Edinburgh Athletic Club

The latest rankings from Keith can be viewed here:
Young_Rankings_2010

Note we are still awaiting the results from the JSB Plumbing Final and the Presidents Select match

UK National Final Young Athletics League,  Sports City, Manchester, 5th September 2010

 
Our young athletes had a superb end to the 2010 season with 3^rd place in the UK final of the Young Athletes League – the best ever by a Scottish team.
The conditions were reasonable – dry and warm but rather breezy, mainly behind the sprinters.

64 medals were won – 14 Gold, 25 Silver and 25 Bronze (2009 – total of 58, 27 G, 20 S and 11 B) and there were 57 personal best performances.

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Sainsburys UK School Games, Gateshead, September 2010

Several of our athletes were selected to represent team Glasgow in the prestigious UK School Games:

100m     6th Kieran Kivlin   11.50
200m     1st Tom Holligan    22.09 
400m     3rd Jay Younger     49.01
100mH  6th Cameron Goodall 13.88

1500m     8th  Louisa Stewart     4:53.21
Javelin     4th  Paula Gass              38.51
Hammer  2nd  Kimberley Reed   50.41

Full results are here:
http://www.ukschoolgames.com/2010/results/athletics/event034h01.html

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England Under 15/17 Championships – Bedford, 21 – 22 August
 
Congratulations to all our athletes who competed in the English U15/17 championships at the weekend – they all performed magnificently!
There were 2 Golds, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze (nearly half of the Scottish total) and load of personal bests.
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Scottish U15 & U17 Championships 14/15 August  -  Scotstoun, Glasgow
        
Club athletes won a total of  19 medals at the Scottish U15/17 championships – 5 Gold, 9 Silver and 5 Bronze. Top performer was Tom Holligan, winning the U17 100m and 200m; other double medalists were Ben Robbins (1st 400m and 2nd Discus U15), Kirsty McKean (2nd U15 200m and Long Jump) and Kimberley Reed (2nd Hammer and 3rd Discus U17).
(Keith Ridley)
 
Edinburgh AC  Medallists 
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Celtic Games – Athlone, Ireland – 7 August 2010
 
Congratulations to all our young athletes who competed for Scotland at the Celtic Games international in Ireland.
The Scottish team finished 2nd overall against teams from Wales, Ireland and Ulster. The U16 Boys team were particularly successful, coming out on top in a close contest.
(Keith Ridley)

Our athletes who represented Scotland were:
Tom Holligan – U18 100m, 200m, 4 x 100m and 4 x 400m
Jay Younger – U18 400m, 4 x 100m and 4 x 400m
Louisa Stewart – U18 1500m
Faye Nicholson – U18 Long Jump
Paula Gass – U18 Javelin
Kieran Kivlin – U16 100m and 4 x 100m
Naomi Symonds – U16 Shot
 
Full results are available on: http://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/celtic-short.pdf

27 Year Old Record Falls at Birmingham Games, Saturday 24th July.

 The Scotland U20 4x400m team of Anthony Young (Pitreavie), Jay Younger (Edinburgh AC), Greg Louden (Lasswade) and Guy Learmonth (Lasswade) broke the Scottish junior record with a time of 3.14.25, to erase a mark that had stood for almost 27 years, as they finished 3rd at the Birmingham Games on Saturday 24th July. Greg, Jay and Guy compete for Team Edinburgh in the National Junior League.

The previous record of 3.14.57 was set at Meadowbank on the 13th August 1983 and belonged to the team of Brian Whittle, Jim Nicoll, Martin Johnston and Mark McMahon – all of whom are still ranked in the Scottish top 20 all-time over 400m.
(Keith Ridley)