S1 Girls
The S1 girls race kicked off the day's competition. Peggy-Nan who had been showing the boys who's boss in training was all fired up for the event having put in some good racing and training over the winter months. She ran a very good race, producing two even paced laps to finish in 8th position which is the highest placing we've ever had in S1, boys or girls. She was backed up strongly from Sophie Pettifor in 29th position, Ameilia 50th and Abbey 57th which meant the girls finished in 6th team position overall, 1st Glasgow School.
S1 Boys
The S1 boys race was insanely fast to begin with, SGG's runners found it difficult to begin with but quickly settled down after the first few minutes. Connor Walker was again top placed boy in 30th, Fionn finished 45th, Robert ran well to finish 60th and Seumas 64th. The boys finished 11th Team, 5th Glasgow School.
S2 Girls
Going into the race the S2 Girls team was a lot stronger on paper than last year. The team put in the best girls team performance the school has ever seen. We had a record 3 girls inside the top 20 with Shona running exceptionally well to finish 6th, Beth improved from 21st last year to finish 15th in this year's event. Annabel in her first Glasgow Schools XC finished 18th and they were backed up with Mirren in 50th. The girls finished 5th Team overall and 1st Glasgow School.
S2 Boys
The S2 Boys put in an outstanding performance to finish 3rd Team overall. Robaidh Whyte ran the race of his life to finish with the Bronze medal. Duncan MacKenzie in his first ever Glasgow Schools athletics event finished 8th! Patrick did well to hang on to 22nd having suffered from a stitch for the last part of the race. Sean was 41st, again he was also competing in his first ever Glasgow Schools athletics event as was Luke 51st and Sorley 76th. 3rd Team overall, 1st Glasgow School.
S3 Girls
The S3 Girls was strengthened this year not only by the Sprinters Eilidh and Erin but also people who have improved dramatically this year such as Caitlin Watt and Sophie Beck. Johanna Peters but in her best ever performance to finish in the top 25 having just missed out on top 30 last year. Eilidh finished 39th, Erin 46th and Sophie 54th. 7th team overall, 1st Glasgow School.
S4 Girls
Catriona Macleod who has improved leaps and bounds this year put in a very impressive performance along with Anna Murray despite having just returned from injury. Catriona finished 7th and Anna 10th. The girls will hopefully have back up next year for some team medals.
S4 Boys
Daniel Moran who won the S3 boys last year came out and showed maturity beyond his years to not only win the S4 Boys race and retain his title but he also beat all the S5 and 6 runners who were running at the same time. Daniel is a very dedicated athlete and it was pleasing to see him get his just rewards for what was an exceptional piece of running. Andrew Carey who was running in his 2nd Glasgow Schools cross country managed to loose both his spikes at the end of lap 1. He some how managed to continue to race and finished with the bronze medal! Andrew showed real determination and focus to carry on despite his feet hurting from running over stones on part of the course. Calum Brown finished inside the top 10 for the first year coming home in 7th. David Comerford who was a late call up to the team was running in his first ever cross country event put in one of the performances of the day to finish 10th. Ruairidh finished 16th, Josh 22nd and Callum 24th which ensured that the boys went one better than last year's silver medals to take home the winning team trophy.
S5/6 Girls
Amy Craig put in her best performance of the year to finish 11th, this is encouraging as she has another year at this event and she'll be backed up with some of our S4 runners who will be moving up next year.
Again the pupils at our School out performed the previous years cross country performance. Three individual medalists, two sets of team medals (and not forgetting our first ever team trophy) and lots of improved performances from last years results and some encouraging first time performances too. The S3 boys were given a harsh life lesson but they'll be back next year, fuel for the fire. The pupils in our school keep going from strength to strength in athletics and cross country, keep up the good work!
