Glasgow Schools' Giant Heptathlon

The school yet again put together a strong athletics performance at the Glasgow Schools' Giant Heptathlon. The event takes place at the Emirates arena in the East end of the city. Sgoil Ghaidhlg Ghlaschu finished an impressive 2nd in this years event which was an incredible achievement for the pupils. The event involves 7 girls and 7 boys competing over seven different events: 600m, Javelin, 60mH, Shot Putt, Long Jump, 60m and Standing Triple Jump. Each individual result counts towards the overall team total making it a very competitive event, especially considering there were over 120 girls and 120 boys taking part. 

Girls 

The girls put in a great performance throughout the day. There were some very encouraging performances throughout each event with a number of top 20 results: 

600m 

Annabel 1st

Beth 11th

Peggy-Nan 12th

Abbey 17th 

Javelin

Annabel 14th 

60m Hurdles

Annabel 5th

Mirren 6th

Abbey 18th

Shot Putt

Annabel 4th

Mirren 8th

Abbey 10th

Beth 15th

Sileas 18th 

Eilidh 20th

Long Jump

Annabel 1st

Mirren 8th

Abbey 10th

Sileas 20th

60m 

Annabel 4th 

Abbey 17th

Triple Jump

Annabel 2nd

Abbey 4th

Sileas 6th

Mirren 11th

Well done to Annabel for her three individual medals, Gold in the 600m and Long Jump and Silver in Triple Jump. She should be congratulated also for finishing in the top 5 in 6 different events, very impressive. 

Boys

Here's the boys top results of the day. Well done to Jack for his Silver medal in the Shot Putt: 

600m

Robaidh 5th

Javelin

Jackie 4th

Robaidh 8th

Patrick 20th

60m Hurdles

Kyle 15th

Shot Putt

Jack 2nd

Jackie 18th

Triple Jump

Jackie 18th

At the end of the days competition there's a relay race event. There was a boys race and a girls race involving 6 athletes running 100m each. The boys narrowly missed out on the final, finishing 7th overall. The girls impressed in the semis, qualifying fastest for the final. In the final the girls went even faster and WON! They performed exceptionally well winning by over 3 seconds! That's 3 girls relay wins for SGG in a row at this event! 

Well done to our 14 athletes. You all performed to your best in each event and to finish 2nd out of 20 schools is absolutely fantastic! Mr MacKay and Mr MacCorquodale are looking forward to seeing how you get on in track and field events this summer.