At the All Ireland juvenile Track & Field Championships in Tullamore over the weekend there was a number of impressive performances from club members.
Laura McSweeney had an impressive sequence of throws with all 6 of her throws over 13m and a best of 13.67m and a new championships record to win gold in the u18 shot, she also won Gold in the Hammer and finished 4th in the Discus.
In the sprints, Phil Healy had an comprehensive win the u19 100m and Kate Bernard recorded a fast time to win bronze in the u14 80m. In the jumps, Fintan O’Shaughnessy won Silver in the U17 Triple Jump and also placed 6th in the Long Jump. Eric Stam won the U19 Pole Vault and also finished 6th in the 400m Hurdles. Helena Murphy won Bronze in the u18 Pole Vault and Ciaran O’Sullivan won Silver in the U16 Pole Vault.
There was also another couple of medals in the throws as Sally Smith won Gold in the U15 Discus while Lyn Bradfield won Bronze in the U19 Shot Put and also finished 6th in the Discus.
A number of other club members put in good performances but finished outside the medals on this occasion included;
Erin Kingston (u15 who despite an injury put in great performances to finish 4th in the Hammer and Shot Put, missing out on a medal in the shot by just 1cm)
Thomas McCarthy (9th u18 SteepleChase), Fiona Duggan (u17 narrowly outside the medals in the discus in 4th place and 10th in the Shot), Cian Kingston (u14 8th Shot Put), Robert O’Sullivan (u18 5th Javelin), Bobby Smith (U17 6th Triple Jump), Carla Hicks (u14 10th Long Jump), Ella Nicholson (u15 5th Long Jump, 6th 250m Hurdles), Emma Young (u16 5th High Jump), Aisling Cassidy (u12 10th Long Jump), Joseph Edmead (u12 4th Ball Throw and 7th Long Jump), Ella Stack (u12 7th High Jump), Jake Inglis (u18 6th 400m Hurdles)