Aberdeen was the venue for the Scottish National Senior and U/17 Championships. Like the rest of Scotland, the meeting was blessed with excellent weather and conditions. With support from the club a number of athletes and coaches made the trip to the event at Aberdeen Sports Village. This venue puts the central belt venues to shame and it is one of the true athletic hubs now in Scotland.
The club have a number of excellent performances over the weekend and brought a number of medals home to Glasgow.
Senior Events
Chris Bennett retained his National Hammer crown for the 4th year in a row with a throw of 68.28. His fellow Commonwealth Games athlete, Angus McInroy, came away with two silver medals- Shot 14.33 & Discus 45.53. Angus was delighted to compete after suffering a broken foot earlier in the season. In the 100m the current holder of the Jack Kean Memorial Trophy, Paul Easdale, ran 12.27 (-0.3m/s). The day after celebrating his 21st birthday, Jamie Burns, recorded a PB performances (14.29.89) to take 4th place in a high quality 5000m race. Just a few days before his wedding Lachlan Oates placed 8th (14.45.92). Everyone in the club wishes Lachlan & Kayleigh their best wishes for their big day (Friday and the future). Aoife Carr continues to impress with a 4th place in the women’s 1500m (4.28.93). The final senior to compete was Morgan Findlay who finished 5th in the triple jump (10.86m)
U/17 Events
Godwin (Imante Gknontouin) has been the find of the season and this young man continues to impress in his first year of athletics. He came away with two bronze medals (100m 11.12 and 200m PB 22.36).Lucky Edumn placed 7th in the 200m final with a time 23.69secs
Other sprinters to compete were Michael Conteh (12.09 100m /24.63 200m) and Maynard Conteh(12.00 100m)
Over 800m Adam Clifford ran 2.11.12 and moving up an age group Matthew Fox (U/15) ran 2.13.4. The final athlete of the weekend was Chloe Fox (U/15) who placed 5th in the U/17 Javelin (25.63)
Thank you to all the coaches /parents/club for the support in getting our athletes to Aberdeen.
Last Tuesday Katie Woods made the trip to Streford (Manchester), with support from the Alastair Blamire Bursary , to record a pb over 1500m 4.49.76 which moved her into the top 10 in Scotland this year