Thanks to John McOmish for providing this report from the U13\/U15\/U20 Championships which took place on the 10th\/11th August at Grangemouth. We’re always looking for reports from any competitions that athletes attend so please feel free to send in any news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Last weekend at Grangemouth saw the U13\/U15 and U20 Championships taking place; with a number of Lasswade athletes competing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Archie made the trip through to Grangemouth to compete in the 200m.\u00a0 The day started off well for Archie, finishing 1st<\/sup> in his heat with 28.04 to qualify through to the final in a strong position.\u00a0 Archie then had to wait for the last race of the day for the final and ran a time of 27.87 into a strong wind, finishing 4th<\/sup> just outside of his PB.\u00a0 In between the heat and final, Archie put his speed to use in the Long jump, jumping a best distance of 4.84m to get the silver medal!<\/strong>\u00a0 An outstanding distance when the winner jumped a new championship performance of 5.59m!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Similar for the U15\u2019s the previous day, the 1500m were ran as timed finals.\u00a0 Isla M was running in the first of the two heats, finishing 2nd<\/sup> in 5:16.98.\u00a0 When combined with the times from the second heat, this placed Isla 5th<\/sup> overall and smashing her PB by 15 seconds!\u00a0 Isla also competed in the shotput, finishing 10th<\/sup> with a best throw of 5.76m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n First up on the track, the 1500m.\u00a0 The races went as timed finals; meaning athletes ran as fast as they could.\u00a0 Times across the two heats were combined then to produce the medallists. Two Lasswade athletes competed; Emma T and Cerys.\u00a0 Emma finished 6th<\/sup> in her heat and 16th<\/sup> overall with a time of 5:26.17.\u00a0 Cerys was the only athlete to go sub 5minutes; winning the gold medal <\/strong>with a time of 4:51.72!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Two athletes ran in the 800m.\u00a0 Similar to the 1500m, these were as timed finals.\u00a0 Beth ran in the 3rd<\/sup> heat; winning the heat in 2:25.24 to finish 7th<\/sup> overall when times were combined with other heats.\u00a0 Freya ran in the 4th<\/sup> heat, winning the heat in 2:15.84 which, when combined with the three previous heats \u2013 was fast enough for the gold medal<\/strong> by 5 seconds!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Andrew was next up on day 1 \u2013 competing in the 800m.\u00a0 Running in the second heat, which turned out to be the fastest heat; Andrew finished 3rd<\/sup> and qualifying with a next best time of 1:57.28 which was a PB\u2026at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Running in the final later that day, the pace was fast from the start. Andrew ran well in the final to finish 4th<\/sup>, just outside the medals and smashing his PB set in the heats, running 1:54.19!<\/p>\n\n\n\n There were two athletes in the 200m,\u00a0 Ramsay and Petter.\u00a0 Ramsay running in the first heat, finishing 6th<\/sup> in a time of 23.85, sadly with the wind being slightly too strong to be an official PB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Petter ran in the 2nd<\/sup> heat \u2013 finishing 6th<\/sup> in a time of 23.55 \u2013 with a much stronger wind than in Ramsay\u2019s heat!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Alec Miller took to the field for the High Jump in the afternoon.\u00a0 With the wind playing havoc with the bar, athletes were having to time their jumps when the wind was at it\u2019s calmest.\u00a0 Alec kept his composure throughout the competition clearing a personal best of 1.86m at the second attempt to earn a silver medal<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Day 2 saw Ramsay and Petter back for another sprint \u2013 this time the shorter 100m. Thankfully the wind had died down from the previous day with the boys in heats 3 and 4. Petter running 11.80 for 4th<\/sup> in his heat and Ramsay running 11.76 for 5th<\/sup> in his heat. Both these times were quick enough to see the athletes into the semi finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Into the semi finals, we had Petter running 11.65 to finish 6th<\/sup> in his semi final; and Ramsay running 11.75 in the other semi final for 7th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Back on day 2 also for the 1500m was Andrew, alongside Innes Wright. Both ended up in the same heat and with the tough qualification of only the top 6 in each heat led it to be a very tactical race. Andrew came through the heat in 2nd<\/sup> with a time of 4:03.57. Innes finished 9th<\/sup> in the heat with 4:12.18, his second fastest time of the season. The final proved to be a tactical affair, starting off slow with athletes watching each other and ending with a burn up over the final lap. Andrew crossing the line in 5th<\/sup> place with a time of 4:06.72<\/p>\n\n\n\n Two Lasswade athletes stepped up into the 400m at the championships.\u00a0 Eloise, stepping up an age group, ran a good race in the first heat to finish 4th<\/sup> in a PB of 61.41 \u2013 this time being quick enough to qualify for the final.\u00a0 Teammate Abbie also stepped up an age group and ran in the 2nd<\/sup> heat, finish 7th<\/sup> in 65.29 for her first 400m in competition.\u00a0 The final saw Eloise run another PB, finishing 5th<\/sup> in 61.12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The women’s 1500m ran as a straight final and we had Olivia Meikle take to the track.\u00a0 The pace was steady and wound up gradually \u2013 Olivia coming home in 9th<\/sup> with 4:53.64 for a new PB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n July 13th\/14th, Dundee<\/p>\n\n\n\n A well overdue report of the Scottish Combined Events Championships that took place in Dundee in the middle of June. Lasswade had three athletes competing over the weekend with Beth and Emma competing in the Under 15s Penthlon and Archie in the Under 13s Pentathlon. Thanks to John McOmish for providing this report from the U13\/U15\/U20 Championships which took place on the 10th\/11th August at Grangemouth. We’re always looking for reports from any competitions that athletes attend so please feel free to send in any … Continue reading U13 Girls<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Mixed fortunes for our athletes, with Emma not able to finish the 75m Hurdles race but bravely continuing on in the remaining field events. Beth recorded PBs in the Long Jump, Shot Putt and also improved on her points score from the Scottish Schools Pentathlon to finish 15th overall.
Archie had a fantastic day recording PBs in the 75m Hurdles, Shot Putt and a 13 second PB in the 800m. Even more remarkable was that this was Archie’s first race over the hurdles having only had 2 short sessions in training before the competition. His 12.79s currently puts him in 23rd place in the UK rankings – not bad for a first attempt! His overall points score of 1795 put him in second place, with the winner, Jospeh Lanahan from Shettleston Harriers winning with 2089 points – a Scottish record.<\/p>\n\n\n\nBeth<\/strong>
75mH: 15.58
HJ: 1.20m
LJ: 4.08m PB
SP: 5.68m PB
800m: 2:30.30
Total Points: 1931 PB<\/h3>\n\n\n\nEmma<\/strong>
75mH: DNF
HJ: 1.32m
LJ: 3.35m
SP: 5.63m
800m: DNS
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75mH: 12.79 PB
HJ: 1.35m
LJ: 4.72m
SP: 6.04m PB
800m: 2:23.36 PB
Total Points: 1795 Silver Medal<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"