In the last day of the national juvenile track and field competition in Tullamore, we had another national medal, this time by our U18 girls relay team of Roisin Rynn Cahill, Lauren Flattery, Ailbhe Healy and Aoife Lynch.  This was a great achievement for a new team so lots more to come from this group.  The U16 girls team of Robyn OKeeffe , Suzi OFarrell, Cara Brennan And Lucy Hurly were just outside the medals in 4th.  We had 2 U17 teams who finished 7th and 8th respectively.

In the Schools International track and field in Grangemouth stadium Scotland, Jack Rudden Kelly represented Ireland in the 110H and finished 6th in 13.92; he helped the Irish team to the overall silver medal, well done Jack.

We also wish the very best of luck to 16 year old Hammer thrower Lauren O’keeffe who represents Ireland this week at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Tiblisi Georgia.  Hopefully it will be the first of many Irish vests for Lauren.

Round 2 of the national league took place in Santry today and once again the ladies were able to cover every event thanks to our budding juvenile team, some of who competed in Tullamore the day before.  Maximum points were scored by Ailbhe Healy in the pole vault and earlier she came 4th in the 100 hurdles.  The ever consistent Anne Gormley was 2nd in the 1500k walk.  Late call-up Karla doran had an excellent 1500m finishing 2nd in her 3rd race in 7 days.  It was great to see Barbara Cleary back on form and putting it up to Teresa McGloin to finish 2nd in the 3000m.  Orlaith Read finished 3rd in the shot,  clodagh Read 3rd in the hammer and Aoife Lynch 3rd in the 200m.  We had  4th and 5th placed finishes in other events – some athletes were feeling the effects of other races, doubling up and holiday breaks but the important thing is g getting the team out.  While the points tally isn’t official yet, the ladies finished 5th in the Santry pool with 89.5 points on what was a competitive day – we anxiously await the official results and totals of both pools to see if it is enough to reach the final !

On the roads we had some podium finishes this week.  Karla Doran finished 3rd lady in the BHAA Dcc 5k in Irishtown in 19.19.  Colm O Connell finished 6th man in 16.25.
Breda Mahony was 2nd lady in the Mullingar 10 mile in 67.53.

Ken Norgrove was 1st M45 in the Fingal 10k swords in 34.30.  Grace Kennedy  finished 5th lady in 39.13 and Florence Curley 7th lady in 39.36.

Full results

BHAA DCC 5k
Colm Oconnell 6th 16.25 Karla doran 3rd lady 19.19 des gill 20.30 Julia Hackett 21.49 ann woodlock 1st W75 27.53

St James hospital 6k

Colin Moore 25.48 Lauren Brady 27.46 Emer fogarty 29.33 Aisling Hannon 30.05

Mullingar 10 mile

Dave Heffernan 20th 60.14 Derek O’Neill 64.23 Breda Mahony 2nd 67.53

Fingal 10k
Ken Norgrove 1st M45 34.30 Patrick moriarty 35.50 Patrick Byrne 37.15 Michael Gibbs 38.18 grace Kennedy 5th 39.13 Florence Curley 7th lady 39.36 Ariana ball 45.32 Catherine McKeon 49.55

Graded meet 7
100m B Ailise keating 13.55 3rd
100m C Sean Obroinn 12.17 1st
400m A David Campbell 54.16 5th
400mB Conor Fox 53.51 6th
400m C1 Zak Higgins 53.26 1st
400m C2 killian OHora 56.84 2nd
1500m Stephen Gavin 4.20.4 12th
1500m B1 Darragh Fitzgibbon 3.59.06 1st
1500m B2 Luke Boland 4.16.51 3rd

Park runs
Griffeen 1st George Brady 17.58
Waterstown 2nd Michael Barry 21.37 5th Noah Synott 22.04 Michael Barry Jr 22.37
Naas 7th Ian Redican 20.31