The Courier & Advertiser (Angus and Dundee)

ATHLETICS

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GREENWOOD RANKED SEVENTH

Ben Greenwood (Perth Strathtay H.) has rounded into top form after posting a personal best 800m at the Loughborou­gh British Milers Club meeting. Greenwood, preparing to represent GB at the European U20 Championsh­ips in Italy, clocked 1 minute 48.71 seconds. The Perth athlete now moves up to seventh place on the Scottish U20 all-time rankings. Other results include – 800m C. 7 B Potrykus (Pitreavie) 1:53.02. 5,000m A. 19 S Sweeney (Perth Strathtay) 14:51.10. Women. 800m B. 7 C Anderson (Perth Strathtay) 2:09.13. 1500m A. 6 S Pennycook (Fife AC) 4:22.83.

More than 170 park-runners christened the inaugural Montrose event headed by David Limmer (Portobello) and Scottish internatio­nalist Jennifer Wetton (Central AC). Results: 1 D Limmer (Portobello) 16.49, 2 R Gauld (Stonehaven) 17.40, 3 M Barker (Stonehaven) 1st veteran. 17.42, 4 S Milne (Metro Aberdeen) 17.49…10 M Hutchinson (Dundee RR) 3rd veteran. 19.03, 13 G Wilson (Wee County H.) 1st over 50. 20.32, 32 R Tavendale (Unatt.) 1st over 60. 22.48, 87 D Taylor (Unatt.) 1st over 70. 27.29. Women. 1 J Wetton (Central) 18.46, 2 L Ritchie (Bellahoust­on H.) 22.35, 3 L Binnie (Unatt.) 22.50, 4 J Addie (Metro Aberdeen) 1st veteran. 23.53…9 M Nicol (Harmeny) 1st over 50. 24.33, 30 J Ferrari (Pitreavie) 1st over 60. 27.56.

Camperdown. 1 J Adamson (Unatt.) 18.25, 2 C Earl (Dundee RR) 20.17, 3 T Johnston (Unatt.) 20.23…5 D Rodley (Dundee RR) 1st over 60. 21.08, 7 A Reid (Unatt.) 1st over 50. 22.03, 58 G Bennison (Fife AC) 1st over 70. 27.55. Women. 1 A Gelly (Dundee RR) 1st over 50. 24.01, 2 R Gillespie (Unatt.) 24.29, 3 K Durkan (Unatt.) 24.56…37 K Craig (Tayside Running Sisters) 1st over 60. 31.52, 58 C McIntosh (Tayside Running Sisters) 1st over 70. 35.02.

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