Classic! Megan posts Native Record and superb Monument Mile runs by Cameron and Kane, too

Sunday 31st August 2025

Photos by Bobby Gavin

Megan Keith set a new Scottish Native Record on another night of drama and fast times at the Monument Mile Classic.

The Olympian, who is preparing for the Women’s 10,000m at the World champs in a fortnight, was a superb second to Women’s race winner Tsige Teshome in Stirling.

The Ethiopian thus won the Millicent Fawcett Mile and her time of 4:26.79 was a Meeting Record. Megan’s 4:26.85 eclipsed the Native Record time Sarah Calvert set at this event two years ago (4:28.40)

Henry McLuckie won the Emsley Carr Mile in the top men’s race with 3:53.99 as all 11 finishers broke four minutes. Henry’s win was a Meeting Record, too.

Those top times really were terrific given conditions that were less that ideal, albeit the at times heavy rain was worse for spectators and photographers than athletes.

There were fine Scottish performances there as Cameron Boyek took second place and broke 3:55 into the bargain – the Central AC athlete who won our Short Course XC at Kirkcaldy fully eight years ago clocked a PB of 3:54.97.

Kane Elliott could be pleased, too, with a PB run of 3:55.80 for fifth place to move up the Scottish all-time list, too.

‘It was a great race for me to have at this stage as we look towards the final preparations for Tokyo,’ said Megan, with Eloise Walker at 4:30.64 in that race, too.

‘I’ve had some faster training sessions to try and but of course a lot of longer stuff as well. There hasn’t been much opportunity to have fun and race the 1500 girls like I did tonight.

‘Being out injured last winter and World Champs being so late in the year has led to a season in which I have had to be very patient. It has all been about building towards mid-September in Japan.’

Tom Graham-Marr, the Central AC athlete who has been in the States, came home to win the Men’s B race with 4:01.12. Ben Potrykus, double medallist at Grangemouth a week earlier, was at 4:07.99 and it was good to see Andy Butchart in action on what used to be his home track.

In Race 26 – effectively the Men’s C race, James Alexander of Garscube completed a superb fortnight with victory in 4:07.97. The U20 athlete had won Scottish titles back-to-back at Aberdeen and Grangemouith.

Also in the race, Paralympic champion Ben Sandilands clocked 4:11.28 and Scottish 800m champion, Josh Mungin, was close behind at 4:12.04.

Jenny Selman paced her run superbly to pick off otheClassic!rs and win the women’s B race. The Fife AC athlete did so in 4:39.95.

In that race, there was another outstanding run from U17 Freya Brown as the Lasswade AC athlete clocked 4:43.12.

It was the eighth edition of the event in Stirling and it seems to most observers that changes and improvements year-on-year have raised the levels.

This time, more than 30 races offered athletes across the club spectrum in Scotland the chance to chase mile times and there were PBs and Sb performances from late afternoon to deep into Saturday night.

Big thank you to race director Michael Wright, Stirling University, sponsors, and all the team behind the Monument Mile Classic for another great occasion.

And thanks, as always, thanks to all our scottishathletics qualified Officials who helped make the event happen.