Off and running: Race to Glasgow 2026 enters last lap . . . and our elite Scots are flying

Sunday 24th May 2026

Megan Keith posted fine 5000m time in Belgium on Saturday night (photo: Team Scotland)

The Team Scotland window for Glasgow 2026 qualification standards only has a couple of weeks to run.

That deadline probably explains why a huge cohort of top Scottish athletes were in action in Europe and America over the weekend.

Laura Muir and Andy Butchart were among those to post standards – over 5000m in Belgium – while Josh Kerr and Jake Wightman delivered 1:44 runs over 800m.

Megan Keith’s 5000m run was highly impressive, too. Already confirmed as selected, Megan was second in the race at 14:54 for an excellent return to track action after the World Champs last year.

Also in Brussels, the Scotland 4x100m Women’s team (again) achieved a Commonwealth Games qualifying standard with 44.60. The team featured Lucy Fraser, Alyson Bell, Kaya Slater and Alisha Rees.

Here’s some of the basic details (noting that this is not intended to be a comprehensive list, please):

Los Angeles: Men 800m: Josh Kerr 1:44.60; Jake Wightman 1:44.74. Men 1500m: Ryan Martin 3:37.97.

USA: NCAA Division Two: Men 1500m – Caleb McLeod 3:49.25

Brussels: Men 5000m: Andy Butchart 13:32.55; Ben Potrykus 13:45.10; Ben MacMillan 13:50.95

Brussels: 400m: Ben Heron 47.55; Greg Kelly 47.77; Kyle Alexander 47.96.

800m: Guy Learmonth 1:47.94; 100m: Krishawn Aiken 10.59; Dean Patterson 10.69

Brussels: Women 100m: Kaya Slater 11.65; Lucy Fraser 11.66

Women 4x100m: 44.60 (Fraser, Alyson Bell, Slater, Alisha Rees.

Sunday:

Brussels: Men 1500m: Andrew McGill 3:40.82; Kane Elliott 3:40.84