Press Release, Wed 10 May 2017

Gemma Rankin represented Scotland at the Lillebaert ½ Marathon in Denmark last weekend, having a fine run to finish 5^th, 1^st Brit, time 79 minutes 25 seconds.
Representing Scotland in the Men’s race, Derek Hawkins, continued his comeback from injury, finishing 4^th, 2^nd Scot, in 66 minutes 54 seconds.

Nearer home, the first meeting of the Scottish Men’s League took place at Aberdeen with Kilbarchan competing in Division one. Praise Olatoke won the 200 metres and also won the 100m B race. Alexander Watters was 2^nd in the 400 metres Hurdles, Blair Crawford 2^nd in the 400 metres and Cameron Wright 6^th in the 1500 metres.

Earlier in the week, Conor Henderson competed in the British Universities Championships at Bedford, where he won the 400 metres Hurdles in a personal best of 52.52 seconds.

Arthur Smith