Three of our young athletes competed in the 4J ScottishAthletics Combined events in Dundee. Five different athletic disciplines over one day for the athletes. While Lidya Woldselassie and Eliane Mackay were also in action at the same venue.
Joseph Lanahan (photo above) produced a Gold medal performance to take the National Combined title at the U/13 age group. His winning points total of 2089 puts him in the all time 10 best by a UK athlete and is a Scottish best. Congratulations to Joseph, his coach Tom Harrison and his family.
Joseph Lanahan – 2089pts
Long jump 5.18m
High Jump 1.56m
Shot Put 9.44m
75m hurdles 12.66s
800m 2.35.59
The Josephs brother, Abraham, and Molly Brown (photo above) also competed. Abraham was lying in medal position going in to the last event over 800m but an ankle injury forced him to scratch from the race. This was a real pity as a silver medal was up for grabs. First year U/13 girls Molly Brown produced 4 PB performances in her first attempt at this event and moving forward will only get better. It may have been 5 but a fall in the hurdles put this out of her reach .
Abraham Lanahan – 4 out of 5 events
Long Jump 5.62m
Shot Put 9.94m
High Jump 1.68m
80m Hurdles 14.12s
Molly Brown – 1161 pts
Long Jump 3.59m
High Jump 1.11m
Shot Put 5.15m
800m 2.56.40
70m hurdles 19.27s
Also competing at Dundee was Lidya Woldselassie F35 who competed in three events and achieved 3 PB performances in the disability events.
100m 18.92s
Discus 17.66m
Long Jump 2.54m
Club President Elaine Mackay has had to wait close to 50 years to claim her first Track National Medal this weekend. Running in the Scottish Athletics Masters Championships in Dundee she finished 2nd in the W55 1500m. Elaine has had a long career in athletics competing at International level for Scotland over the Country, Roads and Hills. The one surface she did not have National medals was the track after winning National titles at ½ marathon, placing in the 10km and 10mile championships, being part of numerous district and national winning teams and represent the club at European Club Cross Country Championships. She started off her career in athletics as a High Jumper but was still able to do multi events as she could hurdle ,throw and of course jump. It was fitting this weekend as she travelled to Dundee to support three of our young athletes in the combined event she found time to compete herself. I am sure everyone will send their congratulations to Elaine.
A great weekend for all the athletes at Dundee. Full results here
Godwin Imante returned to the roots of our sport when he competed at the Jedburgh Games on Saturday – Grass track and large crowds and even maybe betting would all be at play at this event which has been run for 191 years !
Godwin competed in three events
Border Sprint Championships – Scratch -2nd
110m Handicap – He won his heat but placed 2nd in the semi final and did progress to the final
Invitation 100m -2nd
Second for Jethro and Mark, Fast time for Lachlan at Elgin, 3rd for Toby
Parkrun update week ending 14/07/24
Jethro was in the thick of the action coming in second at Pollok Parkrun in 18.00 closely followed by Brogan Wallace in exactly the same time. Brogan was 1st female and positioned her 11th on all time list at Pollok following on from last week’s fast Elder parkrun. Raymond Loughran finishing in a time of 30.31
Andrew Kirkhope finished the Edinburgh parkrun in a time of 23.54.
Mark Mckelvie was back in action with a second place at Strathclyde Parkrun in a time of 16.55
At Tollcross Parkrun, David Murphy ran a consistent 22.26 for 12th position, with Bob Porteous in a time of 28.23 and Joanne Harkins in a time of 33.53
Mark McColl ran 18.41 for 11 position at Victoria Parkrun.
At the Jersey Parkrun, Rowan Lennox ran 22.13.
Lachlan Oates ran a sizzling 15.16 for the Elgin Parkrun to take first place. 2nd fastest ever time at Elgin only 3 secs away from Ben Sandilands course record.
At Drumpellier Parkrun, Jennifer Waddington ran 30.26.
Finally, there was a good run from Toby Hession at Irchester Parkrun in a time of 19.48 for 3rd place and John Duffy was 5th at Palacerigg in a time of 19.46 (new PB for JD on that course).