Grant Sandilands and Norman Groves both ticked off another World Marathon Major in the US as they travelled to and completed the Chicago Marathon under hot and hum conditions. Both left the Windy City disappointed with their times having really struggled in the heat and humidity but are happy to Read more…
There was a record turnout of over 100 teams, competing in the George Cummings Road Relays at Houston last Saturday.Race Organisers Kilbarchan Athletic Club, had a good day, dominating the Ladies race to win the Trust Inn Trophy. Kilbarchan’s winning team included Elspeth Curran, Chloe Simpson and Jennifer Rooney, with Read more…
On Sunday it was the turn of the senior athletes with the 10k starting off the day, just the three Kilbarchan runners in this one
Elspeth Curran was 6th in the women’s race in a time of 36:05, Stuart Kerr 77th overall in 37:37 & Grant Sandilands 151st in 39:55.
Next up was the half marathon with Callum Hawkins looking to defend his title from last year, he lead for the first few miles but as the race headed towards the South side Chris Thompson took hold of the race and opened up a gap. Callum hung on to 2nd for the majority of the second half of the race, closely tracked in behind by Tsegai Twelede who tried to take Callum in a sprint finish but Callum wasn’t to be denied and clinched the Scottish Half Marathon Champion title on the line both clocking 63:18.
Great Scottish Run 10k & Half- Marathon, Oct 1st, 2017 (C)Bobby Gavin
Gemma Rankin made her way through the field to take 4th female in the race and Silver in the Scottish Half Marathon Championships, running 76:37.
Great Scottish Run 10k & Half- Marathon, Oct 1st, 2017 (C)Bobby Gavin
All eyes were on Glasgow this weekend as athletes of all ages raced on the streets in the junior run, 10k & half marathon, Super Saturday kicked things off with the junior run, family mile & toddler dash.
Kilbarchan athlete David McNair kicked off the weekend in style as he dominated the junior run to romp home in 8:35 with club mate Gavin McKay picking up bronze in 9:09.
Oliver Patton was also 3rd in his age category in a time of 9:53.
Loads of great performances in this one, full list below: (more…)
FULL RESULTS In the Girls 3k race Laine Alemu (11:14) was 1st in the 14-16 category, closely followed by Libby Sutherland (11:47) & Eilidh Gibson (11:51). Abbie Alemu (12:01) was 2nd Girl in the 12-13 category with Sarah Forbes (12:23) 3rd. Over in the 10k Caroline Cochran was 3rd female Read more…
Jemma Reekie turned her attention to the shorter distance to race over 800m (only her second outdoor 800m this season) against some serious senior competition, including defending champion Mhairi Hendry(VP Glasgow). Jemma drove off the final bend to pass Hendry in the home straight, running 2:08.39 in a gutsy run Read more…
Kirsty Costello was in superb form again at the weekend, travelling to Bedford to compete in the Javelin and Hammer at U15 level. Her first Javelin throw of the day turned out to be the winning one as her 43.70m Scottish Under 15 record throw earned her the first Gold Read more…
The Scottish Age groups Championships started at Scotstoun last weekend and there were some top performances by local athletes representing Kilbarchan Athletic Club. In the under 15 girls events, Kirsty Costello won the Hammer throwing 55.18metres, a Championship best performance and Kirsty also won the Javelin with 37.73m. In the Read more…
European Junior 1500m Champion Jemma Reekie was running for the GB Junior Team over 1 mile last night in a classy field at the English Manchester International, Sportcity. The youngest athlete in the race (in what was her debut mile) stormed away from Charlene Thomas (PB of 4:27 over 1 Read more…
Callum Hawkins produced another amazing performance as he finished 4th in the World Championships marathon on the streets of London cheered on by a raucous home crowd round the 4 lap course. A trademark strong finish some Callum advance up the field in the closing stages to agonisingly miss out Read more…