News from Overseas

Joice Maduaka opened her outdoor season at the IAAF Tour meeting in Dakar, Senegal with an 11.43 secs w  (+5.8) 6th placing over 100m. In Azuza, California, Nusrat Ceesay opened her 400mH season with a fine victory in 58.03 secs, whilst fellow 400m Hurdler, Ruth Brereton recorded a personal best of  56.75 secs for the flat 400m at Long Beach. In Walnut, California at the Mt .Sac Relays, Nick Leavey placed 6th over 400m with 47.92 secs, with Tara Bird 2nd over 800m in 2m05.37 secs, in a race won by World  400m silver medalist, Britain's Nicola Sanders.

There was also news of a fine shot pb from Carl Fletcher who recorded 17.31m to win a meeting in Liverpool, and also took the discus with 45.90m, and of another pb from Hurdler, Francis Smith who recorded 48.50 for the flat 400m.