ATHLETICS

FIFE AC TO FORE

Logan Rees spearheaded a successful day for Fife AC, winning the senior men’s race at the final round of the East of Scotland CrossCountry League at Broxburn, writes our athletics correspondent.

Over an icy, snow-covered course Rees completed the testing five miles in 27.34, nine seconds clear of runnerup Aiden Thompson (Central).

Fife AC women won the overall aggregate female trophy for the first time since 2004. Jo Williams (Lothian RC) scored her best result ever, winning the senior women’s race, while Halina Rees in seventh led Fife to third team place.

The Fife AC U13 girls’ first team place virtually secured the female aggregate trophy, led by Isla Hedley in second place.

Pitreavie dominated the U11 girls with three runners in the top four

Leading results were as follow. Senior men: 1 L Rees (Fife AC) 27.34, 2 A Thompson (Central) 27.43, 3 A Hay (Central) 27.47, 4 T Rees (Fife AC) 1st junior 27.58, 5 C Milne (Central) 28.24, 6 A Carcas (Edinburgh AC) 2nd junior 28.33, 7 J Donald (Dundee Hawkhill) 3rd junior 28.43; teams – 1 Central 53, 2 Edinburgh Univ 101, 3 Aberdeen 170…8 Fife AC 448, 11 PH Racing 542, 13 Perth RR 737, 14 Dundee Hawkhill 745, 16 Kinross RR 834, 17 Carnegie 930, 18 Falkland TR 932, 20 Pitreavie 954, 23 Dundee RR 1108.

U17 men: 1 C Graham (Lasswade) 19.13, 2 R Sparks (Fife AC) 19.42, 3 M Tait (Lasswade) 19.55…6 K Hornyik (Dundee Hawkhill) 20.41; teams – 1 Lasswade 21, 2 Fife AC 26, 3 Aberdeen 29, 4 Dundee Hawkhill 32…10 Perth Strathtay H 170.

U15 boys: 1 H Hendriksen (Lasswade) 14.37, 2 B Sandilands (Fife AC) 14.51, 3 D Addison (Corstorphine) 15.12, 4 P Scott (Fife AC) 15.21, 5 C Gourlay (Pitreavie) 15.32; teams – 1 Fife

AC 26, 2 Dundee Hawkhill 36, 3 Corstorphine 40, 4 Perth Strathtay 52, 5 Pitreavie 64…14 Strathearn 202, 17 Dunfermline T&F 219.

U13 boys: 1 F Ross (Harmeny) 10.23,

2 E Christie (Team Borders) 10.25,

3 R Dewer (Edinburgh AC) 10.28…5 S Bennet (Fife AC) 10.37; teams – 1 Harmeny 35, 2 Corstorphine 42, 3 Edinburgh AC 42…11 Perth Strathtay 92, 12 Dundee Hawkhill 137, 13 Dunfermline T&F 155, 15 Fife AC 205, 18 Strathearn 298.

U11 boys: 1 F Hollingsbee (Team Borders) 5.29, 2 I Wright (Team East Lothian) 5.40, 3 F Bryce (Aberdeen) 5.44; teams – 1 Team Borders 10, 2 Aberdeen 35, 3 Central 37…5 Perth Strathtay H 51, 9 Dundee Hawkhill 104, 10 Dunfermline T&F 108, 11 Pitreavie 123, 16 Fife AC 153. Senior women: 1 J Williams (Lothian RC) 21.39, 2 C Buchanan (Central) 21.59, 3 A McFadyen (Edinburgh Univ) 1st junior 22.18, 4 C Morgan (Carnethy HR) 1st veteran 22.20, 5 V Barrand (Metro Aberdeen) 22.50, 6 L Dickson (Lasswade) 2nd junior 22.58, 7 H Rees (Fife AC) 23.00; teams – 1 Edinburgh Univ 30, 2 Central 35, 3 Fife AC 47…9 Dundee Hawkhill 166, 12 Carnegie 242, 13 PH Racing 245, 15 Perth RR 270, 17 Falkland TR 300, 20 Kinross 347, 21 Pitreavie 349, 23 Strathearn 364.

U17 women: 1 S Tait (Lasswade) 16.38, 2 J McLeod (Corstorphine) 17.14, 3 R Eckersley (Central 17.17. U15 girls: 1 P Carcas (Edinburgh AC) 16.06, 2 D Cumming (Dunfermline T&F) 16.16, 3 S Coutts (Pitreavie) 16.36; teams – 1 Edinburgh AC 20, 2 Corstorphine 28, 3 Pitreavie 35…6 Dunfermline T&F 75, 7 Fife AC 80, 11 Dundee Hawkhill 117, 14 Perth Strathtay 241, 18 Falkland TR 266.

U13 girls: 1 K Johnson (Edinburgh AC) 11.10, 2 I Hedley (Fife AC) 11.15, 3 K Christie (Falkirk Vic) 11.26…6 I Thoms (Fife AC) 11.53, 7 R Methven (Fife AC) 11.55; teams – 1 Fife AC 15, 2 Falkirk Vic 16, 3 George Heriots School 34…5 Pitreavie 53, 9 Dundee Hawkhill 94, 13 Dunfermline T&F 237, 16 Strathearn 262.

U11 girls: 1 A Bailey (Pitreavie) 6.05, 2 L Simon (Pitreavie) 6.11, 3 K Sandilands (Fife AC) 6.15, 4 K Tomson (Pitreavie) 6.18…6 B Collins (Dundee Hawkhill) 6.20; teams – 1 Pitreavie 7, 2 Falkirk Vic 28, 3 Dundee Hawkhill 30, 4 Fife AC 46…10 Dunfermline T&F 155, 17 Perth Strathtay 277.