After 4 years of disappointing 4th and 5th place finishes, the hard work of the under 15 girls team finally paid off as they took the bronze medal in National Juvenile Relay Championships at Tullamore on Sunday (6/7.14). The team of Robyn O’Keeffe, Suzi Farrell, Cara Brennan and Lara O’Byrne fought hard all the way to take third in a time off 52.07 pb.

The boys under 15 team of Kolade Abiodun, Max Carey, Jack Raftery and Ruairi Fitzgibbon, who was brought into the team as a sub 3 weeks prior, qualified for the final and ran a superb time of 51.20 finishing a valiant 7th.

Disappointment hit both the boys under 16 and the girls under 17 teams. The boys were going well in the race when they failed to make the final change while the girls having made the trip to Tullamore did not get to run having false started.

The girls under 16s team did well to reach the final as this was their first run together. Special mention to Aoife Lynch who dusted herself off after the disappointment of the under 17s event (she was stepping up) and got back on the track as a substitute for an injured Suzi O’Farrell. The team of Katie Coombes, Robyn O’Keeffe, Roisin and Aoife placed 7^th in the final .

The under 19 boys of Rolus Olusu, Aidan Dohery, Adam Halpin and Conor O’Cellaigh ran a superb 46.40 just missing out on a medal finishing 4th.

Well done to all!