Commonwealth Games triple jump champion Tosin Oke claimed third place for Woodford Green AC with Essex Ladies at the London Samsung Diamond League meet at Crystal Palace.

The 31-year-old achieved a distance of 16.93m with his only valid attempt of the competition.

Seeking to resurrect something from a season affected by a serious ankle injury, Tara Bird came home fourth in a time of 2.04.50 in the ‘On Camp with Kelly’ 800m.

Bird has been a member of double Olympic champion Dame Kelly Holmes’ mentoring and education programme since 2006 and the Woodford athlete was happy with her performance.

She said: "I am very pleased considering I’m coming back from injury. Three weeks ago I ran 2:09 and felt terrible so this is a big step forward. I hope that I can run a personal best by the end of the Elsewhere, Daniel Rowden picked up a silver medal at the South of England Under-15 and Under-17 Championships at Watford.

Rowden finished runner-up in the under-15 boy’s 800m competition while Canaan Soloman also took silver in the under-15 1500m in 4.20.04.

In the Southern Athletic League fixture at Lee Valley, Sam Watts enjoyed a comfortable sprint double with times of 10.72 and 21.20 in the 100m and 200m.

Nusrat Ceesay moved down distances and placed second in the 100m with 12.24 before winning the 200m with a personal best of 24.50.

There was a new PB in the 400m for Matt McLaughlin as he claimed top spot in a time of 49.51.

Amongst several good field performances, there was a personal best in the triple jump for Prince Ezenwa with 15.23m.

Ayamba Akim won the high jump with 1.64m while Zoe Watson was first in the B 400m with 1.03.90.

The performance of the day came in the last event. With the Woodford men’s team winning the 4x100m relay, the pressure was on the men’s 4x400m squad.

The side were one runner short before Alan James, who was watching in the stands, rescued the team by deciding to run the first leg.

A solid performance from James saw him hand over to Karim Ali who ran a strong lap before passing on to Peter Kirabo.

As he came into the final changeover the Woodford side were placed third. But Omololu Abiodun took charge in the final leg.

He moved into second quickly and with 40m remaining, closed the gap to first before easing to victory.