MCCOLGAN THIRD

ATHLETICS

Fresh from her one-mile win at the Newcastle City Games, Eilish McColgan was in action representing Europe against the USA in Minsk, Belarus.

The Dundee Hawkhill Harrier was third in the 3,000m, clocking nine minutes 01.03 seconds in a close finish behind USA duo Elise Cranny 9:00.70 and Rachel Schneider 9:00.77. One of the most exciting events of the first day saw Jake Wightman (3:38.89) edged into second by AmericanJosh Thompson (3:38.88) in the men’s 1,500m.

Wightman held a good lead into the home straight but Thompson ran him down as Ben Blankenship (USA), Charlie Da’Vall Grice (Europe) and Kevin Lopez (Europe) followed in third to fifth.

Alex Bell was among the winners for Europe as the middle-distance runner took the 800m victory to help give Europe a 331 to 304 lead over the United States at the end of the first day. Bell enjoyed the race of her life to clock 2:04.81 after outlasting European team-mate Olha Lyakhov. GB sprinter Daryll Neita 11.29 won the women’s 100m, finishing onehundredth of a second ahead of America’s Dezerea Bryant.

Parkruns: Camperdown. No run.

St Andrews, Craigtoun Park. 1SMcDougall (Middlesbrough & Cleveland H.) 16.57, 2 E Lamont (Unatt.) 17.43, 3 T Rye (Birmingham) 17.54, 4 J Logan (Fife AC) 18.16….8 H Van Rensburg (Fife AC) 1st veteran. 19.12, 14 J Bugeja (Regis RR) 1st over 50. 19.54, 45 B Simpson (Anster Haddies) 1st over 60. 23.16, 74 M Frodsham (Fife AC) 1st over 70. 24.56, 105 S Cromar (Dundee Hawkhill) 1st over 80. 26.46. Women. 1 S Logan (Fife AC) 18.27, 2 R Van Rensburg (Fife AC) 1st veteran. 19.12, 3 R Gillespie (Unatt.) 20.55…5 M Gamble (Dundee RR) 1st over 50. 22.04, 12 J Scott (Fife AC) 1st over 60. 24.19, 85 Y Hasegawa (Unatt.) 1st over 70. 37.42.

Perth, North Inch. 1 C Hay (Unatt.) 17.29, 2 R Smith (Dundee Hawkhill) 17.32, 3 B Henderson (Perth Strathtay H.) 18.26, 4 E Smith (Dundee Hawkhill) 18.35 – all juniors. 5 E Torrie (Perth RR) 1st over 50. 18.56…78 J Gunnell (Unatt.) 1st over 60. 23.29, 121 I Cuthbert (Unatt.) 1st over 70. 25.28. Women. 1 E Dobson (Massey Ferguson) 20.32,

2 E Jenkins (Unatt.) 1st junior. 21.08,

3 J McNeilly (Bellahouston RR) 1st veteran. 21.21, 4 O Elliott (Perth Strathtay) 2nd junior. 21.33, 5 A Saunders (Perth Strathtay) 3rd junior. 21.34….8 J Waterhouse (Central) 1st over 60. 22.51, 39 M Robertson (Dundee RR) 1st over 70. 27.15. Kirkcaldy, Beveridge Park. 1I Sheerins (Unatt.) 1st over 50. 17.50, 2 D Clark (Falkland TR) 1st veteran. 18.18, 3 G Pirie (Falkland TR) 2nd veteran. 18.47…5 R Marshall (Unatt.) 1st junior. 19.36, 9 T Martin (Falkland TR) 1st over 60. 20.10, 88 R Hunter-Blair (Carnegie) 1st over 70. 26.46, 197 B Nouillan (Kinross RR) 1st over 80. 36.28. Women. 1 C Ford (Glasgow Tri.) 20.26, 2 M Webster (Unatt.) 21.59, 3 E Murray (Fife AC Kirkcaldy Wizards) 22.56, 4 E Downie (Fife AC Kirkcaldy Wizards) 1st veteran. 23.04….12 G McNab (Fife AC Kirkcaldy Wizards) 1st over 50. 25.21, 31 S Scott (Unatt.) 1st over 60. 28.50.

Dunfermline, Pittencrieff Park. 1A Thomson (PH Racing) 1st junior. 18.58, 2 C Stephenson (Unatt.) 1st veteran. 19.00, 3 Kristin Lownie (PH Racing) 19.31…7 A Cockburn (PH Racing) 1st over 50. 20.02, 67 F Wyatt (Unatt.) 1st over 70. 25.45, 70 B Robertson (Unatt.) 1st over 60. 25.55. Women. 1 K Lownie (PH Racing) 19.31, 2 J Gudgin (Carnegie) 1st over 50. 22.49, 3 A Armitage (Unatt.) 24.13…5 P Pattison (Pitreavie) 1st over 60. 25.06, 63 L Mills (Unatt.) 1st over 70. 40.44.

Montrose. 1 R Mitchell (Unatt.) 18.48, 2 A Rodger (Unatt.) 18.55, 3 M Milne (Unatt.) 1st junior. 19.17…6 I Beattie (Arbroath Footers) 1st over 50. 20.24, 7 C Hill (Arbroath & Dist.) 2nd junior. 20.33, 62 A Ramsay (Unatt.) 1st over

60. 28.27, 77 D Barbour (Unatt.) 1st over 70. 30.26. Women. 1 J Barbour (Montrose Flyers) 22.34, 2 O McLeod (Unatt.) 1st junior. 23.01, 3 A Gelly (Dundee RR) 1st over 50. 24.16, 4 S Graham (Arbroath & Dis.) 2nd junior. 24.27…14 C Coyle (Unatt.) 1st over 50. 27.39, 15 J Holloway (Unatt.) 1st over

60. 27.45. Lochore Meadows. 1 K Riddell (Perth RR) 17.53, 2 B Innes (PH Racing) 18.14, 3 R Glen (Perth RR) 1st veteran. 18.35….10 B Cruickshank (Falkland TR) 1st over 50. 20.29, 12 G Wooler (Perth RR) 1st over 60. 21.05, 50 K McGurk (Unatt.) 1st over 70. 25.04. Women.

1 C Higgins (Durham Univ.) 21.27, 2 G Edwards (Perth RR) 22.09, 3 K Allcoat (Perth RR) 22.29, 4 I Burnett (Carnegie) 1st over 60. 22.53.

Loch Leven. 1 A Ruiz (D of E) 1st junior. 19.47, 2 B Webster (Kinross RR) 1st veteran. 20.08, 3 A Bruce (Unatt.) 2nd veteran. 20.32…5 P Grace (Perth RR) 1st over 50. 21.23, 7 B Ruiz (Unatt.) 2nd junior. 21.52, 12 B Hibberd (Huncote H.) 1st over 60. 22.16, 27 D Houston (Kinross RR) 1st over 70. 27.47. Women. 1 K McIntosh (Dundee RR) 22.50, 2 J Dobson (Kinross RR) 1st over 60. 23.29, 3 R Donnet (Unatt.) 1st veteran. 23.38…6 J Heilbronn (Dundee RR) 1st over 50. 24.52.

Stirling 10km Road Race incorporating the Scottish Championships: Results: 1 O Ahmed (English Midlands) 28.53, 2 G Sheldon (Cambuslang) 29.27, 3 J Crowe (Central AC) 29.49, 4 O Lockley (North of England) 29.53, 5 A Hay (Central) 30.10, 6 C Strachan (Metro Aberdeen) 30.12, 7 J Donald (Dundee Hawkhill) 1st junior. 30.12…12 K Wood (Fife AC) 30.28, 21 D Rae (Fife AC) 31.15, 22 L Rodgers (Fife AC) 31.16, 33 S Brember (Central) 1st veteran. 31.48, 37 R Lafferty (Fife AC) 32.00, 44 M Bax (Unatt.) 32.18, 67 S Fernando (Fife AC) 33.41, 70 P Kieran (PH Racing) 10th veteran. 33.44, 90 S Robertson (Perth RR) 1st over 50. 34.32, 113 D Ryan (Perth RR) 2nd over 50. 35.22, 186 M Hurst (Unatt.) 37.42, 192 B Aitken (Fife AC) 3rd over 60. 37.54, 434 P Hernandez (Dundee Hawkhill) 1st over 70. 40.06. Teams: 1 Central AC, 2 Fife AC, 3 Cambuslang. Women. 1 F Ross (Shettleston/N Ireland) 33.34, 2 C Taylor-Green (English Midlands) 34.09, 3 R Franklin (North of England) 34.52, 4 L Graham (N Ireland) 34.58, 5 J Bannerman (Inverness) 35.05, 6 A Simpson (Fife AC) 35.13, 18 L Gibson (Fife AC) 37.32, 21 J Spence (Fife AC) 38.31, 25 A McGill (PH Racing) 38.48, 27 K Kennedy (PH Racing)3rd veteran. 39.01, 32 M Watson (Strathearn) 39.29, 33 A McKimmie (Fife AC) 39.49, 36 A McNeilly (Dundee RR) 40.09. Over 60. 1 N Heaney 42.59, 2 I Bracegirdle 44.52, 3 W Gillespie 50.01. Over 70. 1 B Gilchrist (Ferranti) 56.32. Teams. 1 Edinburgh AC, 2 Fife AC, 3 Central AC.