Sporting Digest: Athletics
BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIPS (Crystal Palace) MEN: 100m: 1 L Christie (Thames Valley) 10.26sec; 2 C Jackson (Brecon) 10.41; 3 D Campbell (Sale) 10.44. 200m: 1 J Regis (Belgrave) 20.21sec; 2 D Campbell (Sale) 20.69; 3 J John (Newham) 20.74. 400m: 1 D Ladejo (Belgrave) 46.14sec; 2 K Akabusi (Team Solent) 46.35; 3 D McKenzie (Shaftesbury Barnet) 46.62. 400m hurdles: 1 G Cadogan (Haringey) 49.80sec; 2 P Crampton (Spenborough) 50.62; 3 L Lynch (Haringey) 50.96. 800m: 1 M Steele (Longwood) 1min 46.34sec; 2 D Sharpe (Jarrow) 1:47.12; 3 P Walker (Liverpool) 1:47.53. 1500m: 1 C Robb (Liverpool) 3min 39.58sec; 2 S Fairbrother (Haringey) 3:39.64; 3 G Lough (Annadale) 3:41.10. 3000m: 1 S Barden (GEC) 8min 01.86sec; 2 R Findlow (Bradford) 8:03.38; 3 A Lyons (Hull) 8:05.77. 3,000m steeplechase: 1 S Duval (Cannock) 8min 32.77sec; 2 J Chaston (Belgrave) 8:32.79; 3 D Mead (Norfolk) 8:39.79. 5000m: 1 J Brown (Sheffield) 13min 39.68sec; 2 S Cram (Jarrow) 13:48.20; 3 E Martin (Basildon) 13:50.90. Long jump: 1 I Simpson (Leeds) 7.55m; 2 F Salle (Belgrave) 7.55; 3 J Munroe (Thames V) 7.47. High jump: 1 D Grant (Haringey) 2.25m; 2 B Reilly (Corby) 2.25; 3 G Parsons (Blue Circle) 2.20. Pole vault: 1 N Winter (Shaftesbury Barnet) 5.35m; 2 M Edwards (Belgrave) 5.30; 3 M Belsham (Sale) 5.00. Discus: 1 D Morris (Belgrave) 57.70m; 2 R Weir (Birchfield) 56.60; 3 N Thompson (Shaftesbury) 55.68. Shot: 1 P Edwards (Belgrave) 19.06m; 2 M Simson (Thurrock) 17.93; 3 D Callaway (Haringey) 17.30. Hammer: 1 P Head (Newham) 71.48m; 2 J Byrne (W London Hammer School) 67.82; 3 M Jones (Shaftesbury) 65.98. Javelin: 1 M Hill (Leeds) 86.94m; 2 C MacKenzie (Newham) 76.86; 3 M Roberson (Haringey) 75.50. Triple jump: 1 T Fasinro (Haringey) 17.30m; 2 J Edwards (Gateshead) 17.18; 3 J Golley (Thames V) 16.64.
WOMEN: 100m: 1 B Kinch (Hounslow) 11.37sec; 2 M Richardson (Windsor) 11.52; 3 P Thomas (Trafford) 11.54. 200m: 1 K Merry (Birchfield) 23.20sec; 2 S Gunnell (Essex Ladies) 23.30; 3 S Douglas (Sale) 23.54. 400m: 1 P Smith (Wigan) 51.70sec; 2 D Modahl (Sale) 53.38; 3 S Leigh (Stevenage) 53.84. 400m hurdles: 1 G Retchakan (Thurrock) 56.62sec; 2 J Parker (Essex) 57.14; 3 J Low (City of Glasgow) 59.28. 800m: 1 K Holmes (Middlesex) 2min 00.86sec; 2 L Keough (Basingstoke) 2:02.32; 3 J Latimer (Sale) 2:03.65. 1500m: 1 J Spark (Altrincham) 4min 14.66sec; 2 D Gunning (Swindon) 4:15.29; 3 M Faherty (Syrac) 4:15.89. WAAA 3000m championship: 1 Y Murray (Motherwell) 8min 52.28sec; 2 A Wyeth (Parkside) 8:56.87; 3 S McGeorge (Bristol) 9:01.65. Hammer: 1 L Shaw (Gloucester) 55.14m; 2 F Whithead (Croydon) 49.96; 3 A Gardner (Corby) 49.86. Discus: 1 J McKernan (Lisburn) 56.72m; 2 D Callaway (Aldershot) 52.84; 3 S Andrews (Essex) 52.58. Shot: 1 M Augee (Bromley) 17.12m; 2 M Lynes (Croydon) 15.89; 3 S Andrews (Essex) 15.49. Javelin: 1 S Gibson (Notts) 56.90m; 2 A Liverton (Exeter) 56.48; 3 K Morrison (Medway) 53.84. Pole vault: 1 K Staples (Essex) 3.40m; 2 R Clarke (Ipswich) 3.00; 3 L Stanton (Rotherham) 2.90. High jump: 1 D Marti (Bromley) 1.90m; 2 J Jennings (Essex) 1.85; 3 J Bennett (Epsom) 1.80. Long jump: 1 F May (Derby) 6.67m; 2 Y Idowu (Essex) 6.62; 3 J Kelly (Bromley) 6.09. Triple jump: 1 M Griffith (Windsor) 13.72m (Commonwealth rec); 2 R Kirby (Hounslow) 13.36; 3 E Finikin (Shaftesbury Barnet) 13.31.
DIJON INTERNATIONAL (Winners only): Men: 100 metres: J-C Trouabal (Fr) 10.34sec. 110m hurdles: I Kazanov (Lat) 13.58. 200m: F Waota (Iv Coast) 21.40. 400m: 1 P Hilaire (Fr) 46.48. 800m: A Sudnik (Bel) 1min 47.25sec. Pole vault: I Trandenkov (Rus) 5.62m. Triple jump: P Camara (Fr) 17.02m. Javelin: D Polyunin (Uzb) 77.56m. Women: 100m hurdles: Y Donkova (Bul) 12.88sec. 200m: M-J Perec (Fr) 22.55. High jump: S Kostadinova (Bul) 1.90m.
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