Weekend Highlights

08 August 2011

UK Women’s Premier League, Lee Valley, August 6

Marilyn Okoro (Coach: Ayo Falola) narrowly missed UKA’s 800m A standard for Daegu of 1:59.80 at Crystal Palace but she returned the next day to run a solo 1:59.53 at Lee Valley. Running the first 400m in under 58 seconds, she confirmed her continuing fitness gains to consolidate her position in second place in the McCain Power of Ten rankings.

Eden Francis (Coach: Glenys Morgan)  achieved her second discus UKA B (59.50m) standard with a personal best 59.78m and division record and that put her second in the McCain Power of Ten rankings.

League results here http://www.thepowerof10.info/results/results.aspx?meetingid=49665

Karlstad, Sweden, August 2

Following his fall in the Aviva UK trials 600m, Mukhtar Mohammed (Coach: Mustafa Mohamed)  won in a big personal best of 1:45.90 to put him third in the McCain Power of Ten rankings and run inside the UKA B standard for Daegu of 1:46.30.

Results http://88.131.109.176/folksam/Karlstad11/Resultat.php

Amsterdam, August 6

European and Commonwealth finalist Conrad Williams (Coach: Linford Christie) won in a season’s best of 45.63 to go fifth in the McCain Power of Ten rankings.

Results http://www.phanos.org/wedstrijden/2011/amsterdam_open/nl/uitslagen%202011.html

Ninone, August 6

Former World 400m medallist Nicola Sanders (Coach: Tony Lester) set a season’s best of 51.84 which puts her fifth in the McCain Power of Ten rankings.

Results http://servnetsport.be/2011/rasschaert/schedule.html