SEAA Indoor Champs, Lee Valley

A whole crop of exciting indoor performances were thrown up at the SEAA Indoor Champs at the new Lee Valley Centre. Catherine Bryson and Claire Robinson took the 3000m and 800m with HCAs Michaela Hutchison winning the 1500 and Sarah Wellstead the long jump. Tracey Grant was 2nd in the pole vault and it was good to see Amala Onuora back in action in the 60m sprint.

It was a jumps clean sweep for the men. Commonwealth Champion Phillips Idowu and Samson Oni set Championship Bests in triple and high jumps, Bernard Yeboah took the long jump and the pole vault saw a 1-2 from Joe Ive and Cameron Johnston. On the track Richard Ward lost out in the 1500m by three tenths of a second and entertained with a spectacular "blow-up" in the 3000m where he chased Bowden and Merrien for a mile, nevertheless holding on for bronze.

Senior Men. 60m: a sf J Ellington dns (round 2 1h4 6.86, 2h2 6.86); 3h1 B Yeboah 7.03. 400m: b R Dinham dns (1s1 50.15, 1h4 50.62). 1500m: b 2 R Ward 4:03.81. 3000m: a 3 R Ward 8:37.00; 11 D Mason 9:12.7. 60mH: a 3 D Davis 8.38. HJ: 1 S Oni 2.25 CBP; LJ: a 1 B Yeboah 7.38; 4 A Phillips 6.80. TJ: b 1 P Idowu 16.48 CBP. PV: a 1 J Ive 5.00; 2 C Johnston 4.60.

Under 20 Men. 60m: a 1 H Aikines-Ayreetey 6.67 (1s1 6.82, 1h1 6.86).

Senior Women. 60m: a 4 A Onuora 7.68 (2s2 7.70, 1h3 7.67). 400m: b 5 C Robinson 58.44 (3s1 57.42, 2h1 58.29). 800m: a 1 C Robinson 2:11.4 (1h2 2:16.2). 1500m: b 1 M Hutchison 4:35.46. 3000m: a 1 C Bryson 10:10.9. LJ: 1 S Wellstead 5.79. PV: 2 T Grant 3.80.

Restored from the club's earlier website, belgraveharriers.com, and published here as originally written.