Under-15s impress with a host of personal bests
Eleven boys and girls were entered in the under 15 pentathlon, many of them competing in the multi-sport event for the first time.
In the boys’ event, Ruaridh Burns and Tyler Hunter were both novices. Ruaridh had a strong start in the long jump with a personal best 4.90m for fifth place while Tyler jumped 3.96m.
In the 60m hurdles it was Tyler’s turn to impress in his first ever hurdles race as he won his heat in 10.63 with Ruaridh running 11.20. In the high jump Tyler cleared a pb 1.34m then Ruaridh jumped 1.37m in his first ever attempt at the event.
The shot was a new event to both of them Tyler threw 6.16m and Ruaridh 7.12. And in the final 800m, Ruaridh showed his form in his specialist event as he ran clear in his heat to win in an excellent pb of 2:18.70, the second fastest time of the day with Tyler following in 2:55.98.
At the end Ruaraidh scored 1781 points for a respectable sixth and Tyler 1244 points for 10th.
Nine girls competed, all setting a host of new personal best performances.
Top finisher was Katherine Fowler. The day didn’t all go to plan for her as her opening high jump of 1.28m was 20cm short of the 1.48 that earned fifth at the recent individual Scottish Championship. But she recovered well to win her 60m hurdles heat in a pb 10.79s then set further pbs at long jump (4.64m) and 800m (2:36.95) and a season’s best shot (6.03m) to score 2305 points for 16th.
One place behind was Louise Carroll who opened well with 1.40m at high jump then set pbs at long jump (4.49m), shot (7.26m) and a season’s best 800m (2:52.04) for a pb score of 2299 points.
Amy Cully set pbs at 60m hurdles (11.12s) and high jump (1.31m) and season’s bests at long jump (3.86m) and 800m where she was a clear heat winner in 2:29.73 to score a pb 2237 for 18th.
For Ellen Montgomery there were pbs at 60m hurdles (10.85s), long jump (3.86m) and shot (7.20m) for a pb score of 1863 points. Ella Wilson had a fantastic start in her first ever pentathlon winning her pool in her high jump debut with an excellent jump of 1.43m, following this with pbs in 60m hurdles (12.51s) and shot (7.44m) along with a 4.08m long jump for a score of 1840 points.
Also competing were Brogan MacMillan, Megan Dunlop, Molly Sullivan and Zosia Paddon.