ATHLETICS

Laura Muir retained her Scottish 4km cross-country title at Kirkcaldy High School as she raced for the first time since the London World Championships last August, writes our athletics correspondent. Representing Glasgow University, the Milnathort athlete carved out a 10-second advantage over the opening lap of Kirkcaldy athlete Stephie Pennycook (Edinburgh Univ). Muir piled on the pace over the second lap stretching her lead to 54s to claim gold for the fourth time in five years in a time of 12:53 (see report on page 48).

Leading results – Senior Men 4km – C Boyek (Central) 12:01, L Oates (Shettleston) 12:05, S Sweeney (Glasgow Univ) first U20 12:05 … 5 A Hay (Central) 12:12, 6 L Rees (Fife) 12:16, 16 B Potrykus (Pitreavie) 12:35, 56 O Miller (Fife) 13:11, 73 S Fernando (Fife) 13:23, 75 D Rae (Fife) 13:27, 83 D Jubb (PH Racing) 13:33, 321 J Crookston (PH Racing) second over-60 16:43, 323 I Johnston (PH Racing) third over-60 16:48. Teams – Central 46, Cambuslang 84, Inverclyde 102 …

9 Fife AC 210, 22 PH Racing 533, 23 Pitreavie 560, 24 Perth RR 597, 25 Dundee Hawkhill 606, 32 Carnegie 1055, 35 Falkland TR 1346. Senior Women 4km – L Muir (Glasgow Univ) 12:53, S Pennycook (Edinburgh Univ) 13:47, M MacLarty (Central AC) 13:50 … 5 A Simpson (Fife) 13:57, 15 H Rees (Fife) 15:43, 33 F Matheson (Falkirk Vic) first over-50 15:07, 40 J Spence (Fife) 15:23, 42 J Cruickshanks (Fife) 15:29, 43 M Wright (HBT) first veteran 15:34, 46 A McGill (Fife) 15:43, 52 L Mccullagh (Fife) 15:55, 54 R Van Rensburg (Fife) second veteran 16:02, 55 A Personeni (Fife) 16:04, 59 K Anderson (Hawkhill) 15:12, 70 M Western (PH Racing) second over-50 16:28, 122 I Bracegirdle (Fife) 18:07, 193 C Melville (Fife) first over-70 23:36.

Teams – Edinburgh Univ 48, VP Glasgow 91, Fife 102 … 9 Hawkhill 349, 12 PH Racing 401, 18 Carnegie 561, 20 Falkland TR 699. U17 Boys 3km –J Gillon (Law&Dist) 9:10, C Graham (Lasswade) 9:14, J Burns (Shettleston) 9:18 … 12 K Hornyik (Hawkhill) 9:36, 21 A Johnston (Pitreavie) 9:44, 24 R Sparks (Fife) 9:47, 27 R Donald (Hawkhill) 9:50, 29 I McWhinnie (Fife) 9:53. Teams – Kilbarchan

43, Lasswade 54, Aberdeen 67 … 7 Hawkhill 80, 8 Fife 92, 13 Strathearn 188. U17 Girls 3km – E Walker (Edinburgh AC) 10:04, C Gemmell (East Lothian) 10:17, H Barnes (Giffnock North) 10:20 … 15 J Jamieson (Pitreavie) 11:24, 21 Z Nicholson (Pitreavie) 11:44. Teams – Giffnock North 13, Moorfoot 50, Edinburgh AC 51 … 6 Pitreavie 88, 9 Hawkhill 111.

U15 Boys 2km – B Sandilands (Fife) 6:16, H Morrow (Edinburgh AC) 6:18, A Marshall (Livingston) 6:18 … 9 P Scott (Fife) 6:31, 18 L Petty (Hawkhill) 6:46, 21 K Brand (Perth Strathtay) 6:46, 26 E McColgan (Hawkhill) 6:49, 31 B Henderson (Perth Strathtay) 6:41, 33 B Scott (Hawkhill) 6:52, 37 C Gourley (Pitreavie) 6:55, 46 A Simson (Hawkhill) 7:01, 49 O Keddie (Fife) 7:02. Teams – Kilbarchan 29, Giffnock North 49, Fife 59, Hawkhill 77 … 11 Perth Strathtay 143, 13 Pitreavie 151, 18 Strathearn 248. U15 Girls 2km – I Calvert (Livingston) 6:51, A Maclean (Garscube) 6:58, R Davidson (Ayr Seaforth) 7:01, D Cumming (Dunfermline T&F) 7:04, S Coutts (Pitreavie) 7:04 … 28 A Dalglish (Fife) 7:38, 29 L Blair (Pitreavie) 7:39. Teams – Giffnock North 34, Garscube 34, Corstorphine 53 … 5 Pitreavie 71, 10 Fife 143, 11 Hawkhill 173.