Olympic trials 2012: James Ellington's eBay auction finally pays off with London 2012 Olympics spot He added: "I'm a very determined person and I was just thinking outside the box, basically. All the other ideas, sending off emails, just didn't work so I decided to do something different, and it worked, thank God. Ellington was one 33 athletes who made sure of their Olympic selection over the three days of the Aviva 2012 Trials in the Alexander Stadium and none was celebrated with such emotion as that of Scottish 3,000 metres steeplechaser Eilish McColgan. It is 24 years since her coach and mother, Liz, won silver at the Seoul Olympics in the 10,000m and the pair came together in a tearful embrace after Eilish sealed her London 2012 spot with a runaway victory in 9min 56.89sec. "To be her coach is one thing but to be her mother and to see her run like that today is wonderful, especially after last year when she fractured her foot," said Liz, 48. She was really ill this week and I was actually going to pull her from the event. So hats off to her. I think she's done a tremendous job and it's good for her future. The pick of yesterday's performances were the two UK records achieved by Shara Proctor in the long jump and Holly Bleasdale in the pole vault. Both will be making their Olympic debut in London. Bleasdale surpassed her own one-year-old mark with a clearance of 4.71m but the record broken by Proctor had survived 29 years until the Anguillan-born athlete leapt out to 6.95m yesterday. The previous record of 6.90m had been held by Bev Kinch since 1983 and was the third longest-standing women's mark in the UK record books. Proctor's performance also puts her sixth in this year's world rankings, confirming that she is in the shape to challenge for a medal in London. Jessica Ennis, who enjoyed victories in the high jump and 100m hurdles on Saturday, was also in action in the long jump but struggled on the runaway with three fouls and two walk-throughs. Her only proper effort was a leap of 6.27m, leaving her down in sixth place. Her performance came a fortnight after she fouled four times at the Bedford International Games, raising concerns about an event that proved her Achilles" heel at the World Indoors, though she insisted her struggles were not a "major worry" ahead of London 2012. "The rhythm was not right," she said. It needs changing a bit because I'm just not comfortable. The runway's not suiting me at the moment. The men's 110 metres hurdles produced a dramatic finale to the trials as young guns Andy Pozzi and Lawrence Clarke, who both train together in Bath under the tutelage of hurdles coach Malcolm Arnold, took first and second in the final in 13.41sec and 13.45sec respectively. The result guarantees their Olympic selection and means that there is only one discretionary place left for either world bronze medallist Andy Turner and William Sharman, who was fifth at last year's World Championships. Sharman looks the likelier to miss out as he has yet to run the Olympic A standard of 13.52sec this year though he will have a chance to stake his claim at this week's European Championships in Helsinki before the selectors meet on July 2. Laura Weightman, who is coached by Steve Cram, guaranteed her selection in the 1500m with a victory in a slow-run race in 4min 18.83sec while Lisa Dobriskey's second-place finish should be enough to give her a ­discretionary place. Athletes who qualified for 2012 this weekend: Sophie Hitchon (Hammer) Christine Ohuruogu, Shana Cox (400m) Tiffany Porter, Jessica Ennis* (100m hurdles) Shara Proctor (long jump) Goldie Sayers (javelin) Perri Shakes-Drayton, Eilidh Child (400m hurdles) Eilish McColgan (3,000m steeplechase) Laura Weightman (1,500m) Holly Bleasdale, Kate Dennison (pole vault) Jo Pavey (5,000m) Margaret Adeoye, Anyika Onuora (200m) Ennis will be entered for the hurdles as a back-up to the heptathlon. Steve Lewis (pole vault) Greg Rutherford (long jump) Dai Greene, Jack Green (400m hurdles) Andy Baddeley, Ross Murray (1,500m) Adam Gemili (100m) Robbie Grabarz (high jump) Nick McCormick (5,000m) Martyn Rooney, Conrad Williams (400m) James Ellington, Christian Malcolm (200m) Lawrence Okoye (discus) Andrew Osagie (800m) Andrew Pozzi, Lawrence Clarke (110m hurdles)