Scots revel in Senior, U20 medals at Bedford; Laura, Jemma; Pursuit 5000m

Sunday 5th July 2026

James Alexander, Luc Macleod, Matthew McKenna and Josh Mungin enjoy podium success at England Athletics U20 Champs

Scottish athletes were in fine form at the England Athletics U20 and Senior Championships.

We had and a number of athletes presenting Scotland at U20 level as an international opportunity.

The event in Bedford was also the World Trials and without pre-empting selection decisions, we hope for healthy Scottish representation on that team in due course.

James Alexander set the ball rolling on Friday evening as the Garscube Harriers athlete clinched his selection place. James won the U20 1500m gold with superb closing speed in a run of 4:02.06.

Millie McClelland Brooks took silver in the Women’s 5000m.

At Senior level, there were medals for Greg Millar in the javelin (silver) and Kaya Slater in the 100m (bronze).

On Saturday, there was a fine Scottish 1-2 in the Mern’s 800m final at U20 level, with Matthew McKenna and Josh Mungin pushing each other all the way to the line. Matthew took the gold in 1:49.24 with Joshua just behind in 1:49.26 for silver.

There was also gold for Luc McLeod in the 400m, winning in 47.68.

There were more medals and fine performances on Sunday.

Scottish athletes made it a discus double as Nick Percy won the Senior title with 61.60m and Jacob McKinlay took U20 gold with 60.38m to punch his ticket for Eugene. William Ritchie-Moulin was another Senior champion as he won the 110m Hurdles with SB 13.87.

There were U20 golds for Scots, too, in the Women’s events.

Holly Whittaker clocked 13.41 to win the 100m Hurdles and was really unlucky with 2.1 wind reading there. Charis Crawford equalled her PB at 3.75m to win the pole vault.

High jumper Anna Reid took silver with 1.72m PB clearance.

In the Seniors, Izzy McHattie took javelin bronze at 47.05m and Kathryn Christie landed 200m silver with 24:05 in the final.

*Combined Events duo Craig Moncur and Alister Mackay represented Scotland in Senior Decathlon. Craig was fifth with 7149 and Alister sixth 7134.

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Laura Muir and Jemma Reekie continued their preparations for the Commonwealth Games with race sin America and France respectively.

Laura featured in the Women’s Mile at the Daimond League meet in Euguene. In a classy field, the Scot finished in 10^th place with SB run of 4:22.31.

Jemma was back on the start-line after missing the UK Champs through concussion. The Kilbarchan AAC athlete clocked 2:00.45 to finish seventh in her 800m race in Nancy.

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Pursuit 5000 Results

Stride Athletics and Monument Mile Classic race organiser Michael Wright teamed up to host the Pursuit 5000 in Stirling on Saturday.

There was real quality from vistiing athletes with, for example, the Men’s top race at 5000m won in 13:26 by Jacob Deacon. Taking the Women’s race at 15:35 was Madelene Wanvik Hollum.

From a Scottish perspective there were strong runs over both 800m and 5000m.

Andrew McGill posted a PB for third in the top 800m race at 1:48.31. Guy Learmonth at 1:50 in that race, too. Hannah Cameron second in top women’s 800m at 2:03.78.

There were Women’s 5000m PB runs for Stefanie Tucker at 15:52.13 and Beth Ansell at 16.01.71. Stef took second place and Beth was fifth.

*Fiona Matheson clocked 19.25.13 for W65 British Record for 5000m on the track. Congratulations, Fiona !

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Tags: England Athletics U20 Champs, Jemma Reekie, Laura Muir