Six first places for Borders youngsters at athletics league finale

Made up of 31 track and field events for youngsters aged from under-12 to under-16, that was the league’s third and final meeting of the season, following others in June and April, also held at Grangemouth Stadium.

As well as their six firsts, four of them individual and two for relay races, the young Borderers claimed four second places and nine thirds.

Their first top-three placing went to Amber Lavin in Sunday’s opening event as she ended up third at under-12 girls’ shot-put with a distance of 5.05m.

Event No 3 saw Rose Davidson place second at under-14 girls’ long jump with a distance of 3.88m.

Isla Woodburn was third at under-16 girls’ discus, event No 6, with a throw of 15.33m.

Emily Cranston was third overall in the under-12 girls’ 100m, the eighth event of the day, in 14.5 seconds.

Event No 13 wasn’t unlucky for Connor Wilson as he was second at under-14 boys’ long jump with an effort of 4.16m.

Cranston second at under-12 girls’ high jump, the day’s 17th event, after clearing 1.25m, matching winner Penny Evans, of Cumbernauld Amateur Athletics Club.

Robyn Lees third at under-16 girls’ long jump, 18th on the day’s schedule, with a distance of 4.75m.

Team Borders’ first win of the day arrived two events later for Freya Michie at under-12 girls’ 100m, clocking 2:43.3, with Cranston third in 2:53.5.

Two more followed in the day’s next two events – for Thomas Graham at under-12 boys’ 800m in 2:31.5, with Struan Linton second in 2:32.0, and Molly Trewartha at under-14 girls’ 800m in 2:22.5, with Rose Davidson third in 2:27.1.

Event No 24 saw Evie Leonard win the under-16 girls’ 800m in 2:17.7.

Relay races made up the last six events of the day and Team Borders managed podium placing in all but one of them.

Georgie Graham, Ruby Mackie, Darcy Sharp and Cranston were first in the under-12 girls’ 4x100m relay in 1:00.6.

Thomas and Lachlan Graham, Chase Donald and Roan Miskelly were then first in the boys’ version in 1:01.1.

Orla Duncan, Robyn Cook, Beth Dennison and Rose Davidson were third in the under-14 girls’ 4x100m in 58.5 seconds, as were Rokas Matiukas, Connor Davidson, Mac Jamieson and Wilson third in the corresponding boys’ race in 57.8 seconds.

The second-last event of the day then saw Amy Fenton, Lees, Leah Murdoch and Rachel Grant finish third in the under-16 girls’ 4x100m in 52.5 seconds.

Those performances saw the Borderers end up third in combined track events and fifth in combined field events, earning them fourth place overall.