Top-five finishes for girls at Fife races

Earlston High School students Molly Trewartha and Ava Richardson notched up top-five finishes at last Wednesday’s Scottish Schools Athletics Association road-race championships in Dunfermline.

Second-year pupil Trewartha finished fourth in the fifth race of the day in 8:07, 18 seconds behind winner Ares Power, of Dunblane High School, near Stirling.

Molly Trewartha in prior action (Photo: Neil Renton)

placeholder image — Molly Trewartha in prior action (Photo: Neil Renton)

Also taking part in that race at the Fife city’s Pittencrieff Park were Selkirk High School’s Holly Craig, 19th in 8:53; Peebles High’s Emma Moran and Vivienne Jones, both clocking 8:55 for 21st and 22nd places respectively; and Hawick High’s Freya Walker, 47th in 9:21, and Lucy Oliver, 58th in 9:30.

Earlston High’s Angus McCarthy was 20th in race six in 8:08 and Kelso High’s Archie Scott and Isaac Hastie were 26th in 8:15 and 43rd in 8:29, with Peebles High’s Torin Urie and Archie Hempenstall 36th in 8:24 and 41st in 8:29.

Ava Richardson at a previous race (Photo: Neil Renton)

Peebles High’s Jack Foley was ninth in race nine in 14:54, with Hawick High’s Greg Watson and Alfie Walker just missing out on top-30 places, clocking 16:02 for 32nd and 16:09 for 34th.

Earlston High S6 pupil Ava Richardson finished fifth in race ten in 10:03, 41 seconds off the pole position claimed by Edinburgh’s Rachel Caves.

Galashiels Academy’s Poppy Lunn was 19th in that race in 10:49.

Kelso High’s Oliver Hastie was 11th in race 11, for S5 and S6 boys, in 14:32, followed by Earlston’s Seb Darlow, 14 th in 14:39.

Race three saw Galashiels Academy’s Freya Ainslie place 20th in 9:06 and the one after was contested by Hawick High’s Callan Michie, ending up 69th in 9:29.