British Athletics League Results & Reports 2007: Match Three, Alexander Stadium, Birmingham
Top: Fighting into the wind along the back straight the B 800m is led by Andy Robinson of Newham & Essex Beagles with Jonathan Blackledge, making a late start to his BAL season in 5th. Middle left: It's Birchfield vs. Belgrave in the 1500m with Stephen Sharp and Phil Wicks representing the Bels. Middle right: Gary Wilson competed in both horizontal jumps in spite of some troublesom niggles. Bottom left: Multi-eventer Louis Evling-Jones had a good day, equalling his best ever high jump with 2.05m, churning out a respectable triple jump and running sprint hurdles and first leg in the long relay. Bottom middle and right: 5000m men James Kelly and Conor McGee made their league débuts. Photos by Pat Mead.
Results: 100m: 4 W Bennett-Jackson 10.64/0.2; 1 D Chin 10.49/2.0; n/s 2r2 R Thomas 11.03w/3.7; 5r2 T Gilling 11.25w/3.7. 200m: 4 W Bennett-Jackson 21.50/1.2; 2 D Chin 21.45w/+2.3. 400m: 8 S Osho 48.95; 4 G Selway 49.17; n/s 2 R Thomas; J Hussain; I Akindele times not known. 800m: 4 P Owor 1:51.65; 6 J Blackledge 1:53.42. 1500m: 3 S Sharp 3:50.72; 3 P Wicks 3:56.03. 5000m: 5 J Kelly 14:58.78; 3 C McGee 15:16.91. 110mH: 7 L Evling-Jones 15.25/1.5; 8 P Beaumont 20.46w/2.8. 400mH: 8 P Beaumont 1:07.0; no B competitor. 3000mSC: 6 W Cockerell 10:19.83; 6 D Mason 10:34.50. HJ: 4 L Evling-Jones 2.05; 6 J Everard 1.75. LJ: 6 G Wilson 6.78/2.0; 5 A Phillips 6.52w/2.8. TJ: 5 G Wilson 14.23w/2.6; 3 L Evling-Jones 13.88/1.6. PV: 1 J Ive 5.30; - C Johnston nh. SP: 6 C Gearing 16.47; 2 M Allen 15.23. DT: 7 M Allen 44.80; 6 C Gearing 41.45. JT: 5 J Everard 60.36; no B competitor. HT: 7 M Allen 47.30; 7 C Gearing 27.26. 4x100m: dnf Belgrave (T Gilling, J Hussain, D Chin, W Bennett-Jackson. 4x400m: 8 Belgrave 3:24.77 (L Evling-Jones 50.1, G Selway 49.4, J Hussain 55.2, R Thomas 50.1).
Teams: 1 Newham & Essex Beagles 313; 2 City of Manchester 310; 3 Birchfield H 304; 4 Woodford Green wEL 268; 5 Trafford AC 262; 6 City od Sheffield 252; 7 Shaftesbury Barnet H 243; 8 Belgrave H 218.
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