Sunday 23rd April, Livingston
A decent turnout for our first track and field competition of the season with over half the team competing on the track for the first time. As usual there were some great performances on the day and an interesting statistic (for the nerdy ones amongst us) is that the majority of the team happen to be some of the youngest in their age groups so will stay in the same age group next season.
Track debuts came from Moray, Antek, Luke, Lucas, Harrison, Amber, Ayla, Anatswa, Orla, Leila, Emma, Sophie and Issy. Well done for getting your first track and field competition out of the way.
PBs came from Ruairidh (U15s 100m), Struan (U15s 800m), Mia (U13 100m), Yvie (U13 HJ), Megan (U15 SP) and Beth (U15 800m).
Big shout-out to the athletes who filled in blanks on the team sheet and scored valuable points for the team; to the athletes who had to had to cope with multiple events that were on at the same time; to the athletes who have been competed in throwing events with only a couple of training sessions – it looks like some of you have found a hidden talent!
Special mention to Antek who was unfortunately clipped just metres after the start of the 800m race. By the time he got to his feet, the rest of the runners were already 30m in front of him but with great persistence, he raced on and with just 100m to go managed to catch up to a runner in front of him. A frantic sprint to the line saw him edge ahead to take 5th place. Well done Antek.
Finalised results and points scores are still to be confirmed but regardless of the outcome, a great day of athletics for all involved.
Thanks to the coaches, officials and parents, Kelly and Britt who helped out on the day. The next Forth Valley League match is at Grangemouth on the Saturday, 17th June (AM session).
This match will feature 4x100m races for all age groups so we need at least 4 athletes for each age group to make up a relay team. If you haven’t competed before, the relays are a great way to start.
The sign-up form will be available shortly so please sign-up as soon as it does. Unfortunately, we’re not able to put on a minibus for this fixture but if transport is needed, please add this to the comments on the sign-up form so we can car-share.
Thanks to Gary Leek of Athletics Digital for the photos below. More photos from the day can be found here
