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Athletics: Eden's at her best.


Byline: By Nick Pullen

EDEN Eden, in the Bible
Eden, in the Bible.

1 Son of Joah.

2 Priest. Perhaps this is the same as (1.)

3 See Eden, Garden of.

4 Unidentified trading center, possibly in Mesopotamia.
 Francis threw the discus discus /dis·cus/ (dis´kus) pl. dis´ci   [L.] disk.

dis·cus
n. pl. dis·ci
A flat circular surface; a disk.



discus

pl. disci [L.]

1.
 for a best-ever 56.57metres while representing the Midlands at their Inter-Area match in Derby.

The 19-year-old Leicester- based Birchfield Harrier harrier, breed of dog
harrier, breed of medium-sized hound whose origin is obscure but whose existence in England dates from the 13th cent. It stands from 19 to 21 in. (48.3–53.3 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs from 40 to 50 lb (18.1–22.
 beat her previous best distance by more than half-a-metre to consolidate her position as Britain's third best thrower behind Phillippa Roles and Emma Carpenter, who are in Beijing.

Eden is coached by her mother, Glenys Morton Morton, village (1990 pop. 13,799), Tazewell co., central Ill., in a grain-farming and livestock area; inc. 1877. Food is canned, and tractor parts, washing machines, and pottery are manufactured. , at her home track in Leicester but has been competing for Birchfield for the past two seasons.

She also cleared 15.78 metres in the shot, while Halesowen AC's Rachel Wallader won the B event with 13.44 metres.

Birchfield's Aimee Palmer won the long jump with a weather-restricted 5.58 metres.

Eddie Okoro upset the applecart in the men's sprint hurdles. Although competing as the Midland B contestant, he clocked a winning 14.81secs, faster than the A hurdler, who was fellow Birchfield athlete Robert James Robert Sallee James (17 July, 1818 - 18 August, 1850) was a pastor and father of four children including the James outlaws... Frank and Beans a.k.a. The James Brothers. Born in Logan County, Kentucky, U.S. he met Zeralda Cole they married on 28 December, 1841. , who came second in 15.38secs.

Birchfield'sHolly Smith won the 3,000 metres walk in 15mins 56.62secs - more than 35 seconds clear of her closest rival - while Keira Rayment clocked 17mins 40.85secs.

Scotland won the event ahead of the North with the Midlands third.
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Publication:Birmingham Mail (England)
Date:Aug 12, 2008
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