Results from the BMC Grand Prix in Manchester on Saturday evening: – 800m B race Mark Patterson 1:50.92pb (under World Junior 1:51.00 std), 800m F race Niall Robinson 1:54.54 sb, Womens 800m E race Lauren Scott 1st 2:14.49pb. As well as taking Mark under the qualifyimg standard, the results establish new club records at 800m. Mark is now undisputed holder of the mens record which he previously shared with Michael Dyer at 1:51.25 while Lauren"s time replaces Allison O"Neill"s 28 year old womens record of 2:14.6.
At the Internationals Leichtathletikmeeting in Dessau, Germany on Saturday, Amy Foster was second over 100 metres in 11.8 secs (0.4), 0.2 secs slower than her time of a week ago.