East Kilbride Athletic Club - Running Club located in Scotland

Well done to everyone who competed for the South Lanarkshire Team especially the dudes from EKAC :-)

From the club there were some fine performances including Club Records from Ailis Clements overall and U17 Discus with a throw of 28.37m and Ross Maxwell U13 boys 200m with a time of 26.8 seconds. Well done to both.

EK Results U13B Ross Maxwell 100m 13.1 200m 26.8 LJ 4.79m. U15B Stephen Paris 800m 2:33.5, Scott Hernon 1500m 4:58.6. U17M Nishant Puri 100m 11.8 200m 24.5 LJ 5.54, Gregor Thorpe 100m 12.0 LJ 5.58, Fraser Jamieson 400m 58.4, Stuart Muir Hammer 30.67 Discus 10.25 Shot Put 6.16

U13G Shannon McMahon 75m 10.8 150m 20.6, Jennifer Stokoe 75m 11.4 LJ 3.52, Megan Stewart 800m 2:47.8, Caitlin Hackett 1200m 4:22.6. U15G Arlene barr 100m 13.5, Jennifer Waddell 1500m 5:34.2, Hayley middleton High Jump 1.30. U17W Fiona Borthwick 300m 47.2, Deborah Stokoe 1500m 5:06.1 Discus 14.72 Shot Put 5.38, Ailis Clements Discus 28.37 Shot put 9.55.

South Lanarkshire won overall by 160 points well done to all and thanks to Jim Goldie for organising the team. If anyone would like to be considered for the next meeting please let your coach know or contact Jim Goldie direct on James.Goldie@southlanarkshireleisure.co.uk

Lanarkshire Track Relays Championships, JWSC East Kilbride 6pm Races may be merged at the discretion of the track referee!

Time Age Group Event 7:15 U11 B 4 x 100m 7:20 U11 G 4 x 100m 7:25 U13 B 4 x 100m 7:30 U13 G 4 x 100m 7:35 U15 B 4 x 100m 7:40 U15 G 4 x 100m 7:45 U17 M 4 x 100m Events may merge 7:45 Sen M 4 x 100m 7:45 U17 W 4 x 100m Events may merge 7:45 Sen W 4 x 100m 8:00 U13 B 3 x 800m Events may merge U13 G 3 x 800m 8:15 Sen M 3 x 800m 8:25 Sen W 3 x 800m 8:35 U15 B 3 x 800m Events may merge U15 G 3 x 800m 8:45 U17 W 4 x 200m 8:50 U17 M 4 x 400m Events may merge Sen M 4 x 400m 8:55 Sen W 4 x 400m

All athletes should report at the clubhouse for 6pm where teams will be selected on the night. Cost is £1 per runner per race. For further info please contact your coach.

The members of East Kilbride Athletic Club were delighted with the start that they have made to this summer’s athletic fixtures. On Sunday the club finished in a fine 6th position in the first Central and South Scotland Athletic League Division 1 fixture.

Within that performance there were numerous excellent performances including a series of first places and these came from the following athletes:-

Under 13 Boys Ross Maxwell A 100m 13.2 and A Long Jump 4m77cm. Under 17 Men Gregor Thorpe A Long Jump 5m 18cm, Nishant Puri B 100m 12.4 and Ross Morgan B Long Jump 4m 88cm. Senior Men Jamie Clements A 400m 51.6. Masters Men William Taylor A 800m 2:13.0 and Derek Leitch 800m B 2:13.1.

Under 13 Girls Shannon McMahon A 100m 14.3, Under 15 Girls Hayley Middleton A Discus 16.94 and Rachel Thomson B Discus 14.20. Senior Women Beth Duff A 400m 58.4 and Ailis Clements A Shot Put 9m 51cm.

These performances bode well for the coming season. The club are now looking forward to working with the South Lanarkshire Athletics Partnership at next week’s Scottish Young Athletes league and the West of Scotland Championships the following week.

Congratulations to all who competed, officiated and helped out today at Linwood. Provisional unscrutinised results follow:-

Kilbarchan 696

Giffnock North 568

Shettleston 529

Ayr Seaforth 528

Law & District 436

East Kilbride AC 421

Whitemoss 386

Central 336

Look out for updated statistics pages over the coming days :-)