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

Scottish Womens League, Scotstoun Sunday 29th Aug.

Pictures of our team winning the league, taken by Willie Lyall can be viewed here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wlyall/sets/72157624711108249/

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Here are the latest Senior Womens Rankings compiled by Bill Walker:
senior womens rankings 2010

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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Congratulations to Freya Murray on being picked for the Scottish Team in the 5000m in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi in October.

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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Scottish Men’s League – Wishaw, 8 August 2010
 
Despite having a depleted team of only 12 athletes there were some excellent performances and the club finished 3rd on the day to consolidate 3rd position overall in the league with one match to go.
Greg Turnbull had 2 second places in the 100m and 200m – just missing out on PBs against the wind  -  and then running a 49.8 leg of the 4 x 400m relay. Our new thrower from the United States, Derek Kasselstrand, picked up useful points with second place in the Shot and Discus.
At the end of the day every point counted as we finished in 3rd place just one point ahead of Pitreavie.
(Keith Ridley)

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