Scotland international discus thrower Kirsty Law will return to home ground tomorrow when she competes in the North track and field championships at Queen’s Park, Inverness.
The Loughborough-based athlete, who is a lifetime member of Inverness Harriers, is preparing for this summer’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, having exceeded the required qualifying standard of 55m six times over the past nine months.
She first hit the target in Inverness last September when she threw a stadium record of 55.66m, but she has gone on to exceed that, her best this year so far being the 57.15m she cleared at Loughborough in April.
Law said: “I’m looking forward to competing in Inverness again. I haven’t been back up for some time so it should be good.
“I enjoy doing the North championships although I’ve no idea how often I’ve won the title. I’d like to get a big throw in this weekend, so I’ll see how it goes.”
Law’s selection for the Commonwealth Games will be confirmed when the final Scotland team is announced early next month.
High jumper Rachael Mackenzie is another Inverness athlete competing who has achieved the Commonwealth qualifying standard in her event. She has met the 1.80m requirement for a place on the Scotland team four times this year.
Mackenzie has dominated the event for the past decade, having won eight titles in various age groups.
Most of the north’s large group of talented young throwers will also be in action including Moray’s Dionne Milne, 16, who is favourite for the under-17 girl’s discus.
Milne set a personal best 42.35 in a Scottish women’s league match at Edinburgh’s Meadowbank stadium last weekend.
Her target for the season is to challenge the Scottish under-17 age group record of 44.34 set by Edinburgh’s Alison Grey in 1989.