A number of Shetland athletes competed in Aberdeen in the Scottish Under 17 and Senior Age Group Championships in Aberdeen recently.

In the 100m heats, Stuart Bain took 6th place in 11.62 seconds, Katie Dinwoodie (competing under Pitreavie) took 3rd in her heat in 12.52 seconds and Sophie Grant took 6th place in her heat in 13.26 seconds.  Katie progressed to the final in the afternoon.

Seumas Mackay qualified for the final with ease, slowing down in the final stretch of the 800m to post a time of 1:57:68, with the final on the second day.

Ross Dinwoodie recorded a huge personal best in the U17 100m heat in 12.49 seconds.

Kirsty Laurenson threw very well following a spell of light training, taking 6th in the discus with a best of 30.32m.

In the U17 Shot, Ruth Anderson also scooped 6th place with a best throw of 8.70m.

Back to the track events and Layla Todd ran a wonderful 1500m heat, finishing in 4:58:82 for her first ever dip under the 5 minute barrier, placing 8th.

In the 400m, Bobby Laurenson took a comfortable 2nd in his heat to qualify for the semi-final in 51.14 seconds.

Abbie Taylor achieved 5th place in the triple jump with a best of 10.24cm, agonisingly close to her personal best which is just 1cm further.

Kirsty went on to the Shot next and came away with a credible 5th place with a best of 8.90m.

Bobby’s semi-final saw another great run, faster than his heat with him posting a time of 50.88 seconds to take 6th place, just missing qualification for the final by 0.07 seconds.

The second day of competition saw Abbie up first in the long jump, finishing 13th in a huge pool with a best of 4.33m.

200m heats for the senior women saw Sophie take 6th place in her heat in 27.66 seconds and Katie take 3rd in her heat in 25.50 seconds, with Katie progressing to the final.  In the men’s event, Bobby and Stuart were drawn in the same heat, finishing in 4thwith 23.04 seconds and 6th with 23.94 seconds respectively.

Ross threw very well in the shot, taking 4th place overall with a best of 9.84m and Stuart took 6th in the long jump with 6.36m.

Seumas took a wonderful silver medal in the 800m after an exciting run and sprint finish, his time recorded at 1:50:67.

The final result of the day was Katie’s 5th place in the 200m final in a time of 25.48 seconds.

Shetland AAC Chairwoman, Elaine Park commented, “This was a super competition and it has been great to see the progress and development of our Under 17s as well as the getting the rare chance to watch some of our Senior athletes compete.  As the latter group pursue their athletics targets, they are so often competing away from our group based trips so having them altogether with the younger athletes was super.  The coaches are very pleased with the performances recorded.”