Scottish Athletics Championships 2025
National outdoor Championships
16th & 17th August , Aberdeen Sports Village
23rd & 24th August, Grangemouth
The outdoor National Championships took place recently at Aberdeen and Grangemouth with several DTFC athletes on the podium and many others producing excellent performances earning personal and seasonal bests (PB & SB)
Sophie Thomas was the main story over the U20 and Senior championships where she swept the board in the 100m and 200m sprints. Sophie took gold in all four races at both levels setting PBs and club records with 11.74secs for the 100m and 23.86secs in the 200m.
The other medallists were Darcie Black who took gold for the 3rd successive year in the U20 100m hurdles while Callum Newton also took gold, this time in the high jump where he leapt PB of 1.91m. Other medallists saw a bronze for Lottie Thomas in the U15 200m (26.04secs PB) and Caitlin Chalmers in the U15 high jump where she cleared 1.54m.
Amongst the other DTFC competitors- the U13 girls Rosie Dyson and Millie Gordon were just outside their PBs in a tough 800m race, Alfie Whyte was 5th in his U13B 1500m (4.47secs PB) and Alice Thomas also finished 5th in the U13G 1500m
(5.16mins PB)
The U15 athletes were also going well with the U15G 800m duo of Poppy Warner and Abby McAndrew (2.26mins PB) 8th and 9th respectively, Pippa Rambaut finished 15th overall in the 100m and Molly Robinson was 11th in her 75m hurdles.
In the U20s Kirstin Penman finished 5th in the 100m hurdles (16.75secs PB) and was 17th in the Senior race the following week (16.6secs PB) and Oliver Morrison was 8th in the U20 800m.
Riley Gardiner was in action in the U17 200m and 400m where he finished 9th and 10th respectively. Other U17 athletes in action were Lucy Gib finishing 15th in the 1500m and Arabella Mitchell 27th in the 200m .
Jessica Evans competed in the Senior 1500m where she finished 13th (5.07mins PB).
Many congratulations to our medallists and competitors.
National outdoor Relay Championships
22nd June 2025
Performance Centre , Dundee
This year’s outdoor National Relay Championships took place at the Dundee Performance Centre. It was all girls from the Dunfermline Track and Field Club with our U13 and U15 age groups however it was the U15s were to take home medals after a very competitive day.
The U15 4x100m relay team of Ana Stobie, Poppy Warner, Pippa Rambaut and Lottie Thomas had already taken silver in February at the Indoor Championships and this time they also took a silver just behind Kilmarnock AC in a time of 52.26secs.They also added another silver to their haul in the individual medley relay of 300m x 800m x 200m x 600m - this time Abbey McAndrew replacing Ana Stobie in the team as the second middle distance runner -and the girls finished in an excellent time of 5.26 minutes which was enough to secure silver behind North Ayrshire.
The younger U15 girls 4x 100m team of Evanne Carson, Molly Robinson ,Paige Wilson and Alice Thomas ran a solid time of 57.49secs to finish 18th out of 22 clubs while in the medley relay, with Rachel Petrie replacing Paige, they finished 16th out of 20 teams with a time of 6.02 minutes however as young U15 athletes they benefit from this experience in future.
A young U13 girls individual medley team (600m x 200m x 600m x 200m) comprising of Rosie Dyson, Kelseigh Wilson, Millie Gordon and Morven Stevenson ran an excellent time of 5.14 minutes to finish 12th out of 20 teams.
East District Championships
10th-11th May 2025
Pitreavie, Dunfermline
The Scottish Athletics East District Championships were held at Pitreavie Athletics Track in early May . The local factor resulted in a number of entries from Dunfermline Track and Field Club and our athletes were well rewarded with a host of medals and personal and seasonal bests (PB, SB)
There was a double gold medal for Lottie Thomas adding PBs in the process in the U15G 100m (13.04secs) and 200m (26.06secs)
There was also a gold medal for Alfie Whyte in the u13B 1500m with a time of 4.49mis (PB) and a silver in the 800m in 2.22mins. Alfie was also 4th in the long jump with 4.20m (PB).
The list of other medallists went as follows:
Poppy Warner took silver in the U15G 800m (2.27mins) whilst also setting a new 100m PB ( 14.09sces) in finishing 11th , Finlay Gibson took silver in the U13B 100m (14.02secs PB)and bronze in the 200m (28.21secs PB) while Riley Gardiner also took double silver in the U17B 400m (53.07secs) and 200m (23.7secs PB)
In the field Caitlin Chalmers took silver in the U15G high jump with a 1.46m PB leap and just missed out on a medal being 4th in the long jump and shot putt.
There were a number of other excellent performances from our athletes. Ana Stobie finished 7th and 8th respectively in the U15G 200m and 100m setting PBs in both, Alice Thomas in the U13G was 7th in the 200m (30.02PB) and 9th in her 800m (2.39minsPB) while Molly Robinson finished 4th in the U15G 300m ( 46.45secs PB ) and 9th in the 75m hurdles in a 14.7secs PB.
Rachel Petrie (U15G) set a new PB of 2.47m in her inaugural competitive 800m , Morven Stevenson (U13G) with her first competitive high jump finished 7th in a 1.26m PB and 12th in her 800m also with a 2.42mins PB , Lily Pritchard (U15G) finished 8th in the 1500m in a 5.29mins PB, Millie Gordon (U13G) set a new 800m PB of 2.49mins and Lucy Gibb was 9th in the U17G 1500m in 5.14mins.
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The club is very proud of all our athletes who competed here with a host of medals and 22 PBs set amongst the 16 athletes . It was a rich reward for all their hard work in the last few weeks and excellent performances with almost everybody setting at least one PB.
National Indoor Championships
1st , 2nd & 9th March 2025
Emirates Arena, Glasgow
The conclusion of the Indoor season saw the DTFC athletes head for the Emirates in Glasgow to compete in their Indoor National Championships. The athletes now have a chance to turn all their hard work in training into their performance on a national stage. There were a host of medals and PBs for our athletes with some stunning performances.It was the Thomas sisters, Charlotte and Sophie, who dominated the sprint events at U15, U20 and Senior taking six medals between them. Charlotte took gold in the U15 60m (8.1secs) Personal best (PB) and 200m (26.27secs)PB races whilst her sister Sophie in the U20 section took bronze in the 60m in a Club record time of 7.56secs and silver in the 200m with another Club record time of 24.56 secs. Sophie was to return a week later to compete in the same races this time at Senior level where this time she took gold medals in both races . She ran the 60m in 7.51secs and the 200m in 24.8 secs.There were also gold medals for Darcie Black inn the U20 60m hurdles in a PB of 9.01secs and Riley Gardiner who took gold in the U17 400m where he also set a new club record of 51.96secs. Also on the podium was U13 middle distance runner Alfie Whyte who took a silver medal in an outstanding 4.55mis PB run in the 1500m while Callum Newton cleared a 1.83m seasons best (SB)to take a bronze medal in the U20 high jump.
There was a large selection of excellent performances from the other club athletes who made the journey over. In the U13 group Finlay Gibson’s best performance was a 7th place in the 200m with a 29.05secs , while he also ran a PB in his 60m and set an SB of 3.14m in his long jump.There were also double PBs for Millie Gordon (10.14secs ) in the 60m and in the 800m (2.50mins).Alice Thomas set a PB of 8.81secs in her 6th place finish in the 60m and a 4.18m PB in her 5th place finish in the long jump and Rosie Dyson set another PB this time in her 800m ( 2.49mins)
There were a host of U15s competing with again a selection of PBs for the athletes. Molly Robinson set a 11.06secs PB in her 18th place finish in the 60m hurdles, Pippa Rambaut finished a creditable 8th in her 300m ( 45.57secs PB), Ana Stobie was 8th in her 200m ( 28.31secs PB) Caitlin Chalmers was 6th in the shot putt with a 7.58m PB and Poppy Warner finished her 800m in 5th spot where she set another PB of 2.24mins.The only other U17 athlete competing was Lucy Gibb who ran superbly to finish 4th in her 1500m with a 4.59mins PB.
There were several other U20 athletes competing , Kirstin Penman ran a 27.47secs PB in her 200m however she was to return a week later to compete in the Senior Championships at 60m hurdles where she finished 7th in a 9.73secs PB. Sophie Widdowson was 10th in her 60m , Shayna Asamoah was 11th in the 60m and 12th in the 200m.Oliver Morrison ran a brilliant qualifier in his 800m to make the final in 2.00mins where he finished 6th.
The Indoor Championships were a huge success for the club . Aside from the medals there were 23 PBs and 4 SBs between our 22 competing athletes over all the age groups . This was a jst reward for all the athletes for their hard work over the winter. The club congratulates them all on their achievements , mixing with the best athletes in the country and are very proud of them all.
National Cross Country Championships
22nd February 2025
Callander Park , Falkirk
The National Cross Country Championships at Callendar Park in Falkirk marked the culmination of this season's cross country events, drawing over 2,000 athletes from across Scotland. Despite a smaller contingent this year, the seven athletes from DTFC performed very well, and should all be proud of their efforts having ran longer distances than normal over a hilly and difficult course.
In the U13 girls' race, Rachel Petrie secured 95th place out of 155 participants, which was a great effort on the back of very little endurance training.
The U13 boys' race saw a standout performance from Alfie Whyte, who not only led the huge field to the top of the first big hill, he finished an impressive 11th place out of 116 runners in his first year in this age group.
In the U15 girls' race there were great runs and a huge effort from Lucy Gibb, finishing 26th; Poppy Warner, 41st; and Lily Pritchard, 76th out of 108 competitors.
In the U17 girls' race, Jessica Evans delivered an outstanding performance, finishing an incredible 10th place out of 66 runners in her very first season running competitively.
Munro Strachan represented the club in the U20 men's race, finishing a credible 47th in a very stronger age category over the huge distance of 7.6 km.
Well done everyone on great results and performances.
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National Relay Championships
2nd & 9th February 2025
Emirates , Glasgow
The National indoor relays have always been a source of interest to Dunfermline Track & Field Club with a few medallists over the last few years. This year there were fewer teams heading over to the Emirates in Glasgow but all 4 teams felt they were capable of competing for medals.
The U13 girls team of Alice Thomas ,Millie Gordon, Katy Dyson and Kelseigh Wilson were competing at their first relay championships and put in an excellent performance in their heat to finish 2nd in 2.08 minutes however it wasn’t good enough to be in the top 6 times and a place in the final.
The U15 girls had two teams competing at the meeting . The U15 girls B team of Evanne Carson , Poppy Buchanan, Molly Robinson and Briony Argo produced an excellent time of 1.57 minutes, beating some distinguished competitors, but they just failed to make the final.
The U15 girls A team of Lottie Thomas, Poppy Warner, Pippa Rambaut and Ana Stobie won their heat in 1.51.6 mins and qualify for the final. ran a superb final with Lottie Thomas taking the baton in the final leg to secure to a silver medal behind Edinburgh AC in a time of 1.50.2mins . This is a new Club record for the U15 4x200m relay team beating the previous record that was set in 2019.
The Senior relays saw Darcie Black , Kirstin Penman , Sophie Thomas and Sarah Kane representing the club in a quest for glory. It was always going to be a tough ask with all the girls being U20 athletes but competing in the Senior category. They did remarkably well to qualify for the final setting while a new Club record time of 1.47.06 minutes however despite a gallant effort the girls were fifth in the final.
An excellent performance from our athletes again with 2 new club records set and a podium finish.
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