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It was once a bumper weekend of athletics clear of house, with data galore at occasions throughout the United Kingdom and the states, with a flurry of medals additionally heading again North from the BUCS Indoor Championships.
Keely Klassic
This weekend noticed the inaugural Keely Klassic match in Birmingham, with some spectacular performances from quite a lot of GB stars over the process the day.
The notable Scottish efficiency of the meet was once a British and Scottish Report 2:16.74 efficiency by means of Neil Gourley within the Males’s 1000m, appearing he’s in most sensible shape heading into the rest of the indoor season. He completed second within the match, which was once received by means of Dutch athlete Samuel Chapple. Kane Elliott was once seventh in the similar match, transferring into 4th on our all time listing.
Alistair Side road completed second within the U17 Males’s 800m with an outstanding 1:54.08, taking him into 2nd on our all time listing. Rebecca Scott persisted a hectic weekend, the place she was once additionally competing at BUCS on Friday and Sunday, to take third within the Girls’s Para 60m.
In other places, there was once a fifth position end for Alessandro Schenini within the Lengthy Bounce and sixth for Erin Wallace within the Girls’s 800m.
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BUCS Indoor Athletics Championships
There was once a robust contingent of Scottish athletes in Sheffield for the British Universities and Faculty Recreation (BUCS) Indoor Athletics Championships, a part of the BUCS Nationals weekend.
Main the Scots house was once a Gold medal and Championship Report 7.85m Lengthy Bounce efficiency by means of Stephen Mackenzie (College of Edinburgh), simply 1cm shy of the Scottish Report mark set by means of Alessandro Schenini simply 2 weeks in the past.
Stephen Mackenzie pictured at this month’s EAP Indoor World Glasgow (Bobby Gavin)
The Scots persisted to ship within the jumps with additional Golds for Rebecca Scott (Loughborough College) within the Para Lengthy Bounce (4.86m) and Henry Clarkson (Cardiff Metropolitan College) within the Males’s Triple Bounce (15.37m). Amy Kennedy (College of Glasgow) picked up a fourth Scottish Gold within the Shotput with a fifteen.17m throw.
There have been PB runs for Cameron Thores (College of Stirling) and Alyson Bell (College of Edinburgh) over 60m, with Cameron choosing up Silver within the Males’s Ambulant with a time of seven.59 and Alyson Silver within the Girls’s match. Alyson’s time of seven.30s takes her to 2nd on our all time listing, simply 0.03s off the Alisha Rees’ Scottish Report.
An additional PB run by means of Bradley Francis (College of Aberdeen) noticed him additionally take Silver within the Males’s 400m and there was once a 2nd medal for Rebecca Scott, taking Silver within the Girls’s Ambulant 60m (8.51s). The Girls’s 4 x 200m workforce from College of Strathclyde picked up but any other Silver for the Scots.
Within the box, there was once a Silver for Andrew McFarlane (College of Edinburgh) within the Pole Vault (4.73m) and a 2nd position end for visitor athlete Finlay Davidson within the Para Shotput (6.45m), who was once ineligible for medals. Freya Howgate (Loughborough College) took house two Bronze medals within the Para Lengthy Bounce (2.59m) and Para Shotput (7.37m), rounding off a robust meet for our Para athletes.
There have been additionally Bronzes for Adam Hoole (Heriot-Watt College) within the 60m Hurdles (7.95) and Sofia Vidak (College of Stirling) over 800m (2:10.57).
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You’ll be able to watch all of the motion again at the BUCS YouTube Channel.
Motion from The united states
Over within the States there was once any other Scottish Report for Brodie Younger within the 400m on the Don Kirby Invitational in Albuquerque. His time of 45.66 takes 0.3s off the former report he set closing week.
On the Tyson Invitation in Arkansas, Oliver Patton set a brand new U20 perfect within the mile with a time of four.02.65. This additionally takes him to fifteenth on our all time listing over this distance.
On the David Hemery Valentine Invitational there was once a sub-4 mile for Joe Ewing (3:58.13), transferring him into seventh on our all time listing. There have been sub-4 miles for Tom Graham-Marr (3:59.18) and Ben MacMillan (3:59.64) on the Husky Vintage in Seattle. It’s first sub-4 time for Graham-Marr, and a third for MacMillan.
In other places in Boston on the Eagle Elite Invitational, Angela McAuslan-Kelly received the Girls’s weighted throw with a distance of 18.22m, virtually a metre transparent of the following positioned athlete. There was once a PB for Sarah Tait over 3000m. Her time of 8:59.73 makes her the quickest Scot over the gap this yr and strikes her into eleventh on our all time listing.
On a 300m monitor on the GVSU Large Meet in Michigan, Leah Keisler received the mile match in 4:47.20 in addition to completing fifth within the 800m (2:08.54), whilst over in Colorado, Allie Routledge received the Lengthy Bounce match with a 5.83m jump in addition to completing second within the Prime Bounce (1.70m).
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Adam Hoole, Alessandro Schenini, Alistair Side road, Allie Routledge, Alyson Bell, Amy kennedy, Andrew McFarlane, Angela McAuslan-Kelly, Ben MacMillan, Bradley Francis, Brodie Younger, BUCS Indoor Championships, Cameron Thores, Erin Wallace, Finlay Davidson, Freya Howgate, Henry Clarkson, Joe Ewing, Kane Elliott, Keely Klassic, Leah Kiesler, Neil Gourley, Oliver Patton, Rebecca Scott, Sarah Tait, Sofia Vidak, Stephen Mackenzie, Tom Graham-Marr
