U14, U16 and U20 athletes from across Scotland were competing this past weekend in a range of disciplines, aiming to be the best in their respective age group.
Ayr Seaforth had over 30 competitors taking part, and after 2 days of action our athletes earned 8 medals – 1 Gold 3 Silver and 4 Bronze! Last year it was 1 Silver and 1 Bronze at the same competition so this is a great result overall!
Highlights
U14 Girls
Silver – Abigail Good (1500m) in a PB time of 5:00.64
Isla Samson performed well in the 60m sprint. She made it through to the semi finals with a new PB of 9.14s in the heats.
Emily Good and Dalidh Logg progressed through to the semi finals of the 200m, both setting big new PBs with Emily just missing out on a spot in the final.
A new Shot Put PB of 8.71m was enough for 4th place for Matilda Jackson. Mya Doolan also hit a nice new PB with a best throw of 6.72m.
Emily Ng had a fantastic result in the 800m finishing 6th fastest overall in a time of 2:36.67.
U14 Boys
Riley Marshall-Watt set PBs in the High Jump and Long Jump. His best of the 1.34m left him in 4th place in the HJ. He finished in 9th out of 19 in the LJ with a new best of 3.96m.
Lewis Watson improved his previous best in the 1500m by a whopping 30s as he finished in 6th place overall.
Ruaridh Johnson made a huge improvement on his 800m best taking it down from 3 minutes 10 seconds to 2 minutes 43 seconds.
U16 Girls
Gold – Isla Milligan (Triple Jump) with a new PB of 9.98m
Bronze – Isla Milligan (60m Hurdles) with a new PB and Club Record of 9.33s
Bronze – Isla Milligan (300m) with a new PB of 42.19s
Congratulations to Isla on earning 3 podium finishes in one day. This comes one week after winning Gold in the Pentathlon. Isla’s time of 9.33s in the 60m Hurdles is a new U17 club record (subject to review).
Ava Barrie set a big new PB of 4:56.29 in the 1500m to finish in 7th place.
Piper Jackson threw close to her PB in the Shot Put. Her best on the day (9.72m) left her in 6th place in a very tight competition at the top.
Representing her first claim club Glasgow School of Sport, Olivia Fisher came out on top in the 60m and 200m sprints winning Gold in both events. 6 races in one day. Congratulations Olivia!
U16 Boys
Silver – Riley Fulton (800m) in a time of 2:07.75
Bronze – Findlay Ledger (Triple Jump) with a best jump of 10.59m
Alasdair Sloan progressed through to the semi finals of the 60m. He improved his previous best by almost half a second in the semis with a time of 7.99s.
Frankie Cherrie similarly took over half a second off his 200m PB (25.91s) to make it through to the semi finals.
Although new to the pole vault, Charlie Gillies continues to improve quickly. He once again set a new PB of 2.79m which was left him in 5th place.
U20 Men
Silver – Matthew Cox (60m Hurdles) New Club Record
Bronze – Jamie Muir (60m Hurdles)
Both Matthew and Jamie were stepping up into the U20 age group in the 60m Hurdles and came away with a Silver and Bronze medal. Matthew set a new U20 Club Record and just missed out on the Gold in a close photo finish. Matthew also PB’d in the U20 60m sprint where he finished in 10th place overall.
U20 Women
U18 athlete Katie Ablett stepped up to the U20 age group in the 60m sprint. She managed a small improvement her PB (8.50s) in the heats.
Well done to all the athletes who competed, especially the first year under 14s who were competing at their first nationals! The final indoor competition of the season will be the SAIL final on the 22nd March where athletes will be competing as teams within their age groups.
Photo credit: Bobby Gavin – https://www.thatonemoment.co.uk