David Green, a native to Bristow, has been competing in the Scottish Highland Games for just over nine years. Many of you know may recognize him underneath the Friday Night Lights with our beloved Purple Pirates as the running back coach. He also is the throwing coach with our HS Track and Field. He graduated BHS in 2001, and still lives here. He trains with the Tulsa Celtic Throwers in preparation of the games. He travels all over to compete as an amateur athlete. He has traveled to Kansas and Texas, as well as all over our great state to compete. He has been named the top 15 in the nation for Men’s Lightweight division. This is determined by the scores each athlete acquires at every Highland Games. There are different levels in which the athletes perform. As a beginner, the athletes begin in the C Class. If this is won two separate times, the athlete will advance the B Class, for intermediates. Once that class has been won two consecutive times, the athlete moves to the A Class, the best in the amateur ring. David has successfully climbed through these rankings in years passed. There are additional classes, like the Women’s Open and Women’s Lightweights, and Masters, with their own set of weight classifications. Likewise, there are Men’s Lightweight (200lbs and less) and Masters 40+, and Masters 50+. David cut weight to take on a new class. He competed in the Men’s Lightweight for threee years, and has many trophies to show for his efforts. The weights to throw are less than the traditional Men’s A-C Classes, but they cap weight for the athletes themselves. Last year, in 2023. David made the decision to enter the Masters 40+ class. This class is open to any athlete 40 years or older, no matter his weight. He typically competes against men who are 40-60 lbs heavier than himself. He competes in all nine events. On Sunday, Sept. 15, his personal bests were, Braemar stones, weighing at 22 lbs, for a distance of 35 ft, 5 in. Open Stone, weighing 16 lbs, for a distance of 41 ft, 6 in. Heavy weight for distance, weighing 42 lbs at 34 ft, 8 in. Light weight for distance, weighing 28 lbs at 56 ft, 11 in. In weight over bar, he cleared 14 ft, throwing a weight of 42 lbs straight over his head. Heavy hammers weigh 22 lbs, he cleared 75 ft, 2 inches. Light hammers weigh 16 lbs, and he threw a distance of 94 ft, 6 in. The sheaf is a straw bale that is hefted into the air with a pitchfork. He cleared 16 lbs at 28ft and took 2nd in that particular event. Perhaps, the most popular of all the events is the caber toss. This is the telephone pole implement that athletes pick up and toss, end over end and is judged by landing on an imaginary clock face. A 12 ’o clock is considered perfect. David tossed a caber of 16 ft, 6 in long, 100 lbs with a score of 12:45 on the clock. The next games for David Green are on the horizon in Choctaw, on Oct.5, 2024.