Sammi and Maria up for Para Athlete of the Year

Gordon wheelchair racer Sammi Kinghorn and Dunbar runner Maria Lyle have been recognised for their excellent results in 2015 by being shortlisted for the Scottish Para Athlete of the Year award.
By Jim Milnes
Published 1st Dec 2015, 09:40 BST
Picture by JANE BARLOW 31 July 2014 Scotland's Samantha Kinghorn after finishing in the Women's Para-Sport 1500m T54 in the Athletics at Hampden Park on Day 8 of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. © Jane Barlow 2014 {all rights reserved} janebarlowphotography@gmail.com m: 07870 152324Picture by JANE BARLOW 31 July 2014 Scotland's Samantha Kinghorn after finishing in the Women's Para-Sport 1500m T54 in the Athletics at Hampden Park on Day 8 of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. © Jane Barlow 2014 {all rights reserved} janebarlowphotography@gmail.com m: 07870 152324
Picture by JANE BARLOW 31 July 2014 Scotland's Samantha Kinghorn after finishing in the Women's Para-Sport 1500m T54 in the Athletics at Hampden Park on Day 8 of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. © Jane Barlow 2014 {all rights reserved} [email protected] m: 07870 152324

The pair make up half of the four-strong shortlist for the award which will be presented early in 2016.

Rodger Harkins, director of coaching with scottishathletics, said: “I commend the four athletes on being short-listed for this award because once again the standard is very high for one of our accolades.

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“If you look at each of them, they have performed where it matters with good results on a world stage. We’ve seen that in Doha [where Lyle and Kinghorn brought home four medals].”

Maria Lyle won a gold medal in Doha as part of a world record-breaking relay team,as well as two silver medals.

At the same games, Sammi Kinghorn won bronze in her 200m event.

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