Success in Grangemouth
SHETLAND middle distance runner Seumas Mackay won a gold medal in the under-17 age group 800-metre competition at the annual Scottish Schools Track and Field Championships, held in Grangemouth on Friday and Saturday.
Knocking over three seconds off his own record, he finished the race in a new Shetland senior record of 1.54.36.
Mackay also won silver in the U17 1,500m race, again setting a new Shetland senior record in 4.08.96.
Other notable results were Leigh Nicolson’s silver medal in the U17 girl’s javelin with a new personal best of 35.14 metres, and Katie Dinwoodie’s two bronze medals in the U15 100m and 200m sprints.
Twelve young athletes from the Anderson High School and Sandwick Junior High School travelled to the event.
Mackay and Nicolson will now go on to represent Scotland in the Schools International in Dublin in July.
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