Scottish Athletics Championships 2024
National Indoor Championships
February 2024
English National Championships
There were two Dunfermline Track and Field Athletes taking the trip to Sheffield at the beginning of the month to compete in the English National Championships with there being limited competition in Scotland due to the Emirates area being prepared over the winter for the World indoor Championships . Matt Tait took advantage of the competition and produced a stunning performance to take gold in the U20 High jump with a club record jump of 2.10m. Sophie Thomas was taking part in the 60m sprint and sailed through her first round in a 7.72secs PB and club record. However, a false start in her semi-final saw her miss out on the final. Well done both on competing so well against such high-quality fields
Scottish National Championships
There were multiple successes for Dunfermline Track & Field club at the National Indoor Athletics Championships at Grangemouth over the weekend.
On the track Darcie Black took the first gold of the day in the U20 60m hurdles in a 9.25secs PB while Sophie Thomas followed this up in the U17 60m sprint also taking gold and with a 7.62secs PB and new club record. There were silver medals for the Asamoah siblings with Shayna in the U20 60m sprint and Sean with an excellent PB of 8.36secs in the U13 60m. Both also registered new Club records with their respective times.
There were also excellent performances from Lottie Thomas in a very competitive U15 60m where she smashed her PB in the heat but just failed to make the final and Finlay Gibson where again despite an excellent heat didn't quite make the final. Poppy Buchanan also ran a PB in her heat but was just outside the final. All 3 athletes competing as first years in their age groups so better to come from them.
In the field events there was a gold medal for the second successive weekend for Matt Tait in the U20 High jump adding the Scottish title to the English one he won last week this time with a 1.94m jump. Darcie Black continued her medal trail with another gold this time in the U20 long jump with a 5.23m leap. She was very unfortunate in the high jump where she was first equal but ended up 4th on the countback. Caitlin Chalmers was in the U15 high jump but was short of her best with a 1.29m clearance.
Excellent performances from all our athletes and with the only athletes not making their respective finals athletes who were in their first year of their new age groups the club can be very optimistic for the next few years.