4J Age Group Championships Day Two, Grangemouth, Sun 28 Aug 2022

Congratulations to our young hammer throwers Dawn Russell 45.80m and Lewis Craigie 42.70m, winning Gold in the Women’s and Men’s competition.   Full results can be found on the SA events web site.

Antrim Coast Half Marathon, Sun 28 Aug 2022

A seventh-place finish for Callum Hawkins 64.02, first Scot home, as Callum continues to recover from injury.

Club Track and Field Trials. Linwood, Tue 23 Aug 2022

A superb turnout from club members and Inverclyde AAC at the inaugural track trials, many thanks to officials and volunteers; full results on the club web site

Paisley 10K & Fun Run, Paisley, Sun 21 Aug 2022

Derek and Callum Hawkins took first and second place in the Paisley 10k Road Race.

Callum was first in the men’s race crossing the line in 30 minutes 15 seconds as Derek came second with a time of 30 minutes 28 seconds.  In third place was Robbie Ferguson, with a time of 31 minutes 14 seconds.

Gemma Rankin took third place in the women’s race with a time of 38 minutes 48 seconds.  Congratulations to all our runners who competed.

There were 1505 runners competing in the Paisley 10K Race and 1036 taking part in the Fun Run.

European Athletics Championships, Munich Germany, Sat 20 Aug 2022

It was afifth-place finish in the Women’s 800m final for Jemma Reekie.  Jemma clocked 2:00.31 and had no regrets about her bid for glory after losing out in the heats at the Commonwealths before then taking on the 1500m.

“It’s been a long season, and tough, and I feel like all I have done since February when I had glandular fever is work so hard to get this season done, she said.  I would have liked to have gone a lot better and I would have liked to medal today to finish off this season, but I have to take the positives.”

National Premiership League Final, Bedford, Sat 20 Aug 2022

Premiership Cup

M 200 3 Krishawn Aiken 21.47/-0.4

Premiership Plate

1 Sheffield 527.5, 2 Glasgow Jaguars 513, 3 Notts 457

A busy week for U20 Dawn Russell, competing for Glasgow Jaguars, finishing in 6^th position in the hammer with throw of 46.14; and 2^nd position in the javelin with a throw of 38.26.

Welsh Athletics Under 20 International, Swansea, Wales, Tue 16 Aug 2022

England South 179, England North 168, Scotland 153, Wales 132, Welsh Schools 121, England Midlands 114, Northern Ireland 47.

Congratulations to young hammer thrower Dawn Russell with a PB throw of 46.60m in the hammer competition.

4J Studios scottishathletics National Senior Championships, Aberdeen, 13-14 Aug 2022

Day 2

M 200 1 Krishawn Aiken 21.26/+0.5, M 110H 1 Scott Connal 14.61/+0.5, 3 Andrew Murphy 15.59, Andrew was also third in the Discus with a throw of 43.24.  M 100H 5 Michael Cairns 56.34.

W100H 4 Nicole Proudfoot 14.93, HT 4 Dawn Russell U20 46.61, also Dawn was first in the U20W Javelin with a throw of 41.51.

Day 1

M 1001 Krishawn Aiken 10.49/-0.4, HT 2 Lewis Craigie U20 38.08.

4J Studios scottishathletics National Under 17 Championships, Aberdeen, 13-14 Aug 2022

Day 2

U17M 800 4 Oliver Patton 1:58.99.

GAA Miler Meet, Scotstoun, Fri 29 Jul 2022

We had a few athletes running at the Miler’s Meet, with a 2^nd place finish for Cameron Wright in the men’s 1500m with a time of 3:46.12.  Event (D) 9^th for Alistair Street U15 4:19.26; and in the W1500 (B) Event 4 Amy Teasdale 4^th in the U17 4:38.25; and in Event (C) 8^th place for Zara Redmond-U15 4:47.30.

Press Release Wednesday 27 July 2022 Commonwealth Games

Many congratulations to Ross Paterson who will compete for Scotland at the Commonwealth Games Birmingham in the Men’s T37/38 100m.  Scottishathletics article can be found here

Press Release Tuesday 26 July 2022

One of our young hammer throwers Dawn Russell will be part of the Scotland team at the U20 Welsh International on Wednesday 17 August in Swansea.  These events offer some of the best young athletes in Scotland an opportunity to gain valuable international experience at an early age.

World Athletics Championships, Eugene Oregon, USA, 15 – 24 July 2022

It was a disappointing moment for Jemma Reekie as she finished fifth in the opening semi-final of the Women’s 800m at the World Champs.  Jemma clocked 1:59.09 in her race with only the top two assured of progressing plus two further qualifiers.

scottish athletics Jumps Grand Prix and Hurdles Open, Grangemouth, 23 July 2022

M 110H 1 Andrew Murphy 15.30.

Newham & Essex Beagles Open, Stratford, 12 Jul 2022

M 1002r2 Krishawn Aiken 10.45/+0.9, M 2002 Krishawn Aiken 21.00/-1.0.

SIAB International, Belfast, Ireland, 16 Jul 2022

Boys 1500m2 Oliver Patton 3:54.46, Girls 1500m Amy Teasdale 4 4:35:93

4J Studios Scottishathletics Masters Championships, Dundee, 9-10 Jul 2022

Combined event newbies Emma Kelly and Eden Duff were entered in their first respective heptathlon and decathlon and successfully completed all events to win silver (2610 points) and gold (4178 points) in the senior age groups. The quality of the competition wasn’t the usual with club super stars Andrew Murphy and Matthew Chandler not present but there was good company from the under 20s who were competing in the same competition.

European Under 18 Championships, Jerusalem, Israel, 4-7 Jul 2022

Oliver Patton have been one of the youngest of any competitor in Jerusalem.  In that context, reaching the 2000m steeplechase final looked a big ask but Oliver delivered on that with a strong run at 5:57.83 in his heat, and with a 15^th finish in the final in a time of 6.09.25, well done to Oliver, his family and coach Robert Hawkins.

European Athletics Off-Road Running Championships, El Paso, Spain, 03 July 2022

A strong run from Fraser Gilmour in the U20 race to help GB and NI to team golds.  Fraser took a fine fifth place as the GB and NI U20 quartet won the team race.

Be Fit Today Track Academy Series, Dagenham, England, 03 Jul 2022

M 100 2r2 Krishawn Aiken 10.41/+1.3

National Athletics League Premiership, Woodford, England, 02 Jul 2022

Teams: Blackheath 580.5, Birchfield 542.5, Woodford Green 488, Glasgow Jaguars 421.5, Swansea 377.5, Bristol 317, Southampton 315, Cardiff 273.  Glasgow Jaguars was unseeded and ranked 15th in the Premiership at the start of the season and after three fixtures currently lie in joint eighth.

As things stand, it looks like they will lose out on the A final by just 24 match points but will contest the B Finals at Bedford on August 20 feeling confident of a high place finish.  Full report on scottishathletics web site

National Athletics League Premiership, Hendon, England, 02 July 2022

200 1 Krishawn Aiken 21.25/-4.6.

Youth Development League Division 2, Grangemouth, 26 Jun 2022

A second-place finish for our young team of the youth development league finishing with a total of 519.5 points.

Joshua Mungin was first in the U15B 800m in a time of 2:03.64.  The U13 girls relay team shaved 2 seconds of the club record with a time of 56.58, well done.