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AT the inaugural Scottish Athletics Inter-Regional Track and Field Championships at Wishaw on Sunday, Inverclyde AC had a number of seniors taking part for the victorious West Coast team.
Top performer for the club was last week"s Chisholm sub four-minute mile winner Chris MacKay. He finished second in the senior men"s 1500m A race, clocking a time of 3.48.87.
MacKay was just edged out for first place by Central"s Alastair Hay who reversed last week"s mile second place, clocking a winning time of 3.48.67.
MacKay, also running as a guest, finished second in the senior men"s 800m A race behind Colin McCourt of Tayside and Fife in 1.52.63. McCourt"s winning time was 1.52.01, with Alastair Hay of Central third in 1.52.88.
The club"s Kevin Kane, running as a guest, also finished fifth in this event in a time of 1.54.01. In the senior men"s B 1500m race, Mark Pollard for the West Coast team also had to settle for second in 3.55.71, behind Dougie Selman of the east team who clocked a winning time of 3.52.15.
In the men"s B 800m race Mark Pollard also finished fifth for the west team in a time of 1.57.99.
Andrew Campbell, also running as a guest, had a good run to finish seventh in 1.59.23. The race winner was Central"s Garry Smith in 1.53.45.
Guest athlete Craig Ruddy also finished fifth in the men"s 5000m in a time of 15.12.30. Winner was the West City"s Tsegai Tewelde in 14.26.32.
In the men"s A 5000m race, West City also took the honours, with Amanuel Hagos taking the win from the West Coast"s Derek Hawkins. Hagos clocked a time of 14.23.78, with Hawkins in 14.39.74. The West Coast took the inaugural title with 467 points from West City on 430, with Tayside & Fife third with 383 points.
In the women"s race Kilbarchan"s Elspeth Curran, another who trains locally, finished second in 17.49, also a new personal best time.
The next event for some of the club"s seniors will probably be the Polaroid Helensburgh 10K on Thursday 21 May.
This article appeared in Greenock Telegraph 13 May 09
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