Young winner of one of the sport’s oldest trophies

When Kathyrn Christie won the Scottish senior women’s 100m title in 2012 she was presented with the Dalziel Trophy, one of the oldest awards in the history of women’s athletics in this country.

The Banchory Stonehaven AC sprinter, who was only 17 at the time, also won the 200m title at Glasgow’s Scotstoun stadium that day, and she repeated the double at Kilmarnock two years later.

Christie is one of only three north-east athletes to have held the Dalziel Trophy, the first winner being Aberdeen University student Laura Greig who won the 100 yards at the inaugural Scottish women’s championships at Ibrox stadium in June 1931.

Greig also completed a double on the Glasgow Rangers turf that wet evening, winning the 100 yards hurdles in a race dominated by Aberdeen University athletes, with Lilias Mackenzie and Alice Dugan occupying the remaining podium positions.

The previous year Greig set a Scottish women’s 100 yards record of 11.6sec when competing in the inter university match on grass at Kings College, Aberdeen.

She was the first Scot to dip under 12sec, a time which was only 0.3sec slower than the British record.

By comparison, Christie’s best 100m time of 11.74sec equates to 10.74sec for 100 yards, but this was achieved on an all-weather track.

The only other north east Dalziel Trophy winner was Aberdeen AAC’s Alice Robertson who clocked 11.4 to win the 100 yards at the 1956 championships held on the cinder track at New Meadowbank, Edinburgh.

Robertson was also a double champion, winning the 220 yards in 26.2.

Winner: Kathyrn Christie