Photo: British Athletics
It was a bumper weekend of athletics away from home, with records galore at events across the UK and the states, with a flurry of medals also heading back North from the BUCS Indoor Championships.
Keely Klassic
This weekend saw the inaugural Keely Klassic event in Birmingham, with some impressive performances from a number of GB stars over the course of the day.
The notable Scottish performance of the meet was a British and Scottish Record 2:16.74 performance by Neil Gourley in the Men’s 1000m, showing he is in top form heading into the remainder of the indoor season. He finished 2nd in the event, which was won by Dutch athlete Samuel Chapple. Kane Elliott was 7th in the same event, moving into 4th on our all time list.
Alistair Street finished 2nd in the U17 Men’s 800m with an impressive 1:54.08, taking him into second on our all time list. Rebecca Scott continued a busy weekend, where she was also competing at BUCS on Friday and Sunday, to take 3rd in the Women’s Para 60m.
Elsewhere, there was a 5th place finish for Alessandro Schenini in the Long Jump and 6th for Erin Wallace in the Women’s 800m.
See the full results.
BUCS Indoor Athletics Championships
There was a strong contingent of Scottish athletes in Sheffield for the British Universities and College Sport (BUCS) Indoor Athletics Championships, part of the BUCS Nationals weekend.
Leading the Scots home was a Gold medal and Championship Record 7.85m Long Jump performance by Stephen Mackenzie (University of Edinburgh), just 1cm shy of the Scottish Record mark set by Alessandro Schenini just 2 weeks ago.
Stephen Mackenzie pictured at this month’s EAP Indoor International Glasgow (Bobby Gavin)
The Scots continued to deliver in the jumps with further Golds for Rebecca Scott (Loughborough University) in the Para Long Jump (4.86m) and Henry Clarkson (Cardiff Metropolitan University) in the Men’s Triple Jump (15.37m). Amy Kennedy (University of Glasgow) picked up a fourth Scottish Gold in the Shotput with a 15.17m throw.
There were PB runs for Cameron Thores (University of Stirling) and Alyson Bell (University of Edinburgh) over 60m, with Cameron picking up Silver in the Men’s Ambulant with a time of 7.59 and Alyson Silver in the Women’s event. Alyson’s time of 7.30s takes her to second on our all time list, just 0.03s off the Alisha Rees’ Scottish Record.
A further PB run by Bradley Francis (University of Aberdeen) saw him also take Silver in the Men’s 400m and there was a second medal for Rebecca Scott, taking Silver in the Women’s Ambulant 60m (8.51s). The Women’s 4 x 200m team from University of Strathclyde picked up yet another Silver for the Scots.
In the field, there was a Silver for Andrew McFarlane (University of Edinburgh) in the Pole Vault (4.73m) and a second place finish for guest athlete Finlay Davidson in the Para Shotput (6.45m), who was ineligible for medals. Freya Howgate (Loughborough University) took home two Bronze medals in the Para Long Jump (2.59m) and Para Shotput (7.37m), rounding off a strong meet for our Para athletes.
There were also Bronzes for Adam Hoole (Heriot-Watt University) in the 60m Hurdles (7.95) and Sofia Vidak (University of Stirling) over 800m (2:10.57).
See the full results.
You can watch all the action back on the BUCS YouTube Channel.
Action from America
Over in the States there was another Scottish Record for Brodie Young in the 400m at the Don Kirby Invitational in Albuquerque. His time of 45.66 takes 0.3s off the previous record he set last week.
At the Tyson Invitation in Arkansas, Oliver Patton set a new U20 best in the mile with a time of 4.02.65. This also takes him to 15th on our all time list over this distance.
At the David Hemery Valentine Invitational there was a sub-4 mile for Joe Ewing (3:58.13), moving him into 7th on our all time list. There were sub-4 miles for Tom Graham-Marr (3:59.18) and Ben MacMillan (3:59.64) at the Husky Classic in Seattle. It is first sub-4 time for Graham-Marr, and a 3rd for MacMillan.
Elsewhere in Boston at the Eagle Elite Invitational, Angela McAuslan-Kelly won the Women’s weighted throw with a distance of 18.22m, almost a metre clear of the next placed athlete. There was a PB for Sarah Tait over 3000m. Her time of 8:59.73 makes her the fastest Scot over the distance this year and moves her into 11th on our all time list.
On a 300m track at the GVSU Big Meet in Michigan, Leah Keisler won the mile event in 4:47.20 as well as finishing 5th in the 800m (2:08.54), while over in Colorado, Allie Routledge won the Long Jump event with a 5.83m leap as well as finishing 2nd in the High Jump (1.70m).
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Adam Hoole, Alessandro Schenini, Alistair Street, Allie Routledge, Alyson Bell, Amy kennedy, Andrew McFarlane, Angela McAuslan-Kelly, Ben MacMillan, Bradley Francis, Brodie Young, BUCS Indoor Championships, Cameron Thores, Erin Wallace, Finlay Davidson, Freya Howgate, Henry Clarkson, Joe Ewing, Kane Elliott, Keely Klassic, Leah Kiesler, Neil Gourley, Oliver Patton, Rebecca Scott, Sarah Tait, Sofia Vidak, Stephen Mackenzie, Tom Graham-Marr
