Alastair Hay, a a number of Scottish champion and Commonwealth Video games 1500m finalist in 2010, has died aged simply 38.
Scottish Athletics introduced on Monday (June 17): “The Central AC legend was a towering determine in each sense in our endurance group and membership scene for greater than 20 years.”
Hay had a greatest of three:38.9 for 1500m, a 3:58 mile on the roads and 14:07.81 for 5000m. He stepped as much as the marathon final yr, too, clocking 2:27:50 in Frankfurt.
Alastair Hay (Mark Shearman)
His membership, Central AC, stated: “Ali was an impressive performer for Central for over 20 years. Furthermore, he was a fair higher buddy to all inside the membership, extremely form spirited, and an excellent supporter of the membership and all its athletes.
“Our ideas and deepest sympathies are together with his spouse Lynsey, his younger sons and all his household. A memorial and funeral service might be held at West Lothian Crematorium on Thursday 27 June at 11am for all to attend.”
Mark Pollard, head of efficiency at Scottish Athletics, added: “Ali was a mild large in our sport whose high quality and consistency was extraordinary over time.
“For me, he was an actual catalyst for the resurgence in male 1500m in Scotland. Ali confirmed the best way for the likes of a younger Chris O’Hare to aspire to, which led to a series of success down the years that continues to this present day.
Alastair Hay (Mark Shearman)
“His document on the Nationwide Cross Nation specifically was excellent. He gained the senior males’s gold on two events and a bronze medal in two additional years. However I’m fairly certain he took simply as a lot enjoyment from being a mainstay within the Central AC staff who gained the Senior males’s staff gold yr after yr after yr. Ali was a large affect on his club-mates and plenty of others.”
Clubmate and Olympic 5000m finalist Andy Butchart posted on social media: “Tremendous Ali Hay. You had been my inspiration. I’ll at all times bear in mind my first nights down at Central AC in awe of what you can do on the monitor.
Alastair Hay (Mark Shearman)
“I at all times hoped sooner or later I might be as quick as you (I knew I might by no means be as easy). Loads of miles carried out might be perpetually cherished. A real warrior and genuinely one of many nicest lads you’ll ever meet.”
Hay leaves behind a spouse and two kids.
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