Track & Field

Track & Field

Petrofac Athletics League 2012

Meet 2 - 10th June

Meet 3 - 1st July

Meet 4 - 19th August

Final - 16th September

Programme

U14, U16 and U18 4x100m Relay Champs

Sunday 3rd June - Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow

Entry Form

Closing date Friday 18th May

U14, U16, U18 and U20/Senior 3x800m & U18 and U20/Senior 4x400m Relay Champs

Sunday 24th June - Pitreavie Stadium

Entry Form

Closing date Friday 8th June

U20/Senior 4x100m Relay Champs

Saturday 25th August - Grangemouth Stadium

Entry Form

Closing date Friday 10th August

NEWS

North District Championships - Inverness - Sat. 12 May 2012

Ben Mitchell after his high jump Emma, Dionne and Jack relaxing after the hammer competition Gary Sweeney about to enter the discus circle

Lauren winning the 100m Michael after clearing 1.40m Blair and Joshua completing their 800m

Photos courtesy of Margery, with apologies to those athletes she did not manage to get.

There were 10 gold and 7 silver medals as well as personal bests, club records and a Championship Best Performance for Moray Roadrunners.

The Milne boys, Blair and Joshua, who are U10, but competed in U12, each had 2 PBs and Blair took the club records for 75m (14.10) and 800m (3.09.90).

Anne Mitchell U12g had a PB for the 75m.

At the U14g, Lauren Bell ran away from the opposition winning both the 100m and the 75m hurdles. Her 100m broke her own club record.

Andrew Stoker U14b, who is almost 3 years younger than most of the other boys in his age group, had 3 silver medals in the 100m, 200m and long jump.

The U16g representative was Dionne Milne who had a very good day, taking 2 gold (hammer & discus) and a silver for 300m (45.06PB), as well as Championship Best Performance for her discus (37.64m), 3 PBs and 2 club records.

For U16b, Callum Alexander had a silver at javelin. Michael Laing, competing in his first District Championships, had a silver at high jump, also a PB and another PB in his javelin.

Jack Mitchell won gold at hammer.

Our U18s took medals at all their events. Emma Bowie had 2 gold for hammer and discus. The discus was also a PB and club record. Bethany Wilson had gold for the 1500m steeplechase and a silver at the 1500m.

Ben Mitchell won the high jump and pulled a muscle.

Gary Sweeney, for the Senior Men, had 2 gold medals at shot putt and discus.

A very good day for the Roadrunners.

Well done everybody.

Report courtesy of Margery.

Full results on results page.

Scottish Women's Athletic League - Sunday 22nd April

Three Moray Roadrunners travelled down to Meadowbank to compete in the Women's League - Lauren Bell, Lara Dalgarno and Dionne Milne. This event continues to use the under-odd age groups.

In the U13s, Lauren had an amazing day, achieving 3 PBs. In her long jump she finished with a distance of 4.55m, 28cm further than her previous PB and finishing first. In the 70m hurdles, she ran a time of 12.08 secs, once again finishing first. Having already competed in 2 events, Lauren managed to pull out all the stops in the 200m in a time of 28.33 secs and finished 2nd. Lauren also ran a strong leg in the relay.

In the U15s, Dionne competed in the shot putt and javelin. She managed to clinch 2nd position in shot putt with a best throw of 8.42m and in javelin finished in 2nd position with a best throw of 23.10m, this being a PB.

In the U17s, Lara threw a distance of 7.12m in shot putt, finishing 5th. She then went on to compete in the javelin, finishing a creditable 6th with a distance of 15.29m. She also ran a good leg in the relay, despite taking a tumble!

Very well done girls.

Report courtesy of Dionne.

Several of our athletes compete for other clubs in leagues that Moray Roadrunners do not compete in. This gives them good competition, but unfortunately their results cannot be claimed by MRR as club records. Whilst this is the rules, the athletes are making the most of a high standard of competition.

Young Athletes League - Dundee - Sun 6th May 2012

The largest number of Moray Roadrunners' athletes has been selected for Team North, formerly HIPPO, to compete at this match.

These athletes are Cara Nally, Beth Grant, Lauren Bell, Grace Whelan, Andrew Stoker, Mark, Jack & Ben Mitchell, Dionne Milne, Lara Dalgarno and Michael Laing. Emma Bowie had to decline as she was off to London for the UK School Games and Callum Alexander was doing a triathlon.

Well done on your selection.

New Petrofac Records for MRR athletes

Records for U10 to U18 were available as this is the first time the league has worked U-even age groups.

Lauren Bell has taken the U14g 75m hurdles record and Emma Bowie (U18g) has taken the discus record.

Blair Milne (U10b) was very close to both the 80m and the 600m records. Andrew Stoker (U14b) was ill and did not take part but he should take both the 200m & long jump records at the next meet. Callum Alexander (U16b) was also very close to the 200m record.

We shall look forward to seeing how they do.

Petrofac Meet 1 - Inverness - 29th April 2012

The club had 10 new representatives competing at the league on a sunny day, despite call offs with the dreaded bug going the rounds. There appears to be problems with some of the results, due to combining age groups at some events. However Moray Roadrunners did very well.

As this is the first year of U-even age groups all 'A' string 1st places would be new records, unless the East meet did better. Pending records go to Blair Milne (U10b) 600m, Lauren Bell (U14g) 75m hurdles and 200m, Emma Bowie (U18w) Discus, and Ben Mitchell (U18m) 110m hurdles.

In addition to the above, there were a number of club records including a new club record and PB for Dionne Milne at discus of 37.16m. This has put her top of both the Scottish & UK rankings. MRR currently has 2 athletes ranked no.1 in the UK, Dionne & Emma Bowie, and both Lauren Bell and Andrew Stoker (U14) are creeping up those rankings as well. Lauren took both the 200m and the 75m hurdles club record, Ben took the 200m and 110m hurdles and Emma the discus.

There were PBs (personal best) for our new athletes Blair and Joshua Milne, Jack Levy, Anne Mitchell, Niamh & Grace Whelan, Beth Grant, Lauren Bell, Charlotte Beven, Stewart Bright, Dionne Milne, Lara Dalgarno, Callum Alexander, Michael Laing, Ben Mitchell, Brian Milne, James Wilson and Sarah Calcott. Sarah is a very welcome senior women's runner.

The next Petrofac meeting is June 10th. I do hope we will have all these athletes competing again, as Moray Roadrunners is really becoming a force to be reckoned with, despite being a small club (track-wise).

Thanks to Margery for the report.

Full results on results page.

HIPPO Open Graded Meet - Inverness - Sunday 15th April

The first track meet of the season saw a number of the younger athletes trying track competition. They all did well and there were a number of personal bests and good results.

The U10B saw Blair and Joshua Milne set club records at 150m, 800m, shot put and long jump. At U12B, Tom Jenkins won his quadrathon and U14B Morgan Lewis was 3rd in his pentathlon. At the U14G, Lauren Bell won the pentathlon in a new club record, with Grace Whelan 4th and Laura Galloway 5th. Anne Mitchell, U12G, ran her first 100m and also competed at long jump. Niamh Whelan ran a track 800m and tried long jump.

Our seasoned competitors had some outstanding performances. U16B Callum Alexander, won his javelin and ran a good time at the 200m. Michael Laing ran his first 3000m and finished 3rd, stating it was tiring! The U16G, Dionne Milne and Lara Dalgarno, ran 300m. Dionne had a PB and took the club record. She also threw 8.58m for shot put and won the discus throw.

U14B, Andrew Stoker, took 2 club records at the 100m (13.40) and 200m (27.72) and had a good long jump to complete a good afternoon's work.

U18G, Emma Bowie, won her hammer with yet another PB and club record (44.77m) to extend her lead in the UK rankings.

U18B, Ben Mitchell, after a 6 week layoff with a fractured toe, improved his PB at high jump to 1.70m.

Gary Sweeney, SM, competed in both the shot put and discus throw, close to his PB at the shot put.

Lauren Bell, Dionne Milne and Lara Dalgarno have been selected for the Women's League meet at Meadowbank. Emma Bowie has pulled out due to exam commitments.

The next track outing for the club will be the Petrofac League meet on 29th April at the Inverness track.

Selections for Team North in the Youth Athletic League meet should be made this week.

Well done everyone.

Thanks to Margery for the report.

Aberdeen Open Graded Meet - Saturday 31st March

Two Moray Roadrunner athletes were participating at the above meet in the Aberdeen stadium. Ian Garioch (SM) ran 7.00 secs. at the 60m and 22.4 secs. at the 200m. Charlotte Beven (U14), competing at her first track meet, had 3.27m for long jump, 15.2 secs. for the 100m and 16.2 secs. at the 75m hurdles.

Many athletes are on holiday, but it was nice to see Moray vests at the meet.

Thanks to Margery for this report.

Central AC Pre-Season Meet - Grangemouth - Saturday 24th March

Our athletes took first or second places in all their events. Emma Bowie won U17 hammer and Jack Mitchell (U15) was second. Both had PBs and club records. Lauren Bell (U13) had 3 firsts; at 70m hurdles, long jump and 200m (which was a PB) and 2nd at shot putt. Andrew Stoker (U13) won his 100m and 200m (PB). He was 2nd at long jump.

A promising season start for our athletes.

Report courtesy of Margery.

Aberdeen Indoor & Outdoor Open Graded Meet - Sunday 18th March

At the final indoor meet, our athletes again did well. It was good to see Ian Garioch (SM) back competing, gaining 2 club records at 60m and outside at 150m. Lara Dalgarno (U17) had 2 club records with a big improvement in shot and the 150m outside. Leonie Davidson (U15) had 2 club records at the long jump and 150m. Lauren Bell (U13) improved her own club record at long jump, whilst Andrew Stoker (U13) improved his long jump club record and took the 150m as well. Finally, Nicola Dalgarno (U13) had 3 PBs at the 60m, long jump and 150m.

Well done to all those competitors.

On March 31st there is the first outdoor Track Meet at the Aberdeen stadium, details above.

The next meet is Sunday 15th April at the Inverness track. I do urge all those athletes who want to compete at the track to go and get a time, from a race or distance, if trying shot or long jump, as the team is made up from the fastest athletes, but all other athletes are allowed to compete in non scoring places to help them improve their times/distances.

Report courtesy of Margery.

HIPPO Open Graded Meet - Sunday 15th April - Inverness

This meet is open to all athletes, especially those who have not tried the track before. Pre entry is required. Please download the entry form (above) and send it to Suzanne Bell, see form, or give it to her or her daughter Lauren (in Margery's group) at training Tuesday 27th March, which is last training of the term.

Scottish Schools Coaching Day - Sunday 18th March - Pitreavie

Last year 2 Moray Roadrunner athletes, Emma Bowie (hammer) and Dionne Milne (discus) were invited to the coaching day for promising athletes. This year, 4 MRR athletes were invited. In addition to Emma and Dionne, Callum Alexander (javelin) and Jack Mitchell (hammer) were also selected.

Congratulations to these athletes.

National U14 Championships - Sunday 4th March

Our two representatives at Kelvin Hall, Glasgow in the above champs were Lauren Bell (60m, 60m hurdles & high jump) and Andrew Stoker (60m, 200m & long jump). They had a busy day running heats, semi finals and finals - despite Lauren being down as a Central AC athlete! They did well. Lauren had 2 PBs and club records at the 60m (8.45 secs) and 60mH (10.07 secs). Andrew had a PB and club record at the 200m (28.21 secs). Both athletes have another year in the age group.

As U13 athletes their rankings in Scotland indoors stand at:

Andrew Stoker: 60m - 1st, 200m - 2nd

Lauren Bell: 60m - 2nd, 60m hurdles - 1st, long jump - 4th, Shot Put - 8th

Congratulations to both athletes. The coming outdoor season should prove very exciting.

There is one more indoor meet in Aberdeen, in which to try to improve indoor personal bests, on Sunday 18th March.

Report courtesy of Margery.

National U14 Combined Events Champs - Sunday 19th Feb

Lauren Bell was competing at the Kelvin Hall, Glasgow as a 1st year U14 and finished 4th in the Pentathlon. She threw 5.78m in Shot, ran 10.16 for the 60m Hurdles, 3.90m in the Long Jump, 1.36m in the High Jump and ran 2.55.53 for the 800m. Lauren had a PB and new Club Record for the hurdles and her 800m was also a PB and Indoor Club Record. She made 2102 points, only 71 behind the winner.

Well done Lauren.

Report courtesy of Margery.

Aberdeen Indoor Meet - Sunday 5th February

Nicola Dalgarno improved her 60m time by 200th of a second at the above meet. Lara Dalgarno had her first sprint since her injury at the hurdles last September, completing her run in 9.2 secs, a PB and U17 girl's record. Andrew Stoker equalled his 60m best of 8.5 secs. Leonie Davidson, in her first competition of the winter, ran 8.7 secs for the 60m to take the club U15 record.

Well done everyone.

Report courtesy of Margery.

National Open Indoor Meet - Saturday 21st January

3 Moray Roadrunners went to this meet at the Kelvin Hall, Glasgow. They were Lauren Bell (U13/14), Andrew Stoker (U13/14) and Ben Mitchell (U17/18).

Lauren hurdled to 2nd place in .05 secs behind her indoor club record and had 6.65m in shot putt and 3.88m in long jump.

Andrew, in his first ever indoor meet, took Mafi Sharkey's indoor records from 2006 with 60m 8.5 secs, long jump 3.81m and an outstanding 28.74 secs for the 200m running from the worst lane, lane 5, which starts with a run uphill. 3 personal bests and 3 club records!

Ben Mitchell had a pb and club record at the high jump, winning his competition with 1.68m.

Well done everyone.

The next indoor meet is at Aberdeen for Andrew on Sunday 5th February, whilst for Ben it is the Scottish Schools Indoor Championships on Thursday 9th February.

Winter Hammer Throws Series - Sunday 15th January

Emma Bowie competed throwing the 4k hammer at this meet in Livingstone. This is her new weight for U17 and one up for seniors as well. She won her age group.

After the competition Emma had a concentrated coaching session with Alan Bertram, alongside Scotland's top throwers preparing for the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Well done Emma.