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On Thursday, February 7th, seven Kilmarnock athletes competed at the annual Indoor Scottish Schools’ at the Glasgow Emirates Arena. These athletes ranged through 60m to high jump. In under 16, Kuda Tapatapa (St. Joseph’s) ran a fast first heat of 7.86s and came third to qualify for the semi-finals. In…

There has been a good turnout at the third javelin workshop at the Ayrshire Athletics Arena despite the wintry conditions with a total of 28 athletes and 14 coaches taken part, some from as far as Montrose, Inverness and Caithness. Kilmarnock Harriers helped to organise the workshop, competition and supplied…

On 7th March, former world champion and world record holder Steve Cram visited the Ayrshire Athletics Arena, home of Kilmarnock Harrier & Athletic Club. Steve was able to tour the facility and meet many of the training groups and club volunteers before 15 of the clubs members each ran 100m…

On January 2nd, a decent turnout of Kilmarnock athletes took the traditional trip to the Beith Road Races. With various distances per age groups, the Seniors take on 4 Laps of the anti clockwise course, a total of 4.8 miles. Mentions go to Keith Haining (1st V45) Lindsay McMahon (1st…

Entry for Troon 10k on 8th May is by pre entry only and is open at http://www.entrycentral.com/index.php?raceID=100501 With an entry limit of 950, almost 700 places are taken, with 16 of these being Kilmarnock Harriers. This is generally the big opening 10k road race of the summer so lets boost the…

On Thursday 7th March, former World Champion athlete, and current BBC athletics commentator, Steve Cram will be coming to Kilmarnock Harriers.  This is a great opportunity to meet a British sporting legend as well as showcase and promote the club. Steve will be at the club from around 6.30 –…

7 members of the junior section, U15/U17 age groups,  competed at the National Cross Country at Falkirk’s Callander Park and gained valuable experience at this national event, as for a few this was the first time they competed at this high level. Among the female Harriers it was Claire Orr, who was first…

NATIONALS CLOSE CROSS COUNTRY SEASON. On Saturday 23rd Feb, Falkirk’s Callander Park once again was the venue for the highlight of the Country’s Cross Country season as the National Championships took place. The venue now seems set in stone, and no wonder. The route combines Grass, trails, woodland, hills and…

Among the endurance runners it was Ben O’Neil U17), who achieved the performance of the day in the 800m with an excellent PB of 2:08.98, an improvement of 7 seconds. Gillian Johnstone (U15) ran excellent races in the 800m (3.14) and 1500m (6.31). Gillian, who has a visual impairment, ran these races…