Swimming News Archive: 2008/2009
June 2009
Callum Baxter wins bronze!
26 June 2009
Congratulations to Callum Baxter S4 on winning a bronze medal in the 400 metres freestyle in a personal best time of 4.14 minutes at the International Children’s Games in Athens, Greece.
It was an outstanding swim to complete a fantastic competition for Callum at his first overseas competition. I asked Callum how he would sum up his experience and he replied “It was great, I really enjoyed it…. but it wasn’t really sunny!”
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Callum receiving his medal and (right-hand side) ever bashful celebrating his success |
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International Team Selection
9 June 2009
Congratulations to the following swimmers on their International Team selections:
Callum Baxter - S3 on his selection to swim at the International Children’s Games in Athens, Greece at the end of June 2009. Good luck Callum.
Glenn McIntosh - S5, Jamie McKinley - S4, Rachel Tedeschi - S4, Megan Donnelly - S4, Mark Deans - S3 and Christopher Ritchie (Starting S5 August 2009) on their selection to the Great Britain/Scotland Open Water Squad attending the French Cup starting 11 June 2009. Good Luck to you all.
Congratulations to Jamie McKinley - S4, Rachel Tedeschi - S4, David Morgan - S3 and Nicola Pearson (Starting S5 August 2009) on their selection to the UK School Games in September 2009. Good luck swimmers.
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Scottish Schools Team Championships
5 June 2009
Congratulations to all swimmers who competed in Friday’s Team Championships at Tollcross Leisure Centre. The results of this year’s event set a new standard for the School of Sport Swimming Programme. Glasgow School of Sport entered ten of the sixteen possible relays. The results were outstanding with every relay finishing on the podium with six gold medals, three silver medals and one bronze medal.
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Sonn Breslin, Nicole Bond, Victoria Milburn and Ruth Geddes - Girls' S2 Freestyle Team silver medal winners and Girls' S2 Medley Team silver medal winners |
Megan Donnelly, Rhona Stewart, Shannon Sweeney and Rachel Tedeschi - Girls' S3 and S4 Freestyle Team gold medal winners |
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Rachel Tedeschi, Rhona Stewart, Megan Donnelly and Nicola Cuthbertson - Girls' S3 and S4 Medley Team gold medal winners |
Megan Donnelly, Rachel Tedeschi, Sarah MacLean and Nicola Pearson - Girls' Open Freestyle Team gold medal winners |
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Rachel Tedeschi, Ruth Geddes, Megan Donnelly and Nicola Pearson - Girls' Open Medley Team gold medal winners |
Glenn McIntosh, Grant McPherson, David Morgan and Jamie McKinley - Boys' Open Freestyle Team gold medal winners and Boys' Open Medley Team gold medal winners |
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Cameron Somerville, Mark Deans, David Morgan and Jamie McKinley – Boys’ S3 and S4 Freestyle Team bronze medal winners |
Grant Gould, Craig McPherson, David Morgan and Jamie McKinley - Boys' S3/S4 Medley Team silver medal winners |
The highlight of a fantastic day’s swimming was the girls winning the overall girls’ team championships by over 15 points. This is a huge achievement against the strong private schools as they had teams in every relay.
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Overall Scottish Schools Championships Girls’ Team Winners 2009 |
Friday was a great day with the swimmers supporting each other and showing the great team spirit within the programme. I know that the staff members who attended were proud to see the swimmers conduct themselves in such a professional manner.
The Scottish Schools Team Championships is an annual team event and I look forward to the challenge next year.
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Scotland Team Open Water Events August/September 2008
Congratulations to the following pupils who were selected to represent Scotland at Open Water swimming events in the Netherlands and Belgium at the end of August 2008:
- Glenn McIntosh S5
- Mark Deans S3
- Megan Donnelly S4
The triumphant trio returned with fantastic performances and personal best times. Mark had an awesome swim in the 3 kilometre race in Belgium breaking the existing record by 52 seconds.
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Glenn McIntosh |
Mark Deans |
Megan Donnelly |
This success by the two boys continued last weekend when Glenn won the 2008 Scottish Open Water Grand Prix with his team-mate Mark coming second in the junior 16 & under age group.
Well done and keep up the great racing!
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Scottish Schools Finals - 26 January 2008
Congratulations to all swimmers who contributed to the School’s best show at the Scottish Schools Swimming Championships held at Tollcross Leisure Centre on 26 January 2008.
Twenty of the twenty-four swimmers all qualified for the schools finals for either one or two swims. During the three sessions, there were several personal best swims across all year groups.
Outstanding performer of the day was David Morgan S2 who won the 13-14 year 200 metres butterfly in a Scottish School and National age group record time.
Not to be outdone by the junior swimmers, Cheryl Bond S5 took double gold in the 17-19 years 100 metres and 200 metres butterfly including a Scottish Schools record in the 200 metres.
Special congratulations go to both S1 girls, Rachael Clark and Kirsten McKinley, who narrowly missed out on a medal swimming a year out of age. Hopefully their performances can be turned into medals when the girls swim in age next year.
All swimmers showed a great team spirit which allowed them to remain relaxed and produce some great swims whilst having fun poolside. Not to mention looking great in their new pool kit.
The final medal tally for the day showed:
| National Age Group Record | David Morgan S2 | 200m Butterfly |
| Cheryl Bond S5 | 200m Butterfly | |
| Schools Record | David Morgan S2 | 200m Butterfly |
| Cheryl Bond S5 | 100m Butterfly | |
| Gold | Cheryl Bond S5 | 200m Butterfly |
| David Morgan S2 | 100m Butterfly | |
| Megan Donnelly S3 | 200m Butterfly | |
| Silver | Glenn McIntosh S4 | 200m Backstroke |
| Callum Baxter S2 | 200m Freestyle | |
| Rachel Tedeschi S3 | 200m IM | |
| Bronze | Glenn McIntosh S4 | 100m Backstroke |
The full results (18k) are available for download in portable document format (PDF).
