{"id":129996,"date":"2026-09-13T07:42:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T07:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/13\/brilliant-team-effort-helps-scotland-hill-runners-win-jhi-scottish-athletics\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T07:42:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T07:42:13","slug":"brilliant-team-effort-helps-scotland-hill-runners-win-jhi-scottish-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/13\/brilliant-team-effort-helps-scotland-hill-runners-win-jhi-scottish-athletics\/","title":{"rendered":"Brilliant team effort helps Scotland hill runners win JHI &#8211; Scottish Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"meta-date\">Sunday 13th September 2026<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><strong>Photo by Phil Mestecky<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Scotland\u2019s young hill runners were in brilliant form over the weekend at the <strong>Junior Home International<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>A superb team effort that included team golds and individual medals saw Scotland win the Edinburgh Trophy for the overall competition.<\/p>\n<p>Scotland and England both had two wins each in the four races but the Scots proved better on countback to enjoy trophy glory.<\/p>\n<p><em>Well done to all the athletes coaches, clubs and team managers involved in (another) special moment for Scottish junior hill running.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nancy Corrie<\/strong> took silver and <strong>Lucia Connell<\/strong> secured bronze in the U18 Women\u2019s race.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Billy Sutherland<\/strong> raced his way to the top spot on the podium in the U18 Men\u2019s race.<\/p>\n<p>Scottish presence on the podium continued in the U20 Women\u2019s race as <strong>Hania Czebreszuk<\/strong> ran her way to gold.<\/p>\n<p>To round it all off, <strong>Kieran Hardie<\/strong> and<strong> Rowan Taylor<\/strong> brought it home for the team with gold and silver respectively in the U20 Men\u2019s race.<\/p>\n<p><strong>With thanks to Phil Mestecky and Eilidh Miller<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Our U18 &amp; U20 Scots take the win the overall competition at the Junior Home International!\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zLZ7dMsiGfU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/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\/brilliant-team-effort-helps-scotland-hill-runners-win-jhi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday 13th September 2026 Photo by Phil Mestecky Scotland\u2019s young hill runners were in brilliant form over the weekend at the Junior Home International. 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