Sporting Digest: Athletics

PANASONIC AAA CHAMPIONSHIPS (Alexander Stadium, Birmingham) Finals MEN: 100m: 1 L Christie (Thames Valley) 10.13sec; 2 D Capobianco (Aus) 10.25; 3 J Regis (Belgrave) 10.32. 400m: 1 O Kennedy (Ken) 45.32; 2 A Mafe (Thames Valley) 45.64; 3 D McKenzie (Shaftesbury Barnet) 45.75. 800m: 1 M Steele (Longwood) 1:47.83; 2 H Sepeng (SA) 1:47.84; 3 T McKean (Motherwell) 1:48.06. 1500m: 1 M Yates (Newham) 3:38.75; 2 R Denmark (Basildon) 3:39.62; 3 M Barnes (Enfield) 3:40.06; 4 S Cram (Jarrow) 3:40.60. 3,000m: 1 J Keter (Ken) 7:56.39; 2 P O'Donoghue (Aus) 7:58.99; 3 N O'Brien (Salisbury) 8:03.09. 5,000m: 1 J Brown (Sheffield) 13min 35.67sec; 2 G Staines (Shaftesbury Barnet) 13:37.08; 3 J Nuttall (Preston) 13:38.17. 110m hurdles: 1 C Jackson (Brecon) 13.15sec; 2 T Jarrett (Haringey) 13.37; 3 K Van Der Kuyp (Aus) 13.60. 400m hurdles: 1 G Cadogan (Haringey) 50.60; 2 P Crampton (Spenborough) 50.75; 3 F Pieterse (SA) 50.80. 10,000m walk: 1 M Bell (Splott) 42:29.63; 2 M Easton (Surrey) 42:38.47; 3 A Penn (Coventry) 42:51.86. 3,000m steeplechase: 1 C Walker (Gateshead) 8:33.45; 2 S Cheddad (S Ar) 8:34.50; 3 J Chaston (Belgrave) 8:34.64. Long jump: 1 F Salle (Belgrave) 7.72m; 2 B Williams (Cannock) 7.71; 3 I Simpson (Leeds) 7.53. Triple jump: 1 F Agyepong (Shaftesbury Barnet) 16.05; 2 D Browne (Belgrave) 15.66; 3 J MacKenzie (Belgrave) 15.64. Discus: 1 R Weir (Birchfield) 57.44; 2 F Potgieter (SA) 56.48; 3 K Hauge (Nor) 54.58. Shot: 1 M Simson (Thurrock) 18.79; 2 P Edwards (Belgrave) 18.56; 3 J Minns (Aus) 17.93. Hammer: 1 P Head (Newham) 72.32; 2 J Byrne (Windsor) 68.14; 3 D Smith (Hull) 68.06. Javelin: 1 C Mackenzie (Newham) 81.44; 2 M Roberson (Haringey) 78.96; 3 A Curry (Aus) 74.68. Pole vault: 1 S Arkell (Aus) 5.60; 2 T Bright (US) 5.50; 3 P Manson (US) 5.40.

WOMEN: 100m: 1 B Kinch (Hounslow) 11.44; 2 M Gainsford (Aus) 11.47; 3 S Jacobs (Shaftesbury Barnet) 11.52. 200m: 1 C Freeman (Aus) 22.71; 2 M Gainsford (Aus) 23.02; 3 S Jacobs (Shaftesbury Barnet) 23.49. 400m: 1 P Smith (Wigan) 52.15; 2 K Hanigan (Aus) 52.68; 3 S Meinseth (Nor) 53.70. 800m: 1 K Holmes (Middlesex) 2:02.69; 2 L Keough (Basingstoke) 2:03.93; 3 L Gibson (Oxford) 2:04.92. 1500m: 1 A Wyeth (Parkside) 4:11.03; 2 K Franey (US) 4:13.87; 3 S McGeorge (Brighton) 4:14.13. 100m hurdles: 1 S Gunnell (Essex) 13.08; 2 J Agyepong (Shaftesbury Barnet) 13.15; 3 M Grefstad (Nor) 13.33. 400m hurdles: 1 J Parker (Essex) 58.14; 2 J Pearson (Ashford) 59.09; 3 J Puckeridge (Medway) 59.35. 5,000m walk: 1 V Lupton (Sheffield) 22:34.50; 2 J Drake (Brighton) 22:37.47; 3 J Saville (Aus) 23:17.06. High jump: 1 D Marti (Bromley) 1.86; 2 S Foley (Irl) 1.83; 3 G Wentlund (US) 1.83. Long jump: 1 N Boegman (Aus) 6.50m; 2 J Wise (Coventry) 6.26; 3 D Lewis (Birchfield) 6.19. Triple jump: 1 L Espegren (Nor) 13.43; 2 R Kirby (Hounslow) 13.41; 3 A Hansen (Essex) 13.16. Discus: 1 D Costian (Aus) 61.58; 2 T Axten (Hounslow) 54.40; 3 D Callaway (Aldershot) 53.28. Shot: 1 M Augee (Bromley) 17.24m; 2 L-M Martensson (Swe) 15.67; 3 M Lynes (Croydon) 15.48. Hammer: 1 D Sosimenko (Aus) 56.86m (UK all-comers' record); 2 E Augee (Essex) 52.22; 3 L Shaw (Gloucester) 51.76. Javelin: 1 S Holroyd (Sale) 60.10; 2 S Gibson (Notts) 59.58; 3 A Liverton (Exeter) 53.22. Pole vault: 1 K Staples (Essex) 3.20m; 2 C Morrison (Bristol) 2.90; 3 L Schramm (Epsom) 2.90.