ATHLETICS MEETINGS REPORTS 2021

NATIONAL RELAY CHAMPIONSHIPS

Linwood Stadium

11th September 2021

The National Relay Championships took place over the weekend of the 11th September and saw over 300 teams from all corners of the country take part. The DTFC athletes headed to Linwood in their six teams with an eye on the medals .

The 4x100m sprints started proceedings and the U13 girls team of Rachel Barnett, Lucy Gibb, Holly Lynas and Eva Gasowska qualified for the semi-finals in a time of 60.69scs. The semi-final proved to be a bit pacey for the Dunfermline girls and although they bettered their time from the first round when they ran 60.04secs they didn’t make the final. The U15 girls team of Shayna Asamoah, Sophie Thomas, Amy Jenkinson and Sarah Kane started their Championship bid in blistering fashion setting a new club record of 51.46secs in their 1st round while easily qualifying for the semi-finals with the previous Club record of 52.2 secs being smashed. The DTFC team once again broke their Club record in the semi-finals clocking a time of 51.06secs and once again storming their race to comfortably make the final. The final was a very high quality field but despite the girls once again breaking the club record this time with 50.86secs they were just beaten on the line by Edinburgh AC who clocked 50.65secs.It was however a fantastic performance from the girls who thoroughly deserved their silver medals.

There was not much of a break for Shayna and Sophie who almost immediately after their medal presentation took up their positions at the start line with team mates Ellie Candlish and Kirstin Penman for the 4x300m U15 girls timed finals. There were 2 heats and a total of 13 teams with the fastest teams out of both heats getting the medals . A stunning run by the DTFC girls set a new club record of 3.01mins beating the previous record of 3.02 which had stood since 2017. They finished in second spot just behind Pitreavie however the second heat was substantially slower than the first heat and the DTFC girls secured second place with their time and silver medals.

The middle distance relay teams were running 3x800m races and in good form. The U13 girls team of Rachel Barnett, Macy Wainwright and Freya Kiernan ran a very solid race and secured a very good time of 8.48mins and as a result finished 13th out of 23 teams. The time was also a new Club record as this was the first time an U13 team had run a 3x800m relay. The U15s were firing again with the boys team of Callum Newton, David Cuthbert and Oliver Morrison in particularly good form. They completed their race in a new club record of 6.50mins and as a result secured silver medals with Oliver bringing the team home in a brilliant fashion running the 3rd leg in 2.12mins. The U15 girls 3x800m team of Ruby Candlish, Evie Sharp and Emily Fullerton smashed the previous club record by 16 seconds logging a new record of 8.08mins and finished solidly in the pack amongst a large number of 3x800m relay teams.

It was a thrilling day for the athletes and parents alike with a catalogue of wonderful performances from the DTFC athletes . This brings down the curtain on the outdoor track season and now the athletes turn to the cross country and indoor season hoping to continue to improve their performances.

U13 & U15 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Aberdeen Sports Village

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28th August 2021

The remaining National Championship age groups including U13,U15 and U20  were held on the last weekend in August at the Aberdeen Sports Village and this provided an excellent platform for our athletes to compete at national level.
First up on the Saturday were the U15s and they were quickly on the medal trail. There were two gold medals for Callum Newton . He was first up in the 80m hurdles and stormed to gold with a 11.88secs run winning by over a second from VP Glasgow athlete James Clark. His high jump of 1.75m was just under his PB however it was good enough to secure gold.
Shayna Asamoah produced two excellent runs in the 100m heats and semi-final to book her place in the final . She ran a terrific 12.72secs in the final but had to settle for second place and a silver medal. She then set her sights on the 200m and again eased her way into the final after running a PB of 26.79secs in the semi-final but this time secured gold with another stunning PB run of 25.91secs.
In the high jump Ellie Candlish was rewarded for an excellent performance by winning silver. She cleared 1.54m but was just beaten by Isla Ross of Giffnock who cleared 1.59m
There were also some fantastic performances from our athletes who just failed to make the podium. Kirstin Penman finished 4th in the long Jump with a PB of 4.56m, Darcie Black was 4th in the U20 high jump where she cleared 1.52m whilst Oliver Morrison finished 5th in the 800m whilst setting a new PB of 2.10mins..
Sophie Thomas was a finalist in the 100m and a semi- finalist in the 200m. Kirstin and Amy Jenkinson just failed to make the final in an extremely competitive hurdles. David Cuthbert and Ruby Candlish ran excellent 800m races but again just failed to reach the final.
The was a smaller DTFC contingent than Saturday at the U13 and U20 National Championships in Aberdeen but the quality and effort from our athletes could not be faulted. There were a number of PBs but sadly no podium finishes.
Charlie Hunter was first up for DTFC when he produced a PB of 4.17m and a 4th place finish in the long jump. He was also 4th in his hurdles but was just outside his PB. Bradley Moffat also produced a PB in his long jump where he finished 6th. Sadly Bradley just failed to qualify for his 100m semi-final.
Rachel Barnett has had an excellent season and again was on good form in Aberdeen. She made the 70m hurdles final with a new PB in her heat but found the final a bit too quick. Rachel was just outside her PB in the 800m where she finished a creditable 11th overall.
In the U20 section Darcie Black finished 4th where she leapt 5.27m 3 times and missed out on a bronze medal by 1cm-very cruel on Darcie.
And so the National Championships for 2021 are over and the club can be so very proud of all our athletes performances over the weekend. Well done all.

DUNFERMLINE TRACK & FIELD OPEN GRADED (3)

Pitreavie Stadium
21st August  2021

The latest Open Graded hosted by DTFC attracted nearly 300 athletes from all corners of the country and despite the wet and miserable weather there were some excellent performances with a new Scottish record set in the U13 70m hurdles . Holly Whittaker from Elgin Athletics Club ran the race in 11.24secs beating the previous record of 11.31secs- quite an outstanding achievement.

The DTFC athletes were hot on the PB trail with 38 PBs set in a total of 70 events the DTFC athletes competed in. Elliot Wilkins in the U20 age group produced a PB of 15.46secs in his 100m hurdles and a PB throw of 31.06m in his javelin.

The 100m races always produce a large entry and with 18 heats this event was no exception. There were PBs for Sarah Kane in 13.68secsand also for U11 athletes Sean Asamoah in 14.51secs and Lottie Thomas in 14.94secs.There were 100m PBs also for many of the younger athletes including Anna Stobie, Murron Kane, Sophie Jenkinson, Lucas Alexander , Hollie Lynas and Freya Kiernan. The U15 sprint flying machines Shayna Asamoah and Sophie Thomas both failed to get PBs this time but still ran mighty impressive sub 13 second races.

In the 300m distance the club has rarely produced many athletes however the current batch of U15s seem very keen to try this distance out. There was a stunning run by Shayna Asamoah who set a new PB of 41.64secs , only one second outside the club record, and Kirstin Penman and Sophie Thomas who set their own PBs in 46.28secs and 46.34secs respectively.

The middle distance events saw a healthy list of PBs from the DTFC athletes. The 800m races were first for the Middle distancers to try and for the older athletes Oliver Morrison in 2.12mins David Cuthbert in 2.29mins and Munro Strachan in 2.21mins all ran superb PBs. Amelia Daw in her first competitive 800m ran a very acceptable 2.54mins and there were also PBs for many of the younger athletes with Hollie Lynas , Caitlin Chalmers , Lochlan Walker, Ana Stobie and Innes Barnett showing great potential whilst netting PBs. In the 1500m there were 3 DTFC entrants all of whom ran PBs and most encouraging all were from the U13 age group so a huge well done to Lucas Alexander, Lucy Gibb and Freya Kiernan.

The hurdles is a particularly strong area for the club and despite great runs by Callum Newton in the U15 80m hurdles in 11.83secs and Darcie Black in the U17 80m hurdles in 12.15secs there were no PBs forthcoming. There were PBs however for Sarah Kane in the 75mH in 15.06secs and Rachel Barnett in 13.5secs in the 70mH.

 In the field the PBs continued to flow for the DTFC athletes. Hayley Penman and Sophie Thomas set her new PBs of 4.17m and 4.14m respectively in the Long jump and there were a host of new PBs for our younger athletes with Lucy Gibb, Lottie Thomas and Sophie Jenkinson also jumping well. The Shott putt saw a number of debutants as well with U11 athlete Sean Asamoah throwing a mighty impressive 4.6m Caitlin Chalmers threw 4.87m and there were also PBs for Sarah Kane and Lily Pritchard.

The javelin concluded the events for the day and although there were only 3 DTFC athletes entered all threw PBs with Elliot Wilkins throwing 31.06m whilst Kirstin Penman with 13.52m and Charlie Hunter with 17.86m were also on the PB trail.

It was another excellent meeting hosted by Dunfermline Track and Field Club. The increasing amount of athletes attending our meetings and the continued positive feedback from many of the travelling clubs give us great encouragement and we hope to continue through the winter with a few indoor meetings.

NATIONAL U17 CHAMPIONSHIPS

Grangemouth Athletics Stadium 

14th August 2021

The DTFC athletes were on the podium  with some stunning performances in the U17 National Championships at Grangemouth over the weekend. Its worth remembering in the case of Shayna Asamoah and Callum Newton these athletes are still in the U15 category.

Shayna started the ball rolling on Saturday when she finished 4th in the 100m. Her 12.6secs in the semi final was just outside her PB but a remarkable achievement for Shayna.

On Sunday Callum Newton started the day with a 4th spot in the long jump leaping to an impressive PB of 5.94m. He then turned his attention to the high jump and a PB of 1.77m secured 3rd spot and a bronze medal.

Darcie Black was also on the medal trail with a bronze in the long jump where she leapt 5.16m. She then ran a new PB of 11.91secs in the 80m hurdles to finish 2nd and earn a silver medal.

NATIONAL COMBINED EVENTS CHAMPIONSHIPS

10-11th July 2021

Ayrshire Athletics Arena,

Kilmarnock

The road to Kilmarnock was where the DTFC multi-event athletes were heading over the weekend with the U13 and U15 boys on Saturday and Sunday seeing the U13 and U15 girls with both groups completing five events in a day. These events being the hurdles, 800m, long jump, high jump and shot putt. Darcie Black in the U17 heptathlon was competing on both days though with the same events ats the pentathletes plus a 200m and a javelin. All their efforts resulted in seeing a couple of podium finishes from the DTFC athletes.

Callum Newton took gold in the U15 boys sections with an outstanding performance. His final total of 2821 points was nearly 500 points ahead of his nearest competitor and with  an 80m hurdles PB run of 11.52secs yielding 759 points there was no looking back for Callum. He also produced a PB in his 800m of 2.15mins and in the shot putt where he threw 9.89m. It was a quite stunning performance from Callum who is now ranked second in the UK U15 boys pentathlon. Brook Ferguson was also in action in this section and he finished a very solid 7th in the field with 1317 points and bagged a PB in his long jump.

The U13 boys were also in action on Saturday with Charlie Hunter the only representative for the club. Charlie produced an excellent show to finish a very impressive 5th in the field. He claimed a 70m hurdles PB

In 14.23secs and a 1.26m high jump. He also completed his first competitive 800m in 2.51mins.

Darcie Black began her quest for gold in the U17 heptathlon on Saturday with four events. She sat in 2nd place after the first day after producing an excellent 12.21secs in her 80m hurdles and a PB of 26.87secs in her 200m race. She continued with the fine form into day two with what could be regarded as a couple of her weaker events but she threw her first competitive javelin 17.82m and produced a brilliant 2.47mins PB for her 800m to ensure third place in the final standings with a total of 3933 points whilst also setting a new club record for the U17 ladies heptathlon.

In the U15 girls Kirstin Penman was in action where she finished a solid 13th overall in a large, very high quality and competitive field. The high jump saw Kirstin equal her PB but she could manage no more on the day. The U13 girls had Rachel Barnett competing where she finished a very good 6th in the field with 1721 points whilst also posting a PB of 5.37m for her shot putt. Rachel was very close to her PBs in all the other events but just couldn’t add any more. Despite being in their second years in each age group both girls provided excellent performances for their first attempts an outdoor Pentathlons in their respective age groups.

So it’s a well done to all our athletes for their efforts in what are very demanding events over a such a short period of time.

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS DAY

3 July 2021

Pitreavie , Dunfermline

It was Club Championship Events day for the DTFC athletes on the first Saturday in July. This is when the age groups compete in 4 events but these must include a run, Jump and throw . The scoring is the calculated by the best 3 scores for a run, jump and throw discipline using the Scotstats system. We had some thrilling races and outstanding performances from our athletes all trying to get on the podium and a grand total of 70 PBs were set amongst the 32 DTFC athletes who competed. The athletes who scored PBs in all their events were Sophie Jenkinson, Gregor Fraser, Hollie Lynas, Macy Wainwright, Shayna Asamoah, David Cuthbert and Callum Lee.

In the U11 section each athlete only chose 3 events , one run , one jump and one throw. For the boys Jaden Mackay just edged out Lochlan Walker by 13 points helped by an excellent 600m run of 2.17mins. In third spot Sean Asamoah can look back at his long jump with regret where he had three faults on his jumps . Had he completed one jump he most certainly won his section as he was in top form in the 60m sprint finishing in an excellent 8.8secs. In the girls U11 it was a terrific match between Lottie Thomas who came out top with 511pts and Sophie Jenkinson in second spot in 484points .Lily Pritchard netted third spot . It was tight across all the disciplines between Lottie and Sophie but the former just edged her teammate out in two of the events with 9.1secs PB as opposed to Sophies 9.4secs PB in the 60m sprint and 3.21m against 3.12m in the long jump. Sophie took the spoils in the shot putt by 2cm but in the end only 27 points overall separated the girls.

In the U13s Charlie Hunter took first prize with an excellent spread of results in his disciplines collecting 556 points. A time of 15.4secs in his hurdles and a jump of 1.25m in the high jump was enough to hold off Bradley Moffat in second spot whose best performance was a 15.8secs PB in the hurdles. Gregor Fraser made the podium in third spot with his points total helped by an excellent3.16m long jump.

For the u13 girls Rachel Barnett was the victor with 552 points helped greatly with an impressive 13.2secs PB hurdle run. Milly Mackenzie was second just over 70 points behind Rachel. It was hard going for Milly who despite injuring her knee in the first hurdles race posted a PB and still managed to win the U13 girls long jump in 3.57m. In third spot was Macy Wainwright who once again smashed her 800m PB in 2.51mins which was one of 4 PBs for her on the day..

The U15 section was always going to be a very high standard for both boys and girls. Callum Newton took the boys crown with a blistering array of performances whilst amassing a colossal total of 1384 points where the pick was his 80m hurdles in a time of 11.3secs. Oliver Morrison posted an impressive 2.15mins in his 800m which helped him to second place whilst Brook Ferguson was third. Shayna Asamoah took the spoils in the U15 girls section. It was a brilliant performance by Shayna across the board with 4 PBs. In the 100m she ran 12.5sec, produced a  a 4.74m long jump and a 8.66m shot putt. Kirstin Penman secured second spot with her highlight a shot putt PB of 7.42m and Sophie Thomas and Amy Jenkinson tied for third spot after a recount with Sophie running a blistering PB of 12.9secs and Amy recording a 13.3secs PB in her hurdles.

The U17 section saw the males and females amalgamated and in a fantastic battle Darcie Black just edged out Adom Akouko with 1268 points against 1132. Both athletes were on fire with Adom running a 12.3 secs PB in the 100m and Darcie a 12.7 PB at the same distance. Hayley Penman picked up third spot clocking 3 PBs and one SB in her 4 events with an 8.13m shot putt her highlight. Brodie Ferguson was the only U20 competitor however this didn’t stop him pulling out the stops and netting a PB in his shot putt with a throw of 10.08m

It was a most enjoyable day for both spectators and athletes with so many brilliant individual performances and exciting finishes.