Elgin High, Elgin Academy and Gordonstoun schoolgirl athletes impress Olympic legend Dame Denise Lewis with medal-winning performances at Scottish Secondary Schools Combined Events Championships at Grangemouth
A personal best performance deserves a medal presentation from an Olympic legend.
Three Moray schoolgirls made the podium at the Scottish Secondary Schools Combined Events meeting at the Grangemouth stadium.
All three produced superb performances with a championship best and numerous PBs among their achievements to get on the medals table.
Team GB star and TV presenter Dame Denise Lewis, who won heptathlon gold at Sydney Olympics in 2000, handed over the pentathlon medals.
In the under-13 quadrathon, which combined a 100 metres run, long jump, shot put and 600m finale, Lili Sharman represented Gordonstoun school while Erin Rigg was in action for Elgin Academy.
A third Moray pupil took part in the under-17 pentathlon with Gemma Forgie taking on the five events of high jump, 80m hurdles, long jump, shot put and 800m.
Lili was the star of the show, winning three of her four events to break the championship record and claim the gold medal.
After finishing third in the 100m with a personal best run of 14.49, she won the shot put with a throw of 8.62m.
Victory was secured in the long jump in 4.26m, and Lili was first to the finish line in the 600m in 1:49:74, with her points total of 2450 being the best yet for the championship.
Erin finished in equal second to win joint silver with a points total of 2171. She got off to a great start, winning the 100m in a personal best time of 14.17. She then placed fourth in shot put with a throw of 6.20m.
In the long jump, Erin was third with a jump of 4.21m while a strong 600m run meant a fourth place finish to secure joint-silver position.
Gemma won bronze in the under-17 pentathlon with a total points score of 2977, including four personal best performances in the five events.
She finished second in high jump with a PB of 1.54 metres and was fourth in hurdles with a time of 12.60, also a personal best.
PB number three wasn’t far away with a long jump effort of 5.27 metres and a best-yet throw of 7.80m in the shot kept tallying up the points.
Finally, Gemma raced the 800m in a time of 2.40.30 for fifth place, securing third place and a bronze medal handed over by athletics superstar Dame Denise Lewis.
