{"id":120335,"date":"2026-05-11T13:45:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T13:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/11\/scotland-relay-teams-take-the-baton-at-the-belfast-classic-scottish-athletics\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T13:45:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T13:45:48","slug":"scotland-relay-teams-take-the-baton-at-the-belfast-classic-scottish-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/11\/scotland-relay-teams-take-the-baton-at-the-belfast-classic-scottish-athletics\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotland Relay teams take the baton at the Belfast Classic &#8211; Scottish Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"meta-date\">Monday 11th May 2026<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Scotland relay athletes were in action in Northern Ireland over the weekend at the <strong>Belfast Classic.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our 4x400m Mixed Relay team set what would be a Scottish Record at 3:23.97 albeit that so far this event hasn\u2019t been run very often.<\/p>\n<p>The quartet featured <strong>Greg Kelly, Jill Cherry, Tom Evans<\/strong> and <strong>Georgina Adam<\/strong> as they finished second to a full strength Wales team but headed hosts Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>Our Men\u2019s 4x100m Relay team featured<strong> Kian Redman, Owen Murphy, Ben Thompson<\/strong> and <strong>Tony Wesley<\/strong>. With a run of 41.67 they finished third to Welsh and Irish Senior teams.<\/p>\n<p>Wales included <strong>Jeremiah Azu<\/strong>, the 2025 World Indoors 60m Champion and Olympic relay medallist, in their team so our lads were delighted when he lined up for a photo and took time to chat to the Scottish athletes.<\/p>\n<p><em>Thanks to the athletes involved for representing Scotland.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>With thanks to Allan Scott<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/azulads.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-115693\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/azulads-1024x720.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/azulads-1024x720.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/azulads-300x211.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/azulads-768x540.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/azulads-1536x1080.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/azulads.jpeg 1886w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tags:<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function ( d, s, id ) {\n        var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName( s )[0];\n        if ( d.getElementById( id ) ) return;\n        js = d.createElement( s );\n        js.id = id;\n        js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=234654626717555\";\n        fjs.parentNode.insertBefore( js, fjs );\n    }( document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk' ));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/relay-belfast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday 11th May 2026 Scotland relay athletes were in action in Northern Ireland over the weekend at the Belfast Classic. Our 4x400m Mixed Relay team set what would be a Scottish Record at 3:23.97 albeit that so far this event hasn\u2019t been run very often. 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