PICTURES: Elgin Amateur Athletic Club smash championship bests and club records to top medals table at Scottish Athletics North District Championships at Inverness' Queen's Park
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The best in the north - that's a title that fits the bill for Elgin Amateur Athletics Club after their stunning performance in their first big outdoor competition of the year.
Queen's Park in Inverness played host to the Scottish Athletics North District Championships, an event usually dominated by the home club, Inverness Harriers.
But this year there was a new name at the top of the medals' table.
Elgin AAC sent 23 athletes to the championships, competing in 63 events and producing a series of results to be proud of.
The club came home with 21 gold medals, 12 silver and seven bronze, broke four championship records and three club records as well as collecting numerous personal best performances.
Club coach and chairman, Scott Hamilton said: "This is the first time we have beaten Inverness Harriers AAC on the medals table and it is a testament to the commitment and dedication our brilliant young people put into their hobby."
In the under-13 girls, Rowan Bain achieved three PBs in the discus (gold medal), shot putt (silver) and 70 metres hurdles.
Jenna Gage was a double gold winner, breaking the championship best in the 70m hurdles with a PB of 12.24 seconds, and winning the shot putt with a PB as well as landing silver in the long jump.
In the same age category, Caitlin Smith gained a PB in the 100m and long jump and also competed in the 200m.
Two under-13 boys were in action. Quentin Fowlie picked up gold and a new PB in both the 100m and shot putt, while Austin Richardson was fifth in the 100m final and beat his PBs in 200m and shot putt.
The Elgin AAC under-15 girls were once again in superb form.
Holly Whittaker was a triple gold winner including a championship best performance in the 75m hurdles to win in 11.78. She also gained a new PB and a gold in the 100m and won the long jump.
Whittaker's developing performances have taken her to third in the UK ranks for 65m hurdles at under-15 girls, and fifth in the UK for long jump.
Holly Whittaker is ranked 3rd in the UK for U15G 75m Hurdles and 5th in the UK for U15G Long Jump.
Lillia Clarke won silver in 200m and gold in 300m, running a personal best in both.
There was a double bronze for Gemma Forgie in the 75m hurdles and long jump, and silver in the triple jump. Ruby Ferguson made the final in both the 100m and 200m.
The boys also excelled at under-15, particularly Archie Smith who won both the long jump and triple jump, beating his personal best in both.
Blair Thomson reached the 100m final and just missed out on a medal, finishing fourth.
Elgin AAC picked up some significant results from their under-17 women, who collected an impressive haul of medals.
Lauren Abbott hit top form to win the 200m (with a PB) and 300m races. She also ran her best 100m yet to pick up bronze.
Ava Cruickshank claimed three medals with a PB in the 100m to take silver, a bronze in the 200m and silver in the shot putt.
Lexi Grant was another to produce her best in Inverness for two golds and a silver. Grant managed a PB in both the 80m hurdles and long jump to win both events as well as a silver in triple jump.
Anna Reid was one of the star performers of the whole competition as she produced not one but two championship best displays to win the high jump (1.66m) and triple jump (11.35m), both club records for Elgin.
Reid also won silver in the long jump, and is currently ranked sixth in the whole of the UK for her age group in triple jump and 12th in the UK for high jump.
Georgia Grant won the discus with a PB and completed an Elgin AAC 1-2-3 in the long jump by finishing third
There was a bronze in the high jump for Kathryn Petrie with a new PB, and a fourth place in the long jump.
Iris Whitton raced through for silver in the 80m hurdles and reached the final of the 100m with a new PB.
Elgin AAC were well represented in the under-17 men.
Andrew Lumsden ran and jumped to a new PB in the triple jump to take gold, and a PB in the long jump was enough to earn silver, while he also reached the 200m final. Team-mate Alexander Hendry also competed in the 200m.
Two more medals came the way of Ruaridh MacKenzie-Copp who won silver in javelin with a new PB and bronze in 400m, while he also made the 200m final.
As for the under-20 men, Tom Palmer claimed a PB to win the 400m hurdles as well as taking silver in the 400m.
There was a club record for Roy Taylor in the 800 metres to earn another gold medal.
Many of the Elgin AAC athletes will be in action at the Scottish Schools National Championships at Grangemouth with the pentathlon on June 3 and the track and field on June 9-10.
