIMAA) 58.72; 3 P Bevan (WMAA, M55) 60.04; 7 P Mountain (SWVAC, M55) 62.85. 800: 1 J Tilt (SCVAC) 2:09.77; 2 G Ironmonger (VAC) 2:15.86; 3 B Davis (WMAA) 2:16.40; 4 C Ireland (NVAC) 2:18.16; 5 R Parkin (MMAC) 2:18.30; 6 J Metcalf (EVAC, M55) 2:19.14; 7 P Mountain (SWVAC, M55) 2:23.44.1500: 1 M Tuff (EVAC) 4:32.56; 2 L Mangelshot (SCVAC) 4:32.62; 3 C Ireland (NVAC) 4:40.14; 5 P Mountain (SWVAC, M55) 4:58.45. 3000: 1 B Reynolds (VAC) 9:34.51; 2 C Ridley (EVAC) 9:44.52; 3 B Hussain (NVAC) 10:11.92. 60H: 1 G Dunson (MMAC) 9.13; 2 A Leiper (SCVAC) 9.65. HJ: 1 G Dunson (MMAC) 1.70; 2 R Phelan (EVAC) 1.53; 3 A Leiper (SCVAC) 1.50. PV: 1 M Johnson (NVAC) 4.40; 2 D Blunt (VAC, M60) 3.20; 3 R Phelan (EVAC) 3.10; 4 T Selway (MMAC) 2.80. LJ: 1 V Taylor (SWVAC) 5.10; 2 A Earle (MMAC, M55) 4.67. TJ: 1 J Gittens (NVAC) 11.02; 2 A Earle (MMAC, M55) 10.34; 5 D Blunt (VAC, M60) 9.03. SP: 1 A Leiper (SCVAC) 12.72; 2 A Turner (WMAA) 12.18; 3 K Seldon (VAC, M55) 9.58M60: 60: 1 W Franklyn (SCVAC) 8.22; 2 P Willcox (EVAC) 9.00; 3 A Long (VAC, M70) 9.00. 200: 1 R Watkins (SCVAC) 26.77; 2 I Broadhurst (WMAA) 27.95. 400: 1 R Watkins (SCVAC) 59.38; 2 I Broadhurst (WMAA) 60.23; 3 I Reeve (EVAC) 64.92. 800: 1 D Wilcock

(SCVAC) 2:21.84; 2 K Archer (SWVAC) 2:23.17; 3 D Oxland (MMAC) 2:25.18; 4 E Connolly (VAC, M65) 2:31.48. 1500: 1 D Wilcock (SCVAC) 4:45.11; 2 K Archer (SWVAC) 4:45.58; 3 D Oxland (MMAC) 5:00.01; 4 J Skelton (EVAC) 5:04.83; 5 P Kennedy (VAC) 5:13.56; 6 B Morris (NIMAA, M65) 5:26.10. 3000: 1 D Oxland (MMAC) 10:39.89; 2 J Skelton (EVAC) 10:42.83; 3 S Thorp (SCVAC) 11:08.67; 4 M Mann (VAC, M65) 11:13.99. HJ: 1 I Reeve (EVAC) 1.40. LJ: 1 I Reeve (EVAC) 4.39. SP: 1 N Griffin (SCVAC, M65) 11.56; 2 T Richards (VAC, M65) 10.78M70: 60: 1 V Novell (SCVAC) 8.73; 2 I Foster (EVAC) 8.88; 3 C Isetts (VAC) 9.31; 4 M James (WMAA) 9.67; 5 T Crocker (MMAC, M75) 9.92. 800: 1 J Batchelor (SCVAC) 2:45.13. 3000: 1 P Giles (VAC) 11:58.17; 2 J Batchelor (SCVAC) 12:11.62. HJ: 1 T Crocker (MMAC, M75) 1.20; 1 A Cheers (WMAA) 1.20. LJ: 1 V Novell (SCVAC) 4.10; 2 A Cheers (WMAA) 3.88. SP: 1 R Jegou (MMAC) 10.62; 2 B Harlick (SCVAC) 8.96Combined (M&W): 1 SCV 547; 2 East V 485; 3 Mid M 444; 4 VAC 38.05; 5 Welsh M 293.5; 6 North V 141; 7 NI V 104; 8 SW V 72Women: MATCH: 1 SCV 242; 2 East V 222; 3 Mid M 211.5l 4 Weslh M 189; 5 VAC 159; 6 NI M 43; 7 North V 8W35: 60: 1 J Frost (WMAA) 8.09; 2 H Channon (VAC) 8.10; 3 P Owen (MMAC) 8.28; 4 K Miles (SCVAC, W40) 8.56; 6 Y Holmes (EVAC, W50) 9.61. 200: 1 M Thomas (WMAA, W40) 27.36. 400: 1 S Read-Cayton (VAC, W45) 63.44; 2 A Collins (SCVAC, W50) 65.50; 3 P Murray (WMAA, W45) 66.30; 4 L Lister (EVAC, W50) 69.49.800: 1 D Norman (SCVAC, W40) 2:22.60; 2 L Webb (VAC, W45) 2:27.77; 4 R Matthews (WMAA, W40) 2:30.74. 1500: 1 B Pritchett (VAC, W45) 4:54.68; 2 D Norman (SCVAC, W40) 5:00.84; 3 R Matthews (WMAA, W40) 5:11.95. 3000: 1 J Briggs (SCVAC, W45) 10:16.29; 2 J Locker (VAC) 10:21.28. 60H: 2 P Owen (MMAC) 9.53. PV: 1 J Eastwood (EVAC) 3.30; 2 A Murray (WMAA, W45) 2.60; 3 J Montgomery (SCVAC, W50) 2.50. LJ: 1 J Frost (WMAA) 5.34; 2 H Channon (VAC) 5.23; 3 D Norman (SCVAC, W40) 5.16; 4 S McGivern (EVAC) 4.94. TJ: 1 S McGivern (EVAC) 10.06; 2 A Wale (WMAA, W40) 9.24. SP: 1 C Parker (MMAC, W45) 12.06; 2 S Lawrence (EVAC, W40) 10.81; 3 L Heywood (WMAA, W45) 9.60; 4 S Hewitt (SCVAC, W40) 9.24W50: 60: 1 E Scott (SCVAC) 8.81; 2 M Brown (EVAC) 8.92; 3 L Willis (MMAC) 9.04; 4 M Garland (WMAA) 9.39; 5 C Shelley (VAC) 9.57. 200: 1 A Slatcher (EVAC) 29.23; 2 E Scott (SCVAC) 29.47; 3 L Willis (MMAC) 30.74. 400: 1 J Horder (MMAC, W55) 70.41; 4 L Parsons (VAC, W55) 73.46. 800: 1 K Brooks (MMAC, W55) 2:35.84; 2 C Anthony (EVAC) 2:36.96. 1500: 1 K Brooks (MMAC, W55) 5:09.01; 2 M McCarthy (EVAC) 5:21.79; 3 A Sanders-Reece (VAC, W55) 5:56.76. 3000: 1 S Tawney (MMAC, W55) 11:29.07; 2 C Anthony (EVAC) 11:31.44; 3 C Wood (SCVAC) 11:36.93; 4 A Garnier (VAC, W60) 11:52.37. 60H: 1 J Horder (MMAC, W55) 10.03; 2 C Filer (EVAC, W55) 10.20; 3 T Eades (SCVAC, W55) 11.88. HJ: 1 C Filer (EVAC, W55) 1.35; 2 M Garland (WMAA) 1.30. PV: 4 S Yeomans (SCVAC, W60) 2.80; 5 D Singleton (VAC, W55) 2.10; 6 C St. John-Coleman (WMAA) 1.80. LJ: 1 C Filer (EVAC, W55) 4.63; 2 M Garland (WMAA) 4.22; 3 L Willis (MMAC) 4.19; 4 T Eades (SCVAC, W55) 3.64. TJ: 1 C Filer (EVAC, W55) 8.11; 2 C St. John-Coleman (WMAA) 7.95. SP: 1 J Wilson (SCVAC)

9.67; 2 K Llewellin (WMAA) 9.31; 3 W Dunsford (EVAC) 8.00W60: 60: 1 V Bonner (SCVAC, W65) 9.10; 2 E McMahon (EVAC) 9.74; 3 S Hine (MMAC, W65) 9.90; 4 A Nelson (VAC) 10.22; 5 A Maguire (NIMAA, W65) 10.98. 200: 1 J Trimble (SCVAC) 31.03; 2 A Nelson (VAC) 34.36; 3 S Hine (MMAC, W65) 34.47. 400: 1 C Marler (NVAC) 73.29; 2 M West (SCVAC, W65) 75.97; 3 C Duncan (EVAC) 78.41; 4 A Copson (MMAC, W65) 78.76; 5 P Gallagher (WMAA, W65) 83.26. 800: eq1 A Copson (MMAC, W65)/R Tabor (VAC, W65) 2:51.92; 3 C Duncan (EVAC) 2:54.45; 4 P Gallagher (WMAA, W65) 3:18.27. 3000: 1 A Copson (MMAC, W65) 11:57.26; 2 R Tabor (VAC, W65) 12:30.17; 3 C Duncan (EVAC) 13:04.28. HJ: 1 S Hine (MMAC, W65) 1.05; 2 M West (SCVAC, W65) 1.00. LJ: 1 S Hine (MMAC, W65) 3.59; 2 M West (SCVAC, W65) 3.39. SP: 1 V Thompson (SCVAC) 9.83; 2 A Maguire (NIMAA, W65) 7.30; 3 R Prells (WMAA) 7.30; 4 S Stamp (EVAC) 6.23; 5 V Kirkland (MMAC, W65) 5.76W70: 60: 1 I Holder (WMAA) 10.71; 2 M Axtell (SCVAC) 10.98; 3 P Hill (EVAC) 11.84. LJ: 1 I Holder 3.18. SP: 1 L Sissons (SCVAC) 8.81; 2 P Hill (EVAC) 7.54

FEBRUARY 28SCOTTISH ATHLETICS WINTER WARMER HAMMER MEETING, LivingstonMen: HT: 1 C Bennett (SB) 73.00; 2 D Little (Glas C) 48.76U20: HT: 1 C Mullins (Moorf) 50.25U17: HT: 1 A Costello (Kilb) 48.97; 2 A Peck (Ayr S) 43.54; 3 R Gray (I’ness) 41.40U20 women: HT: 1 M Shepherd (Kilb) 34.58U17: HT: 1 H Fawcett (Kilb) 46.57U15: HT: 1 K Costello (Kilb, U13) 35.52; 2 K Hawke (Mont) 32.86; 3 E Clark (Edin) 29.35; 4 J Keisler (Law) 26.87; 5 H Berry (Law, U13) 25.29

FEBRUARY 22VAULT LONDON 2015, CarshaltonMixed events: PV: A: 1 B Greenhalgh (Wig D, U15W) 2.43; 3 E Thomas (Bexley, U15W) 2.43; 5 C Cubbage (Ports, W40) 2.33; 10 B Harlick (E&E, M70) 2.13; 12 W Cubbage (Ports, U13) 2.03; 16 S Dassie (E&E, W60) 1.63. B: 1 A Murray (HW, W45) 3.03; 1 E Breen (Herts P, U17W) 3.03; 3 E Martin (E&H, U17W) 3.03; 4 M Huggins (SNH, U20W) 3.03; 5 M Hemsley (Lewes, U17W) 3.03; 6 G Duthie (Sutt, U15W) 2.93; 7 F Fitchett (Lewes, U15W) 2.83; 9 N Purchas (Craw, U15W) 2.73; 11 L Warden (Bexley, U15W) 2.73; 12 C Cole (Craw, U17W) 2.73; 14 E Breen (Herts P, U15) 2.63; 16 T Eades (Dartf, W55) 2.43. C: 1 K Apps (Soton, U17) 3.43; 2 B Saunders (Lewes, U15) 3.43; 3 G Everson (G&G, U17W) 3.33; 4 C Dearden (Horsh BS, U17) 3.33; 5 J Breaker-Rolfe (SNH, U17) 3.33; 6 J Spencer-Smith (Harrow, U15W) 3.23; 7 C Billingham (Horsh BS, U20W) 3.23; 8 A Eichelmann (Woking, U17W) 3.23; 9 D Blunt (E&E, M60) 3.13; 10 J Harris (Lewes, U15) 3.13; 11 R Phelan (Hunts, M50) 3.13; 12 M Sketchley (Sutt, U17W) 3.03; 13 S Fung (Harrow, U17W) 2.83; 14 W Martin (Hast, M55) 2.83; 15 B Slaughter (E’bne, M55) 2.83. D: 1 M Fryer (D&T, U17) 3.73; 3 J Robinson (WSEH, U17W) 3.63; 4 S Dowson (Harrow, U17W) 3.53; 5 A Hardy (Ashf, U17) 3.53; 6 R Gray (Corn, U17W) 3.53; 7 S Emmett (Sutt, U17W) 3.53; 8 M Gutteridge (Have, U20W) 3.43; 9 L Taylor (Wig D, U17) 3.33; 9 T Campbell (Craw, U17W) 3.33; 9 L Connor (Lewes, U20W) 3.33; 12 C Moore (B&B, W) 3.33;

13 H Coleman (B&B, U20W) 3.33; 14 C Lavender (Mend, U20W) 3.23; 15 G Maher (Ashf, U17) 3.23; 16 I Deacon (Brack, U17W) 3.23; 17 C Williams (WSEH, U20W) 3.23. E: 1 A Douglas (Soton, U17) 4.52; 2 F Johnson (Bed C, U15) 4.23; 3 D Cedro (Harrow, U17) 4.13; 4 F Caudery (Corn, U17) 4.03; 5 C Neil (Horsh BS, U17) 3.93; 6 K James (WG&EL, W) 3.93; 9 J Andrews (E&E, M50) 3.83; 10 J Ive (Sutt, W) 3.73; 12 L Maund (Swan, W) 3.63; 14 M Caudery (Corn, U17W) 3.53; 15 D Gordon (D&T, M45) 3.33. F: 1 A Sutcliffe (Sale) 5.34; 2 C Myers (M’bro, U20) 4.84; 3 J Lister (Harrow, U20) 4.84; 4 J Leon Benitez (Notts, U20) 4.64; 5 M Johnson (E&H, M50) 4.54; 6 S Bass-Cooper (Soton, U20) 4.43; 7 C Maw (Win, U20) 4.43; 8 G Conlon (Walton, M40) 4.33; 9 J Shackleton (Lewes, U20) 4.23; 10 N Gardner (SNH, U20) 4.23; 11 T Farres (Ports, U20) 4.23; 12 S Devlin (Craw, U20) 4.03; 13 B Kingman (NEB, M40) 3.83

FEBRUARY 8SCOTTISH ATHLETICS INDOOR LEAGUE FINALS & RELAYS, Emirates ArenaU20 men: MATCH: 1 Centr 21; 2 VPCG 25; 3 Kilb 32; 4 C’dale 33HJ: 1 L McGuire (Centr) 1.90U17: MATCH: 1 Edin 24; 2 Centr 27; 3 Giff N 28; 4eq Ayr S/C’nauld 3260: 1 J Maclennan (Centr) 7.37; 2 F Angus (Ayr S) 7.45; 3 K Cunningham (Edin) 7.48; 4 A Moses (Giff N) 7.48. 400: 1 D Allen (Giff N) 50.86; 2 L Brown (C’nauld) 51.04.60H: 1 B Coates (Edin) 8.82. HJ: 1 C Mackay (Giff N) 1.83U15: MATCH: 1 Giff N 22; 2 Edin 26; 3 Centr 27; 4 Edin B 27/5 400: 1 M Bargh (Ayr S) 54.74. 60H: 1 M Chandler (Centr) 9.29U13: MATCH: 1 Giff N 16; 2 Pit 19.5; 3 Ayr S 20.5; 4 Edin 2760H: 1 R Nairne (Giff N) 9.42; 2 E Johnston (Pit) 10.58. HJ: 1 O Ashall (Edin) 1.50; 2 R Nairne (Giff N) 1.45. LJ: 1 R Nairne (Giff N) 4.88U20 women: MATCH: 1 Centr 23; 2 VPCG 28; 3 Kilb 29; 4 Giff N 3060: 1 J Wrisberg (Giff N) 7.87. TJ: 1 S Ross (Kilb) 10.76U17: MATCH: 1 W’moss 22; 2 Giff N 26; 3 Edin 28; 4 Kilb 3560: 1 S Malone (Edin) 8.02. 800: 1 E Wallace (Giff N) 2:13.39; 2 K MacAngus (Kilb) 2:20.34; 3 L Sommerville (Aird) 2:21.83; 4 Z Aziz (Moorf) 2:21.87. 60H: 1 H McArthur (W’moss) 9.00; 2 I Menzies (Giff N) 9.29; 3 C Cuthbert (VPCG) 9.42. LJ: 1 H McArthur (W’moss) 5.70; 2 E Millar (Aird) 5.20. TJ: 1 S Haldane (Giff N) 10.74U15: MATCH: 1 Centr 12; 2 VPCG 27; 3 Edin 29; 4 Giff N 3060: 1 L Munro (TLJT) 8.29. 60H: 1 J Henry (VPCG) 9.23; 2 K Sharkey (Centr) 9.36. LJ: 1 E Scott (VPCG) 4.94U13: MATCH: 1 Edin 13; 2 Ayr S 19.5; 3 Giff N 19.5; 4 Aird 28 60: 1 A Bell (Giff N) 8.70; 2 M Press (Ayr S) 8.74. 800: 1 N Edgar (Edin) 2:28.46; 2 C Ainsworth (Centr) 2:29.50. 60H: 1 E O’Hara (Edin) 10.30; 2 M Bailie (Giff N) 10.55; 3 G Bruce (Ayr S) 10.70; 4 S Inglis (Giff N) 10.71. HJ: 1 A Cave (Aird) 1.40

TRACK & FIELDFEBRUARY 28ISLE OF WIGHT AC FROSTBITE THROWS SERIES, SandownM35 men: SP: 1 G Newton (Soton) 14.18M65: DT: 1 M Ferne (Soton) 39.30. HT: 2 S Duff (IoW) 27.10U15 girls: HT: 1 A Richardson (Soton) 25.14

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WALKSMARCH 1MOLLY BARNET OPEN, inc British Athletics Winter Race Walking Challenge Final, University of Warwick, CoventryTOM BOSWORTH destroyed Chris Maddocks’ longstanding UK record of 40:16 to take it into new territory below 40 minutes, Ian Richards reports.

Bosworth, who won the British indoor title in Sheffield two weeks earlier and had previously been in the south of Spain training for three weeks, cruised around the first kilometre in 4:04 and then picked up the pace to pass the 3km mark in 11:54. Coping with strong winds and technically testing course, he maintained this pace, passing the 5km point in 19:44, and then reeled off a series of 3:58 kilometres, before a last lap of 3:57 stopped the clock at 39:36.

Bosworth said: “This is a fantastic result. The conditions were tough today, but this shows the shape that I am in. I am honoured to set a British record and I will now target Ian McCombie’s 20km British record in Lugano in two weeks’ time.”

Bosworth also secured victory in the British Athletics Winter Race Walking Challenge.

Behind Bosworth there was a great battle among Britain’s leading junior trio. Callum Wilkinson set the early pace, followed by Guy Thomas with Cameron Corbishley following a few metres adrift. They passed halfway in 22:17 with Corbishley, who was to be disqualified soon after this point, setting the pace.

Wilkinson pulled way with three laps to go to set a PB of 44:15, but Thomas was disqualified with the finish in sight.

In the women’s 10km Italian Tatyana Gabelone, who is based in Bristol, won in 46:24 from Heather Lewis’s 47:26.

Under-20 Heather Butcher took a fine junior victory in 53:48 to move to second in the British rankings behind Emma Achurch, who opted for the 5km event, as did Commonwealth champion Jo Atkinson, who was making her first competitive appearance since June.

Jackson set a fast early pace, going through 3km in 13:26, but was disqualified while starting the last lap. Achurch went through 3km in 14:02 and held on to come home in 23:29, which moves her to fourth on the UK junior all-time list. Under-17 Sophie Lewis Ward set a PB of 24:54 to take the Winter Challenge Final

The under-15 girls’ winner, Anna Garcia, walked 15:38 to be faster then the under-15 boys’ winner, Ben Allen. Men: 10KW: 1 T Bosworth (Ton) 39:36 (UK rec); 2 S Allen (Barn, M55) 53:52; 3 P Bozsko (Birchfield) 59:57; 4 C Vesty (Leic WC, M45) 62:54; 5 D Maskell (Sy WC, M65) 65:52; 6 E Shillabeer (Ilf, M75) 66:38U20: 10KW: 1 C Wilkinson (E&H, U20) 44:15; 2 L Legon (Bexley, U20) 50:42; 3 T Snook (AFD, U20) 51:18U17: 5KW: 1 C Snook (AFD, U17) 24:51; 2 J Price (Brec, U17) 33:30MenU15: 3KW: 1 B Allen (Leic WC, U15) 15:57U13: 2KW: 1 H Alkamesi (Nuneaton) 11:19; 2 F Alkamesi (Nuneaton) 11:42Women: 5KW: 1 J Nicholls (Leic WC) 26:47; 2 P Cummings (Herne H, W35) 27:56; 3 C Finney (Birchfield ) 29:50; 4 H Mann (Spark, W50) 32:0410KW: 1 T Gabellone (Leic WC) 46:24; 2 H Lewis (P’broke) 47:26; 3 B Davies (Card) 48:47; 4 B Gannon (HPH, W40) 53:47; 5 H Butcher (Camb H, U20)

53:48; 6 R Collins (N Down) 54:22U20: 5KW: 1 E Achurch (Leic WC, U20) 23:29; 2 J Mills (Bir, U20) 31:22. U17: 5KW: 1 S Lewis Ward (Camb H, U17) 24:54; 2 M Davey (Unatt, U17) 26:42U15: 3KW: 1 A Garcia (Sheffield, U15) 15:38; 2 L Lewis Ward (Camb H, U15) 15:55; 3 K Lane (Bir, U15) 16:12; 4 E Butcher (Camb H, U15) 16:19; 5 A Ziedler (Sheffield, U15) 17:11; 6 L Achurch (Leic WC, U15) 18:22U13: 2KW: 1 S Ly (Camb H) 11:16; 2 M Meleady-Hanley (Sheff) 11:49; 3 L Mccoll (Sheffield) 12:59

CROSS-COUNTRYMARCH 1ANNAN RIVER RACES, Everholm, AnnanMen (6.4km): 1 K Mclellan (Cambus) 22:49; 2 L Foss (Law, U20) 24:18; 3 S Leghorn (Law, U20) 27:24; 4 R Longmore (Arb, M55) 27:26; 5 J Boardman (Arb, M45) 28:02U17 (6.4km): 1 A Johnstone (Niths) 26:41; 2 B Fountain (Law) 28:24; 3 K Cubis (Law) 29:18U15 (3km): 1 P Szymanshi (Law) 12:37; 2 J Gillon (Law) 12:43; 3 L Bell 12:56U13 (2.3km): 1 T Watson (Lark) 9:59; 2 M Gillon (Law) 10:15; 3 E Cruickshank (Niths) 10:24U11 (1.5km): 1 L Crombie (Niths) 6:54; 2 J Middlemass (Eaglesfield) 6:55; 3 P Atwal (Arb) 6:56Women (6.4km): 1 A Pringle (Arb, U20) 33:55; 2 R Glendinning (U20) 35:25; 3 R Yue (Law, W45) 36:13U17 (3km): 1 A Paton (Arb) 15:13; 2 E Kerr 16:00; 3 P Mcnicol (Law) 16:19U15 (3km): 1 G Pow (Moffat) 14:42; 2 M Watret (Niths) 14:51; 3 J Hamilton (Law) 15:05U13 (2.3km): 1 B Stlidholme (Carl T) 10:32; 2 J Robson (Law) 10:41; 3 R Donnelly (Law) 10:57U11 (1.5km): 1 A Fyall (Niths) 7:20; 2 J Foss (Law) 7:30; 3 I Cooper (Hecklegirth) 7:34

BARTON & DISTRICT OPEN, Barton-upon-HumberMen: 1 N Martin (Caist) 34:47; 2 H Powell (KuH, U20) 35:05; 3 J Jones (Bart D, U20) 35:59; 4 G Clarkson (KuH) 36:21; 5 C Craig-jackson (Sky, U20) 36:23M55: 1 M Jackson (E Hull) 41:27U17: 1 A Pagdin (Sky) 21:19; 2 S Smith (KuH) 22:10; 3 B Jones (Bart D) 23:40U15: 1 G Dey (Sky) 15:33; 2 G Westerman (Donc) 16:24; 3 O Douglas (Bev) 16:37U13: 1 L Stonehewer (Scun) 13:49; 2 L Cuming (Sky) 14:52; 3 J Sherman (Vall) 15:00U11: 1 C Burrell (Grim) 7:41; 2 L Walton (Goole Y) 7:50; 3 J Humphries (Gains) 8:03Women: 1 N Burns (Linc W) 23:08; 2 R Harrison (Linc W) 23:44; 3 C Slack (Hallam, U20) 24:53; 4 B Wilson 25:15; 5 M Keefe (Sky, U20) 25:49; 6 B Jackson (E Hull, W55) 25:58U17: 1 L Chrost (Bart D) 27:50; 2 A Scales (Scun) 29:09; 3 E Boyd (Bev) 30:36U15: 1 A Francis (Sky) 15:41; 2 B Briggs (Bev) 16:02; 3 P Hall (Sky) 16:37U13: 1 E Stewart (Sky) 7:27; 2 A Parnell (Goole Y) 7:40; 3 G Sullivan (Grim) 7:44U11: 1 E Jones (Sky) 7:10; 2 E Greenway (Clee) 7:48; 3 I Nicholls (York) 8:03

BROOKS WESTWARD LEAGUE, RedruthTOM MERSON extended his unbeaten League sequence to eleven matches.

Men: 1 T Merson (B&W) 28:59; 2 C Snook (Corn, M35) 30:12; 3 J Scott (Newq RR, M45) 30:46; 4 J Palmer (Exm H, M45) 31:17; 5 O Berry (Exe) 31:23; 6 D Buzza (Corn, M50) 31:27; 7 J Blair (Torr, U20) 31:30; 8 A Bristow (Erme, M40) 31:40; 9 J Porter (Ply H, M40) 31:44; 10 P Bridge (Exe U) 31:45; 15 S Anderson (Ply, M50) 33:02; 18 M Exley-Deane (Tav, M50) 33:10; 22 S Burns (Ply, M50) 33:24; 27 R Drage (Tav, M55) 33:59M60: 1 P Wilsmore (Tamar) 39:08. M65: 1 P Wright (N&P) 39:48TEAM: 1 Corn 1431; 2 Exe 1401; 3 Newq RR 1378VETERAN TEAM: 1 Corn 760; 2 Newq 758; 3 Tavis 738Final Standings: 1 T Merson (Exm H); 2 S Antell (Bide); 3 A Chambers (Corn). M40: 1 A Bristow (Erme); 2 J Porter (Ply H); 3 N Ratcliffe (Mile H). M45: 1 J Palmer (Exm H); 2 A Ball (Corn); 3 M Colwill (Bide). M50: 1 D Buzza (Corn); 2 M Exley-Dean (Tav); 3 S Burns (Ply). M55: 1 R Drage (Tav); 2 D Heggs (Haldon); 3 R McCartney (N&P). M60: 1 P Wilsmore (Tamar); 2 D Phillips (SWRR); 3 I Snow (Torr). M65: 1 P Wright (Newq RR); 2 B Chapman (Tav); 3 J Horton (N&P)TEAM: 1 Cornwall AC; 2 Exmouth; 3 ExeterVETERAN TEAM: 1 Cornwall AC; 2 Tavistock; 3 Newquay RRU17: 1 T Slattery (Corn) 18:47; 2 W Dax (Tav) 18:52; 3 J Blake (Tav) 19:04TEAM: Tavistock 290Final Standings: 1 W Dax (Tav); 2 T Blackford (Ply); 3 T Slattery (Corn) TEAM: TavistockU15: 1 A McCartney (N&P) 18:47; 2 A Gupta (Corn) 19:14; 3 S Bray (N&P) 19:17Final Standings: 1 J Greenwood (N&P); 2 E Moran (Exe); 3 J Perry (Erme)U13: 1 B McLellan (N&P) 11:06; 2 H Mier (HW) 11:18; 3 S Juntakereket (N&P) 12:03TEAM: 1 Newquay & Par 292; 2 Cornwall AC 290Final Standings: 1 B McLellan (N&P); 2 H Mier (Corn); 3 L Dart (Tiv)

TEAM: 1 Cornwall AC; 2 Newquay & Par; 3 Newquay & Par BU11: 1 J Horton (Corn) 5:24; 2 J Lamboll (N&P) 5:27; 3 J Lewis (N&P) 5:33Women: 1 P Tank (Ply, U17) 19:31; 2 S McCall (S Lon) 19:42; 3 H Blair (Torr) 20:59; 4 V Budd (B&W) 21:07; 5 C Andrews (Erme, W40) 21:13; 6 K Morrall (Corn) 21:17; 7 J Nash (E Corn, W50) 21:49; 8 D Starkey (StA RR, W40) 21:59; 9 M King (Newq RR) 22:04; 10 J Herd (Newq RR, W35) 22:06; 12 S Coyne (Newq, W50) 22:17; 15 M Blair (Torr, W55) 23:06TEAM: 1 Exeter University 576; 2 Newquay RR 573; 3 Cornwall AC 566 VETERAN TEAM: 1 Newquay RR 282; 2 Cornwall AC 275; 3 St Austell 264 Final Standings: 1 S McCall (Exe U); 2 V Budd (Exe U); 3 H Blair (Torr). U17W: 1 P Tank (Ply); 2 V Weir (Ply); 3 L England (N&P). W35: 1 L Mabey (Tav); 2 S Lang (Ply M); 3 C Jewell (Bide). W40: 1 C Andrews (Erme); 2 D Starkey (St A RR; 3 J Allison (Ply H). W45: 1 S Coyne (Newq RR); 2 K Harrison (Corn); 3 F Phelps (Tamar). W50: J Nash (E Corn); 2 S Myford (N&P); 3 S Darke (Ply M). W55: 1 M Blair (Torr); 2 H Stewart (Teign); 3 J Reed (Erme)TEAM: 1 Exeter University; 2 Cornwall AC; 3 Newquay RR VETERAN TEAM: 1 Cornwall AC; 2 Newquay RR; 3 St AustellU15: 1 S Temple (N&P) 17:55; 2 S Beckerleg (N&P) 19:20; 3 A Downs (Exe) 19:33TEAM: 1 Exeter 290; 2 Newquay & Par 288; 3 St Petroc’s Dragons 283Final Standings: 1 S Temple (N&P); 2 G Brock (Corn); 3 E Penfold (N&P)TEAM: 1 Newquay & Par; 2 Exeter; 3 Newquay & Par BU13: 1 N Farrington (Tav) 12:54; 2 C Hicks (E Corn) 13:03; 3 M Northmore (Erme) 13:14TEAM: 1 Tavistock 286; 2 Newquay & Par 285Final Standings: 1 M Canham (N Abb); 2 J Wellman (Exe); 3 N Farrington (Tav)TEAM: 1 Exeter; 2 Newquay & Par; 3 Tavistock

EAST YORKSHIRE LEAGUE, SewerbyOverall (5.5M): 1 S Pickering (Brid) 34:46; 2 D Durose (GVS) 34:52; 3 R Mancrief (Scar, M35) 35:01; 4 B Adderley (GVS) 35:11; 5 J Rogers (CoH, M50) 35:29; 6 R Buckle (Bev, M35) 35:42; 7 L Holloway (Bev, M45) 35:44; 8 P Baker (CoH, M35) 35:47; 9 S Rycroft (Pock, M40) 35:54; 10 S Rennie (CoH, M55) 35:59; 11 C Duck (Scar, M40) 36:03; 12 A Fox (Pock, M40) 36:10; 13 R Hamilton (GVS) 36:44; 14 M Middleton (Scar) 36:50; 15 A Bushby (CoH, M45) 36:51; 16 J Rodger (Drif, M45) 36:53; 17 C Stansfield (Bev, W) 36:54; 18 D Rodmell (Bev, M40) 36:56; 19 N Jackson (Prest, W) 37:19; 20 S Smith (Pock, M40) 37:24; 21 J Merrick (Drif, M40) 37:59; 22 J McFaul (GVS) 38:00; 23 S Rouse (CoH, M45) 38:02; 24 J Morgan (Drif, M50) 38:07; 25 K Moment (Scar, M45) 38:30; 26 R Maw (Scar, M45) 38:41; 27 W Anderson (Pock, M45) 38:43; 28 E Harrison (Bev, W) 38:44; 29 D Edge (Bev, M45) 38:52; 30 P Harness (GVS) 39:00M50: 3 T Smith (Brid) 39:33. M55: 2 M Booth (GVS) 39:31. M60: 1 J Potter (Brid) 40:00. M65: 1 N Scruton (Scar) 40:42TEAM: 1 Goole 95; 2 CoH 97; 3 Scar 111; 4 Bev 121; 5 Pock 154; 6 Brid 200; 7 Driff 210; 8 Selby 454Women: 1 Stansfield 36:54; 2 Jackson 37:19; 3 Harrison 38:44; 4 E Brown (Brid, W40) 40:53; 5 C Oakshott (CoH, W50) 41:09; 6 E Williams (Drif) 41:26; 7 R Clifton (Brid, W40) 42:36; 8 H Butterworth (Scar, W40) 42:41; 9 J Fox (Pock, W35) 42:48; 10 J Masterman (GVS, W50) 42:57; 11 C Wood (Brid, W35) 43:38; 12 E Artley (Brid, W35) 45:07; 13 D Church (Drif, W35) 45:33; 14 S Haslam (Scar, W60) 45:39; 15 K Dunn (CoH, W35) 45:42W50: 3 F Robinson (CoH) 46:34. W55: 1 J Potter (Brid) 48:16TEAM: 1 Bev 21; 2 Brid 22; 3 CoH 22; 4 Driff 41; 5 Scar 43; 6 Pock 59; 7 Goole 68; 8 Selby 95Final standings – Men: 1 CoH 399; 2 Bev 632; 3 Scar 923; 4 Goole 935; 5 Pock 1095; 6 Driff 1188; 7 Brid 1502; 8 Selby 2232Women: 1 CoH 112; 2 Brid 159; 3 Driff 195; 4 Bev 200; 5 Scar 380; 6 Pock 435; 7 Selby 456; 8 Goole 500

FROSTBITE FRIENDLY LEAGUE, Hinchingbrooke SchoolOverall: 1 P Vernon (PACTRAC, M35) 27:08; 2 L Kempston (Nene V) 28:05; 3 A Johnson (Werr J) 28:14; 4 D Connell (Hunts AC) 28:17; 5 R Goddard (Nene V) 28:33; 6 M Taylor (Riv) 28:53; 7 N Tweedle (Nene V) 29:10; 8 S Mead (Rams, M40) 29:19; 9 D Paine (Rams) 29:26; 10 M Nicholson (Bed C) 29:35; 13 B Corleys (P’boro, M40) 30:06; 15 A Turnbull (Bed C, M45) 30:16; 20 S Beard (Nene V, M45) 31:12M50: 1 P Hensby (March) 32:19Women: 1 C Woods (Yax) 32:50; 2 S Cullen (Eye) 32:58; 3 S Skinner (Hunts) 33:44; 4 M Brett (Rams) 34:12; 5 P Smith (Hunts AC) 34:49; 6 D Wait (March, W45) 34:51; 7 R Loutit (Yax) 35:36; 8 K Patterson (March, W40) 35:38; 9 G Larham (March, W45) 36:01; 10 S Overington (Eye) 36:02W50: 1 A Wood (Werr J) 38:36U17: 1 C Everist (Bourne) 9:19; 2 J Croft (Hunts, U15) 9:28; 3 L Fenner (March) 9:46; 4 J Oakey (PACTRAC) 9:53; 5 W Forster (Riv) 9:56; 6 S Scane (Werr J) 9:57; 7 E Hosking (Riv) 9:58; 8 N Davy (Nene V, U15) 10:01; 9 O Elvin (BRJ) 10:03; 10 H Birchnell (Nene V) 10:21; 12 G Lewis (Muddy MM, U15) 10:32; 17 C Evans (Hunts, U13) 10:49; 20 M Church


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Tom Bosworth; sub-40 in the 10km walk for a UK best

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(Nene V, U13) 10:59; 21 A Chalmers (Hunts, U17W) 11:01; 24 E Wake-primett (BRJ, U17W) 11:06; 26 F Collins-Shirley (Ely, U13) 11:08; 29 M Pritchard (Riv, U17W) 11:11; 32 A Parks (Nene V, U17W) 11:13; 40 E James (Bourne, U13W) 11:33; 52 A Foster (Riv, U15W) 11:48; 61 G Seidi (C&C, U15W) 12:02

DOWNS LEAGUE, Epsom DownsU15 boys: 1 M Mohamud (Herne H) 10:41; 2 T Korkmaz (Herne H) 11:11; 3 R Galvin (Sutt) 11:17; 4 T Knight (Holl S) 11:33; 5 A Galvin (Sutt) 11:39; 6 S Shaw (K&P) 11:44; 7 L Olsen (Herne H, U15W) 11:53; 8 G Chaplin (K&P) 12:42; 9 M Shaw (Herne H, U15W) 12:59; 10 T Beltrao (K&P) 13:12; 11 J Moore (Croy, U15W) 13:13; 12 J Hayward-Bhikha (Herne H, U15W) 13:16; 13 I Busa (K&P, U15W) 13:24; 14 K Wilks (Herne H, U15W) 13:38; 15 R Keddie (K&P, U15W) 13:45TEAM (B&G combined): 1 Herne H 19;2 K&P 37; 3 S&D 48; 4 Herne H B 64; 5 CRoy 69;6 Holl Sp 70Standings after 3 matchesU15 B: 1 R Galvin (S&D) 8; 2 S Shaw (K&P) 11; 3 T Knight (Holl Sp) 14U15 G: 1 J Moore (Croy) 11; 2 I Busa (K&P) 13; 3 R Keddie (K&P) 19TEAM: 1 K&P 85; 2 Herne H 119; 3 S&D 138; 4 K&P B 203; 5 Croy 229; 6 Holl Sp 236U13: 1 M Ali (Herne H) 11:53; 2 J Alley (Herne H) 11:55; 3 J Simpson (Sutt) 12:00; 4 D Corradi (Sutt, U13W) 12:04; 5 O Wilson (K&P) 12:10; 6 A Jones (E&E) 12:18; 7 M Hall (K&P) 12:26; 8 I Flanagan (Croy) 12:58; 9 J Zimman (Sutt) 13:02; 10 J Solon (Herne H) 13:08; 14 I Stockley (Holy Cross, U13W) 13:37; 16 E Jagger (Sutt, U13W) 13:56; 18 M Driver (Croy, U13W) 14:10TEAM (B&G combined): 1 S&D 32; 2 K&P 41; 3 Herne H 41; 4 E&E 58; 5 K&P B 87; 6 Croy 88Standings after 3 matchesU13B: 1 M Ali (Herne H) 3; 2 J Alley (Herne H) 7; 3 A Jones (E&E) 15U13G: 1 D Corradi (S&D) 3; 2 I Stockley (Holy X) 12; 3 I Busa (K&P) 27TEAM: 1 Herne H 70; 2 K&P 127; 3 E&E 210; 4 S&D 238; 5 K&P B 272; 6 Holl Sp 338U11: 1 M Collis (Herne H, U11W) 10:42; 2 C Chilton (Herne H) 10:56; 3 J Harrison (Hay H) 11:02; 4 B Harrison (Hay H) 11:11; 6 E Marchand (Hay H, U11W) 11:29; 7 A Bailey (Herne H, U11W) 11:38TEAM (B&G combined): 1 Herne H 10; 2 Herne H B 30; 3 Holl Sp 44Standings after 3 matchesU11B: 1 C Chilton (Herne H) 3; 2 G Collingwood (Holl Sp) 9; 3 J Harrison (Herne H) 17U11G: 1 M Collis (Herne H) 5; 2 E Marchand (Herne H) 6; 3 A Bailey (Herne H) 13TEAM: 1 Herne H 45; 2 Herne H B 112; 3 Holl Sp 135

OXFORD MAIL LEAGUE, HarwellMen: 1 B Cole (Swin) 28:34; 2 N Clinton (Swin, U20) 29:13; 3 D Bruce (Oxf) 29:37; 4 D Bell (Ciren) 29:42; 5 D Galerin (Ciren) 30:25; 6 P Fernandez (Abing, M40) 30:30; 7 B Leggate (Ciren, M35) 30:42; 8 J Bolton (W’stock, M40) 30:46; 9 L Newell (Oxf C, M35) 30:56; 10 N Gillis (Team K, U20) 30:58; 11 M Vardy (Newb) 30:59; 12 H Bampton (Oxf C, M45) 31:03; 13 C O’Neill (Team K, U20) 31:13; 14 J Craggs (Newb, M35) 31:15; 15 T Wright (Banb) 31:24; 20 S Barnes (Newb, M40) 31:58; 22 F Campbell (Head, M45) 32:15; 25 A Ind (Newb, M40) 32:25; 27 R Storey (Eynsh, M40) 32:32M50: 1 I Thomas (Cher R&J) 33:45.

M55: 1 M Richards (Head) 33:48; M60: 1 T Hughes (W Horse) 34:42. M65: 1 R Treadwell (Oxf C) 37:29; 2 G Anderson (Newb) 37:43; 3 J Exley (Oxf C) 40:45TEAM: Div 1: 1 Oxf C 135; 2 Newb 214; 3 Eynsh 317; 4 Head RR 351; 5 Ciren 389; 6 Abing 431; 7 W’stock 433; 8 Wit 482Div 2: 1 W Horse 359; 2 Swin H 424; 3T Kennet 498; 4 Alch 608; 5 Kid’ton 673; 6 Newb B 734Div 3: 1 Cherwell 705; 2 H Norton 710; 3 H’worth 905U17: 1 C Bampton (Oxf C) 17:36; 2 S Hart (Team K, U15) 17:48; 3 B Claridge (W Horse) 17:54; 4 A Other 17:56; 5 A Scott (Rad, U15) 18:09; 6 A Miell-Ingram (Rad) 18:41; 9 S Wright (Newb, U15) 19:07; 10 S Crew (Ciren, U15) 19:12; 11 E Pierce (Swin, U15) 19:12; 12 G Kelling (Banb) 19:52; 13 D Bunn (Abing, U15) 20:01; 14 A Blackwell (Rad, U15) 20:08U17/U15 TEAM: 1 Radley 19; 2 W Horse 32; 3 T Kennet 34; 4 Oxf C 41; 5 Newb 47; 6 Ciren 54U13: 1 B McIntyre (Swin) 7:21; 2 H Insley (Rad) 7:30; 3 J McLaughlin (Team K) 7:36; 4 A Ede (Abing) 7:39; 5 A Pennington (Abing) 7:45; 6 S Snelson (Banb) 7:58TEAM: 1 Abing A 17; 2 T Kennet 27; 3 Newbury 42; 4 Bicester 45; 5 G Milton 45; 6 Banbury 56U11: 1 B Cumberland (Rad, U13) 5:12; 2 W D-arcy (Rad) 5:15; 3 F Taylor (Bic, U13) 5:25Women: 1 S Crumly (Newb) 23:34; 2 H Hale (Eynsh) 24:04; 3 F Snare (Wit) 24:06; 4 M Lloyd (Oxf C) 24:12; 5 J Webb (W’stock) 24:16; 6 A Other (Head) 24:37; 7 R Campbell (Head) 24:44; 8 H Greenwood (Kid, U20) 24:49; 9 R Kelling (Banb, W50) 25:38; 10 S Francis (Read, W45) 25:55; 11 S Davies (Oxf C, W40) 26:04; 12 M Bartlett (Banb, W45) 26:06; 13 S Gunn (Ciren, W50) 26:15; 14 E Bailey (Newb, W40) 26:21W55: 1 G Hueter (Oxf C) 27:35. W60: 1 K Williamson (Eynsh) 30:32TEAM: Div 1: 1 Newb 39; 2 Head RR 41; 3 Oxf C 45; 4 4 Ciren 52; 5 Witney 60; 6 Newb 92Div 2: 1 Banb 65; 2 T Kennet 67; 3 W’stock 67; 4 W Horse 100; 5 Eynsh 117; 6 Newbury C 129Div 3: 1 Kidlington 94; 2 Highworth 107; 3 H Norton 144U17: 1 I Fry (Newb, U15) 13:36; 2 F Bunn (Abing) 13:42; 3 C Clover (Newb) 13:43; 4 E Thompson (Banb, U15) 13:56; 5 R Weston (Banb) 14:04; 6 J Hannah (Banb, U15) 14:33; 7 C Ridewood (Abing, U15) 14:44; 8 R Lord (Banb, U15) 14:47; 9 T Williams (Banb, U15) 14:50; 10 K Scott (Rad, U15) 14:52; 13 J O-connor (W’stock, U15) 15:10; 14 G Bradford (Team K) 15:16; 15 L Siddle (Abing) 15:22U17/U15 TEAM: 1 Banb 15; 2 Newb 21; 3 Abing 24; 4 Banb B 36; 5 Radley 48; 6 T Kennet 56U13: 1 A Pettit (Team K) 8:17; 2 B Darwent (Abing) 8:25; 3 A Gould (Bic) 8:33; 4 D Palmer (Oxf C) 8:34; 5 I Hole (Team K) 8:35TEAM: 1 T Kennet 15; 2 Bicester 21; 3 Oxf C 22; 4 Abing A 29; 5 Radley 43; 6 Oxf C B 52U11: 1 M Jeger (Newb) 5:21; 2 L Robertson (Newb) 5:28; 3 A Cox (Bic) 5:30

FEBRUARY 28DUMFRIES RC CHAMPIONSHIPS, Kingholm, DumfriesMen (5.7M, all Dumf RC, age not declared): 1 A Baxter 35:39; 2 K McQueen 39:50; 3 G Cross 39:53; 4 K McCaig 40:01Women (3.8M): 1 J Zakrzewski 25:08; 2 L Finlay 27:19; 3 S Finlay 30:06

START FITNESS NORTH EASTERN HARRIER LEAGUE, Alnwick PasturesMen (10.2km Handicap): 1 F-M Sevilla (Derw) 37:29; 2 R Balmbra (Morp) 37:32; 3 C Carruthers (Birt) 37:57; 4 M Fenwick (Tyne Br) 38:20; 5 C Smith (Morp) 38:32; 6 P Bray (Dur) 38:44; 7 D Rich (Sale-gst) 38:58; 8 K Smith (Tyne Br, M50) 39:22; 9 J English (Tyne Br-n/s) 39:25; 10 N Zissler (Walls) 39:26; 11 H Mehari (Salt) 39:27; 12 M McGillivray (Heat, M35) 39:41; 13 R Foster (Tyne) 39:43; 14 P O’Mara (Tyne Br) 39:45; 15 G Simpson (Aln) 39:46; 16 J Evans (J&H, U20) 39:57; 17 I Hollingsworth (Walls, M35-n/s) 40:00; 18 C Isherwood (Sun) 40:01; 19 J Woods (Blyth, U20) 40:02; 20 S Barker (Tyne Br) 40:16Fastest: Isherwood 35:01; Balmbra 35:02; J Bell (Black B, U20) 35:47; Fenwick 35:50; J Dunce (Tyne Br) 35:58; T Charlton (Tyne Br) 36:00; A Graham (Dur) 36:06; M Hornsby (Dur) 36:07. Veteran: S Bell (Black B, M45) 36:59TEAM (6 to score): Div 1: 1 Tyne Bridge H 58; 2 Heaton H 149; 3 Durham City H 182; 4 North Shields Poly 187; 5 Wallsend H 224; 6 Morpeth H 234. Div 2: 1 Elvet Striders 159; 2 Tynedale H 160; 3 Blackhill Bounders 170. Div 3: 1 Jesmond Joggers 89; 2 Derwentside 129; 3 Blyth 140U17 (6.8km handicap): 1 A Brown (Hough) 26:34; 2 A Weightman (Morp) 26:56; 3 K Walker (Sedge) 27:33; 4 M Smith (Sun) 27:34; 5 J Grehan-Bradley (Dur) 28:21; 6 C Bell (Sun) 29:14; 7 J Tallantire (Sun) 29:30; 8 J Rawlings (Crook) 29:45; 9 J Masterman (Blyth) 29:59; 10 J Shotton (Tyne) 30:01Fastest: Brown 23:54; Weightman 24:16; Walker 24:53TEAM (3 to score): 1 Sunderland H 17U15 (3.4km handicap): 1 M Smith (Hough) 12:50; 2 K Hedley (Morp) 13:13; 3 M Waterfield (Morp) 13:29; 4 R Arthur (CleS) 13:39; 5 T Collins (Sedge) 13:42; 6 W Dixon (Gate) 13:44; 7 A Wood (Tyne) 13:47; 8 B Smith (J&H) 13:48; 9 M Wade (Dur) 13:55; 10 C Jackson (Tyne) 14:05Fastest: Hedley 11:33; Arthur 11:59; Collins 12:02TEAM (3 to score): 1 Morpeth H 16; 2 Houghton H 28; 3 Tynedale H 37U13 (3.4km handicap): 1 T Wraith (Shil) 14:14; 2 S Bradley (Morp) 14:15; 3 R Charlton (Morp) 14:21; 4 J Wraith (Shil) 14:22; 5 J Fiddaman (Blyth) 14:27; 6 O Birney (Gate) 14:29; 7 E McGlen (Gate) 14:30; 8 I Taylor (Dur) 14:34; 9 S Edmundson (Els) 14:46; 10 D Dixon (Morp) 14:47

Fastest: Charlton 12:41; Fiddaman 12:47; Birney 12:49TEAM (3 to score): 1 Morpeth H 15; 2 Gateshead H 25; 3 Birtley 44U11 (1km): 1 C Perkins (CleS) 3:41; 2 B Foggin (Els) 3:46; 3 J Blevins (NSP) 3:52Senior women (6.8km handicap): 1 M Grinsdale (Tyne Br) 28:22; 2 C Shields (Dur) 28:52; 3 L Butt (Dur) 28:54; 4 J Nutt (Els, W35) 29:58; 5 E Holt (Morp) 30:34; 6 A Dargie (Tyne Br, W35) 30:46; 7 J Gascoigne-Owens (Aln, W35) 31:12; 8 L Lennox (Tyne Br, W40) 31:18; 9 K O’Mahoney (Dur) 31:27; 10 L McDonald (Gate) 31:35; 11 A Bound (SSh, W35) 31:41; 12 C Simpson (J&H, W35) 31:43; 13 N Roper (Heat) 31:46; 14 E Leslie (J&H, W45) 31:52; 15 E Bain (Dur, W45) 31:59Fastest: Holt 26:34; Dargie 26:46; Gascoigne-Owens 27:32; Simpson 27:43; Leslie 27:52; Bain 27:59TEAM (4 to score): Div 1: 1 Durham City H 20; 2 Tyne Bridge H 28; 3 North Shields Poly 62; 4 Sunderland Strollers 76; 5 Tynedale H 113; 6 Elvet Striders 123. Div 2: 1 Elswick H 29; 2 South Shields H 48; 3 Jarrow & Hebburn 83Junior women (4.2km Handicap): 1 L Lee (Hun, U17) 16:38; 2 R Reed (Aln, U17) 17:28; 3 E Scott (Blyth, U17) 17:32; 4 S Barwise-Munro (Aln, U20) 17:49; 5 R Browne (Gate, U17) 17:53; 6 S Burnett (Birt, U17) 17:56; 7 O Bateman (Birt, U17) 18:17; 8 F Salter (SSh, U17) 18:19Fastest: Barwise-Munro 15:19; Burnett 15:26; Bateman 15:47TEAM (3 to score): 1 Birtley 23; 2 Alnwick H 29; 3 Durham City H 51U15 (3.4km handicap): 1 E Ricketts (Tyne) 15:31; 2 J Bolam (Aln) 15:42; 3 E Tait (Gate) 15:49; 4 I Robinson (NSP) 15:55; 5 H Matheson (Heat) 16:02; 6 J Leslie (J&H) 16:03; 7 M Shearer (Tyne) 16:05; 8 P Goldsmith (Tyne) 16:13; 9 A Browne (Gate) 16:18; 10 L Cramb (Shil) 16:19Fastest: Ricketts 13:51; Tait 14:09; Robinson 14:15TEAM (3 to score): 1 Tynedale H 16; 2 Gateshead H 31; 3 Birtley 45U13 (3.4km handicap): 1 H Peck (Morp) 15:07; 2 G Varley (Gate) 15:27; 3 E Hardie (Hough) 15:33; 4 S Fielding (Els) 15:57; 5 H Tumin (Els) 15:57; 6 C Clark (Hough) 16:04; 7 C Henderson (Aln) 16:05; 8 B Chapman (J&H) 16:26; 9 L Heaton (Morp) 16:28; 10 L Stoker (Sun) 16:29Fastest: Peck 13:27; Varley 13:47; Hardie 13:53TEAM (3 to score): 1 Morpeth H 24; 2 Houghton H 24; 3 Jarrow & Hebburn 46U11 (1km): 1 N Phillips (Hough) 3:47; 2 L Brown (Aln) 3:52; 3 E Keeler Clarke (Birt) 3:58

SOUTH-EAST LANCASHIRE LEAGUE, Boggart Hole CloughMen (10km approx): 1 D Smith (Leigh) 35:59; 2 J Hudak (E Ches) 36:38; 3 T Mcguinness (E Ches, U20) 37:03; 4 T Campbell (Ast&T, M40) 37:26; 5 T Greenald (E Ches, M40) 37:49; 6 A Goulding (Leigh, M45) 38:45; 7 G Rands (Ast&T) 38:58; 8 U Runner 39:18; 9 N Hughes (Ast&T) 39:32; 10 C Jackson (G’dale) 39:36; 11 A Altat (France) 39:40; 12 S Grundy (E Ches, M45) 39:42; 13 G Fielding (Royt, M40) 39:55; 14 C Swire (E Ches, M45) 40:06; 15 S Ford (Ast&T, M40) 40:24; 16 K Thomas (Burn RR, M55) 40:32; 22 M Riches (Ast&T, M50) 41:53; 23 L Smalley (Bury, M45) 42:26; 24 D Emanuel (Royt, M50) 42:45; 25 P Stevenson (Salf M, M50) 42:57M60: 1 S Jackson (Horw) 44:27. M65: 1 T Hesketh (Horw) 44:43

TEAM: 1 E Ches 64; 2 Astley 85; 3 Royt R 134; 4 Roch 310VETS TEAM: 1 E Ches 12; 2 Astley 20; 3 Royt R 30. M50+ TEAM: Horw 30. M60+ TEAM: Horw 12U17 (5.8km): 1 G Lewis (E Ches) 20:10; 2 B Karuga (Most) 20:52; 3 H Stainton (Bury) 21:57; 4 P O’brian (E Ches) 22:04; 5 O Topping (E Ches) 22:49TEAM: E Ches 8U15 (3.5km): 1 L Haynes (E Ches) 13:32; 2 K Wade (Leigh) 13:42; 3 N Barlow (E Ches) 14:18; 4 J Wane (Leigh) 14:37; 5 B Cookson (Most) 15:24TEAM: E Ches 9U13 (2.5km): 1 L Wilkes (Horw) 9:15; 2 J Short (Leigh) 9:38; 3 H Collier (O&R) 9:40; 4 L Brindle (Horw) 9:41; 5 G Martin (O&R) 9:52TEAM: 1 Horw 12; 2 Leigh 16; 3 O&R 18U11 (1.6km): 1 G Dari (E Ches) 7:18; 2 J White (Leigh) 7:48; 3 P Mcguinness (E Ches) 8:18TEAM: E Ches 10Women (8km): 1 K Johnson (G’dale) 31:32; 2 M Bigotsazy (Salf) 32:04; 3 B Hirst (E Ches) 32:20; 4 K White (Royt, W40) 33:02; 5 C Cook (Bury, U20) 33:09; 6 J Ridgard (E Ches, W50) 33:48; 7 B Robinson (Royt) 34:17; 8 J Grint (E Ches, W35) 35:06; 9 J Augsberger (Royt) 35:17; 10 S Gregory (Ast&T, W40) 35:31; 11 S Staveley (Burn RR, W50) 35:50; 12 K Thompson (Burn RR, W40) 36:00; 13 L Fisher (Burn RR, W55) 36:17; 14 T Shaw (Salf M, W45) 36:36; 16 M Kay (E Ches, W40) 37:29; 17 J Terim (Roch, W40) 37:46; 18 D Clarke (Hyde, W50) 38:07; 19 A Hirsch (Belle V, W55) 38:19; 20 R Evans (Royt, W40) 39:06TEAM: 1 E Ches 17; 2 Royt R 20; 3 B’den RR 36; 4 Hyde V 66; 5 Roch 75; 6 Belle V 93; 7 M’ton 97VETS TEAM: 1 E Ches 15; 2 B’den RR 18; 3 Hyde V 51. W40+ TEAM: D’den RR 15. W45+ TEAM: B’den RR 21W50+ TEAM: E Ches 24U17 (5.8km): 1 S Hill (Most) 23:27; 2 L Mcguinness (E Ches) 24:05; 3 L Booth (Bury) 24:53; 4 A Newell (E Ches) 26:06; 5 N Hartshorne (E Ches) 29:05TEAM: E Ches 8U15 (3.5km): 1 E Williams (Leigh) 15:38; 2 M Healey (E Ches) 17:03; 3 S Hall (O&R) 17:42; 4 A Smith (Leigh) 17:46; 5 L Rushworth (Bolt) 17:54;U13 (2.5km): 1 C Johnson (Most) 10:12; 2 A O’neill (E Ches) 10:26; 3 M Lewis (E Ches) 10:47; 4 F Handley (E Ches) 10:56; 5 L Scullion (Most) 10:57TEAM: E Ches 6U11 (1.6km): 1 E Pendlebury (Horw) 7:57; 2 I Merritt (Bolt) 8:15; 3 M Ince (Leigh) 8:22TEAM: 1 Horw 8; 2 Leigh 14; 3 Roch 27

FEBRUARY 27GLASGOW SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS, Nether PollokSenior boys (4.2km): 1 J Law; 2 R Barr; 3 P Harper Secondary 4 (3.8km): 1 J Mackinnon; 2 M Milarvie; 3 G HaggertySecondary 3 (3km): 1 H Nimmo; 2 C Milarvie; 3 N McAllisterSecondary 2 (2.8km): 1 S Sprang; 2 B Taylor; 3 J McDermottSecondary 1 (2.8km): 1 G McPake; 2 P Kourouklis; 3 E WebbSenior girls (3.6km): 1 G Black; 2 K Turnbull; 3 L Findlay (Glas SoS)Secondary 4 (3km): 1 S Eunson; 2 K Griffiths; 3 T MaguireSecondary 3 (3.km): 1 E Crusher; 2 N Littlejohn; 3 L AgnewSecondary 2 (2.6km): 1 A Ballantyne; 2 A Murray; 3 J MartinSecondary 1 (2.6km): 1 S Kirkpatrick; 2 L Ferguson (Glas SoS); 3 K Richardson

Dave Smith: South East Lancashire winner

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ROADMARCH 1VITALITY BATH HALF-MARATHONAN unlucky fall cost Emma Stepto valuable training time earlier this year but the Cornwall AC international proved here that she doesn’t slip up very often, Kevin Fahey reports.

That back injury, caused when she fell over on ice when walking to work at Falmouth University, meant the 44-year-old went to Bath unsure of her form and wasn’t talked up as a pre-race favourite.

But the late withdrawal of the Kenyan runners due to visa problems threw the race wide open and much to her own surprise Stepto discovered she was a lot fitter than she thought.

“I came to Bath to see what shape I am in and I am very pleasantly surprised!” said Stepto.

“To win and only be just over a minute off my personal best in these conditions is really encouraging and something I just didn’t expect at all today.”

Stepto started cautiously and didn’t hit the front until just before the halfway mark when she swept past joint leaders, Rachel Felton of Stroud and Bristol & West’s Jenny Jagger. Before then she also caught former Olympian and ex-GB marathon star Mara Yamauchi, who at 41 is making a comeback after initially retiring from the spot.

“Mara is an inspiration to everyone and I went past her very gingerly!” added Stepto.

Once in the lead Stepto put her head down and never looked in any danger, crossing the finish line in Great Puteney Street in 73:48.

Victory in a record field of almost 13,000 starters will sit nicely alongside Stepto’s win in the Bristol half in 2013 and it also means she is the only west runner to have ever won both the Bristol and Bath races, which are the two biggest half-marathons in the region.

“I am still training hard and will continue until the Reading Half-marathon (on March 22) when I will ease off as that is my big target,” added Stepto.

“Then all being well it will be on to the London Marathon again.”

In contrast Paul Martelletti’s form was well known coming into the race as in February he has notched up victories in the Watford, Wokingham – setting a PB of 64:18 – and Brighton half-marathons.

With that sort of form and

confidence it was no wonder that he took charge of the race early on and, while Dean Lacy of Cambridge Harriers reduced the lead in the closing stages, victory was never in doubt as he crossed the line in 65:27 to ensure a double British victory for the first time since 2003.

“I was actually looking forward to running against the Kenyans and seeing if I could tuck in behind them but once I found out they weren’t here I just went for it,” said Martelletti.

The other notable performance came from Welshman Martin Rees, who subject to ratification set a world age-62 best of 73:20. Overall: 1 P Martelletti (Run Fast, M35) 65:28; 2 D Lacy (Camb H) 65:42; 3 T Geremew 66:17; 4 M Hanrahan 66:18; 5 T Porter (W’borne) 67:33; 6 L Bett 68:24; 7 S Antell (Bide) 68:29; 8 T Spencer (Cov) 68:44; 9 M Cryer (WG&EL) 68:57; 10 M Kallenberg (Card) 69:16; 11 C Greenwood (Kent, M40) 69:27; 12 A Richmond (Bide) 69:29; 13 K Purdy (Anna) 69:44; 14 A Savery (Leam) 70:33; 15 T Elly (Salf) 70:58; 16 G Upton (Belg) 71:02; 17 A Siggers (Kenil, M35) 71:03; 18 M Collins (MickMorris, M35) 71:30; 19 B Green (Warr) 71:40; 20 G Frost (Bath) 71:45; 21 P Tucker (B&B) 71:55; 22 M Muir (Ilf, M40) 72:11; 23 J Knight (Over, M40) 72:22; 24 E Mackenzie (SB) 72:26; 25 A Milne (E&H) 72:30; 26 M Hoare 72:32; 27 T Carter (Tyne Br) 72:48; 28 O Peltoniemi 72:54; 29 D Broadley (Poole) 72:56; 30 J Archer (Low F, M35) 73:02; 31 P Sanders (Kent, M40) 73:03; 32 W New (Chelt) 73:07; 33 M Ribault (TVH) 73:08; 34 D Bartlett (Newq RR) 73:17; 35 L Turner (Torb, M35) 73:20; 36 M Rees (Les C, M60) 73:22; 37 N Smeaton (Clap C) 73:24; 38 V Koivu (Unatt, M35) 73:28; 39 A Pickburn (New F) 73:36; 40 M Threlfall (Lough S) 73:50; 41 E Stepto (Corn, W40) 73:50; 42 A Clark (B’mth, M35) 74:08; 43 B Fairhall (Dulw, M35) 74:10; 44 N Bates (BMH) 74:30; 45 P Burden (Taun, M35) 74:36; 46 A Woods (B&W, M50) 74:38; 47 J Donald (Bath) 74:40; 48 J Addison (Beck, M40) 74:43; 49 T Bowerman (AFD) 74:44; 50 J Watson (Taun, M40) 74:45; 51 G Gurney 74:45; 52 D Atkinson 74:57M40: 7 L Rankin (Stroud) 75:32; 8 G Landon (Bath) 75:50; 9 L Sturgess-Durden (Bath) 76:19; 10 P Gaimster (VP&TH) 76:32; 11 J Oram (CLC) 76:38; 12 E O’Gorman (Chilt) 76:56; 13 A Finn (Torb) 77:44; 14 N Rogerson (Poole) 77:48; 15 D Madams (Lon Hth) 77:58. M45: 1 J Bassinder (Poole) 76:00; 2 G Stewart (Lon Hth) 77:05; 3 S Way (B’mth) 77:54; 4 D Grimes (Barnes) 78:27; 5 P Sawford (Carn R) 79:13; 6 M Dooley (Hill) 79:29. M50: 2 P Monaghan (Torb) 75:09; 3 R Gornall (Stroud) 78:20; 4 S Wherry (Corn) 78:30; 5 M Williams (Les C) 80:59; 6 M Chorley (RRC) 81:00; 7 R Burn 81:31; 8 R Schols (Avon VR) 81:49; 9 D Crewe (Salf) 82:03; 10 P Costley (Soton) 82:17; 11 B Sow (Cleve) 82:27; 12 A Da Costa 82:45. M55: 1 D Williams (Tam) 82:09; 2 K Philippart (Swan) 84:09; 3 D Vaudin (Bath) 84:24; 4 D Gunstone (Bath) 85:44; 5 S Butler (Bath) 85:47. M60: 2 M Shields (NBH) 81:25; 3 P Johnson (Ryst) 84:21; 4 D Wintle (GWR) 86:46; 5 T Hutchison (Bath) 86:51; 6 S Mead 87:42; 7 G Davis (Bath) 87:54; 8 N Hoult (Read RR) 88:35; 9 K Robinson (Frome) 88:43. M65: 1 M Sheridan (Newb) 86:00; 2 G Newton (Axe V) 95:35; 3 T Welch (Bitt) 97:17. M70: 1 M Ford (Chelt) 88:34; 2 I Spencer (Datch) 99:22. U20: 1 D Costello (Hayle) 76:02; 2 C Hanlon (Leam) 77:35; 3 B Carr (Bris

U CC) 79:22Women: 1 Stepto 73:50; 2 J Jagger (B&W) 75:14; 3 R Felton (SB, W35) 75:21; 4 J Sanzo (B&W, W35) 76:57; 5 E Davies (Brec) 77:10; 6 M Yamauchi (Harrow, W40) 77:52; 7 T Barlow (TVH) 77:54; 8 S Amend (Belg, W35) 78:31; 9 A Clements (Kent) 79:01; 10 A Granger (B&W, W40) 79:55; 11 M Nolan (Gate) 80:01; 12 L MacGregor (M’head) 80:16; 13 A Sunderland (Send a Cow, W35) 80:20; 14 V Sesto (New F, W40) 82:25; 15 K Towerton (Win) 82:42; 16 R Barnes (Avon VR, W35) 82:57; 17 E Warren 83:08; 18 N Plummer (Read U, U20) 83:17; 19 C Shipton 83:24; 20 J Belyavin (B&W, W35) 83:42; 21 L Ellis 83:55; 22 S Baxter (Bath, W35) 84:10; 23 F Maycock (Belg, W45) 84:20; 24 F Price (Avon VR, W45) 84:49; 25 J Rockliffe (Avon VR, W40) 85:14; 26 S Cheetham/hignett (Jamie’s Farm) 85:23; 27 M Taylor (Unatt, W35) 85:39; 28 M Mccann 85:49; 29 C Stibbs (Kent, W40) 85:50; 30 B White (W’bury) 86:04; 31 A Brandon 86:23; 32 G Turner (Run Dem Cr) 86:39; 33 N Morgan (Chep, W45) 87:00W40: 7 J Poole (Cleve) 87:09; 8 L Cambridge (W&B) 88:46; 9 C Mayers (Manx) 89:19; 10 C Bennett (Hayle) 91:56; 11 C Frances (Chipp) 92:51. W45: 4 L Mayes 91:29; 5 M Powell (Cleve) 91:47. W50: 1 T Allan (B&W) 90:35; 2 I Burks 91:03; 3 K Williams (Kent) 94:16; 4 K Keefe 94:50; 5 L Norris (Hogw) 94:55; 6 J Kingdon (Ply H) 95:26; 7 S Higgins (Glouc) 95:29; 8 J Eaton (Purple P) 96:58; 9 A Nutting (Hunc) 97:50; 10 A Vuagniaux (Bath) 98:12; 11 N Hayes 98:16; 12 C Dale (Bath) 98:24. W55: 1 J Harrison (Yeov O) 90:45; 2 J Thompson (Bath) 91:23; 3 K Butler (Bath) 91:59; 4 S Baldwin (RSE) 94:19; 5 P Mburu (Comp) 1:41:54; 6 T Lovern (Somer) 1:42:50; 7 A Ross (E Corn) 1:43:20; 8 S Hill (Exm H) 1:43:28; 9 C Copeland (Cancer Research UK) 1:44:07; 10 C Hayes 1:44:29; 11 H Rice 1:44:43. W60: 1 C Wright (Corby) 99:49; 2 J Hardman (Bev) 1:47:22; 3 S Chant (Bath) 1:48:53. W65: 1 S Smith (RSE) 1:44:45. W70: 1 V Brown 2:08:22

ANGLESEY ISLAND HALF-MARATHONOverall: 1 A Vaughan (Eryri, M35) 71:21; 2 R Roberts (Eryri, M35) 71:49; 3 R Bentley (Kent) 73:06; 4 C Rowlinson (Sale) 73:29; 5 S Skates 74:14; 6 S Sayer (Menai) 74:18M40: 1 J Dance (Salf) 75:09; 2 M Green (N Wal RR) 77:41. M45: 1 S Barkes (Linc W) 79:05. M60: 1 S Jones (Eryri) 86:22Women: 1 L Jeska (Eryri, W40) 82:58; 2 H Oldroyd (Uk net) 84:24; 3 J Clague (Liv H, W40) 85:10W40: 3 S Ridgway 91:54. W45: 1 T Trueman (Lawley) 92:45. W50: 1 S Heatley (Worc) 95:20. W55: 1 S Connell (Pic SC) 1:44:43; 2 D Kenwright (Sarn H) 1:44:56

BERKHAMSTED HALF-MARATHONOverall: 1 P Adams (St Alb S) 71:10; 2 E Banks (BRAT) 71:37; 3 M Ryall (Mil K) 75:36M40: 1 G Ramsay (FVS) 77:35Women: 1 N Lewycky (Mil K) 81:58; 2 A Ward (St Alb S, W35) 87:52; 3 L Owen (Rav CoL) 88:32W40: 1 S Reynolds (Chilt) 89:52. W55: 1 D Heydecker (St Alb S) 1:41:45

BOURNEMOUTH 10, BournemouthOverall: 1 J Cole (B’mth) 57:35; 2 J Cieluszecki (B’mth, M35) 57:57; 3 G Robinson (Gard CR) 58:13Women: 1 Z Lang (New F, W40) 70:52; 2 N Stanley (Sand J) 71:18; 3 D Dibden (Poole) 71:43

CHEADLE SPRING 5, CheadleOverall: 1 P Martin (Stock H) 24:37; 2 C Davies (Chead) 26:49; 3 G Burnett (Stock H) 27:33M70: 1 D Frain (Trent) 35:29; 2 M Whitmore (Newc S) 37:51Women: 1 L Holt (Stoke) 30:00; 2 M Vernon (Trent, W40) 30:02; 3 R Harrison (Chead, W35) 30:50; 4 W Mullineux 30:58W65: 1 D Fellows (C&S) 40:11

COVENTRY HALF MARATHONOverall: 1 T Doe (Linc W) 70:22; 2 M Adcock (Herm, M35) 70:37; 3 D Annable (Hean) 70:42; 4 T Curtis (Charn) 72:14;

5 T Hogan (SBR Tri) 72:57; 6 H Davies (R&N, M40) 72:58; 7 B Foster (Dud K) 73:40; 8 R Malin (B&R, M45) 73:50; 9 S Gibbs (Norw RR, M35) 73:54; 10 J Escalante-phillips 74:17; 11 C Carson (Kenil, M40) 74:38M40: 3 M Gibbons (SBR Tri) 75:53; 4 D Giles (Newcastle (Staffs) Tri Club) 76:24. M45: 2 D Mcmanus 79:59. M50: 1 M Carwardine (Centurions RC) 82:07; 2 A Green (Tm East H) 82:22. M55: 1 G Payne (Nun) 78:22; 2 G Stephens 84:31. M70: 1 A Johnson (Leam) 99:13Women: 1 E Styles (Hinck) 83:37; 2 A Deavy (N’brook, W35) 83:47; 3 M Kirkham (Cov, W35) 85:50; 4 A Sarkies


Road / parkrun Results

PARKRUNFEBRUARY 28 parkrun 5kmLeading age-gradedNewcastle: I Hudspith 15:27 M40 91.06%; Wolverhampton West: P Nicholls 15:00 SM 86.41%; Eastleigh: J Czura 18:16 U15W 86.02%; Manchester Platts Field: J Mulryan 22:05 W55 85.41%; Poole: G Copeland 18:33 U15W 84.71%; Crane: L Killip 20:37 W50 84.44%; Darlington: I Barnes 24:58 M80 84.18%; Brighton Hove: P Gasson 19:25 M60 83.34%; Manchester Platts Field: J Vis 15:33 SM 82.96%; Frimley: R McCawley 16:20 U20M 82.70%; Cannon Hill: C Richardson 17:57 SW 82.45%; Sheffield Endcliffe: A Lancaster 18:49 U20W 82.36%; Bradford: T Adams 15:53 SM 81.86%; Didcot: S James 24:46 W60 81.84%

Fastest menWolverhampton W: P Nicholls 15:00Medina: J Wade 15:09Middlesbrough Albert: G Jayasuriya 15:26Newcastle: I Hudspith 15:27Blandford: D Long 15:29Manchester Platts Field: J Vis 15:33Manchester Platts Field: A Norman 15:37York: P Brookes 15:44Aylesbury: I Kimpton 15:48Hackney Marshes: P Hawkings 15:50Middlesbrough Albert: N Baker 15:52Porthcawl: P Avent 15:52Bradford: T Adams 15:53Cannon Hill: W Richardson 15:54Hackney Marshes: E Brown 15:56Mansfield: S King 15:58Sheffield Endcliffe: P Williams 15:58Manchester Platts Field: R Bridges 16:01Middlesbrough Albert: C Dunne 16:02Sheffield Endcliffe: W Beauchamp 16:03Hackney Marshes: L Bethuel 16:04Leeds Hyde: C Greenwood 16:04Norwich: J Berehowskyj 16:04Hackney Marshes: P Downie 16:06Poole: P Thompson 16:07Middlesbrough Alb: J Baines 16:08Congleton: D Nicholls 16:09Edinburgh Silverk: R White 16:09Newcastle: C Franks 16:09Anlaby: J Jones 16:09Leeds Hyde: J Kovacs 16:11Newcastle: J Cripwell 16:11Strathclyde: R Gilroy 16:11Leeds Hyde: J Tayleur 16:13Nonsuch: O Garrod 16:13Bognor Regis: J Baker 16:17Huddersfield: D Watson 16:18Bushy: T Telkovsky 16:19

Frimley: R McCawley 16:20London Southwark: M Cummings 16:20Pontefract: R Smith 16:22Bushy: A Lawrence 16:25Bushy: A Jaksevicius 16:25Finsbury: T Aldred 16:25Brighton Hove: J Burgess 16:26Rother Valley Country: A Johnson 16:26Cardiff Blackweir: R Boorman 16:27Haywards Heath: S Heath 16:28Poole: A Mahamed 16:28Bushy: H Matthews 16:29Wolverhampton W: T Holden 16:29Wolverhampton W: L Vine 16:29Canterbury: D Carter 16:30Hackney Marshes: O Kean 16:30Wolverhampton W: N Hardy 16:30

Fastest womenEdinburgh Silverknowes: L Dunn 17:28Pontefract: L Day 17:34Middlesbrough Albert: S Fletcher 17:38London Bishop’s: I Ainsworth 17:46Northampton: R Cave 17:48Porthcawl: K Roberts 17:48Cannon Hill: C Richardson 17:57York: H Oldroyd 18:02Black Park Country: I Lee 18:03Cassiobury: C Hallissey 18:03Lincoln: K Eravisto 18:06Wolverhampton West: T Clarke 18:09Delamere Forest: K Brough (was Brennan) 18:13Hornchurch: F Fullerton 18:14South Shields: A Sneddon 18:15Telford Town: S MacKness 18:15Glasgow – Victoria: E Mooney 18:15Eastleigh: J Czura 18:16York: H Cross 18:16Leicester: K Addy 18:20Pontefract: H Singleton 18:23Telford Town: J Freeman 18:23Bushy: J O’Hanlon 18:25Liverpool Princes: C Mason 18:30Middlesbrough Alb: J Adams 18:33Poole: G Copeland 18:33RSPB Conwy: G Outten 18:35Glasgow – Victoria: R Grant 18:36Manchester Plat: S Johnstone 18:40Sheffield Endcl: J Fawcett 18:44Sheffield Endcl: A Lancaster 18:49Frimley: F Davis 18:50Newcastle: C Hubbard 18:50Dulwich: M De Silva 18:51Ipswich: L Thomas 18:56Blandford: V Ingham 18:57Buckingham: J McBain 19:01Glasgow – Victoria: D McHugh 19:02Wolverh. W: H Jennings 19:03Cannon Hill: R Turton 19:05Wolverhampton W: C Veysey 19:07Dulwich: E Newton 19:13Pegwell Bay Country: C Siruffo 19:13Black Park: N Benjamin 19:14Porthcawl: Z Thomas 19:14Newcastle: M Beckett 19:17

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(Rugby Triathlon Club, W35) 86:43W40: 1 L Smith 90:17; 2 L Andrews (Kenil) 91:09. W45: 1 C Wilkinson (Spa) 87:38; 2 C Fowell (Ivan) 91:34; 3 T Hardman 92:56. W50: 1 P Cutler (Handy C) 99:35. W55: 1 M Hudson 96:22. W70: 1 J Johnson (Leam) 1:55:22

EASTBOURNE HALF-MARATHONOverall: 1 D Hards 76:56; 2 C Thomson 76:57; 3 S Gregory (Holme P, M50) 77:22M50: 2 P Cousins (Hay H) 81:40; 3 S Fletcher (Seaf) 82:16. M55: 1 J Lowden (B&H) 86:43. M65: 1 A Haig (Phoe) 97:21Women: 1 S Crombie-hicks (Unatt, W35) 86:10; 2 Y Grice (B’works, W35) 87:06; 3 S Fry (Hail, W40) 90:05W45: 1 L Lumber (Hail) 92:22. W65: 1 S Marzaioli (Hast R) 1:59:24

FRANK HARMER MEMORIAL 10km, Herne HillOverall: 1 J Cunningham (Herne H) 34:14; 2 A Wray (Harrow, M40) 35:56; 3 M Munro (Herne H, M35) 36:27Women: 1 J Wedmore (Herne H) 38:56; 2 R Chalmers (Herne H) 42:02; 3 C Pettigrew (Unatt, W35) 44:05

GORING 10km, GoringOverall: 1 C Pearson 35:58; 2 R Kinnersley (Read) 36:10; 3 R Corney 36:39M70: 1 D Clark (Herts P) 47:11Women: 1 C Shelley 42:09; 2 H Chettleburgh (Tri20, W35) 42:47; 3 A Eyles (Read RR) 43:02W65: 1 M Moody (Vets) 48:06

GREENWICH MERIDIAN 10kmOverall: 1 J Connor (Kent) 33:33; 2 B Shearer (Camb H, M35) 34:19; 3 A Kirk-Smith (Lon Hth) 35:22Women: 1 K Sanders (Camb H) 41:10; 2 T Murphy (Kent, W35) 41:29; 3 H Hamilton (Unatt, W45) 43:15

HAWESWATER HALF-MARATHON, BamptonOverall: 1 J Buis (Bord H, M35) 72:51; 2 T Durcan (Derw C) 73:06; 3 J Clifford (New M, M40) 74:24; 4 J Turner (Amble) 74:50M45: 1 M Scott 77:21. M50: 1 A Lundberg-Bury (Ross) 81:26. M60: 1 N Lancaster (Derw C) 90:47

Women: 1 H Dent (Howg) 86:51; 2 J Wilson-Young (Edin, W40) 89:16W40: 2 S Ayers (Kesw) 92:04. W45: 1 V Winter (Derw C) 93:00. W50: 1 J Taylor (Wig D) 91:42; 2 B Wright (BWF) 96:00. W65: 1 N Smith (B’burn RR) 1:59:57. W70: 1 K Cartledge (Benth) 2:04:21

LASSWADE 10, RosewellOverall: 1 D Hawkins (Leeds C) 51:08; 2 R Houston (Centr, M35) 52:47; 3 D Millar (Irv, M45) 55:12M45: 2 S Campbell (Cors) 57:14. M50: 1 S Hay (Dunb) 61:19. M55: 1 W Jarvie (P’bello) 62:56TEAM: 1 Cors 36; 2 Edin 58; 3 Portob 91Women: 1 R Haines (HBT) 62:44; 2 E McKechanie (HBT, W35) 63:46; 3 R Halliday (HBT) 64:05; 4 S MacIsaac (HBT) 64:24; 5 K Murray (Lass) 64:50; 6 S Mckechnie (Penic) 65:09; 7 M Wright (HBT, W40) 65:31W45: 1 L Basso (Fife) 67:39. W50: 1 R Anderson (Dunb) 68:19. W70: 1 B Gilchrist (Ferran) 90:42TEAM: 1 HBT 89; 2 Penic 314; 3 Gala 351

MORNINGTON CHASERS’ REGENTS PARK 10km WINTER SERIES, LondonOverall: 1 E Pierce (E&H) 32:58; 2 A Sumrall 33:41; 3 J De Mata 34:38Women: 1 L Custance (Clap C, W35) 35:24; 2 G Simmons (Vegan) 40:33; 3 K Jarrett (Metro) 41:00

NAIRN 10kmOverall: 1 J Newsom (I’ness) 32:59; 2 G Lennox (Forres) 33:33; 3 K Wilson (Moray) 33:47M40: G Jenkins (Moray) 34:42. M50: R Creswell (A’deen) 36:32TEAM: I’ness Women: 1 J Bannerman (I’ness) 36:29; 2 M Macintosh (Nairn, U20) 39:43TEAM: I’ness

PORT SUNLIGHT 10kmOverall: 1 J Boden (W’sey) 34:10; 2 M Wynne (Liv PS, M35) 34:32; 3 G Howell (Liv H) 34:50; 4 A Taylor (Unatt, M40) 34:58M45: 1 R Webster (W’sey) 35:01; 2 P Brame (Liv H) 35:18. M50: 1 N Grant (Penny L) 36:41. M60: 1 A Metcalfe (S Liv) 39:51. U20: 1 A Rutherford (Bir) 35:41Women: 1 K Longley (Liv PS, W35) 38:06; 2 S Hunt (Wirr) 38:32; 3 H Davies (S Liv) 40:22W65: 1 R Rogers (W Ches) 48:35Overall (5km): 1 J Atkins (Liv H) 16:44; 2 R Davies (Wirr) 17:11; 3 B Lewington 17:47Women: 1 M Ball (Unatt, W40) 18:57; 2 L Gawthorne (Liv PS) 19:18; 3 H Traynor (Liv H) 19:53

ST DAVID’S DAY 10km, CardiffOverall: 1 A Thomas 35:51; 2 M Bryant (Swan) 36:13; 3 G Morris 36:20M50: 1 S Rhind (Hendre L) 36:48Women: 1 A Beynon-thomas 36:44; 2 A Speight 37:52; 3 S Leech (Unatt, W40) 41:11Overall (5km): 1 P Avent (B’end) 15:48; 2 M Jones (Unatt, M45) 16:00; 3 R Boorman (A’dare) 16:15Women: 1 A Lawson 21:43; 2 L Newman (Unatt, W45) 22:58; 3 D Richards (Unatt, W35) 23:33

SMOKIES LADIES ONLY 10, ArbroathOverall: 1 G Sangster (Dund RR, W40) 65:18; 2 J Gordon (Kinr, W35) 66:26; 3 S Mullins (Fife, W) 67:00W40: 2 K Kennedy (C’gie) 69:15. W45: 1 K Macpherson (Fife) 70:02; 2 G Murdoch (C’gie) 70:20. W55: 1 M Taggart (Dund RR) 73:50. W60: 1 M Fleming (C’gie) 81:54

THANET 20, Ramsgate, KentOverall: 1 T Collins (M&M) 1:58:06; 2 A Stokes (Cant) 2:00:13; 3 T Reeves (Dartf RR) 2:04:18M60: 1 D Smythe (Folk) 2:27:37Women: 1 C Siruffo (G&G, W35) 2:20:09; 2 J Cliff (Deal TC, W45) 2:20:46; 3 C Day (Padd W) 2:21:30W40: 1 S Gruber (Inv EK) 2:22:40. W50: 1 T Taylor (Tun W) 2:34:32; 2 J Stoppani (M’stone) 2:35:21. W55: 1 P Birchall (Cant) 2:49:53

FEBRUARY 28CUPAR 5, CuparOverall: 1 C Milne (Centr) 24:42; 2 B Mackie (Edin, M35) 24:49; 3 J Donald (Dund H, U17) 26:16; 4 G Simpson (Perth RR, M35) 26:18; 5 C Russell (Giff N) 26:32M50: 1 J Coderch (St And U) 29:48. M60: 1 J Scott (P’bello) 32:01; 2 C Mathieson (Pit) 32:20; 3 B Mcneil 32:23; 4 K Sambrook 32:28. M70: 1 B Brown (Perth RR) 37:24. M75: 1 G Black (Fife) 37:13Women: 1 L Morrison (Centr) 28:37; 2 K Jones (Fife) 29:59; 3 J Kibble (Fife) 30:07; 4 A Richardson (Fife) 31:18; 5 L Beveridge (Dund H) 31:19W40: 1 A Howe (Lon Hth) 32:09; 2 R Van Rensburg (Fife) 32:35. W55: 1 J Dobson (Kinr) 36:00; 2 I Bracegirdle (Fife) 37:39. W60: 1 C Cadger (Srathtay H) 38:19; 2 J Macleod (Pit) 39:24

PODIUM 5km, BarrowfordOverall A race (5km): 1 C Livesey (Prest) 14:54; 2 J Bailey (Salf) 14:56; 3 N Samuels (Sale) 14:57; 4 C Johnson (Gate) 14:58; 5 B Houghton (Donc, U20) 14:59; 6 Z Miller (Traff, U20) 15:01; 7 D Norman (Alt, M35) 15:02; 8 C Farrell (Horw) 15:05; 9 A Ford (Sale) 15:09; 10 J Tighe (Salf) 15:23; 11 R Danson (Wesh) 15:24; 12 M Wigelsworth (Warr, U20) 15:31; 13 A Green (Warr, M50) 15:32; 14 D Rigby (Prest) 15:42; 15 M Brown (Kesw) 15:44; 16 D Johnson (Gate) 15:45; 17 M Swensson (Penny L, M35) 15:51; 18 F Thompson (Linc W, U20) 15:55; 19 H Valentine (S Ches) 15:58M40: 1 K Ogden (Spen) 16:06; 2 G Booth (Horw) 16:24. M45: 1 G Green (Warr) 16:04; 2 M Nuttall (B’burn) 16:07. U20: 5 A Sciacca (Chor ATC) 16:08Women: 1 D Hodgkinson (Bir) 17:07; 2 T Walker (Salf, W35) 17:36Overall B race (5km): 1 C Thornton (Sky) 16:12; 2 M Barnes (Pend, U17) 16:46; 3 K Atkins (Pend, U15) 16:48M60: 1 P Quibell (Salf) 18:33; 2 G Pendlebury (Salf) 19:48. U20: 1 J Ingham (Pend) 16:49Women: 1 S Coupe (Linc W) 17:34; 2 H Oldroyd (Uk net) 17:58; 3 N Squires (Hallam) 18:01; 4 H Brown (Sky, U20) 18:03; 5 H Drewett (Salis) 18:09; 6 C Singleton (Trawd, W35) 18:31W45: 1 A Buckley (Bing) 20:12

SEVERN AC ROAD RELAYS, Elmore, GloucesterMen (4x2.75M): 1 Cheltenham 58:47 (M Evans 14:53. A Proffitt 15:02, D Nazarenko (U20) 13:55, P Horsfall 14:57); 2 Worcester 61:46 (D Price 14:47, N Hitchens (M45) 15:40, A Pollack 16:25, W Miles (M45) 14:54); 3 Severn 64:35; 4 Kingsway 66:00; 5 Gloucester 71:12; 6 Tewkesbury 77:08Fastest: Nazarenko 13:55; M James (Sev) 14:39; Price 14:47M40 (4x2.75M): 1 F of Dean 62:41 (L Fleet 15:53, R Peglar 15:41, D Lawthian 16:10, C Penny 14:57); 2 Glouc 64:53; 3 Worcs 76:24Fastest: W Miles (Worc) 14:54M50 (3x2.75M): 1 Glouc 58:32 (D Spackman (M70) 20:10, H Phillips 20:24, A Daly 17:58); 2 FoDean 74:37Fastest: Daly 17:58M70 (3x2.75M): Bourton 72:08Fastest: D Spackman (Glouc) 20:10Women (3x2.75M): 1 Glouc 53;46 (B Bishop 17:21, N Ashby-Tower 18:54, L McPeake 17:310; 2 Glouc B 55:44; 3 Black Pear 56:04; 4 Glouc C 58:45; 5 Severn 59:54Fastest: Bishop 17:21W35 (3x2.75M): 1 Angels 59:18; 2 Angels B 66:59Fastest: V Bentley (Angels) 18:42

FEBRUARY 27BROOKS SERPENTINE LAST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH 5km, Hyde Park, LondonCLARE ELMS set an over-50 race record of 17:49, Martin Duff reports.

Elms’ time here was well up on her 18:10 in the December Last Friday Hyde Park fixture. It left her just 30m down on women’s race winner Sarah Johnson’s 17:42. Johnson led early on but was caught by Elms by 4km but kicked past on the final hill.

Up ahead, there was a run-away victory for Tonbridge’s 18-year-old Chris Olley, in his third race in a week. In his first outing over the distance, the national Junior ninth placer won by nearly 250m in 15:29, just a couple of days after finishing runner-up in the London Colleges league.Overall: 1 C Olley (Ton, U20) 15:29; 2 J Ellis (Warr) 16:17; 3 C Thomas (Inv EK) 16:24M40: 1 K Lennard (S Lon) 16:55. M45: 1 D Kelly (Higham) 16:58. M50: 1 R Tudor (Salf) 16:25; 2 E Prill (Dulw) 17:51. M60: 1 A Roberts (Serp) 19:58Women: 1 S Johnson (Trent) 17:42; 2 C Elms (Dulw, W50) 17:49; 3 C Jeremiah (Lon Hth) 19:06W45: 1 K Trinder (Woking) 19:41; 2 S McDonald (S Lon) 20:01. W50: 2 P Dalton (S’oaks) 21:23. W55: 1 K Hancock (Serp) 22:19; 2 A Sanders-Reece (Morn) 22:31. W60: 1 S Musson (Ton) 21:29. W65: 1 M Rayner (W4) 23:35; 2 A Bath (26.2) 25:58

FELLMARCH 1CLOUD NINE, CongletonOverall (9M/1250ft): 1 C Moulton (Boall) 56:27; 2 A Lamont (Macc, M40) 57:29; 3 R Grantham (Pens, M40) 58:19; 4 J Ross (Staffs M) 59:20; 5 J Goodwin (Boall, M40) 59:33; 6 J Burgess (Staffs M) 60:24M45: D Betteney (S Ches) 62:37. M60: T McGaff (Wilm) 65:33. M65: B Blyth (Macc) 77:57. M70: C Ardron (Macc) 83:27Women: 1 O Walwyn (Macc) 63:34; 2 D McVey (Wilm) 67:58; 3 H Evans (Macc) 70:23W40: L Grantham (Pens) 71:52. W60: A-M Jones (Alt) 76:17. W65: A Dinsmor (Stock H) 94:25

BISHOP HILL RACE, ScotlandwellOverall (2.5M/1000ft): 1 J Waldie (C’thy) 18:59; 2 A Gilmore (C’thy) 19:34; 3 B Wiseman (Ochil) 20:22, 4 G Mathieson (Anst) 20:36M50: S Sanderson (Penic) 21:28. M60: H McLean (L’tays) 29:39. M70: B Beveridge (Lom) 34:30U20: D Elder 24:17Women: 1 S Adam (W’lands CC) 27:15; 2 M James (W’lands CC, W50) 27:16; 3 J Wilson (Lom, W50) 28:14

TOUR OF TARPANTAU, Blaen y GlybOverall (8M/2500ft): 1 M Palmer (Mynydd D, M50) 64:58; 2 C Jones (MDC) 65:25; 3 R Gordon (Mynydd D, M40) 73:22M60: C Brancher (Mynydd D) 1:56:22Women: 1 H Fines (Holm, W40) 77:37; 2 K Elvers (Chep, W40) 1:55:51; 3 K Hovers (Brec TC, W50) 2:02:38

FEBRUARY 28PIPE DREAM, DolgarrogOverall (5.1M/1700ft): 1 M Roberts 33:16 (rec); 2 F Jones (Aberys) 33:17; 3 D Lewis (Sarn H) 36:13M40: J Parkinson (eryri) 36:26 (rec). M50: S Toogood (Buck) 40:31. M60: C Wilcox (Clwyd) 43:41. M70: D Williams (Eryri) 51:02 (rec)Women: 1 K Beecher (Mynydd D) 38:08; 2 B Jenkinson (Eryri) 43:46; 3 L Emery-Jones (Eryri) 44:49W40: J Heming (Eryri) 46:34. W50: C Mills (Mercia) 50:18

MIDGLEY MOOR, HalifaxOverall (5M/1250ft): 1 S Godsman (Calder V, M40) 39:33; 2 N Crampton (P&B) 41:07; 3 M Fanning (B’dale F) 42:16; 4 M O’Connor (Caldr V) 42:31; 5 P Brennan (Tod, M50) 44:08; 6 M Taylor (M40) 43:55M60: K Taylor (Ross) 50:50. M70: W Mitton (Ach ClC) 66:23U18: M Howard (Calder V) 45:45Women: 1 H Berry (Holm, W40) 46:15; 2 D Gowans (Acc RR, W50) 47:57; 3 J Goorney (Lyth, W40) 50:12; 4 L Oldfield (Calder V) 50:23W60: L Lord (Clay) 62:35

HIGH PEAK MARATHON, EdaleOverall (41.6M/5397ft, teams of 4): 1 Flipper’s Gang (M40) 8:25:44 (S Watts, S Pyke, J Bragg, J Morgan); 2 Haggis on Tour (mixed) 8:36:30 (J Paris, K Rawlik, J Ascroft, I Whiteside); 3 Who’s Navigating 9:00:32 (G Borrell, L Piercy, D Lund, R Hunt); 4 Return of the Dark Side (V40, mixed) 9:11:15Women: 1 Big in Mist 10:11:12 (S Fawcett, J Jepson, C Rice, H-C Marshall); 2 Dark Side (W40) 11:38:17 (K Bryan-Jones, R Horn, J Nolan. N Parkin); 3 Cash 12:13:55 (A Priestley, H Dawe, C Gordon, S O’Neil)


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THERE is plenty to play for at the multi-purpose UK Inter-Counties at Cofton Park this weekend.

The event incorporates the World Cross trials but is just the offi cial trial for the junior teams, as British Athletics will only be selecting senior athletes if they believe they have top-30 potential for Guiyang later this month or future World Cross events, although the policy does state that exceptions can be made.

While there is no offi cial trial for the senior teams, performances at Cofton Park on Saturday will be given “strong consideration”.

Up to six athletes for each of the junior teams may be selected. The fi rst three placed eligible athletes on Saturday gain automatic selection. Under-17 athletes must compete in the under-20 race to be eligible for selection, while athletes born in 1995 who were eligible to compete as a junior at last year’s Euro Cross will now be seniors, as per IAAF rules.

The 2014-15 Cross Challenge series also concludes this weekend and many athletes will have their eyes on the overall prizes.

Adam Hickey stretched his senior men’s series lead with victory in Milton Keynes added to a win in Cardiff , while reigning Inter-Counties champion Lily Partridge sits just behind Imogen Ainsworth in the senior women’s standings having contested one less event. Double points are up for grabs in Birmingham.

Senior menWITH the World Cross held biennially, there was no trial element at last year’s Inter-Counties. Richard Goodman claimed the men’s title, while Dewi Griffi ths secured the Cross Challenge series victory. Both athletes are set to be among those racing over the 12km course on Saturday, Middlesex man Goodman returning to the mud after an off -day at the English National where he fi nished 31st and West Wales’ Griffi ths looking to build on his third place fi nishes in Cardiff and Milton Keynes.

Adam Hickey leads the standings from Andrew Butchart and Dean Lacy. Hickey has proven his fi ne current form with wins in Cardiff and Milton Keynes, the Essex athlete also fi nishing seventh when suff ering a cold at the National a fortnight ago. He is due to be joined by both Scotland East’s Butchart, winner of the Scottish National Championships and runner-up in Liverpool and Milton Keynes, and Cardiff runner-up Lacy, running in Kent’s royal blue.

“Unfortunately I got a bit ill before the Nationals, but I’m over

that now and looking forward to the weekend,” said Hickey. “You can’t write anyone off . Dewi and Andrew had their national championships and they both won, and they’re going to be contenders, so it will be a good, honest race. I never shy away from tough competition.”

Fresh from claiming his fi rst National title ahead of Andrew Heyes and Nick Swinburn, Charlie Hulson is also set to be back in action, while his fellow National medallists were also included on the early entry lists.

Andy Vernon was another athlete to be included in the provisional lists, though this weekend’s event is likely too soon for the European 5000m and 10,000m medallist to make his comeback after injury.

Senior womenLILY PARTRIDGE will be another looking to do the National and Inter-Counties double as she returns to Cofton Park as the defending champion over the 8km course.

Cross purposes at Cofton ParkWorld Trials & UK Inter-Counties Championships Cofton Park, Birmingham, March 7Preview

SATURDAY’S INTER-COUNTIES CHAMPS IS THE TRIALS FOR THE WORLD CROSS EVENT IN GUIYANG AND INCORPORATES THE CROSS CHALLENGE FINALWords: Jessica Whittington

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Reigning Inter-Counties champion Lily Partridge follows Katie Brough in last year’s race

Senior men’s contenders include Cross Challenge leader Adam Hickey (734), the

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“I’m excited,” said Partridge, “I love running the Inter Counties for Surrey and it’s always a good race when it’s the World Cross Trials as everyone seems to turn up. I think being in the running to win the series makes it more of a challenge and I always get excited going into the big races.”

Among the athletes missing will be her fellow Aldershot, Farnham & District runner Emelia Gorecka as the Great Edinburgh Cross Country winner forms part of the GB team for the European Indoor Championships in Prague.

Another athlete who has spent a spell competing indoors is Jessica Judd and she is named on the early entry list for Essex, though was not confi rmed at the time AW went to press.

European under-23 cross country champion Rhona Auckland is not thought to be competing after injury has so far ruled her out of action this year, though last year’s runner-up and overall Cross Challenge series winner Katie Brough is due to race.

Her husband Steve is not set to return to try and improve on his two silver medals, but Elle Vernon is due to run for Greater Manchester.

Junior racesA NUMBER of athletes will be battling for junior World Cross spots as well as Inter-Counties titles and a strong Cross Challenge fi nish.

Second in the Cross Challenge standings after a win in Cardiff and

seventh place in Liverpool, Welsh champion Jac Hopkins competes for Wales West. His fellow Welsh athlete Iolo Hughes, running this weekend for Wales North, leads the standings after scoring points in all three events so far, having last year claimed the overall under-17 series victory.

Abel Tsegay, runner-up at the National behind Jonny Davies, features on the entry lists, along with the likes of Kent team-mate Corey De’Ath.

Last year’s Inter-Counties under-17 top-two, Surrey’s Jordan Rowe and Zak Miller of Greater Manchester, are also set to take on the 8km junior men’s course.

Phoebe Law was runner-up in the junior race at the English National behind Rebecca Murray, who goes in the senior women’s event in Birmingham and the Surrey athlete leads the Cross Challenge standings ahead of Bronwen Owen and Helena Keenan after her win in Milton Keynes and second place in Liverpool. Yorkshire’s Owen is also set to compete over the 6km course, as is Leicestershire’s Keenan along with team-mate Amy Griffi ths.

Harriet Knowles-Jones won the under-17 title at Parliament Hill and will be looking to continue her fi ne form in Birmingham after an Inter-Counties win for the Cheshire runner in that age-group last year.

Younger age groupsYORKSHIRE’S Emile Cairess, who was runner-up to Ben Dijkstra in Cardiff , is top of the under-17 men’s


Follow AW at twitter.com/athleticsweeklyWorld Trials & UK Inter-Counties Championships Cofton Park, Birmingham, March 7

TimetableTime Race Distance11:05 U20 men 8000m 11:35 U13 boys 3000m 11:50 Senior women 8000m 12:25 U15 boys 4500m 12:45 U17 women 5000m 13:10 U20 women 6000m 13:35 U13 girls 3000m 13:55 U17 men 6000m 14:15 U15 girls 4000m 14:40 Senior men 12,000m

Cross Challenge standings

Jac Hopkins: under-20 hope

Athlete Points Senior men1 Adam Hickey 1092 Andrew Butchart 1043 Dean Lacy 1034 Dewi Griffi ths 1025 Gary Priestley 936 John Beattie 837 Gilbert Grundy 818 Owain Jones 75 Under-20 men1 Iolo Hughes 572 Jac Hopkins 523 Corey De’Ath 514 Jonathan Glen 505 Christian Lovatt 46 Under-17 men1 Emile Cairess 542 Hugo Milner 513 Tom Mortimer 484 Cai Linton 465 Sam Sommerville 40 Under-15 boys1 Luke Davies 562 Reece Curtis 533 Oliver Barbaresi 524 Callum Abberley 495 Joe Body 47 Under-13 boys1 Hamish Armitt 592 Tommy Dawson 583 Joshua Dickinson 534 David Dow 525 Max Perry 48

Athlete Points Senior women1 Imogen Ainsworth 1042 Lily Partridge 1033 Sarah Tunstall 1014 Louise Small 1005 Sophie Cowper 966 Emma Clayton 957 Rachel Cave 848 Julie Wargent 60 Under-20 women1 Phoebe Law 552 Bronwen Owen 543 Helena Keenan 534 Olivia Gwynn 465 Catriona Graves 30 Under-17 women1 Heidi Davies 582 Yoyo Barnsley 50 3 Kirstin Oakley 484 Nixie Turner 465 Hannah Thear 43 Under-15 girls1 Jasmine Cooper 572 Abi Fisher 553 Naomi Kingston 514 Emily Thompson 495 Naomi Reid 47 Under-13 girls1 Emma Frew 561eq Fern Harrison 563 Leona Murray 534 Hollie Gamble 495 Helena Dyce 47

Cross Challenge standings, while Wales East athlete Heidi Davies leads the under-17 women’s list.

Another Wales East runner, Cardiff winner Luke Davies, leads the under-15 boys standings from

Reece Curtis and Oliver Barbaresi. Fellow Cardiff winner, Derbyshire’s Jasmine Cooper, is top of the under-15 girls standings.

Unbeaten on the mud this year, Hamish Armitt is currently top in the under-13 boys age group, while Emma Frew and Fern Harrison have a joint lead in the under-13 girls standings.

Phoebe Law: U20 Cross Challenge leader

Emile Cairess: under-17 Cross Challenge No.1

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CROSS-COUNTRYSaturday March 7BRITISH ATHLETICS CROSS CHALLENGE (Inc WORLD TRIALS & CAU INTER-COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIPS)Cofton Park, Birmingham.ukcau.co.ukCHINGFORD LEAGUE RELAYSTBC.bob-orion.me.uk/ChingfordLeague.htmlMID LANCS LEAGUERylands Park, Lancaster. 12.30pm.midlancs.org.uk

Sunday March 8BROMLEY VETERANS’ OPEN 5Sparrows Den. 10.30am.bromleyvets.orgEAST SUSSEX LEAGUEBlackstock Farm, Hellingly. 10.30am.eastsussexcrosscountry.co.ukSOUTH EAST ESSEX LEAGUEHadleigh.benfl eetrunningclub.co.uk

Tuesday March 10NORTHERN POLICE LEAGUEWitton Country Park, Blackburn. 2pm.slateman.co.uk/npccl

Saturday March 14BRITISH MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPSRuthin.xchangecms.co.ukENGLISH SCHOOLS’ CHAMPIONSHIPSWitton Park, Blackburn.esaa.netIAAF CROSS COUNTRY PERMIT (Inc HOME COUNTRIES INTERNATIONAL)Antrim.athleticsni.orgSTART FITNESS NORTH EAST HARRIER LEAGUEWrekenton. 12.15pm.harrierleague.com

Sunday March 15DOWNS LEAGUEEpsom Downs. 10.45am.kingstonandpoly.orgGWENT LEISURE CENTRE LEAGUELliswerry. 11am.gri� thstownharriers.co.uk/glcl.htmlKENT FITNESS LEAGUE RELAYTBC.kfl .canterburyharriers.orgPECO LEAGUE RELAYSTBC.pecoxc.co.uk

Tuesday March 17SCOTTISH DISABILITY SPORT FINALBellahouston Park, Glasgow.events.scottishathletics.org.uk

Wednesday March 18MIDLANDS POLICE & SERVICES LEAGUEHewell Grange. 2pm.westmidlandspoliceathletics.co.uk

Saturday March 21SEVERN AC OPEN 4km (Inc GLOUCESTERSHIRE CHAMPIONSHIPS)Plock Court, Gloucester. 2.30pm.

Sunday March 22MIDDLESEX/HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY MASTERS’ CHAMPIONSHIPSTrent Park.middlesexaa.org.ukRYSTON RUNNERS OPEN LEAGUEShouldham Warren. 11am.rystonrunners.org.uk

Wednesday March 25MIDLANDS POLICE & SERVICES LEAGUETally Ho!. 2pm.westmidlandspoliceathletics.co.uk

Saturday March 28INTER-INSULAR CHAMPIONSHIPSGuernsey.guernseyathletics.org.ggNORTH WEST LONDON YOUNG ATHLETES’ LEAGUEWormwood Scrubs. 1pm.

INDOORThursday March 5JARROW WINTER GP SERIESJarrow.

Saturday March 7BMAF CHAMPIONSHIPSLee Valley. Until Sunday March 8.xchangecms.co.ukCHELMSFORD OPENChelmsford.chelmsford.gov.uk/athletics

Sunday March 8JARROW WINTER GP SERIESJarrow.SOUTH YORKSHIRE SERIESSheffi eld.sycaa.co.ukWELSH INTERNATIONALCardiff .welshathletics.orgWINDSOR, SLOUGH, ETON & HOUNSLOW AC WINTER SERIESEton. 12.30pm.wseh.info

Saturday March 14ENGLAND ATHLETICS U15/U17 COMBINED EVENTS CHAMPIONSHIPSSheffi eld EIS. Until Sunday March 15.englandathletics.orgMIDDLESEX/HERTFORDSHIRE/KENT COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPSLee Valley. Until Sunday March 15.SCOTTISH NATIONAL COMBINED EVENTS/RELAY CHAMPIONSHIPSEmirates Arena. Until Sunday March 15.scottishathletics.org.uk

Sunday March 15ESSEX ATHLETICS NETWORK OPEN MEETINGChelmsford.

Saturday March 21BRUNEL JUMPS & THROWS FESTIVALUxbridge.brunelathletics.co.uk/throws-and-jumps-festival

Sunday March 22NORTH EAST COUNTIES AA OPEN PENTATHLONGateshead.

SALE HARRIERS OPEN SERIESSportcity. 10.30am.saleharriersmanchester.comSTOCKPORT H JUMPS FESTIVAL & YOUNG ATHLETES’ TRIATHLONOldham.stockportharriers.com

Saturday March 28MIDLAND COUNTIES OPENAlexander Stadium, Birmingham. Until Sunday March 29.midlandathletics.org.uk

Sunday March 29LEE VALLEY U13/U15 OPENLee Valley. 7pm.visitleevalley.org.uk/athletics

MULTI-TERRAINSaturday March 7ABNEY CHEADLE RUN 5kmAbney Hall, Cheadle, Cheshire. 9.30am.abneycheadlerun.co.ukFALCON FLYER 16/24Village Hall, Ravenscar, North Yorkshire. 9am.srmrt.org.ukGREEN MAN ULTRA 45Redwood Hotel, Bristol.ultrarunningltd.co.ukLETCHWORTH FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH 5kmLetchworth Outdoor Pool, Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire. 9am.fi rstsaturday5km.org.ukMUD MAN 12km/15kmArmy Testing Ground, Camberley, Surrey. 10am.humanrace.co.ukNITRO NORTH 10kmClwyd Forest Country Park, Mold, Denbighshire. 7pm.thisonecounts.co.ukSUFFERING 5km/10kmRockingham Castle, Rockingham, Leicestershire. 10am.thesu� eringrace.co.uk

Sunday March 8AGE UK HAREWOOD HOUSE 10kmHarewood House, Leeds, West Yorkshire. 10am.ageuk.org.uk/10kBEARWOOD 5km/10kmBearwood College, Wokingham, Berkshire. 9.30am.BIDEFORD HALF-MARATHONBideford AAC, The Pill, Bideford, Devon. 10.30am.bidefordaac.co.ukBIG CHEESE 15Fairlands School, Cheddar, Somerset. 10am.cheddarrunningclub.co.ukBRISTOL RESOLUTION RUN 5km/10km/15kmAshton Court, Bristol. 11am.stroke.org.ukDAFFODIL DODDLE 2.2kmAbbey Village School, Abbey, [email protected] WESTERN 10kmLeweston School, Sherborne, Dorset. 11am.yeoviltownrrc.comHENFIELD 9Henfi eld Leisure Centre, Henfi eld, West Sussex. 10.30am.henfi eldleisurecentre.co.uk

IMBER ULTRA 32Leighton Recreation Centre, Westbury, Wiltshire. 9am.imber-ultra.orgLEITH HILL HALF-MARATHONPriory School, Dorking, Surrey. 11am.trionium.comLINDSAYS BORDERS MARATHONGolf Course Road, Kelso, Roxburghshire. 9am.melroseroadraces.comLOOE 10Millpool car park, Looe, Cornwall. 10am.looepioneers.comMANCHESTER RESOLUTION RUN 5km/10km/15kmHeaton Park, Manchester. 11am.stroke.org.ukOLD DOWN COUNTRY PARK 5km/10kmOld Down Country Park, Tockington, Bristol. 10am.aspirerunningevents.co.ukOLD SODBURY SCRAMBLE 5kmChurch Lane, Old Sodbury, South Gloucestershire. 10am.oldsodburyscramble.comPAIN & SUFFERING 10Rockingham Castle, Rockingham, Leicestershire. 10am.thesu� eringrace.co.ukRODDLESWORTH ROLLER 6Abbey Village School, Abbey, Lancashire. 11am.SUNDERLAND RESOLUTION RUN 5km/10kmHerrington Park, Sunderland. 11am.stroke.org.ukTHAMES RIVERSIDE 20Bishop’s Park, London.WARWICK CASTLE RESOLUTION 5kmWarwick Castle, Warwick. 9.45am.

Saturday March 14AMPORT 10kmAmport CC, Amport, Hampshire. 2pm.muddyrunners.org.ukASHRIDGE BOUNDARY RUN 6/16Bridgewater Monument, Ashridge Estate, Ringshall, Hertfordshire. 10am.ashridgeboundaryrun.co.ukBAR8 33Bodmin Airfi eld, Bodmin, Cornwall.bodminultra.co.ukBRUTAL WINDMILL HILL 10kmWindmill Hill, Frimley, Surrey. 10am.brutalrun.co.ukD33 ULTRADuthie Park, Aberdeen.deesidewayultra.webnode.comLOGGERHEADS 5km/10kmLoggerheads Country Park, Mold, Clwyd. 10.30am.MIGHTY DEERSTALKER 10kmTraquair House, Innerleithen. 5pm.mightydeerstalker.comMOONLIGHT FLIT 10km/HALF-MARATHONSeven Stars Hotel, The Plains, Totnes, Devon. 6pm.THAMES MEANDER HALF-MARATHON/MARATHONYMCA Hawker Centre, Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey. 10am.hermesrunning.com

Sunday March 15CANTERBURY 10kmVillage Hall, Chartham, Canterbury, Kent. 10am.runningandriding.co.uk

CAPITAL RUNNERS BUSHY PARK 10kmBushy Park, Hampton, London. 10am.capitalrunners.comCHOLSEY CHASE 9Cholsey Pavillion, Station Road, Cholsey, Oxfordshire. 10.30am.barnesfi tness.co.ukDELAMERE RESOLUTION RUN 5km/10km/15kmDelamere Forest, Delamere. 11am.stroke.org.ukDUNDEE RESOLUTION RUN 5km/10kmCampderdown Park, Dundee. 10.30am.stroke.org.ukFLYING MONK 5/10Charlton Park Estate, Malmesbury, Wiltshire. 10am.triferris.comHAGLEY HALL RESOLUTION 5km/10kmHagley Hall, Hagley, Worcestershire. 10am.stroke.org.ukHURST PARK HALF-MARATHONWalton Bridge, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.hurstparkhalf.comKEIGHLEY BIG K 10kmVictoria Park, Keighley, West Yorkshire. 9am.bigk10k.org.ukLARMER TREE HALF-MARATHON/20/MARATHONLarmer Tree Gardens, Rushmore Estate, Tollard Royal, Wiltshire. 9am.whitestarrunning.co.ukLIGHTWATER VALLEY 10kmLightwater Valley Theme Park, North Stainley, North Yorkshire. 10am.northstainley.n-yorks.sch.ukLILLESHALL MONUMENTAL 10kmLilleshall CC, Lilleshall, Shropshire. 11.30am.newportrunningclub.org.ukMEON VALLEY PLOD 21Queen Elizabeth Country Park,


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TV guideFriday March 6BBC28.30am-12 noon– Live coverage of the European Indoor Championships.British Eurosport 28.45am-1.30pm; 3-6pm– European Indoors live.Saturday March 7BBC28.30-11.30am; 4.30-7.30pm – Live coverage of the European Athletics Indoor Championships.British Eurosport 29-11.30am; 3.30-7pm – European Indoors live.Sunday March 8BBC21.30-5.35pm – Live coverage of the European Indoor Championships.British Eurosport 29.30am-3.15pm– European Indoors live.

Events


Clanfi eld, Hampshire. 10.30am.pjc.org.ukMUD & MAYHEM THETFORD 10kmThetford Forest, Brandon, Suff olk. 11am.gobeyondultra.co.ukRODWAY EASY RUNNER 6Mangotsfi eld School, Mangotsfi eld, Bristol. 10am.easyrunner.co.ukSELSEY 10kmThe Academy, Selsey, West Sussex. 10am.victoryac.org.ukSEVENOAKS ROTARY KNOLE PARK 10kmKnole Park, Sevenoaks, Kent. 10.30am.sevenoaksrotary10k.co.ukSTARFISH BREAKFAST RUN 5km/10km/15kmClapham Common, London. 10am.starfi shcharity.org

Friday March 20JURASSIC COASTAL CHALLENGE MARATHON/ULTRAChesil Beach Holiday Park, Weymouth, Dorset.votwo.co.uk

Saturday March 21ENDURANCELIFE CTS SUSSEX 10km/HALF-MARATHON/MARATHON/ULTRABirling Gap, East Dean, East Sussex.endurancelife.comHARDMOORS 55Guisborough RFC, Belmangate, Guisborough, North Yorkshire.hardmoors110.org.ukLANHYDROCK 10Lanhydrock, Cornwall. 7.15om.mudcrew.co.ukLIGHT UP THE NIGHT 5kmRed Shoot Camping Park, Linwood, Hampshire. 7pm.lightupthenightrun.co.ukNEW FOREST 50kmRed Shoot Camping Park, Linwood, Hampshire. 9am.newforestrunningfestival.co.ukNEW FOREST LADIES ONLY 10kmRed Shoot Camping Park, Linwood, Hampshire. 3pm.newforestrunningfestival.co.ukORIGINAL HAMPSHIRE MAVERICK 8km/16km/24kmAvon Tyrrell Activity Centre, Bransgore, Hampshire. 10am.maverick-race.com/event/the-original-hampshireRICHMOND SPRING RIVERSIDE 10kmRiverside car park, Richmond, London. 9.30am.thefi xevents.comROCKSOLIDRACE ESCOT PARK 5km/10km/15kmNewnham Park, Ottery St Mary, Devon. 10am.rocksolidrace.comSILKSTONE SHUFFLE 4.5 SERIESSilkstone Sports Pavilion, Barnsley, South Yorkshire. 10.30am.barnsleyharriers.org.uk

Sunday March 22ARLINGTON COURT CANTER 10kmArlington Estate, Arlington, Devon.northdevonroadrunners.comBATH TWO TUNNELS 10km

Brickfi elds Park, Bath. 10am.relishrunningraces.comBEAT THE BORE 7.9Village Hall, Elmore, Gloucester. 8am.beatthebore.co.ukBUTLEIGH 7Playing fi eld, Back Town, Butleigh, Somerset. 11.30am.wellscityharriers.org.ukCANALATHON 50kmGreat Ancoats, Manchester.cannonballevents.co.ukCLAPHAM COMMON 5km/10km/15km RACE SERIESClapham Common, London. 10am.innovationsports.co.ukCLEEVEWOLD 14Tithe Barn, Postlip, Winchcombe, Gloucestershire. 10.30am.cheltenhamharriers.co.ukCOLOUR ME HAPPY 5kmRock Park, Barnstaple, Devon. 11.30am.northdevonhospice.org.ukGVH MARATHON TRAINING 20Boxmoor CC, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. 9.30am.gadevalleyharriers.co.ukHERIOT WATT ROUND THE GROUNDS 5kmHeriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. 1pm.sites.google.com/site/roundthegroundsKIRKCALDY RESOLUTION 5km/10kmBeveridge Park, Kirkcaldy. 10.30am.stroke.org.ukLOST TRAILS OF FALKLAND 8kmFalkland Estate, Fife. 11am.falklandtrailrunners.org.ukMERTHYR HALF-MARATHONTown Centre, Merthyr Tydfi l. 10am.merthyrrunningclub.co.ukNEW FOREST 10km/HALF-MARATHON/20Red Shoot Camping Park, Linwood, Hampshire. 2pm.newforestrunningfestival.co.ukPENDOCK SPRING CHICKEN RUN 10kmPendock CE Primary School, Pendock, Gloucestershire. 11.30am.runpendock.co.ukPLYMPTON MAD MARCH HARE 10kmSt Boniface Arena, Plympton, Devon. 9am.plymouth.roundtable.co.ukRICHMOND 10km/HALF-MARATHONOld Deer Park, Richmond upon Thames, Surrey. 9am.perseverance-events.comROTARY CLUB OF CALNE BOWOOD 10kmBowood House, Derry Hill, Calne, Wiltshire. 10am.calnerotary.co.ukRUN DORSET VERWOOD 5km/10km/HALF-MARATHONPotterne Park, Verwood, Dorset. 9.30am.rundorset.co.ukRUNTHROUGH WIMBLEDON COMMON HALF-MARATHONWimbledon Common, Wimbledon. 9am.runthrough.co.ukSEVEN POOLS 10kmSutton Park, Sutton Coldfi eld, West Midlands. 11am.7poolsrun.org.ukST MATTHEWS 10km

St Matthews School, Cobham, Kent. 10am.SWAVESEY VILLAGE COLLEGE 5/HALF-MARATHONVillage College, Gibraltar Lane, Swavesey, Cambridgeshire. 10am.swaveseyvillagecollege.org.ukWHERE’S WALLY 10kmVictoria Park, London. 11am.literacytrust.org.uk/whereswallyWILTSHIRE SCRAMBLE 6.5km/13km/12 MileSpirthill Trail, Calne, Wiltshire. 9am.eventslogicuk.com

Saturday March 28BOLT ‘ROUND THE HOLT 5km/10km/21kmAlice Holt Woodland Park, Farnham, Surrey. 10am.boltholt.co.ukGREENWICH PARK TOUGH 5km/10km/15kmGreenwich Park, London. 9.30am.thefi xevents.comHOLE PARK 10km/HALF-MARATHONHole Park, Rolvenden, Kent. 10.30am.trispiritevents.comMASH MARCH MADNESS 10kmBrindley Bottom, Marquis Drive, Cannock, Staff ordshire. 11am.mashrunning.co.ukORION 15Bury Road, Chingford, London. 10am.orionharriers.org.ukPOETS PATH POTTER 8/16Dymock CC, The Pound, Dymock, Gloucestershire. 9am.edandphil.co.ukSTANWICK LAKES 5km/10km/HALF-MARATHONStanwick Lakes, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire. 10am.runatstanwicklakes.co.ukTRENT PARK 5km HANDICAPSnakes Lane, Oakwood, Middlesex. 9.30am.trentparkrc.orgWELSH TRAIL RUNNING SERIES 10/MARATHON/ULTRA 40Village Hall, Talgarth.mightcontainnuts.com

Sunday March 29AN RES HELLYS 10Old Cattle Market, Helston, Cornwall. 10.30am.tempusleisure.org.uk/anreshellysBARBURY CASTLE 10kmBarbury Castle Country Park, Swindon, Wiltshire. 10am.werun.co.ukBLACKPOOL RESOLUTION RUN 5km/10km/15kmStanley Park, Blackpool. 11am.stroke.org.ukBRIGHTON CHICKEN RUN 5kmHove Park, Hove, Sussex. 10.30am.brightonandhovechick.wix.comCOMBE GIBBET TO OVERTON 16Overton Recreation Centre, Overton, Hampshire. 2pm.overtonharriers.org.ukCRANLEIGH 15/21Band Room, Village Way, Cranleigh, Surrey. 9am.mabac.org.ukDAVID LLOYD 10kmDavid Lloyd Leisure, Monkton Lane, Farnham, Surrey.EXE TO AXE 20

South West Coastal Path, Exmouth, Devon. 10am.sidmouthrunningclub.co.ukFOREST OF DEAN HALF-MARATHONSpeech House, Coleford, Gloucestershire. 10am.forestofdean-halfmarathon.co.ukHAMPTON COURT PALACE HALF-MARATHONHampton Court Palace, East Molesey, Surrey. 9am.palaceHalf.comHAMSTERLEY CHALLENGE 10km/10 MILEHamsterley Forest, Hamsterley, Co Durham. 10.30am.noegochallenge.comHARDRUN 5.4Draycote Water, Kites Hardwick, Rugby, Warwickshire. 9.45am.theraceorganiser.comMEL’S MILERS 10kmChrist’s Hospital School, Horsham, West Sussex. 11am.melsmilers.co.ukRUN RICHMOND PARK 5km/10kmRichmond Park, Richmond, Surrey. 10am.thefi xevents.comRUNNING SISTERS TAYSIDE 5kmMonikie Country Park, Dundee. 11am.eventfull.bizST GILES HOSPICE LICHFIELD 5kmBeacon Park, Lichfi eld, Staff ordshire. 9.30am.stgileshospice.comSTOCKTON WINTER 5km SERIESVisitors Centre, Cowpen Bewley, Stockton-on-Tees. 10.15am.stockton.gov.uk/eventsTHORNEY 10kmBedford Hall, Thorney, Cambridgeshire. 10.30am.thorneyrunningclub.co.ukTHREE EILDONS 10Corn Exchange, Melrose, Roxburghshire. 10.30am.melroseroadraces.comWOKEFIELD 10kmWokefi eld Park, Mortimer, Berkshire. 10am.wokefi eldfunrun.co.uk

Wednesday April 1KING OF THE HILL 5kmBinn Road, Marsden, Huddersfi eld, West Yorkshire. 6.30pm.teamoa.co.uk

Thursday April 2CANAL ULTRA 33Mary Arden Inn, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. 8am.broadmeadowruns.co.uk

Friday April 3CROWN TO CROWN 5kmWestley Heights Country Park, Basildon, Essex. 11am.pitsearunningclub.org.ukEPILEPSY ACTION EASTER BUNNY HOP 5kmHeaton Park, Manchester. 10am.epilepsy.org.uk/easterbunnyhopGOOD FRIDAY MARATHONSwans Nest Lane, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. 8am.

Saturday April 4ABNEY CHEADLE RUN 5kmAbney Hall, Cheadle, Cheshire. 9.30am.

COMPTON DOWNLAND CHALLENGE 20/40The Downs School, Compton, Berkshire. 9am.comptonharriers.org.ukFRISTON FOREST 5/10Friston Forest, Litlington Road, Seaford, Lincolnshire. 9am.multisport-management.co.ukISEL CROSS 5.5Kirkgate, Cockermouth, Cumbria. 11am.derwentac.comLETCHWORTH FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH 5kmLetchworth Outdoor Pool, Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire. 9am.fi rstsaturday5km.org.ukNEWPORT TO RYDE 7Methodist Church Hall, Newport, Isle of Wight. 3pm.rydeharriers.co.ukRUN AROUND THE RESERVOIR MARATHON (DAY 1)Holiday Inn Hotel, Northampton. 9am.madeyarun.com

Sunday April 5CHASEWATER EASTER EGG 5km/10kmChasewater Country Park, Burntwood, Staff ordshire. 10.30am.nice-work.org.ukGUISELEY GALLOP 10kmWest Side Retail Park, Guiseley, West Yorkshire. 10.30am.skyrac.org.ukHELMSLEY 10kmHelmsley, North Yorkshire. 10am.helmsleysports.orgNORTHAMPTON RUN FEST 10km/HALF-MARATHON/MARATHONDelepre Abbey, Northampton. 10am.gobeyondsport.co.ukPENDINE HALF-MARATHON/ULTRA 32Barnacles Cafe, Pendine, Carmarthenshire. 9am.ultrarunningltd.co.ukRUN AROUND THE RESERVOIR MARATHON (DAY 2)Holiday Inn Hotel, Northampton. 9am.madeyarun.com

ROADThursday March 5BOSTON MANOR MILEBoston Manor Park, Brentford, Middlesex. 12.30pm.BURNHAM ON SEA WINTER 5km SERIESBerrow Road, Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset. 7.30pm.bospool.comRAMSEY BAKERY FIREMAN’S RUNS SERIESFire Station, Ramsey, Isle of Man. 7pm.

Friday March 6EALING MILELammas Park, Ealing, London. 12.30pm.riderhq.com/groups/the-mile-seriesRUN-4-IT METRO PROMS 3km WINTER SERIESPromenade, Aberdeen. 1pm.metroaberdeen.co.uk

Saturday March 7ALBERTVILLE 5Duncrue Crescent, Belfast. 2pm.



What’s OnEvents


albertvilleharriers.orgBLACKRIGHT RUN 5kmThe Saints, Edgar Mobbs Way, Northampton. 6pm.CHESTERFIELD NO WALK IN THE PARK 5kmQueens Park, Chesterfi eld, Derbyshire. 9.30am.northderbyshirerc.jimdo.comCUPAR 5Cupar, Fife. 3pm.fi feac.co.ukGROUNDHOG MARATHONTelford Running Track, Oakengates, Telford, Shropshire. 10am.codrc.co.ukKINGS BUILDINGS 5Kings Buildings, Edinburgh.haries.eusu.ed.ac.ukMERSEYVEND NORTH WEST 5km GRAND PRIXEnvironment Centre, Okell Drive, Liverpool, Merseyside. 10am.knowsleyharriers.comQEOP WINTER 10km SERIESQueen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London. 9.30am.qeopraces.comRHAYADER ROUND THE LAKES 5/20Leisure Centre, Rhayader, Powys. 1pm.rhayaderac.org.ukRUN ETON DORNEY 5km/10km/20kmDorney Lake, Eton, Berkshire. 1.30pm.votwoevents.co.ukSTRANRAER HALF-MARATHONStranraer Academy, Stranraer. 10.30am.runstranraer.co.uk

Sunday March 8ADDICTION NORTHERN IRELAND 10kmOrmeau Embankment, Belfast. 1pm.addictionni.comASICS OULTON PARK 10km/HALF-MARATHON Oulton Park Motor Racing Circuit, Tarporley, Cheshire. 10am.xtramileevents.comBORDERS LEAGUEPrestatyn.bordersleague.org.ukBROADLAND HALF-MARATHONVillage Hall, South Walsham, Norfolk. 9.30am.norwichroadrunners.comCAMBRIDGE HALF-MARATHONCity Centre, Cambridge. 9.30am.onestepbeyond.org.ukCASTLE COMBE HALF-MARATHONCastle Combe Race Circuit, Castle Combe, Wiltshire. 9am.209events.comCITY OF SALISBURY 10Five Rivers Leisure Centre, Salisbury, Wiltshire. 10.30am.salisbury-arc.orgCOMBE ST NICHOLAS 10kmCombe St Nicholas, Somerset. [email protected] DASH 10kmDalton Park, South Dalton, East Yorkshire. 9am.humber-triathletes.co.ukDEVIZES HALF-MARATHONThe Green, Devizes, Wiltshire. 9.30am.eventslogicuk.comDRAYCOTE WATER 10Draycote Water, Rugby, Warwickshire.

9.45am.DRONFIELD 10kmPentland Road, Dronfi eld Woodhouse, Derbyshire. 10am.dronfi eld10k.co.ukFINCHLEY 20Bury Street, Ruislip, Middlesex. 9am.hillingdonac.co.ukGARTMORN 6Sauchie Hall, Sauchie, Alloa. 10.30am.weecountyharriers.co.ukGLASGOW RESOLUTION RUN 5km/10kmGlasgow Green, Glasgow. 10.30am.stroke.org.ukGLOUCESTER 20Kingsway Sports Pavilion, Kingsway, Gloucester. 10.30am.gloucesterac.co.ukINVERNESS HALF-MARATHONInverness Sports Centre, Inverness. 12.30pm.invernesshalfmarathon.co.ukLLANELLI WATERSIDE HALF-MARATHONParc y Scarlets, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire. 9am.humanbeingactive.orgLYDD HALF-MARATHON/20Banks Sports Club, Dennes Lane, Lydd, Kent. 10am.lyddhalf.co.ukMAIDSTONE 10kmCornwallis Academy, Maidstone, Kent. 10am.hokh.orgMEADOWS 5km/10km/HALF-MARATHON/MARATHONThe Meadows, Edinburgh. 10am.meadowsmarathon.org.ukMILTON KEYNES FESTIVAL OF RUNNING 5km/10km/HALF-MARATHON/20Xscape Centre, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. 10am.mkrun.co.ukMINSTERWAY 5kmBeverley, East Yorkshire.beverleyac.comNASEBY BATTLEFIELD 5km/10km/HALF-MARATHONVillage Hall, Naseby, Northamptonshire. 9am.onyourmarksevents.orgNEW BALANCE STAFFORD 20Staff ordshire University, Staff ord. 10.30am.alsager5.co.ukNEW BALANCE TRAFFORD 10kmPartington Leisure Centre, Partington, Manchester. 9.30am.altrincham-athletics.co.ukNORTH YORKSHIRE & SOUTH DURHAM LEAGUE RELAYSCroft Autodrome, Dalton. 1pm.new-marske-harriers.co.ukRAS GWYL DEWI 10kmTregaron, Ceredigion. 11.30am.facebook.com/rasgwyldewiRETFORD HALF-MARATHONRetford Oaks Academy, Retford, Nottinghhamshire. 10am.retfordac.co.ukRODING VALLEY HALF-MARATHONAshton Playing Fields, Woodford Green, Essex. 9am. rvhm.org.ukSIDCUP 10Chislehurst & Sidcup Grammar School, Sidcup, Kent. 10am.kentac.org.ukSSE AIRTRICITY 10kmEbrington Square, Londonderry. 11am.

ST HELENS 10kmSt Helens RFC Stadium, St Helens, Merseyside. 9.30am.sthelens10k.comSURREY HALF-MARATHONWoking Park, Woking, Surrey. 9am.surreyhalfmarathon.co.ukVALLEYS 5km CHALLENGE SERIESRoe Valley Country Park, Limavady.healthforlife.infoWESTON RUN 5Ukrainian Centre, Weston-upon-Trent, Derbyshire. 11am.107derbyscouts.org.ukWREXHAM HALF-MARATHON/MARATHONHope Street, Wrexham, Clwyd. 9am.runwales.com

Wednesday March 11ARMADA ATHLETICS NETWORK 3km SERIESCentral Park, Plymouth, Devon. 7pm.armadaathletics.co.ukCHICHESTER CORPORATE CHALLENGE 4.5kmNorth Street, Chichester, Hamsphire. 7.30pm.chichester-corporate-challenge.org.ukSTREET 5km SERIESUnited Reformed Church Hall, Street, Somerset. 7.30pm.wellscityharriers.org.uk

Thursday March 12GRAVESEND FLOODLIT 5km/10km SERIESCyclopark, The Tollgate, Gravesend, Kent. 7pm.nice-work.org.uk

Friday March 13POOLE RUNNERS WINTER 5km SERIESBoscombe Pier, Poole, Dorset. 7.30pm.poolerunners.com

Saturday March 14360 SWANSEA MARINA 5km360 Centre, Swansea, West Glamorgan. 11am.swanseatrotters.com/360-marina-5k-registerBHF REGENTS PARK 5km/10kmRegent’s Park, London. 10am.bhf.org.ukBUXTON PAVILION GARDENS 5kmPavilion Gardens, Buxton, Derbyshire. 9am.buxtonac.org.ukDENTDALE 14Dent Primary School, The Laning, Dent, Cumbria. 1pm.dentdalerun.comED PRICKETT MEMORIAL RELAYSUniversity Park Campus, Nottingham. 1pm.nottsuniathleticclub.wix.com/nuacMAGHERAFELT HARRIERS 10kmMeadowbank Sports Arena, Magherafelt. Noon.https://facebook.com/MagherafeltHarriersRACEWAYS SPRING SHAKESPEARE 10km/HALF-MARATHON/MARATHONLong Marston Airfi eld, Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire. 10am.raceways.euSEVERN AC WINTER 5White Horse, Sandhurst Lane, Gloucestershire. 3pm.

Sunday March 15ADIDAS SILVERSTONE HALF-MARATHONSilverstone Circuit, Towcester, Northamptonshire. Noon.adidashalfmarathon.co.ukALLOA HALF-MARATHONLeisure Bowl, Parkway, Alloa. 10am.alloahalfmarathon.co.ukBHF LONGLEAT HALF-MARATHONLongtleat House, Warminster, Wiltshire. 9am.bhf.org.uk/longleatCARTERTON 5km/10kmCarterton Leisure Centre, Carterton, Oxfordshire. 10.30am.better.org.ukDARTFORD HALF-MARATHONCentral Park, Dartford, Kent. 9.30am.dartfordharriersac.co.ukDEVIZES 10kmNursteed Road, Devizes, Wiltshire. 10am.devizesrunningclub.org.ukDRAGON 10kmBute Park, Cardiff . 10am.dragon10k.co.ukDYMCHURCH 10kmThe Slipway, Dymchurch, Kent. 11am.mccpromotions10kseries.comESSEX 20Village Hall, Langham, Essex. 10am.essexroadrunning.org.ukFETTES COLLEGE CHARITY RUNSFettes College, Edinburgh. 9am.fettes.comFLAMINGO! 10kmFlamingo Land Resort, Malton, North Yorkshire. 10am.fl amingoland.co.ukFOLKESTONE SPITFIRE 5Old Rotunda Site, Folkestone, Kent. 10.30am.folkestone5.co.ukFRADLEY 10kmVillage Hall, Fradley, Staff ordshire. 10.30am.kpevents.netGAINSBOROUGH & MORTON STRIDERS 10kmMorton Primary School, Morton, Lincolnshire. 10am.gainsboroughrunningclub.co.ukGRANITE WAY 10/20Okehampton, Devon. 10am.exetercityfi tc.co.ukJIMMY’S 10kmBallydugan Road, Downpatrick. 11am.eastdownac.co.ukLIDL KINGSTON BREAKFAST RUN 8.2/16/20Market Square, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey.humanrace.co.ukLOCKE PARK 20Locke Park, Redcar, Cleveland.new-marske-harriers.co.ukLOUGHBOROUGH HALF-MARATHONMarket Place, Loughborough, Leicestershire. 9am.loughboroughhalf.co.ukMALMESBURY HALF-MARATHONSt Aldhelms Mead, Malmesbury, Wiltshire. 10.30am.dbmax.co.ukMINCHINHAMPTON 10kmMinchinhampton Primary School, Stroud, Gloucestershire. 10am.iamoutdoors.uk/minchinhampton10kNEWTON’S FRACTION HALF-MARATHONSouth Kesteven Sports Stadium,

Grantham, Lincolnshire. 10.30am.granthamac.com/nfRIVER THAMES HALF-MARATHONWalton Bridge, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. 8.30am.riverthamesrunning.co.ukRUN FALMOUTH HALF-MARATHONThe Moor, Falmouth, Cornwall. 9.30am.cornwallhospicecare.co.ukSAN DOMENICO 20Merthyr College, Merthyr Tydfi l. 10am.sandomenico.org.ukSCOTTISH NATIONAL YOUNG ATHLETES CHAMPIONSHIPSTBC.scottishathletics.org.ukSHEFFIELD VARSITY 10kmArts Tower, Western Bank, Sheffi eld, South Yorkshire. 10.30am.fairplayevents.co.ukSPEN 20Princess Mary Stadium, Liversedge, West Yorkshire. 10am.spenac.co.ukSWEATSHOP 10Fire Station, Red Bank Road, Bispham, Lancashire. 11am.ukresults.netVITALITY NORTH LONDON HALF-MARATHONAllianz Park, Brent, London. 9am.northlondonhalf.comWEYMOUTH HALF-MARATHONPavillion, The Esplanade, Weymouth, Dorset. 10am.justracinguk.comWIMBLEDON HALF-MARATHONWimbledon Common, Wimbledon. 9am.energizedsports.com

Tuesday March 17ALTAMUSKIN 5Community Centre, Altamuskin. [email protected] 10kmTitanic Quarter, Belfast. 9am.aisling-events.com

Saturday March 2120/20 FISSION 20Hamfi elds Leisure Centre, Berkeley, Gloucestershire. 9am.rogueruns.co.ukAES LARNE HALF-MARATHONLarne Leisure Centre, Larne, Co Antrim. 11am.larneac.co.ukCHERTSEY HOUSE SERIES 5kmSaumarez Park, St Martins, Guernsey. 10am.guernseyathletics.org.ggCLYDEBANK 5kmPlaydrome, Clydebank, Glasgow. 2pm.clydesdaleharriers.co.ukCONISTON 14John Ruskin School, Coniston, Cumbria. 11am.coniston14.comLORTON SCHOOL 10kmLorton School, Lorton, Cumbria. 10am.lorton.cumbria.sch.ukMAXIFUEL HALF-MARATHONDorney Lake, Eton, Berkshire. 8.30am.f3events.co.ukNEWTONMORE 10Village Hall, Newtonmore, Highlands. 11am.https://sientries.co.ukRUN NORTHUMBERLAND



brooksrunning.co.uk


CRAGSIDE 10kmCragside, Rothbury, Northumberland. 9.45am.

Sunday March 22AGE UK CRYSTAL PALACE 10kmCrystal Palace, London. 10am.ageuk.org.uk/10kAGE UK EXETER 10kmExeter, Devon. 10am.ageukexeter.org.ukALDI ASHBY 20Hood Park Leisure Centre, Ashby-de-la-Zouch. 10am.ashby20.co.ukB&Q EASTLEIGH 10kmFleming Park Leisure Centre, Eastleigh, Hampshire. 10am.runningmania.co.ukBANBURY 15Spiceball Park Sports Centre, Banbury, Oxfordshire. 10.30am.banburyharriers.orgBHF WARWICK HALF-MARATHONWarwick Racecourse, Warwick. 9am.bhf.org.ukBORDERS LEAGUEWrexham.bordersleague.org.ukBRENTWOOD HALF-MARATHONSawyer’s Hall Lane, Brentwood, Essex. 10am.brentwoodhalf.orgBROOKLANDS HALF-MARATHONMercedes-Benz World, Weybridge, Surrey.209events.comBROOKS FLEET PRE-LONDON HALF-MARATHONCalthorpe Park, Fleet, Hampshire. 10.30am.fl eethalfmarathon.comEAST HULL HARRIERS 20Saltshouse Road, Hull, East Yorkshire. 10am.easthullharriers.comGARSTANG GALLOP 7Sports and Social Club, Garstang, Lancashire. 11am.garstangrc.co.ukGOAL-DEN-GIRLS WOMEN’S ONLY 10kmHilton Hotel, North Promenade, Blackpool, Lancashire. 11am.fyldecoastrunning.orgGREAT HORWOOD MAD MARCH HARE 5kmSchool end, Great Horwood, Buckinghamshire. 11am.greathorwood.bucks.sch.ukHASTINGS HALF-MARATHONSea Road, St Leonards On Sea, East Sussex. 10.30am.hastings-half.co.ukJANE TOMLINSON LINCOLN 5km/10kmWestgate car park, Lincoln.runforall.com LEIGHTON 10kmVandyke Upper School, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire. 9am.leightonfunrunners.org.ukMARCH FOR MEN 10kmPier Approach, Bournemouth, Dorset. 9.30am.bournemouthhospitalcharity.org.ukREADING HALF-MARATHON (Inc ENGLAND ATHLETICS CHAMPS)Green Park, Reading, Berkshire. 10am.readinghalfmarathon.comRISBOROUGH RUN IN THE PARK 5km

Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire. 9am.RUN YORKSHIRE ROTHER VALLEY HALF-MARATHONRother Valley Country Park, Sheffi eld, South Yorkshire. 9.30am.runnation.co.ukSTAFFORD HALF-MARATHONMarket Square, Staff ord. 10am.sta� ordbc.gov.uk/halfmarathonSTANFORD HALL 10km/HALF-MARATHONStanford Hall, Lutterworth, Leicestershire. 10am.justracinguk.comSTOWMARKET STRIDERS HALF-MARATHONTomlinson Groundcare, Buxhall, Suff olk. 11am.stowmarketstriders.org.ukSWINDON RESOLUTION RUN 5km/10km/15kmLydiard Park, Swindon, Wiltshire. 11am.stroke.org.ukTAVY 13Tavistock College, Crowndale Road, Tavistock, Devon. 10am.tavy13.co.ukTHIRSK 10Race Course, Thirsk, North Yorkshire. 11am.thirskandsowerbyharriers.co.ukTRIMPELL 20Salt Ayre Sports Centre, Lancaster. 11am.shoestringresults.comWELSH ROAD RELAY CHAMPIONSHIPSYnysangharad Park Pontypridd. 11am.welshathletics.orgWELWYN HALF-MARATHONGosling Sports Park, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. 9am.activetrainingworld.co.ukWEYMOUTH BAY 10kmRiviera Hotel, Weymouth, Dorset. 10am.mccpromotions10kseries.comWILMSLOW HALF-MARATHONWilmslow RFC, Wilmslow, Cheshire. 10.30am.wilmslowhalfmarathon.org.ukWINDSOR & ETON WINTER 5km/10km/15km/20km SERIESDorney Lake, Eton, Berkshire. 12.30pm.f3events.co.ukWYMONDHAM SPRING 20Ex-Servicemen’s Club, Wymondham, Norfolk. 10am.wymondhamac.org.uk

Wednesday March 25CHICHESTER CORPORATE CHALLENGE 4.5kmNorth Street, Chichester, Hamsphire. 7.30pm.chichester-corporate-challenge.org.ukPOWERADE QUEEN’S 5km (Inc NI & ULSTER CHAMPS)Annadale Embankment, Belfast. 7pm.queenssport5k.com

Thursday March 26WESTON PROM 5Pavilion Bar, Upper Church Road, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. 7.30pm.westonac.co.uk/promrun

Friday March 273km ON THE GREEN SERIES

McLellans Arch, Glasgow Green, Glasgow. 12.30pm.3konthegreen.comBROOKS SERPENTINE LAST FRIDAY 5kmThe Bandstand, Hyde Park, London. 12.30pm.serpentine.org.uk

Saturday March 28ESSEX RELAY CHAMPIONSHIPSHarwich, Essex. 11am.essexathletics.org.ukMAD MARCH HARE 5km/10kmMarden Park, Woldingham, Surrey. 1pm.thetriproject.co.ukNORTHERN MEN’S 12-STAGE/WOMEN’S 6-STAGE RELAYSSefton Park, Liverpool. 10.30am.northernathletics.org.ukPORT OF DOVER RACE FESTIVAL HALF-MARATHON/MARATHON (DAY 1)Marine Parade, Dover, Kent. 9am.doverport.co.uk/csr/racefestival2015SPAR OMAGH HALF-MARATHONLeisure Complex, Omagh, Co Tyrone. Noon.omaghharriers.com

Sunday March 29BASSINGTHORPE 3.8Bassingthorpe, South Yorkshire. 11am.rotherhamharriers.orgBROOKS PADDOCK WOOD HALF-MARATHONEldon Way, Paddock Wood, Kent. 9.30am.paddockwoodhalfmarathon.co.ukCALNE CLOCK CHANGE CHALLENGE 10kmLeisure Centre, White Horse Way, Calne, Wiltshire. 10am.calneleisure.co.ukCOLCHESTER HALF-MARATHONWeston Homes Community Stadium, Colchester, Essex. 9am.colchesterhalfmarathon.co.ukCOLTISHALL JAGUARS MAD MARCH HARE 10kmVillage Hall, Frettenham, Norfolk. 10am.coltishalljaguars.co.ukCROYDON HALF-MARATHONSandilands Club, Sandilands, Croydon, Surrey. 9.15am.croydonhalf.co.ukEXBURY GARDENS 5Exbury Gardens, Exbury, Hampshire. 9.30am.hardleyrunners.co.ukHARTLEPOOL MARINA 5Hartlepool, Cleveland. 10.30am.hartlepoolburnroad.co.ukHBA 5/10/20Llanelli Leisure Centre, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire. 10am.humanbeingactive.orgHELENA TIPPING MEMORIAL 10kmClub House, Wrexham Industrial Estate, Wrexham. 11am.cutefruitevents.comHOGWEED HILLY HALF-MARATHONVillage Hall, Horton, Gloucestershire. 10.30am.hogweedtrotters.co.ukKINGSTON HALF-MARATHONHawker Centre YMCA, Kingston, London. 9.15am.energizedsports.comLONDON CITY AC CELEBRATION LAUNCH 10kmSouthwark Park, London. 9.30am.

LOWESTOFT PROMENADE DASH 5East Point Pavilion, Lowestoft, Suff olk. 10.30am.nice-work.org.ukNEWCASTLE 10kmAshfi elds Track, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staff ordshire. 10am.newcastlesta� sac.org.ukOAKLEY 20Lincroft Middle School, Oakley, Bedfordshire. 10am.bedfordharriers.co.ukPONTYPRIDD REVERSE 10Bedlinog Climbing Centre, Trelewis, Rhondda Cynon Taff . 10am.pontypriddroadentsac.org.ukPORT OF DOVER RACE FESTIVAL 10km/FESTIVAL MARATHON (DAY 2)Marine Parade, Dover, Kent. 9am.doverport.co.uk/csr/racefestival2015RISBOROUGH RUN IN THE PARK 5kmPrinces Risborough, Buckinghamshire. 9am.RON HILL ACCRINGTON 10kmMarket Hall, Accrington, Lancashire. 10.30am.ronhillaccy10k.comRUN NORTHUMBERLAND HALF-MARATHONKirkley Hall College, Ponteland, Tyne & Wear. 9.30am.runnorthumberland.orgSCOTLAND KILOMATHON 2.62km/6.5km/13.1kmOcean Terminal, Leith, Edinburgh.kilomathon.comSCOTTISH RELAY CHAMPIONSHIPSAlmondale, Livingstone. Noon.scottishathletics.org.ukSKYLINE 120 BRAINTREE 5Discovery Centre, Great Notley Country Park, Braintree, Essex. 11am.braintreeanddistrictac.co.ukSURREY TEMPEST 10/SPITFIRE 20Dunsfold Park, Cranleigh, Surrey. 9.30am.eventstolive.co.ukVALE OF CLWYD 10kmLlandyrnog, Denbighshire. 11am.out-fi t.org.ukWAKEFIELD HOSPICE 10kmThornes Park, Wakefi eld, West Yorkshire. 9am.wakefi eldhospice.orgWHITE HORSE HALF-MARATHONOld Mill Hall, Grove, Oxfordshire. 9.30am.whitehorseharriers.orgWIRRAL SEASIDE 5km SERIESLeasowe Lighthouse, Wirral, Merseyside. 11am.seasideruns.comYEOVIL HALF-MARATHONHuish Park Stadium, Yeovil, Somerset. 9am.yeovilhalf.com

Tuesday March 31RAVENSCRAIG PARK MILE SERIES 2MKirkcaldy.fi feac.org

Wednesday April 1BRENDA & COLIN ROBINSON’S 5kmCock & Magpie, Whitworth, Lancashire. [email protected] OF MAN VETERANS SPRING

HANDICAP 10kmDouglsa, Isle of Man. 6.30pm.iomvac.co.ukLITTLEBOROUGH 5km SERIESConservative Club, Peel Road, Littleborough, Lancashire. 7pm.cannonballevents.co.ukSPENCERS ARMS DASH 4.2 SERIESSpencers Arms, Barugh Green, Barnsley, South Yorkshire. 7pm.barnsleyac.co.uk

Thursday April 2BOSTON MANOR MILEBoston Manor Park, Brentford, Middlesex. 12.30pm.ealingmile.comBURNHAM ON SEA WINTER 5km SERIESBerrow Road, Burnham on Sea, Somerset. 7.30pm.bospool.comEAST SURREY LEAGUEEwell Court, Ewell, Surrey. 7pm.rpac.org.uk/index.php?p=esl

Friday April 3BRIDLINGTON EASTER 5Lime Kiln Lane, Bridlington, North Yorkshire. 10am.nice-work.org.ukCALDERVALE COUNTRY 10Village Hall, Caldervale, Lancashire. 1pm.ukroadraces.infoEALING MILELammas Park, Ealing, London. 12.30pm.riderhq.com/groups/the-mile-seriesEXETER FAST FRIDAY 10kmExwick Playing Fields, Exeter, Devon. 10.30am.city-runs.co.ukFOLKESTONE 10The Green, Cinque Ports Avenue, Hythe, Kent. 11am.folkestone10mile.co.ukKPMG GUERNSEY EASTER 10kmRovers Athletic Club, Port Soif, Guernsey. 10.30am.guernseyathletics.org.ggMAIDENHEAD EASTER 10Maidenhead Offi ce Park, Maidenhead, Berkshire. 9.30am.maidenheadac.co.ukNEW MARSKE MERMAID 10kmMermaid, Redcar Road, Marske by the Sea, Teeside. 10.15am.nmhraces.netNEWTOWN CHOCOHOLICS 5kmMaldwyn Leisure Centre, Newtown, Powys. 11.30am.maldwynharriers.org.ukSALFORD 10kmSalford Sports Village, Salford, Manchester. 10am.goo.gl/7tngbzSUDBURY FUN RUN 5Kingfi sher Leisure Centre, Sudbury, Essex. 9.20am.sudburyfunrun.co.uk

Saturday April 4BOURNEMOUTH EASTER QUARTER MARATHONBoscombe Pier, Bournemouth, Dorset. 11am.eastcli� rotary.orgCHESTERFIELD NO WALK IN THE PARK 5kmQueens Park, Chesterfi eld, Derbyshire. 9.30am.


What’s OnEvents



CLAPHAM COMMON RABBIT RUN 5kmClapham Common, London. 11am.livability.org.ukLLANDUDNO EASTER 5kmPromenade, Llandudno, Conwy. 10.30am.nice-work.org.ukMERSEYVEND NORTH WEST 5km GRAND PRIXLiverpool, Merseyside. 10am.knowsleyharriers.comRUN ETON DORNEY 5km/10km/20kmDorney Lake, Eton, Berkshire. 1.30pm.votwoevents.co.ukSEVERN AC EASTER 10kmWhite Horse, Sandhurst Lane, Gloucestershire. 11.30am.severnathletic.org.ukSUSSEX RELAY CHAMPIONSHIPSChrist’s Hospital, Horsham, W.Sussex.sussexathletics.org.uk

Sunday April 5AIR PRODUCTS 10kmManchester Metropolitan University, Crewe, Cheshire. 10.15am.southcheshireharriers.org.ukALEXANDRA PARK WOMEN’S 5kmAlexandra Park, Moss Side, Manchester. 10am.openathletics.orgBALLYGALGET COMMUNITY 10kmBallygalget Road, Portaferry. Noon.eastdownac.co.ukBLACKPOOL 20Hilton Hotel, North Promenade, Blackpool, Lancashire. 9.30am.fyldecoastrunning.orgCANTERBURY OFFICIAL 10kmSports Pavilion, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent. 10.30am.sportingeventsuk.comMARATHON PREP 16/20/24Dorney Lake, Eton, Berkshire. 9.45am.theraceorganiser.comMASSEY FERGUSON EASTER SUNDAY 5War Memorial Park, Coventry, Warwickshire. 9.30am.masseyrunners.org.ukNORTH TYNESIDE 10kmNorth Shields, North Tyneside. 10am.visitnorthtyneside.comREGENT’S PARK SUMMER 10kmThe Hub, Regent’s Park, London. 9.30am.regentsparkraces.orgRISBOROUGH RUN IN THE PARK 5kmPrinces Risborough, Buckinghamshire. 9am.TEIFI 10North Road, Lampeter, Ceredigion. Noon.sarnhelen.org.ukTROWSE 10kmNorfolk Snowsports Club, Norwich. 9am. conac.org.uk

TRACKSaturday March 7THETFORD AC WINTER THROWSBury St. Edmunds.thetford-ac.co.uk

Sunday March 8BARRY 40Barry. 10am.lescroupiersrunningclub.org.uk

Saturday March 14SWINDON WINTER THROWS OPENswindonharriers.com

Saturday March 21CRAWLEY PRE-SEASON OPENCrawley.crawleyac.org.ukLONDON COLLEGES SERIESTooting Bec.TEAM UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER OPEN MEETINGLeicester. Noon.leicesterunion.com/events/athletics-meet

Sunday March 22SCUNTHORPE OPENScunthorpe. 10am.scunthorpeathletics.co.uk

Wednesday March 25SWANSEA OPENSwansea.swanseaharriers.co.uk

Saturday March 28BARRIE STRANGE MEMORIAL THROWS COMPETITIONHorspath.oxfordcityathleticclub.comBEDFORDSHIRE AAA OPENLuton. 10.30am.bedfordshireaaa.org.ukBRACKNELL YOUNG ATHLETES’ OPENBracknell. 10am.bracknellac.comMIDLAND COUNTIES OPENBirmingham. Until Sunday March 29.

Sunday March 29HAVERING SPRING WARM UP OPENHornchurch. 12.30pm.havering-mayesbrook.orgISLE OF WIGHT AC FROSTBITE THROWS SERIESSandown.iowathleticclub.co.ukSPENBOROUGH WINTER WARM-UPCleckheaton. 11am.spenac.co.ukWARRINGTON AC OPENWarrington. 11am.warringtonathletic.org

WALKSSaturday March 7CAMBRIDGE HARRIERS WINTER LEAGUEBexley, Kent.cambridgeharriers.org.ukNARWA CHAMPIONSHIPSDouglas.

Sunday March 8SARNIA WALKING CLUB 50TH ANNIVERSARY 5Lancresse, Guernsey. 9.30am.

Saturday March 14ALLISON TROPHYChorley.SLATER BRYCE MEMORIAL 10km (Inc SUSSEX CHAMPS)Broadbridge Heath. 11am.

Saturday March 21ENFIELD LEAGUEEnfi eld.

Tuesday March 24SOUTH YORKSHIRE RACE LEAGUEMillhouses Park, Sheffi eld. 6pm.

Sunday March 29MANX 10km CHAMPIONSHIPSDouglas.MIDLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS 20kmAbbey Park, Leicester.

Saturday April 4UKA/RWA NATIONAL 10 MILE CHAMPIONSHIPSLee Valley.

OVERSEASFriday March 6EUROPEAN ATHLETICS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPSPraha, Czech Republic. Until March 8.european-athletics.org

Saturday March 7IAAF RACE WALKING CHALLENGEChihuahua, Mexico.

Sunday March 8LOGICOM CYPRUS MARATHONPathos, Cyprus.

Saturday March 14EUROPEAN CUP WINTER THROWSLeiria, Portugal. Until Sunday March 15.

Sunday March 15EUROPEAN VETERANS’ NON-STADIA CHAMPIONSHIPSGrosseto, Italy. Until March 18.grossetosport.orgIAAF RACE WALKING CHALLENGENomi, Japan.iaaf.orgIRELAND MASTERS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPSAthlone, Ireland.athleticsireland.ieLOTTO CROSS CUPWachtebeke, Belgium.sport.be/lottocrosscupLUGANO TROPHYLugano, Switzerland.

Saturday March 21ALL IRELAND JUVENILE INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPSAthlone, Ireland. Until March 22.athleticsireland.ieIAAF RACE WALKING CHALLENGEDudince, Slovakia.IAAF WORLD CHALLENGE MEETINGMelbourne, Australia.

Sunday March 22EDP LISBON HALF-MARATHONLisbon, Portugal.ROME MARATHONRome, Italy.

Monday March 23EUROPEAN MASTERS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPSTorun, Poland. Until Saturday March 28.emacitorun2015.com

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NATIONAL CROSS winners demonstrated last week that talent runs in the family with several gold medallists from Parliament Hill following in the footsteps of parents who used to be elite athletes.

Lily Partridge took the senior women’s title 35 years after her mother won the same race under her maiden name of Ruth Smeeth. With Lily’s father, Richard Partridge, also being a fi ne runner, it seems as though the 23-year-old has inherited their ability.

The Partridge family was not alone, though. Olivia Mason, under-13 girls champion at Parliament Hill, is the daughter of Natalie Tait, English Schools 800m champion in 1988 and AAA 800m champion in 1989 and 1990.

Then there is Harriet Knowles-Jones, who added the under-17 women’s National title to a growing list of achievements – and the

Warrington runner clearly has talent from her mother, Jayne Spark, who has a PB of 9:06 for 3000m.

Certainly, the former athletes are delighted to see their children enjoying similar success. Ruth Partridge says of her daughter: “I get very nervous watching Lily, more so than when I was racing myself.”

Such performances bring back memories as well, Ruth adds: “Lily winning the National Cross Countrywas a dream we’ve both shared and now both achieved and it was great to see. I now know how my mum felt now all those years ago.”

Also at the National, Jamie Dee fi nished in

the top 10 and together with brothers Liam and Elliot, both of whom are talented runners. They are the sons of Billy Dee, a former Inter-Counties cross-country winner and AW cover star, and Nicky Morris, a European indoor 3000m silver medallist in 1989.

Elsewhere, the talented off spring of ex-athlete parents include rising star Jake Wightman, the son of GB marathoners Geoff and Susan (nee Tooby), while over in the United States the Millrose Mile alone last month featured winner Matt Centrowitz, the son of 3:54 miler Matt Centrowitz senior, and Johnny Gregorek, whose father John was a 3:51 miler and world-class ‘chaser.


Dip Finish athleticsweekly.com Craziness and controversy in the world of athletics

Keeping medals in the family Jumping for joyKATARINA JOHNSON-THOMPSON goes into the Prague European Indoor Championships as one of only two athletes who have held British records at both the high and long jump.

Phyllis Green was the fi rst to achieve the feat when she high jumped 1.51m and long jumped 5.24m in London back in 1925.

Now, Johnson-Thompson, who is aiming to win the pentathlon in the Czech Republic this week, high jumped 1.97m for an outright UK record in Sheffi eld before long jumping a national indoor record of 6.93m in Birmingham.

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Katarina Johnson-Thompson:double jumps record achievement

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PRAGUE is getting excited as it prepares to stage its first major athletics meeting since the European Championships 37 years ago in 1978.

The event, which is being held at the city’s O2 Arena, is gearing itself up to welcome the best athletes on the continent and recently unveiled its official mascot. The well-known cartoon character Little Mole – also known as Krtek – has become the patron of the event after being chosen by local children for the role. Full Prague preview, pages 16-21

Athlete, 105, still going strongA FORMER sprinter from Germany could be the world’s oldest surviving international athlete.

Athletics International, the results newsletter edited by Peter Matthews and Mel Watman, reports that Odette Gemain-Bigot has a strong claim after celebrating her 105th birthday last month.

The ex-sprinter joined an athletics club in 1929 and represented France in the 1934 Women’s World Games at the White City.

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