Young Scottish hill runners are headed for Ireland this weekend for their latest international outing.
Sixteen athletes will compete at Glendalough in the Junior Home Country International, which also incorporates the British and Irish Mountain Running Championships.
The races are in the Wicklow Mountains starting from where the Wicklow Way passes by the village. Both the U20 and U17 races are a single climb and descent with the runners covering 6.1km and 274m and 5.1km and 250m respectively.
Scotland U20 men will be hoping to retain their team title which they have won in the last two editions of this event.
Angus Wright (Edinburgh Uni Hares and Hounds) and Thomas Hilton (Moorfoot Runners) both competed in the winning team in 2023 and Angus in 2022.
Last year Isla Paterson narrowly missed out on a medal and hopes to make the podium this time around.
The U20 Women’s team also features two of the bronze team medallists from the International Youth Cup in Spain – Edinburgh AC duo Elsa McGregor and Jessica Taylor.
Good Luck to all the athletes.
Montage created by Phil Mestecky
U20 Women
Elsa McGregor (Edinburgh AC); Katie Meek (Inverness Harriers); Isla Paterson (Gala Harriers); Jessica Taylor (Edinburgh AC)
U20 Men
Thomas Hilton (Moorfoot Runners); Ethan Lorimer (Harmeny AC); Rowan Taylor (Lasswade AAC); Angus Wright (Edinburgh Uni Hares and Hounds)
U17 Women
Eliza Konig (Fife AC); Kirsty Rankine (Gala Harriers); Ava Richardson (Gala Harriers); Cerys Wright (Lasswade AAC)
U17 Men
Ben Hodson (Stewartry AC) ; Alasdair Maclean (Giffnock North); Dan McGuire (Harmeny AC); Lachlan Thomas (Ross County AC)
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Scottish Masters hill runners are due to compete this weekend, too.
They are headed for Canfranc in Spain to race in the World Mountain Running Masters Champs.
Among those who are likely to be in contention for podium places across various age bands are Colin Donnelly, Jill Stephen, Andy Douglas and Stewart Whitlie.
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