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5 days ago

Course Record for Mo at the Brian Goodwin 10km 🎉

🥇 Morag Miller in a blistering 33:51 (CR).
🥈Jamie Crowe in 29:42.
👍 Andrew Irvine narrowly missing out on a sub 40 run (40:00).

👏 Bellahouston Harriers for putting on a great event! ...

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Well done to your runners & thank you for coming along!

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Central Athletics

1 week ago

Scottish Schools Championships
Grangemouth, 9-10 June 2019, Group A report

In the oldest group A (17 & over) age group Central ACs athletes bring a wealth of experience to the event. For many of them it was also their final ever appearance for their school before leaving.
This included Tom Graham-Marr who was competing in the 1500m. The 18 year old Stirling High pupil was still chasing his first medal after 6 years of appearances at Scottish schools events. However his wait finally came to an end as he ran an excellent personal best 4:15.76 minutes to place 3rd and step onto the podium for a bronze medal.
Dollar Academy pair Emma Mailer and Ben MacMillan are no strangers to the podium after numerous gold medals between them. Emma was pleased to get on top of the podium again in the 400m hurdles after running a controlled race to take the gold medal.
Ben was in the 3000m and found himself in the leading group in a tactical race. He was well placed when the pace quickened in the final lap and while he was just outrun in the final sprint finish he still managed to take a fine silver medal with a time of 8:57.54.
Elizabeth Thompson signed off her Balfron High career on a high note as she took bronze in the 400m. And Euan Smith (Dollar Academy) was on form in the 200m as he set an impressive pb 23.03s for 6th.
Overall it was an excellent turnout from the club athletes with a total of 17 medals including 5 golds and 20 personal bests. Well done to all that took part. ...

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Scottish Schools Championships
Grangemouth, 9-10 June 2019, Group B report

Coirilidh Cook and Erik Escala and were on top form at the Scottish schools championships in the group B (age 15-16) age group. This age group has the added incentive of international selection after the event.
Coirilidh has won numerous Scottish titles and had already won a gold medal in the Balfron High relay team a week earlier. However she was looking for her first individual title in the under 17 age group as she took on the 80m hurdles. She is unbeaten over hurdles this season but had not yet faced opposition from the whole of Scotland and with some good athletes challenging her knew she would have to be at her best. After comfortably qualifying through her heat she lined up in the final and set off fast. She led from the start but faced a strong challenge as her lead was getting rapidly closed down at the finish. However she managed to hold on at the line to take the gold in 12.01s, an excellent time considering the strong headwind. She later took part in the long jump placing a respectable 6th with a pb 5.17m.
Multi eventer, Erik Escala, showed his versatility as he first took on the pole vault event. The 16 year old Dunblane High pupil has been making steady progress at a relatively new event for him and made another big improvement as he took his personal best from 3.30m to an excellent clearance of 3.55m to take the bronze medal. He was not finished there though and looked to add to his medals in the shot where he produced another personal best with a throw of 12.44m which won him an excellent silver medal to make it a medal double.
There was further good news for Coirilidh and Erik as both athletes have been selected to represent Scotland at the schools track and field international in Swansea in July where they will face teams from Wales, Ireland and England.
Shona McLay of Stirling High had a return to form in the 100m where she ran 12.96s to qualify for the final. In the final she was facing a strong headwind but managed 13.26s for a respectable 5th place.
Lois Burch of McLaren High has made great improvements in the hurdles this season and ran an excellent 12.75s in the 80m hurdles in spite of the strong headwind, to line up alongside Coirilidh and make it 2 Central athletes in the final. This was Lois’s first ever final appearance at a national event and she can be proud of her 7th place finish in the final.
Grace Tindall of Alva Academy ran a big personal best in the 3000m of 11:08.29 for 8th and also set a personal best in the 800m with 2:28.29.
There was a 6th place for Molly Cornes (Balfrom High) in the high jump with 1.50m and Daniel Ferguson (Lornshill Academy) placed 7th in the 100m hurdles with 15.14s after running 12.18s in the 100m.
Jack Haughton (Dunblane High) sprinted to the 100m semis with 11.92s in his heat. Aidan Grevemberg (Balfron High) pulled up with a hamstring injury in the 100m crossing the line in 12.15s. This was still enough to progress but he was unfortunately unable to continue after his injury.
Lucy More (McLaren High) just missed out on a semi final place in the girls 100m with 13.89s then ran 27.99s in the 200m. ...