Friday 1st June

A glorious sunny weekend kicked off with the Glasgow Athletics Association Miler meet at Crownpoint on Friday evening. There were a number of Lasswade athletes participating and some great performances all round.

Early action included Ken retrieving Ruaridh’s club hoody from Jason who had picked it up at the last CSSL match in Linwood. Hopefully the hoody will be back with Ruaridh after its relay around the central belt.

As far as actual athletics there was a mix of 800m and 3k with u17 and u20 Scottish Championship being contested across the paced races. First in action was Sarah Tait who was in a busy mixed heat. Sarah ran well with some challenging tactical racing and finished as second senior woman with a time just 2 seconds off her PB and a seasons best.
Next up was Andrew McWilliam who was in a fast heat with another Lasswade athlete, Harry Henriksen, although Harry was running in Edinburgh Uni kit. Harry started very strongly and did well to hold on for 3rd while Andrew also had a fast start and was able to hold on for 6th place in his heat but ahead of the other u17 athletes to claim the U17 3k championship title. The open nature of the races meant that Andrew didn’t realise he had won a medal so was off on his cool down during the medal presentation so had to settle for a handshake and a gold medal at the end of the evening rather than getting to stand at the top of the podium. Surprisingly, this is not the first time this has happened…
In the 800m Alastair Scott was running at u20 in a competitive heat where almost everyone set a new PB, including Alastair dipping below 1:58 for the first time. Finishing the evening off was Greg Louden who had a solid run in a fast heat.

Well done to all the Lasswade athletes.

Scottish Schools Pentathlon

Saturday 3rd June

There were two Lasswade athletes competing in Scottish schools pentathlon at Grangemouth stadium, Beth and Emma both competing in their first multi event in u14 age group. Details are sketchy but both athletes put in some good performances across 75m hurdles, long jump, high jump, shot put and 800m. There may have been some sunburn but they both seemed to enjoy themselves despite this and will have learned a lot about the demands of multi events. Well done!

Thanks to Ken McWilliam for providing the reports.