Thanks to John McOmish for providing this report from the U13/U15/U20 Championships which took place on the 10th/11th August at Grangemouth. We’re always looking for reports from any competitions that athletes attend so please feel free to send in any news.
U13/U15/U20 Championships
Last weekend at Grangemouth saw the U13/U15 and U20 Championships taking place; with a number of Lasswade athletes competing.
U13Boys
Archie made the trip through to Grangemouth to compete in the 200m. The day started off well for Archie, finishing 1st in his heat with 28.04 to qualify through to the final in a strong position. Archie then had to wait for the last race of the day for the final and ran a time of 27.87 into a strong wind, finishing 4th just outside of his PB. In between the heat and final, Archie put his speed to use in the Long jump, jumping a best distance of 4.84m to get the silver medal! An outstanding distance when the winner jumped a new championship performance of 5.59m!
U13 Girls
Similar for the U15’s the previous day, the 1500m were ran as timed finals. Isla M was running in the first of the two heats, finishing 2nd in 5:16.98. When combined with the times from the second heat, this placed Isla 5th overall and smashing her PB by 15 seconds! Isla also competed in the shotput, finishing 10th with a best throw of 5.76m.
U15 Girls
First up on the track, the 1500m. The races went as timed finals; meaning athletes ran as fast as they could. Times across the two heats were combined then to produce the medallists. Two Lasswade athletes competed; Emma T and Cerys. Emma finished 6th in her heat and 16th overall with a time of 5:26.17. Cerys was the only athlete to go sub 5minutes; winning the gold medal with a time of 4:51.72!
Two athletes ran in the 800m. Similar to the 1500m, these were as timed finals. Beth ran in the 3rd heat; winning the heat in 2:25.24 to finish 7th overall when times were combined with other heats. Freya ran in the 4th heat, winning the heat in 2:15.84 which, when combined with the three previous heats – was fast enough for the gold medal by 5 seconds!
U20Men
Andrew was next up on day 1 – competing in the 800m. Running in the second heat, which turned out to be the fastest heat; Andrew finished 3rd and qualifying with a next best time of 1:57.28 which was a PB…at the time.
Running in the final later that day, the pace was fast from the start. Andrew ran well in the final to finish 4th, just outside the medals and smashing his PB set in the heats, running 1:54.19!
There were two athletes in the 200m, Ramsay and Petter. Ramsay running in the first heat, finishing 6th in a time of 23.85, sadly with the wind being slightly too strong to be an official PB.
Petter ran in the 2nd heat – finishing 6th in a time of 23.55 – with a much stronger wind than in Ramsay’s heat!
Alec Miller took to the field for the High Jump in the afternoon. With the wind playing havoc with the bar, athletes were having to time their jumps when the wind was at it’s calmest. Alec kept his composure throughout the competition clearing a personal best of 1.86m at the second attempt to earn a silver medal.
Day 2 saw Ramsay and Petter back for another sprint – this time the shorter 100m. Thankfully the wind had died down from the previous day with the boys in heats 3 and 4. Petter running 11.80 for 4th in his heat and Ramsay running 11.76 for 5th in his heat. Both these times were quick enough to see the athletes into the semi finals.
Into the semi finals, we had Petter running 11.65 to finish 6th in his semi final; and Ramsay running 11.75 in the other semi final for 7th.
Back on day 2 also for the 1500m was Andrew, alongside Innes Wright. Both ended up in the same heat and with the tough qualification of only the top 6 in each heat led it to be a very tactical race. Andrew came through the heat in 2nd with a time of 4:03.57. Innes finished 9th in the heat with 4:12.18, his second fastest time of the season. The final proved to be a tactical affair, starting off slow with athletes watching each other and ending with a burn up over the final lap. Andrew crossing the line in 5th place with a time of 4:06.72
U20 Women
Two Lasswade athletes stepped up into the 400m at the championships. Eloise, stepping up an age group, ran a good race in the first heat to finish 4th in a PB of 61.41 – this time being quick enough to qualify for the final. Teammate Abbie also stepped up an age group and ran in the 2nd heat, finish 7th in 65.29 for her first 400m in competition. The final saw Eloise run another PB, finishing 5th in 61.12.
The women’s 1500m ran as a straight final and we had Olivia Meikle take to the track. The pace was steady and wound up gradually – Olivia coming home in 9th with 4:53.64 for a new PB.
Scottish Combined Events Championships
July 13th/14th, Dundee
A well overdue report of the Scottish Combined Events Championships that took place in Dundee in the middle of June. Lasswade had three athletes competing over the weekend with Beth and Emma competing in the Under 15s Penthlon and Archie in the Under 13s Pentathlon.
Mixed fortunes for our athletes, with Emma not able to finish the 75m Hurdles race but bravely continuing on in the remaining field events. Beth recorded PBs in the Long Jump, Shot Putt and also improved on her points score from the Scottish Schools Pentathlon to finish 15th overall.
Archie had a fantastic day recording PBs in the 75m Hurdles, Shot Putt and a 13 second PB in the 800m. Even more remarkable was that this was Archie’s first race over the hurdles having only had 2 short sessions in training before the competition. His 12.79s currently puts him in 23rd place in the UK rankings – not bad for a first attempt! His overall points score of 1795 put him in second place, with the winner, Jospeh Lanahan from Shettleston Harriers winning with 2089 points – a Scottish record.
