The quartet of Taylah Spence, Sarah Malone, Alisha Rees and Rebecca Matheson (pictured here at Birmingham 2022) twice set new National Record for Women’s 4x100m (photo by Bobby Gavin)
Record-breakers! Athletes set 33 marks during Indoor Season
It’s been quite a year in Track and Field for Scottish athletes and their coaches – at various ages and stages.
And that’s reflected in the latest batch of Record now approved and confirmed by our Board following recommendations from the Records Committee.
Our Records Committee sits as an important sub-group of the Track and Field Commission and those volunteers, led by scottishathletics Historian Arnold Black, spend a lot of time dealing with the required paperwork to validate records.
The Records Committee laid out all the details around those 26 new marks – with the vast majority from the outdoor season – and we are delighted to confirm these were then rubberstamped by our latest Board meeting.
Senior National Records feature prominently on the list via performances from the likes of Nick Percy, Eilish McColgan, Jake Wightman, Jack Lawrie and Andy Butchart.
It’s interesting to note the detail on the list which includes the previous Record holders with illustrious names there including Liz McColgan, Graham Williamson and Tom McKean.
We send our warm congratulations to all the athletes involved in these new Scottish Records and to their families, coaches and clubs.
Indoors
Senior Men (National) – One Mile 3:48.87 Josh Kerr (Edinburgh AC) Boston MA, USA 27 Feb 2022 Boston University Last Chance Meeting Previous record: 3:52.27, Josh Kerr, 2022
Senior Men (National) – 1500m 3:32.86 Josh Kerr (Edinburgh AC) Boston MA, USA 27 February 2022 Boston University Last Chance Meeting (time en-route in mile) Previous record: 3:34.48, Jake Wightman, 2021
Outdoors
Senior Men National – Discus Throw 63.47 Nick Percy (Shaftesbury Barnet H) Walnut CA, USA 16 April 2022 Mt. SAC Relays (World Athletics Continental Tour Event) Previous record: 63.38, Nick Percy, 2016
Senior Men National – Discus Throw 64.35 Nick Percy (Shaftesbury Barnet H) Limassol, CYP 10 May 2022. Cyprus International Meeting (World Athletics Continental Tour Event)
Senior Women National – 4x100m Relay 44.75 Scottish Select Birmingham 21 May 2022 Team: Rebecca Matheson, Alisha Rees, Sarah Malone, Taylah Spence. Invitation race at Muller Birmingham Diamond League Previous…
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