The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands)
Super Silcock speeds into contention for Bahamas Aboyne pupil clocks her best time for chance of youth games
Maddy Silcock’s Scotland debut in the Loughborough international came with an added bonus as the Banchory Stonehaven sprinter set a personal best 100 metres time, which opens up the possibility of another major international opportunity.
The 16-year-old Aboyne Academy pupil made her Scotland debut in the 4x100m relay, helping the team finish fourth in 47.11 with England winning in 44.45.
More significantly, Silcock then clocked a lifetime best of 12.04 in a guest 100m won by Birchfield’s Mica Moore in 11.83.
The north-east athlete’s time is well within the 12.10 standard required to be considered for a place in this summer’s Commonwealth Youth Games in the Bahamas.
The qualifying deadline expired this month but
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Scottishathletics officials are, apparently, hoping for an extension which would allow Silcock’s performance to be considered.
Aberdeen AAC’s Zoey Clark and Banchory Stonehaven AC’s Alisha Rees were among the top Scottish performers at Loughborough.
Clark won the individual 400m in 52.64 then joined up with Aberdeen clubmate Kelsey Stewart to give Scotland a fine victory in the 4x400m relay in 3:34.62 which is only 1.5sec outside the standard required for the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Stewart also recorded her second best individual 400m time of 54.38 when competing in one of the guest races at the meeting.
Rees, 18, secured European under-20 championships 100m (11.62) and 200m (23.61) qualifying times when representing Great Britain juniors.
Her 100m time is a Scottish age group record.
Kirsty Law, of Inverness Harriers, who was making a record-equalling 10th appearance in this fixture, finished second in the discus, throwing a season’s best of 53.92 metres.
Her Inverness clubmate Anna Nelson, representing British Universities, was sixth in the 400m hurdles in 61.60, Loughborough’s Jess Turner winning in 57.79.