Dundee High sprinter smashing records

A talented Dundee High School sprinter is surging ahead in record-breaking fashion.

S6 pupil Jamie Reid earned Scotland recognition in the course of an impressive athletics season which saw him scoop medals at a series of prestigious events and break some decades-old marks in the process.

Jamie’s run began at the Scottish Schools Athletics Championships at Grangemouth in June where he won the boys B U17 100m title.

Then, as part of the Scottish boys U17 4x100m relay team, Jamie helped the quartet win a bronze medal against England, Wales and Ireland.

But perhaps even more impressively, in finishing 5th in the individual 100m in a time of 11.17sec, Hawkhill Harrier Jamie broke his club’s U17 100m record which had stood since the early 1980s.

Following that, in August the 16-year-old helped the Scottish U18 4x100m relay team to 2nd place at the Celtic Games.

Just a fortnight later, Jamie was back in recordbreaking form at the Scottish National U20 Track and Field Championships at Aberdeen Sports Village, where, by crossing the finish line in the men’s 200m final in 22.68sec, he smashed the Hawkhill boys U17 200m mark which had stood since 1975.

At the UK School Games at Loughborough University earlier this month, running in the boys U17 100m, he secured the bronze medal with a time of 11.27sec.

Finally, two weeks ago, Jamie rounded off his season in style by breaking another Hawkhill record, this time for the 300m, at the Grangemouth Open Graded meet.

Jamie said: “When I found out about the first record, it was quite a nice feeling.

“It’s been a pretty good season. I didn’t compete at all last season because of injury, so to come back and be able to run well enough to be selected to run for Scotland has been great. I’d like to thank my sprint coach Dave Combe. for all his hard work.”