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Photo via West Virginia Uni Track and Field<\/strong><\/p>\n Sarah sets Scottish Record and lands UK Champs silver medal<\/a><\/p>\n Sarah Tait<\/strong> has told how returning to her roots at Lasswade AC has underlined the important of role models in our sport.<\/p>\n The steeplechaser is with GB and NI at their training camp in Japan ahead of making her debut in the World Champs.<\/p>\n We spoke to Sarah in Tokyo and one memory from a decade ago was perhaps the perfect summary on how top Scots inspire the next generation.<\/p>\n As she met up again with long-time coach influences Kirk and Linda Smith, presented club championship medals and posted for selfies, Sarah recalled when she was the one asking for photographs and autographs.<\/p>\n \u2018I went back to the club recently for club championships and was handing out medals and helping out,\u2019 said Sarah.<\/p>\n \u2018I had youngsters asking for photos with me and it felt odd because I was saying to myself \u2018I am not that cool\u2019. But it was really nice to go back.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u2018When I was coming up through the age groups with Lasswade AC I was definitely inspired by others.<\/p>\n \u2018Greg Louden and Guy Learmonth<\/strong> came back to the club after Glasgow 2014 and they were wearing their Team Scotland tracksuits and all the kit from the Commonwealth Games.<\/p>\n \u2018I was absolutely mesmerised by that and by them. I thought they were amazing and the best athletes ever.<\/p>\n \u2018And I had to kind of remind myself that some of the younger ones at the club \u2013 and other clubs \u2013 will be looking up to me now. That is a special feeling<\/p>\n \u2018Kirk<\/strong> and Linda Smith<\/strong>, my coaches back then and still involved now, have helped me so much on my journey.\u2019<\/p>\n Guy Learmonth and Greg Louden with Team Scotland at Glasgow 2014 (photos by Bobby Gavin)<\/strong><\/p>\n The journey has taken her from Lasswade to Stirling University and then West Virginia University, where she graduated this summer. The next staging post on the pathway is Tokyo.<\/p>\n \u2018I want to take it in as much as I can,\u2019 she told us, with Sarah past of the ten-strong Scottish cohort at the Worlds.<\/p>\n \u2018I am quite excited we are all in the hotel together as a team. I am having breakfast with World champions!<\/p>\n \u2018Of course I am excited about that but have to try and play it cool and make sure I don\u2019t look like a fan.<\/p>\n \u2018But I do want to savour it and enjoy it. I want to take it in and learn from it for hopefully many more major championships in the future in my career.<\/p>\n Sarah and Erin Wallace on GB and NI duty at the European U23 Champs in Estonia four years ago<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2018I don\u2019t think my younger self would believe this, to be honest.<\/p>\n \u2018If I was looking back to then I would be telling myself \u2018keep enjoying it\u2019 . I don\u2019t think I put too much pressure on myself and when I look back at my journey and the teams I made then I would not change it at all.<\/p>\n \u2018There was maybe some untapped potential when I was younger but I don\u2019t think you need to be winning everything from your early teens or even U11. \u2018<\/p>\n \u2018So I would just tell my younger self \u2018keep enjoying it and do it for the love of the sport\u2018.<\/p>\n Tags:<\/strong>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-pKR9G4Y8tANW5mSe-1024x738.jpg\")
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