Second place win for men at Central
Victory in Scottish Division One
David Lindsay was fourth in the A 400m hurdles while Dale Colley picked up points in the B race and Dale followed this up with victory in the A 800m in 1.56.54 while Matthew Sutherland was second in the B race in 2.01.26.
John MacLennan was back in action, finishing fifth in a high quality 100m and new recruit Neng Wildman was fourth in the B event. Michael Wright ran in the worst of the rain for second in the A 3000m steeplechase while David Lindsay pikced up valuable points, also finishing second.
Decathlete Tom Chandler suffered more than most in the difficult conditions but picked up a personal best of 16.00secs in third place in the 110metres hurdles. Kai Ligertwood provided the necessary back-up in this event in second B place.
Neng Wildman had another strong run in the 400metes, finishing sixth A in a quality field while Fraser MacPherson was sixth in the B event. Dale Colley continued his busy day to finish a close-up second in the A 1500metres while David Lindsay clocked a PB of 4.41.77 in seventh B placing.
The 200metres series saw Peter Muirhead in fifth A backed by student Steven Illand in fourth B. The 5000metres saw orienteer Chris Smithard pick-up maximum points with 15.34.30 in his first track race while Michael Wright again pushed on for maximum B points with 16.01.79.
In the field the throwing duties were covered by Gary Sweeney, Tom Chandler and Graham Porterfield. Tom recorded 45.79m in the javelin (third A) and 31.93m in the discus (first B) and Gary weighed in with a win in the shot putt with 12.86m backed-up with second A in the discus with 36.06m and second B in the hammer (23.39m). Graham also produced some fine throws gaining maximum B points in the shot putt (11.28m), third A in the hammer (37.48m) and third B in the javelin (34.54m).
The heavy rain and blustery wind made the pole vault a true trial of character and Tom Chandler achieved a fourth equal height of 3.60m while Ron Todd again managed excellent second B points with a best clearance of 3.15m.
High jumping also saw Under 20 Cameron McCorgray achieving 1.85m for fourth A backed-up by Under 17 James Isgrove with 1.60m for third B.
Peter Muirhead recorded a best of 6.74m in the long jump for a third A while Neng Wildman filled in for fourth B spot (5.40m), James Isgrove produced a PB of 12.30m for third A in the triple jump with Peter Muirhead ensuring second B points with 11.57m.
The 4x100metres quartet of Peter Muirhead, Jack Houghton, Steven Illand and John MacLelland had a storming run to record 45.56secs in third spot and the 4 x 400metres quartet of Fraser MacPherson, James Isgrove, Dale Colley and Jack Houghton came home fifth, recording a tasty 3min 46.25secs.
Peter Muirehad and Kieran Halliday - making his season’s debut - ran in the guest 100metres.
Points on the day were Aberdeen 389; Central 368; Kilbarchan 317; Victoria Park Glasgow 313; Inverness 218; Lasswade 170 and Pitreavie 181. Overall League points are now Aberdeen 16; Central 13; Inverness 11; Victoria Park Glasgow 10; Kilbarchan 8; Pitreavie 6; Lasswade 4 and Arbroath 3.