GLASGOW, Scotland — It seems nobody here in Glasgow remembered her birthday.

For sure, no one sang her a birthday tune or gave her a present.

Well, that’s not entirely true. Two Jamaican journalists covering the games attempted the proverbial birthday song, but were so off key that it surely would have made Schillonie Calvert’s day a nightmare.

Stick to writing, gentlemen, her amused reaction seemed to suggest.

Even though her relatives sent her greetings from afar, she wished it would have come from closer — from her teammates here for the XX Commonwealth Games.

Focused on the business at hand, perhaps they all forgot.

“Just my family (wished me a happy birthday), but I wish the team had done it for me as it would make me feel much better since I am here,” she said, minutes after winning her 100m heat at Hampden Park, as track and field got under way yesterday.

But she sought comfort in that fact that those dearest to her had remembered and sent her cheers.

“What can you say, it’s your family and once they are giving you all this support, you have to just say thank God and give them thanks,” she reasoned.

Unknown to her and the two journalists who failed to hit the right notes, perhaps there was a surprise party planned for her at the athletes’ village.

But she gave herself a special 26th birthday gift by comfortably winning heat three of the 100m and a place in today’s semi-finals. She clocked 11.29 seconds, some way off her season’s best 11.08.

“Today is my earth strong (birthday), so I just wanted to come out here and qualify and just feel good because I have been training for this moment and it has arrived, so what else can I do but go out and perform,” Calvert said, flashing a broad smile.

On a more serious note, the Moscow 2013 World Championships relay gold medallist said she’s grateful with her present form as she rallies from “a little injury”.

“There is a little injury that I have, but I have to give God the praises because at least I can put in some work that I couldn’t have done over the past two seasons. It’s improving so I must say thank God,” noted the 2006 CAC 100m gold medallist.

“I am in good condition, I am okay where I am at and my coach is pleased, so I can’t really complain, he’s the one behind the scene doing all the work; he knows what I am capable of, so if he thinks I am in good condition, then I am expected to do well,” Calvert said.

Like many of her generation of athletes here, Calvert is hunting her first major individual medal at these games. “Definitely, that’s my aim,” she said.