Discus thrower Kirsty Law, whose selection for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games will be confirmed early next month, produced a record-breaking performance in the north track and field championships at Queen’s Park, Inverness, on Saturday.
The 27-year-old Loughborough-based Inverness Harriers’ club member cleared a best of 54.61 metres to smash the previous championship record of 47.50 she set at the same venue in 2006.
It was a little below the Munlochy woman’s season’s best of 57.15 and the result left her with mixed feelings.
Law said: “I am not too happy with the distance but to do over 54m is still consistent and I am pleased with the championship record. It’s always good to come home to compete.”
Law’s clubmate, Rachael Mackenzie, who also expects to be named in the Scotland team for Glasgow this summer, set a championship best of 1.75 to win the women’s high jump. This is an improvement on the previous record of 1.71 she set twelve months ago.
A further eight championship records were posted on a day when North athletes recorded more than 250 personal best times across all age groups.
Anna Nelson (Inverness Harriers) set records in the under-20 women’s 100m hurdles when clocking a personal best 15.73 and in the 400m hurdles in which she again ran her fastest time of 63.56 to improve on her 2013 time of 65.35.
The Glenurquhart athlete also won the high jump on countback ahead of Orkney’s Sarah MacPhail, both women sharing the same height of 1.60.
It’s a repeat of the hat-trick of wins Nelson achieved in the same age group last year and it matched the triple success she enjoyed at under-18 level in 2012.
Andrew McFarlane (Inverness Harriers) added to the championship record tally by winning the under-15 boys’ pole vault with a clearance of 3.50. He completed a hat-trick of titles by winning the 80m hurdles in 12.53 and the javelin with 39.44.
Inverness-based Paula Gass (Edinburgh AC) set a record 41.46 to win the javelin and she added a second title by taking the shot with a best of 10.55.
Rhiannan MacIntosh (Inverness Harriesr) scored a sprint double in the under-15 girls championships, winning the 200m in a record 26.68 and also winning the 100m in a personal best 12.96.
Dionne Milne (Moray) threw 38.92 for an under-17 women’s discus record while
George Evans cleared 46.54 to set a new record in the under-17 boys’ competition.
Ross Gollan (East Sutherland) was also in record breaking mood when taking the under-20 men’s 1500m title in a personal best 4:08.61.
Jenny MacTaggart (Stornoway) was one of a number of athletes enjoying triple successes with wins in the under-20 women’s 100m in which she set a personal best 12.98, the 200m, in a lifetime best of 26.77 and the long jump with 4.70.
Fiona Flockhart (Inverness Harriers) won under-13 girls discus (16.99), javelin (26.15) and shot (6.13), while Ross County’s Arran Buchanan won the under-13 boys’ discus (20.64), 100m (13.44) and 200m (28.20)