Young athletes ready for London Mini Marathon chance

Thursday 30th September 2021

The Scotland U17 Men’s team from the London Mini Marathon back in April 2019

Scotland at the Mini Marathon – Archive link (via the RR and CC Commission website)

Two dozen young Scots are headed for London this weekend and a chance to compete in the Virgin Money Mini Marathon.

The event was cancelled in the spring of 2020 and also in April 2021 – when it was postponed to this weekend.

And we’re pleased to be able to give the opportunity to four teams of six athletes in the U17 and U15 age groups in London.

We make it 15 different clubs represented with large selections for Giffnock North AC, Team East Lothian and Aberdeen AAC.

Good luck to all the athletes set to race this weekend and their coaches, families and clubs and thanks in advance to those volunteers helping us with Team Management duties.

Scotland U17 Women:

Louisa Brown (Garscube Harriers); Olivia Clarke (Corstorphine AAC); Katie Johnson (Edinburgh AC); Erin McFarlane (Pitreavie AAC); Maja Thomson (Team East Lothian); Valencia Wright (Giffnock North AC)

Scotland U17 Men:

Corey Campbell (Team East Lothian); Kai Crawford (Aberdeen AAC); Fraser Gilmour (VP-Glasgow); Reuben Macdonald (Giffnock North AC); Hamish McKay (Aberdeen AAC); Tendai Nyabadza (Harmeny AC).

Scotland U15 Girls:

Millie McLelland-Brooks (Banchory Stonehaven); Charlotte MacPhie (Corstorphine AAC); Olivia Robbins (Team East Lothian); Katie Sandilands (Fife AC); Orlaith Shepherd (Edinburgh AC); Amy Teasdale (Kilbarchan AAC)

Scotland U15 Boys:

Rhys Crawford (Aberdeen AAC); Luke Cuilliton (Falkirk Victoria Harriers); Kieran Fulton (Moorfoot Runners); Andrew McWilliam (Lasswade AAC); Oliver Patton (Kilbarchan AAC); Craig Shennan (Giffnock North AC)

The races on Sunday are over the final 2.6k of the marathon course.