JULIA Winogrodzka collected a gold medal in stunning fashion at the Scottish Athletics Indoor Combined Events Championships at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow, competing in the under-13s girls pentathlon as a visiting athlete.

In the high jump she managed to clear a height of 1.32m, giving her sixth place after the first event.

Close rival, Mya McMahon from Dunfermline Track and Field Club, jumped an impressive 1.56m, which currently tops the 2017 UK rankings.

The next event was the 60m hurdles and although Mya managed to clock a very respectable 9.86secs, Julia crossed the line in 9.62, which was not only a new personal best but is second on the all-time best results for u13s girls.

Next up was Julia's favourite, the long jump, and after a trial run-up ended over the board, she moved her marker back by half a foot.

This resulted in a perfect take off on her first jump and a PB-breaking distance of 5.34m to put her on the all-time lists again, but more pertinently, was only the second u13s girl to do so in this century.

Mya still led in the overall scores after leaping 4.79m for second before Julia then finished second in the shot put with a throw of 7.87m and overtook her rival in the standings by 20 points, which translated to a two-seconds advantage in the final event – the 800m.

Both girls clocked new PBs in it – 2:41.89 for Julia and 2:55.30 for Mya.

The time difference meant Julia won the event with 2,810 points overall while Mya collected silver (2,649 points) with another guest, Saidhbhe Byrne, from Enniscorthy AC in Ireland, collecting bronze with 2,495 points.

The victory was cause for celebration enough, but the entries on the all-time records list marks her out as another top Blue Vest prospect for the future.

Elsewhere, Tommy Harrison stormed to victory by nearly half a minute in the Trotters 5 Miler hosted by Burnden Roadrunners at Smithills.

Meanwhile, Dom Gavin and Chris Povey secured top-10 positions in the second Central Lancashire Grand Prix fixture, while Catherine O'Dwyer was second in the women’s race in persistent rain.

The Blue Vests’ 17-strong squad was dwarfed by Burnden’s 69, and with strong performances from Leigh, Astley and Tyldesley and a resurgent Radcliffe, the race for all four titles appears as open as it has been in many a year. 

BUH&AC times:Tommy Harrison 28:50, Dominic Gavin 31:07, Chris Povey 31:33, Paul Mills 33:24, Catherine O'Dwyer 33:29, Mark Wolstencroft 33:40, Peter Kearney 35:32, Cameron Donnelly 36:21, James Rideout 36:58, David Crystal 37:01, Andrew Gallagher 37:09, Olivia Kearney 37:51, Andrew Barrow 38:18, Rachel Bailey 38:24, Simon Thorne 41:36, David Morrison 44:41, Gerard Tucker 52:05.