At the Cork County Junior and Senior Track & Field Championships in CIT on Sunday there was a number of successes for Bandon A.C. members.
In the Junior(under 20) events
Joey Henchy recorded a sprint double, winning both the 100m and 200m. Colin Kingston has double in the throws winning the Shot Putt and Discus. Pomise Okafor won the Triple Jump and placed 2nd in the Long Jump. Cameron Blair was 3rd in both the Long Jump and Triple Jump. Travis Coomey won the Junior Hammer, the Weight for Distance and was 2nd in the Discus and 3rd in the Shot Putt. Bobby Smith won the Javelin. Colin Deane was 2nd in the Shot Putt and in the Weight for Distance.
JD O’Hea won the 400m, placed 3rd in the Weight for Distance and 5th in the 100m. Joe Gibson was 6th in the 100m and Darragh Ryan placed 7th in the 100m.
In the Junior Girls age group.
Amy Crowley celebrated her 16th birthday by winning the Shot Putt. Kate Bernard won the 100m and Fiona Duggan won the Discus.
In the Senior Women’s events Laura McSweeney recorded a triple, winning Gold in the Shot Putt, Hammer and Discus.
While in the Senior Men’s age group Danny Allen was 2nd in the 400m.
Well done everyone.
Some interesting notes.
Bandon AC members had a clean sweep of the medals in two events, Junior Men’s Shot and Weight for Distance. In any throwing event which was contested by one of more Bandon athletes, Bandon won the Gold medal, making for an impressive 10 Gold medals in the throws.