Glasgow Gaelic School Cross Country Race

Due to a last minute change of plans the annual school cross country changed to a road race due to safety concerns. The new format this year was comprised of just two races, a girls race and a boys race. This meant we had S1s racing alongside older year groups, right up to S5! Both races were very competitive and the cross country training done in core PE this year ensured everybody was ready to complete the 2 mile course as best they could. In the girls race Amy Craig and Shona Carey had an almighty battle at the front of the pack. Annabel MacDonald did her best to stick with the pace for the first lap but Shona kept pushing it up the hill for the second time. Amy had to work real hard to keep up with Shona going down the hill, she then decided to go past Shona in the last 500m and kept a gap enough to win by a narrow margin with Shona 2nd and Annabel 3rd. Here are the results of the individual secondary races. 

S1 

1st Shona

2nd Annabel 

3rd Beth

S2

1st Johanna

2nd Abigail

3rd Shannon

S3

1st Anna

2nd Louisa

3rd Niamh

S4

1st Amy 

2nd Karen

3rd Ruadhan

In the boys race we had Daniel Moran who had won the school cross country races the previous year's up against Jacob Connelly, Lewis Dickson and a whole host of runners who had been going well in training. Daniel, Jacob, Lewis Dickson, Lewis Grimmer and Benjamin were all closely packed for the first 3/4 of a mile. Like the girls race, It was then down to a two horse race with Daniel and Jacob setting an electric pace round the challenging hilly course. Daniel again proved to be the fastest endurance athlete at the school by winning in a very impressive time of 12.11. Jacob was 2nd in 12.29 with Lewis Dickson 3rd in 12.41.

S1

1st Robaidh 

2nd Patrick

3rd Jackie

S2

1st Calum S

2nd Lewis

3rd Findlay

S3

1st Daniel

2nd Benjamin

3rd Calum

S4 

1st Jacob

2nd Lewis D

3rd Conall

What was great to see was the effort people put in during the race both myself and Mr Mackay were very impressed by the hard work put in during the block of cross country in core PE. This hard work paid off with some fantastic performances throughout the the two races. Well done to all competitors.