ATHLETICS

TOUR OF FIFE The third race in the Tour of Fife series was a one-mile time trial along Kirkcaldy Esplanade. Guest runner James Donald (Dundee Hawkhill) posted the fastest time (4.20), while Ben Hukins (Cambuslang) led home the ‘tourists’ in 4.35. Results: one-mile TT: 1 B Hukins (Cambuslang) 4.35, 2 C O’Brien (Corstorphine) 4.43, 3 R Dunlop (Dundee RR) 4.47, 4 A O’Connor (Fife AC) 4.54, 5 B McLaren (Leven Las Vegas) 4.58, 6 O Lever (Lomond HR) 5.01, 7 A Leech (Dundee Hawkhill) 5.02, 8 K Gorman (Fife AC) 5.02, 9 F Ingledew (Fife AC) 1st junior 5.04, 10 D Hale (St Andrews Univ) 5.06, 11 J Bowden (HBT) 5.11, 12 M Low (Dundee RR) 5.14…14 M Murdoch (Falkland TR) 1st veteran 5.18, 26 B Lees (Lothian RC) 1st over-50 5.34, 50 G Barker (Fife AC) 1st over-60 6.00, 105 P Rieu-Clarke (Leven Las Vegas) 1st over-70 7.35. Women: 1 C Houston (Central AC) 5.23, 2 M Stone (Fife AC0 5.25, 3 J Cruickshanks (Fife AC) 5.28, 4 K Lownie (Carnegie) 5.30, 5 E Omand (Dundee RR) 5.25, 6 J Massie (Dundee RR) 5.51, 7 L Andrew (Dundee and Angus Cani-Cross) 5.33, 8 J McEvoy (Calderglen) 5.54, 9 C Grant (Dundee and Angus Cani-Cross) 5.54, 10 C McPhail (Anster Haddies) 5.55, 11 R Van Rensburg (Fife AC) 1st veteran 5.57, 12 F Callaghan (Dundee RR) 5.59, 13 I Burnett (Carnegie) 1st over-60 6.03. Hukins’ dominance continued at the penultimate event of the fiverace series, a 5km road race from Glenrothes Lomond Centre. Results: 1 Hukins 16.09, 2 O’Brien 17.07, 3 Dunlop 17.19, 4 O’Connor 17.40, 5 Leech 17.43, 6 Lever 17.50, 7 Gorman 17.55, 8 McLaren 17.57, 9 Ingledew 18.06, 10 Hale 18.18, 11 J Logan (Fife AC) 18.38, 12 I Wallace (Leven Las Vegas) 1st veteran. 18.42…29 Lees 1st over-50 1942, 49 Barker 1st over-60 20.59, 94 Rieu-Clarke 1st over-70 25.16. Guest runner: Rory Scott (Fife AC) 17.40. Women: 1 Houston 18.45, 2 Omand 18.56, 3 Stone 19.04, 4 Lownie 19.23, 5 Cruickshanks 19.30, 6 Andrew 19.59, 7 S Ridley (Edinburgh AC) 1st over-50 20.03, 8 McEvoy 2005, 9 Massie 20.16, 10 Burnett 1st over-60 20.22, 11 Van Rensburg 1st veteran 20.33, 12 McPhail 21.12. WHITE TOPS HILL RACE Dundee Hawkhill athletes dominated the White Tops Hill Race from Kirkton of Auchterhouse, where Kris Jones covered the 6.5-mile (1,200ft) course in a record 49 minutes 27 seconds.

Dundee Road Runner Anwen Darlington was also in recordbreaking form setting a new female figure of 51.26. Results: 1 K Jones 40.27 (record), 2 M Stewart 49.06, 3 C Walsh 49.10 – all Dundee Hawkhill, 4 D Crowe (Penicuik) 1st over-50 49.15, 5 K Duplessis (unat) 50.07, 6 J Ross (Deeside R) 50.14…20 R Milne (Forfar RR) 1st over-60 60.37, 37 P Hernandez (Dundee Hawkhill) 1st over-70 74.57; team – Dundee Hawkhill. Women: 1 A Darlington (Dundee RR) 51.26 (record) 2 C Clark (Dundee & Angus CaniCross) 59.01, 3 L Clark (Cosmic HB) 1st veteran 60.44, 4 H Wise (Carnethy HR) 61.53, 5 H Young (Carnethy) 66.48, 6 S Clark (Forfar RR) 69.25; team – Forfar RR.