Athletes to express interest for our 2025 Middle Distance Project

We are pleased to advise athletes, coaches and parents that we will carry on with our Middle Distance Project again this summer.

The project seeks to accelerate the development of male and female Scottish athletes over 800m, 1500m and 3000m and is geared to complement the likes of the GAA Miler Meets in Scotland.

To that end, we will send a selection of athletes and coaches down to the British Miler Club Gold Standard Races (North) at Longford Park Stadium, Manchester, over the 2025 summer season.

The aim is to encourage their progression and development by assisting them to participate in a challenging competition environment.

The programme is primarily aimed at senior school pupils, further education students and late developing Seniors, as well as their coaches.

We are pleased to publish information about the project and standards to assist athletes and coaches with the planning process; and we are now looking for expressions of interest for the following dates:

Tuesday 10 June

Tuesday 15 July

Expressions of interest for the Middle Distance Project should be sent by email to robert.hawkins@scottishathletics.org.uk

The provisional standards for being involved in the project in 2025 are:

Male 800m: sub 1:56
Male 1500m: sub 3:56
Male 3000m: sub 8:40

Female 800m: sub 2:16
Female 1500m: sub 4:40
Female 3000m: sub 10:20