EXCELLENT performances by Pitreavie athletes helped Kingdom Athletic maintain third place in the Northern Premier Division of the Youth Development League.

Kingdom – which also features athletes from Fife AC and Dundee Hawkill – finished third, ahead of English trio Gateshead, Leeds City and City of York at the John Charles Sports Centre in Leeds.

Pitreavie’s under-20 men enjoyed a number of successes. Taylor Roy won the 110m hurdles in a new personal best of 15.09 seconds and also took first place in the B hammer event with a throw of 15.47 metres and second in the 100m B race in 11.47.

Corey Smith was another double winner. He was first in the 400m hurdles B race in a new PB of 64.03 and won the 2000m steeplechase B race in 7:25.91.

Tyler White was victorious in the 2000m steeplechase in 6:26.86, while Adam Johnston won the B string discus with a throw of 18.98m and took third in the long jump with 6.23m.

Craig Moriarty won the pole vault with a season’s best 3.95m and was second in the B long jump with 6.19m.

Cameron Sinclair was second in both the 200m B race in 23.40 and the 400m B race in a new PB of 52.33.

For the women in the same age group, Lisa O’Neill won the javelin with a throw of 37.78m.

Nicole De Pear was second in the 400m B race in 64.56 and runner-up in the B long jump with 3.25m. Sister Kerrin De Pear was second in three events – the 100m hurdles B race in 21.89, the 400m hurdles in 73.80 and the B high jump with a clearance of 1.35m. Ciara Bowman was second in the 800m B race in 2:42.53.

At under-17 level, Dylan Thomson was a double winner. He cleared 3.80m to take the pole vault and then 1.60m for first place in the B high jump.

Alex Johnston won the 800m B race in 2:07.62 and was second in the 1500m B race in 4:35.05, while Ryan Woods won the high jump with a clearance of 1.75m.

Ben Grant took second place in the 400m in 52.19, Lee Turner was runner-up in the 110m hurdles B race in 23.25 and William Cain was second in the 400m hurdles B race in 69.59.

James Adam was runner-up in both the 800m in 2:07.06 and the 1500m steeplechase B race in 5:03.78.

For the women, Rachel Thomson, Zoe Nicholson and Alana Dunsmore were all winners. Rachel won the 80m hurdles B race in 13.24 and was also third in the B discus event with 17.72m. Zoe won the 1500m steeplechase B race in 6:03.35 and was third in the 1500m B race in 5:13.40. Alana won the pole vault for the third match in a row clearing 3.21m.

Iona Crawford took second in the 300m B race in 45.01 and was third in the 300m hurdles in 49.33, while Emma Rae was second in the hammer with 49.96m and third in the shot put with a new PB of 9.81m.

Sophie Nethery was second in the B hammer with a throw of 17.02m, Eve Huxley was third in the 100m B race in 12.96 and Lucy McRoberts third in the 300m in 43.49.

In the relays, Kingdom’s men’s under-17 4x400m team – featuring Piteavie’s Ben Grant and James Adam – won in impressive style in 3:39.41.

The women’s under-17 4x100m quartet – including Eve Huxley – were second in 51.81 and the all-Pitreavie under-17 4x300m team of Iona Crawford, Hannah Dow, Lucy McRoberts and Sophie Nethery were also runners-up in 3:02.61.