Gateshead meet

100m B race

1 Craig PICKERING GBR 10.32 0.181

2 Mario FORSYTHE JAM 10.35 0.116

3 Marlon DEVONISH GBR 10.49 0.149

4 Rikki FIFTON GBR 10.58 0.142

5 Trell KIMMONS USA 10.60 0.154

6 Richard KILTY GBR 10.70 0.163

7 Mark LEWIS-FRANCIS GBR 10.79 0.147

8 Joel FEARON GBR 10.93 0.164

pole vault

1 Viktor CHISTYAKOV RUS 5.70 SB

1 Derek MILES USA 5.70

3 Bjorn OTTO GER 5.55

4 Jeremy SCOTT USA 5.55

5 Steve LEWIS GBR 5.55

Luke CUTTS GBR NM

Damiel DOSSEVI FRA NM

Giuseppe GIBILISCO ITA NM

Good Luck! wrote:

Yes! Leo the Lion!

He's been wildly inconsistent this year. Good to see him get the win.

women's javelin

1 Barbora SPOTAKOVA CZE 65.57 SR

2 Christina OBERGFOLL GER 62.02

3 Kim MICKLE AUS 59.51

4 Linda STAHL GER 59.33

5 Kathrina MOLITOR GER 58.60

6 Goldie SAYERS GBR 57.04

7 Rachel YURKOVICH USA 55.04

8 Elisabeth PAUER AUT 54.55

9 Zahra BANI ITA 52.49

7 Rachel YURKOVICH USA 55.04

Is she still an undergrad at Oregon? Or did she graduate?

men's 3k just started

krum pacemaking

Farah falls at halfway but gets back up

lagat looking comfortable 5.41 800m to go

Lagat just got owned

kipsoro holds off Lagat in 7.35/6

Solinsky 6th in 7.39?

1 Moses KIPSIRO UGA 7:35.69

2 Bernard LAGAT USA 7:36.68

3 Sammy MUTAHI KEN 7:37.19

4 Mark KIPTOO KEN 7:37.44

5 Silas KIPRUTO KEN 7:37.65

6 Chris SOLINSKY USA 7:39.16

7 Abraham CHEBII KEN 7:41.43 SB

8 Mike KIGEN KEN 7:43.76 SB

9 Mo FARAH GBR 7:47.02

10 Moumin GEELE SOM 7:51.82 PB

11 Nick MCCORMICK GBR 7:59.07 SB

12 Mark DRAPER GBR 8:06.65

13 Chris THOMPSON GBR 8:12.79

David KRUMMENACKER USA DNF

Split Times

1000 David KRUMMENACKER USA 2:33.01

2000 Moses KIPSIRO UGA (2:36.72) 5:09.73

Finish Moses KIPSIRO UGA (2:25.96) 7:35.69

WOWThe conditions must indeed be horrible. All the results for the events are rather pedestrian!

Bingo jim wrote:

1 LaShawn MERRITT USA 45.10 0.296

2 Martyn ROONEY GBR 45.47 0.217

3 Angelo TAYLOR USA 45.50 0.265

4 Michael BINGHAM GBR 45.54 0.243

5 Robert TOBIN GBR 45.61 0.216

6 Kerron CLEMENT USA 45.77 0.260

7 Chris CLARKE GBR 46.60 0.186

8 Jamaal TORRANCE USA 46.99 0.243

it's very windy and has been raining on and off, so yeah it's far from ideal.

rojo wrote:

C/M Runner wrote:

Didn't the meet preview advertize Diababa being in the race? Or am I mistaken?

Yeah she was talked about in the IAAF preview. I assumed since she hadn't run worlds, she wouldn't run and if she had, I was going to criticizer her.

I think you need to go back and read what you wrote.

1 Lisa DOBRISKEY GBR 4:13.60

2 Sonja ROMAN SLO 4:14.41

3 Hannah ENGLAND GBR 4:14.45

4 Helen CLITHEROE GBR 4:14.81

5 Erin DONOHUE USA 4:15.16

6 Renata PLIS POL 4:15.35

7 Charlene THOMAS GBR 4:16.56

8 Deirdre BYRNE IRL 4:17.90

9 Irina KRAKOVIAK LTU 4:21.84

10 Sylwia EJDYS POL 4:24.03

Split Times

400 Charlene THOMAS GBR 1:10.61

800 Charlene THOMAS GBR (1:13.00) 2:23.61

1100 Erin DONOHUE USA (50.14) 3:13.75

Finish Lisa DOBRISKEY GBR (59.85) 4:13.60

some coked up brit wrote:

I think you need to go back and read what you wrote.

Just another victim of someone typing too fast.

Well that's weather in Britain for you

Bingo jim wrote:

it's very windy and has been raining on and off, so yeah it's far from ideal.

1 Christine OHURUOGU GBR 50.94 0.290

2 Debbie DUNN USA 51.06 0.233

3 Aliann POMPEY GUY 52.33 0.290

4 Shana COX USA 52.71 0.218

5 Shareese WOODS USA 53.47 0.260

6 Victoria BARR GBR 53.80 0.211

7 Donna FRASER GBR 54.11 0.177

8 Deedee TROTTER USA 54.96 0.197

final event of the day

Wind: -2.0 m/s

1 Tyson GAY USA 10.15 0.145

2 Kim COLLINS SKN 10.44 0.197

3 Marc BURNS TRI 10.44 0.226

4 Mark JELKS USA 10.45 0.162

5 Tyrone EDGAR GBR 10.53 0.153

6 Harry AIKINES ARYEETEY GBR 10.54 0.168

7 Dwight PHILLIPS USA 10.55 0.143

8 Brian DZINGAI ZIM 11.12 0.203