Hat-trick of cash awards for Habbies
Athletes cash in after a great season
Three Kilbarchan athletes will reap the rewards for their Road Race Grand Prix season as 16 runners share the overall prize pot of £4,000.
Brothers Derek and Callum Hawkins, plus Gemma Rankin are among the athletes to cash in following another successful season.
Races over the five-event Grand Prix Series offered the chance for athletes to gain shares if they met certain times – with five shares for an A standard and two for a B standard.
After tallying up the shares allocated from the times achieved, five men will each receive £ 270.25, with Wayney Ghebresilassie ( Shettleston), Derek Hawkins ( Kilbarchan AAC), Robbie Simpson ( Deeside Runners), Callum Hawkins ( K i l b a rc han AAC) and Tsegai Tewelde ( Shettleston) all taking the larger share of the prize pot.
The other four male athletes to receive prizemoney are Kristian Jones (Dundee Hawkhill), Craig Ruddy ( Inverclyde AC), Jamie Crowe ( Central AC), Marc Austin ( VPGlaagow).
On the Women’s side of things, Great Scottish Run winner Fionnuala Ross was the top earner with her fine runs at the Scottish 10k Champs and the Scottish Half Marathon Champs helping her to the top of the shares table.
The Shettleston Harriers athlete will receive £540.54 under the allocation system.
Habbies’ runner Rankin is among the six other female athletes to benefit from the awards this year following some stunning performances over the course of the campaign.
She is joined by Fanni Gyurko (Central AC), Katie White (Garscube Harriers), Susan Partridge ( VPGlasgow), Shona McIntosh (Hunters Bog Trotters) and Annabel Simpson (Fife AC) in receiving a share of the prize pot as reward for their efforts.
A scottishathletics spokesman said: “Many thanks to the Road Running and Cross Country Commission for helping with the Road Race GP and to the various event organisers, host clubs and volunteers who make the five championship races happen each year.”