Records broken at Mull Sports Hall Athletics
Young athletes produced record-breaking performances at the Mull Sports Hall Athletics at the weekend.
Girls under 13 champion Ellen MacRae from Salen broke two Mull age records. She won four out of the six events, starting with the standing long and triple jumps recording 2.01 metres and six metres respectively.
Next was the four-lap race which Ellen completed in 24.89 seconds, improving the old record set in 2014.
Ellen ended the day with victory in the speed bounce, recording 82 jumps in 30 seconds and improving the Mull age record.
Ellen’s twin sister Gemma won the high jump on countback, clearing 1.20 metres and finished third overall. Runner-up Evie Kellett, also from Salen, won the shot putt with a 5.33 metres effort.
Seren Johnston from Bunessan was the under sevens champion. After a close contest, she finished half a point ahead of Camryn Carmichael from Salen. Seren won the javelin and triple jump and Camryn excelled in winning the four-lap race in 31.7 which is close to the Mull age record. Camryn also won the speed bounce and long jump.
Seinna Munro from Salen Primary School dominated the under nines contest winning five of the six events including the four-lap race in 28.1 seconds. Runner-up Clara Brown, also from Salen, won the javelin.
Another Bunessan girl, Palmo Jones, won the under 11 contest with six points to spare ahead of Erin Greig from Salen. Palmo won all three jumping events and the javelin and shared first place in the speed bounce with Iona Mathieson from Salen. Erin was the winner of a closely-contested four-lap race, winning in 28.3 seconds.
Four Mull age records were set in the boys events with the under seven champion Calen MacLean from Tobermory exceeding the record in the standing long jump with 1.50 metres. Calen also won the triple jump and javelin to win by two points ahead of another Tobermory boy Charlie Cattanach. Charlie won the four-lap race in 30.7 seconds and the speed bounce with a score of 50 to beat the existing Mull age record.
Kian Gibson, Salen Primary School, produced an outstanding performance to win the under nines contest ahead of Lewis Cattanach. Kian won five of the six events and set new Mull records in the standing long jump, clearing 1.72 metres, and in the speed bounce, completing 67 jumps in 30 seconds.
Murdo Morrison from Salen Primary School was the under 11 champion, finishing four points ahead of Oscar Bonetti from Bunessan and Bailey Brown, Salen, who tied for second place on overall points. Murdo won five events including the four-lap race in 26.7 seconds and the javelin, throwing an impressive 15.50 metres. It was close in the standing triple jump, with Murdo’s leap of 5.18m only four centimetres ahead of Bailey Brown.
Logan Gibson, Salen Primary School, was the under 11 winner in 2019 and this year won the under 13 age group ahead of Uilleam Mawhinney. Logan won the four-lap, high and long jumps and speed bounce with Uilleam winning the shot putt and triple jump.
Successful athletes from the Mull competition will compete at the Argyll Final to be held at Atlantis Leisure, Oban, on Sunday March 22. Events start at noon with registration from 11am.
The event, in Tobermory High School, was the last of four area competitions in Argyll this winter.