Sutherland runners shine at league event
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Conditions were not ideal but the young runners adapted superbly and produced a string of outstanding performances.
Most of the under-10 team from ESAC was competing on the track for the first time and their results were encouraging.
In the 600m for girls, Alyth Gollan won with an outstanding time of 2 minutes and 8 seconds, followed by Jessie Munro (2.36) and Camryn Wilson (2.55). In the boys’ race there were strong runs from Hamish Munro (2.16) and Archie Ryder (2.19).
In the under-12 boys’ race, Taran Squire (1.59) and Shane Turney (2.00) produced another amazing race and finished less than one tenth of a second apart. Struan Oliver-Jones (2.14) ran well in his first race over this distance. In the girls’ race, Catriona Scott (2.21) finished just ahead of her training partner Catriona Wilson (2.28).
The older athletes raced over 800m and, despite the cold wind, managed to produce excellent times and numerous personal bests.
Constance Nankivell (2.47) and Rosie Nankivell (2.59) ran superbly in the under-14 girls’ race whilst Eoghann Gollan (2.30) and Ruaridh Oliver-Jones (2.35) finished first and second in the equivalent race for boys.
There were fine performances from Hanna Cleghorn (2.29) and Sarah MacDonald (2.45) in the under-16 girls’ race whilst Liam Barnsby (2.11) won the boys’ race followed by Alasdair Coupar (2.15). Both runners recorded huge personal bests.
The under-18 race was slow and tactical and Finlay Murray timed his finish perfectly to win in 2.06 followed by Ross Gollan (2.26).
The final event of the day was the 200m for under-14 boys in which Kieran Barnsby (29.2) and Ruaridh Oliver-Jones (29.6) both produced personal bests.
