Land o’ Burns 10K Road Race.

KILLIE MASSES HEAD TO LAND O’ BURNS

Last Wednesday, an army of Kilmarnock Harrier athletes took the short hop across the county for the next instalment of the Club Summer Championship at the hugely popular and brilliantly organised Ayr Seaforth Land O’ Burns 10K Road Race.

A large number of pre entries added to those registering on the night meant that the host Club considered closing entries in the lead up to the 7.30pm race start, but thankfully all competitors were able to line up at the race start near the shore.

UK Police Cross Country Champion Cameron Wilson headed Kilmarnock entrants and despite not at his fittest due to recent injuries etc he was always going to be the local man to beat. At the halfway point eventual race winner Craig Reid from Bellahouston Road Runners had opened up a lead but in hot pursuit was Cameron and Ayr Seaforth athlete Kenny Neil who was having a stormer and would go on to smash his lifetime best over the 6.2 mile distance.

A number of other Killie athletes were occupying top 10 places while pb assaults were going on all over the field a bit further down.

At the line, Keith Haining joined Cameron in a top 4 position but tellingly large lifetime best times were to be achieved by John Parker, Jacqueline and Dan McConnell, Rhona O’Neill, Laura Moffat, Stephanie Dale and Emmy Dodds amongst others.

Others weren’t far away from pb’s, while a number of runners achieved target times for the new Club Standards scheme by achieving Bronze, Silver, Gold and Gold Plus landmarks, details of which can be found on the Club website.

On a great night for running, some early Kilmarnock Harrier results in a large field were –

2^nd Cameron Wilson 34.52, 4^th Keith Haining 35.37, 6^th Stuart Murdoch 36.12, 8^th Robert Lindsay 36.50, 10^th James Wales 37.02, 11^th Stewart Ferguson 37.24, 13^th Connell Drummond 37.41, 14^th John Cairns 37.49, 19^th Mark Alexander 39.12, 20^th John Parker 39.17, 35^th Mark Hamilton 41.27, 49^th Dan McConnell 43.03, 59^th Leslie McDerment 43.55, 68^th Rosemary McMillan 44.24, 76^th Stewart McAllistair 44.49, 86^th Matt Dodds 45.23, 87^th Richard Skillen 45.28, 89^th Paula Wilson 45.30, 98^th Darren Ridout 46.31, 100^th Natalie Boyce 46.33, 101^st Ken Wales 46.33, 106^th Matt Ferguson 46.54, 109^th Jacqueline McConnell 47.00, 134^th Kate Todd 48.57, 139^th Rhona O’Neill 49.12, 145^th Derek Middleton 49.35, 155^th Kirstin Dale 49.49, 218^th Alan Anderson 54.18, 222^nd Jackie McCulloch 54.55, 265^th Emmy Dodds 58.19, 269^th Laura Moffat 59.07, 270^th Steven Milligan 59.07, 271^st Paul Symington 59.17, 273^rd Ian Logan 59.25, 274^th Stephanie Dale 59.25, 292^nd Pamela Gray 61.10, 311^th Paul Allan 63.51.