Gothenburg Youth Games and UKWAL

Gothenburg Youth Games
Gothenburg, Sweden
2nd-4th July 2010

Hope Robertson (Edinburgh AC) travelled to Sweden for an opportunity to run on the fast track of the stadium that hosted the 2006 European Championships.

She started off with a season's best in the 100m of 12.49 (w-0.2) to finish 2nd in her heat. She then improved that mark in the final, finishing 8th in 12.38 (+0.5).

In the 200m, she ran 25.61 (+0.7) to qualify for the final, where she finished 6th in another season's best of 25.44 (+1.4)

UKWAL Division 2
Stevenage
4th July 2010

Jane Scott and Kirsty Yates (both VP-Glasgow) competed for Team Glasgow in the UKWAL.

17-year-old Kirsty prevailed in the Shot A string. She was over 12 metres with her best effort of 12.11m. She also finished 3rd in the High Jump B string with a SB of 1.50m.

Jane competed in the 100m Hurdles, High Jump and Long Jump. She struggled with the -2.3 headwind in the hurdles, coming home 4th in 16.7, which is over a second down on her best. She also finished 4th in the High Jump A string, jumping an equal season's best of 1.50m. In the Long Jump, she finished 2nd with a jump of 5.29m.