Records fall at County Sports Athletics
Records galore at County Sports as schools athletics moves to East Lothian Athletics Arena, Meadowmill
No fewer than 24 records were broken and 5 records equalled on a brilliantly sunny County Sports on Thursday 20 June. The excellent weather as well as the new East Lothian Athletics Arena at Meadowmill helped pupils from across the 6 Secondary Schools to run, jump and throw further than ever before!
The overall champions were Dunbar Grammar school (370pts), winning over last year’s champions North Berwick High School (353pts). Preston Lodge (297pts) finished third, Ross High (266pts) in fourth, Musselburgh (216pts) in fifth and Knox (177pts) in sixth place.
The rostrum of East Lothian record breakers includes...
- Aaron Jardine (S1 Ross HS) 100m & Long Jump
- Edward Ingle (S1 Dunbar Grammar) Discus
- Jordan Purves (S1 Preston Lodge HS) Triple Jump
- Alex Lugton (Ross HS) High Jump
- Preston Lodge HS S1 Boys 4x100m Relay
- Cameron Steven (S2 Dunbar Grammar) 400m & 800m
- Robbie Leslie (S2 Dunbar Grammar) High Jump
- Ben Stirling (Senior North Berwick HS) 100m
- Murray Sim (Senior Musselburgh Grammar) 200m
- Hamish Law (Senior North Berwick) Long Jump
- James Harley (Senior North Berwick) High Jump
- North Berwick HS Senior Boys 4x100m Relay
- Niamh Mackle (S1 North Berwick HS) 100m
- Louise Kale (S1 North Berwick) 800m
- Emma Hamilton (S1 Dunbar Grammar) Shot Putt
- Shawnsey Millar (S1 Preston Lodge HS) Discus
- Katie Lessells (S1 Preston Lodge HS) Long Jump
- North Berwick S1 Girls 4x100m Relay Team
- Imogen Wilson (S2 Dunbar Grammar) 200m
- North Berwick S3 Girls 4x100m Relay
- North Berwick Senior Girls 4x100m Relay
Records were equalled by...
- Dunbar Grammar S2 Boys 4x10m Relay
- Olivia Ford (S1 North Berwick HS) High Jump
- Mary Callachan (S1 Dunbar Grammar) High Jump
- Elizabeth Musgrove (Senior North Berwick HS) Long Jump
- Gemma Bolton (Dunbar Grammar) High Jump
Well done to all those who took part.
