Ayrshire young athletes just miss Manchester final

Aug 6 2010 by Mike WIlson, Ayrshire Post (main ed)

AYRSHIRE Harriers just failed in their bid to reach the UK Young Athletes final when they finished third in the Scottish final at Grangemouth on Sunday.

Despite an outstanding effort, they finished 62 points behind second placed Giffnock North who will travel to Manchester with winners Edinburgh AC on September.4 and 5 for the final.

With more than 70 athletes competing, and only five events not covered due to late call-offs and unavailability of some key athletes, the difference in points could easily have cost Ayrshire a trip to Manchester.

In the final points analysis, the Ayrshire females finished second, 31 points in front of Giffnock North. The Ayrshire males were third, 94 points behind Giffnock mainly due to a greatly weakened under 13 boys team.

However, there were still many winning individual performances from the Ayrshire athletes and relay teams.

Although they just missed out on a trip to Manchester there is always next year to dream about and plan for.

Final points: Edinburgh 834, Giffnock North 742, Ayrshire Harriers 679½, Team Hippo 655½, Inverness 524½, Victoria Park Glasgow 479½, Pitreavie 412½, Central 404½.

Ayrshire results: Under 13 boys: 100m: 4. Reed Wyper 13.84; ‘B’: 8. Kyle Jackson 15.52; 1500m: 7. Rory Morris 5.42.61; 200m: 5. Reed Wyper 30.19; ‘B’: 8. Jason Evans 33.89; 4 x 100m relay: 8. Ayrshire Harriers 60.81; 75m hurdles: 5. Angus Kerr 15.99; ‘B’: 7. Rory Morris 18.36; 800m: 8. Angus Kerr 2.46.62; ‘B’: Kyle Jackson 3.34.92.

Under 13 girls: 1200m: 2. Kirsten Oakley 4.06.11; ‘B’: 3. Christie Hutton 4.31.95; 150m: 1. Ailie Shanks 21.71; ‘ B’: 3. Molly Moonie 23.31; 4 x 100m relay: 4. Ayrshire Harriers 59.28; 70m hurdles: 5. Charlotte Crossland 13.48; ‘B’: 7. Alanis Brydon 16.52; 75m: 2. Ailie Shanks 10.69; ‘B’: 6. Katie Vallance 11.42; 800m: 1. Demi Orr 2.31.06; ‘B’: 1. Lisa Rennie 2.38.76.

Under 15 boys: 100m: 2. Sean Gibson 11.97 (pb); ‘B’: 6. Daniel Steele 12.95; 1500m: 6. Christopher Liechti 4.50.72; ‘B’: 4. Fergus Morris 5.03.85; 200m: 5. Sean Gibson 25.95; ‘B’: 5. Lewis Anderson 26.64; 400m: 4. Gordon Wilson 57.58 (pb); ‘B’: 4. Lewis Anderson 59.85 (pb); 4 x 400m relay: 4. Ayrshire Harriers 4.03.94; 800m: 5. Gordon Wilson 2.23.48; ‘B’: Angus Cochrane 3.04.27; 80m hurdles: 5. James Armstrong 14.03; ‘B’: 5. Terry Mulholland 16.79.

Under 15 girls: 100m: 3. Alana Crawford 13.23; ‘B’: 5. Lorne Kerr 14.16; 1500m: 1. Brogan Wallace 5.04.87; ‘B’: 3. Bronagh Wishart 5.32.18; 200m: 4. Alana Crawford 28.34; ‘B’: 2. Gemma McCutcheon 28.31; 4 x 100m: 1. Ayrshire Harriers 54.10; 75m hurdles: 1. Carolyn Harvey 12.54; ‘B’: 2. Caitlin Lee 13.54; 800m: 7. Stacie Taylor 2.38.64; ‘B’: 2. Fern Wales 2.39.38.

Under 17 males: 100m: 3. Wallace Graham 11.71; ‘B’: 1. Scott Gibson 12.04; 100m hurdles: 3. Andrew Murphy 14.78; ‘B’: 4. Matthew Montgomery 17.49; 1500m: 5. David Ellis 5.07.05; ‘B’: 5. Evan Cornforth 5.11.35; 1500m steeplechase: 5. Evan Cornforth 5.25.77; ‘B’: 3. Cory O’Hara 6.14.06; 200m: 4. Wallace Graham 24.32; ‘B’: 3. Angus Arnold 24.58; 3000m: 2. Finlay Rae 9.12.46; ‘B’: 4. Cameron Mackie 11.47.94; 400m: 5. Aaron Gray 55.98; ‘B’: 4. Scott Jones 55.35; 400m hurdles: 5. Matthew Montgomery 66.21; ‘B’: 2. Scott Jones 65.45; 4 x 100m relay: 1. Ayrshire Harriers 46.25; 4 x 400m relay: 4. Ayrshire Harriers 3.43.98; 800m: 5. Cameron Mackie 2.09.20; ‘B’: 2. Scott Jones 2.15.81.

Under 17 women: 1. Caroline George 12.40; ‘B’: 1. Connie Frearson 13.08; 1500m: 6. Eve Kerr 5.16.67; ‘B’: 4. Stephanie Dalgoutte 6.07.20; 200m: 1. Caroline George 26.44; ‘B’: 2. Connie Frearson 27.90; 3000m: 3. Alana Mole 12.23.34; ‘B’: 3. Alison Hughes 12.30.52; 300m: 8. Laura Nicolson 49.33; ‘B’: 6. Sarah McDonald 52.33; 300m hurdles: 6. Hazel Jamieson 54.97; 4 x 100m relay: 3. Ayrshire Harriers 53.04; 4 x 300m relay: 4. Ayrshire Harriers 3.14.57; 800m: 3. Amanda Humes 2.30.78; ‘B’: 4. Katy Sprang 2.46.63; 80m hurdles: 5. Aileen Rennie 14.48; ‘B’: 3. Ashley McQueen 16.87.

Field events: Under 13 boys: long jump: 8. Reed Wyper 3.65; ‘B’: 5. Jason Evans 3.64; shot: 8. Kyle Jackson 6.30; ‘B’: 7. Rory Morris 5.03.

Under 13 girls: long jump: 7. Louise Murray 3.71; ‘B’: 5. Alison Harvey 3.33; shot: 4. Hannah Bartl 7.25; ‘B’: 4. Mary Morris 6.29.

Under 15 boys: discus: 5. Scott McAnally 22.64; ‘B’: 6. Peter Baird 11.93; hammer: 3. Peter Baird 9.35; high jump: 1. Scott McAnally 1.70; ‘B’: 1.James Armstrong 1.60; javelin: 2. James Armstrong 39.88; ‘B’: 3. Peter Baird 19.79; long jump: 5. Daniel Steele 4.78; ‘B’: 4. Sean Gibson 4.30; shot: 3. Lewis Anderson 9.64; ‘B’: 1. Scott McAnally 9.63.

Under 15 girls: discus: 5. Holly Morgan 17.59; ‘B’: 1. Gemma McCutcheon 16.54; high jump: 4. Carolyn Harvey 1.35; ‘ B’: 5. Sophie Dunlop 1.25; javelin: 5. Gemma McCutcheon 17.58; ‘B’: 2. Holly Morgan 16.68; long jump: 2. Carolyn Harvey 4.50; ‘B’: 2. Caitlin Lee 4.20; shot: 7. Holly Morgan 6.85; ‘B’: 8. Fern Wales 5.16.

Under 17 males: discus: 1. James Gaffney 36.23; ‘B’: 3. David Ellis 22.47; hammer: 2.James Gaffney 27.90; high jump: 4. Andrew Murphy 1.55; ‘B’: 5. Finlay Rae 1.35; javelin: 5. Finlay Rae 25.85; ‘B’: 7. Evan Cornforth 14.13; long jump: 3. Cory O’Hara 5.55; ‘B’: 6. Scott Gibson 4.07; pole vault: 2. Andrew Murphy 3.00; shot: 2. James Gaffney 10.47; triple jump: 2. Cory O’Hara 11.68; ‘B’: 4. Matthew Montgomery 9.41.

Under 17 women: discus: 4. Natalie Dalgoutte 17.45; ‘B’: 2. Eve Kerr 15.13; hammer: 4. Ashley McQueen 11.02; high jump: 4. Hazel Jamieson 1.55; ‘B’: 2. Aileen Rennie 1.45; javelin: 1. Aileen Rennie 34.52; ‘B’: 3. Lauren Goldie 12.76; long jump: 6. Eve Kerr 4.40; ‘B’: 5. Stephanie Dalgoutte 3.85; shot: 5. Rebecca McVeigh 7.26; ‘B’: 5. Sarah McDonald 4.73; triple jump: 5. Rebecca McVeigh 8.64.