Scottish Combined Events Championships
Dunfermline
10th/11th July 2010
Jane Scott (VP-Glasgow) and Jacqueline Pringle (Stewartry AC) competed in the windy conditions over 7 and 5 events respectively.
Jane was competing in the Senior Women's Heptathlon. She started off Day One well with a sub-16 clocking in the 100m Hurdles. She finished in 15.75 (+1.6m/s) to finish 2nd. Event Two was the High Jump and Jane finished 1st equal with a leap of 1.49m, 1cm down on her season's best. Unfortunately, the only other competitor dropped out after the High Jump, meaning Jane just had to finish to be crowned Scottish champion. This didn't put her off, however. She swiftly followed that news with a PB in the Shot of 6.90m. and finished the day with a 27.72 200m.
Day Two of the heptathlon arrived and started with Jane's specialist event, the Long Jump. She jumped a good 5.40m before heading into the Javelin, one of weaker events. Despite this, she set a new lifetime best of 17.23m. The final event was the dreaded 800m and the windy conditions made it all that more daunting. Jane finished in 2:50.11, giving her a total of 3708 points. It was well down on her PB of 3850 from the year before, but good considering the extremely windy conditions.
Jacqueline was competing in the Under 15 Girls Pentathlon. She started with a good 4.24m Long Jump but had a disappointing 75m Hurdles with a time of 16.07, well down on her best of 14.6. She then threw a solid 6.59m in the Shot and equalled her PB in the High Jump with 1.22m. Her best position came in the 800m, where she was 2nd in 2:41.40. This added up to 1881, giving her 6th place (PB 2017 points).
Scottish Masters Championships
Dunfermline
11th July 2010
There may only have been two local athletes competing, but ADAC's James Sloan and John Birkett brought back a medal haul of three golds, two silvers and a bronze between them.
James was competing in the M65 category in the Shot, Discus and Javelin. He took victories in both the Shot and Javelin with best throws of 9.71m and 30.86m respectively. He agonizingly missed out on gold in the Discus by 20cm but took a well-earned silver with a throw of 33.72m.
John won a gold, silver and bronze in the same events, this time in the M50 category. Gold came in the Shot, where he triumphed with a 9.40m throw. He won silver in the Javelin with 26.54m and bronze in the Discus with 24.19m.
Scottish Under 20/Under 17 3k Champs
Dunfermline
11th July 2010
First year Under 17 Danielle Beattie (Nithsdale AC) battled to a national bronze medal in her first ever 3000m. Gale force winds made the task much more difficult with the runners finishing 30-60 seconds down on their personal bests. Danielle ran strongly and although she was disappointed with her time of 11:30.10, she received a bronze medal for her efforts.
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