Schools National Championships Combined Events

Schools National Championships Combined Events, Athlone, 15 November, 2014

Ciara McKeon, competing in the Junior Girls category, was the only athlete from Bandon AC who qualified for this highly contested Pentathlon competition. There were only 10 days between the provincial and the national competition, but despite this Ciara stepped it up and produced a new Club Record in the U15 girls Long Jump. She broke the record from Toni Chatterton which had stood since 2008 with 4.73m. Ciara jumped 4.74! She also improved on her shot putt from the last competition with 9.07m. Her hurdles, high jump and 800m were very similar to the last time, which resulted in an overall pentathlon score of 2762 points good for 8th place and 46 points more than in the Munster Schools championships. End of a successful year, and January awaits just around the corner with both the Munster and National Clubs Indoors Combined Event competitions.
Well done Ciara.

Report by Frank Stam