Sunday 16th September 2012 was the
inaugural East Kilbride Track & Field Championships organised/co-hosted by
East Kilbirde Athletics Club & Whitemoss Amateur Athletics Club. Amongst the primary & secondary school
pupils in East Kilbride that were invited to participate, Calderglen Harriers
Young Athletes were invited to participate as being the 3rd
running/athletic club in East Kilbride.
Five Harriers rose to the
challenge to compete and represent the club.
The five were Lewis Barclay, Megan Anderson, Louise Brown, Emma Lawton
& Clare MacMillan. Lewis was in the
under 9 category and the rest of the team were in the under 13 category.
The under 9’s completed 3 events
which were Long Jump, 60m and 300m and the under 13 completed 4 events were
Long Jump, Shot Putt, 200, and 800m.
One of the best sites of the day
was seeing the 4 under 13s lining up for the 800 in their Harrier vests as I am
determined to see more young athletes competing for the club and fly the
Harrier flag!
All athletes who ran performed
well against the EKAC & Whitemoss club runners and school runners however
the Emma Lawton & Lewis Barclay were successful in winning overall medals
in their age group events.
Lewis Barclay achieved 3rd
place overall in Long Jump & 60m and Emma Lawton achieved 2nd
place overall in the 800m. The medals
were awarded the fastest times / the longest jumped amongst all the heats.
Thanks to all the athletes that
competed, the parents that supported their child getting to the event and
cheering, and thank you to both East Kilbirde Athletics Club & Whitemoss Amateur
Athletics Club for inviting us to compete.
Will post link for results when
become available. In the meantime you
can try the East Kilbirde Athletics Club & Whitemoss Amateur Athletics Club
websites.