All-time lists under assault in Albuquerque and British win for Yusuf Bizimana at 800m plus news from Nagoya, Leiria, Lisbon and Sydney NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Div 1, Albuquerque, USA, March 10-11 Albuquerque’s 1619m altitude helped produce some stunning performances in a championships that outshone the previous week’s US Championships. St Lucia’s Julien Alfred won the 60m in 6.94 for a Central…

Natasha Phillips wins Scottish half-marathon title plus there is a quick 10km for Jonny Mellor and a world 40 miles record for Ollie Garrod in our latest UK results round-up INVERNESS-HALF MARATHON (Including Scottish Championships), March 12 Natasha Phillips, the Scottish under-20 cross-country runner-up, and only 17 years old, made a stunning half-marathon debut with a 71:56 clocking to set…

Mexico 1968 gold medallist who revolutionised his event by inventing the ‘Fosbury flop’ passed away from cancer just days after turning 76 One of the most iconic figures in track and field athletics, Dick Fosbury, died on Sunday aged 76 from cancer. The American popularised a backwards ‘flop’ technique and won Olympic gold at the Mexico Games in 1968. His…

All the news from the British Athletics Cross Challenge final and de facto UK cross-country championships at Prestwold Hall on Saturday On a sunny morning the temperature was no higher than 3C but the snow on most of the course had disappeared and the two senior races went to Mahamed Mahamed and Grace Carson. The threatened afternoon rain did not…