Double Championship Weekend
Posted by on 16 March 2015
DOUBLE CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND FOR JOEL McFARLANE
16 March 2015. Having won the Scottish under-15 pentathlon title at the Emirates on Saturday, Arbroath & Districts very own Joel McFarlane achieved a unique double when he travelled to Sheffield to take the England Athletics Under-15 title on the Sunday with a new Scottish record score of 2,947 points. He improved his performances in 3 events on the Sunday, running 8.83 for the hurdles (pb), putting the shot 11.57m (pb), and running the conclusive 800 metres in 2:18.44 (pb), almost 3 seconds faster than on Saturday. His other 2 events, the long jump (5.94) and high jump (1.69) were identical on both days. Trailing by over 200 points going into the 800, he ran almost 19 seconds faster than the leader William Adeyeye to claim the title by just 22 points.
