Bandon’s most successful athlete in the All-Ireland Schools Track & Field Championships was Laura McSweeney from Colaiste Na Toibhrne.
\nCompeting in the Intermediate age group, Laura got the day off to a flying start by winning the Hammer before later in the day defending the Shot Putt title she won last year with a great sequence of throws, her best throw of 11.85m giving her a margin of victory of over 1m.
\nFintan O’Shaughnessy won Silver in the Junior Boys Long Jump and also finished 9th in the high jump. Eric Stam was 3rd in the Inter Boys Long Jump.
\nPatrick McSweeney finished in 4th place in the Senior Boys Hammer and just narrowly outside the medals in Shot Putt where he also finished 4th. Colin Kingston finished in 4th in the Shot Putt and 5th in the Discus in the intermediate boys. Other club members in action included;
\nPhil Healy (4th Inter Girls 200m), Sinead Mulcahy (7th Junior Girls 200m), Lynn Bradfield (6th Senior Girls Discus), Fiona Duggan (8th Inter girls discus), Mark O’Sullivan (7th Senior Boys Steeplechase), Robert O’Sullivan 9th Inter boys Javelin), Emma Young (6th Junior Girls Triple Jump), Shane Howard (5th Inter Boys 100m Hurdles), Daire Walsh (part of Senior 4*100m relay team which was 5th)<\/p>\n