Scottish Under 20's Championships

The only result that I have so far is Johnathan Farrell's third place in the Under 20 100 metres in 11.5. It was a wet and miserable morning in a deserted Grangemouth Stadium and he was drawn in lane 5 - a change from all the lane 8 and lane 1's that he'd been getting - in the Final. Side by side with the eventual winner for the first 60 metres or so he fell back slghtly and lost a place. With the winner timed at 11:3 and the fourth placed runner at 11.51 he was nearer first than fourth!

One of the topics of discussion on the day was why the Scottish Athletics U20 Championship had to be held on the same weekend as the Scottish Schools AA. The 17 years and over athletes had to choose between school and Scottish championships. Some tried to do both events - and their performances in most cases suffered.
It's not down to the schools - their champioships have been this weekend for as long as I've been in the sport - but the question is directed rather at the national governing body. All sides lost - the schools and the Scottish had diminished fields (eg Scottish Athletics U20 and Under 23 Women's 800 races were straight finals with only 4 runners and 5 runners respectively), the young athletes had to decide which meeting to support and whichever they chose they would lose out on a major championship. It is especially keenly felt by pupils in their last year at school who want to do a last schools competition where the atmosphere is a bit different.