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LACHIE STEWART, 1943-2025

A legend of Scottish athletics has passed with the death of Lachie Stewart, aged 81.

Remembered for his Commonwealth Games 10,000 metres victory over the great Ron Clarke at Edinburgh in 1970, he represented Great Britain at the Olympic Games and European Championships, as well as appearing for Scotland in 3 Commonwealth Games.

He was a British champion at 3 Miles and Scottish champion at 3 Miles, 6 Miles, 10 Miles, 10000 Metres and Cross-country.

He set Scottish records on the track from distances from 4 miles to 12 miles, the one hour run and the 3000 metres steeplechase.

Our recognition of Lachie's career to Lachie can be found on our Athletes pages HERE

GLASGOW 2026 SELECTION POLICY REVEALED

The selection policy for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2026 has been issued by scottishathletics.

The standards for selection have been toughened in many events with the sprints showing a noticeable change in the standards required.

In addition, the eligibility for selection for Scotland has been extended to include grandparentage as a basis of eligibility.

The selection standards are as follows:

Men - 100m 10.15, 200m - 20.64, 400m - 45.47, 800m 1:46.68, 1500m/Mile 3:37.24/3:54.24, 5000m 13:37.29, 10000m 28:01.31 (ncl 10k), 110mH 13.55, 400mH 50.02, 3000mSC 8:36.11, 10000m Walk 40:45.38, HJ 2.23, PV 5.31, LJ 7.89, TJ 16.20, SP 19.44, DT 60.66, HT 69.76, JT 77.51, Dec 7516, 4x100m 39.44.

Women - 100m 11.29, 200m - 23.01, 400m - 51.74, 800m 2:00.82, 1500m/Mile 4:05.65/4:25.65, 5000m 15:26.64, 10000m 32:17.71 (incl 10k), 100mH 13.13, 400mH 56.12, 3000mSC 9:55.02, 10000m Walk 47:14.13, HJ 1.85, PV 4.25, LJ 6.48, TJ 13.34, SP 16.97, DT 55.50, HT 63.35, JT 56.31, Hep 5482, 4x100m 44.88.

Mixed 4x400m 3:17.51.

That means that the men's 100m standard has gone from 10.23 in 2022 to 10.15 in 2026 with the women's being cut from 11.41 to 11.29, the 110m hurdles goes from 13.70 to 13.55 with the women's 100m hurdles from 13.39 to 13.13.

There has however been a lowering of standards in some events with the men's 400mH, 3000mSC, PV, TJ and Decathlon being softer this time around, along with the women's PV, TJ, DT, Heptathlon and 4x100m.

The qualifying period commenced on 1 January 2025 which means that the following athletes appear to have already achieved a selection standard: Neil Gourley (1500m), Nick Percy (Discus), Jemma Reekie (800m), Eilish McColgan and Beth Potter (10km). Brodie Young has bettered the 400m standard but it was at altitude, which is disallowed within the policy.

The full selection policy is on the scottishathletics website at the following link.

https://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/26-selection-policy/

2024 Annual Ranking Lists Added to Site

The detailed annual ranking lists for 2024 are now on the website. The rankings are in two documents, one for seniors and one for age-groups and cover all track and field and road running events.

The lists aim to give a depth of 40 athletes for all main senior events with the top 20 best performances also given. The age-group rankings are given to a depth of 20, all subject to performance standards.

There are now 25 years of senior rankings on the page covering the years from 2000 to 2024 and the aim is to provide similar for the age-groups in the coming months.

You can find the rankings on our all-time rankings page HERE or by clicking on the above photo.

You can also reach them by clicking on the following links:

SENIOR RANKINGS

AGE-GROUP RANKINGS

If there are any omissions or corrections, these will be gratefully received, no matter how small.

Over 30 Scottish athletes are represented at USA Colleges

As the 2025 athletics year gets underway, growing numbers of Scottish athletes will be recording their performances on the college circuit in the United States.

Currently, 35 Scots are listed on their college track and field rosters for 2025, possibly the highest number of Scots on the college circuit.

Alabama: Kai Crawford. Belmont: Reuben Macdonald. Boise State: Christian Graham, Tom Graham-Marr. Bradley: Jamie Phillips. Cal Poly: Rory Smail. Colorado: Allie Routledge. CSU Pueblo: Leah Keisler, Caleb McLeod. Drake: Erin Macfarlane. Duke: Ewan Bradley. Harvard: Joe Ewing. Houston: Grace MacDonald. Iona: Conan Harper, Reiss Marshall, Duncan Robinson. Lenoir Rhyne: Caitlyn Christie. Memphis: Meghan Porterfield. Miami (Ohio): Conall McGinness. Michigan: Bera Ajala. Missouri: Lewis Hainey. New Mexico: Rhys Crawford, Rebecca Grieve, Hannah Taylor, Brodie Young. Notre Dame: William Doyle. Oklahoma State: Oliver Patton. Princeton: Angela McAuslan-Kelly. Tulsa: Craig Shennan. Virginia: Libby White. Wake Forest: Corey Campbell. Washburn: Ross O'Brien. Washington: Ben MacMillan. West Virginia: Sarah Tait. Wingate: Luke Lindsay.

I am not sure what's happening with Miraji Ahmed as his college, Lindenwood, have closed down their track section.

WA Rankings Reveal Fall in Performance Levels

5 January 2025. The World Athletics rankings system is now firmly entrenched in the athletics scene as it enters its seventh year since its formal unveiling at the start of 2019. Josh Kerr and Laura Muir are the highest-ranked Scots in the year-end World Athletics rankings. Muir has moved ahead of Kerr with a higher performance score at the end of 2024 with 1419 points to Kerr's 1416. Laura is placed 5th in the individual 1500m and 38th in the World overall (down from 33rd in 2023). Josh is ranked 6th in the men's 1500 metres and 51st in the overall rankings. Jemma Reekie, 5th in the 800m, is 95th overall, the third Scot in the overall top 100s.

The rankings reveal worrying trends in performances of Scottish athletes. Although 8 athletes achieved a performance score of 1200 points or higher, one more than in 2023, that's down from 2022 levels when 13 Scots achieved that score.

72 Scottish athletes have a performance score of 1000 points (39 male and 33 female). That's down on the 80 athletes (42 male and 38 female) in 2023 and the 88 athletes in 2022 (51 male and 37 female).

The leading Scots at the end of 2024 were:

Men

1 Josh Kerr 1416, 2 Neil Gourley 1329, 3 Jake Wightman 1324, 4 Guy Learmonth 1183, 5 Nicholas Percy 1178, 6 William Grimsey 1160, 7 Kane Elliott 1137, 8 Adam Thomas 1136, 9 Weynay Ghebresilasie 1133, 10 Brodie Young 1116.

Women

1 Laura Muir 1419, 2 Jemma Reekie 1361, 3 Megan Keith 1275, 4 Erin Wallace 1209, 5 Eilish McColgan 1206, 6 Nicole Yeargin 1194, 7 Eloise Walker 1139, 8 Mhairi MacLennan 1134, 9 Sarah Tait 1130, 10 Alice Goodall 1125.

You can see all Scottish athletes who have achieved a performance score of 1000 points in the end-of-year rankings on our WA Rankings page,

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