Sporting Digest: Athletics

AAA INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (Birmingham): Men: 60m: 1 M Rosswess (Birchfield) 6.56sec; 2 L Christie (Thames Valley) 6.56; 3 C Jackson (Brecon) 6.57. 60m hurdles: 1 H Teape (Enfield) 7.73; 2 T Kearns (Irl) 7.77; 3 N Owen (Belgrave) 7.86. 200m: 1 P Goedluck (Belgrave) 21.16; 2 D Braithwaite (Haringey) 21.17; 3 G Moen (Nor) 21.26. 400m: 1 D Ladejo (Windsor) 46.54; 2 J Baulch (Cardiff) 46.75; 3 I Thomas (Newham) 47.25. 800m: 1 T McKean (Motherwell) 1min 48.46sec; 2 M Steele (Longwood) 1:48.59; 3 C Winrow (Wigan) 1:48.72. 1500m: 1 A Boru (Ken) 3:42.25; 2 I Campbell (Haringey) 3:43.05; 3 T West (Morpeth) 3:44.86. 3,000m: 1 M Barnes (Enfield) 7:56.08; 2 M Buchleitner (Swe) 7:56.27; 3 R Denmark (Basildon) 7:56.60. High jump: 1 B Reilly (Corby) 2.28m; 2 P Williamson (Grimsby) 2.22; 3 G Parsons (Blue Circle) 2.22. Long jump: 1 M Sunneborn (Swe) 7.50; 2 P Odlin (Swe) 7.41; 3 F Salle (Belgrave) 7.39. Triple jump: 1 F Agyepong (Shaftesbury) 16.55; 2 O Achike (Crawley) 15.65; 3 L Hedman (Swe) 15.61. Shot: 1 P Edwards (Belgrave) 18.95; 2 S Pickering (Haringey) 17.32; 3 D Callaway (Haringey) 17.12. Pole vault: 1 P Widen (Swe) 5.45; 2 M Vossly (Den) 5.30; 3 M Ulvsback (Swe) 5.20. Women: 60m: 1 B Kinch (Hounslow) 7.35; 2 M Richardson (Windsor) 7.39; 3 C Court (Birchfield) 7.47. 60m hurdles: 1 S Farquharson (Cardiff) 8.19; 2 M Grefstad (Nor) 8.23; 3 L-A Skeete (Trafford) 8.39. 200m: 1 M Staafgard (Swe) 23.78; 2 M Richardson (Windsor) 23.94; 3 A Mayfield (Notts) 24.41. 400m: 1 T Goddard (Basingstoke) 54.05; 2 P Richards (Birchfield) 55.86; 3 C Raven (Loughborough) 56.08. 800m: 1 K Wade (Blaydon) 2:05.60; 2 S Bowyer (Loughborough) 2:05.97; 3 I Lindstedt (Swe) 2:06.50. 1500m: 1 L Gibson (Oxford) 4:17.01; 2 A Davies (Basingstoke) 4:20.90; 3 S Griffiths (Cramlington) 4:23.75. 3,000m: 1 E Konig (Aut) 9:25.58; 2 J Briggs (Crawley) 9:30.15; 3 S Bentley (Stoke) 9:37.17. High jump: 1 H Haugland (Nor) 1.94; 2 J Bennett (Epsom) 1.85; 3= K Mason (Sale); J Jennings (Essex); S Foley (Lifford) 1.80. Long jump: 1 D Lewis (Birchfield) 6.07; 2 H Garrett (Cambridge H) 5.86; 3 T Horgan (Rep of Irl) 5.80. Triple jump: 1 R Kirby (Hounslow) 13.21; 2 K Predikaka (Slovak) 12.85; 3 C Henry (Shaftesbury) 12.82. Shot: 1 M Lynes (Croydon) 15.82; 2 A Grey (City of Glasgow) 15.50; 3 D Callaway (Aldershot) 14.25. Pole vault: 1 K Staples (Essex) 3.46; 2= L Stanton (Rotherham); R Clarke (Ipswich) 3.20.

UK WORLD CROSS-COUNTRY TEAM TRIAL (Alnwick) Men (12,000m; first eight automatic selection): 1 S Tunstall (Preston) 36min 37sec; 2 A Bristow (Brighton and Hove) 36.48; 3 R Nerurkar (Bingley) 36.50; 4 D Bannister (Shaftesbury Barnet) 37.02; 5 M Jones (Horwich) 37.04; 6 E Martin (Basildon) 37.08; 7 D Clarke (Hercules Wimbledon) 37.13; 8 B Royden (Medley) 37.23. Senior Women (6,000m; first five): 1 P Radcliffe (Bedford) 19.27; 2 L Adam (Parkside) 19.55; 3 B Hartigan (Tipton) 19.57; 4 T Blake (Blackheath) 19.59; 5 V McPherson (Glasgow) 20.00. Junior men (8,000m): 1 D Burrows (Birchfield) 23.21; 2 N Caddy (Newquay) 23.35; 3 S West (Birchfield) 23.51. Junior women (4,000m): 1 N Slater (Oxford) 14.43; 2 H Moulder (Westbury) 14.57; 3 C Berry (Kingston Poly) 14.58.

BRITISH TEAMS (for world cross-country championships, Budapest, 26 March): Men: S Tunstall (Preston), A Bristow (Brighton), R Nerurkar (Bingley), D Bannister (Shaftesbury, Barnet), M Jones (Horwich RMI), E Martin (Basildon), D Clarke (Hercules Wimbledon), B Royden (Medway), A Pearson (Longwood). Travelling reserve: D Mead (Norfolk Olympiads). Women: P Radcliffe (Bedford), L Adam (Parkside), B Hartigan (Tipton), T Blake (Blackheath), V McPherson (Glasgow), J Claque

(Liverpool H). Travelling reserve: W Ore (Cardiff). Junior men: D Burrows (Birchfield), N Caddy (Newquay), S West (Birchfield), B Noad (Bristol), K Holland (Crawley), M O'Dowd (Swindon). Travelling reserve: W Levit (Bridgenorth). Junior women: N Slater (Radley), H Moulder (Westbury), C Berry (Kingston Poly), S Simmons (Medway), M Matthews (Bedford), C O'Connor (Oldham). Travelling reserve: C Anley (Luton).

PEKING INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S ROAD RACE: 1 China (Qu Yunxia, Lu Ou, Wang Xiaoxia, Wang Junxia, Zhang Lirong, Zhang Linli) 2hr 16min 3sec; 2 Romania (Daniela Bran, Alina Tecuta, Rodica Mordianu, Anuta Catuna, Iulia Ionescu, Stela Apetre) 2:20:00; 3 Russia (Nenasdeva Viktorria, Solominskaya Natalya, Tatarenkova Nadezhda, Ilyina Nadezhda, Kaledina Elena, Danchinova Anastasia) 2:21:33.

CHIBA CROSS-COUNTRY RACES (Chiba, Japan) Men's 12km (Saturday): 1 G Thys (SA) 35min 35sec; 2 A Abrehm (Eth) 35:35; 3 A Quintanilla (Mex) 35:40; 11 J Brown (GB) 36:34.

INTERNATIONAL INDOOR MEETING (Los Angeles) Selected winners: Men: Mile: M O'Sullivan (Irl) 4min 00.31sec.

BRITISH PENTATHLON CHAMPIONSHIPS (Sheffield) Men: 1 S Morgan 4,249pts; 2 G Whyte 4,131; 3 J Greenwell 4,075. Women: 1 K Houston 4,211; 2 H Griffiths 4,181; 3 V Rowe 4,175.