Scottish record lists – 25 additions ratified

Monday 28th March 2016

Laura Muir – set 800m Native Record at Emirates on February 20 (photo by Bobby Gavin)

It certainly felt like a record-breaking Indoor Season for Scottish athletes – and here’s the proof.

The scottishathletics Track and Field Commission met last week to analyse and ratify a series of performance and, as a consequence, no fewer than 25 performances were acknowledged as Scottish records in one form or another.

Lynsey Sharp, Chris O’Hare and Cameron Tindle set National records and there were Native bests achieved by Andrew Butchart, Laura Muir and Steph Twell on the same day at the Glasgow Grand Prix on February 20.

In addition to those elite performances, records ranged from U13 sprints to U15 triple jump to Senior club relays to U17 long jump.

Giffnock North AAC can now reflect upon some very fine achievements by National Academy duo, Alessandro Schenini and Erin Wallace. Schenini has taken the Scottish U17 long jump record to 7.09 while Wallace now has marks against her name at 1500m and 800m.

Record lists for Scottish athletics are hosted on the SATS website. All the relevant additions have been made to the lists and they can be found online

Please note at the foot of the list we’ve added some more guidance notes about records and performances which are achieved in Mixed Race situations and Open Gradeds.

16 January – Emirates, Scottish National Open

U17 Long Jump – Alessandro Schenini 7.00

U15 300 Metres – Max Leslie 38.98

U17 1500 Metres – Erin Wallace 4:25.75

30 January – Emirates, Scottish Under-17 Champs

U17 Long Jump – Alessandro Schenini 7.00

30 January – Emirates, Scottish Senior Champs

U17 800 Metres – Erin Wallace 2:06.59

U20 Pole Vault – Anna Gordon 3.92

3 February – Emirates, Scottish Schools Champs

U17 Long Jump – Alessandro Schenini 7.09

Lynsey Sharp – National Record at 800m in Boston (photo by Jeff Holmes)

12 February – Boston, USA – David Hemery Valentine Invitational

National 800 Metres – Lynsey Sharp 2:00.30

13 February – Emirates, Scottish Relay Championships

U13 Girls 4×200 metres – Giffnock North AAC (Alyson Bell, Niamh Smith, Mary Rose Cairns, Lara Sturgeon) 1:53.66

Senior Women’s Club 4×200 metres (National and Native) – Victoria Park City of Glasgow AC (Mhairi Patience, Sharon Jakisa, Diane Ramsay, Chloe Lambert) 1:41.28 (new club record).

14 February – Sheffield – England Athletics Age-Group Championships

U20 200 Metres – Cameron Tindle 21.46

20 February – Emirates, Scottish Relay Championships

U17 Women’s Club 4×200 Metres – Giffnock North AAC 1:44.01 (Freya Menzies, Rochelle Moukala, Amy Donaghy, Sophie Haldane).

20 February – Emirates, Glasgow Grand Prix

Native Records: 3000 Andrew Butchart 7:53.15; W800 Laura Muir 2:00.70; W3000 Steph Twell 8:50.24

Chris O’Hare – broke his own Scottish indoor record for the mile

20 February – New York, USA – Millrose Games

Senior National One Mile – Chris O’Hare 3:52.91

27 February – Sheffield – British Championships

U20 Pole Vault – Anna Gordon 4.00

28 February – Sheffield – British Championships

Senior National and U20 200 Metres – Cameron Tindle 21.14

5 March – Emirates, Scottish Under-13 Championships

U13 Girls 60 Metres – Alyson Bell 8.11

U13 Girls 200 Metres – Alyson Bell 27.26

U13 Girls 1500 Metres – Katie Johnson 4:58.60

6 March – Emirates, Scottish Under-15 Championships

U15 Boys 300 Metres – Max Leslie 38.40

U15 Boys Triple Jump – Miraji Ahmed 12.35

U15 Girls Triple Jump – Ellie O’Hara 10.76

6 March – Emirates, Scottish Under-20 Championships

U20 Women’s 60 Metres – Jenna Wrisberg 7.50

Jenna Wrisberg (yellow vest) – Giffnock athlete set 60m best at U20

* Mixed Races and Open Graded Competition

For senior and U20 performances, the rules followed by British Athletics will be adhered to. Therefore, no performances set in mixed races will be acceptable for records.

For U17, U15 and U13 performances, performances set in mixed races will be acceptable for records. However, in open graded competition, the rules for the U13 and U15 age-groups must be followed. This means that no U13 performance will be accepted as a record if there are U17, U20 or senior athletes in the field; and no U15 performance will be accepted as a record if there are U20 or senior athletes in the field.

With thanks to Arnold Black

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