Evans makes final in Glasgow
Thom Evans claimed a fourth-place finish in the Scottish National Senior Indoor championships – in only his third outing as a sprinter.
Athletics: Mo Farah breaks European two-mile record but it’s not enough for top spot
IT IS a measure of the immense expectations which now rest on Mo Farah’s shoulders that a sigh of disappointment resonated around the National Indoor Arena yesterday despite another landmark in the Londoner’s career. Competing over two miles at the Aviva Grand Prix, he established a new European record of 8:08.07 at the distance but it was not sufficient for victory.
Athletics: Capital aces facing big weekend of action
With two national championships in successive days in Falkirk and Glasgow, Scottish athletics faces a weekend which will be testing for both athletes and officials as the sport gears up for the challenge of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow 2014.
Coach calls for patience as Thom Evans begins athletics career
ATHLETICS coach Margot Wells has asked for expectations to be tempered as her latest charge, former Scotland rugby internationalist Thom Evans, prepares to make his competitive track debut this weekend.
Athletics: Learmonth gets his wish
Lasswade’s Guy Learmonth has been granted his wish for an invitation for the 800 metres in the Aviva Birmingham Grand Prix at the National Indoor Arena on Saturday.
Schools athletics: Rare double is Cherry on the cake for Airdrie pupil
Ross Maxwell (Cathkin High School) enjoyed the perfect preparation for this month’s English Age Group Championships in Birmingham with a new personal best at the Scottish Schools’ Indoor Championships at the Kelvin Hall.
Athletics: Scots still in the hunt for GB berths
Though no Scot staked a claim for inclusion in the British team for next month’s World Indoor Championships in Istanbul, there was some real encouragement for Scottish athletics in the placings at the UK Championships in Sheffield at the weekend.
Agony for Gibson despite battling win
KILBARCHAN’S Claire Gibson won her first UK title in the 1500 metres but was agonisingly short of the qualifying time for next month’s world championships.
Athletics: Jessica Ennis keeps hometown composure
BRIEFLY yesterday, in front of her hometown crowd at the Aviva UK Indoor Championships, Jessica Ennis must have experienced the troubling sensation of déjà vu.
Van Commenee gives backing to Child
Great Britain head coach Charles van Commenee has backed Scotland’s Eilidh Child to make an impact at the London Olympics.
Excited Evans to launch athletics career in Glasgow
FORMER Scotland rugby player Thom Evans will make his first competitive appearance in his new sport when he gets his athletics career under way in the 60 metres at the scottishathletics National Senior Indoor Championships this month.
Athletics: Guy Learmonth’s Sheffield stroll
GUY LEARMONTH (Lasswade) was an easy 800 metres winner for Glasgow Cobras in the McCain City Indoor Challenge at Sheffield on Saturday in 1:50.81, front running all the way to beat English rivals Ben Wallis (Guildford) and Rick Ward (Norwich) by 20 metres.