No half measures as Demi wins treble

Jul 3 2009 by John Woods, Irvine Herald

TEAMS from both Irvine Athletic Club and North Ayrshire Athletes competed in the Ayrshire Track and Field Championships at Dam Park Stadium on Sunday.

And the star of the show was North Ayrshire youngster Demi Orr who had an outstanding championships, winning gold medals at 80m, 150m and 600m.

Irvine AC's senior men also took full advantage of the excellent conditions with won gold and bronze in the 5000m race with Alex Allardyce storming home fist in 16 minutes 38 seconds and Jim Sneddon finishing third in 19.21.06.

Sprinter Jamie McDonald won both the U20 men's 100 and 200m races while North Ayrshire U11 boys Logan Craig and Jack Frew both improved their personal bests in the sprints and long jump, winning six medals between them.

U15 girl Caitlin Lee improved her long jump PB by over 30cm on her way to winning silver, and she also took gold in the 300m and another silver in the hurdles.

U15 girls Alana Crawford won silver and gold in the 100m and 200m respectively, new U15 girl Daniel Joyce won gold in the high Jump and U13 girl Kyle Jackson, another new face, repeated the performance in the discus to round off a tremendous championships for both the Irvine and North Ayrshire squads.

Full results were.

Girls and Women.

75m hurdles.

U15s. 2 Caitlin Lee (14.50).

80m.

U11s. 1 Demi Orr (12.20); 6 Chermain McMahon (13.90); 8 Dayna Gavin (14.10).

100m.

U13s. 5 Holly Morgan (15.50).

U15s. 2 Alana Crawford (13.50); 4 Danielle Joyce (14.40); 5 Iona Lennie (14.80).

U20s. 1 Nicole Bunyan (14.00).

150m.

U11s. 1 Demi Orr (22.20).

200m.

U13s. 4 Jill Taylor (32.20).

U15s. 1 Alana Crawford (28.60).

U17s. 2 Ashley McQueen (29.10).

300m.

U15s. 1 Caitlin Lee (50.30).

U17s. 2 Ashley McQueen (47.00).

600m.

U11s. 1 Demi Orr (1.54.90).

800m.

U13s. 2 Jill Taylor (3.01.00).

Long jump.

U13s. 4 Holly Morgan (3.51m).

U15s. 2 Caitlin Lee (4.30m).

High Jump.

U15s. 1 Daniel Joyce (1.35m).

Discus.

U17s. 2 Alex Reid (19.24m); 3 Ashley McQueen (14.22).

Boys and Men.

80m.

U11s. 1 Jack Frew (12.10); 2 Logan Craig (12.20).

100m.

U13s. 2 Lawrence McMahon (14.00).

U17s. 2 Connor Whelan (12.10).

U20s. 1 Jamie MacDonald (11.60); 4 Lucas Henderson (12.70).

150m.

U11s. 1 Jack Frew (21.30); 2 Logan Craig (21.80).

200m.

U13s. 1 Lawrence McMahon (28.90).

U17s. 1 Jamie MacDonald (23.90).

U20s. 2 Lucas Henderson (25.80).

800m.

U13s. 1 Lawrence McMahon (2.43.20).

1500m.

U15s. 2 Gordon Wilson (5.10.20).

5000m.

Senior. 1 Alex Reid (16.38.00); 3 Jim Sneddon (19.21.60).

Long Jump.

U11s. 1 Logan Craig (3.53m); 2 Jack Frew (3.39m); 4 John Reid (2.74m).

U13s. 6 Kyle Jackson (3.05m).

U15s. 3 Chris Jenks (3.97m).

U20s. 1 Lucas Henderson (5.08m).

Shot Putt.

U13s. 2 Kyle Jackson (6.71m).

Discus.

U13s. 1 Kyle Jackson (12.75m).

Vet. 1 Alan Pettigrew (30.27m).

The Ayrshire Harriers Young Athletic Team is competing at Grangemouth on Sunday, July 5.

The bus leaves Irvine Cross at 9.15am, for information on this or all club activities contact Bill Simpson on 01292 270317 or e-mail billsimpson@uku.co.uk