Seven ever-present athletes from our Junior Hill League (see names at foot of story)<\/strong><\/p>\n By Phil Mestecky<\/strong><\/p>\n The 2026 Scottish Junior Hill Running League season came to an exciting climax at Suidhe Hill in Kincraig near Aviemore on Saturday.<\/p>\n In the U14 Girls championship, Rowan Johnston<\/strong> has been dominant in this year\u2019s league with four wins and a second place.<\/p>\n A confident run from the Gala Harriers athlete at Suidhe Hill saw her take the maximum points and secure the league title from Annie Arnott<\/strong> of Central AC.<\/p>\n For the boys, with Harris Turnbull<\/strong> of Strathearn opting to race the Applecross Duathlon instead, the door opened for Harry Lever<\/strong> of Aberdeen to take the league title with a fine race win on Saturday.<\/p>\n Harris held on to the runners-up slot with Rio Biddlecombe<\/strong> of Shettleston third on the day and therefore third place in the league.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n In the U16s, Ella Hunter<\/strong> of Central AC had a comfortable win at Suidhe and that was enough to confirm her as the Girls champion with Florence Skinner<\/strong> of Garscube second.<\/p>\n Yuen Shan Lam needed to win or come second on Saturday to take the title. However, the Harmeny athlete was fighting off a heavy cold and could only finish third on the day.<\/p>\n That gave Lasswade\u2019s Francis Ovani-Finnegan<\/strong> the chance to claim the league title with a welcome return to form for the race win and maximum league points. Yuen Shan had to settle for second place in the league by just a single point!<\/p>\n In the U18s, with their key rivals for the titles not being able to run at Suidhe Hill on Saturday, both Ben Hodson<\/strong> of Stewartry AC and Lucia Connell<\/strong> of Strathearn Harriers had already done enough in previous league races to hold on to their top spots.<\/p>\n Two wins (Dumyat and Cademuir) and second place at Broughton meant Lucia ended up on 80 points with Anna Meek<\/strong> of Inverness just one point behind and Bella Moran<\/strong> of Moorfoot a point further back after picking up the maximum at Suidhe.<\/p>\n Ben has won all four races that he took part in this year, but needed help from Jack Foley<\/strong> to claim the title. By winning on Saturday, Jack deprived Blair Beverley<\/strong> of Law and District of the maximum points he needed to overhaul Ben for the title. However, Blair was able to confirm his excellent second place in the league.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/u14hills.jpg\")
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