11 APRIL 2026. Callum Newby of Edinburgh AC, competing at the Bryan Clay Multis in Azusa, California, recorded 7867 points to better Jamie Quarry's Scottish national decathlon record of 7739 points which has stood since 1999. Earlier this year, Callum became holder of the indoor heptathlon record where he is pictured above, courtesy of photographer Bobby Gavin.

It is also a Commonwealth Games qualifying standard easily bettering the required 7516 points. Callum becomes the 32nd athlete (unofficially) to achieve a qualifying standard for the Games - the 32 are listed on our rankings page - and joins Joel McFarlane as a qualifier in the decathlon.

Personal bests were achieved in six of the events along the way to his record score - 100 metres, long jump, high jump, 400 metres, 110 metres hurdles and javelin, his 14.50 hurdles time moving him to 12th all-time.

Callum's score has, however, been bettered twice before by a Scot - Brad McStravick - who recorded a wind-assisted 7922 points and a legal 7885 points, both in May 1984, but as they were achieved with the old-style javelin, the 7885 is not recognised as a record. 

All records are subject to the ratification process.

The European women's 10km road running record was beaten for the third time this year with Megan Keith becoming the new record-holder after a superb run at the Facsa Castellon 10K on Sunday morning (22 Feb).

In a race won by Caroline Gitonga (Kenya) in 29:34, European cross country silver medallist Megan Keith clocked 30:07 to take one second off the European record set in January by Eilish McColgan and defeat the two athletes who had previously held the record

Keith passed halfway in 14:57 and despite slowing slightly in the second half, the Scot claimed the European record by just one second.  McColgan, after a 30:08 run in Valencia last month, finished sixth in 30:36 as she continued her build-up to the London Marathon on 26 April while Belgium’s Jana Van Lent, who ran 30:10 in Nice a week before McColgan's run, finished eighth in 30:50.

European record progression:

30:38 Liz McColgan - Orlando - 11 Mar 1989

30:21 Paula Radcliffe - San Juan - 23 Feb 2003

30:19 Eilish McColgan - Manchester - 22 May 2022

30:10 Jana Van Lent - Nice - 4 Jan 2026

30:08 Eilish McColgan - Valencia - 11 Jan 2026

30:07 Megan Keith - Castellon - 22 Feb 2026

Eilish McColgan retains the European record for a women-only 10km with her 30:19 at Manchester in 2022, so - subject to the usual ratification procedures - Scots hold both the 10km road records (mixed and women-only).

The detailed annual senior ranking lists for 2025 are now on the website and cover all track and field and road running events. 

The lists aim to give a depth of 40 athletes for all main senior events with the top 20 best performances also given. 

There are now 26 years of senior rankings on the page covering the years from 2000 to 2025 and the aim is to add historical ranking lists to the website..

You can find the rankings on our all-time rankings page HERE or by clicking on the above photo.

Rankings for age-groups are in preparation and will be added later this month.

If there are any omissions or corrections, these will be gratefully received, no matter how small.

5 January 2026. The World Athletics rankings system is now firmly entrenched in the athletics scene as it enters its eighth year since its formal unveiling at the start of 2019. 2025 has seen an increased number of Scottish athletes achieving a score of 1000 points in the end of the year lists.  88 Scots have surpassed 1000 points mark compared with 72 in 2024. That equals the highest number achieved in the rankings history - 88 having also been achieved in 2022.

The 2024 leaders Josh Kerr and Laura Muir have been displaced as the highest-ranked Scots in the year-end World Athletics rankings with Jake Wightman returning to the top of the men's lists after a two-year absence and Muir dropping to 5th in the women's lists. Jemma Reekie takes over as top Scottish woman but is ranked 17th in the 800 metres event.

Only one Scot makes the world top tens in the individual events - Megan Keith, 10th in the 10000m - with Jake Wightman, 11th in the 1500m, being the highest male. 88 Scottish athletes have a performance score of 1000 points (45 male and 43 female).  At a British level, 428 men and 429 women achieved the score (up from 409 and 387 respectively in 2024).

The leading Scots at the end of 2025 were:

Men

1 Jake Wightman 1350, 2 Josh Kerr 1310, 3 Neil Gourley 1301, 4 Henry McLuckie 1228, 5 Brodie Young 1187, 6 Cameron Boyek 1166, 7 Nicholas Percy 1165, 8 Ryan Martin 1141, 9 Stephen Mackenzie 1139, 10 Alessandro Schenini 1136.

Women

1 Jemma Reekie 1312, 2 Megan Keith 1266, 3 Erin Wallace 1239, 4 Sarah Tait 1239, 5 Laura Muir 1217, 6 Eilish McColgan 1208, 7 Sarah Calvert 1190, 8 Nicole Yeargin 1184, 9 Mena Scatchard 1164, 10 Alyson Bell 1159.

You can see all Scottish athletes who have achieved a performance score of 1000 points in the end-of-year rankings on our WA Rankings page,

4 January 2026. Thomas Keen and Stefanie Tucker became the first Scottish senior champions of 2026 when the 3000 metres indoor championship was contested in Glasgow. Englishman Keen, runner-up to Jake Wightman in 2025, took the title in 7:56.07, the 3rd fastest time in the history of the 37 championships, his winning time only beaten by Wightman (7:44.94) and Keen himself as runner-up (7:45.87) the previous year. This was only the third time that all 3 medal winners bettered 8 minutes.

Stefanie Tucker improved her runner's-up time in 2025 by over 10 seconds to take the women's title in 9:12.89 to win by nearly 6 seconds from Brogan Wallace.