Picture by way of Bobby Gavin
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By means of Peter Jardine, Head of Communications
Effects from Livingston
Lengthy sooner than they hit the street and the miles to the Olympics, Megan Keith and Callum Hawkins featured within the Nationwide Street Relays.
They have been again at Livingston on Saturday and Freya Ross made it no fewer than 3 Olympians racing at the well known venue primarily based at St Margaret’s Academy.
With Paralympic T20 1500 champion Ben Sandilands at the opening leg for Fife AC, and GB and NI 100k internationals Chris Richardson and Dougie Selman in motion as smartly, it without a doubt felt like there have been most sensible athletes all over you regarded.
The ambience at this match at all times looks like an ideal collecting of our golf equipment and the contest in any respect 3 age teams within the two races is intense on an annual foundation.
So it proved as soon as once more in 2025 and because the tales opened up each Megan and Callum duly anchored their lifelong golf equipment to gold medals – each and every on the sharp finish of excellent staff efforts by way of Inverness Harriers ladies and Kilbarchan AAC males
It was once a first actual name win on this match for Inverness within the Senior Girls’s class.
Their profitable staff featured Caitlin Heggie, Helen Leigh, Jenny Bannerman and Megan, in her first race since that memorable 10,000m ultimate on the Olympics the place she carried an harm for 25 laps sooner than being enveloped within the include of Eilish McColgan.
‘I heard whispers that there might be an Inverness team being put together for this event and my coach (Ross Cairns) and I felt it might be a good place to come back and get the race shoes on again,’ stated Megan.
‘I’ve had numerous rehab for the reason that Olympics and I’ve had numerous improve round me. It was once a difficult night time in Paris and it was once excellent to have Eilish ready on the finish to improve me.
‘These days there was once an opening on leaders Edinburgh once I activate however I may see Kirsty Walker up forward for lots of the race. I simply stored seeking to chip away on the lead.
‘It’s great to put on the membership vest and this can be a special occasion for us as a staff to be Nationwide Street Relay gold medallists.’
Edinburgh AC, leaders for such a lot of the race after Beth Ansell‘s rapid first leg, in the long run needed to accept silver medals and there have been bronzes for Central AC.
Within the Girls’s Masters match, there was once a win for Garscube Harriers because of the efforts of Jill Blee, Mary Senior, Ilona Kriauzaithe and Katie White. Greenock Glenpark took silvers and host membership Lothian Working Membership gained the bronzes.
Within the W50 race, there was once a win for Giffnock North AC from Edinburgh AC and Kirkintilloch Olympians. Giffnock’s profitable staff was once Hilary Carswell, Allie Chong and Angela Carson.
Picture by way of Bobby Gavin
The Olympian theme prolonged to the Males’s race when Callum Hawkins closed off a very good staff effort by way of Kilbarchan.
Touchdown the ones gold medals have been Jack Patton, Lewis Hannigan, Robbie Ferguson, Jack Heathwood, Fraser Gilmour and Callum.
Central AC took the silvers this time (after 3 in a row) and Cambuslang Harriers got here via in 3rd position (after robust effort by way of Fife AC).
‘I have a 100 percent record here,’ grinned Callum, who gained by way of simply six seconds after all after preventing to catch Central AC’s 6th runner Hamish Hickey.
”I used to be in a profitable staff with Kilbarchan again in 2014 however I’m the one one nonetheless on this (more youthful) staff now.
‘I’m no longer positive what the deficit was once however by way of midway I had closed it by way of 35 seconds. I most likely stuck Central AC at the gravel with a couple of mile to move and fortunately had sufficient left bobbing up the hill and into the end.
‘It was good to wear the club vest again and I hope to do that on future occasions, too.’
Corstorphine AAC are robust on this match within the Masters and M50 races and gained the golds within the M40 class. Edinburgh AC have been 2d and Cambuslang Harriers have been 3rd. The profitable staff was once Doug McKinnon, Donald McCauley, Murray Anderson, Ian Hutchinson, Chris Poxton and Stewart Livingston.
Within the M50 race, the similar 3 golf equipment shared the medals with the win this time for Cambuslang Harriers from Corstorphine AAC and Edinburgh AC. Cambuslang’s profitable staff was once Chris Upson, Julian Carter, Mark Gallacher and Stevie Wylie.
The 2 V50 units of medallists at Livingston
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