high jumper excelling at the AAA (Amateur Athletic Association) Under-20 Indoor Championships in England over the weekend.

Bermuda-born Kane, at 17 one of the youngest of the 25 competitors taking part in the high jump, placed second with a leap of six feet, 11 inches.

In clearing the height, he set a new personal best and earned the chance to travel to Yugoslavia to take part in another international meet in March.

The event was won by Ben Challenger, who cleared seven feet, one inch.

Challenger is the reigning junior world champion, after winning last year in Sydney, Australia.

Kane, the son of well known rugby administrator John Kane, organiser of the annual World Rugby Classic, now attends Blackrock College in Dublin, Ireland.

He has spent much of the past year representing Ireland -- the birthplace of his parents.

Last May, Kane set a record of six feet, five inches in the Under-17 division at the Leinster Provincial Championships. In June he grabbed a pair of gold medals, winning the high jump as well as anchoring Blackrock College to victory in the 4x100 relay.

At the Bermuda National Junior Championships later that month Kane was uncontested in the high jump and upon his return to Britain he recorded a then personal best six feet, eight inches at an international meet in Stoke-on-Trent.