Mcfarlane clears personal best in Glasgow

Ross County AC’s Andrew Mcfarlane produced an outstanding performance when winning the pole vault in the Scottish national open indoor championships at Glasgow’s Emirates Arena.

The 18-year-old Inverness-based athlete cleared a personal best 4.76 metres, an improvement on his previous best set two years ago. It’s the sixth best indoor performance ever achieved by a Scot in the under-20 age group and the 12th best in all ages.

Aberdeen AAC’s Callum Robertson was second with 3.77 while Andrew’s older brother Daniel was third with 3.57.

Andrew said: “I’ll be doing the Scottish senior and under-20 championships over the next few weeks then the English under-20 championships later in the season and I’d like to get over 5m.”

Also in the under-20 age group, Ullapool’s Stephen Mackenzie showed great form in the long jump with a clearance of 7.20m.

Aberdeen AAC’s Robbie Farquhar was next best with 6.63 while his clubmate James Mcintosh was fourth with 6.27.

Mackenzie also took fifth position with a personal best 1.97 in the high jump in which Angus Davren (Inverness Harriers) was sixth with 1.87

Meanwhile, Farquhar won his 60m hurdles race in 8.65 and was fourth in the 60m in 7.22.

Jenny Bannerman (Inverness Harriers) squeezed a personal best 4:34.22 in the women’s 1,500m.