The Giant Heptathlon is our Indoor Secondary Athletics Championships.
Based at the Emirates arena the Giant Heptathlon is made up of 8 events in total with the age group being S1/2.
Unlike many other Athletics events the Giant Heptathlon has all pupils taking part in all 7 morning events.
We have up to 20 Secondary Schools taking part in this event.
Each School brings along a team of 7 girls and 7 boys so we would have a maximum of 280 pupils.
It is made up of 7 events in the morning: 600m; 60m; 60m hurdles; Shot Put; Standing Triple Jump; Long Jump and Javelin.
In the afternoon pupils take part in separate girls and boys 6x100m relay races.
Every time, throw and jump is recorded and entered into our databases so we have overall boys and girls top 3 for each event and also overall scores for each School.
This allows every pupil to compete against each other across all the events.
The event requires a lot of planning and staffing on the day but it’s worth it as the feedback from P.E. staff and pupils is great.
This event is a great way for pupils to have a positive introduction to indoor Athletics at Secondary level and try lots of different events at our indoor International Athletics arena.
