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Law & District AAC had 8 athletes selected to represent the West Coast Team at the Senior Inter-Regional Championships. Wishaw Sports Centre was again the venue for this strongly contested event, which took place on Sunday 16th May. Six regions are represented with their athletes competing over various disciplines, then the region attaining most points are awarded the Innes Trophy.
Law's star performer of the day was Javelin thrower, Emily Meek. In her 1st year U20, Emily not only content in winning the Javelin Gold medal, but also setting another new Club Record of 34.11mtrs, having only beating the record herself 3 weeks ago. This excellent achievement now takes Emily to the No.1 position for javelin in the U20 women's Scottish rankings and 21st in UK. Fellow javelin thrower, Thomas Lafferty came 4th in the B event with a throw of 41.30mtrs, a very good effort from him in his 1st year U20 and moving up a weight in Javelin, he is currently 3rd in the U20 Scottish rankings. Both performances were greatly appreciated by the Club's Throws Coach, Donald McLeod, who was delighted for them both.
In the 800m B race, Gary Grieve, U23 came 5th in 1.55.7mins, pushing him close to the top 20 ranking in Scotland, also running a leg of the 4 x 400m relay.. Laura and Lynn Livesey both 1st year U20, competed in the 100m and 200m, Laura coming 5th in both A races, 13.48secs and 27.65secs respectively, with Lynn in the B races 3rd in the 100m 13.50secs and 5th in 200m 28.20secs. In the A Long Jump, Laurie McKenna, U20, currently 9th in Scotland, came 4th, 4.93mtrs, while David Martin came 2nd with a superb jump of 7.15mtrs. and into 3rd place in the senior Scottish rankings.
All of our senior athletes are a credit to the club and their coaches, their dedication to their sport and the future for Lanarkshire and Scotland will hopefully prove successful.
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