Lothian Running Club juniors strike gold

Sep 29 2011 by Kieran Westbrook, West Lothian Courier

LOTHIAN Running Club junior members came away with a clutch of medals from the recent Livingston AAC Club Championships at Craigswood Sports Centre.

The club had medal winners in most of the age groups, and a number of the young athletes also recorded new personal bests.

In the boys 11-12 years category there was triple gold for Christopher Fletcher in the 100m, long jump and high jump. Robbie Fleming took gold in the 9-10 years 100m and long jump while in the 13-14 years age group Grant Kirkwood landed a high jump and shot putt double.

The female competitors were equally successful. Nicola Kellock landed a treble in the 15-16 years 200m, 300m and javelin events. Amy McCulloch took gold in the 13-14 girls 800 metres as did Tara Walsh in the 11-12 girls shot putt.

Full club results:

Girls [9 - 10]

100m 2nd Lauren Anderson [16.95]. 200m 3rd Lauren Anderson [36.14].

Girls [11 - 12]

100m 5th Tara Walsh [15.29], 800m 3rd Tara Walsh [2:54.36], Shot Putt 1st Tara Walsh [5.36m].

Girls [13 - 14 ]

100m 2nd Taylor Barr [14.57], 5th Cara McCafferty [14.68], 9th Louise Kerr [15.93], 100m 10th Kelsie Baird[16.49].

200m 2nd Taylor Barr [29.82], 4th Cara McCafferty [30.59], 7th Louise Kerr [33.05], 200m 8th Kelsie Baird [34.96].

800m 1st Amy McCulloch [2:41.67]. Shot Putt 2nd Taylor Barr [6.59m].

Girls [15 - 16]

300m 1st Nicola Kellock [46.92]. 200m 1st Nicola Kellock [29.08]. Javelin 1st Nicola Kellock [20.56m].

Boys [9 - 10]

100m 1st Robbie Fleming [16.82], 200m 2nd Robbie Fleming [34.96], Long Jump 1st = Robbie Fleming [2.54m].

Boys [11 - 12]

100m 1st Chris Fletcher [14.14], 6th Adam Kirkwood [19.01], Long Jump 1st Chris Fletcher [4.10m].

High Jump 1st Chris Fletcher [1.25m], Shot Putt 3rd Adam Kirkwood [4.62m].

Boys [13 - 14]

High Jump 1st Grant Kirkwood [1.40m], Shot Putt 1st Grant Kirkwood [7.69m], 100m 3rd Grant Kirkwood [13.93].

Chloe Cox won the 2nd Edinburgh Urbanathlon – a 10k race with a difference.

Urbanathlons are unique runs with the emphasis squarely on having fun.

Each race has more than 10 obstacles designed to get you sliding, climbing, scrambling, crawling and laughing before you know it. Inflatables, cars, tunnels, and even boot camp.

Chloe beat over 260 entrants of all ages. The Lothian athlete covered the 10k course within Hollyrood Park in 41 minutes 04 seconds.

Run from Traquair House in Innerleithen to Broughton in the beautiful Scottish Borders, the Two Breweries Hill Race is run over a distance of 18 miles with over 4,900 feet of climb.

Tosh Brannan was Lothian Running Club’s only starter in a total field of 124 in the Two Breweries Hill Race from Traquair House in Innerleithen to Broughton.

Tosh completed the course in 4 hours 5 minutes 45 seconds, which placed him 61st overall and runner-up in the MV50 category

Shona Young was the sole Lothian Running Club entrant in the Dumfries Half Marathon at the weekend.

Shona crossed the finish line in 108 place overall and 14th female in a time of 1 hour 44 minutes 39 seconds.

208 runners completed.

Club runners competed at various Parkruns with some recording personal bests for the various courses at Falkirk, Edinburgh and Strathclyde.

Results:

Strathclyde Parkrun 24th and 2nd F Suzie Hannah [21.18]. 140 Ran.

Edinburgh Parkrun: 3rd Colin Partridge [16.51] PB, 58 &2F Leanne Webster [21.36], 74th Ian Leggett[22.34] 229 Ran.

Falkirk Parkrun: 2nd Colin Meek [17.56] PB, 9th John Malcolm [20.22],PB, 61st & 12th F Mags Turnbull [27.08]PB. 94 Ran.