In another busy weekend Shettleston Harrier vest could been seen around the country again.
Katie Woods was first up on Thursday evening recording a PB performance of 5.10.16 over 1500m at the Livingston Open Graded Meeting. At the same meeting Zoe Roberts ran a PB in the 80m of 13.21 after having to run the race again due to a timing fault. Ava Millican was just outside her PB in the 300m.
Saturday saw the vest moving further north with Lachlan Oates placing 2nd at the Balmoral 5km road race in a time of 14.56. While at a busy weekend for Grangemouth Stadium saw Morgan Findlay jumping 10.93 in the Triple Jump to finish in 3rd place in the Scottish Students Championships, Jamie Burns place 4th over 1500m 4.03.23.
Mark Mckelvie continued the great form shown by our Marathon Runners when he finished 7th in a time of 2.28.52 at the Wrexham Elite Marathon on Sunday .This means we now have 5 men in the top 13 rankings in Scotland for 2022.
Sunday saw the first Joint League Meeting at Grangemouth with a number of Shettleston athletes competing. It also allowed the presentation of the Jack Kean memorial trophy to Paul Easdale. Paul was awarded the trophy back at the AGM for his constant support of league teams over many years.
Top performances from Grangemouth included 14.63 in the Shot by Teddy Tchoudja to equal her PB and confirm her ranking as number 1 in the UK. Results of the Joint League can be found below
100m -Paul Easdale 12.67 w-5.1; Maynard Conteh 12.70 w -4.3; Cole Kilpatrick 13.34 w-4.1;
Tammy Adelabu 15.08 +0.1
110m Hurdles – Carson Graham 19.11
800m – Sam Leslie 2.03.63; Adam Clifford 2.13.33; Dan Lowe 2.13.86; Jessica Grant 2.44.77
3000m – Lachlan Oates 8.40.01; Fergus Donnelly 9.41.07; Joseph Reilly 10.53.57
High Jump -Carson Graham 1.55m
Long Jump – Carson Graham 5.89 +w2.8
Discus – Angus McInroy 47.20
Shot – Angus McInroy 14.27; Teddy Tchoudja 14.63
Parkruns
Tollcross – 1st Paul Sorrie , 3rd Ronnie Strachan , 68th David Murphy, 1st F Arelene McKenna
Edinburgh – 1st F Holly Morrison
Queens Park – 1st Jethro Lennox, 62nd Rowan Lennox , 63rd Chris Grant Pantry
Eglinton Park Run – 14th James Burns