Super young Scots land 19 medals at Sheffield – and three Records

Monday 14th February 2022

Meghan Porterfield on her way to U17 shot gold at Sheffield and a new Scottish U17 Record (photo by Mark Shearman)

It has been quite some time since Scottish athletes headed to championships staged by England Athletics as a strong cohort chasing podium places en masse.

Covid of course has had an impact on these events for a couple of years but what a ‘comeback’ unfolded over the weekend when Sheffield hosted the U20/U17/U15 Champs.

We make it no fewer than 19 medals won by Scots after superb performances and there were even UK-best performances in their age groups by two of our emerging U17 athletes.

Here’s the roll of honour from the England Athletics Age Groups on February 12/13 at Sheffield:

Gold (four): Corey Campbell, Dean Patterson, Meghan Porterfield, Libby White

Silver (eight): James Clark, Luke Culliton, Lewis Hainey, Kate Harvie, Erin MacFarlane, Jamie Phillips, Isla Ross, Ben Sandilands

Bronze (seven): Victoria Anestik (2), Sara Barbour, Adam Hoole, Katie Johnson, Amy Kennedy, Holly Ovens

Records fall at Scottish Schools Indoors

A look at the new Scottish u17 indoor triple jump record 12.63 @ayrseaforth @scotathletics pic.twitter.com/KvRf55koBa

— David Watson (@davieTJ2010) February 13, 2022

We send our warm congratulations to these young athletes and to their coaches as well as the clubs helping in their development over a number of years.

Libby White and Dean Patterson are both with our 4J National Athletics Academy and they delivered UK best performances and Scottish U17 Records.,

Ayr Seaforth’s Libby leapt to 12.63m in the Triple Jump and Glasgow School of Sport’s Dean clocked 21.40 seconds to equal his performance at the Scottish Schools. It was a Scottish 1-2 in the U17 Women’s TJ as Kate Harvie took the silver with 11.58m.

Meghan Porterfield is another Academy athlete and the VP-Glasgow thrower reach 14.79m in the shot to push on still further the Scottish U17 record she had set at the Schools.

Team East Lothian’s Corey Campbell was the other gold medallist as he completed a Schools and England U17 double with his win in the 1500m in 3:58.95.

It was a Scottish 1-2 with Jamie Phillips of Kilmarnock Harriers taking silver in 4:02.65 (*sixth all-time U17 Indoors)

Team East Lothian’s Corey Campbell on his way to adding the England Athletics U17 1500m title to his Scottish Schools success last week (photo via England Athletics)

Here’s a summary of the other medal-winning performances:

Silver:

Lewis Hainey of Inverclyde AC in U20 800m in 1:54.21

Ben Sandilands of fife AC in U20 1500m in 3:58.93

James Clark of VP-Glasgow in U15 300 in 37.80 (*second best all-time U15 indoors)

Erin MacFarlane of Pitreavie AAC in U17 800m in 2:22.20

Isla Ross of Giffnock North in U15 High Jump with 1.61m

Luke Culliton of Falkirk Victoria Harriers in U15 800m in 2:02.39

Bronze:

Victoria Anestik of Falkirk Victoria Harriers U15 Long Jump with 5.23m and U15 Shot with 10.98m

Sara Barbour of Kilmarnock Harriers U20 Pole Vault with 3.50m (*seventh best all-time U20 indoors)

Adam Hoole of Team East Lothian in U20 60m Hurdles in 7.90 (*second best all-time at U20 indoors)

Holly Ovens of Fife AC in U17 800m in 2:22.63

Katie Johnston of Edinburgh AC in U20 800m in 2:12.30

Amy Kennedy of Cumbernauld AAC in U20 in shot with 12.69m.

Dean Patterson equals his own UK indoor U17 200m record with 21.40. Connor Kelly took silver with 22.40 and Sullivan McAlinden bronze with 22.52.#EAChamps pic.twitter.com/RO2JRfmOlo

— England Athletics (@EnglandAthletic) February 13, 2022