Athletes flourish at District Championships.
Thirty-five Shetland Amateur Athletics Club athletes headed off at the weekend to the Scottish Athletics North District Championships in Inverness. Another three SAAC athletes also headed over to Grangemouth for the Scottish Athletics East District Championships and Open Graded Meeting due to timetable issues with school exams. The championships are the first age-based competition of the outdoor season and for several of the younger athletes, this was their first exposure to this level of competition.
The Shetland athletes took part in 81 individual events over the weekend and came home with 25 medals across the under 13, under 15 and under 17 age groups spread over all and track and field events. Even more impressive was the 39 PB’s that were registered across the entire group.
One of the standout performances of the weekend was young Under 13 athlete Archie Irvine, who in his first competition won 3 District Titles in 100m, long jump and high jump, significantly ahead of the second placed athlete in each event.
The individual results for the Shetland athletes were:
U13 Boys
Archie Irvine: 100m, 13.50s; Long Jump, 4.73m; High jump, 1.46m
Max Smith: 75m Hurdles, 13.36s; 200m, 32.66s; Javelin, 19.39m
Cameron Black: 1500m, 5.33.56; Long Jump, 3.35m
Lewis Black: 800m, 2.43.55; 200m, 33.28s
U13 Girls
Ruth Anderson: Shot Put, 6.05m; Javelin, 14.76m
Lauren Grains: 100m, 14.14s; 800m, 2.48.05; Long Jump, 3.93m
Kari Preacher: Shot Put, 5.00m; Javelin, 11.21m
Lucy Thomson: Shot put, 5.96m; Javelin, 12.18m
Layla Todd: 1500m, 5.29.82, Long jump, 3.15m
U15 Boys
Reece Black: 1500m, 4.44.57
Finn Regan: 100m, 12.89s; 200m, 25.61s; High Jump, 1.56m
James Masson: Shot put, 7.77m; Javelin, 28.52m, 100m, 13.38s
Ross Dinwoodie: Shot put, 6.73m; 80m hurdles, 16.12s
Ciaran Morrison: 200m, 32.10s; Long Jump, 3.90m
Harry Simpson: Long Jump, 4.47m; High Jump, 1.51m
Murray Todd: 1500m, 5.41.58
U15 Girls
Sanna Forsyth: 100m, 14.31s; 200m, 30.39s; Long Jump, 4.28m
Sadie Fox: 100m, 13.85; 200m, 29.55s; Long jump, 4.05m
Eve Fraser: 100m, 14.10s
Kaylee Tulloch: 1500m, 5.11.86
Mia Kirkness: 100m, 14.44s; 200m, 29.99s; Long Jump, 3.74m
Dannika Leask: 200m, 31.09s; Long Jump, 3.75m
Annie Mowat: 200m, 29.41s; Long jump, 4.09m; High jump, 1.29m
U17 Boys
Felix Sukhram: 100m, 12.49s; 200m, 26.18s
Shay Regan: Long jump, 6.09m; Triple Jump, 12.37m (Grangemouth)
U17 Girls
Vinessa Carr: Hammer, 23.07m; Shot Put, 5.90m; Discus, 17.01m
Isla Murphy: Triple Jump, 9.14m, Long jump, 3.82m
Lois Phillips: Long jump, 3.84m; Triple jump, 8.74m
Kara Sharp: 100m, 13.44s; 200m, 27.10s
Maddie Smith: 100m, 14.44s; Long Jump, 4.96m
U20 Men
Stuart Bain: 100m, 11.78s; Long Jump, 5.87m
Shaun Ritchie: 100m, 12.06s; 200m, 25.06s
U20 Women
Loni Wiseman: 100m, 13.51s; Triple Jump, 10.26m; Long Jump, 4.22m
Sophie Grant: 100m, 13.43s; 200m, 28.72s
Katie Dinwoodie: 100m, 12.15s; 200m, 25.15s (Grangemouth)
Riahnnon Thomason: 100m, 13.50s; 200m, 27.86s (Grangemouth)
Senior Men
Connor McDonald: Shot put, 11.51m
Sean Walterson: High Jump, 1.81m; Long Jump, 6.32m
Senior Women
Elaine Park: Hammer, 35.22m
The athletes and coaches would like to thank their sponsors Serco Northlink Ferries and Bolts Car Hire, without whose generous sponsorship, participation in these mainland competitions would not be possible.
