Jenny Selman in fast 800m season opener – indoor round-up

Scot breaks Jemma Reekie’s meeting record with 2:02.70 while UK W45 1500m record falls to Lesley Bell

SCOTTISH ATHLETICS NATIONAL INDOOR OPEN, Emirates Arena, January 21

Jenny Selman made a good season’s debut with a 2:02.70 800m to better Jemma Reekie’s meeting best of a 2:03.06 from 2019.

Under-20 athlete Dean Patterson ran a 21.23 200m Scottish indoor native record, breaking Elliot Bunney’s 32 year-old mark for senior athletes.

Patterson is still only 16 years old and was a finalist in last year’s European Under-18 Championships 200m and won his heat and semi but was unfortunately disqualified in the 200m final but he did win a medal in the medley relay.

Lesley Bell set a British masters W45 record of 4:37.58 in the 1500m to narrowly eclipse the 4:38.05 set by Clare Elms at the British Masters Championships in 2009.

There was also Scottish Masters M45 indoor 400m record for Ian Horsburgh of 51.71.

Mixed events: 60: r14: 1 R Horton (Moorf, U13) 8.45. r15: 5 N Cessford (TLJT, W40) 8.80. r16: 6 L Nicholson (Kilb, W45) 8.82. r2: 1 G Imante (Shett, U20) 6.99. r3: 6 A Bell (Jag, W) 7.53. r9: 2 E Clark (W’moss, U15W) 7.92. 200: r1: 1 D Patterson (Glas Sc Sp, U20) 21.23; 2 K Aiken (SB) 21.38. r10: 1 E Clark (W’moss, U15W) 25.33. r3: 2 I Horsburgh (Edin, M45) 22.73. 300: r2: 1 K Aremu (Living, U15W) 42.59. 400: r4: 1 I Horsburgh (Edin, M45) 51.71; 3 D MacLeod (Glas C, M35) 52.39. r9: 1 R Harrison (TVH, W) 53.92. 800: r1: 3 R Crawford (A’deen, U17) 1:58.03; 5 J Selman (Fife, W) 2:02.70. r2: 2 J Mungin (Kilb, U17) 1:59.67. r3: 3 S Brown (WestEnd RR, M40) 2:04.65; 4 H Cameron (A’deen, W) 2:05.73; 7 A Cameron (C’nauld, M50) 2:10.43. r4: 4 A Macaulay Orr (Jag, U20W) 2:12.79; 5 K Johnson (Edin, U20W) 2:14.03; 7 A Downey (Lisb, U20W) 2:14.48. r5: 2 S Allen (C’nauld, M55) 2:13.48. r8: 3 L Haggarty (Kil’k, W35) 2:22.55. 1500: r1: 3 A McGill (Living, U20) 3:53.13; 4 C Campbell (Tm E Loth, U20) 3:53.45; 5 A Thomson (Fife, U20) 3:54.38. r2: 7 A Street (Kilb, U15) 4:14.81. r3: 7 S Allen (C’nauld, M55) 4:22.47; 10 B Ansell (Edin, W) 4:25.80. r4: 4 Z Redmond (Kilb, U17W) 4:33.64; 5 O Clarke (Cors, U20W) 4:34.98; 9 L Bell (Gars, W45) 4:37.58; 10 E Dallas (Strathe, U15W) 4:41.92. r5: 3 K Sandilands (Fife, U17W) 4:38.78. HJ: A: 1 M Tait (Dunf, U20) 1.98. C: 2 D Maguinness (Aird, U13W) 1.43. PV: A: 1 A Hoole (Tm E Loth) 4.45; 2 A Murphy (Jag) 4.21; 3 M Fotheringham (Jag) 4.21; 4 D Graham (Edin, M45) 4.01; 8 S Barbour (Jag, W)…