Richard Goodman top Briton in Manchester Great Run

Richard Goodman ran step for step with one of the world’s greatest runners to finish as top Briton in the Manchester Great Run. Goodman finished sixth overall in 29:57 as three times Olympic gold medallist Kenenisa Bekele beat 2014 London Marathon winner Wilson Kipsang to the tape. Around 35,000 runners completed the event, Europe’s largest 10 km race.

Aiming to stay with the leaders for as long as he could, Goodman passed the 5 km mark in 14:27, close to his track PB for the distance. "I had given so much in the first half of the race that I could not hang on at the same speed,” Goodman said. "But I was pleased to finish strongly as I did, and it was a really good run for me. Running side by side with the world's fastest man over five and ten kilometres was an absolute privilege. Experiences like that are part and parcel of why I love running."

Blackheath & Bromley trio win county championship medals

Three Blackheath & Bromley athletes took medals in last weekend's county championships. Lia Radus, 14, won gold in the Middlesex U15 1500m event at Lee Valley, recording 4:55.72. The previous week she had set a PB of 4:50.7 with victory in the Kent Young Athletes' League. Anna Barnett, 17, took silver in the Kent U20 discus championship at Ashford, with a throw of 33.55m. To complete the set, Lia's sister Maayan Radus, 11, took bronze in the Middlesex U13 1500m event in a time of 5:12.02.

Big PB by Sophie Dowson

Pole vaulter Sophie Dowson, 17, cleared 3.75m in the Youth Development League at Eton to improve her best by 13 cm. Dowson, who now competes for Blackheath & Bromley AC, placed second to Jessica Robinson, the UK’s leading young vaulter. Dowson’s new PB moves her to 6th in the UK U20 rankings.

Sale Harriers vaulter Lucy Wolfenden, 14, also entered the national rankings, clearing a personal best height of 2.60m to win the Youth Development League match at Spinkhill, Derbyshire.

Jamie Bongart threw the javelin 54.31m for eighth place in the British Universities Championships at Bedford. The performance also places Bongart eighth in the UK U23 rankings. Ellie Edwards, 19, ran a personal best of 12.41 to reach the 100m semi-finals.

Lia Radus, 14, set 300m and 800m bests of 47.88 and 2:20.98 respectively in the Mile End Open, winning her heat in both events.

David Stone, 14, won the 1500m in the Eastern Young Athletes League at Stevenage in a time of 4:40.4.

Brothers Jack and Bini Bloom both gained 800m PBs at the Watford Open Graded Meeting. Jack, 15, was timed at 2:14.73 while Bini, 12, recorded 2:26.01. Aidan Raphael, 16, recorded 57.21 for 400 m.

As published in JC of 29 April..

James Bongart (Woodford Green and Essex Ladies AC) took javelin victory in the Southern Athletics League at St Albans with his longest throw for two years, 52.58 m.

Ellie Edwards travelled with a Birmingham University team to Ithaca, USA to take on American universities in the Cornell April Cabin Fever Invitational. Edwards won the 200 m with an indoor PB of 26.05.