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For Central ACs under 13 athletes the championships were all about experience as for most of them it was their first taste of national championship action.
While no medals were won there were a few near misses and two club records broken.
Top performers were Carys Gibb from Dunblane and Magnus Bryce from Balfron. Carys finished fourth in the 1500m in a time of 5:18.10 and broke a long standing club record that was set 20 years ago.
The race started fast with a big bunch of athletes but gradually the lead group whittled down but Carys stuck in and found herself in a lead group of just six. Three of them broke clear towards the final lap and Carys wasn’t able to follow but she managed to finish ahead of all the others to pick up an excellent fourth place.
Magnus was also just outside the medals in the 200m with a fourth place finish in the final running an excellent 27.93. He ran even faster in his heat with an excellent 27.78 which broke a 15 year-old club record.
The youngster also took on the high jump joined by Central teammate Tom Campbell. Both athletes cleared 1.28m but couldn’t quite manage the 1.33m height required to get in the medals.
At the end Tom placed sixth and Magnus seventh, respectable positions in a national championship. Tom also placed 10th in the shot with a throw of 5.94m.
There were further sprint personal bests from Emily Guest and Danielle Abel. Emily ran a big pb 8.73 in the 60m to qualify for the semi-final where she was joined by Danielle who also ran a pb 9.20. In the semi Emily was just run out of a place in the final after placing 10th fastest to miss out on qualification by two places.
Emily then set another pb in the 200m, sprinting 29.46 in the semifinal for 10th quickest again. Danielle went on to the long jump where she set a season’s best 3.96m for 10th.
Elsewhere Loren Stewart was 11th in the high jump with a pb 1.18m and Alice Cameron ran an indoor best 34.03 in the 200m.