Scottish Schools Success
12 February 2009
Livingston & District AAC's track and field athletes were out in force again while competing in last Thursday's
Scottish Schools .
Livingston & District AAC's track and field athletes were out in force again while competing in last Thursday's Scottish Schools Indoor Track & Field Championships, held at Glasgow's Kelvin Hall Indoor Arena.
Eight athletes headed westwards along the M8, hoping to build on the club's recent success at January's Scottish Athletics East District Indoor Championships, where the Livingston athletes headed home with nine medals.
The athletes didn't disappoint, with under 16 high jumper Mathew Thomson and under 16 shot putter Vicky Dalziel being crowned Scottish Schools bronze medallists in their respective events.
Vicky Dalziel started the day with the 60m hurdles, where her time of 9.78s in the heats was just 0.01s off the time needed to qualify for the hotly contested final. However, the disappointment was soon forgotten as her personal best throw of 9.99m in the under 16 girls shot putt competition was enough to secure a bronze medal.
Matthew Thomson, jumping 1.70m in the under 16 boys high jump, narrowly missed beating his personal best of 1.71m, though he was relived to come away with a bronze medal after winning a count back against the fourth place athlete.
Under 16 athlete Daniel Fulton also deserves a mention for being brave enough to attempt a 400m and 800m on the same day, and managing to set an 800m personal best in the process!
Livingston & District AAC's track and field athletes were out in force again while competing in last Thursday's Scottish Schools Indoor Track & Field Championships, held at Glasgow's Kelvin Hall Indoor Arena.
Eight athletes headed westwards along the M8, hoping to build on the club's recent success at January's Scottish Athletics East District Indoor Championships, where the Livingston athletes headed home with nine medals.
The athletes didn't disappoint, with under 16 high jumper Mathew Thomson and under 16 shot putter Vicky Dalziel being crowned Scottish Schools bronze medallists in their respective events.
Vicky Dalziel started the day with the 60m hurdles, where her time of 9.78s in the heats was just 0.01s off the time needed to qualify for the hotly contested final. However, the disappointment was soon forgotten as her personal best throw of 9.99m in the under 16 girls shot putt competition was enough to secure a bronze medal.
Matthew Thomson, jumping 1.70m in the under 16 boys high jump, narrowly missed beating his personal best of 1.71m, though he was relived to come away with a bronze medal after winning a count back against the fourth place athlete.
Under 16 athlete Daniel Fulton also deserves a mention for being brave enough to attempt a 400m and 800m on the same day, and managing to set an 800m personal best in the process!