Sporting Digest: Athletics

TSB CHALLENGE (Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh): MEN: 100 yards: 1 L Christie (GB) 9.30sec (UK and Commonwealth record); 2 S Jefferson (US) 9.36; 3 C Smith (US) 9.40. 200m: 1 J Williams (US) 20.41; 2 J Regis (GB) 20.50; 3 K Braunskill (US) 20.52. 400m: 1 D Ladejo (GB) 45.16; 2 S Lewis (US) 45.70; 3 C Jones (US) 45.83. 800m: 1 A Douglas (Nor) 1:44.71; 2 V Rodall (Nor) same time; 3 M Everett (US) 1:46.32; 5 A Lill (GB) 1:47.55. 1500m: 1 S Holman (US) 3:38.30; 2 N Bruton (Irl) 3:38.89; 3 G Hood (Can) 3:39.12; 4 D Strang (GB) 3:39.15. 110m hurdles: 1 C Jackson (GB) 13.05; 2 T Jarrett (GB) 13.37; 3 C Hawkins (US) 13.38. 400m hurdles: 1 G Cadogan (GB) 49.21; 2 K Henderson (US) 49.72; 3 E Thomas (US) 49.91. 3,000m steeplechase: 1 C Walker (GB) 8min 29.33sec; 2 M Rowland (GB) 8:29.51; 3 T Hanlon (GB) 8:29.74. High jump: 1 G Parsons (GB) 2.25m; 2 T Forsyth (Aus) same height; 3 D Grant (GB) 2.20. Triple jump: 1 J Edwards (GB) 16.88m; 2 J Beckford (Jam) 16.52; 3 R Jones (US) 16.47. Pole vault: 1 P Manson (US) 5.80m; 2 D Fraley (US) 5.60; 3 K Tarpenning (US) same height; 6 M Edwards (GB) 5.30. Javelin: 1 M Hill (GB) 83.40m; 2 P Boden (Swe) 80.92; 3 P Borgland (Swe) 77.40. WOMEN: 200m: 1 H Hyche (US) 22.86; 2 W Vereen (US) 23.05; 3 C Freeman (Aus) 23.09; 4 S Douglas (GB) 23.30. 300m: 1 K Graham (US) 36.85; 2 N Kaiser- Brown (US) 36.97; 3 S Gunnell (GB) 37.06. 2,000m: 1 S O'Sullivan (Irl) 5:25.36 (world record); 2 Y Murray (GB) 5:26.93 (Commonwealth record); 3 R Jacobs (US) 5:38.42. 100m hurdles: 1 D Bowles (US) 12.92; 2 J Agyepong (GB) 12.93; 3 K Patzwahl (Ger) 13.02. Long jump: 1 N Boegman (Aus) 6.53m; 2 Y Idowu (GB) 6.46; 3 F Hyacinth (Virg Isls) 6.30. High jump: 1 A Inverarity (Aus) 1.97m; 2 T Waller (US) 1.91; 3 D Marti (GB) 1.88.

GRAND PRIX MEETING (Villeneuve-d'Ascq, Fr): MEN: 100m: 1 L Burrell (US) 10.12sec; 2 A Cason (US) 10.19; 3 D Ezinwa (Nigeria) 10.19. 200m: 1 O Loum (Sen) 20.60; 2 O Adeniken (Nigeria) 20.62; 3 B Surin (Can) 20.63. 400m: 1 A Pettigrew (US) 45.29; 2 J Rouser (US) 45.64; 3 S Kitur (Ken) 45.66. 1500m: 1 N Morceli (Alg) 3min 30.61sec; 2 V Niyongabo (Burundi) 3:30.66; 3 E Dubus (Fr) 3:35.33. 5,000m: 1 K Skah (Mor) 13:00.54; 2 B Kennedy (US) 13:05.93; 3 W Bikila (Eth) 13:08.62. 400m hurdles: 1 D Adkins (US) 47.97sec; 2 S Nylander (Swe) 48.40; 3 S Matete (Zam) 48.96. 3,000m steeplechase: 1 R Koskei (Ken) 8:13.77; 2 E Barngetuny (Ken) 8:17.33; 3 A Lambruschini (It) 8:17.62. High jump: 1 T Kemp (Baham) 2.28m; 2 A Partyka (Pol) 2.28; 3 D Topic (Yug) 2.24. Triple jump: 1 B Wellman (Ber) 17.36m; 2 M Conley (US) 17.27; 3 M Bruziks (Lat) 17.26. Javelin: 1 J Zelezny (Cz Rep) 91.28m; 2 R Hecht (Ger) 84.16; 3 A Moruyev (Rus) 81.92. Pole vault: 1 O Brits (SA) 5.85m; 2 D Starkey (US) 5.85; 3 M Tarasov (Rus) 5.80. WOMEN: 100m: 1 I Privalova (Rus) 11.00; 2 Z Tarnopolskaia (Ukr) 11.14; 3 J Cuthbert (Jam) 11.20. 400m: 1 G Torrence (US) 50.20; 2 M Malone (US) 50.84; 3 J Miles (US) 50.97. 1500m: 1 E Podkopayeva (Rus) 4:05.95; 2 A Chalmers (Can) 4:06.59; 3 C Sacramento (Por) 4:06.72. 100m hurdles: 1 Y Graudyn (Rus) 12.75; 2 Y Donkova (Bul) 12.77; 3 T Reshetnikova (Rus) 12.79. Long jump: 1 H Drechsler (Ger) 7.12m; 2 I Kravets (Ukr) 6.92; 3 I Mushailova (Rus) 6.89. Javelin: 1 N Shikolenko (Bela) 66.98m; 2 E Ivakina (Rus) 62.58; 3 K Forkel (Ger) 62.46.

TSB ENGLISH SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS (Telford): FINALS: Senior Boys: Javelin: 1 G Lay (N Yorks) 63.14m; 2 S Faben (Cambs) 62.92; 3 P Johnson (Mersey) 60.42. Intermediate Boys: Triple Jump: 1 J Peacock (Essex) 14.07m; 2 M McKernan (W Midlands) 14.06; 3 A Browne (Berks) 13.92. Hammer: 1 K Davies (Somerset) 56.70m; 2 A Devonshire (Beds) 56.60; 3 M Bell (Northants) 56.54. Javelin: 1 M Francis (Surrey) 62.86; 2 J Oakes (Northumberland) 60.20; 3 P Starth (Leics) 58.76. Shot: 1 S Surman-Roy (Kent) 15.39; 2 J Bull (Suffolk) 14.23; 3 P Williams (Leics) 13.98. Discus: 1 E Udecheku (London) 54.90; 2 S Walker (Herts) 51.22; 3 H Lawrence (Middx) 47.76. Junior Boys: Long jump: 1 O Omomo (Kent) 6.16m; 2 M Newton (Staffs) 6.05; 3 M Faulkner (Hants) 6.01. Pole vault: 1 C Linskey (S Yorks) 4.00m; 2 R Smith (Lincs) 3.45; 3 A Walker (Sussex) 3.35. Triple jump: 1 D Hutchinson (Derbys) 12.99; 2 A Ahmed (London) 12.68; 3 R Saunders (W Mids) 12.59. Discus: 1 S Stanford (Merseyside) 39.20m; 2 A Waters (Oxford) 39.06; 3 B Gilbert (Bucks) 38.62. Javelin: 1 C Green (Wilts) 60.10m; 2 D Carter (Essex) 54.78; 3 T Rigby (Beds) 52.40. Senior Girls: 3,000m: 1 A Braham (Somerset) 9min 28.98sec; 2 A Dutram (Middx) 9:38.87; 3 C O'Connor (Manchester) 9:52.59. Long jump: 1 J Hollman (Lincs) 5.99; 2 A Forester (Durham) 5.98; 3 N Turner (Oxon) 5.89. High Jump: 1 J Crane (Notts) 1.81m; 2 L Evans (Suffolk) 1.78; 3 L Dickenson (W Yorks) 1.75. Discus: 1 T Saint- Smith (Middx) 44.18m; 2 L Capes (S Yorks) 42.92; 3 M Cornick (Dorset) 38.38. Intermediate Girls: 3,000m: 1 C McNulty (Avon) 10min 11.36sec; 2 V Robinson (Cheshire) 10:13.04; 3 K Wallace (Hants) 10:13.11. Long jump: 1 R Lewis (Chesh) 5.73; 2 D Harrison (W Mids) 5.58; 3 L Eden (G Manch) 5.48. Junior Girls: Shot: 1 R Chamberlain (Dorset) 11.68m; 2 E Richards (Middx) 11.22; 3 D Spokes (Dorset) 11.13.