Under 15s
Central were well represented in the under 15 age group with 17 athletes taking part and gold medals for Scott Hopper, Jack Campbell and Coirilidh Cook.
In the javelin, Scott and Jack went head to head. The Callander pair had finished 2017 as the top two throwers in Scotland in the under 13 age group but knew they would have competition in the older under 15 age group.
Scott opened with 29.53m to take the lead and Jack started with a personal best 28.14 for third place. However Scott knew he would need more after a competitor threw over 30m and he responded with a personal best 31.61 then another best of 34.00 to take the gold medal. Jack improved to his best to 28.24 to take the bronze.
The boys weren’t finished there though as Scott went on to set a PB 1.51m in the high jump for silver and Jack managed to get on top of the podium after he smashed his PB in the second round of the discus with a fine throw of 19.85 to win by one centimetre.
Balfron’s Coirilidh Cook was also on top of the pile in the 75m hurdles, storming away from the opposition to win by half a second in a season’s best 11.57. Joining her in the hurdles final was fellow Balfron athlete Molly Cornes who set a PB of 13.1 for eighth.
Molly had a good weekend as she went on to take a bronze in the high jump with a clearance of 1.44 then set a PB in the long jump leaping to 4.75m for fourth.
Another Balfron athlete to reach the podium in the jumps was Louise Carroll. After placing seventh in the high jump behind Molly with 1.34 and setting a PB 30.39 in the 200m, Louise took on the triple jump event and her 9.28, claim her first ever medal in a new club record for the event.
Another first time medallist was Ellie Ross who threw a PB of 15.68m in the javelin for bronze. She also set a new best time in the 200m with 31.15.
Just missing out on medals were Euan Campbell and Lyle Hunter. Euan jumped 4.42m in the long jump after setting a season’s best 2.30.87 in the 800m. Lyle, who was competing for Central for the first time, proved his usefulness with an excellent 12.72 in the 100m for fourth.
Rebecca Cumming had a busy weekend setting a PB 1.39m in the high jump for fifth, equalling her season’s best in long jump with 4.16m for ninth and completed her first ever 75m hurdles in a respectable 13.88, missing the final by two places.
Grace Tindall had an impressive run in the 800m setting a PB 2:31.81 to comfortably win her heat then placed seventh in the final. She also took sixth place in the shot with 6.38m. Just behind her was Ellen Montgomery, who threw 5.68m for seventh, and Shannon Glen, who was close to a PB in the shot with 5.04m for eighth. Ellen also finished her first ever 75m hurdles in 14.63 and Shannon set a PB in the 100m with 15.81s.
Further personal best performances came from Mavia Duncan with 14.18 in the 100m and Erin Miller with 29.97 at 200m. And at 800m there were new bests for Ethan Thomson with 2:27.95 and
Euan Docherty with 2:32.05. Naomi Howlieson was close to the 800m final with a run of 2:38.64.