A number of Kilbarchan athletes competed in the annual representative match at Loughborough at the weekend.
Martin Lipton beat his own Kilbarchan club record for the 400M Hurdles, time 51.33 seconds with Connor Henderson also having a fine run, time 52.47 seconds. Anthony Young ran a speedy 48.55 seconds for the 400m and Jemma Reekie, representing GB Juniors, ran close to her best for the 3000metres, time 9.30.82. (more…)
The first Stirling Marathon took place yesterday and we had 4 runners competing and all performed exceptionally well. Sharon Hastie made her marathon debut with an impressive 3:28:52 to finish 410th. Giovanni Pagliocca had a really solid run in 3:47:15, while Martin Dougall & Katrina Kynaston both finished in 3:49:19.
Jemma Reekie made her GB international debut at the Loughborough International Athletics hosted at the Paula Radcliffe Athletics Stadium on Sunday. Impressive early season form saw Jemma don a GB vest for the first time (but certainly not last) and put in an good performance to finish 4th in the women’s 3000m. Read more
The West District Track and Field Championships were staged at Kilmarnock last weekend and Kilbarchan Athletic Club had a number of successes. Andrew Murphy won two senior titles, the Long Jump clearing 6.57metres, also the Pole Vault with a 4.50metres clearance, while Krishawn Aiken won the 200m in 21.4 seconds Read more
Full Results Photos by Kenny Phillips Robert McCulloch continued his impressive form at the 10,000m track race to finish 2nd V50 last night at the Dumbarton 10k in 36:35. Ryan Waldron followed up his Houston 10k run at the weekend running just outside 38 minutes with 38:01. Race walker David Read more
Gryffe Valley Rotary 10K 2017 Prize winners Positions and times A very warm afternoon ensured tough conditions as Ryan Waldron was our first runner home in 5th running 39:36 with Euan Carrick finishing in 11th place in 42:50. Elanie Eadie was 2nd female home in 44:24. Brian Graham finished 63rd Read more
Gemma Rankin represented Scotland at the Lillebaert ½ Marathon in Denmark last weekend, having a fine run to finish 5th, 1st Brit, time 79 minutes 25 seconds. Representing Scotland in the Men’s race, Derek Hawkins, continued his comeback from injury, finishing 4th, 2nd Scot, in 66 minutes 54 seconds. Nearer Read more
Full Results Euan Gillham battered through the wind on the Silverknowes promenade to finish 3rd U20 (13th overall) in a top quality field in 15:02 for 5km. Scott MacAulay competed in his first 5k road race since 2013 to PB by 1 second, running 15:49 in 36th Robbie Ferguson ran Read more
The Helensburgh 10k remained on the racing calendar this year thanks to the new sponsorship of Babcocks. Derek Hawkins finished 40th overall in 39:00, Brian Graham was 244th in 51:54 with race walker David Mushet 367th in 1:10:15. Helensburgh 10k Results Lilian Young travelled to Ayrshire for the Troon 10k Read more
John Kynaston and Lesley McKerral both continued there build up to the West Highland Way Race on 24th June with some great displays over the 53 mile Highland Fling Course. John finished 179th in a time of 10:38:50 (19th M50). Lesley finished 445th in 12:32:51 (a PB by over an Read more