In photos: Third-place finish for Moorfoot Runners under-17 Kieran Fulton at national youth road races at Greenock

Fulton was among 16 runners to secure places at that race in the English capital on Saturday, April 20.

He clocked 14:57 for the bronze medal in the 5km under-17 boys race at Inverclyde, finishing just four seconds behind winner Oliver Patton, of Renfrewshire’s Kilbarchan Amateur Athletic Club, and a single second after silver medallist Oliver MacDonald, of Giffnock North Athletics Club.

Three Gala Harriers also featured in a field of 62 contesting that race – Zico Field, finishing 31st in 16:33; Irvine Welsh, 32nd in 16:37; and Matty Fleming, 52nd in 18:40.

Fulton’s third place at Greenock’s Battery Park followed a fourth at the Scottish Schools’ Athletic Association’s secondary schools’ cross-country championships at South Queensferry’s Hopetoun House 11 days prior in 20:35, two places behind fellow Peebles High School student Thomas Hilton, runner-up, by three seconds, to MacDonald there in 20:19, with Berwickshire High’s Field clocking 22:07 for 15th.

Gala under-15 Archie Dalgliesh also managed a top-ten finish in his 4km race at Greenock, placing sixth out of a field of 64 in 12:45, with clubmates Oliver Hastie, Gregor Adamson and Charlie Dalgliesh respectively finishing 15th in 13:32, 24th in 13:57 and 33rd in 14:32.

Sunday’s under-15 girls’ race, also over 4km, saw Gala’s Kacie Brown get back 32nd in 16:14, followed by clubmates Jaidyn Brown, 43rd in 17:18, and Iris Dennison, 61st in 21:38.

Greenock’s 3km under-13 boys’ race, contested by a field of 43, yielded a 21st-place finish for Gala’s Bryn McAree in 11:29, with his clubmate Cameron Tunmore 27th in 12:11 and Teviotdale Harriers’ McLaren Welsh 35th in 12:51.

Gala’s Javiera Unibazo finished 38th out of 70 in that age bracket’s girls’ race, over 3km too, in 12:37, with her clubmate Amber Gajczak 41st in 12:49.

This month’s cross-country championships at South Queensferry also saw Galashiels Academy’s Isla Paterson finish as runner-up under-20 woman in 15:45, a second behind Lanark Grammar School’s Jessica Inglis, with Peebles High’s Sabine Jefcoate getting back 14th in 18:02.

That event’s under-17 races for girls and boys yielded placings of eighth and 19th for Earlston High’s Ava Richardson and Kirsty Rankine in 16:21 and 17:07 respectively and 23rd for their schoolmate Archie Dalgliesh in 18:13 and 44th for Kelso High’s Hastie in 19:35.

Its under-15 races saw a 22nd place for Earlston’s Seb Darlow in 16:33 and 35th for Peebles High’s Rory Pretswell in 16:59, as well as a 17th in 18:04 and 20th in 18:15 for the latter’s schoolmates Thea Harris and Bella Moran and a 35th in 19:00 for Galashiels Academy’s Kacie Brown.

Peebles High’s Jack Foley and Guy Rorke finished the day’s under-14 boys’ race seventh in 12:05 and 18th in 12:23 and the same age’s girls’ race saw Earlston High’s Javiera Unibazo get back 39th in 14:15 and Kelso High’s Evie Leonard 47th in 14:27.