Sport in Short: Athletics

ENGLISH WOMEN'S CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS (Luton): Seniors (5.7km): 1 G Stacey (Bromley) 19min 53sec; 2 A Wyeth (Parkside) 20:06; 3 K McCandless (Parkside) 20:11. Team: Parkside 18pts. Juniors (4.5km): 1 S Murphy (Shaftesbury) 16:57; 2 J Mackay (Shaftesbury) 17:03; 3 N Slater (Radley) 17.04. Team: Bedford 62pts. Girls (3.7km): 1 H Foster (Morpeth) 14:22; 2 V Robinson (Stoke) 14.22; 3 L Powell (Blackburn) 14.23. Team: Sale 106 pts. Minor girls (3km): 1 L Bradley (Morpeth) 11:33; 2 L Norton (Liverpool) 11.37; 3 K Johns (Shildon) 11.40. Team: Liverpool 20pts.

INTERNATIONAL INDOOR MEETING (Paris, winners and selected): Men: 60m: N Voronova (Rus) 7.24sec. 200m: A Fedoriv (Rus) 20.80. 400m: R Lieder (Ger) 46.69. 1500m: S Melnikov (Rus) 3min 52.12sec. 3,000m: G Di Napoli (It) 7:53.10. 60m hurdles: F Schwarthoff (Ger) 7.60sec. 4 x 400m: Italy 3:08.23. Long jump: I Pedroso (Cuba) 8.17m. High jump: R Sonn (Ger) 2.27. Triple jump: Y Quesada (Cuba) 16.71. Shot: P D Soglio (It) 20.29. Women: 60m: A Lopez (Cuba) 8.05. 200m: S Knoll (Ger) 23.13. 400m: S Myers (Sp) 53.18. 3,000m: L Rogachova (Rus) 8:59.94. Long jump: A Capriotti (It) 6.72. High jump: 1 I Quintero (Cuba) 1.95; 2 H Henkel (Ger) 1.93. Shot: L Peleshenko (Rus) 19.82.