Johnson second best for Herne Hill Harriers (From Your Local Guardian)

Johnson second best for Herne Hill Harriers

1:10pm Thursday 24th May 2012 in Athletics By Graham Moody, Sports Reporter

Three Herne Hill Harriers were in action at the Loughborough International Athletics meeting on Sunday.

Jade Johnson continued her quest to reach a third Olympic Games in the long jump.

She ended the day disappointed though as she could only finish in second with a wind-assisted jump of 6.35m – 10cm better than she managed at the Surrey Country Championships earlier in the month but still 30cm short of the Olympic B standard.

Liverpool’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson won with a 6.46m jump.

Katie Snowdon was in action in the 800m race and came seventh in two minutes, 13.63 seconds, eight seconds slower than the 18-year-old’s personal best.

At 18, Aisha Naibe-Wey was the youngest runner in the 400m hurdles A race and finished fifth out of six in 60.40.