Elgin Amateur Athletics Club pick up 44 medals including 21 golds at North Area Trophy in Inverness
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Last month's North Area Trophy track and field competition in Inverness proved to be highly successful for Elgin Amateur Athletics Club.
The club sent 25 athletes to the two-day event, with track competitions held on the Saturday and field events on the Sunday.
Star of the show once again was Holly Whittaker, who entered five events over the two days and won them all.
Ava Cruickshank also picked up five medals for her club, while Erin Rigg, Jenna Gage, Lexi Grant, Lauren Abbott, Andrew Lumsden and Tom Palmer were all double gold medal winners over the weekend.
In the end, Elgin AAC won 21 golds, 14 silvers and nine bronze medals.
Erin Rigg was the club's only competitor in the under-11 girls but did the team proud, winning the long jump and shot putt with a personal best in each. She also ran the 100 and 200 metres, achieving a PB in the first.
Knockando-based Lyra Montgomerie was competing for Elgin AAC for the first time in under-13 girls and set a new PB in the 200m.
Continuing her fine run this year was fellow Speysider Rowan Bain, who always gets a new best in every event of every meeting she enters.
That record was maintained in the under-13 girls' 100m, 200m, 70m hurdles, high jump, shot putt - where she won silver - and discus - where she took gold.
Jenna Gage beat her previous best in the 100m, competed in the 200m and won the 70m hurdles on day one. The next day she took silver in the long jump and gold in the shot putt.
At under-15 girls' Maddison MacMillan - who runs for Elgin as her second claim club - PBed in the 100m, 300m, high jump and shot putt.
Ruby Ferguson raced in the 100, 200 and 300m, the latter achieving a PB in a close finish.
New PBs in the shot putt and discus were gained by Sylvie Mae Slater, the two events she entered on the Sunday.
Three medals were picked up by Gemma Forgie in the 300m hurdles (silver, PB), 75m hurdles (bronze), high jump (bronze) and triple jump.
Also competing well in the under-15s 200m was Lillia Clarke, one of the events won by star athlete Whittaker.
Whittaker's fantastic weekend saw her take gold in triple jump, shot putt, 100m, 200m and 75m hurdles. That included new best performances in the two sprints, a season's best in the triple jump and a championship best in the 100m, 200m and 75m hurdles.
In the under-17 women, Anna Reid won the high jump with a new championship best performance, and also ran in the 200m.
Kathryn Petrie won silver in the high jump with a personal best.
Starring in the under-17s was Lexi Grant who tackled five events over two days and took three medals.
Personal bests were achieved in the 100 and 200m while a championship best in the 80m hurdles earned Lexi's first gold. She also won the triple jump and gained a PB in the high jump to take bronze.
A dazzling display on the track saw Ava Cruickshank gain silver in both the 100m and 200m (PB) while on the field she took two more silvers in shot putt and hammer and gold in the javelin.
Returning to the competitive field, Iris Whitton landed a PB in both the 80m hurdles and 100m, winning bronze in the hurdles.
Two more golds were picked up by Lauren Abbott in the 200m and 300m (PB) as well as a bronze and PB in the 100m.
Also collecting bronze in the discus was Georgia Grant.
While the girls picked up the majority of the medals, there was plenty of male success for Elgin AAC too.
In under-13 boys, Donald Coull won gold in the 100m and silver in the 800m.
Taking part in his first competition, Tony Lacker managed a personal best in all three events he raced in, the 100, 200 and 300m.
Sunday was a good day for Quentin Fowlie as he claimed bronze in the long jump and silver in both the javelin and shot putt, setting a PB in all three.
Dougal Giles claimed a personal best in the high jump.
At under-15 boys, Archie Smith threw his way to a bronze in the javelin and just missed out on another medal in the triple jump, coming fourth.
At under-17 men, Ruaridh Mackenzie-Copp competed on both days. He ran at 100, 200 and 400m on Saturday, gaining a PB in the 400 while on Sunday he competed in long jump and javelin, taking silver in the javelin.
Andrew Lumsden produced his best triple jump effort yet to take gold, also competing in the high jump and long jump on the Saturday. On the Sunday he won a second gold and broke the championship record in the triple jump, and also took bronze in the long jump.
Tom Palmer managed to break the championship best in both the under-20 men's 110m hurdles and 400m hurdles for a double gold effort, also competing in the 400m.
He also picked up a silver in Sunday's high jump.
