Races: 24
Finishers: 239
PBs 82 (34%)
Power of Ten results: Here

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Report
MEN’S 800 A-B RACES
The return of Jake Wightman to something approaching his best form was one of the highlights of the final Grand Prix of the season.
The 21-year-old admitted he has had a below-par season struggling to overcome some minor injury problems and the knock-on effect of two ill-fated trips to train at altitude.
While he may consider his victory in the men’s A race in a PB of 1:47.36 as coming too late in the season with all the major championships over it will give him a huge boost in confidence, especially the manner of his win as he finished powerfully kicking hard with 250 metres to go.
“I am feeling much better now and will be looking to get in a few more fast races before the end of the season, including a 3000m at Tipton,” said Wightman.
Behind him Rory Graham-Watson ran a season’s best and Dale Clutterbuck came through strongly for third to maintain his good Grand Prix record this summer.
There was also a PB for Vale of Aylesbury’s Christian Von Eitzen who qualifies to represent Germany, of 1:49.15 in fifth.
David Dempsey’s verdict on his win in the B race summed up his feelings succinctly.
“Finally a PB!” said Dempsey.
“I ran my PB last year when I was still a 400m hurdler and since switching events to the 800m I have had to wait until now to go quicker which has been very frustrating.
“But that was a good race and I had to work so hard.”
David Proctor chased him all the way down the home straight to clock a season’s best and there was a PB for Glasgow City’s Stephen Mackay in fourth.


MEN’S 1500 A-B RACES
At Watford coach Steve Vernon reckons Tom Lancashire kicked too early and then died in the home straight allowed Ross Murray to overhaul him.
This time the 2008 Olympian was more measured when he turned on the after-burners hitting the bell in 2:41.66 gradually easing clear of his pursuers with a strong last lap for victory in 3:38.35, just a fraction outside his season’s best of 3:38.07secs set in Watford.
“I think Tom is in shape to run 3mins 35/36secs but he is not yet ready for 3:33,” said Vernon. “That is what we are working towards for next year to qualify for Rio.”
European U23 1500m finalist Cameron Boyek showed good form – and obvious delight on crossing the line – to finish second in a PB of 3:39.15 while in third Adam Clarke also set a best time of 3:40.29.
Further back Andy Vernon put aside his disappointment of not running the 10,000m in Beijing to run his second fastest time ever of 3:43.02 for fifth place – just 0.04secs off his PB – while in seventh there was a World Age 43 best of 3:43.99 for the amazing Tony Whiteman.
The B race saw a one-two for the Norway pair of Mads Taersbol and Peter Glans, who were both delighted to clock PBs and fully justify their trip.

WOMEN’S 800 A-B RACES
The best race of the night was a fantastic duel between Alexandra Bell and Emily Dudgeon in the A race. There was barely a stride between the pair, both aged 22, as they fought around the second lap having reached the bell in a shade under 60 seconds.
Dudgeon seemed perfectly placed to strike coming off the bend but Bell is a tremendous competitor who has improved immeasurably this summer and has performed at a consistently high level all season.
Try as she might Dudgeon couldn’t get by and Bell dug in to win in 2:01.96, her second sub 2:02 time this season, with Dudgeon 0.32secs behind.
“I have had some really good races with Alex this summer and she just got me once again,” said Dudgeon.
“But I have been racing much more consistently as well and so I have to be pleased with that.”
There was another overseas winner of the B race with Finland’s Sara Kuivisto timing her finish to perfection. Megan Edwards and Amy Griffiths were battling for honours at 600m but maybe they burnt each other out as Kulvisto came through late to clinch victory in 2:04.78.
With Edwards and Griffiths fading 17-year-old Carys McAulay, who is going to the Commonwealth Youth Games in Samoa, and 21-year-old Sally Smith both also finished strongly as the top three all clocked personal bests.



WOMEN’S 1500 A-B
The prize for the most impressive last lap must surely go to Ireland international Ciara Mageean. Had the 23-year-old’s season run more smoothly – injuries have interrupted her campaign – she would have been in Beijing but she declined to travel feeling she wouldn’t do herself justice.
On the evidence of her final lap, when she put almost three seconds on Madeleine Murray and five seconds on Jess Judd, she may have been too modest in her ambitions.
“It was a slight PB but I was hoping for more, something like sub 4mins 06secs,” said Mageean who picked up a £500 bonus for winning in under 4mins 08secs.
“I started my season late due to injury and while I was selected for Beijing I didn’t think I was ready for it.”
Scottish cross country champion Murray, who was contesting her first Grand Prix, should be delighted with her best performance in a Grand Prix field but Judd was left a little deflated and admitted the summer hadn’t gone as well a she had planned.
“I feel it is time to end my season and get ready for winter,” said Judd.
Racheal Bamford admitted she felt her campaign hadn’t gone as well as she would have liked but a PB in fourth was a nice consolation. There were also a further six PBs in the race including a time of 4:18.38 for 17-year-old Harriet Knowles-Jones.
The B race was won by Claire Duck of Leeds City in a season’s best of 4:22.39.
“It has been a tough season for me with a lot of ups and downs so I am really pleased to win that in a season’s best,” said Duck.

Results

		800m Men A Time :17:53
1	1:47.36	Jake Wightman	Edinburgh AC/Loughborough Stud
2	1:48.25	Rory Graham-Watson	Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow
3	1:48.58	Dale Clutterbuck	Newham & Essex Beagles/St. Mar
4	1:48.86	Jonathan Cook	Woodford Green Essex Ladies/No
5	1:49.15	Christian Von Eitzen	Vale of Aylesbury/Germany
6	1:49.89	Zak Curran	Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow
7	1:51.34	Paul Goodall	City of Norwich/Loughborough S
8	1:56.30	Dominic Walton	Rossendale/Sheffield Hallam Un
		.
		800m Men B Time :18:43
1	1:49.69	David Dempsey	Sheffield & Dearne/Sheffield U
2	1:49.98	David Proctor	Sale Harriers Manchester/Rochd
3	1:50.12	Emil Oustad	Norway
4	1:50.39	Stephen Mackay	Glasgow City/Inverness
5	1:50.42	Tom Syckelmoore	Basingstoke & Mid Hants
6	1:50.81	Ben Rochford	Shaftesbury Barnet/Oaklands Co
7	1:51.45	James Gormley	Sheffield & Dearne
		.
		800m Men C Time :18:38
1	1:50.58	Markhim Lonsdale	Crook
2	1:51.17	Mark Woodley	Chelmsford/Lamar Uni
3	1:51.45	Tuomo Salonen	Finland
4	1:52.15	Tom Pye	Enfield & Haringey/Birmingham
5	1:52.31	Alex Coomber	Cardiff/Glamorgan Uni
6	1:52.88	Dominic Chambers	Derby
		.
		800m Men D Time :16:38
1	1:52.95	Josh Oguntayo	Sale Harriers Manchester
2	1:53.09	Alex Beddoes	Cook Islands
3	1:53.47	Andrew Smith	Pudsey & Bramley/York Uni
4	1:53.49	Billy Kelsey	Shaftesbury Barnet
5	1:53.57	Damien Landers	Ireland
6	1:55.63	Martin Cook	Mansfield/Sheffield Hallam Uni
	DNS	David Bishop	Bristol & West/New Mexico Uni
	DNS	Tom Watson	Central/Edinburgh Uni/Forth Va
		.
		800m Men E Time :16:43
1	1:53.26	James Ansell	Newquay & Par
2	1:53.63	Jonathan Hiorns	Notts/Nottingham Uni
3	1:53.68	Daniel Neal	Preston
4	1:53.95	Edward Dudgeon	Edinburgh AC/Edinburgh Uni
5	1:54.15	Karl Challand	Darlington H
		.
		800m Men F Time :17:33
1	1:54.10	Ryan Page	Lincoln Wellington
2	1:55.08	Paul Blezard	Preston
3	1:55.28	Graham Hogg	Trafford/Leeds Beckett Uni
4	1:55.38	Sam Harding	Wells City/Yeovil
5	1:55.38	Alan White	Sale Harriers Manchester
6	1:56.64	Aaron Thorpe	Sheffield & Dearne
7	1:56.98	Shaka Palmer	Enfield & Haringey
8	1:58.29	Ben Everson	Trafford/Bath Uni
	DNS	William Strangeway	Lincoln Wellington
		.
		800m Men G Time :17:38
1	1:55.12	Joe Wilkinson	Lincoln Wellington
2	1:55.96	Adam Dudgeon	Belgrave
3	1:56.34	Richard de-Camps	Gloucester/Birmingham Uni
4	1:56.62	James McCrae	Nene Valley
5	1:56.89	Jack Simpson	Burton
6	1:58.44	Lloyd Kempson	Nene Valley
		.
		800m Men H Time :17:42
1	1:57.18	Frederic Tremblay	Royal Sutton Coldfield/France
2	1:57.35	Chris Thornton	Skyrac/Sheffield Hallam Uni
3	1:57.90	Jack Bonser	Wolverhampton & Bilston
4	1:58.33	Lewis Banner	Stubbington Green/City of Port
5	1:58.36	Rhys Furlong	Telford AC
6	1:58.65	Alexander Hookway	Tonbridge/Brunel Uni
7	1:59.21	Matthew Emery	Grantham AC/Bath Uni/Southampt
8	2:00.01	Sam Benge	Woodford Green Essex Ladies/Be
		.
		800m Women A Time :17:47
1	2:01.96	Alexandra Bell	Pudsey & Bramley/Leeds Beckett
2	2:02.28	Emily Dudgeon	Edinburgh AC/Cambridge Uni/Tea
3	2:02.74	Hedda Hynne	Norway
4	2:02.87	Yngvild Elvemo	Norway
5	2:03.45	Karin Storbacka	Finland
6	2:03.53	Leah Barrow	Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow
7	2:03.60	Paulina Mikiewicz	Poland
8	2:04.57	Revee Walcott-Nolan	Luton/St. Mary's Uni/Newham &
9	2:04.60	Katherine Marshall	Cardiff/New Zealand
10	2:05.30	Selma Kajan	Australia
11	2:06.11	Zenitha Eriksson	Finland
		.
		800m Women B Time :16:48
1	2:04.78	Sara Kuivisto	Finland
2	2:05.18	Carys McAulay	Warrington AC
3	2:05.32	Sally Smith	Wakefield/Leeds Beckett Uni
4	2:05.52	Megan Edwards	Woodford Green Essex Ladies
5	2:06.37	Ida Fillingsnes	Denmark
6	2:07.87	Amy Griffiths	Aldershot Farnham & District/
7	2:10.86	Katy-Ann McDonald	Blackheath & Bromley
		.
		800m Women C Time :18:34
1	2:06.50	Jenna Hill	Sale Harriers Manchester/St. M
2	2:07.06	Jacqueline Fairchild	Trafford
3	2:07.62	Millie Howard	Harrogate
4	2:07.68	Aino Paunonen	Finland
5	2:09.15	Alex Turner	Amber Valley
6	2:11.45	Sophie Mansfield	Brighton Phoenix
7	2:15.67	Aine Cunningham	Sale Harriers Manchester
8	2:18.35	Mari Smith	Leicester
		.
		800m Women D Time :16:34
1	2:10.14	Rachael Scott	Preston
2	2:10.21	Chloe Bradley	Doncaster/Loughborough Student
3	2:12.73	Becky Hodgson	White Horse/Radley
4	2:13.10	Rochelle Harrison	Lincoln Wellington
5	2:15.71	Rachel Atherton	Leeds City/Leeds Beckett Uni
	DNF	Nessa Millet	St Abbans/Loughborough Student
	DNS	Shelley Brace	City of Stoke/Keele Uni
		.
		1500m Men A Time :18:09
1	3:38.35	Tom Lancashire	Bolton
2	3:39.15	Cameron Boyek	Shildon/Central
3	3:40.29	Adam Clarke	Aldershot Farnham & District/
4	3:42.06	Alberto Sanchez	Derby/Imperial College/Spain
5	3:43.02	Andy Vernon	Aldershot Farnham & District/
6	3:43.30	Tom Marshall	Cardiff/Tulsa Uni
7	3:43.99	Anthony Whiteman	Shaftesbury Barnet
8	3:44.44	Richard Weir	Derby/Staffordshire Uni
9	3:44.86	Michael Salter	Leeds City/Birmingham Uni
10	3:45.09	Jack Crabtree	Sale Harriers Manchester
11	3:45.77	Daniel Cheeseman	City of York/St. Mary's Uni
12	3:46.25	James West	Tonbridge/Loughborough Student
13	3:46.68	Ian Williamson	Birchfield H/Edinburgh AC/Loug
14	3:46.70	Scott Greeves	City of Norwich/East Anglia Un
15	3:48.00	Jacob Allen	Rugby & Northampton/St. Mary's
		.
		1500m Men B Time :18:01
1	3:45.81	Mads Taersbol	Denmark
2	3:46.42	Peter Glans	Denmark
3	3:47.18	Myles Edwards	Thames Valley/Aberdeen/Metro A
4	3:47.62	Alex Brecker	City of Stoke
5	3:47.63	John Ashcroft	Liverpool H/Bristol Uni
6	3:48.85	Spencer Thomas	Brighton Phoenix
7	3:49.45	Archie Davis	Brighton Phoenix
8	3:49.92	Sam Mitchell	Notts/Royal Air Force/Worceste
9	3:50.56	Mathew Jackson	Liverpool H/Lamar Uni
10	3:51.45	Tom Bowerman	Aldershot Farnham & District/
11	3:53.12	Luke Minns	Blackpool Wyre & Fylde/Centra
		.
		1500m Men C Time :16:56
1	3:49.65	Max Pickard	Brighton Phoenix
2	3:50.12	Alex Tovey	Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow
3	3:50.35	Michael Ferguson	Aberdeen/Aberdeen Uni
4	3:51.86	Donald Carter	Tonbridge/St. Mary's Uni
5	3:52.28	Owen Hind	Kent
6	3:54.97	Alexander Teuten	City of Portsmouth/Southampton
7	3:56.13	Miles Weatherseed	Tonbridge/Judd School
8	3:56.91	Michael Dyer	North Down
9	3:57.71	Callum Jones	Cornwall/Bristol Uni
10	3:58.04	Paddy Radley	Owls Leicester/Bath Uni/Bristo
11	3:59.32	David Sheldon	City of Stoke/Loughborough Stu
	DNF	Ben Harding	Kent/Brunel Uni
		.
		1500m Men D Time :17:11
1	3:51.66	Alex Yee	Kent
2	3:51.91	Alex Burrows	Telford AC
3	3:52.88	Archie Rayner	Mansfield
4	3:54.35	Liam Burthem	Liverpool H
5	3:54.75	Jacob Brown	Vale Royal
6	3:55.79	Howell Craske	Corstorphine/Dundee Uni
7	3:56.02	Luke Vine	Tipton
8	3:59.01	Cameron Bell	Hallamshire
9	3:59.35	Patrick Taylor	Vale of Aylesbury/Birmingham U
10	3:59.68	Robert Warner	Blackburn/Loughborough Student
11	4:03.11	Scott Pilkington	Corstorphine/Napier Uni
	DNF	Stephen Woodford	Chelmsford/Loughborough Studen
		.
		1500m Men E Time :17:04
1	3:54.71	Michael Harrison	Bedford & County/Bedfordshire
2	3:55.40	Tom Holden	South London
3	3:55.66	Jamie Dee	Shaftesbury Barnet
4	3:55.83	Benjamin Davies	Bedford & County
5	3:56.21	Adam Speake	Bristol & West/Oxford Uni
6	3:57.12	Donald Macaulay	Corstorphine
7	3:57.96	Niall Geraghty	Halesowen
8	3:58.10	Jalfe Walley	Southampton/Lamar Uni
9	3:58.56	Billy White	Brighton Phoenix/Crawley
10	3:58.63	Chris Perry	Vale Royal/Loughborough Studen
11	4:03.42	Stan Willis	Bedford & County
12	4:04.42	Phil Williams	Rochdale/Teeside Uni/Sheffield
		.
		1500m Men F Time :19:12
1	3:59.34	Pat Canavan	South London
2	3:59.68	Adam Davies	Gloucester
3	4:00.51	Isaac Akers	Corby
4	4:01.18	Ben Griffiths	Birchfield H
5	4:01.82	Ryan Burling	Marshall Milton Keynes/Basings
6	4:01.91	Dean Richardson	City of Stoke/Midland Masters
7	4:02.12	Will Stockley	Team Bath/Wiltshire Schs
8	4:02.82	Chris Prothero	Glamorgan Uni/Blaenau Gwent
9	4:03.07	Simon Millett	Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow
10	4:03.72	Sam Griffiths	Shaftesbury Barnet
11	4:04.14	Stephen Morris	Cardiff/Federation of Disabili
12	4:05.58	Oliver Newton	Kingston upon Hull/Loughboroug
13	4:09.32	James Beeks	Basingstoke & Mid Hants
14	4:10.69	Bradley Wattleworth	Woodford Green Essex Ladies/Bi
		.
		1500m Women A Time :17:28
1	4:07.31	Ciara Mageean	University College Dublin/Irel
2	4:10.17	Madeleine Murray	Edinburgh AC
3	4:12.08	Jessica Judd	Chelmsford/Loughborough Studen
4	4:12.59	Racheal Bamford	Leeds City/Otley
5	4:13.19	Melissa Courtney	Shaftesbury Barnet/Brunel Uni/
6	4:13.38	Julia Cooke	Birchfield H/Birmingham Uni
7	4:13.84	Kristine Eikrem Engeset	Norway
8	4:14.36	Kate Holt	City of Stoke
9	4:14.41	Charlotte Arter	Cardiff/New Mexico Uni/Eden Ru
10	4:15.39	Rachel McClay	Bracknell AC
11	4:16.73	Gemma Kersey	Basildon/Middlesex Uni
12	4:17.25	Silje Fjortoft	Norway
13	4:17.29	Katie Snowden	Herne Hill/Nottingham Uni
14	4:17.76	Jade Williams	Amman Valley
15	4:18.38	Harriet Knowles-Jones	Warrington AC
16	4:20.76	Emma Mitchell	Banbridge
		.
		1500m Women B Time :19:18
1	4:22.39	Claire Duck	Leeds City
2	4:23.76	Amy O'Donoghue	Emerald/Ireland
3	4:25.86	Natalie Weir	Derby
4	4:26.86	Laura-Jane Day	Notts/Nottingham Uni
5	4:28.10	Eilidh Mackenzie	Stornoway/Heriot-Watt Uni
6	4:28.37	Kelly Grant	City of Norwich/Blackheath & B
7	4:29.13	Katrina Wootton	Coventry/Coventry Uni
8	4:31.64	Lucy Hayes	City of Stoke/Keele Uni
9	4:33.37	Sophie Cowper	Lincoln Wellington/Notts/South
		.
		1500m Women C Time :17:24
1	4:29.78	Hannah Brooks	Crawley
2	4:34.45	Niamh Brown	Aldershot Farnham & District
3	4:34.73	Philippa Bowden	Bracknell AC/Brunel Uni
4	4:36.10	Bryony Haines	Birchfield H
5	4:37.13	Gabi Eglen	Aldershot Farnham & District
6	4:39.48	Camilla Barnes	Worcester/Cardiff Uni
7	4:39.86	Katie Allen	Birchfield H/Brunel Uni
8	4:40.55	Philippa Stone	Middlesbrough (Mandale)
9	4:40.70	Zoe Wassell	Stroud
10	4:43.60	Amelia Lancaster	Sheffield & Dearne
11	4:53.47	Isabel Bradley	Telford AC
		.
		5000m Men A Time :19:37
1	13:50.51	Sam Mcentee	Australia
2	14:14.20	Adam Hickey	Southend
3	14:15.74	Graham Rush	Cheltenham/Gloucestershire Uni
4	14:17.63	Conor Dooney	Ireland
5	14:18.75	Dan Cliffe	Liverpool H/McNeese State Uni
6	14:27.95	Mohamud Aadan	Thames Valley/South Bank
7	14:30.83	Ben Alcock	Bedford & County/Birmingham Un
8	14:35.35	Nick Earl	City of Norwich/Melbourne Uni
9	14:37.24	Joshua Bull	Derby/Nottingham Uni
10	14:39.12	Brandon Hargreaves	Dundrum South Dublin/Ireland
11	14:40.06	James Douglas	Border/Loughborough Students
12	14:49.12	Robbie Fitzgibbon	Brighton Phoenix
13	14:56.83	Carl Hardman	Salford H/Bolton
		.
		5000m Men B Time :18:29
1	14:28.03	Ben Dijkstra	Leicester/Beacon Hill
2	14:31.89	Nyle Clinton	Swindon/Brunel Uni
3	14:33.75	Ben Cole	Tonbridge/Edinburgh Uni/Swindo
4	14:34.21	Colm Sheahan	Leevale/Ireland
5	14:34.86	Emmett Dunleavy	Sligo/Ireland
6	14:41.61	Russell Best	New Marske/Teeside Uni
7	14:45.99	Michael Christoforou	Enfield & Haringey/Birmingham
8	14:47.05	John Gilbert	Kent
9	14:50.02	Alex Milne	Enfield & Haringey/Cambridge U
10	14:52.01	Chris Carpanini	Swansea
11	14:53.55	Shaun Antell	Bideford/North Devon RR
12	14:57.86	Ross Skelton	Brighton Phoenix/St. Mary's Un
13	15:29.45	Jack Bancroft	Wells City/Exeter Uni
	DNF	Will Richardson	Birchfield H
	DNF	Tom Straw	Lincoln Wellington/City of She
	DNF	James Gray	Sheffield & Dearne/Sheffield H
	DNF	Josh Guilmant	Brighton Phoenix
		.
		5000m Men C Time :19:05
1	14:56.19	Henry Pearce	Tonbridge/Loughborough Student
2	15:02.31	Daniel Thorne	Reading AC/Brunel Uni
3	15:09.88	Ed Banks	BRAT
4	15:10.80	Mark Jenkin	Bideford
5	15:12.70	Ady Whitwam	Morpeth/Army
6	15:13.58	James Rodgers	North Somerset
7	15:14.23	Ben Robinson	Bristol & West/Gloucestershire
8	15:15.42	Jack Douglas	Bedford & County
9	15:17.76	Jesper Pedersen	Denmark
10	15:20.40	Joe Smith	Bromsgrove & Redditch
11	15:20.59	William Mycroft	Enfield & Haringey/Sheffield U
12	15:27.22	Rob McTaggart	Bournemouth/Poole AC
13	15:30.97	Howard Thompson	Charnwood/Loughborough Student
14	15:45.39	Albert Moll?n	Sweden
15	15:45.64	Matthew Sheen	Vale Royal
16	15:46.71	Harvey Maguire	Tipton/Sheffield Hallam Uni
17	16:07.15	Daniel Robinson	BRAT