Inverness Harriers

14/06/2026

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 WORLDS APART 🌍 🇹🇭

Following the track action in London last night we had others in lacing up today in races a world apart.

Robin Regan has had plenty success since his move north over cross country and on the roads. Today he went back to his roots on the mighty Slioch Horseshoe Hill Race. This is an AL category hill race that traverses through rough, pathless mountain terrain.
Robin took an early lead on the first climb and he managed to marginally hold onto it on the steeper sections. Once the more runnable parts came he took full advantage of his road based fitness to extend his lead and win by around 5mins in 2 hours 5mins.

Kate Mactear also contested this epic hill race and completed the event in style in just over 3 hours despite taking time to photograph the amazing views 🙌 (photo attached in post)

Former well known Inverness Harrier and coach Graham Laing took to the roads for the Laguna Phuket half marathon in Thailand this morning. Graham who is well known for his 5th place finish at London marathon in 1981 still has the hunger to race and came home in position 214 overall and 3rd in the 70 age category.

Well done to all! 🔥

14/06/2026

🔥 LONDON 5000 🔥

We had 3 of our top club performers donning their spikes at a premier track event in London last night. The New Balance London 5000 hosted a full day of seeded races with wave lights and pacemakers provided.

Andrew Baird contested the U20 3000m and bravely took hold of the race when the pacer dropped out around 1k. After doing the majority of the work for a long spell to keep the front few on pace he was out-kicked for 4th place but rewarded with a new PB of 8mins 18sec. This is even more remarkable given that he has had no track to train on since renovations began and he was just 3secs away from an age group European qualification time. 💪

In the women’s A race Megan Keith lined up for her second race of the week following on from her lightning fast diamond league 3000m on Wednesday. The pacemaker didn’t last long so Megan ended up on a long solo effort well ahead of the rest of the field. She maintained a solid tempo and finished with a seasons best of 14:49 and a win of over 38secs.

In the final event of the day, the men’s A race, second claim Angus Smith was up against some top level competition including an Olympian. He made a dig with 5 laps to go but none of the 3rd group followed. Angus showed grit and toughed it out for PB of 14:08 and in doing so he caught some of the 2nd group on the final lap.

Athletes were accompanied by their coach Ross Cairns who also made the long trip south for support.

Well done to everyone! 👏

14/06/2026

Huge well done to all athletes who travelled to Grangemouth on Friday and Saturday to compete in the Scottish Schools Athletics Competition.
Lots of great performances against tough national competition, medals, PBs, learnings, supporting each other and meeting other athletes, a great experience for all.
Unfortunately the weather was not great, heavy rain showers on Friday and winds both days made things challenging an impacted results.

SSAA Gold Medallist Daniel Finnegon, representing Inverness Royal Academy, U18 Shot Put with 12.76m
SSAA Gold Medallist Duncan MacGregor, representing Dingwall Academy, U16 high Jump with a PB of 1.85m
SSAA Silver Medallist Olivia Cooper, representing Millburn Academy, U18 Shot Put with a PB of 12.06m
SSAA Silver Medallist Crawford Grandison, representing Dingwall Academy, U18 Triple Jump with a PB of 13.00m
SSAA Silver Medallist Daisy Hendry, representing Fortrose Academy, U18 100m hurdles with a PB of 15.72s. Daisy was also 12th in Long Jump with 4.76m and competing in the 200m heats in 28.11s
SSAA Silver Medallist Noah Ross, representing Tain Royal Academy, U16 200m. Noah also competed in Long Jump and was 6th with a PB of 5.69m
SSAA Bronze Medallist Faith Cameron, representing Millburn Academy, U16 Long Jump with a massive PB of 5.20m. Faith also competed in the 200m, coming 6th in the final.
SSAA bronze Medallist Freya Lonnen, representing Culloden Academy, U16 80m Hurdles. Freya also competed in the 100m, coming 7th in the final.

Representing Millburn Academy –
Harry MacLeod, U18 was 6th in the Javelin with 24.23m, 5th in Discuss with a PB of 35.45m and 6th in Triple Jump with 10.76m
Lois Macrae, U18 was 8th in the 1500m in 4:57.37 and ran in the 400m heats in 62.38s
Stephen Odame, U18 ran in the 100m heats with a PB of 11.96s, 400m heats with a PB of 54.12 and ran in the 200m heats.
Luke H, U16 competed in the 1500m heats with a PB of 5:08.45
Rory M, U16 competed in the 300m final and was 6th with a PB of 39.38s

Representing Inverness Royal Academy –
Ewan Thompson, U18 was 8th in the 1500m with a PB of 4:19.36
Sonny T, U16 was 8th in Discuss with a PB of 22.68m and also ran in the 200m heats

Representing Tain Royal Academy –
Kyle Connelly, ran in 800m heats with a PB of 2:11.10

Representing Culloden Academy –
Murray Taylor, U18 competed in 110m hurdles and was 4th in Pole Vault with 3.20m.

Representing Charleston Academy –
Murdo English, U18 was 4th in Discuss with a PB of 37.72m

Massive thank you to the coaches for preparing the athletes for this competition and to families for supporting the travel, it was a busy 2 days for Highland athletes.
Due to a lot of variation in wind assisted times through the day these have not been included, however lots of excellent times the athletes should be proud of.

13/06/2026

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12/06/2026

Congratulations to running 2.44.11 in the Rio Marathon. An impressive performance despite intense humidity on a warm day. Well done Al representing Harriers across the pond 😎🥳👌

10/06/2026

SCOTTISH RECORD FOR MEGAN 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🔥

Megan Keith was in record breaking form tonight at the Diamond League 3000m in Oslo. She clicked off the 67 second laps to break the Scottish record which has stood since 1988. Her time of 8:28:35 also puts her 3rd in the UK all time only 6sec off Paula Radcliffes British record.

What an incredible year from Megan already with plenty exciting racing still to come from her this summer. 🙌

Congratulations to Megan and coach Ross Cairns from everyone at the club. 👏

10/06/2026

Personal best for Megan Keith 🤩

She finishes seventh in the 3000m at the Oslo Diamond League, in a new personal best time of 8:28.35 👏

Innes FitzGerald clocks a season's best of 8:33.37 for ninth, while Hannah Nuttall is 12th in 8:35.20 🙌

07/06/2026

Huge well done to all the 13 athletes who travelled to Grangemouth for yesterdays SSAA Combined Events, Hammer and Steeplechase Competition, fantastic experience, a Silver Medal and lots of PBs achieved!!!

U18 Women’s Pentathlon
Scottish Silver Medallist in U18 CEs – Daisy Hendry, representing Fortrose Academy, with Pentathlon PB of 2826, brilliant achievement!!

U18 Men’s Steeplechase
Ewan Thompson, 5th place and a PB, representing Inverness Royal Academy
Karl Humphries, 9th place and a PB, representing Millburn Academy

All athletes below were representing Millburn Academy, a fantastic turn out from the school

U18 Men’s Pentathlon
Stephen Odame, 6th with PBs in 110mH, LJ, 200m and 1500m
Harry MacLeod, 8th with PBs in SP, 110mH, LJ, 200m and 1500m

U18 Women’s Hammer
Lillian Martin, 9th place

U16 Girls Pentathlon
Hannah M, 12th place with a pentathlon PB of 2339 and PBs in 80mH and HJ

U14 Boys Quadrathlon (a new event for U14s at SSAA champs)
Liam M, 5th with PBs in 100m, SP and 600m
Otto M-T, 7th with PBs in SP, LJ and 600m
Riley D, 14th with PBs in SP, 100m, LJ and 600m
Ritchie R, 16th with PBs in LJ and 600m

U14 Girls Quadrathlon
Eilidh O, 15th with PBs in 100m, SP and 600m
Lucy A, 40th with PBs in SP and 600m

Thanks as always to the coaches for preparing these athletes for the competition and for parents / carers supporting travel to Grangemouth.

31/05/2026

THE 3 PEAKING 🔥

We had 3 athletes from the club lacing up in very different locations around the UK this weekend. 🏃 🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♂️

Close to home Norman Ferguson took on the Golspie 3 peaks race and had a very strong run to take 2nd place overall. The race covers 13 miles of running across three iconic peaks in East Sutherland: Ben Horn, Ben Bhraggie and Silver Rock. ⛰️

Helen Leigh travelled to the Scottish Borders for the Durisdeer hill race which is a Scottish hill running championship counter event. Still recovering for her English 3 peaks victory 3 weeks ago Helen impressively came through for 5th place in 2 hours 2mins on a tough course. 💪

Julie Wilson travelled further south by plane to hit the roads of Manchester over the classic 10k distance. Julie had a solid run to finish with an excellent time of 42:30. 🔥

Congrats to all 3 who are showing the benefit of regular club night attendance with Ross Cairns endurance group. 🔥

27/05/2026

🇮🇹 Congratulations to Anna Meek on her well deserved Scotland selection for the international youth cup in Italy next month! 👏

Congratulations to our U18 hill runners who have been selected to represent Scotland in the International Youth Cup this June in Italy! ⛰️⚡️

Find out more in the story🔗
https://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/bound-for-italy-eight-hill-runners-picked-for-international-youth-cup/