Young Harrier Emma Lawton, aged 9, put in a very impressive performance at the above event on Saturday at Wishaw Track. This was Emma's first attempt at a track event and opted to compete in the 100m and 800m races for the Under 11 age group.
Despite her lack of sprinting experience Emma cam 4th in the 100 metres heat with a time of 17.9 seconds . Putting her recent speed training to good use Emma was only 0.1 second behind the third place runner. The 800 metres was more tailored to Emma's running strengths and Harriers training . As soon as the race started she quickly moved up to join the lead runners and was one of pack of three runners at 200 metres and at 400 metres was in second place. Unfortunately the lead runner maintained a big gap but Emma did fantastic to push herself all the way to the finishing line to claim second place in a time of 3:01.5 . The first girl's finishing time was 2:56.1. The organisers of the event combined the two heats to determine medal winners and overall Emma finished in 4th place only one second behind third place. Just shows you that every second counts in a race !
Emma enjoyed the event enormously and is already planning to improve her finishing position for next year. Well done Emma !
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This is what we want to see! Young Harriers having a go. It's how I started out at Emma's age, running 100m to 800m on the track. It sets you up with a running style, ability and speed that you carry with you throughout your running life. Very well done to Emma.
Alan
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