HE might have missed out on selection for the Commonwealth Games but Jack Lawrie aims to bounce back with a senior British medal.

That's according to the Cowdenbeath athlete's coach, Roy Buchanan, who believes that the 22-year-old has plenty to aim for this year despite not making it to the Gold Coast.

Lawrie, a 400 metre hurdles runner with Pitreavie AAC, was last month named as Dunfermline and West Fife Sports Council's Sports Person of the Year for 2017 at their annual awards after an impressive 12 months on the track.

As well as winning gold medals at the Scottish Athletics Senior and Under-17 National Championships, and at the Relay Championships in the 4x400m, he picked up a silver medal at the Manchester International event and represented Great Britain at the European Under-23 Championships in Poland.

He finished seventh in the 400m hurdles final at that event and, speaking to Press Sport, Roy believes there's plenty for Lawrie to achieve in 2018.

"He's got a few targets to aim for after missing out on the Commonwealth Games," he said.

"The Commonwealth Games qualifying time was pretty tough for his event. He just missed out by a couple of tenths (of a second), so he was a wee bit unfortunate, but we've got goals this season.

"There are the British Under-23 Championships again and he's running in the senior championships. There's possibly a medal there because he just missed out last year (placing fifth in the final), so that's a realistic target.

"There's possibly a native record and a national record for him as well, because he's not far off that. That's at the back of his mind; if the conditions are right, he'll get a Scottish national and native record because he only missed out a 100th (of a second) last year, which is unbelievable over 400m."

He added: "I was there in Poland and he ran consistently in his heat, semi-final and the final. It is a tough championships because you're competing three days running, so there's not much time to recover.

"Seventh was a good run and almost a PB, so you can't ask for much more.

"He would've had to run a national record to get to the Commonwealth Games, which shows how tough it was, but this is the fourth year I've had him and there's been a gradual improvement every year. That's what you're looking for.

"He doesn't miss any training sessions and he knows what he's doing. We set out the targets and so far he's achieved that, and long may it continue."