Tuesday, February 28, 2017

NATIONAL JUVENILE INDOORS QUALIFIERS

We have a busy schedule ahead of us for the Athletics Ireland Juvenile Indoors at the end of March, beginning of April and we need to know now who will be competing.

We have five relay teams in action on Saturday, March 25, while Sunday, March 26, will see 14 individuals in action over 15 events. On Saturday, April 1, we have nine individuals down for competition.

We need to know by next Monday, March 5, who is competing in the Nationals so we can finalise entries. Please contact John Connolly asap.

The following is the dates and times for our athletes according to the Athletics Ireland Juvenile Handbook, which can be accessed at http://www.athleticsireland.ie/downloads/other/Juv_Booklet_2017_nc_(7).pdf


SATURDAY MARCH 25
U15 Girls Relay: Aine McGwynne, Elsie Harman, Lauren Reynolds, Sophie McCabe – 10.30
U17 Girls Relay: Clodagh Sheerin, Anna Corcoran, Seonna Devaney, Alannah McGuinness – 10.30
U14 Boys Relay: Patrick Charles, Shane Finn, Cian Mollohan, Toyosi Fagbo, Ross Flanagan – 1.30
U16 Boys Relay: Oisin Kearney, Eoghan Farrell, Daniel Bosquette, Evan Corcoran – 1.30
U18 Boys Relay: Oisin O’Dowd, Brian Holohan, John O’Beirne, Niall Sheerin – 1.30

SUNDAY MARCH 26
U18 Girls 400m: Kasey Bruen – 10.00
U18 Boys 400m: John O'Beirne – 10.00
U19 Girls Long Jump: Sibeal Reynolds – 10.00
U17 Girls 1500m: Anna Corcoran – 10.50




U17 Boys 1500m: Fiachra Henry – 10.50
U12 Boys 60m: Alan Beirne – 1.30
U13 Boys 60m: Gerard Murtagh – 1.30
U14 Girls 60m: Sophie McCabe – 1.30
U14 Boys 60m: Toyosi Fagbo – 1.30
U16 Girls 60m: Alannah McGuinness – 1.30
U17 Girls 60m: Clodagh Sheerin – 1.30
U17 Boys 60m: Niall Sheerin – 1.30
U18 Girls 60m: Shauna McCabe – 1.30
U19 Girls 60m: Sibeal Reynolds – 1.30
U19 Boys 60m: Fiachra O’Dowd – 1.30
 
SATURDAY, APRIL 1
U15 Girls 800m: Lauren Reynolds – 11.15
U17 Girls 200m: Clodagh Sheerin – 10.00
U17 Boys 200m: Niall Sheerin – 10.00
U18 Girls 200m: Shauna McCabe & Kasey Bruen – 10.00
U19 Girls 200m: Sibeal Reynolds – 10.00
U19 Boys 200m: Fiachra O'Dowd – 10.00
U15 Girls 800m: Lauren Reynolds – 11.15
U14 Boys Shot: Shane Finn – 1.00
U13 Boys Long Jump: Gerard Murtagh - 1.30


FANTASTIC WEEKEND AT CONNACHT INDOORS

Congratulations to all our athletes who performed so well at last weekend’s Western Region Connacht Indoors in the AIT International Arena in Athlone. It was an exhausting but uplifting two days of competition and all our athletes came back home enthused after some great displays.

We started on Saturday with our U12 & U13 athletes and it was a day that captured both the highs and lows of our sport. The highs were two medals for Gerard Murtagh, second in the U13 Long Jump with a great new personal best of 4.33m and third in the 60m, again with another pb of 8.52.

Alan Beirne made his Connacht debut and it came so close to a medal as he finished fourth in the U12 60m in a great time of 9.17, just 0.02 of a second off the bronze. However, there is some consolation as his fourth place qualified him for the Nationals.

Our two U13 relays had a bit of misfortune as Roisin Kelleher took a very bad fall in her race while the baton hit the deck in the boys race but we know both teams will be back.


On Sunday, we had a fantastic day that started off with a brilliant performance from our U14 team of Patrick Charles, Shane Finn, Cian Mollohan and Toyosi Fagbo who were so dominant that Toyosi had time to look around on the final leg and ease down.

We’d get in trouble if we started listing everyone but we had gold medal winning performances from Sibeal Reynolds (U19 60m & Long Jump), Toyosi Fagbo (U14 60m), Clodagh Sheerin (U17 200m) and Cathal McElgunn (Senior 400m) while there were some fabulous displays from Alannah McGuinness, Lauren Reynolds, Sophie McCabe and Niall Sheerin.
It was also great to see so many people make their debuts in Connacht competition no more so than our U18 Boys team of Oisin O’Dowd, Brian Holohan, John O’Beirne and Niall Sheerin, of whom Brian, John & Niall were running their first ever competitions. It was the same too for Seniors Fergal Guihen and Luke Mollohan which shows it is never too late to start.

One special mention must go to Gerard O’Donnell - it is not often that we have a National Senior medalist compete in the Connachts for us but apart from running a time of 22.24, a time that ranks him 16th in Ireland over 200m this year, the time and advice Gerard gave to all our club members is certainly something that will inspire them over the coming weeks, months and years.

Thanks to all the parents who drove down on both days to cheer on all our athletes, it was very noticeable from the track. Special thanks to Alice Lynott, Siobhan Murtagh, Diane Charles, Mary O’Brien and Jenny McCabe for all their work outside the track. Well done also to Siobhan Whelan, John Connolly and Mary O’Donnell for their officiating work over the weekend.

And finally, thanks to all our athletes - it is not just the performances but the way they helped and supported each other over the two days that is the most inspirational aspect of the weekend for the coaches. Well done all.


The following are our results from the weekend:


U12 Girls
60m: 28 Keelin Cronin 9.91; 31 Faith Lynott 9.97; 40 Jodie Fitzpatrick 10.18; 50 Bronwyn Regan 10.40; 52 Sarah McDermott Lowe 10.49; 53 Sinikka McGlynn 10.53; 56 Emily Reynolds 10.58; 58 Aoibhinn O'Connor 10.63; 64 Aoibhe Morahan 11.32
600m: 21 Faith Lynott 2:12.67; 22 Keelin Cronin 2:13.27; 26 Jodie Fitzpatrick 2:19.00; 28 Emily Reynolds 2:20.01; 30 Sarah McDermott Lowe 2:22.15; 31 Aoibhinn O'Connor 2:22.27; 35 Aoibhe Morahan 2:30.06; 36 Bronwyn Regan 2:31.90; 38 Sinikka McGlynn 2:35.18
Relay: 7 Carrick-on-Shannon; 13 Carrick on Shannon


U13 Girls
60m: 21 Rachel O'Connor 9.57; 30 Roisin Kelleher 9.69; 45 Bronagh Brennan 9.96; 53 Seoirse McGlynn 10.26; 54 Allie Reynolds 10.27; 59 Ellie O'Brien 10.77
Relay: 17. Roisin Kelleher, Bronagh Brennan, Allie Reynolds, Rachel O’Connor 1.09.82
600m: 21 Seoirse McGlynn 2:07.68; 22 Ellie O'Brien 2:09.5; 28 Allie Reynolds 2:12.91;
Long Jump: Roisin Kelleher 2.99; Rachel O'Connor 2.68


U14 Girls
60m: 4 Sophie McCabe 8.72; 21 Eleanor McDermott 9.45; 23 Kate Regan 9.48; 27 Aoibhinn O'Dowd 9.57;
800m: 15 Helena Reynolds 2:56.82
Relay: 7 Eleanor McDermott, Kate Regan, Aoibhinn O’Dowd, Helena Reynolds 2:10.71
Shot: 7 Eleanor McDermott 5.83
Long Jump: Sophie McCabe 3.43; Helena Reynolds 2.92; Aoibhinn O'Dowd 2.61; Kate Regan 2.37


U15 Girls
60m: 6 Aine McGwynne 8.46; 33 Elsie Harman 9.63;
800m: 3 Lauren Reynolds 2:35.42
Relay: 3 Aine McGwynne, Elsie Harman, Lauren Reynolds, Sophie McCabe 2:00.13


U16 Girls
60m: 2 Alannah McGuinness 8.17; 9 Seonna Devaney 9.24; 17 Ailbhe Cryan 9.56; 19 Laura Conlon 10.00
200m: 5 Alannah McGuinness 28.08; 11 Laura Conlon 30.82; 12 Seonna Devaney 31.17; 18 Ailbhe Cryan 32.77


U17 Girls
60m: 4 Clodagh Sheerin 8.43
200m: 1 Clodagh Sheerin 27.38
1500m: 3 Anna Corcoran 5:36.71
Relay: 3 Clodagh Sheerin, Anna Corcoran, Seonna Devaney, Alannah McGuinness 1:57.39



U18 Girls
60m: 3 Shauna McCabe 8.43
200m: 3 Shauna McCabe 29.07; 4 Bruen, Kasey 29.33
400m: Kasey Bruen 68.23


U19 Girls
60m: 1 Sibeal Reynolds 8.45
200m: 2 Sibeal Reynolds 28.7
Long Jump: 1. Sibeal Reynolds 4.70


U12 Boys
60m: 4 Alan Beirne 9.17; 19 Darragh Gardiner 9.54; 19 Oliver Kearney 9.54; 31 Dara Holmes 9.79; 35 Aaron Gardiner 9.91; 45 Frank Cullen 10.21; 46 Cian Casey 10.31
Relay: 7 Darragh Gardiner, Alan Beirne, Oliver Kearney, Cian Casey
Long Jump: Frank Cullen 3.05m


U13 Boys
60m: 3 Gerard Murtagh 8.52; 8 Liam Chandler 9.01; 9 Dhani Keane 9.02; 15 Ben Finn 9.14; 21 Daniel Martin 9.36
600m: 11 Daniel Martin:59.72
Relay: 6 Dhani Keane, Ben Finn, Liam Chandler, Gerard Murtagh 61.61
Long Jump: 2 Gerard Murtagh 4.33; 8 Dhani Keane 3.76; Ben Finn 3.23; Liam Chandler 3.22


U14 Boys
60m: 1 Toyosi Fagboi 8.01; 5 Patrick Charles 8.42; 14 Shane Finn 8.81; 28 Ross Flanagan 9.61
800m: 21 Cian Mollohan  2:49.43
Relay: 1 Patrick Charles, Shane Finn, Cian Mollohan, Toyosi Fagbo 1:51.31
Shot: 4 Shane Finn 8.65
Long Jump: Toyosi Fagbo 3.49; Ross Flanagan 3.11


U15 Boys
60m: 12 Daniel Bosquette 9.01;
800m: 19 Iarlaith O'Brien 2:39.87; 23 Jack Keenehan 2:53.80
Long Jump: Daniel Bosquette 4.00


U16 Boys
60m: 10 Oisin Kearney 8.10
200m: 5 Oisin Kearney 25.37; 8 Evan Corcoran 25.86
800m: 7 Evan Corcoran 2:17.80
1500m: 8 Eoghan Farrell 4:58.61
Relay: 3 Oisin Kearney, Eoghan Farrell, Daniel Bosquette, Evan Corcoran 1:49.56


U17 Boys
60m: 3. Niall Sheerin 7.91
200m: 4. Niall Sheerin 25.31
1500m: 3 Fiachra Henry 4:39.81


U18 Boys
60m: 7 Brian Holohan 8.34; 8 Oisin O'Dowd 8.42
1500m: 7 Oisin Boland 4:42.66
200m: 9 Brian Holohan 26.87; 10 Oisin O'Dowd 27.40
400m: 3 John O'Beirne 59.81
Relay: 3 Oisin O’Dowd, Brian Holohan, John O’Beirne, Niall Sheerin 1:44.82


U19 Boys
60m: 3. Fiachra O’Dowd 7.48
200m: 3. Fiachra O'Dowd 23.61


Senior Men
60m: 5 Callum Whelan 7.78; 7 Fergal Guihen 8.28; 9 Luke Mollahan 8.35
200m: 2 Gerard O'Donnell 22.24; 5 Kyle McNabola 23.58; 7 Cathal McElgunn 23.66; 16 Callum Whelan 25.99; 18 Fergal Guihen 26.69; 19 Luke Mollahan 27.23
400m: 1 Cathal McElgunn 52.51; 2 Kyle McNabola 53.58
4 x 200m: 1 Cathal McElgunn, Niall Sheerin, Luke Mollohan, Fiachra O’Dowd 1:37.92 
3 Callum Whelan, Kyle McNabola, Fergal Guihen, Gerard O’Donnell 1:38.34

Friday, February 17, 2017

CONNACHT INDOORS 2017

The Club is presently finalising our entries for this year's Connacht Juvenile Indoors in Athlone IT over the weekend of February 25-26.

We have huge numbers down on a preliminary selection but we need to know which athletes are able to compete so we are asking all the parents to contact us either through our Club Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/carrickonshannon.ac or via text message to Club Secretary John Connolly at 087-9446961.

To avoid any confusion with the names below, Athletics Ireland ages are all athletes who are 11 or will be 11 at any stage during 2017 are U12, anyone 14 at any stage during 2017 are U15 and so on.

With the huge numbers involved, we will also be appealing to parents to let us know if they will be travelling with their children to Athlone as we will need parents to travel with their children. We will have a bus for those who don't have a lift but if parents are travelling themselves, it would alleviate the pressure on space in the bus. 

Entries are €4 per event so if an athlete is in one event, it is €4, two €8 and so on. We MUST know if an athlete is not available to keep our costs down so it is vital that parents get in touch asap.

The following athletes have been selected - please contact John Connolly as detailed above to confirm if the athlete is competing and how they are travelling to Athlone.

U12 Boys                    U12 Girls                 U13 Girls                      U13 Boys
Alan Beirne              Keelin Cronin          Chloe Dunne             Dhani Keane
Cian Casey               Faith Lynott            Micaela Dunne          Ben Finn
Frank Cullen             Micaela Gallagher     Rachael O'Connor     Daniel Martin
Aaron Gardiner         Jodie Fitzpatrick       Roisin Kelleher         Liam Chandler
Darragh Gardiner      Emily Reynolds        Bronagh Brennan      Gerard Murtagh
Dara Holmes            Ellen Keenehan       Ellie O'Brien              Brogan Fee
Oliver Kearney          Sinikka McGlynn      Saoirse McGlynn
Diarmuid O'Connell    Leah McCawley       Allie Reynolds
Brian Keaney            Bronwyn Regan      Sarah McDermott Lowe
Zak Brennan             Aoibhe Morahan
                              Aoibhinn O'Connor
                              Christine Earley
                              Rebecca Lee
                              Amy McManus

U14 Girls                   U14 Boys                  U15 Girls                 U15 Boys
Sophie McCabe           Toyosi Fagbo             Aine McGwynne       Daniel Bosquette
Helena Reynolds         Cian Mollohan           Elsie Harman           Oliver Charles
Eleanor McDermott      Shane Finn               Lauren Reynolds      Jack Keenehan
Aoibhinn O'Dowd         Ross Flanagan          Laoise Fee               Iarlaith O'Brien
Fluer Burns                 Patrick Charles

U16 Girls                   U16 Boys                 U17 Girls                  U17 Boys
Alannah McGuinness    Evan Corcoran           Clodagh Sheerin        Niall Sheerin
Laura Conlon              Eoghan Farrell           Anna Corcoran          Fiachra Henry
Seonna Devaney         Oisin Kearney                                         Fionn O'Brien
Ailbhe Cryan              

U18 Girls                   U18 Boys                 U19 Girls                 U19 Boys
Shauna McCabe          Oisin Boland             Sibeal Reynolds        Fiachra O'Dowd
Kasey Bruen              John O'Beirne
                               Brian Holohan
                               Oisin O'Dowd

Senior Ladies              Senior Men
Elise Bruen                 Kyle McNabola
                                Callum Whelan
                                Fergal Guihen
                                Luke Mollahan


We will also be holding a training session for all age groups for those travelling to Athlone for the Indoors next Wednesday, February 22. It is VITAL that anyone selected attends this session in Carrick Sports Complex.

For those who intend travelling to Athlone, the following are the links to the programmes for both days:
Saturday: U12 & U13: http://www.athleticsireland.ie/downloads/events-timetable/Connacht_Indoor_timetable_2017_for_website_Saturday.pdf
Sunday: U14 to Senior: http://www.athleticsireland.ie/downloads/events-timetable/Sunday_Connacht_Indoor_timetable_2017_for_.pdf

Any Senior wishing to enter the Senior events, there is direct entry through the Athletics Ireland website at: https://events.athleticsireland.ie/ps/event/ConnachtIndoorChampionshipsGUESTENTRIES2017

Please get in touch with club officials asap to let them finalise the entries.

Saturday, February 11, 2017

Flying Eanna storms to gold as Elise wins relay bronze


It was a productive day for Carrick-on-Shannon AC on Friday in the AIT International Arena in Athlone as Eanna Madden stormed to gold in the Irish Universities Indoor 200m Final while Elise Bruen won her second All-Ireland medal as a member of the UCD 4 x 200m relay squad.

It was great to see three Carrick AC members in action with Cathal McElgunn rounding out the roster in the colours of Athlone IT.

Eanna naturally took the headlines with a new indoor personal best of 21.46 as held off training partner Thomas Barr and Limerick IT's Christopher Sibana to win a very close race with Sligo's Zak Irwin in fourth. 

Eanna set up his victory with a strong 21.88 in the heats, a time that gave him lane six for the final, a factor that would prove crucial in the final. 

Eanna got a good start but as all four of the top contenders came off the top bend close together, Eanna's strength was enough to hold off a fast finishing Barr who had earlier set a new championship best in the 400m.

The time of 21.46 was a new indoor personal best and Eanna followed up with a gold in the relay as his lead leg on the 4 x 200m University of Limerick team of Eanna, Ciaran Elliott, Paul Byrne and Barr were commanding winners.

Update: Eanna's time of 21.46 sees him move into ninth place on the Irish All-time Indoor list, just ahead of Thomas Barr.

Elise Bruen made her debut in the Universities Indoors in the colours of UCD and it was a memorable one as she was a late addition to the event, only getting the nod for the 200m on Monday. 

In her first race of the season, Elise ran 27.22 in the heats before she was drafted in as a late replacement in the relay, running the first leg in a hand time of 27 dead. 

UCD were battling for the bronze all the way through with a storming leg from anchor leg Aisling Drumgoole lifting them into the bronze medal position. It is Elise's second ever All-Ireland medal so well done Elise.

Cathal was in action very early in the 400m, his first heat taking place at 10.40 am. Cathal ran strongly, his time of 53.22 a little slower than his his season's best. Cathal then ran a fantastic second leg for AIT in the relay later that evening, showing great pace and strength.

Well done to Eanna, Elise and Cathal. More photos and videos on the club's Facebook page.