ATHLETICS

MINI TOUR OF FIFE Day two saw 170 junior athletes race on a demanding course over the East Lomond, near Falkland, writes our athletics correspondent.

Anna Hedley (Fife AC) posted the fastest time over the 2.5 miles. Alex Douglas (Perth Strathtay H) made it two wins out of two heading the U13 boys, while Marti Pennachio-Torres (Fife AC/Strathkinness Primary) was a runaway winner in the U11s.

Beinn Anderson (Strathkinness Primary) was equally dominant in the U9s, where Nellie Luxford (unatt) maintained her U9 girls’ top ranking. U9 (1.5 miles): girls – 1 N Luxford (unatt) 15.23, 2 M Staal (unatt) 16.04, 3 T Russell (Kirkton of Largo Primary) 17.08, 4 E Wallard (unatt) 17.25, 5 I Pratt (unatt) 17.37, 6 P Landale (unatt) 18.40; boys – 1 B Anderson (Strathkinness Primary) 13.18, 2 F Melville (unatt) 14.07, 3 4 O Macdonald (E Fife Tri) 15.14, 4 C Maitland (unatt) 15.38, 5 S Flett (E Fife Tri) 15.39, 6 F Lorimer (E Fife Tri) 15.57. U11 (1.5 miles): girls – 1 I Thoms (Fife AC) 12.27, 2 F Hedley (Fife AC) 12.30, 3 W Scott (Dundee Hawkhill) 12.54, 4 K Duncan (Fife AC) 13.14, 5 E Russell (Fife AC) 13.22, 6 I Passway (Dundee Hawkhill) 13.48; boys – 1 M Pennachio (Fife AC) 11.15, 2 C Gibson (Dundee Hawkhill) 1215, 3 A Williamson (unatt) 12.36, 4 A Duncan (Fife AC) 12.44, 5 A Sanderson (St Columba’s Primary) 12.57, 6 K Lumsden (unatt) 13.02. U13 (2.5 miles): girls – 1 I Hedley (Fife AC) 19.04, 2 R Methven (Fife AC) 22.29, 3 E Thoms (Fife AC) 23.28, 4 K Lorimer (E Fife Tri) 23.30, 5 P Pratt (Fife AC) 24.28, 6 I Manning (Dundee Hawkhill) 24.29; boys – 1 A Douglas (Perth Strathtay H) 19.16, 2 H Struck (unatt) 19.43, 3 L Wyse (Fife AC) 19.57, 4 G Penacchio (Fife AC) 20.06, 5 J Placentino (Dundee Hawkhill) 20.09, 6 J Taylor (Dundee Hawkhill) 20.57. U15 (2.5 miles): girls – 1 A Hedley (Fife AC) 18.54, 2 L Smith (Fife AC) 23.08, 3 H Brown (Fife AC) 25.11, 4 G Booth (Fife AC) 26.16, 5 G Douglas (unatt) 26.35, 6 I Lorimer (E Fife Tri) 28.08; boys – 1 R Wyse (Fife AC) 19.45, 2 T Scott (Dundee Hawkhill) 20.45, 3 J Harris (unatt) 21.45, 4 J Shively (unatt) 21.57, 5 H Barr (Fife AC) 22.04, 6 M Sanderson (Bell Baxter High) 22.09. U18 boys (2.5 miles): 1 B Macdermid (Dundee Hawkhill) 20.52, 2 A Thomson (Fife AC) 21.09, 3 A Kennovin (unatt) 22.23, 4 A Howe (unatt) 23.58.