Fantastic Performance at the Glasgow Schools' Athletics Heats

Sgoil Ghaidhlig Ghlaschu had their most successful year at this year's Glasgow Athletics Championship Heats. The event this year was at Linwood with conditions showery but calm. 

For many of the 17 athletes in the squad this was their first time on a track and for the majority one of their first experiences of competitive athletics. Everyone performed to their best on the day and should be very pleased with how they did. 

The school managed 17 qualifications for the finals on Wednesday!!! This is a fantastic achievement as the previous school best of 3 qualifiers. 

Well done all athletes making it into the final, what an achievement to be top 8 in Glasgow! 

S1 Qualifiers:

Lewis Conley Long Jump, 400m & Relay

James Diamond Long Jump, 100m & Relay

Calum Stewart 800m, Shot Put & Relay

Findlay Dickson Relay

Eilidh McDougall 100m 

Erin Moran 200m

S2 Qualifiers

Josh Soutar 200m

Sarah MacKay Long Jump & 800m

Rob Weir Javelin & 400m

Katrin Swan Discus (6th Place in Final)

S3 Qualifiers

Jacob Connelly 200m

Luc Galanti 800m

In addition to those who had to qualify for the finals, we also have the following 1500m runners who have a straight final:

Findlay Dickson

Calum Brown

Daniel Moran

Rowan Moore 

Conall Whyte

Our senior athletes also compete:

Rosie Urquhart Triple Jump & 200m

Charlotte Moock 800m

Grant Weatherall 800m

Athletics is becoming our strongest sport at SGG, with a good performance at the Schools Cross Country and Giant Heptathlon already this year. Next year we will be looking to enter the Scottish Schools XC and Athletics Champs!