Sporting Digest: Athletics
SCOTTISH INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (Glasgow; winners) Men: 60m: L Christie (Thames Valley) 6.60sec. 200m: D Campbell (Sale) 21.40sec. 400m: D Deacon (South Shields Poly) 48.93. 800m: T McKean (Motherwell) 1min 49.19sec. 1500m: I Gillespie (Cambuslang) 3:47.33. 3,000m: C Robison (IBM Spango) 8:07.97. 60m hurdles: K Campbell (Edinburgh SH), M Nicolson (Birchfield) 8.05. High jump: G Parsons (Blue Circle) 2.20m. Long jump: J McKenzie (Belgrave) 7.13m. Triple jump: N McMenemy (Newham) 14.89m. Pole vault: D Hamilton (Edinburgh SH) 4.51m. Shot: S Whyte (Luton) 17.02m.
Women: 60m: K Merry (Birchfield) 7.34. 200m: R Girvin (Edinburgh AC) 25.42. 400m: M Neef (Glasgow) 53.98. 800m: C Smith (Dundee) 2:26.40. 1500m: S Griffiths (Cramlington) 4:34.9. 60m hurdles: L-A Skeete (Trafford) 8.29. High jump: R Pinkerton-Scobie (Glasgow) 1.70m. Long jump: C Black (Edinburgh WM) 5.67m. Triple jump: M Livingstone (Stewartry) 11.02m. Shot: A Grey (Glasgow) 14.28m. Pole vault: K Fitzgerald (BT Pitreavie) 2.35m.
TOKYO CITY HALF-MARATHON: 1 V Rousseau (Bel) 1hr 23sec; 2 D Ceron (Mex) 1:00.28; 3 V Cordeiro Lima (Bra) 1:01.26.
MIAMI MILE Men: 1 E Martins de Oliviera (Bra) 4min 1.0sec; 2 M Bartoszak (Pol) 4:01.6; 3 S Scott (US) 4:02.0; 5 P Freary (GB) 4:02.6. Women: 1 A Chalmers (Can) 4:33.9; 2 S Hamilton (US) 4:36.3; 3 P Schnurr (Can) 4:37.8.
WORLD CROSS CHALLENGE SERIES (Seville, Sp) Men's 10km: 1 W Sigei (Ken) 28min 4sec; 2 O Osoro (Ken) 28:05; 3 H Gebraselasie (Eth) 28:10; 10 M Jones (GB) 29:15. Women's 5.6km: 1 E Romanova (Rus) 17:54; 2 C McKiernan (Irl) 17:57; 3 A Dias (Por) 18:02; 9 L Adam (GB) 18:40.
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