THE last event of the track season took place at the ON-X Athletics Stadium in Linwood.
Host club Kilbarchan AAC were joined by athletes from across Scotland for the Scottish Athletics Relay Championships.
Runners took on the notoriously difficult challenge of running with, and passing, a baton smoothly round a 400m track.
Team East Lothian (TEL) had excellent representation at the event, with runners across various age categories competing in the 4x100m, 4x400m and 3x800m.
It was an action-packed day, with the shorter distances requiring a qualification in a heat before progressing to the finals.
The under-13 boys were first out of the blocks with the 4x100m.
There were 12 teams and two heats, with the first three from each heat qualifying automatically, along with the next two fastest teams.
The Team East Lothian quartet of Donald Ross, Jake Page, Cridhe Maxwell and Howie Allison qualified with ease for the final, finishing second in their heat.
It was a fast run again in the final, with the boys passing the baton smoothly between each runner and with fourth runner Howie Allison dipping for the line to sneak the team a silver medal!
Their time was 54.95s, which got them a new TEL club record.
Also winning medals for their excellent performance were the under-15 boys in the 3x800m relay, with the team comprising Innes Wright, Fraser Lupton and John Marshall.
The format was two heats which were timed finals, with the fastest across the heats winning the medals.
The first heat was fast, with the first team, Aberdeen AAC, crossing the line in 6m41.88s.
The second heat wasn’t quite as fast, with Dunfermline Track & Field finishing in 6m50.39s.
After an anxious wait for results, it was confirmed that Team East Lothian, however, were less than two seconds behind, finishing in second place for that heat.
And as they were faster than all other clubs in the first heat, they won the bronze medal.
Their time was 6m52.26s, which was also a new Team East Lothian record.
There were multiple Team East Lothian records broken on the day, showing the high standard of running at the club.
Each of the following events set new records for Team East Lothian:
Thomas Gornell, Jake Page and Howie Allison ran in the U13 boys 3x800m relay and finished in sixth place out of the 17 clubs that took part. Their time was 7m51.44s.
Also running in the 3x800m were U15 girls Cristina Elliot, Eily Sinclair and Olivia Robbins. The trio ran a great race to finish in third position in their heat and eighth overall out of 24 teams. Their record-breaking time was 7m53.50s.
The U17 men 4x100m was fast and furious, with Inverclyde taking the title in a time of 44.64s. Team East Lothian runners Euan Grierson, Bailey Crawford, Joe Fraser and Gregory Hoggan stormed round the track in a time of 46.77s, which got them fifth position, along with a new TEL record.
Also fifth-place finishers were the senior men’s 4 x 400m team, with Lewis Goodall, Adam Hoole, Rhys Black and Cameron Smith covering the distance in an impressive 3m32.17s, also setting a new TEL club record.
New Team East Lothian records set at the Scottish Relay Championships: U13 boys, 4x100m (54.95s); U13 boys, 3x800m (7m51.44s); U15 girls 3x800m (7m53.50s); U15 boys, 3x800m (6m52.26s); U17 men, 4x100m (46.77s); senior men 4x400m (3m32.17s).
With the track season complete, Team East Lothian athletes will be preparing for the mud, sweat and tears of the cross-country season.
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