CSSL 29-4-12

EKAC finished 2nd club overall in division 3 yesterday. Well attended everyone! Full results are now available on the documents page.

Refer to "fixtures page" for the fixture list. Always check with your coach which races you should be targeting!

 

SATURDAY

Congratulations go to Laura McCracken won gold in the under-18 women's 60m at the Scottish Age Group  Indoor Championships on Saturday, March 3, with clubmate Arlene Barr taking the silver. Laura recorded a PB time of 7.92 seconds while Arlene also clocked a PB with 8.01 secs. Both won their heats - Laura in 8.00 and Arlene in 8.13.
 
Shannon McMahon notched up a PB time of 27.26secs in the U18 women's 200m and Kieran Rankin clocked an indoor PB time of 54.22 in the U18 men's 400m but neither progressed to their finals.


SUNDAY

Callum Field won a silver medal at the Scottish Age Group Indoor Championships at the Kelvin Hall on Sunday, March 4. After winning his heat in 27.46secs, Callum won his semi-final in a PB time of 26.98 then took second in the final in 27.04.
 
Chloe Mason made it into the semi-finals of the under-16 girls' 60m and 200m, notching up a PB and Under 15 Club Record of 8.35 in the 60m.

 

SCOTTISH SCHOOLS INDOORS

Six EKAC athletes took part in the Scottish Schools Indoor Championships at the Kelvin Hall on Thursday, February 9.
 
Laura McCracken was fifth in the final of the over-16 girls' 60m in a time of 8.06secs.
Andy Coutts produced a PB time of 7.33secs to make the semi-final of the over-16 boys' 60m.
Chloe Mason ran PB times of 8.43secs in the under-16 girls' 60m and 28.02secs in the 200m to make the semis in both events.
Shannon McMahon made the semi-finals of both the under-16 girls' 200m and 300m.
Kieran Rankin was just run out in his heat of the over-16 boys' 400m but gained more valuable experience.
Aidan Gilbride ran well to get a pb over 800m finishing 8th in his heat with a time of 2:24.72.
 
Meanwhile, Rachael Thomson produced a PB time of 64.78secs to make the final of the 400m at the Scottish Universities Indoor Championships on Saturday, Feb 4.


NATIONAL INDOORS - KELVINHALL

Nine EKAC athletes took part in the National Open event at the Kelvin Hall on Saturday. In the women's 60m, under-18 athletes Laura McCracken (8.12 seconds) and Arlene Barr (8.22) recorded the third and fifth fastest times of the day with 71 female athletes of all ages racing over the shortest distance.
 
Laura also posted a time of 27.67 secs in the 200m
 
Shannon McMahon (U18), who has improved her 300m time to 44.8 this winter running second claim for Whitemoss, ran in her first ever 400m and recorded a time of 66.43 secs.
 
Callum Field (U14) made his indoor debut and recorded a PB time of 28.18 secs in the 200m, where Chloe Mason (U16) recorded 29.01secs after posting a time of 8.69 in the 60m.
 
Under-18 Kieran Rankin (57.08secs) and Rachael Thomson (68.26secs) also tasted the boards for the first time.
 
Keith Garrow and Billy Muir (10.67m and 6.95m respectively) flew the flag in the men's shot putt.

Results for Strathclyde parkrun, event number 91, 21/01/2012.
133 participants completed the run today. The first male to finish was Robert GILROY (M) (Ronhill Cambuslang Harriers) in a time of 00:16:50. The first lady completing the course was Jill LOGAN (F) (Motherwell AC) in a time of 00:20:57. You can find the full parkrun results for this event here: http://www.parkrun.org.uk/strathclyde/results/latestresults.
The following club members participated:
3 Jamie CLEMENTS 00:17:49
9 Niall WALKER 00:20:06
11 Martin LYNAS 00:20:24
12 Willie TAYLOR 00:20:26
13 David THOMSON 00:20:37
15 Luke KIRWAN 00:20:48
16 Graeme HADDOW 00:20:50


Special mention must go to young Martin and Luke starting to mix it with the Senior's


Well done to all who took part in this pre xmas event.

U11 Winners were:
Girls: Abbie Kirwan
Boys: Grant Myles
 
U13 upwards, winners were:
Girls: Rebecca Russell
Boys: Callum Field
 


 U11      800m Time Handicap Actual Time
1 Grant Myles 03:30 00:15 03:15
2 Abbie Kirwan 03:35 00:00 03:35
3 Owen Selfridge 03:57 00:52 03:05
4 Mattew Kirwan 03:59 00:49 03:10
5 Laurie May 04:04 00:35 03:29
6 Orla 04:13 00:00 04:13
7 Lara Brown 04:31 00:30 04:01









U13 +  1600m Time Handicap Actual Time
1 Callum Field 07:02 00:40 06:22
2 Aidan Gilbride 07:10 01:21 05:49
3 Ross Malloch 07:21 00:47 06:34
4 Rebecca Russell 07:24 00:50 06:34
5 Luke Kirwan 07:25 01:25 06:00
6 Aidan Brown 07:33 00:43 06:50
7 Sarah McCusker 07:35 00:35 07:00
8 Rachael McCusker 07:41 00:21 07:20
9 Martin Lynas 07:42 01:17 06:25
10 Michael Stewart 07:44 00:00 07:44
11 Catherine Lambie 08:10 00:15 07:55

 

CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUNG MARTIN LYNAS WHO HAS MADE THE WEST DISTRICT TEAM FOR THE INTER DISTRICT XC CHAMPIONSHIP TO BE HELD AT EDINBURGH ON 7.1.12 ALONG WITH THE GREAT EDINBURGH XC.

THE TARTAN ARMY (see below) WILL BE THERE TO SUPPORT HIM ON THE DAY AND ENJOY A GREAT DAY OF INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION.

WHY NOT COME ALONG AND GIVE MARTIN YOUR SUPPORT.

GO TO http://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/index.php?p=80&itemType=fixtures&itemId=14249 FOR FULL DETAILS.


TARTAN ARMY MADE IT :-) VELENJE, SLOVENIA 11.12.11


JAMIE & KENNY WITH K CLEMENTS :-)                  WITH EURO U20 CHAMP EMELIA GORECKA


HUGH WILSON 10KM RESULTS ON DOCUMENTS PAGE 



RESULTS FROM A VERY WET CLUB CHAMPS

A BIG THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HELPED ON THE DAY.



1st                                                    2nd                                               3rd
OWEN SELFRIDGE U9                 BEN HAMILTON U9

HANNAH TURNBULL U11          MARIA MULHOLLAND U11     LARA BROWN U11
GRANT MYLES U11                     MATTHEW KIRWAN U11         JACK BURKE U11

SARAH McCUSKER U13              RACHAEL McCUSKER U13      REBECCA RUSSELL U13
CALLUM FIELD U13                     MARTIN LYNAS U13                AIDAN BROWN U13

ALISHA MONTGOMERY U15     BECKY BALLANTYNE U15      MHAIRI BOYLE U15
LUKE KIRWAN U15                     AIDAN GILBRIDE U15               PAUL WILSON/JAI LAWSON

RACHEL/EMMA FAIRLIE U17
JACK KIRWAN U17                     VINCENT HASTINGS U17

RACHAEL THOMSON U20

JAMIE CLEMENTS SEN MEN     NIALL WALKER SEN MEN        DAVID THOMSON

 

ROUND UP OF THE SUMMER SEASON


Here is a round-up of what's been happening since June...

 
Scottish Schools: silver, Shannon McMahon, 100m; bronze Laura McCracken, 100m.
 
Schools Track & Field International, Cardiff: Laura McCracken 8th 100m, 2nd 4x100m
 
Scottish Age Group Relay Championships: silver, EKAC U16s (Andy Coutts, Nick Coupland, Matthew Ashelby, Ross Maxwell) 4x100m
 
Scottish Age Group Championships: gold, Ross Maxwell, long jump; bronze, Laura McCracken, 100m.
 
International Children's Games: gold, Andy Coutts, 4x100m. Shannon McMahon also competed for Team Lanarkshire.
 
Scottish Athletics Inter-Regional Match: 1st, Andy Coutts, 4x100m; 2nd, Shannon McMahon, 4x100m (for West Coast team.
 
Lanarkshire Championships: gold - Arlene Barr, Alan Barr, Callum Field, Rachael Thomson, Beth Duff, Kevin Downie, Kieran Rankin, Laurie May, Billy Muir, Keith Garrow. Silver - Callum Field (100 & long jump), Chloe Mason  (100 & 200), Rachael Thomson, Jamie Clements. Bronze - Rachel Fairlie, Chloe Mason, Billy Muir.
 
UK Schools Games: 6th, Laura McCracken, 100m; silver, 4x100m.
 
Scottish Games wins: Blackford, youths' 90m handicap, Andy Coutts; youths' 200m handicap, Nick Coupland. Markinch, open 90m handicap, Gregor Thorpe. Hawick, youths' 90m championship, Ross Maxwell. Inverkeithing, open 90m handicap, Laura McCracken. Bridge of Allan, youths 90m handicap, Nick Coupland; youths' 200m handicap, Chloe Mason; youths' 400m handicap, Kieran Rankin. Oban: women's 100m and 150m scratch races, Laura McCracken.


 

RELAY SILVER

East Kilbride AC's under-16 boys' relay team of Andy Coutts, Nick Coupland, Matt Ashelby and Ross Maxwell won a silver medal at the Scottish Age Groups sprint relay championships at Scotstoun on Sunday (17.07.11). The team finished just behind Giffnock North in a time of 46.71secs. 

Meawhile, Laura McCracken competed for Scotland in the Schools International at Cardiff on Saturday (16.07.11), finishing 8th in the 100m and leading off the team to a third place in the 4x100m.

 

 

 

CLUB RECORD FOR THE 4X100M GIRLS


The 4x100m team of Shannon McMahon, Laura McCracken, Arlene Barr and Chloe Mason set a new club record of 52.4 when winning their U17 event on Sunday.

 
Their time replaces the mark of 52.6 set in 1985 by Mary Shearer, Fiona Watt, Alison Quinn and Karen Gallacher. I remember these girls - they were fast!
 
To put it further in persepective, Shannon is 14, Arlene and Laura are 16 and Chloe is 12. Their time was 1.9 seconds faster than EK's winning 4x100m U15 BOYS team on Sunday.
 
Well done girls - keep up the good work.

 

LAURA MCCRACKEN 60m Final

Congratulations to Laura McCracken who actually broke her own club record by slightly more than first reported becoming the first female in the club to run under 8 seconds for 60m indoors with a fine time of 7.97 secs.


SCOTTISH U17/15 INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS


Nicholas Coupland won a silver in the U15 200m and a bronze in the U15 60m at the Scottish age group indoor championhips, clocking PBs of 24.22 and 7.59 secs respectively.
 
A further three EK sprinters achieved fourth places: Shannon McMahon in the U15 200m with a PB, Ross Maxwell in the U17 60m after equalling his PB and Laura McCracken in the U17 60m with her time of 8.01secs breaking her own club record.
 
Chloe Mason (U15 60m) and Andy Coutts (U17 60m) made the semi-finals of their events while Arlene Barr competed in the heats of the U17 60m.
 


EK PRIMARY SCHOOLS CROSS COUNTRY FRIDAY 4.3.11

It was encouraging to see several good performances by club members at the EK Primary Schools XC on Friday.  First up Rebecca Russell won the P6 girls race and a team gold.  Not to be outdone Aidan Brown won the P6 boys race and a team silver.  Moving on to the P7's races Sarah McCusker finished second to win the silver medal and both Mark Leadbitter and Matthew Kirwan won team silver medals.  Several other young athletes were also competing and enjoying the day.  Hopefully this bodes well for the future.  Well done to all.


SILVER MEDAL FOR BETH DUFF

Congratulations to Beth Duff who equalled her indoor pb when winning the Silver Medal for 1500m at the National Indoor Senior Championships on Saturday 26.2.11.  In addition young Laura McCracken experienced her first taste of senior competition and equalled her own club record of 8.07 seconds in her heat of the women's 60m.  Well done to both.

 

Full results to follow...


NATIONAL XC CHAMPIONSHIPS FALKIRK SATURDAY 21.2.11

HIghlights of the day were Beth Duff finishing 5th in the U20 ladies race and the Under 13 boys finishing 8th team.  Full results are now on the documents page.

All athletes must now refocus on the Scottish Junior Road Race Championbships to be held in March at Rouken Glen Park.  A much larger turnout at this event is expected and every effort will be made to achieve this!

SCOTTISH SCHOOLS INDOORS



Six East Kilbride AC sprinters competed at the Scottish Schools Indoor Championships (Thursday, Feb 10).
 
Ross Maxwell won the under-16 boys' 60m in a time of 7.28 seconds after clocking a PB time of 7.25 in the semi-final.
 
Andy Coutts ran a PB 7.48 seconds to finish equal sixth in the final of the same race.
 
Laura McCracken clocked a PB 8.07 seconds on her way to a sixth place finish in the over-16 girls' 60m.
 
Arlene Barr won her heat to make the semi-finals of the same race - her first competition after a long-term toe injury. 
 
Shannon McMahon did an indoor PB in the under-16 girls' 200m (27.5s semi-final) .
 
Chloe Mason at the age of just 12 narrowly missed a place in the sem-finals of the under-16 girls' 60m with a heat time of 8.61 secs.
 

SPRINT GROUP UPDATE

East Kilbride AC speedsters have got the year off to a quick start - establishing themselves as among the top sprinters in their age groups in Scotland over the indoor sprint distance of 60m (see the Power of 10 website @ http://www.thepowerof10.info/)
 
The club welcomes newcomers Chloe Mason (U15, 8.60 secs), Andy Coutts (U17, 7.55 and Alan Barr (U20, 7.45), who showed their speed at the first ever Scottish Open Meeting at the Kelvin Hall on January 23.
 
Also doing well at the Open were Ross Maxwell (U17, 7.35), Laura McCracken (U17, 8.17), Shannon McMahon (U15, 8.53) and Nicholas Coupland (U15, 7.63).
 
Ross also clocked 7.33 secs at the first ever open graded meeting at the new Ravenscraig indoor facility.
 
The U15s and U17s are now looking forward to the Scottish Schools Indoor 
Championships on Feb 10 and the Scottish Age Groups Championships in March. Meanwhile Arlene Barr aims to return to action at these events after a toe injury and the club wishes Arlene and all her team mates the best of luck.

CLUB CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPS

THE CLUB CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS WILL BE HELD WITHIN THE NATIONAL XC CHAMPS ON 19.2.11.

UNDER 11'S WILL BE HELD ON THE EVENING OF TUESDAY 15.2.11 DURING TRAINING AND ALL PRESENTATIONS WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY 24.2.11

SENIOR 4.2 MILE XMAS HC, AULDHOUSE

Congratulations to Niall Walker who won the senior delayed 4.2 mile handicap which was run on Sat 22.1.11.  Full results were 1 Niall Walker 25.37, 2 Jamie Clements 23.35, 3 Tom Yuill 25.30, 4 Willie Taylor 26.21 and 5 Davy Condra 27.56

HUGH WILSON MEMORIAL 10Km ROAD RACE 27.11.10

MANY THANKS TO ALL WHO HELPED RUN TODAYS EVENT DESPITE TRYING CONDITIONS

RESULTS NOW ON OUR DOCUMENTS PAGE

  Photos online at http://picasaweb.google.com/alanmitchellphotos


ANNUAL  GENERAL  MEETING 

WEDNESDAY 1 DECEMBER – 7.30 pm – CLUBHOUSE 
 
 

Please make every effort to attend the AGM.  It is your Club  

and without a committee and volunteer parental assistance in  

other duties, the Club would cease to function. 

We need new committee members and parent volunteers to  

help on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, either by assisting  

the Coaches or with taking the register, etc. 

The AGM is open to all parents and athletes 18 years and  

over.

 

LANARKSHIRE XC CHAMPS COATBRIDGE 20.11.10

Beth Duff ran well to win the Senior Ladies title at the Lanarkshire XC Champs at Coatbridge on Saturday running 17:10 for the 3 mile course.  In the same combined race Ben Stafford ran well to finish in 3rd place in the U17 Men's event with a time of 17:08.  The U13 Boy's team of Luke Kirwan 4th, Aidan Gilbride 5th & Martin Lynas 10th won the team competition and the U17 Ladies team of Rachel Thomson 7th, Rachel Fairlie 9th and Emma Fairlie 13th won the team Bronze medals.

Full results are now on the documents page!


KILMARNOCK XC RACES SUNDAY 14.11.10

WINS FOR GRANT & VINCENT



Congratulations to both Grant Baillie and Vincent Hastings who won the Senior Men's and Under 15 Boy's races respectively today.  Both had dominant and convincing wins Grant winning the 6 mile race by 1min 40 secs and Vinnie who won the 3 mile race by almost 30 secs.

Full club results were Under 11 boys 20th Matthew Kirwan 21st Mark Leadbetter, U13 boys 3rd Luke Kirwan 16th Ross Malloch, U15 boys 1st Vinnie Hastings 7th Jack Kirwan 13th Kieran Rankin (2nd Team),  Senior Men, see picture above, 1st Grant Baillie 4th Jamie Clements 7th Andy Shaw (1st Team) 10th Willie Taylor (1st V40).  Under 13 girls 15 Mhairi Boyle 22 Lucy Fairlie, Under 15 girls 9th Catherine Lambie, Under 17 Women 7th Rachel Thomson 8th Rachel Fairlie 10th Emma Fairlie.

Well done to all who took part and dont forget next Saturday is the Lanarkshire Champs at Coatbridge all who are training should be competing!!!


LANARKSHIRE ROAD RELAYS 16.10.10

Congratulations to the Under 13 boys team of Aidan Gilbride, Martin Lynas & Luke Kirwan who won the LAAA Road Relay 3x2500m title at Drumpellier Park, Coatbridge.  Congratulations also go to Ben Stafford who won the individual Under 17 Mens race over 4km.  Full results are now available on our documents page.

RELAY ROUND UP

WEST DIST XC 9.10.10

Well done to all those who took part in the first xc relay of the winter season at Roukenglan Park.  The performances were:

Senior Men 4Km 1st Team 24 Adam Gatens 15.10, 14 John Fergusson 14.35, 17 David Gorman 16.01 & 14 Jamie Clements 15.24; 2nd Team 30 Andy Shaw 15.42, 38 Graeme Haddow 17.18, 36 Niall Walker 17.26 & 38 Les Hill 17.20.

Boys 2.5Km 1st Team 9 Luke Kirwan 10.03, 13 Vincent Hastings 9.43 & 16 Scott Hernon 9.53; 2nd Team 22 Aidan Gilbride 10.39, 29 Jack Kirwan 10.34 & 35 Kieran Rankin 11.33; 3rd Team 32 James Pearson 11.10 & 32 Kyle Johnston 10.18.  Ben Stafford ran 9.21 running for the school of sport.

Girls 1st Team 48 Mhairi Boyle 13.20, 40 Catherine Lambie 12.37 & 37 Emma Fairlie 12.37; 2nd Team Lucy Fairlie 13.03, 36 Becky Ballantyne 11.59 & 34 Rachel Fairlie 12.13.


MACANDREW ROAD RELAY 2.10.10

The first time we had no vets in the first team for a long, long time!!!! 1st Team Grant Baillie 17.10, David Gorman 20.12, Jamie Clements 19.03 & John Fergusson 18.24; 2nd Team Niall Walker 22.40, Ben Stafford 18.50 & David Condra 20.50.


KILBARCHAN ROAD RELAY 25.9.10

1st Team only of Jamie Clements 15.00, Willie Taylor 16.25, Niall Walker 17.35 & Graeme Haddow 16.50.


CLUB CEILIDH SATURDAY 2.10.10


It is now less than three weeks until the Ceilidh on Saturday 2nd October.  Tickets are now on sale and every effort should be made to attend to help boost club funds etc.

Raffle prizes large and small would also be greatly appreciated and can be handed in on the night opr to any committee member at training..
It is your club so let us all help make this evening a success.


CLUB RECORDS

Club records and all time top twenty performances have now been updated for the second half of the summer season.  Please check, digest and inform us of ammendments/ommisions.  Congratulations to everyone who has made the lists in 2010.


SPRINT SQUAD ROUND OFF A FINE SEASON IN STYLE

Our sprint squad of Shannon McMahon, Laura McCracken, Nicholas Coupland and Ross Maxwell rounded of the season in style with victory in the Youth Relay at the Pitlochry Highland Games last weekend.




CLUB TRACK & FIELD CHAMPS SUNDAY 12.9.10

The above champs will take place at the JWSC this coming Sunday with declerations opening at 12 noon and the competition starting at 1pm.


SCOTLAND SELECTION FOR ADAM

Congratulations to Adam Gatens who has been selected to run for Scotland in the Home Countries Hill Running International to be held in Dublin on Sunday 19 September.

http://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/index.php?p=17&itemType=news&itemId=5060


 

LANARKSHIRE CHAMPS WISHAW 28.8.10


Congratulations to the following Lanarkshire Champions who won their titles at Wishaw today.

Shannon McMahon U15 100m & 200m

Kieran Rankin U15 800m

Laura McCracken U17 100m

Beth Duff Senior 800m

Kevin Downie Senior 3000m

In addition the following athletes won medals.

Silver - Aiden Brown U11 800m, Mhairi Boyle U13 Javelin

Bronze - C McColl U11 100m, Luke Kirwan U13 800m

Full results are on the documents page!


GOLDEN LEAGUE OGM @ EAST KILBRIDE 25.8.10

Beth Duff ran a new pb and club record of 4:28.56 for 1500m on Wednesday evening at our home track.  Also running in the 1500m were Kevin Downie 4:12.59, Scott Hernon 4:39.48, Andy Shaw 4:48.06, Kieran Rankine 5:01.52, Luke Kirwan 5:03.54, Vincent Hastings 5:09.31, Rachel Thomson 5:31.25, James Pearson 5:33.94, Sophie Smith 5:24.32, Catherine Lambie 5:57.81, Emma Fairlie 6:03.17 and Rachel Fairlie 6:03.65.  In the 100m Ross Maxwell ran 11.73, Shannon McMahon 13.71 and Robyn MacDonald 14.93.  In the 200m Ross Maxwell ran 23.89, Shannon McMahon 28.11 and Robyn Miller 31.73.  Finally in the Long Jump Robyn Miller leaped 4m 02cm and Robyn Miller jumped 3m 85cm.

This Saturday is the Lanarkshire Championships at Wishaw at which we will hopefully have a large turnout.

ROSS COMPLETES GRAND SLAM

WINNING THE ENGLAND ATHLETICS AAA'S TITLE

Congratulations to Ross Maxwell who won the U15 long jump at the England Athletics Outdoor Championships for U15s and U17s in Bedford.

 
Ross jumped 6.47m (the second biggest leap of his career to date) to secure the gold. Second was 6.40m so he needed to be in top form.
 
Ross has now won an U15s Grand Slam of long jumps: Scottish Schools Indoors, Scottish Closed Indoors, Scottish Open Indoors, English Indoors, Scottish Schools Outdoors, Scottish Closed Outdoors, Scottish Open Outdoors and English Outdoors - not to mention breaking the Scottish record indoors and out.
 
Laura McCracken won the 100m and 200m at Bute Highland Games.

SCOTTISH AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIPS 14/15.8.10

CLUB RECORD FOR ROSS


Ross Maxwell won two golds and a silver at the Bank of Scotland Age Group Championships at Scotstoun.
 
First up was the long jump, which he won with a leap of 6.15m. Then it was on to the 100m, where gold was secured with an U15 club record time of 11.59 seconds. Finally, there was a second place in the 200m with a time of 23.39 seconds.
 
Laura McCracken and Shannon McMahon made the finals of their events - Laura in the U17 100m and Shannon the U15 200m.
 
Also competing well were East Kilbride's U13s in the Superteams event.

CELTIC GAMES, IRELAND 7.8.10

Laura McCracken finished third in the 100m at the Celtic Games in Ireland on Saturday, August 7. Laura recorded a time of 12.58 seconds in the U16 event. The Celtic Games feature representative teams from Scotland, Ireland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
 
Well done, Laura!

 

SCOTTISH SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP PITREAVIE 17/18.7.10

Congratulations must go to Beth Duff who won the Siver Medal at the Scottish Senior Championships over 800m at the weekend.  Beth won her heat on the Saturday, which was a very close sprint finish between four athletes, to qualify for the final on Sunday.  In the final which was won by Scottish International Claire Gibson, Beth again done well in a close finish to take the Silver Medal in a time of 2:12.07.  For full results go to the SAL website.


SCOTTISH SCHOOLS INTERNATIONAL VEST FOR ROSS

Ross Maxwell won a Scottish Schools International vest to represent Scotland at the U17 Schools International at Scotstoun. He was seventh in the long jump with 6.30m and also formed part of the Scottish 4x100m team.  Well done Ross.


CSSL 27.6.10


Unfortunately we still do not have final results available for this meeting.  However above is a pic of the U17 Ladies 4x100m relay team who won their event, well done girls.

SCOTTISH ATHLETICS UNDER 13 SUPERTEAMS COMPETITION PITREAVIE



Congratulations to our Under 13 boys who won the Bronze Medal at the above competition on Saturday 10.7.10.  The team of Luke Kirwan, Calum Fields, Aiden Gilbride and Stephen Leadbetter all competed over a 200m, Long Jump, Shot Put and 4x100m relay.  Points are scored on each event and then added together for a team total and the East Kilbride lads finished with 224 points to take the Bronze Medal.

Full report go to http://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/index.php?p=17&itemType=news&itemId=4977


INTERNATIONAL CHILDRENS GAMES - BAHRAIN




Laura McCracken won the girls' 100m at the International Children's Games in Bahrain. She clocked a PB time of 12.57 seconds to beat fellow finalists from Singapore, Poland, Hungary, Slovenia, Germany and Ireland. Laura and Arlene Barr also won a silver in the girls' 4x100m. In addition, Arlene, who has been suffering from a sore toe since March, made the 'B' final of the girls' 100m.
 
Ross Maxwell took silver in the boys' long jump with a leap of 6.49m, which easily beats his own Scottish U15 record. He also won a bronze in the boys' 4x100m, where he was joined by Nicholas Coupland. Ross also took 7th place in the 100m.
 
East Kilbride AC athletes made up half of the Lanarkshire team at the ICG in Bahrain - all returning with a medal or medals and memories to last a lifetime.

 

5th WMRA Youth Challenge - Italy 26.6.10

Congratulations to Adam Gatens who finished 16th and second Scot in the WMRA Youth Challange in Italy.  For full results go to http://www.wmra.ch/files/results/youth_challenge/2010.pdf




AYR OGM 16.6.10

Well done to all who took part in the above meeting.  Results are just in.

U15 Girls Robyn MacDonald 200m 31.2, LJ 3.97

U13 Boys Luke Kirwan 800m 2:33.0, LJ 3.50

U15 Boys 200m Kieran Rankin 27.5, 800m Scott Hernon 2:13.5, Kieran Rankin 2:21.4, Jack Kirwan 2:35.9

Senior Men 800m Tom Yuill 2:16.1

ENGLAND AAA'S U20 CHAMPIONSHIPS BEDFORD 19.6.10

Congratulations to Beth Duff who ran an excellent race to finish 3rd and win the Bronze Medal in the English U20 AA'S 800m at Bedford. In addition to finishing 3rd Beth was also the first Scot in the race.  For full reults go to this link

http://www.athletics-uk.net/england/results/bedford_u20/u20w_800m.pdf


SCOTTISH UNDER 20'S GRANGEMOUTH SUNDAY 13.6.10


Congratulations to Beth Duff who won the Scottish Under 20 800m title on Sunday with a time of 2:12.75.  Full results are available at www.scottishathletics.org.uk


SCOTTISH SCHOOLS GRANGEMOUTH DAY 2
 
Day two of the Scottish Schools Track & Field Championships brought more success for East Kilbride AC athletes with Shannon McMahon and Ross Maxwell winning gold and Nicholas Coupland winning a silver in their 100m finals.
 
Shannon won the Group D girls 100m in a PB time of 13.18 seconds while Ross Maxwell won the Group C boys 100m in 11.70. Nicholas Coupland  was second in the Group D boys 100m in 12.08 after winning his heat in a PB of 12.05.
 

 

SCOTTISH SCHOOLS GRANGEMOUTH DAY 1


East Kilbride AC athletes won three gold medals on the first day of action at the Scottish Schools Track and Field Championships at Grangemouth (Friday, June 11).
 
Ross Maxwell won the Group C long jump in 6.35m, which is a new championship and Scottish U15 record. He also won the 200m in a PB time of 23.58secs.
 
Shannon McMahon made it a treble for EKAC with victory in the Group D 200m in a new PB time of 27.20secs.
 
Laura McCracken had a great day too, reaching the Group B women's 100m final and twice recording a new PB time of 12.84secs.

 

SLAP @ SYAL GRANGEMOUTH 30.5.10

Congratulations to all the athletes who were selected to compete and those who did performed well with many PB's being set during the course of the day.

In the Under 13's Luke Kirwan ran a mature race to take 10 seconds of his PB and run the 4th fastest U13 1500m in the club's history with a time of 5:01.78.  Mia Coffield finished a fine 4th in the 150m 22.53 and an excellent 2nd in the Long Jump 4.05m, two PB's.

Onto the Under 15's and the sprinters were to the fore.  An excellent run from Ross Maxwell to win the boys A 100m in a time of 11.67 which is not only a PB but now ranks him second on the club under 15 list, 1st B Nicholas Coupland 12.06 PB, 200m 1st A Nicholas Coupland 24.38 PB, Long Jump 1st Ross Maxwell 6.29m (only 4cm off of his Scottish Record), 100m girls 2nd Shannon McMahon 13.32 PB and 200m 2nd 27.31 PB.

Not to be outdone Laura McCracken and Arlene Barr had two double firsts in the U17 women's 100m and 200m with Laura running two PB's of 12.91 & 27.29 and Arlene running 13.01 & 27.97.  Also running strongly in the Under 17's were Ben Stafford 800m 2:11.84 and Rachel Thomson 800m 2:35.63.

It was great to see so many good performances by EKAC athletes in the SLAP team and hopefully more athletes can aim for selection in the final meeting on the 4th of July.



CSS League Dumfries 23.5.10

Club Record for Beth Duff 1500m

Well done to all who helped the club finish in 4th place on Sunday.  In particular all the athletes who competed but also all coaches, officals and parents.

There were A string first place finishes for Aiden Brown U11 800m, Luke Kirwan U13 1500m, Ben Stafford U17 1500m and the Under 11 Boys 4x100m team.  Megan Stewart U15 1500m, Jenna Low Senior Long Jump and lastly performance of the day taking 9 seconds off of the Club Record for 1500m was Beth Duff running a solo effort of 4:30.3.


SCOTTISH U15/17 CHAMPIONSHIPS WISHAW 15.5.10


Ross Maxwell won a gold and two silvers at the U15 U17 Closed Scottish Championships at Wishaw (15-5-10). Competing in the U15 age group he won the long jump with 6.11m, and finished second in the 100m (11.84 PB in heat) and second in the 200m (23.18 PB).
 
Nicholas Coupland finished fourth in the U15 100m producing a big 12.21 PB in his heat (12.26 in final into a 2.1m/s wind). 
 
Laura McCracken was given fifth in the U17 girls' 100m, running identical times to Rachael Whittle in the heat (13.08) and final (13.18) but each time being placed behind Whittle.
 
Shannon McMahon finished sixth in the U15 girls' 200m final after producing a PB of 27.40 in her heat. She also finished eighth in the U15 girls' 100m final.


3RD PLACE AND PB FOR GRANT BAILLIE @ TROON 10Km 5.5.10


Congratulations to Grant Baillie who finished in an excellent 3rd place in a field of over one thousnad runners at the Wednesday evening event the Troon 10Km Road Race.  In addition Grant ran a new pb of 32:43 beating his old time by 30secs and claimed the West District Bronze medal whose Championship was incorporated in the event.  As if that was not enough he also managed to win the Seniors Ten Event competition with his fine run over the seaside course.


EKAC ATHLETES COMPETING IN THE SYAL FOR SOUTH LANARKSHIRE TEAM @ WISHAW SUNDAY 2.5.10



Photo by "Wee County Photography" Many Thanks

Ross Maxwell broke the Scottish outdoor record for the U15 long jump at the Scottish Young Athletes League division two meeting at Wishaw (2-5-10).
 
His fourth and final jump of the day measured 6.33m - one centimetre in front of the old record - despite being well off the front of the board. He also won the 100m in a new PB time of 11.85 and anchored the 4x100m team to a wide-margin win.
 
Ross, who also holds the Scottish U15 indoor record, was given the athlete of the day award  for his age group.
 
East Kilbride AC athletes were competing as part of the South Lanarkshire team on the day.
 
Laura McCracken won the U17 women's 100 and 200m, Shannon McMahon won the U15 girls' 200m and finished second in the 100m and Nicholas Coupland finished second in the U15 boys' 200m. Nick was also part on the winning U15 relay team while Laura and Shannon ran excellent anchor legs to achieve top three finishes.
 
Ben Stafford ran well to finish strongly for second in the U17 boys' 800m.
 

 

GLASGOW PARKRUN SATURDAY 1.5.10

In this weeks Parkrun event Kevin Downie finished first in a new pb of 16:39 well done.