Scot sets UK 300m mark plus news of another Innes FitzGerald victory, a Dina Asher-Smith win plus GB golds in European masters road races

Iowa City IA, USA, January 20-21

Nicole Yeargin set a UK 300m indoor best of 36.89 in winning her 300m race though it’s worth noting that Nicola Sanders was timed at 36.0 during her 50.02 still-standing British Iindoor 400m record run when winning the 2007 European Indoors gold.

Olympic 400m finalist Jodie Williams was only 0.35 slower than Yeargin in winning the B race in an indoor PB of 37.24.

Indoor
Men: 60:
1 Lawrence Johnson 6.61
2 Miles Lewis PUR 6.62
3 Brandon Carnes 6.62
Heat 1:: 1 Carnes 6.60

300:
1 Paul Dedewo 33.42
2 Kashief King TTO 33.89
B: 1 Karayme Bartley JAM 33.55

600 B:
1) Isaiah Jewett 1:16.31
2 Austin Lietz 1:16.94
3 Erik Sowinski 1:17.22

1000:
1 Clayton Murphy 2:20.70
2 Takieddine Hedeilli ALG 2:20.89
3 Robert Heppenstall CAN 2:20.90

60H:
1 Freddie Crittenden 7.53
2 Michael Dickson 7.53
3 Louis Rollins 7.60
7 David King GBR 7.70
Heat 1: 4 King GBR 7.74

400H:
1 CJ Allen 48.88

SP:
1 Chuk Enekwechi NGR 21.20
2 Roger Steen 20.59
3 T’Mond Johnson 20.10
4 Eric Favors IRL 19.99 =rec

Women:
60:
1 Brittany Brown 7.20
2 Makayla Jackson 7.30
3 Destiny Smith-Barnett 7.32
Heat 1: 1 Brown 7.19; 2 Smith-Barnett 7.28
Heat 2: 1 Jackson 7.29

300:
1 Nicole Yeargin GBR 36.89 rec
2 Aliyah Abrams GUY 37.48
3 Makenzie Dunmore 37.74
B:
1 Jodie Williams GBR 37.24
2 NaAsha Robinson 37.47

600:
1 Brenna Detra 1:28.52

800:
1 Olivia Baker 2:02.50
2 Brenna Detra 2:02.64
5 Gemma Finch GBR 2:04.32

Mile:
1 Regan Yee CAN 4:30.46
2 Molly Sughroue 4:30.89
4 Holly Archer GBR 4:51.40

60H:
1 Alaysha Johnson 7.84
2 Devynne Charlton BAH 7.89
6 Lolo Jones 8.35

HJ:
1 Vashti Cunningham 1.97

PV:
1 Bridget Guy Williams 4.60
2 Gabriela Leon 4.50,

SP:
1 Danniel Thomas-Dodd JAM 19.12
2 Rachel Fatherly 17.08

Luxembourg indoor meet, Luxembourg, January 22

Tibo De Smet won the 800m in a Belgian record 1:45.04.

Indoor
Men:
400: 1 Alexander Doom BEL 46.20

800:
1 Tibo De Smet BEL 1:45.04 NR
2 Collins Kipruto KEN 1:45.89
3 Bram Buigel NED 1:46.98

3000:
1 Simon Denissel FRA 7:52.09
2 Filip Sasínek CZE 7:54.31
3 Bram Anderiessen NED 7:55.51
4 Damián Vích CZE 7:55.94
5 Santtu Heikkinen FIN 7:56.12

60H:
1 Asier Martínez ESP 7.65
2 Mark Heiden NED 7.78

Heat 1:
1 Asier Martínez ESP 7.66
2 Mark Heiden NED 7.74

SP:
1 Bob Bertemes 20.78
2 Michał Haratyk POL 20.21
3 Mesud Pezer BIH 20.20

Women:
60:
1 Patrizia van der Weken 7.26
2 Jennifer Montag GER 7.31
3 Tasa Jiya NED 7.36

800:
1 Naomi Korir KEN 2:02.37
2 Lena Kandissounon FRA 2:03.72

1500:
1 Josephine Chelangat KEN 4:11.46
2 Kristiina Mäki CZE 4:12.51
3 Vera Hoffmann 4:12.52 rec
7 Georgie Hartigan IRL 4:18.85

60H:
1 Natalia Christofi CYP 7.92 rec
2 Maayke Tjin A-Lim NED 8.00
3 Victoria Rausch 8.18

Heat 1:
1 Natalia Christofi CYP 8.03 NR
2 Pauline Lett FRA 8.22

Heat 2:
1 Maayke Tjin A-Lim NED 8.05
2 Anamaria Nesteriuc ROU 8.13
3 Victoria Rausch 8.19

HJ: 1 Solene Gicquel FRA 1.87

TJ:
1 Ilionis Guillaume FRA 13.41
2 Mariko Morimoto JPN 13.38 (rec)
3 Paola Borovic CRO 13.35
4 Karolina Młodawska POL 13.33
5 Dovilė Kilty LTU 13.15

Jablonec, Czech Republic, January 21

In this low-key meeting Dina Asher-Smith ran an encouraging season opener 60m of 7.09 to go close to the UK record.

Men
60:
1 Kayhan Özer TUR 6.58
2 Oliwer Wdowik POL 6.61
8 David Morgan-Harrison GBR 6.76
ht 2: 2 David Morgan-Harrison GBR 6.74

LJ:
1 Jack Roach GBR 7.73
2 Radek Juška 7.72
5 Samuel Khogali GBR 7.37

SP:
1 Tomáš Staněk 21.43
2 Andrei Toader ROU 20.36
3 Wictor Petersson SWE 19.59

Women:
60:
1 Dina Asher-Smith GBR 7.09
2 Sarah Leahy IRL 7.32
Heat 1: 1 Dina Asher-Smith GBR 7.18

Dina Asher-Smith wins the 60m in 7.09 in Jablonec. ?

?  @PACESportsMgmt pic.twitter.com/HAnge0PIte

— AW (@AthleticsWeekly) January 21, 2023

CrossCup, Hannut, Belgium, January 22

British juniors dominated with Luke Birdseye and Innes FitzGerald winning the under-20 races with Jacob Deacon and Rebecca Flaherty ensuring a UK one-two in both races.

Megan Keith in third was the leading senior just eight seconds back on the winner Rahel Daniel of Eritrea and half a minute ahead of second Brit Amelia Quirk in sixth.

Men: XC:
1 Yann Schrub FRA 28:29
2 Isaac Kimeli 28:48
3 Guillaume Grimard 28:59
4 Gideon Rono KEN 29:07
5 Ned Potter GBR 29:08
6 Lucas Da Silva 29:10
7 Dorian Boulvin 29:20
8 Joe Wigfield GBR 29:25
9 Finn McNally IRL 29:32
10 Antoine Senard FRA 29:34
17 Jack Gray GBR 29:45

U20 6km:
1 Luke Birdseye GBR 19:24
2 Jacob Deacon GBR 19:29
4 James Dargan GBR U17 19:43
8 Benjamin Peck GBR U17 20:08
10 Louis Small GBR 20:11
11 Frank McGrath IRL 20:27
12 Daniel Maydew GBR 20:29
13 Jack Small GBR 20:32
18 George Keen GBR 21:05

Women: CC:
1 Rahel Daniel ERI 28:41
2 Sarah Lahti SWE 28:45
3 Megan Keith GBR 28:49
4 Veerle Bakker NED 28:58
5 Chloe Herbiet 29:18
6 Amelia Quirk GBR 29:19
7 Lisa Rooms 29:19
8 Elena Burkard GER 29:21
9 Sarah Astin GBR 29:24
10 Lauren McNeil GBR 29:27
11 Alexandra Millard GBR 29:48
13 Fionnuala Ross IRL 30:05
14 Fiona Everard IRL 30:06

U20 women:
1 Innes Fitzgerald GBR (U17) 15:31
2 Rebecca Flaherty GBR U17 16:31
3 Sophie Nicholls GBR U17 16:34
4 Hattie Reynolds GBR 16:41
10 Roise Roberts GBR 17:11
11 Poppy Craig-McFeely GBR 17:13
12 Annie Mann GBR U17 17:21
15 Holly Haldane GBR U17 17:35

USA Cross-Country Championships, Richmond VA, USA, January 21

Former Kenyans Emmanuel Bor and Ednah Kurgat both gained impressive victories.

Men: XC
1 Emmanuel Bor 28:44
2 Andrew Colley 28:48
3 Anthony Rotich 28:49
4 Leonard Korir 28:49
5 Samuel Chelanga 28:49
6 Dillon Maggard 28:49
7 Reid Buchanan 28:49
8 Hillary Bor 28:57
9 Abbabiya Simbassa 29:02
10 Zachery Panning 29:06

Women: CC:
1 Ednah Kurgat 32:07
2 Makena Morley 32:24
3 Emily Durgin 32:27
4 Emily Lipari 32:32
5 Weini Kelati 32:39
6 Katie Izzo 32:40
7 Allie Buchalski 33:02
8 Susanna Sullivan 33:14
9 Laura Thweatt 33:17
10 Carrie Verdon 33:33

Santa Pola, Spain, January 22

Men: HM:
1 Benard Biwott KEN 59:44
2 Nehemiah Kipyegon KEN 60:37
3 Alfred Kipchirchir KEN 60:49
4 Edwin Kipruto KEN 60:59
5 Dominick Bett KEN 61:05
6 Tesfaye Demeke ETH 61:37
7 Sondre Nordstad Moen NOR 63:44

Women: HM:
1 Beatrice Cheserek KEN 67:49
2 Cynthia Chemweno KEN 68:41
3 Aminat Ahamed ETH 69:01
4 Nancy Chepleting Meli KEN 70:48
15 Tracy Barlow GBR 78:36

European Masters Marathon Championships, Funchal, January 22

Briton Jack Nixon, the Chester Marathon third-placer, won the race overall by just over a minute in a near PB 2:27:59 to take the M35 gold by almost 10 minutes.

John Sharp won the M45 gold in 2:36:02.

The overall women’s winner was W40 María Mercedes Pila of Spain in 2:52:11.

M35: 1 Jack Nixon GBR 2:27:59; 2 Ricardo Pinto POR 2:37:52

M40: 1 Edgar Matias POR 2:29:15

M45: 1 John Sharp GBR 2:36:02; 2 Mircea Marian Sacara ROU 2:38:43

M50: 1 Markus Mey GER 2:38:58; 2 Alejandro Reina ESP 2:39:03

M55: 1 Mauro Gagliardini ITA 2:46:06; 4 Alastair Bloore GBR 2:49:03

M60: 1 Juergen Ehret GER 2:59:14

M65: 1 Rolf Hesselmann GER 3:12:19

M70: 1 Tadeusz Jasek POL 3:28:59

M75: 1 Jürgen Graeber GER 4:01:17

M85: 1 Gregorio Sablone SUI 5:23:59

W35: 1 Liliana Veríssimo POR 3:04:52

W40: 1 María Mercedes Pila ESP 2:52:11; 2 Ionela Macovei ROU 3:02:50

W45: 1 Nicoleta Ciortan ROU 3:02:11

W50: 1 Ruth Jaeger-Manatschal FRA 3:10:59

W55: 1 Doris Koller SUI 3:15:27

W60: 1 Karin Schön SWE 3:14:13; 4 Celia Findlay GBR 3:56:13

W65: 1 Antje Wietscher GER 3:45:25

W70: 1 Hellevi Mankki FIN 3:52:47

W75: 1 Tan Siew SUI 5:37:39

Buri Ram, Thailand, January 21

Men: Mar:
1 Titus Kimutai KEN 2:08:57
2 Fikadu Kebede ETH 2:10:49
3 Benson Mwangi KEN 2:11:24
4 Ashenafi Weldegiorgis ETH 2:11:36
5 Ezekiel Omullo KEN 2:12:04

Women: Mar:
1 Agnes Keino KEN 2:28:08
2 Lucy Karimi KEN 2:28:36
3 Aberu Mekuria ETH 2:29:07
4 Jane Jelagat KEN 2:29:39
5 Zerfie Limeneh ETH 2:31:51
6 Aleksandra Morozova RUS 2:36:20

Dhaka, Bangladesh, January 20

Men: HM:
1 Abdelaziz Baghazza MAR 63:30
2 Charles Muneria KEN 63:36
3 Kevin Kibet UGA 63:38

Men: Mar:
1 Stanley Kipruto KEN 2:08:10
2 Joseph Kyengo Munywoki KEN 2:08:50
3 Félicien Muhitira RWA 2:09:18 (rec)
4 Rhonzas Kilimo KEN 2:09:42
5 Dereje Debele ETH 2:09:50
6 Benard Kipkemoi Bii KEN 2:09:58
7 Mesfin Teshome ETH 2:10:39
8 Vincent Rono KEN 2:12:03
9 Birhanu Gebru ETH 2:12:28
10 Dasa Debeko ETH 2:12:50

Women: HM:
1 Rispa Cherop UGA 70:11
2 Ayinadis Teshome ETH 70:34
3 Soukaina Atanane MAR 70:55

Mar:
1 Bashanke Imoshe ETH 2:35:25
2 Tecla Kirongo KEN 2:35:29
3 Hawas Demitu ETH 2:35:47
4 Eunice Jeptoo KEN 2:36:15
5 Monica Cheruto KEN 2:36:29
6 Tsedal Gebretsadik ETH 2:36:42
7 Naomi Rotich KEN 2:36:44
8 Askale Alemaheyu ETH 2:36:46

Doha Marathon, Qatar, January 20

Men: Mar:
1 Mouhcine Outalha MAR 2:06:49
2 Gevin Kerich KEN 2:06:52
3 Victor Kipchirchir KEN 2:06:54
4 Adane Kebede ETH 2:06:54
5 Zablon Chumba KEN 2:07:13
6 Hiribo Shano ETH 2:07:15
7 Yohans Mekasha ETH 2:08:00
8 Abiyot Abinet ETH 2:08:29

W Mar:
1 Meseret Belete ETH 2:20:46
2 Desi Jisa Mokonin BRN 2:20:47
3 Beatrice Cheptoo KEN 2:22:28
4 Fantu Jimma ETH 2:23:21
5 Emily Arusio KEN 2:25:22
6 Yeneabeba Eigu ETH 2:29:08