ATHLETICS

Less than 24 hours after finishing third at the Scottish Trail Running Championships at Falkland, Patryk Gierjatowicz (HBT) won the Barry Buddon Half Marathon, incorporating the East of Scotland Championships. The Edinburgh athlete clocked 71 minutes and 23 seconds – 97 seconds ahead of 2015 winner Bryan Mackie (Edinburgh AC). Central AC’s Jennifer Wetton was 10th overall, first female in 77.35 followed by Katie Jones (Fife AC) 29th in 83.53. Results: 1 P Geirjatowicz (HBT) 71.23, 2 B Mackie (EAC) 73.00, 3 I Whitaker (EAC) 74.35, 4 H Battle (Metro Aberdeen) 75.12, 5 G McCabe (Kirkintilloch Olympians) 76.38, 6 R Clark (PH Racing) 76.51….12 A Laycock (Kinross RR) 1st over 50. 78.58, 61 S Hastie (Peterhead) 1st over 60. 92.30, 130 G Black (Fife AC) 1st over 70. 1:45.46. Team. 1 Edinburgh AC 14, 2 Metro Aberdeen 29, 3 PH Racing 46…5 Kinross RR 68, 7 Carnegie 103, 10 Dundee RR 191. Women.1 J Wetton (Central) 77.35, 2 K Jones (Fife AC) 83.53, 3 V Barrand (Metro Aberdeen) 84.09, 4 A Hartmann (PH Racing) 85.46, 5 K Bain (Metro Aberdeen) 88.42, 6 J Dunbar (EAC) 91.54. Over 50. I Burnett (Carnegie) 96.26. Team. 1 Metro Aberdeen 149, 2 Fife AC 230, 3 Bellahouston RR 267. l Aberdeen AAC completed the Scottish Men’s League Division 1 match at Grangemouth undefeated over the season while Shettleston and Edinburgh drop to Division 2. Under-20 junior Liam Fotheringham won the 200m for Arbroath & Dist in 22.58 seconds while Michael Downie won the shot put with 13.02m. Results: 1 Aberdeen 393, 2 VP Glasgow 244, 3 Arbroath & Dist. 241, 4 Central 230, 5 Lasswade 212, 6 Edinburgh 204, 7 Shettleston 201, 8 Kilbarchan 187. Overall. 1 Aberdeen 32, 2 Central 23, 3 VP Glasgow 22, 4 Arbroath 17, 5 Lasswade 13, 6 Kilbarchan 13, 7 Shettleston 12, 8 Edinburgh 12. Pitreavie won the Division 2 match fielding a team largely comprised of club juniors to win promotion back to Division 1, along with league title winners Inverness. For Pitreavie there were wins for Ben Potrykus (400m – 51.84), Taylor Roy (110m hurdles –15.96/400m hurdles – 61.40), Lewis McGuire (high jump – 2.00m) and Dylan Thomson (pole vault – 3.80m). Division 2. 1 Pitreavie 363, 2 Falkirk Vic. 348, 3 Inverness 343, 4 Inverclyde 206, 5 Corstorphine 164, 5 Whitemoss 144, 6 Clydesdale 110. Overall. 1 Inverness 29, 2 Pitreavie 27, 3 Falkirk 24, 4 Inverclyde 22, 5 Whitemoss 17, 6 Corstorphine 13, 7 Clydesdale 6, 8 Giffnock North 4. Perth 10km. 1 I Macdonald (Edinburgh AC) 34.43, 2 M Herron (Unatt.) 1st veteran. 35.32, 3 D Jubb (PH Racing) 35.58….9 G Parker (Unatt.) 1st over 50. 38.31, 35 E Norton (PH racing) 1st over 60. 42.38. Women. 1 L Henderson (Forfar RR) 1st veteran. 39.37, 2 L Tyler (Dunblane) 2nd veteran. 41.27, 3 C Douglas (Southville RC) 42.28, 4 C Kibble (Unatt.) 1st over 50. 43.22, 5 G Murdoch (Carnegie) 2nd over 50. 43.56. 361 finished. Killin 10km. 1 C Harvey (Squadra Porcini) 34.43, 2 S Brember (Central0 35.03, 3 M Fullerton (Portobell0) 35.09 – all veterans….5 B Gibson (Dundee Hawkhill veteran) 35.36, 7 M Norris (Dundee RR veteran.) 36.40, 10 A Louden (Fife AC) 37.29. Women. 1 T Wilson (Garioch) 39.57, 2 R Drummond (Penicuik) 42.38, 3 S Crow (Perth RR) 43.02.