Picked for Scotland: 26 younger athletes to race at London Mini Marathon - Athletics Blogs

Tuesday twenty fifth March 2025

U17 Ladies’s medallists from East Fortune are picked for London (L-R) Eilidh Dallas, Jessica Taylor, Abbie Stewart (photograph via Bobby Gavin)

Wins for Oliver, Niamh and U15 Boys (2024 file)

Scotland will ship younger athletes to the London Mini Marathon tournament subsequent month.

And we’re thrilled nowadays to verify picks within the U17 and U15 age classes and a few Para athletes.

The London Mini Marathon now takes position at the day prior to the primary tournament with kids thus competing on Saturday 26 April.

Picks have been in response to the hot Younger Athletes Street Races with the highest 4 at East Fortune given computerized puts. Two additional selections have been on the discretion of our panel of selectors.

Within the Para classes, there was a brand new T20 race presented so as to add to the wheelchair races and this has helped us decided on two Scottish Para athletes for the primary time on this tournament in numerous years.

This implies no fewer than 26 athletes will constitute Scotland with groups of six decided on within the U17 and U15 age teams.

T20: Mairi Gatherer (Perth Strathtay Harriers)

T54 Wheelchair: Niamh Currie (Incapacity Game Fife)

U17 Males:

James Alexander (Garscube Harriers); Andrew Baird (Inverness Harriers); Daibhidh Kinnaird (Cambuslang Harriers); Alasdair Maclean (Giffnock North AC); Alistair Boulevard (Kilbarchan AAC); Ray Taylor (Falkirk Victoria)

U17 Ladies:

Nancy Corrie (Harmeny AC); Eilidh Dallas (Strathearn Harriers); Millie Gairn (Airdrie Harriers); Ava Richardson (Gala Harriers); Abbie Stewart (Stornoway RAC); Jessica Taylor (Edinburgh AC)

U15 Boys

Luca Anderson (Anstruther Haddies); Billy Sutherland (Ross County AC); Connor Campbell (Garscube Harriers); Harrison Macmillan (Falkirk Victoria Harrers); Louie Muir (Giffnock North AC); Luke Sedman (Falkirk Victoria Harriers)

U15G

Freya Brown (Lasswade AC); Rachel Caves (Harmeny AC); April Macaulay, Holly Simpson (Giffnock North AC); Imogen Turner (Staff East Lothian); Cerys Wright (Lasswade AC)

Many congratulations to all the ones now headed for London and to their households, coaches and reinforce groups. We additionally notice and recognize the paintings via our golf equipment in creating those younger athletes over numerous years.