LASSWADE ATHLETIC CLUB

Two of the club’s athletes were competing at the AAA’s U20 Championships at Bedford at the weekend.

Greg Louden finished third, taking the bronze medal in the 400m final, running a season’s best time of 48.20s.  Greg won his heat in 49.10s, and was second in the semi final in a time of 48.73s.

In the 800m, Guy Learmonth won his heat on Saturday, clocking 1:53.33, before running 1:50.50 as he came home fourth in Sunday’s final.

Several of the club’s athletes were representing their schools at the Scottish Schools’ Championships at Grangemouth on Friday and Saturday (10 – 11 June).  The top performers were Ellen Kristoffersen who took gold in the long jump, and silver in the High Jump and Pole Vault, Gareth Fleming who collected two golds in the Javelin and Pole Vault, and bronze in the 80m Hurdles, and Robert Ferguson – gold in the High Jump.

Athletes’ results are listed below.

Age Group A

Ashley Boak ­– Javelin – 27.26m – 3^rd, Discus – 19.27m – 6^th

Sophie Elder – 400m – 60.73s – 3rd in heat, 61.74s – 5th in final

Age Group B

Robert Ferguson – High Jump – 1.90m – 1^st, Javelin – 32.89m – 8^th

Ross Henderson – 800m – 2:11.67 – 4^th in heat

Iain Lawson – 1500m – 4:54.57 – 7^th in heat

Ellen Kristoffersen – Long Jump – 5.22m – 1^st, High Jump – 1.60m – 2^nd, Pole Vault – 2.80m – 2^nd

Erin Feeley – Discus – 27.13m – 3^rd, Shot Put – 7.90m – 8^th

Francesca Benham – Shot Put – 7.61m – 10^th, Javelin – 21.86m – 8^th, Discus – 17.55m – 10^th

Amy Smith – 800m – 2:28.81 – 6^th in final

Fiona Matheson – 800m – 2:31.37 – 6^th in heat

Amy Frankland – 1500m – 5:19.72 – 7^th in heat

Katherine Szymanski – Triple Jump – 9.90m – 4^th

Sophie Collins – 3000m – 11:42.97 – 5^th in final

Age Group C

Gareth Fleming – Pole Vault – 2.70m – 1^st, Javelin – 43.71m – 1^st, 80m Hurdles – 14.06s – 3rd

Fraser Amos – 100m – 13.54s – 5^th in heat, 200m – 28.15s – 7^th in heat

Age Group D

Fraser Cousin – 80m Hurdles – 14.67s – 5^th in final

Well done to all the athletes who took part.

Gareth Fleming (representing Newbattle High School), claimed the gold medal in the U15 Boys’ Pentathlon at the Scottish Schools’ Championships at Grangemouth on Saturday, while Ellen Kristoffersen (Dalkeith H S), won bronze in the U17 Girls’ event.  Erin Feeley (Lasswade H S), also in the U17 age group, finished sixth.

Gareth amassed a points total of 2242, recording times/distance of: 80m Hurdles – 14.7s, Long Jump – 5.06m, 200m – 26.3s, Shot Put – 10.24m, 800m – 2:20.5.

Ellen’s times/distances were: 80m Hurdles – 13.1s, Shot Put – 6.72m, Long Jump – 5.10m, High Jump – 1.60m, 800m – 2:42.2, Total – 2851 points.  

Erin’s times/distances were: 80m Hurdles – 14.1s, Shot Put – 7.34m, Long Jump – 4.02m, High Jump – 1.45m, 800m – 3:05.8, Total – 2106 points.

Well done to all three athletes.

Congratulations are due to the club's Greg Louden who has been selected for the Scotland Men's 4 x 400m squad for the Loughborough International on Sunday 22 May.

Greg ran a season's best performance of 47.80s at last weekend's trials at Scotstoun Stadium to qualify for the squad.

Well done Greg, and good luck from everyone at the club.

Results for the club’s athletes from Scotstoun at the weekend:

U16 Women’s Long Jump – Rachel Robertson – 1st – 5.49m – PB

U16 Women’s Long Jump – Ellen Kristoffersen – 4th – 5.06m – PB

U16 Women’s 80m Hurdles – Ellen Kristoffersen – 1st – 13.45s

U16 Women’s High Jump – Ellen Kristoffersen – 2nd – 1.50m

U16 Women’s Discus – Erin Feeley – 3rd – 24.89m

U16 Women’s 1500m – Sophie Collins – 10th – 5:19.20 – SB

U16 Men’s Javelin – Gareth Fleming – 1st – 43.77m – PB

U16 Men’s Pole Vault – Gareth Fleming – 3^rd – 2.80m – PB

U18 Women’s 300m – Sophie Elder – 4th – 42.89s – PB

Men’s 400m – Greg Louden – 2nd – 47.80s – SB

Men’s 5000m – Niall Sheehan – 8th – 14:49.14 – PB