Silver lining for Barnett

Anna Barnett, 13, of Blackheath and Bromley AC, placed second in the hammer throw and third in the discus, with distances of 23.98m and 17.58m respectively, at the under-15 Kent County Championships.

Shaftesbury Barnet Harrier Jessica Hurley, 12, recorded a personal best of 2:33.31 in placing second in the 800m at the under-13 Hertfordshire County Championships.

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Track stars impress

Jennifer Simmons, 21, and Ellie Edwards, 15, braved rainy and blustery conditions to secure clear victories at the Greater Manchester Championships in Warrington.

Edwards, representing Trafford AC, drove off hard in the under-17 300m final, maintaining an early lead to finish in a personal best of 42.4 seconds.

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Simmons sparkles at Olympic Park

Jennifer Simmons of Sale Harriers set a personal best of 57.11 in the semi-finals of the 400 metres at the British Universities Championships at Olympic Park.

Sam Shindler-Glass, 15, opened his track season with a victory and a 1,500m PB of 4:18.0 at the under-17 Young Athletes League match at Perivale.

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Athletics in brief: March 27

David Peters, 40, has won his first national title as a veteran, the British Masters Indoor 1500m at Lee Valley. Herne Hill Harrier runner Peters secured victory by a clear margin in 4:08.64.

Sam Shindler-Glass, 15, placed 20th at the English Schools under-17 Cross Country Championships in Ilton, Somerset

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Goodman’s dream ticket

Richard Goodman has secured a coveted athletic scholarship at the University of Oregon, and will take it up on Monday.

Oregon University is recognised as a centre of athletic excellence, and its head coach Vin Lananna was also head coach for Team USA at last year’s World Athletics Championships.

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Schwartz fails to impress

American-born Israeli Jillian Schwartz placed 11th in the pole vault at the European Indoor Championships in Istanbul, recording a height of 4.45.

Roger Bruck, 72, won gold medals in three events at the Southern Counties Veterans Championships at Lea Valley indoor stadium.

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Runner Shindler-Glass wins Middlesex title

Sam Shindler-Glass, 15, mastered a gruelling 6km course to win the Middlesex Schools under-17 title in Harrow.

Shindler-Glass said: "Four or five other races had already taken place that day so the course was churned up and muddy. I got into a pack of three at the front of the field, and with 200m to go put in a final spurt. Fortunately nobody was able to respond to it."

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Schwartz qualifies

Pole vaulter Jillian Schwartz has qualified for the London Olympics.

Schwartz, who emigrated to Israel from America two years ago, cleared 4.52m to win the US Open indoor meet at Madison Square Garden, New York.

Sam Shindler-Glass, 15, came 23rd in the Under 17 Southern Cross Country Championships in Brighton.

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Goodman edged out at Euros

Richard Goodman achieved possibly his greatest triumph so far by winning the silver medal in the European Junior Cross Country Championships in Velenje, Slovenia.

Goodman, 18, finished the 6km race two seconds behind Russian winner Ilgizar Safiulin, and with his performance he led Britain to victory in the team competition.

Staying back in around eighth place during the first half of the fou

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Goodman in

Richard Goodman secured his place in the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team with a well executed second place in the European Cross Country Trials at Sefton Park in Liverpool.

Goodman was at the front of the field throughout the 6.7 km race before Jonathan Hay made a final burst to secure a narrow victory.

"I'm very pleased with my performance," said Goodman.

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Success for Euro star

Richard Goodman confirmed his position as one of Europe's leading young runners by winning the 3,000m at the European Junior Club Championships in Castellan, Spain.

In a thrilling duel over the final lap, he forged ahead in the final 50m to defeat the pre-race favourite, Gabriel Navarro of Spain, in a time of 8:19.60.

The previous weekend, Goodman had won the 1,500m at the National Junior Le

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Wonder kids are flying the flag

The array of talent lining up at Sunday's Maccabi GB Sports Awards is quite staggering.

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Peters: Life begins at 40

David Peters demonstrated that life begins at 40 by jumping to seventh in the UK M40 rankings for 800m.

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Bronze for Goodman

Richard Goodman narrowly missed repeating his greatest victory of last year, as he finished third at the Under 20 3,000m at the Diamond League in Crystal Palace.

Leading throughout most of the last 1,500m, Goodman was overtaken in the last 200m by Jonathan Hay and Zak Seddon, respectively the country's top young middle-distance runner and steeplechaser.

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Confident Goodman on the up

Richard Goodman, 18, trimmed his 1,500m PB to 3:45.66 in the qualifying round at the Aviva Senior World Trials in Birmingham.

His performance demonstrated his renewed confidence and raised him to fourth in the UK Under 20 rankings for the distance.

Goodman said: "Although, as the fastest non-qualifier, I just missed out on the final, I wasn't disappointed at all in my performance.

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Look out! Our best is yet to come

Not so long ago, if someone had asked for my thoughts on the future of Jewish sport, I'd probably have looked to the heavens and said a little prayer.

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