Scottish Schools Track and Field Championships (Saturday 7th
June)
(C & D age group qualifying
rounds)
On Saturday 6th June, a team of six selected athletes
travelled to Grangemouth Stadium to compete in the qualifying rounds of the U14
and U15 age groups for the Scottish School Track and Field Championships. Ellie
Maclean represented the school in U14 whilst Haran Rabe, Andrew Horne, Ross
Budge, Caitlin Mackenzie and Catriona Rigby competed in the U15 events.
Athletes who made it through the heats and semi-finals in these events were
given the opportunity to go on and compete in the Hampden Park finals later in
the month.
The weekend saw several fantastic performances from the team
as they faced tough competition against the top ranking young athletes in Scotland.
Ellie Maclean ran a fantastic heat in the 800m and managed to pull through to 5th
place in the final 200m of the race. Catriona Rigby just missed out on a place
in the semi-finals in both the 100m and 200m after two strong runs. Later in
the day, Ross Budge ran an impressive 400m and overtook two athletes on the
home straight to bag 6th place. The throwers also did well with
Caitlin Mackenzie just missing out on a place in the Hampden final by coming 9th
place overall in the Shot Put. Haran Rabe, who only took up throws training two
months ago, was also a strong contender for a place in the final but just
missed out. Andrew Horne had a fantastic day and qualified for the final of the
U15 Long Jump, 100m and 200m which was an incredible achievement!
The competition provided all athletes with valuable
experience and gave them a taster of what competing at the ‘next level up’ is
actually like.
Scottish Schools
Track and Field Championships – Hampden Park (Friday 20th &
Saturday 21st June)
(A & B age Groups and C &
D Finals)
Last weekend, another group of U17 and U20 athletes
travelled down to Glasgow to compete in the Commonwealth Games Stadium at Hampden
Park. Over the two day event, athletes were given the full professional
treatment from Glasgow 2014 officials who were doing a practice run for The Games which will begin soon. The team for this event was made up of Connor Maclean,
Michael Macmillan, Alasdair Rigby, Jonathan Morrison, Andrew Horne, Abbie
Mackay and Eilidh Macleod who were all competing in the U17 age group and Jenny
Mactaggart who was in U20. Ross Mactaggart was also selected for the team but
unfortunately couldn’t make it due to illness the week before.
The ladies did well in their sprints heats with Abbie Mackay
running a strong race in both the 100m on Friday and 200m on Saturday. Eilidh
Macloed also had a great run in the 200m and made it through to the semi-final
which was fantastic. Jenny Mactaggart made it through to the final in her 200m
race and Alasdair Rigby just missed out on a place in both the 100m and 200m
semi-final. Jonathan Morrison also ran a
strong 100m in his heat.
Connor Maclean performed extremely well in both his events
and claimed a Silver medal in the 1500m and Bronze in the 800m which is an
unbelievable achievement at this level of competition. Training partner, Michael
Macmillan, also achieved a new PB of 1.58 in the 800m (after breaking two
minutes for the first time only weeks before) and also made it through to the
final. In addition to this, Michael ran in the 400m final and achieved a new PB
in this event as well.
Unfortunately, Andrew Horne injured his back in the Long
Jump event on the first day so had to withdraw from his race finals. Jonathan
Morrison managed a new PB in the Long Jump (over 10m) and Abbie and Eilidh also
gave good performances in the Long Jump and High Jump.
This was a fantastic weekend for all athletes and they dealt
with the intense pressure of the competition extremely well.
Girls 100 Metre Run A
Heat: Jenny Mactaggart (3rd) 13.36Q
Final: 4
Jenny Mactaggart (4th) 13.16
Girls 200 Metre Run A
Heat: Jenny
Mactaggart (3rd) 27.57Q
Final: 6
Jenny Mactaggart (6th) 27.43
Girls Triple Jump A
Jenny
Mactaggart 4.56m +0.0
Girls 100 Metre Run B
Heat:
Abbie Mackay (4th) 13.38q
Semi-final:
Abbie Mackay (8th) 13.34
Girls 200 Metre Run B
Heats:
Eilidh
Macleod (3rd) 27.62 - Qualified for semi-finals
Abbie
Mackay (4th) 27.66
Semi-final:
Eilidh Macleod (6th) 28.08
Girls High Jump B
Eilidh
Macleod 1.40m
Girls Long Jump B
Abbie
Mackay 4.62m 1.8
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Boys 100 Metre Run B
Heats:
Jonathan Morrison
(7th) 13.29
Alasdair
Rigby (4th) 12.31
Boys 200 Metre Run B
Heats:
Alasdair
Rigby (3rd) 24.57
Boys 400 Metre Run B
Heat:
Michael Macmillan (3rd) 52.21q
Final:
Michael Macmillan (6th) 52.78
Boys 800 Metre Run B
Heats:
Michael
Macmillan (2nd) 1:58.19q
Conner
Maclean(2nd)1:57.59q
Final:
Conner
Maclean (3rd) 1:58.01 – BRONZE MEDAL
Michael
Macmillan(6th) 2:00.36
Boys 1500 Metre Run B
Heat: 1
Conner Maclean (1st) 4:16.49Q
Final:
Conner Maclean (2nd) 4:02.17 – SILVER MEDAL
Boys Triple Jump B
Jonathan
Morrison 10.29m
Boys Long Jump C - FINAL
Andrew
Horne (6th) 5.43m -0.2
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