TRACK & FIELD
Petrofac Athletics League 2010 Programme
TNT Throws Meet - Inverness 25th July (amended)
After the above competition, which Dionne Milne and Emma Bowie attended, Dionne is now ranked number 1 for both discus and shot putt in Scotland, 2nd in UK for discus and also 2nd in Scottish all time history for under 13 Girls throwing. Dionne has also claimed Paula Lawrie's under 13 Girls shot putt club record which has been standing since 1997 and improved on her discus club record. In the hammer, her first attempt at this event, Emma threw a commendable 21.99, a club record.
Emma also claimed an under 15 Girls club record, which has been standing since 1992, when she threw 25.96 in the discus at the Petrofac Meet in June, which placed her number 2 in the Scottish rankings. This time around she threw 25.93 (1st place) and also took first place in the shot putt. In the hammer, also a first attempt in this event, Emma threw a massive 26.02 which put her straight into the Scottish rankings at number 2.
Congratulations and well done girls.
Report courtesy of Brian Milne & Margery Swinton.
Garioch wins Bronze at Seniors
21 year old Ian Garioch won Bronze in the 400m at the Scottish Senior Championships & Commonwealth Games Trials in Dunfermline at the weekend.
Ian equalled his personal best of 47.96 in a very competitive race (1st 47.05, 2nd 47.45). This also ensures that Ian will be in the 4x400m Scottish relay in Birmingham next weekend at the Birmingham Games.
Well done Ian and good luck for next weekend.
Scottish Masters Championships - Pitreavie 12 July
Margery Swinton won the W65 hammer, discus, shot and javelin events.
Scottish Young Athletes League - Aberdeen 4 July
12 of our juniors were selected to compete for the HIPPO team. This is a higher standard competition and pushes our athletes to perform to their best. There were 9 personal bests for Callum Alexander, Lauren Bell, Lara Dalgarno, Michael Laing, Ben Mitchell, Hamish Sim, Lewis Sim and James Wilson. Dionne Milne won the shot putt with yet another throw over 8m.
The HIPPO team have made the Scottish final for the 3rd year in a row. 7 MRR juniors have been selected, so far, to go to Grangemouth on August 1st. Maybe this year we can qualify for the UK finals in England. The selected athletes are Callum Alexander, Emma Bowie, Moray Goodfellow, Dionne Milne, Ben Mitchell, Lewis Sim and James Wilson.
Petrofac Athletics League Meet #3 - Inverness 27 June
Our small team of junior athletes performed well and there were 26 personal bests. Lauren Bell continued her winning form at the 100m. She has won every Petrofac and Young Athletes sprint race this season. Emma Bowie’s winning discus throw put her 2nd on the Scottish U15 rankings. It was great to have Oscar Heald and Bella Morrison back on the track. Both had personal bests.
Throughout the season all competing athletes have steadily improved their personal performances but a lack of numbers means it is unlikely that the U11 and U13 age groups will qualify for the final. There is one more meet on August 22nd. The final is in September.
MRR Juniors' News
The following 16 athletes were selected for the HIPPO team at the 3rd meet of the Young Athletes League in Aberdeen.
U11b Fraser Marr 75m U11g Lauren Bell 75m & LJ
U13b Hamish Sim 1500m U13g Dionne Milne 1200m & SP
U15b Gavin MacDonald 800m U15g Emma Bowie SP
Ben Mitchell 200m, HJ, relay Lara Dalgarno SP & 800m
Lewis Sim 3000m Arran Goodfellow 1500m (withdrawn due to illness)
Callum Alexander JT & relay Kirsty Shand 800m (unable to go)
Michael Laing 800m
U17m James Wilson 1500m S/C U17w Bethany Wilson 1500m
Moray Goodfellow 800m & 1500m S/C (withdrawn due to injury)
This is the largest number of MRR athletes included in a HIPPO team, which is made up from 12 North, N. Isles and W. Isles athletic clubs. After 2 meets Team HIPPO was lying in 2nd place behind Inverness Harriers. If they finish in 1st or 2nd again, they will go to the Scottish final at Grangemouth.
In the previous years they have placed 3rd in the final. If they can go up one place they will go down to England to compete in the Grand UK Final.
Report courtesy of Margery Swinton
Scottish
Young Athletes League
MRR is one of 8 teams that
makes up the composite Team HIPPO. For the 2nd meeting at Inverness on May
30th, the following MRR athletes were selected. U11g Lauren Bell 75m, LJ.
U13g Dionne Milne 1200m, U15g Emma Bowie DT, SP. U15b Ben Mitchell 80mH, HJ,
relay. Gavin MacDonald 800m, relay. Lewis Sim 1500m. Michael Laing 800m,
LJ. U17m Moray Goodfellow 100mH, 800m, DT.
Lauren had a new PB and Club
record for 75m in 11.01secs. There were PB’s for Ben Mitchell, 80mH in
13.96, Michael Laing, 800m in 3:00.40. Lewis Sim, 1500m in 5:19.19 and
Moray Goodfellow for 100mH and DT. Team HIPPO finished 2nd to Inverness
Harriers. Well done everyone.
A busy athletics week ahead
Sunday
6 June
Open Graded Meet - a warm up for Tuesday
Tuesday
8 June
North of Scotland Schools Track Champs. A number of athletes from
Anderson’s Primary, Elgin Academy, Forres Academy, Knockando Primary,
Milne’s High and Speyside High will be competing.
Friday
11 June & Saturday 12 June
Scottish Schools Champs at Grangemouth
Next Petrofac Meet is Sunday 27th June. Contact Margery Swinton if you would like to be considered. 01340 810662
Thanks
to Margery for the above news.
Cormack Smashes U20 3000m Club Record
U20 Gemma Cormack slashed the U20 women's club record of 12.46 by 2mins 49sec, when competing in the Aberdeen Club 3000m championships on Monday evening, racing to a new personal best of 9.57.6
Gemma rarely does 3K track and she and her coach both feel there is more can be taken off this time when she races in the Scottish 3K champs later in the summer.
Well done Gemma.
Petrofac Athletics League Meet #2
A number of senior and junior club members once again travelled to Inverness to take part in the many events scheduled for the above meet on Sunday 23rd May. All represented the Club well and their results are as follows:
U11G: Lauren Bell 200m 'A' 1st (31.00), Javelin 'A' 4th (9.20), High Jump 'A' 2nd (1.10); Nicola Dalgarno 800m 'A' 7th , Javelin 'B' 3rd (7.44).
U11B: Andrew Stoker 200m 'A' 1st (31.98), 800m 'A' 3rd (2.56.13), Javelin 'A' 5th (9.28); Jamie Gunn 200m 'B' 1st (33.91), 800m 'B' 5th (3.14.00), Long Jump 'A' 7th (2.31).
U13G: Dionne Milne Shot Putt 'A' 1st (8.08), 800m 'A' 5th (2.56.30), 200m 'A' 6th (32.71).
U13B: Jack Mitchell Discus 'A' 4th (14.50).
U15G: Lara Dalgarno Shot Putt 'B' 1st (6.87), 200m 'A' 4th (31.54), Long Jump 'B' 3rd (3.47); Kirsty Shand 800m 'A' 6th (3.03.86); Siobhan Robertson 200m 'B' 4th (32.69); Molly Donegan Long Jump 'A' 3rd (3.52); Emma Bowie Shot Putt 'A' 3rd (6.94).
U15B: Ben Mitchell 80mH 'A' 2nd (15.25), High Jump 'A' 3rd (1.40); Michael Laing 80mH 'B' 3rd (18.96), High Jump 'B' 2nd (1.20); Gavin MacDonald 800m 'A' 3rd (2.26.49), 200m 'B' 4th (29.98); Lewis Sim 800m 'B' 2nd (2.36.01); Callum Alexander 200m 'A' 5th (29.62), Discus 'A' 4th (17.75); Jack Christie Discus 'B' 3rd (11.85), 80mH 'non counter' (19.04).
U17Men: Moray Goodfellow 100mH 'B' 3rd (20.73), 200m 'B' 4th (28.83), Long Jump 'A' 4th (4.13); James Wilson 100mH 'A' 4th (22.12), 200m 'A' 4th (30.27), Long Jump 'B' 3rd (3.91).
Senior Women: Marjory Swinton Javelin 'A' 1st (16.70); Oonagh Wilson 3000m 2nd (12.00.68), 200m 'A' 2nd (32.09); Doreen Christie 200m 'B' 3rd (42.66), Javelin 'B' 2nd (8.99).
Senior Men: Brian Milne 5000m 2nd (21.08.16); Gary Sweeney 200m 'A' 3rd (24.56), Discus 'A' 2nd (33.94); Craig Sweeney Discus 'B' 2nd (23.45); Scott Bowie 200m 'B' 3rd (26.03).
Well done everyone.
Highland, Islands & Grampian Championships
The above event on 9th May, held at the Queens Park Stadium in Inverness, produced great results from Moray Roadrunners. Championships records and Club records were broken during the course of the day with outstanding performances from Ian Garioch, Gemma Cormack and Dionne Milne.
Ian's 100m in 10.94 was a new Champs and Club record and his 200m time of 21.99 was a new Club record. He also came 1st in 400m in 49.66. He gets faster with every race!
Gemma (U20) also broke the Champs record, winning the 800m in 2.13.08.
U13 Dionne earned her gold medal with a Champs record-breaking throw of 28.02m in the discus and also took 1st place in the shot putt with a throw of 7.31m. Dionne also came 6th in 70m Hurdles (17.42).
Other notable firsts were U11 Lauren Bell 75m Gp1 (11.29PB) and Long Jump (3.44), U15 Emma Bowie Discus (18.47), U17 Bethany Wilson 1500m (5.27.55), U15 Lewis Sim 1500m (5.22.50), U17 Moray Goodfellow 1500m Steeplechase (5.27.84PB) and 800m (2.23.27), Senior Kevin Morice 110mH (20.28).
Fellow MRR competitors all gave excellent performances, many achieving PBs. Club results are as follows:
U11G: Nicola Dalgarno 75m Gp2 5th (13.92), Long Jump 13th (2.21), Shot Putt 7th (3.56).
U11B: Fraser Marr 75m Gp1 4th (13.07), Long Jump 7th (1.68)
U13B: Hamish Sim 200m heat 6th (34.54), 800m heat 10th (3.03.98).
U15G: Emma Bowie Shot Putt 4th (7.50); Molly Donegan 100m heat 6th (16.10), Long Jump 19th (3.34); Lara Dalgarno Shot Putt 3rd (7.54PB),100m heat 4th (15.12PB), 200m heat 4th (31.43PB); Arran Goodfellow 800m final 7th (3.01.34).
U15B: Callum Alexander Javelin 3rd (20.26PB), 100m final 6th (14.44), 200m heat 5th (30.08); Lewis Sim Long Jump 5th (3.75); Ben Mitchell 80mH final 3rd (15.19), 200m final 6th (28.75), High Jump 5th (1.20); Michael Laing 400m final 3rd (76.15), Long Jump 7th (3.42); Gavin MacDonald 800m final 5th (2.28.37); Jack Christie 80mH final 5th (18.79), Javelin 4th (17.43), Long Jump 8th (3.32).
U17B: James Wilson 1500m Steeplechase 2nd (6.04.88), Long Jump 5th (4.12PB).
Senior Men: Kevin Morice 300m Steeplechase 2nd (12.45.84), 400mH 2nd (72.07); Gary Sweeney Javelin 3rd (33.96), Discus 3rd (30.81), Shot Putt 4th (11.57).
Well done!
I hope I haven't missed anyone out.
Track & Field News from Margery Swinton
Wednesday 5th May, Highland Schools Meet in Inverness: Dionne Milne (U13) threw her discus to 28m38 to go top of the Scottish rankings. by 6m, and 2nd in UK. Emma Bowie (U15), threw the 1kg discus out to 21.96 to go 2nd in the Scottish rankings. Dionne has now taken Emma's U13 Club record.
Also taking part were Lara Dalgarno, Siobhan Robertson, Molly Donegan, Ben Mitchell, Jack Christie and Alastair Couttie.
Sunday 2nd May, Scottish Young Athletes League in Dundee: 9 MRR juniors were selected for the HIPPO team. They were U11 Andrew Stoker, Fraser Marr and Lauren Bell, U13 Dionne Milne and Jack Mitchell, U15 Ben Mitchell, Lewis Sim and Gavin MacDonald, U17 James Wilson. This league offers a higher standard of competition than the Petrofac and to be selected is an honour. HIPPO finished 2nd overall. Individual results are not yet available but there were some pb's.
Sunday 25th April, Petrofac League at Inverness: Lauren Bell, U11, took the club record for 100m with 14.63. There were a number of pb's across all the age groups. It would be nice to see more of the juniors wanting to try the track, since from a membership of over 80 juniors, we are struggling to put in teams. We had only 19 juniors, U11 to U17. To field reasonable teams, we need a minimum of 32 juniors. With our small numbers, we managed to finish 4th U11G and 6th U11B, 7th place for both U13 teams, 3rd place for both U15 teams and 4th place for both U17 teams. The senior men and women finished 2nd. If anyone else is interested, please contact Margery Swinton on 01340 810662.
Petrofac Athletics League Meet #1
Moray Road Runners took part in the above track and field event at Inverness, all acquitting themselves well whether competing as 'A' string, 'B' string or first timers 'non Counters'. Club results are as follows:
U11G: Lauren Bell 100m 'A' 1st (14.63) new Club record, Long Jump 'A' 1st (3.49). Nicola Dalgarno 100m 'B' 4th (18.55), 600m 'A' 6th (2.28.14), Long Jump 'B' 5th (2.16).
U11B: Andrew Stoker 100m 'A' 1st (15.89) and 600m 'A' 2nd (2.06.03) new Club record.
U13G: Dionne Milne 200m 'A' 4th (31.74),1200m 'A' 3rd (4.32.61), Discus 'A' 1st (23.93). Bella Morrison Long Jump 'A' 7th (2.87). Lauren Bell ran in U13G 200m non counter (31.48).
U13B: Hamish Sim 100m 'A' 5th (16.26), 200m 'A' 6th (35.68). Jack Mitchell 100m 'B' 6th (17.04), Shot Putt 'A' 3rd (6.89).
U15G: Lara Dalgarno 100m 'A' 5th (15.03), 200m 'A' 3rd (31.30), High Jump 'A' 4th (1.20). Siobhan Robertson 100m 'B' 3rd (15.44), 200m 'B' 4th (31.85). Emma Bowie Javelin 'A' 3rd (13.37). Relay 4x100m 5th.
U15B: Ben Mitchell 100m 'A' (13.93), 200m 'A' (28.16), Javelin 'B' 1st (20.19). Callum Alexander 100m 'B' 3rd (14.74), 200m 'B' non counter (31.25), Javelin 'B' non counter (18.42). Lewis Sim 1500m 'A' 4th (5.27.64). Alistair Couttie 200m 'B' 2nd (30.51), Javelin 'A' 2nd (26.32). Relay 4x100m 2nd.
U17 Women: 1500m 'A' Bethany Wilson 1st (5.18.46).
Senior Women: Oonagh Wilson 100m 'A' 2nd (14.96), 1500m 'B' 2nd 5.48.70. Gemma Cormack 1500m 'A' 1st (4.35.12). Doreen Christie 100m 'B' 2nd (19.56). Margery Swinton Hammer 3rd (20.00). 4x100m Relay 2nd.
Senior Men: Gary Sweeney Shot Putt 'A' 1st (12.18), Long Jump 'A' (5.14), 100m 'A' (12.02). Craig Sweeney Shot Putt 'B' 2nd (8.18), Long Jump 'B' 2nd (4.42). Brian Milne Shot Putt 'B' non counter (7.20), 100m 'B' 3rd (15.11), 1500m 'A' (5.38.94). 4x100m Relay 3rd.
Highland Athletics Open Graded Meet
The sun shone down all day on what was a great day of track and field athletics at the Highland Athletics Open Graded Meet with HIPPO at Queen's Park Stadium in Inverness. MRR had some athletes competing in the new athletic season for the first time: Jamie Gunn, Andrew Stoker, Fraser Marr, Lauren Bell, Nicola Dalgarno and Callum Alexander. Both new and experienced athletes produced some first class performances on the day.
U11G: Lauren Bell took 1st place in 75m (11.4), breaking the club record, and also 1st place in long jump with 3.56. Nicola Dalgarno was 17th in 75m (14.7), 16th in long jump (1.92) and 7th in shot putt (3.22).
U13G: Dionne Milne won her shot putt with a new PB and Championship Best Performance of 8.06. She was also 7th in 75m (12.10) and 7th in 150m (24.30). Katie Richards was 15th in 75m (27.40), 9th in 800m (3.01) and 12th in long jump (2.68).
U15G: Siobhan Robertson, Emma Bowie and Lara Dalgarno took 2nd, 3rd and 4th places in shot putt. Siobhan was also 9th in 200m (32.1), Lara was 8th in 200m (31.8 PB) and 5th in long jump (3.59). Molly Donegan was 8th in 100m (16.5), 13th in 200m (35.3) and 7th in long jump (3.37). Arran Goodfellow was 11th in long jump (2.77).
U11B: Andrew Stoker was 1st in 75m (12.1) and 2nd at 800m (3.01). Jamie Gunn was 4th and 5th in the same events. 9yr old Fraser Marr was 4th in long jump (2.99) and 9th in 800m (3.46).
U13B: Hamish Sim was 10th in 100m (17.1), 5th at 200m (36.9) and 7th in javelin (7.29).
U15B: Ben Mitchell was 3rd at 80mH and 5th in 100m and 200m. Callum Alexander was 7th in 100m (15.2) and 3rd in javelin (15.68). Gavin MacDonald was 6th in 200m (31.6) and 2nd in 800m (2.38).
U17B: James Wilson was 3rd in 1500m steeplechase (6.13.2) and 6th in long jump (3.80).
U20 Men: Scott Bowie was 1st in 1500m steeplechase (5.59.0).
Senior Men: Gary Sweeney was 2nd in hammer (31.21) and 2nd in shot putt (11.89).
Everyone enjoyed participating in the different events, for some it was the very first time. Any other juniors wishing to give competition on the track a go, get in touch with any of the coaches.
Well done to everyone who took part.
Report courtesy of Marjory Swinton and Doreen Christie.
Photo courtesy of Marjory.