THREE young athletes from Langholm were in action at the recent Scottish Athletics U17 and Senior Indoor Championships at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow.
Antonia Brockley and Ava Bell were both competing in the 60m and 200m.
In the 60m, Antonia won the bronze medal with a time of 7.88 seconds with Ava reaching the semi-finals. The final saw the winner, Kishi Aremu equal her Scottish record for the U17 60m Sprint that she set the previous week. In the 200m, Antonia reached the final, coming in fifth place with a time of 26.63 seconds.
Matilda was competing in the senior hurdles in the morning where she finished third, winning the bronze medal with a time of 8.98 seconds. This time moves Matilda to No.1 rank in the hurdles for U20 female athletes in Scotland.
In the afternoon, Matilda was competing in the senior triple jump and won the silver medal with an excellent jump of 12.27m. This was a new personal best for Matilda, moving her to second overall female triple jumper in Scotland and No.1 in the UK for female athletes aged Under 20.
