SCOTTISH RANKINGS 1998
 
 
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It was a record breaking year with no fewer than 23 athletes making the rankings, Alaister Russell made his 15th appearance in the rankings, Sam Armstrong topped the Javelin rankings and also entered the All Time Lists at number 4 and finally Frankie Murphy won a remarkable 9 Championship medals throughout the year.

Alaister Russell made a few appearances this year once again finishing 3rd in the 10,000m rankings with a time of 30mins 17.03secs, a time which also won him the bronze medal at the National Championships. He also finished 4th in the Half Marathon rankings with a time of 67mins 10secs.

Sam Armstrong, a recent recruit, threw consistently well throughout the season, winning the District Championships with a throw of 65m 31cm which topped the rankings. He also represented Scotland in the Leeds International where he finished 5th with a throw of 59m 86cm..

Frankie Murphy had an incredible year winning National Titles at 100m, Long Jump, Pentathlon and Indoor High Jump. At the Districts he won both the the 100m and Long Jump titles. In the rankings he finished 2nd in the 100m, 10th in the 200m, 18th in the 80m Hurdles, 3rd in the High Jump, 1st in the Long Jump and 1st in the Pentathlon.

Colin McMaster continued to dominate the High Jump topping the Under 20 Rankings and finishing 4th in he Senior Men. During the Indoor season, whilst competing for Great Britain he won the High Jump competition in a match against Germany and France.

There was still a continual flow of talented youngsters coming through with Ryan McAllister and Caroline McMorrow both making 3 appearances. Ryan finished the season ranked 9th in the 75m Hurdles, 4th in the High Jump and 14th in the Long Jump whilst Caroline finished 14th in the 75m Hurdles, 8th in the Long Jump and 10th in the Shot Putt, both winning  championship medals during the year.

Lisa Weldon made her fourth successive appearance in the rankings appearing in four events, 18th in the High Jump, 17th in the Long Jump, 17th in the Triple Jump and 10th in the Shot Putt.

National Indoor Records        
Under 15 Girls 200m   Kimberly Canning 25.42 25/02/96
         
Native Records        
Senior Men 5000m   Ian McCafferty 13.23.4 25/07/70
           
All Time Lists          
Senior Men 1500m 19th Ian McCafferty 3.42.2 22/07/70
  1 mile 6th Ian McCafferty 3.56.8 11/06/69
  3000m 11th Ian McCafferty 7.56.2 25/02/67
  5000m 3rd Ian McCafferty 13.19.66 14/07/72
  High Jump 6th Colin McMaster 2.15 09/08/97
  Javelin 4th Sam Armstrong 65.31 14/06/98
           
Scottish Outdoor Rankings        
Senior Men 1500m 28th Alaister Russell 3.58.4  
  5000m 11th Alaister Russell 14.33.56  
  10000m 3rd Alaister Russell 30.17.03  
    14th Duncan Scobie 32.14.6  
  3000m SC 19th Jamie Reid 9.49.62  
  High Jump 4th Colin McMaster 2.14  
  Long Jump 22nd Colin McMaster 6.46  
  Shot Putt 35th Graeme Ferguson 12.31  
  Discus 27th Sam Armstrong 35.50  
  Javelin 1st Sam Armstrong 65.31  
  4x100m 24th   45.5  
  5 Mile Road 11th Alaister Russell 24.37  
  1/2 Marathon 4th Alasiter Russell 67.10  
Under 20 Men 800m 14th Brian Smart 1.59.2  
  3000m SC 11th Chris McMahon 10.36.5  
  400m Hurdles 12th Paul Dearie 61.7  
  High Jump 1st Colin McMaster 2.14  
  Long Jump 7th Colin McMaster 6.46  
Under 17 Men 400m 13th Michael Cullen 53.2  
  800m 17th Michael Cullen 2.05.01  
  400m Hurdles 15th Michael Cullen 63.8  
  4x200m 4th   1.39.6  
  4x400m 8th   3.45.00  
Under 15 Boys 100m 2nd Frankie Murphy 11.8  
  200m 10th Frankie Murphy 24.8  
  800m 13th David Campbell 2.13.2  
  1500m 17th Thomas Grant 4.39.3  
  3000m SC 14th Steven Lawley 10.29.3  
  80m Hurdles 18th Frankie Murphy 13.3  
  High Jump 3rd Frankie Murphy 1.68  
    17th Greg Bowes 1.60  
  Long Jump 1st Frankie Murphy 5.90  
  Pentathlon 1st Frankie Murphy 2472  
  4x400m 6th   4.11.9  
Under 13 Boys 75m Hurdles 9th Ryan McAllister 14.02  
  High Jump 4th Ryan McAllister 1.40  
    5th Nikki Yule 1.40  
  Long Jump 14th Ryan McAllister 4.22  
Senior Women 100m Hurdles 36th Lynsey Rankine 17.7  
  High Jump 24th Lynsey Rankine 1.60  
  Marathon 4th Linda Thomson 2.58.51  
Under 20 Women 100m Hurdles 17th Lynsey Rankine 17.7  
Under 17 Women 100m 17th Alison Bennett 12.9  
  200m 13th Alison Bennett 26.3  
  High Jump 18th Lisa Weldon 1.50  
  Long Jump 17th Lisa Weldon 4.95  
  Triple Jump 17th Lisa Weldon 9.87  
  Shot Putt 10th Lisa Weldon 8.97  
Under 15 Girls High Jump 13th Emma Tannahill 1.47  
  Long Jump 14th Emma Tannahill 4.78  
  Javelin 19th Petra McAleenan 21.89  
Under 13 Girls 75m Hurdles 14th Caroline Morrow 12.6  
  Long Jump 8th Caroline Morrow 4.30  
  Shot Putt 10th Caroline Morrow 7.49  
           
Scottish Indoor Rankings        
Senior Men High Jump 3rd Colin McMaster 2.14  
Under 15 Boys Long Jump 2nd Frankie Murphy 5.24  
  Pentathlon 1st Frankie Murphy 2100  
Under 13 Boys High Jump 2nd Nikki Yule 1.35  
           
           
           

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