MICHAEL Skinner will find out later this week if he has been selected for the Great Britain team for next month's World Cross Country Championships in Mombasa, Kenya.

The Blackheath & Bromley athlete placed fourth in the trial race which was incorporated in the British Universities Cross Country Championships at Bath.

Only the first three gain automatic selection so Skinner will have to wait until the middle of this week to see if he has made the squad.

Meanwhile training partner Scott Overall has been in fine form in the United States where he is studying at Butler University.

At the Notre Dame indoor meeting he clocked an outstanding 7mins 55.36secs for 3,000m which is fractionally outside the qualifying time for the European Indoor Championships.

It also breaks his own club record.

The previous weekend he timed 4mins 1sec for the mile at Bloomington, Indiana, despite getting tripped at the start, and next Friday he travels to the Tyson International at Arkansas where he is hopeful of running inside four minutes for the mile for the first time.

Meanwhile in Germany, Montell Douglas set a new best in the 60m of 7.36secs, fractionally improving on the 7.37secs she ran at the Inter City Cup at Lee Valley last week.

In Cardiff, four of the club's talented under-20s were in action at the Celtic Games with three representing the Great Britain junior team.

Unfortunately the electronic timing broke down so Serita Solomon's and Danny Doyley's victories in the women's 60m hurdles and the guest 60m were hand-timed.

Serita clocked 8.6secs to Danny's 6.9secs and he returned later to help the England team win the 4x200m.

In the field Emily Godley cleared 3.40m in the women's pole vault while training partner Scott Huggins guested in the men's event clearing 4.50m.

B&B enjoyed an emphatic victory in the annual Mob Match against Ranelagh Harriers.

The club's athletes filled the first three places with Peter Tucker first home followed by Alex Gibbins and Joe Mills.

Jennie Butler was the first woman home in 25th place overall, followed by Fran Green 39th and Jane Bradshaw 46th.

The race incorporated the latest of the Bennett Cup Handicap Series of races and winner here was Jane Bradshaw with Abi Brown second and Steve Fletcher third.

After seven of the nine events completed Steve Pairman leads overall on 234 points hotly pursued by Barry Fisher on 231 and Mike Cronin on 227.

There is everything to play for with 11 athletes having scored 200 or more points and a maximum of 120 points up for grabs in the remaining two fixtures.