Weekend Update

Scottish Under 13/Under 15 and Under 17/Under 20 Indoor Championships
14/02/09 and 15/02/09 Kelvin Hall

Under 13 and Under 15 Boys
Lewis and Dean Holliday (ADAC) made their championship debuts. Lewis competed in the 60m and 200m while Dean competed in the Shot.

Lewis ran two PBs. In the 60m he was 6th in his heat with 9.84. In the 200m he was 3rd in his heat with 33.12 but unfortunately didn't make the final.

Older brother Dean competed in the Shot. It was his first competition with the heavier Shot and he did well to finish 10th with 5.29.

Under 15 Girls
Laura Penrice (Stewartry) was very unlucky not to make the 800m B Final. She was 3rd in her heat with a new Indoor PB (2:34.05). She was just 0.11 seconds away from making the B Final.

Under 17 Women
Kirsty Yates (Stewartry) dominated the Shot as usual. Her 11.09 throw was way below her PB but was enough to give her over a metre lead iver 2nd placed Nicky McMurtrie (Whitemoss). Kirsty also finished 4th in the 60m Hurdles. After progressing through the rounds in 9.26 and 9.22, she equalled her PB of 9.18, finishing just 0.02 seconds behind 3rd place.

Also competing in the Hurdles was Fiona Paterson (Stewartry). She demolished her PB in the heats by 0.18 seconds (9.70 to 9.52). In the semis she ran 9.62, unfortunately not making the final.

Under 20 Women
Kirsty Barr (Nithsdale) won 2 medals. She won silver in her first ever 60m Hurdles race with 10.34. Her other medal came in the High Jump where she equalled her season's best of 1.60m to take bronze. Kirsty also competed in the Long Jump where she was 6th in 4.88.

Under 20 Men
Josh Crawford (Edinburgh AC) emerged victorious in the 200m. He started off with a convincing win in his heat in 23.43. In the semis he was the fastest qualifier with a new Indoor PB of 22.93. The final was an exciting affair with Josh just edging out David Clark (VP-Glasgow) 22.77 to 22.78.

East Lothian Open XC 15/02/09
Laura and Ewan Penrice (Stewartry) both finished 4th in their respective events. Laura competed in the Under 13 Girls 4000m where she was 5 seconds off 3rd place and 8 seconds of 2nd. Her time was 10:29. Ewan competed in the Under 11 Boys 1500m and was 5 seconds off 3rd in 6:21.