Athletics News

June 2008

Gothenburg Games 2008

Congratulations to Sean Dimeo, currently in the S6 Athletics Programme, who competed very well at the recent Gothenburg Games on 26 June 2008.

Sean was part of a large team of athletes from Shettleston Harriers who made the journey to Sweden. Sean set a new personal best time of 22.80 seconds in the 200 metres to claim the silver medal.

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Scottish Schools Track and Field Championships

Athletes from the Glasgow School of Sport were in fine form at the recent Scottish Schools Championship on 13 and 14 June 2008 which was held at Grangemouth Stadium.

Sarah Smith (Inverness AC) who has recently joined the Athletics Programme ran very well in the 100 metres to claim second place and the silver medal.

Jade Barclay ( West Dunbartonshire) ran in the 300 metres and claimed the bronze medal in new personal best time of 41.37 seconds. This performance resulted in Jade’s selection for the British Schools International in July 2008.

Sean Dimeo (Shettleston Harriers) also ran a new personal best in the 200 metres to take the bronze medal and he was also selected for the British Schools International.

Mahad Amed (Shettleston Harriers) competed very well in the 200 metres where he was the youngest athlete in the race. Mahad finished in fifth place in the final in a time of 25.45 seconds.

The performance of the weekend must go to Laurie McKenna (Edinburgh AC) in winning the long jump in a massive new personal best of 5.78 metres. This performance was a new championship best that had previously stood for 26 years. Laurie was also selected for the forthcoming British Schools International.

There were also personal best performances from Caitlin Vaughan in the 800 metres (2 minutes 37 seconds) and Sarah Hodge in the 1500 metres (5 minutes 10 seconds).

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Glasgow Secondary Schools Track and Field Championships Finals

At the recent Glasgow Schools Track and Field Championships, held this year at Linwood on 2 and 11 June, the Glasgow School of Sport entered a small but competitive team. Overall from the eleven athletes who took part GSOS won eight medals, including five gold.

In the S1 competition GSOS had only two competitors. First to compete was Mahad Ahmed who equalled the Glasgow Schools record, and ran a personal best time of 12.5 seconds in his heat, before he comfortably took gold in the final running 12.9 seconds into a strong headwind. Also competing in the S1 competition was Amy McGlachlan who set seasons’ bests in both the 100 metres and Long Jump.

In the S2 competition Sarah Hodge, running her first race of the season, set a personal best time of 5.15 to win Gold in the 1500 metres leading from gun to tape. In the 800 metres Amy McCafferty ran a good second in her heat to make it through to the final where she finished a creditable seventh in a new seasons’ best time. The most successful of the S2s was Lewis Nicholson who won two medals. Lewis took a silver medal in the Shot Putt on day one before returning to win Gold in the 200 metres, the only GSOS pupil to win two medals.

The S3s provided the bulk of the GSOS team with five athletes competing. Again a number of medals were won. In the 800 metres events Craig Prior comfortably won a competitive boys’ race taking his first Glasgow Schools title and Caitlin Vaughan won her first ever Schools medal when she ran a personal best time to clinch the bronze medal in the girls’ race. Also taking gold was Jade Barclay who raced to victory in the 75 metres hurdles event, as she prepared for the forthcoming Scottish Schools Pentathlon Championships. In the other events Struan Carmichael reached the final of the boys’ 100 metres, whilst Jason Lafferty finished second in his heat but just failed to make the final.

Finally in the senior category S4 pupil Samantha Kelly scooped a bronze medal in the girls’ 800 metres.

Congratulations to all medal winners. The next competition is the Scottish Schools Championships.

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May 2008

Glasgow Secondary Schools Track and Field Championships Heats

At the recent Glasgow Secondary Schools track and field championships, ten GSOS S1, S2 & S3 athletes took part. This was the first day of the Championships competition and was made up mainly of qualifying heats which will culminate in a “Finals” night later in June 2008, although a few events were run as straight finals on the day.

Highlights of those finals run were Sarah Hodge who comfortably won the gold medal in the S1 girls’ 1500 metres in a new personal best time of 5 minutes 12 seconds and Jade Barclay who also won Gold in the S3 girls’ 80 metres hurdles. The other medallist on the day was Lewis Nicholson who took silver in the S2 boys’ shot putt.

In the rest of the events it was all about qualifying for finals night. A summary of those performances is included below:

S1 boys – Mahad Ahmed 1st in heat equalling the Glasgow Schools record

S1 girls – Amy McGlachlan 2nd in 100 metres heat

S2 boys – Lewis Nicholson 1st in 200 metres heat

S2 Girls – Amy McCafferty 2nd in 800 metres heat

S3 boys – Craig Prior 1st in 800 metres heat

S3 boys – Struan Carmichael – 1st 100 metres heat

S3 boys – Jason Lafferty - 4th 100 metres heat

S3 girls – Caitlin Vaughan – 1st 800 metres heat

These athletes will go forward to finals night on 11 June 2008 and a report on that event will follow.

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2007 Indoor Athletics Season

Athletes within the School of Sport's athletics programme have just finished a successful indoor season.

West District Indoor Championships
Gold Medal Sean Fontana 1500m under 17 men
Gold Medal Laurie McKenna Long Jump under 17 women
Silver medal Matthew Turner 1500m senior men

Scottish Schools Indoor Championships
Gold Medal 800m (New Scottish Schools Record) Matthew Turner 1.53.3
Gold Medal Long Jump Laurie McKenna 5.22
Silver Medal 60m (New Personal Best) Laurie McKenna 7.98
Silver Medal 400m Kyle Nicholson 54.70
Bronze Medal High Jump David Clunie 1.85

 

Bank of Scotland Indoor Championships
Gold Medal 800m under 20 Men Matthew Turner 1.57.94
Bronze Medal 1500m under 20 Men Kenny Boyd 4.08.97

British Indoor Championships
Bronze Medal 1500m under 20 men Kenny Boyd 4.15.88

There was also success in the Scottish Schools Cross Country championships, with our senior boys winning the team event. Congratulations to our winning team members Daniel Swanson, Matthew Turner, John Cooke and Steven Cooke.

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