CONNACHT U14 TO SENIOR T&F

We had a long and eventful day at the Connacht Athletics U14 to Senior Championships in Claremorris on Saturday June 16, with a small band of athletes producing some very good performances.

Our numbers may have been down but there were still some excellent performances with Ellis Conway with two wins, Ellie O’Rourke, Callum Whelan, Michelle Lannon, Alannah McGuinness, Daniel Bosquette and Ken Kennedy all winning their events while there were also medals for Sophie McCabe, Lauren Reynolds, Oisin Kearney, Aisling Gill, Susanne O’Beirne, Ann Wynne, Michael Keane and Sean Brennan.

We had a couple of near misses with Oisin O’Dowd finishing fourth in his 100m and 200m with two very strong performances while Alanna Murray had the misfortune to fall heavily nearing the finish line when in a great position in her U16 100m, typical of our athletes, she got back up, finished the race and went on to run the 200m despite a lot of scrapes, cuts and bruises.

Congrats to everyone and many thanks to the parents who travelled over and cheered on the athletes. Many thanks to Siobhan Murtagh, Callum Whelan, Siobhan Murtagh and John Connolly who were our officials on the day.

The full results are as follows:

LADIES

Ellie O’Brien 8^th U14 800m 2.53.38

Sophie McCabe 3^rd U15 100m 13.44 (+3.8m/s); 3^rd 200m 28.41

Kirsty McHenry 6^th U15 1,500m 5.42.22

Aoibhinn O’Dowd 8^th U15 100m Heat 14.31 +1.8m/s; 6^th 200m Heat 30.05

Ellie O’Rourke 1^st U16 3,000m 12.02.46, 4^th 800m 2.40.07

Lauren Reynolds 2^nd U16 1,500m 5.29.51

Alanna Murray 6^th U16 100m 17.32 (+3.5); 8^th 200m 29.33

Alannah McGuinness 2^nd U17 100m 12.41 (+3.5), 1^st 200m 26.33

 

Ellis Conway 1^st U18 400m 60.89; 1^st 200m 27.00

Aisling Gill 2^nd Senior 200m 30.01

Michelle Lannon 1^st F35 3,000m 11.12.95

Susanne O’Beirne 2^nd F35 1,500m 5.59.72, 3^rd 3,000m 13.01.12, 2nd 800m 2.54.85

Ann Wynne 2^nd M50 400m 75.80, 4^th 800m 2.47.24

MEN

Brendan Kennedy 7^th U14 800m 2.38.72

Gerard Murtagh 6^th U14 Long Jump 4.22m

Jack Keenehan 7^th U16 Long Jump 4.36m

Oisin Kearney 2^nd U17 400m 55.28, 5^th 200m 24.59

Eoghan Farrell 3^rd U17 3,000m 10.04.23

Oisin O’Dowd 4^th U19 100m 11.86 (+3.8 m/s), 200m 24.20

Daniel Dill 2^nd Senior 3,000m 10.56.13

Callum Whelan 1^st Senior Javelin 33.57m

Ken Kennedy 1^st M35 3,000m 10.33.58

Michael Keane 3rd M35 3,000m 11.09.47

Keith Healy 5th M35 3,000m 12.06.89