Three athletes from the club have been selected to represent the Scottish Schools' team at the SIAB Match at Cardiff on Saturday 16th July. Robert Ferguson ( High Jump), Ellen Kristoffersen ( High Jump & Pole Vault), and Katherine Szymanski (Triple Jump).
Congratulations to all three, and good luck for the forthcoming match.
Bad weather, call offs, injuries and disruptions to the timetable all conspired to leave us languishing in 7th place on Sunday. The carnage could be likened to Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow however we still have all to play for.
The brave efforts of our 14 Spartans were not in vain as they helped us to more competition points than Giffnock who sit 3 league points ahead of us in 6th place. A good turn out at the last meeting on Sunday 14th August could see us end up 3 places ahead of Giffnock which in turn would give us equal placing in the league. Our competition points tally would then put us above them.
It’s all up to you guys !!
David and I will be in contact shortly.
The meeting started well with a PB for Eddie Kopystynski in the Hammer and new boy Slawek Dalecki making 36 points in the Javelin, Discus and Shott with John McCormish backing him up ably in the B Stream. Colin Menzies in his first event , the 400m Hurdles, could have been excused for doing the Front Crawl as there was so much water in his lane. As always Colin, this years Captain, battled on with great efforts in the 3000m Steeple Chase, 110m High Hurdles, 5000m and finally the High Jump. U17 athlete David Hall came of age with a huge display in the 100m, 400m and both Relays. Guest 100m runner Sean Hadden answered the call as he stood up to take his place in an injury torn 4 x 100m squad. 800m runners Scott Anderson on a high after a PB made 2 days earlier and Dean Philip egged on with motivational music both had credible runs. No sign of jetlag in the 1500m from former team captain Ross Finlayson just back from Australia. It was a long journey for Barney Philips as he made his way from Aberdeen to make a great run in the 5000m. Another of our U17 athletes Robert Ferguson grew in stature with a 2nd place in the High Jump, PB in the Long Jump and a blistering run in the 4 x 100m Relay. Congratulations to Robert who has been capped for the Scottish Schools in the High Jump. On his debut Matthew Lynch managed the 100m, 200m but at a cost. He joined Danny Nicol in the stand with the icepacks, who injured himself in the Triple Jump. Finally Greg Louden was rock solid in the 400m and produced an electric 3rd leg in the 4 x 100 Relay.
Please note: David and I will be contacting First Claim athletes soon regarding the British Cup Heats on Saturday 23rd July 2011 in Blackpool.
Andy Sobik – Team Manager
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.
As from Thursday 23/06/2011. Forms for the club championships will be available from your coach, or from Dave McConnell or John Brash.
The Championships are at Meadowbank Stadium on 25/09/2011
This year for the younger athletes there will be a Run,Jump,Throw competition, Included in the program.
their will also be forms for the 110m Handicap for the senior athletes.
And as usual we will have the Mixed Medley Relay, which is payable on the day of the championship this is very popular so make sure you do not miss out.Get your entry in early
All club champs and the run jump throw will be prentry.
John Brash
Lasswade AC
Championship Committee
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 – 3rd, Discus – 19.27m – 6th
Sophie Elder – 400m – 60.73s – 3rd in heat, 61.74s – 5th in final
Age Group B
Robert Ferguson – High Jump – 1.90m – 1st, Javelin – 32.89m – 8th
Ross Henderson – 800m – 2:11.67 – 4th in heat
Iain Lawson – 1500m – 4:54.57 – 7th in heat
Ellen Kristoffersen – Long Jump – 5.22m – 1st, High Jump – 1.60m – 2nd, Pole Vault – 2.80m – 2nd
Erin Feeley – Discus – 27.13m – 3rd, Shot Put – 7.90m – 8th
Francesca Benham – Shot Put – 7.61m – 10th, Javelin – 21.86m – 8th, Discus – 17.55m – 10th
Amy Smith – 800m – 2:28.81 – 6th in final
Fiona Matheson – 800m – 2:31.37 – 6th in heat
Amy Frankland – 1500m – 5:19.72 – 7th in heat
Katherine Szymanski – Triple Jump – 9.90m – 4th
Sophie Collins – 3000m – 11:42.97 – 5th in final
Age Group C
Gareth Fleming – Pole Vault – 2.70m – 1st, Javelin – 43.71m – 1st, 80m Hurdles – 14.06s – 3rd
Fraser Amos – 100m – 13.54s – 5th in heat, 200m – 28.15s – 7th in heat
Age Group D
Fraser Cousin – 80m Hurdles – 14.67s – 5th in final
Well done to all the athletes who took part.
The second of this seasons scottish mens league track and field matches took place two weeks ago in Grangemouth. Please click here to hear from our Team Manager, Andy Sobik.
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.
The club now have new vests in stock. These are priced £13.50 and can be obtained from Margaret Benham.
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.
The next Scottish Young Athletes League is this coming Sunday 15 May 2011 at Grangemouth.
Selected athletes have been emailed and given letters. Can you please let Linda or Margaret know asap if you are available to compete.
The team bus leaves Lasswade High School at 10.00am on Sunday.
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