Scottish Championships are back in full across our 4J Outdoor Season for 2022 as the sport bounces back from the global pandemic which limited some opportunities a year ago.
Next on the schedule is a busy weekend at the Regional Performance Centre in Dundee over July 9 and 10.
The championships that weekend will feature the 4J Combined Events Champs over both days as well as our 4J Masters (andPara Success) Champs on the Saturday as well as a Steeplechase Open, also on the Saturday.
Sunday will feature day two of the CE Champs as well as our 4J Masters 5000m Champs on the track.
Masters in track and field are 35+ on the day of the event while for our Steeplechase Open there are categories for U20s and Seniors as well as Masters.
The CE Champs are open for all age groups from U13 through to Seniors and Masters.
Please be aware the closing date for all of these events over the weekend of July 9 and 10 is at midnight next Thursday (23 June).
Combined Events action from Kilmarnock last year (photo by Bobby Gavin)
The weekend programme for Dundee is as follows (with entry links) . . .
Masters Champs were held at Kilmarnock last year (photo by Bobby Gavin)
Age Groups:
U13: Born 1 Sept 2009 – 31 Aug 2011 U15: Born 1 Sept 2007 – 31 Aug 2009 U17: Born 1 Sept 2005 – 31 Aug 2007 U20: Born 1 Jan 2003 – 31 Aug 2005 Senior: Born on or before 31 Dec 2002 Masters: 35 and over on day of competition
Waiting Lists:
*Athletes wishing to enter an event that has reached capacity can sign up to the waiting list online. You will be contacted if spaces become available.
*If you have entered an event and are withdrawing before entries close, please email events@scottishathletics.org.ukas soon as possible so that an athlete on the waiting list may be offered the opportunity to compete.
At the IIHF Annual Congress in Finland this week, a decision was made to “freeze the participation” of Russia and Belarus at World Championship events in 2023.
The move comes after the men’s and women’s senior national teams were not allowed to participate in 2022 events following the invasion of Ukraine. This ban will extend into IIHF events in 2023, with no confirmation of a potential end date.
“From the beginning, we’ve tried to adapt to the situation,” IIHF president Luc Tardif said about the timeline for the reintegration for both teams. “We waited as long as possible to extend the suspension, hoping for a better situation, but that wasn’t the case. Right now, there’s nothing else we can do.”
An appeal for the decision is expected to be considered by the disciplinary committee on June 15.
Russia was supposed to host the 2023 men’s World Championship but was stripped in favor of a joint bid by Finland and Latvia.
Austria and France filled in to make up the 16-team tournament in Finland this year, with Hungary and Slovenia replacing Great Britain and Italy next year.
“The Russian Ice Hockey Federation (RIHF) does not agree with the decision to freeze the participation of the senior Russian national team at the 2023 World Championship, which was made by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) at the Semi-Annual Congress,” a statement from the RIHF said. “This is because there are no legal grounds for this decision to be made.
In a different statement, Belarus’ hockey federation said (translated) that they are “convinced that this decision of the International Ice Hockey Federation has become another in the list of decisions taken under the influence and pressure of individual National Federations, which have become virtually hostages of Western politicians.”
After two years of race cancellations and deferments, entering many of the most popular Ironman events has been near impossible in 2022. Athletes who have been frustrated that they haven’t been able to sign up for some of the most popular events will have another chance, now, though as Ironman has opened up registration to 11 Ironman and 70.3 races, including the two Ironman European Championship events in Germany (Hamburg and Frankfurt) and UK.
“Due to the huge interest we received for these races originally, and taking into account a disappointing couple of years of race cancellations, we really wanted to find a way of giving athletes the race and experience they were dreaming of this year,” said Declan Byrne, Vice President of Operations in Europe, Middle East and Africa for The Ironman Group. “So, we have been working closely with the operations teams in each event country to make this happen while continuing to ensure a smooth and safe event experience. We are excited to be re-opening these races to the public and look forward to welcoming athletes from all over the world to some of our most sought-after European races.”
Below you’ll find the full list of races:
Date
Distance
Race
22-May
IRONMAN 70.3
IRONMAN 70.3 Pays d’Aix-en-Provence
29-May
IRONMAN 70.3
IRONMAN 70.3 Kraichgau powered by KraichgauEnergie
05-June
IRONMAN
IRONMAN European Championship Hamburg
26-June
IRONMAN
Mainova IRONMAN European Championship Frankfurt
03-Jul
IRONMAN
IRONMAN UK
07-Aug
IRONMAN 70.3
IRONMAN 70.3 Swansea
13-Aug
IRONMAN 70.3
IRONMAN 70.3 Cork
14-Aug
IRONMAN
IRONAMAN Ireland
20-Aug
IRONMAN
IRONMAN Kalmar
21-Aug
IRONMAN
IRONMAN Copenhagen
11-Sep
IRONMAN
IRONMAN Wales
For those who can afford it, Ironman is also pushing it’s “additional range of services” so athletes can “customize” their race experience. Services include VIP parking, VIP Athlete Concierge support, hospitality for athletes and supporters, along with personal medal engraving.
You can find out more about the new registration options here.
T-R PHOTO BY NOAH ROHLFING – Marshalltown senior swimmers Marcus Barker, right, and Aaron Seberger look on after finishing in a tie for second place in the 100-yard freestyle event at Saturday’s district meet at Linn-Mar High School in Marion. Both swimmers advanced to state with their time of 48.29 seconds.
MARION — Mike Loupee was cautiously optimistic the Marshalltown boys’ swim team would have a good number of state meet qualifiers following the district meet at Linn-Mar High School Saturday afternoon.
Saturday night, the good news came through — 12 swimmers qualified in nine of the 11 events, meaning the Bobcats will be well-represented Feb. 12 at the University of Iowa. Marshalltown finished third in the team standings at districts with 323.5 points.
Loupee said the taper Marshalltown had leading up to districts was one of the best he’s seen in a while.
“The kids swam out of their brains,” Loupee said. “We had a great day. We had 36 swims, 32 of those were season and lifetime bests.
We had probably one of the better tapers we’ve had in a long, long time, and we have good tapers every year. They swam with a lot of heart, with good focus and they did everything that we asked them to do.”
T-R PHOTO BY NOAH ROHLFING
Marshalltown began the meet with a five-second time drop in the 200-yard medley relay — the group of Dane Petty, Sam Greazel, Charlie Gilbertson and Carter Hunt finished fourth in the district with a time of 1 minute, 41.74 seconds. They qualified as the 19th seed.
In the 200 freestyle, Stephen Blom finished in fifth place and swam a season-best 1:48.20 to earn the 26th seed.
Petty and Lincoln Barker finished with sixth-and-seventh place times of 1:48.73 and 1:52.76, respectively. Petty qualified as the 29th seed.
Marcus Barker qualified in the first of four events with a 2:00.94 in the 200 individual medley, coming in as the 23rd seed. The very next event, Aaron Seberger put in a season-best time of 21.86 in the 50 freestyle to qualify as the eighth seed and a second-place finisher in the district.
Gilbertson then qualified as the 32nd and final seed in the 100 butterfly with a career-best time of 55.38 and a fourth-place district finish.
T-R PHOTO BY NOAH ROHLFING
Seberger and Marcus Barker finished in a dead tie for second place in the 100 freestyle with 48.29, good enough for the 13th and 14th seeds at state.
Marshalltown’s distance swimmers in Blom and Petty found themselves finishing right next to each other again in the 500 freestyle, but on this occasion Petty had the better finish. With a 4:51.52, he beat Blom by three-hundredths of a second to take the 15th seed at state, while Blom’s 4:51.55 was good for 16th.
The Bobcats then nearly won the 200 freestyle relay with a time of 1:28.74 from Seberger, Hunt, Lincoln and Marcus Barker — Linn-Mar beat the Bobcats by .5 seconds. With the result, it will be the 13th seed at state.
Loupee said a lot of the Bobcats were very impressive in the pool, but one name stuck out.
“It’s almost impossible to pick out one swimmer and one performance, because they were all great,” Loupee said. “Probably the biggest surprise of the day would be Sam Greazel’s breaststroke. He’s never broken 30 seconds and he went 28.88 in his split in the medley relay.
T-R PHOTO BY NOAH ROHLFING
“For a freshman to come into this kind of pressure and swim that well, that was tremendous.”
Greazel finished fourth in districts at the 100 breaststroke, cutting his prior career-best by five seconds with a 1:04.91. He missed the cut for state by just over one second.
The final event of the day, the 400 free relay, saw Marshalltown finish with a 3:19 — good enough for the 14th seed.
Marshalltown will have a busy Friday and Saturday in Iowa City, with preliminary events set to begin at 5:30 p.m. on Friday for all individual qualifiers. State begins at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday — and Loupee said he’s hopeful the Bobcats can eke out some more time before then.
“I’ve got a real good idea of what we can do ahead of prelims and finals in the coming week,” Loupee said. “I am guardedly optimistic we’ve still got some more time to drop.”
T-R PHOTO BY NOAH ROHLFING – Marshalltown senior swimmers Marcus Barker, right, and Aaron Seberger look on after finishing in a tie for second place in the 100-yard freestyle event at Saturday’s district meet at Linn-Mar High School in Marion. Both swimmers advanced to state with their time of 48.29 seconds.
