Podium Success for Clydesdale Teams

After the highly competitive indoor winter league meetings, Clydesdale Harriers saw two teams qualify for The Scottish Athletics Indoor League Finals on the 24^th of February at the Emirates Stadium.  They were the under 20 Women and under 17 men’s team.

Before the two teams battled it out against the toughest of opposition in a thoroughly enjoyable day of athletics, it was the turn of the relay teams, and for the first time in many years Clydesdale was fielding multiple teams. There were some exceptional runs and some of the teams narrowly missed out on a place in the final while every team gained valuable experience.  New athletes were introduced to the atmosphere and excitement of competition, which will stand them in good stead, as the club prepares for the up coming summer outdoor leagues.

The relay teams were –

Under 13 Girls- Cara Jordan, Natasha Shaw, Chloe Allan and Sarah Goggins.

Under 15 Girls- Iona Allan (missing from the picture), Rachel Campbell, Rachel Meehan and Anna Haddock.

Under 17 girls- Erin Ball, Heather McEwan, Emily Paxton, and Abbie Warrington.

 Under 11 boys- Zak Shannon, Stuart Aird, Andrew Donohue and Arran Boyle.

Under 13 boys were Aiden Fegie, Aaron Belkevitz, Ronan Ross and Nathan Kerr

Under 15 boys-David Daly, Brian Aird, Lewis McLeod and Lewis Hay.

A  wide range of events were contested in the S.A.I.L Final which followed the relays. On the track there was 60m sprint, 60nhurdles, 200m, 400m and 800m races.  The field events were long jump, high jump, triple jump and shot put.

The under 20 women’s team were Claire Reid, Victoria McHugh, Rachel Liddell and Kirsty Kelly.  The four girls knew they had their work cut out for them and worked hard against quality teams from Giffnock, Central, Whitemoss and Lasswade.  Despite tough competition they were determined to show what they were made of and they demonstrated their desire to succeed with determination and enthusiasm. The hard work paid off as the points accumulated and they laid claim to their silver medal podium place.

Well done girls-everyone is very proud of your well deserved achievement.

The under 17 Men’s team were Tobi Akinkunmi, Darren Dolan, David Campbell and Andrew Hunter.  Two of the boys, Andrew and David had been finalists together as under 15’s.  They were   eager to repeat their success in this more competitive age group and were undaunted by the strong opposition in the form of Central, Edinburgh, Giffnock and Victoria Park.  As the day rolled the pressure intensified as each team fought hard for points  in every event.  The Clydesdale boys showed off their athletic skill and determination, scoring significant points and finishing in the top three, in six out of the nine events.

They achieved many individual successes over the course of the day and they were delighted with the  team’s success as they finished in second place to claim the silver medal. Everyone in the club is very proud of their success.  Well done boys! 

Dunbartonshire AAA relays

An uphill and difficult course for the young athletes to endure at the Duchess woods, Helensburgh on Saturday

We had two under 11 athletes participating in the 1500m course

Stephen Kane had an excellent run to finish 5th boy overall in 7 mins 55 secs.
Eve Kerr also ran impressively to finish 8th girl overall in 9 mins 8 secs.

Kathleen Ewing was also due to take part in the U11 race but unfortunately took unwell at the start line.

U13G Rachel Busby ran really well to finish the 2.5k course in 10 mins 42 secs.
U13G Ciara Devaney also running impressively to finish in 11 mins 08 secs.
U13G Jenny Kerr also having a great run to finish in 12 mins 07 secs.

U15G Roisin McShea was also a casualty on the day, and unable to race as she took unwell shortly before the start of the race.

There were 2 junior male relay teams on the day for the 2.5k race.

In the first leg Clydesdale A team Andrew Hunter ran well 10 mins 35 secs, second leg Connor Ewing had a great run 8 mins 40 secs and Tony Dolan ran excellently in 8 mins 12 secs, to finish 4th team overall.

In the first leg Clydesdale B team Lewis Hay ran impressively in 10 mins 33 secs, David Campbell ran really well to finish in 9 mins 8 secs and Lewis Wood had a good run to finish in 11 mins 32 secs, to finish 7th team overall.

Well done to all the athletes who ran. Next Sat are the national relays at Cumbernauld for U13 athletes and upwards.

Pollok park 5k

An excellent performance by Roisin McShea at the Pollok 5k on Saturday, timed at 20 mins 41 secs, smashing her pb and finishing 6th female overall.

Also a great run by Claire Reid, timed at 23 mins 48 secs, finishing 17th female overall.

Well done to both girls.

Waiting on results from under 15/17 closed champs at the weekend. Did we have any athletes running?

SYAL Match

There were many excellent performances and quite a few PBs from the junior athletes on Sunday at the first young athletes meeting of the season at Wishaw. Full results detailed below:

Under 13 Girls:

Cira Devanney ran well in the 75m to be timed at 12.15 secs. Also running well in her first 1200m but had to retire with a stitch.

Rachel Campbell also had a good run in the 75m with a time of 12.43 secs and jumping 2.76m in the long jump.

Rachel Busby took unwell in the car on the way to the event so missed out running the 75m on the day. She is looking forward to getting back to her distance training in a week or two, when hopefully she has had a rest and physio treatment for the reoccurence of her heel injury.

Under 15 Girls:

Roisin McShea had an excellent run in the 1500m to finish in a time of 5:23:53 secs and a new PB and throwing 8.25m in the discus

Caitlin Dick did well in her first 800m to finish in 3:03:37, also competing in the 200m to be timed at 37.11 secs

Kirsty Alexander ran well in the 100m in 15.39 secs, in the 1500m in 6:16:69 and throwing 10.02m in the discus

Under 17 Girls:

Claire Reid ran a great 800m in 2:38:10 PB, 47.77 secs for the 300m and 3.59m in the long jump.

Under 13 boys:

Andrew Hunter had a great run to win the 100m in 13.65 secs and also the 200m to finish 2nd in 27.68 secs. Also competing in the long jump, 4.07m.

Lewis Hay ran well and keeps improving in his 800m, finishing in 3.01.57, also throwing 3.67m in the shot

Under 15 boys:

David Campbell competed well in the 80m hurdles in 16.38 secs

David Newton ran the 200m to finish in a good time of 29.2 secs and 66.38 secs for the 400m

Under 17 boys:

Tony Dolan had a great day, running 15.21 secs for the 100m, 2:29:72 for the 800m and the 1500m in 5:00:02. A couple of PBs, I think.

Lewis Wood competed in the hammer throwing 10.94m, throwing 7.52m in the shot and 17.64m in the discus

Any results missing, please give me an email.

Linwood open graded meeting

Some impressive performances at the open graded meeting on Wed night.

100m
U13 Andrew Hunter won his heat in 13.44 secs
U20 Johnathan Farrell was 3rd in his heat in 11.40 secs

200M
U13 Andrew Hunter ran well to be timed at 27.80 secs
U20 Johnathan Farrell ran well to be timed at 23.51 secs

400m
U20 Cameron McLeod was 2nd in his heat in 55.29 secs

800m
U11 Caitlin Stewart finished 5th in her heat in 3:21:73
U15 Roisin Mcshea finished 4th in her heat in 2:43:81
U15 Kirsty Alexander finished 5th in her heat in 3:00:36
U17 Claire Reid finished 3rd in her heat in 2:42:51

Long Jump
U13 Andrew Hunter Jumping 4m in the long jump.

Well done to all the athletes who participated last night.

CASSLs League

It was the first Cassls league match of the season on Sunday at Grangemouth. Results below:

For the girls:

Under 11 Girls:

Caitlin Stuart ran the 80m in 16.22 secs, the 800m in 3:12:60 and jumping 1.76m in the long jump.

Under 13 girls:

Rachel Campbell ran the 100m in 17.04 secs and the 800m in 3:37:98. She also competed in the long jump, 2.52m

Under 15 girls

Roisin McShea ran the 100m in 16.67 secs and the 800m in 2:44:10

Kirsty Alexander ran the 100m in 15.53 secs and the 800m in 3:02:62. She also competed in the long jump, 3.88m.

Caitlin Dick competed in the long jump, 2.05m and in the discus, throwing 7.33m.

Under 17 Girls

Claire Reid ran the 100m in 14.59 secs and the 800m in 2:43:38 secs. She also competed in the javelin, 9.38m

And for the boys:

Under 11 boys

Stephen Kane ran the 80m in 14.3 secs, the 800m in 3:12:00 and the long jump, 2.09m.

Under 13 boys

Andrew Hunter ran in the 100m in 13.77 secs, competed in the shot put, 7.29m and the long jump 4.14m.

Lewis Hay ran in the 100m in 17.05 secs and competed in the shot put, 4.52m

Under 15 boys

David Campbell competed in the 100m in 14.82 secs, the 400m in a time of 1:07:94 and the high jump in 1.10m.

Under 17 boys

Tony Dolan competed in the 100m in 15.23 secs, the 400m in a time of 1:08:73 and the 800m in 2:34:80.

Lewis Wood competed in the 100m in a time of 16.0 secs, the shot put, 7.73m and the discus in 17.4m.

For the senior men:

David Brown competed in the triple jump in 9.98m and the 3000m in 10:33:62

Ian Robertson ran the 3000m in 9:55:24

Cameron McLeod ran in the 100m in 12.33 secs, the 400m in 53.6 secs and the triple jump 10.75m.

Peter Bowman ran in the 400m in 54.48 secs and the 800m in 2:04:47

Johnathan Farrell ran in the 100m in 11.54 secs and competed in the shot put, throwing 7m

Ryan Nelson ran the 800m in 2:20:38 and the shot put 5.21m

Well done to all the athletes, who finished 3rd overall on the day and if we can get a few more juniors out to participate in the next meeting then we should get quite a few more points.

Any results missing? Let me know, email me by clicking on the junior email blog.

Glasgow parkrun 5k

Well done to U17 Claire Reid who ran the Pollok park 5k on Saturday, in a time of 23 mins 54 secs.

Schools race Goldenhill Park

I missed the races at Goldenhill park on Friday because I was working, but from all accounts it was horrible weather, wet, cold and windy with the course being shortened for safety reasons. Details below,

In the Primary 6 races, Cira Devaney and Tony Gallagher both had excellent runs, winning their races and picking up gold medals.

In the Primary 7 races, I think Lewis Hay ran but sorry I'm unsure of his position in the race.

In the S1 girls race, in an exciting finish, a great performance by Roisin McShea who finished joint first and a gold medal when the race officials could'nt separate her and another runner on the line. Rachel Busby, who kept up well for a long way had a great run to finish 4th. Rachel was awarded a bronze medal on the day for her efforts (due to the joint first place), which she was really pleased with and I would like to thank the organisers for recognising her efforts.

In the S2 girls race Miren Wright had a great run, finishing 1st with a gold medal, with Kirsty Alexander also running well and closely following to finish in 3rd place.

In the S2 boys race Connor Ewing had a fall during the race but managed to pick himself up to finish an impressive second, with a silver medal.

In the S3 girls race Claire Reid was the outright winner, running really impressively from start to finish.

In the S3 boys race, Tony Dolan looked the winner all the way to be caught in the last 50 metres or so to finish 2nd with a silver medal.

I might have missed some of the junior results, if so please contact me through the link on the junior blog.

Well done to all the harriers, who really ran well on the day.

Indoor league Match

The under 20 men participated in the indoor league final at the Kelvin Hall today, with some excellent performances on show.

Johnathan Farrell had some excellent performances, participating in 5 different events. He ran well to be 3rd in the 60m in 7.33 secs and 3rd in the 200m in 23.38 secs. He also took part in 3 field events, 4th in the high jump 1.60m, 4th in the triple jump 10.35m and 5th in the shot putt 8.60m.

Peter Bowman also had a good day, despite feeling a bit under the weather after running 6k at Irvine yesterday in the Scottish schools championships. He ran well to be 3rd in the 800m in approx 2 min 8 secs and 4th in the 400 in approx 55.8 secs.

Cameron MacLeod also competed well, participating in the long jump 4.87m and in the 60mH, awaiting official time. Unfortunately, Cameron sustained a minor injury in the 60mH which caused him to pull out from the 200m.

Well done to the U20 men, keep up the good work.

Scottish Schools Cross Country

It was a nice day for the schools cross country championships at Irvine yesterday, although a little windy. With each age group running different distances and each having a few steep climbs and descents to negotiate along the way, it was a tough test for all the junior Harriers who participated. Full results below;

Under 14 Girls 2400 metres

In a large (133 girls) and highly competitive field Rachel and Roisin ran well to finish in the top half of the field.

32ND Roisin McShea - 12 mins 03 secs
52ND Rachel Busby - 12 mins 33 secs

Boys Aged 14-15 years 4000 metres

A great run by Connor, despite a fall during the race and again in a large (90) and competitive field.

17TH CONNOR EWING - 15mins 53 secs

Boys Aged 15-17 years 5000 metres

Another solid performance by Tony Dolan to finish 70th in a strong field of runners.

70TH Tony Dolan

Boys Over 17 6000 metres

Again a great run by Peter Bowman to finish 14th from 60 runners in a time of 23 mins 23 secs.

Well done to all the Harriers who thoroughly enjoyed the day out and who were a great credit to their schools.

Indoor League Match

Congratulations to the Under 20 Men for qualifying for the finals of the indoor league match, which is due to take place on the 14th March. Good luck guys for the final.

Full results detailed below:

Under 11 boys

Steven Kane ran the 60 metres in a personal best time of 10.72 secs and also took park in the 600 metres where he was timed at 2 mins 19.7 secs (a pb by over 5 secs) Well done to Steven.

Under 13 boys

Andrew Hunter had an excellent run in the 60 metres in a time of 8.7 secs, where he was placed 1st of 16 athletes. He also took part in the shot put, where he threw 6.92metres, to be placed second overall. Well done Andrew, keep up the good work.

Lewis Hay ran in the 800 metres, where he was timed at 3.11.2(a pb by 6.2 secs)

Tony Gallacher had an impressive run in the 200 metres where he ran a pb of 31.3 secs. He also jumped 3.01 metres in the long jump.

Under 15 boys

Connor Ewing ran well in the 800 metres to be placed 5th overall in a time of 2.34.9 and also competed in the 400 metres where he was timed at 68.5 secs.

David Campbell competed well in the 60 metre hurdles where he was timed at 12.77 secs(pb). He also took part in the 200 metres, running an excellent time of 29.8 sec (pb)

Under 17 men

Lewis Wood was timed at 10.10 secs in the 60m and 32.7 in the 200m. He also threw 7.28m in the shot put.

Tony Dolan competed well in the 800 metres to be timed at 2.32.0. He also competed in the 400m where he ran well to be timed at 70.3 secs.

Under 20 men

In the 60 metres Jonathan Farrell was placed 3rd in an impressive time of 7.33secs and also competed well in the shot put throwing 8.58m.

Peter Bowman ran well to be placed 1st in the 800m, timed at 2.09.8 and also had a good run in the 400m (57.2 secs)

Cameron McLeod competed in the 60m hurdles in a time of 11.91secs and also ran well in the 200m in a time of 24.4secs. He also competed in the triple jump (10.55m)

And not to forget the girls,

Under 11 girls

Caitlin Stewart participated in her track debut, where she ran well in the 60m and 600m to be timed at 12.02 secs(pb) and 2.31.0(pb). Well done to Caitlin.

Under 13 girls

Rachel Campbell competed in the 60m to be timed at 15.41 secs.

Ciara Devaney ran well in her first 800m to be timed at 3.12.1(pb). Ciara also ran in the 200m to be timed at 36.7 secs.

Under 17 Women

Diane Nicholson ran well in the 60m to finish in a time of 9.21 secs and in the 200m (31.7 secs)

Claire Reid also competed well in the 800m, finishing in a time of 2.45.4 and in the 300m running 49.0 secs

Please note if I have missed any performances, please click on the junior link, send me an email and I will publish them as soon as possible on the blog.

Again well done to all the athletes who competed on the day and good luck to the under 20 men in the finals.

Bank of Scotland Indoor Championships

Well done to Peter Bowman (U20) who was 5th in his heat at the above championships at the Kelvin Hall yesterday, where he was timed at 2.06.09 for the 800 metres.

Club cross country championships

It was a nice day for the Club Cross Country Championships, held at Carlieth Farm this afternoon.
Junior results detailed below, please note placings should be accurate but times are approximate, especially in the Under 11s boys and girls race where it was a very close finish.

UNDER 11 Girls and Boys (1 lap, approx 3 quarters of a mile)
A close and exciting finish from the under 11 girls.
1st - Cira Devaney - 5 mins 47 secs
2nd - Rachel Campbell - 5 mins 48 secs
3rd - Caitlin Stewart - 6 mins
Another exciting finish from the boys, resulting in a joint first place
1st - James Grant/Tony Gallacher - 5 mins 39 secs
3rd - Lewis Hay - 5 mins 41 secs
4th - Stephen Kane - 5 mins 44 secs

UNDER 13 GIRLS AND BOYS (2 laps, approx 1.5 miles)
A good run from both the under 13 girls and boys

1st - Roisin McShea - 10 mins 29 secs
2nd - Rachel Busby - 11 mins 20 secs

1st - David Campbell - 11 mins 34 secs
2nd - Andrew Hunter - 11 mins 43 secs

Under 15 GIRLS AND BOYS (3 laps, approx 2.25 miles)
Another good race, with a close finish for the boys

1st - Claire Reid - 18 mins 13 secs

1st - Connor Ewing - 14 mins 20 secs
2nd - Tony Dolan - 14 mins 55 secs
3rd - David Newton - 17 mins 12 secs
4th - Lewis Wood - 21 mins 17 secs

U20 MALE result
1st - Ryan Nelson, awaiting official time.

Well done to all the athletes on the day.