With most people’s eyes on Liverpool for the first British Athletics Cross Challenge fixture of the winter, there are only a handful of other notable performances to highlight this week.

Sale Harriers Open Meeting, Manchester, 30 November

Still only 17 years old Adam Hague (coach: Trevor Fox) from The Dearne jumped  a new personal best of 5m 41 to move to second on the British junior all-time list. Hague went on to make three close attempts at 5m 51, the 22 year old British junior record held by Neil Winter. Training partner and teammate Luke Cutts (Fox) took victory on the day on count back after clearing the same height.

Results: http://www.thepowerof10.info/results/results.aspx?meetingid=120070

Self Transcendence 10k, Battersea Park, London, 29 November

Scott Overall (Alan Storey) opted for this one, taking victory by almost a minute in 30.03.

Results: http://www.runbritainrankings.com/results/results.aspx?meetingid=101227

Seeley Cup 10k, Belfast, 29 November

In the annual Northern Ireland 10k Championships, Paul Pollock (Andrew Hobdell) took an easy victory thanks to a 30.15 clocking, with Kerry O’Flaherty (Richard Rodgers) also an impressive winner in the women’s race in 34.42.

Results: http://www.runbritainrankings.com/results/results.aspx?meetingid=118928

Brazilian School Games, Sao Paulo 

Last week, a number of the most promising GB & NI stars made the 6,000 mile trip to Sao Paulo for the Brazilian School Games.

With the Rio Paralympic Games just 18 months away, it is clear that there is a long line of talented para-athletes coming through the Parallel Success Academy.

The GB & NI team recorded an impressive tally of seven gold medals with Polly Maton (Colin Baross) clinching two in the T46 100m before a personal best in the T46 long jump. The 15 year old, who won 100m gold at the IWAS World Junior Games in Stoke Mandeville this year illustrated her undoubted potential taking the sprint crown in 13.47 before eclipsing her personal best in the long jump by an impressive 19cm.

Maton’s teammate Amy Carr (Rick Betts), a bronze medallist at the IWAS World Junior Games also recorded a lifetime best to win the T37 100m in 14.86, while Melissa Berry stormed away from the opposition in the closing stages to take victory in the T13 1500m.

Sabrina Fortune (Ian Robinson) took top spot in the women’s T20 shot put recording a distance of 12.49m, with IWAS World Junior Games silver medallist Matthew Hamilton (Matthew Lumm) winning gold in the T46 400m clocking 54.89.

City of Plymouth’s James Arnott (Stephen Endacott), who won two sprint bronze medals in Stoke Mandeville was in top form as the 17 year old raced to victory in the T46 100m in 11.78.