YASMIN Miller was the star of the show as Derby AC athletes turned in a clutch of good performances at the Northern Indoor Championships in Sheffield.

Rising sprint star Miller came home with two gold medals and a silver.

There were also gold medals for high-jumper JJ Heath and triple jumper Naomi Reid, as well as silver medals for three other Derby athletes.

Miller, still only 14, and therefore running mostly against older girls in the under-17 category, won the 60 metres final in 7.76 seconds from City of Sheffield's Abigail Bishell (7.83).

It was even closer in the 60m hurdles, with Miller's 8.93 in the final edging out Wigan Harrier Danielle McGifford by two tenths of a second.

But that was also the margin by which Miller was edged out herself in the 200m final, won by Olivia Callaghan, of Sale Harriers, in 25.22 seconds.

Nevertheless, that represented an excellent weekend's workout for Miller.

The relatively short indoor season gives athletes the chance to check out how their winter training has gone in a competitive environment for the first time since the end of the outdoor track and field season in August.

Heath, the 16-year-old from Melbourne who appeared for Derby's senior team a couple of times in 2009, cleared 1.90m to win the under-17 high jump final but was only partially satisfied with his efforts.

"I was happy to win but I couldn't help but feel a little disappointed with my performance," he said.

"I competed in an open event at Sheffield in December and did better, winning with 1.96m."

Heath is building towards a medal bid at the England Open Indoor Championships at Birmingham's National Indoor Arena at the end of February.

For Reid, a gold in the under-17 triple jump final marks a promising start to what could be an exciting year.

Relatively new to the sport, she was placed well up the top 10 in the UK for her age group outdoors last year when she leapt 11.81m.

This year she is at the top end of the under-17 group and won in Sheffield with a solid 11.14m, 24cm ahead of nearest rival Bethan Hughes, from Liverpool.

Reid trains alongside Derby's experienced jumper Simon Roper, who is impressed with her potential.

"Naomi's performance was as expected," said Roper.

"She only went from a very short run, which makes the performance even better. Short runs are difficult to master due to lower speeds.

"She had three out of six no-jumps but the three that counted were very consistent.

"Twelve metres will certainly be possible if we continue as we are."

At senior level, Derby had a silver medallist in both the men's and women's 1500m.

Three of the club's men were in the final, with David Westbury clocking a useful 3.56.86 to land a medal, four seconds behind winner Nick Samuels of Sale Harriers.

Tom Phillip just missed out on a medal in fourth, with Jordan Wildrianne less than a second behind him in fifth.

In the women's race, there was a welcome silver medal for Ellie Stevens, who has spent more than two years battling a variety of injuries and illness.

Blackburn Harrier Alison Leonard set a championship-best 4.26.22 to win the gold medal, Stevens finishing three seconds behind her and nine seconds clear of the third-placed runner.

At 25, Stevens, who has reached the top 10 among England's 1500m runners before, still has a real chance of making an impact in her event and this will have been a heartening early-season result for her.

Derby's other silver medal came from one of the club's most promising and enthusiastic young athletes, Katherine Molyneux, who hopes to be a heptathlete.

She will not be 13 until May but competed at under-15 level at the Sheffield event, where she took part in the 60m, 60m hurdles, 200m and the long jump.

She did not come through the heats in the running events but a leap of 4.90m in the long jump final was enough for a medal.

"It was a good experience for Katherine, because it was the first time she has competed in individual events at Northern level," said her father, John.

"She got her medal with her last jump, which was the second-best she has managed, six centimetres short of her best, so we were pretty pleased with that."