Athletes relish U18 Champs action and medal moments

Monday 26th January 2026

Teenage athletes gathered for the first of our U18 Scottish Championship events following on from age group changes.

The dedication of these young athletes doesn’t change, of course, and nor does the commitment of their volunteer coaches helping to guide their journey in the sport.

Personal Bests, final place and Scottish National medal moments were the targets at the Emirates and full details of the U18 podiums are listed below (with thanks to Arnold Black of the scotstats site).

Springburn Harrier Douglas Knox had an excellent day as he won the Long Jump with 7.06m PB and also took gold in the 60m Hurdles. Douglas was third in the Pole Vault as Nathan Mobbs took the victory.

Whitemoss athlete Emma Clark won the Women’s 60m and 200m sprint double with 7.55 and 24.43 performances.

Kilmarnock athlete Cara Monachello posted Scottish U18 Records in the 60m Hurdles. After 8.69 in the heats, Cara improved to 8.61 to win gold. Kilmarnock had another gold medallist in the Men’s shot via Rhian Mitchell‘s 17.64m throw.

Kilmarnock Harriers athlete Cara Monachello (on right) on her way to Scottish U18 Record in 60m Hurdles (photo by Bobby Gavin)

24 Glasgow – 4J Studios Scottish Athletics National Under-18 Championships (i)

U18M 60m 1 Finlay Coakley-Harding (Eng) WPA 7.05, 2 Kian Redman SHD 7.14, 3 Harley Hughes DHH 7.18, 4 Cameron Kennedy (U16) ABN 7.19 (3 ATiU16), 5 Rory Smith EDI 7.27, 6 Samuel Akinsaya (IRL) BGY 7.34. Heats: (1) 1 Redman 7.21, 2 Hughes 7.26. (2) 1 Coakley-Harding 7.14, 2 Akinsanya 7.35. (3) 1 Alexander Clark GIF 7.20, 2 Kennedy 7.28, 3 Smith 7.33. 200m 1 Finlay Coakley-Harding (Eng) WPA 22.02, 2 Ronan Douglass (Eng) NSP 22.93, 3 Kian Redman SHD 23.29, 4 Ivor Scott VPG 23.43, 5 Emmanuel Banton CLY 23.62. Heats: (1) 1 Banton 23.29. (2) 1 Redman 23.11, 2 Matthew Cox AYR 23.44. (3) 1 Douglas 23.01. (4) 1 Coakley-Harding 22.77, 2 Scott 23.16. 400m 1 Charlie Murray GIF 51.05, 2 Riley Gardiner DTF 52.25, 3 Austin Clelland 53.12. 800m 1 Harry Robinson (U16) DHH 1:59.53 (4 ATiU16), 2 Andrew Leighton EDI 2:00.63, 3 Cameron Chambers LAW 2:00.71. 1500m 1 Alistair Street KLB 3:59.92, 2 Angus Fraser-Moodie SPR 4:06.41, 3 Connor Campbell GAR 4:06.64. 60mH 1 Douglas Knox SPR 8.16 (3 ATiU18), 2 Murray Taylor INV 8.33 (9 ATiU18), 3 Matthew Cox AYR 8.48. HJ 1 James Anderson STN 1.89, 2 Angus Weir GIF 1.84, 3 Hamish Dryden EDI 1.79. PV 1 Nathan Mobbs NAY 4.14, 2 Donald Ross EDI 3.99, 3 Douglas Knox SPR 3.84, 4 Murray Taylor INV 3.54, 5 Ali Ismail (U16) VPG 3.54 (9 ATiU16), 6 Ruaridh Brewer VPG 3.54. LJ 1 Douglas Knox SPR 7.06 (4 ATiU18), 2 Joseph Lanahan (U16) SHT 6.71, 3 Kalle McKay BAN 6.67, 4 Angus Weir GIF 6.42. TJ 1 Crawford Grandison INV 12.42, 2 Noah Moncur EDI 11.88, 3 David Clark ABN 11.69. SP 1 Rhian Mitchell KLM 17.64, 2 Daniel Finnigan INV 13.08, 3 Ivor Scott VPG 11.69.

Nathan Mobbs of North Ayrshire AC on way to pole vault gold (photo by Bobby Gavin)

U18W 60m 1 Emma Clark WMS 7.55, 2 Amy Johnstone (Eng) (U16) CRL 7.79, 3 Ella Russell MTH 7.80, 4 Olivia Fisher (U16) GSS 7.82, 5 Charlotte Thomas DTF 7.91, 6 Aimee Calder GSS 7.91, 7 Aoiffion McVittie-Brangan (U16) EDI 7.91, 8 Eilidh Haggerty (U16) CLY 8.08. Semifinals: (1) 1 Clark 7.66, 2 Fisher 7.88, 3 Calder 7.90, 4 Thomas 7.95, 5 Olivia McMillan KLM 8.12, 6 Rebecca Digger VPG 8.14. (2) 1 Johnstone 7.87, 2 McVittie-Brangan 8.01, 3 Russell 8.02, 4 Haggerty 8.02. Heats: (1) 1 Johnstone 7.80, 2 Fisher 7.86, 3 Thomas 7.92. (2) 1 Calder 7.97. (3) 1 Clark 7.77. (4) 1 Russell 7.88, 2 Haggerty 8.03, 3 McVittie-Brangan 8.12. 200m 1 Emma Clark WMS 24.43, 2 Esme Deacon PIT 24.63 (5 ATiU18; 29 ATi), 3 Cara Monachello KLM 24.98, 4 Tiffany Nwaedozie (IRL) BGY 25.15, 5 Olivia Fisher (U16) 25.60, 6 Aimee Calder GSS 25.98. Semifinals: (1) 1 Clark 24.82, 2 Monachello 25.14, 3 Fisher 25.35 (9 ATiU16), 4 Charlotte Thomas DTF 25.52, 5 Aoiffion McVittie-Brangan (U16) EDI 26.13. (2) 1 Deacon 25.02, 2 Nwaedozie 25.26, 3 Calder 25.33, 4 Amy Johnstone (U16) CRL 26.12. Heats: (1) 1 Clark 25.40. (2) 1 Deacon 25.37, 2 Thomas 25.37. (3) 1 Monachello 25.48, 2 Fisher 25.62. (4) 1 Calder 25.77, 2 Johnstone 26.45. 400m 1 Erin McGurk LAW 56.64 (4 ATiU18), 2 Amie Hayes DHH 58.75, 3 Tia Raffan ABN 59.22. Heats: (1) 1 McGurk 57.52. (2) 1 Hayes 59.20. 800m 1 Lola Finnigan NAY 2:14.51, 2 Zoe Roberts (U16) GSS 2:14.71, 3 Nellie Bateman (IRL) (U16) BGY 2:15.31, 4 Nieve Hannell PIT 2:15.39. 1500m 1 Millie Ovens PIT 4:47.08, 2 Emily Taylor ABN 4:47.37, 3 Anna Ross VPG 4:53.58. 60mH 1 Cara Monachello KLM 8.61 (Scottish U18 record), 2 Leanna Elliot CMB 8.86, 3 Gemma Forgie ABN 9.15, 4 Enya Doran CMB 9.33, 5 Maisie McKenzie DHH 9.44. Heats: (1) 1 Elliot 8.76 (3 ATiU18), 2 Layla Rowlands JER 9.33. (2) 1 Monachello 8.69 (Scottish U18 record), 2 Forgie 9.22, 3 Doran 9.34, 4 McKenzie 9.37. HJ 1 Leanna Elliot CMB 1.74 (2 ATiU18), 2 Dionne Maguinness AIR 1.69, 3 Aoife Sandilands LSW 1.54, 4 Dara Clark CEN 1.54. PV 1 Rebecca Digger VPG 2.69, 2 Branna Kenny (U16) EDI 2.59, 3 Morven Kenny LSW 2.29. LJ 1 Ella Russell MTH 5.84 (6 ATiU18), 2 Leanna Elliot CMB 5.77 (7 ATiU18), 3 Dionne Maguinness AIR 5.56, 4 Grace Malley WMS 5.55. TJ 1 Caitlin Allan VPG 10.65, 2 Aneesah King Oubacha SHT 10.49, 3 Hannah MacLeod CMB 10.27. SP 1 Niamh Pegrum CMB 13.55 (4 ATiU18), 2 Olivia Cooper INV 11.54, 3 Dionne Maguinness AIR 11.46.