UK Young Athletes League Final

UK Young Athletes League Final – Birmingham, 4 September
More than 80 of our young athletes headed south for the UK final of the Young Athletes League. Edinburgh finished 5th and the brief statistics are as follows:

Match Result –
1          Enfield & Haringey    832
2          Windsor Slough E & H           757.5
3          Sale Harriers                728.5
4          Rugby                         691
5          Edinburgh AC                        684.5
6          Birchfield Harriers      609
7          Preston Harriers          590.5
8          Gateshead                   534

3 Scottish Records:
U13 100m Kingsley Cunningham 12.06
U15 100m Morro Bajo 11.17 (beats Kieran Kivlin’s record)
U13 4 x 100m Relay (Michael Olsen, Michael Dennis, Cal McLennan, Kingsley Cunningham) 52.03

62 Medals from 155 events
16 Gold, 23 Silver and 23 Bronze
46 Individual PBs and 4 relay season bests

A very good overall result with loads of superb individual performances. Thanks to Enid and Yvonne for organising the teams, the various coaches for going down and the large number of parents, friends and family who travelled a long way to support the athletes.
Results can be viewed here:
http://thepowerof10.info/resultsfiles/2011/55086_6002_05092011104713_nyal_2011_main.pdf

(Keith Ridley)