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…
Congratulations to Kirsty Costello who threw @scotathletics age group record 57.83 to finish in 2nd place at the Celtic games.
Jemma Reekie continued her remarkable season at theEuropean under 20s Championships in Grosetto, Italy at the weekend. Jemma, from Beith and a member of Kilbarchan Athletic Club, had earned GB selection bywinning the 1500metres and the 3000m under 20 titles at the UK trials at Bedford last month and she Read more…
After double U20 age group championships Gold medals Jemma Reekie was in sparkling form at the World Championships Trials at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham. Recent selection for the European U20 Championships has buoyed Jemma who qualified for Sunday’s final with a new PB of 4:14.27 for 4th in the Read more…
Kirsty Costello was on top form competing in the Throws Grand Prix at Livingston last weekend. The 14 year old form Elderslie, beat her own Scottish record twice in the competition, throwing the 3Kg hammer, 55.81m and later 55.91m., which also keeps her at the top of the UK rankings Read more…
In some of the most brutal weather the wild side of the West Highland Way showed its colours as gale force winds and heavy rain battered the competitors travelling from Milngavie at 1am on Saturday heading for Fort William that evening or into the early hours of Sunday morning. With Read more…
Euan Gillham stormed clear early on in the Kirkintilloch 10k (as you can see in the opening picture above) last night, going through the first mile in a rapid 4:37 to win the race in 31:39. Kirkintilloch-10k-2017-results
Jemma Reekie continued her emergence as one of Britains stars of the future at the weekend. Jemma was competing in the under 20s British Championships at Bedford, which were also the trials for the European Athletics under 20s Championships and she competed a remarkable double, against Britain’s best, winning both Read more…
With the women’s 10k two weeks previous it was the turn of the men to pound the streets of Glasgow on a warm Sunday morning. The route took the runners from the Riverside Museum, over to Glasgow Green before returning to the finish in George Square. Robert McCulloch showed his Read more…
Jemma Reekie travelled South again this weekend to head for the Bedford track at the U20 British Championships which also hosted as the European Athletics U20 trials. Jemma enjoyed double gold in both the 1500m and 3000m events to cap a memorable weekend of tough track racing. In the 1500m Read more…