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Club
Notes 16/7/07 RESULTS: The
first weekend of the National Juvenile U13-U19 Track & Field
Championships
were down for decision last weekend in Tullamore. This is the highest
level for
any juvenile athlete and competition is fierce with medals very hard to
achieve. On Saturday the club had four medal winners with three on
Sunday. Karen
O’Connor was the first medal winner of
the day coming second in the discus with a throw of 31.60m. She also
came in
fourth spot in the shot with a throw of 8.60m. This is
Karen’s last year as a
juvenile so she is very pleased to be going out on a high note. Andrew
Kearney
was next up with a bronze medal in the High Jump with a jump of 1.78m.
Michael
Godley finished a fine season on a high note with silver in the sprint
hurdles.
He won his heat easily but had it all to do in the final judging on
time. But
he didn’t disappoint, with a superb run in the final in a
time of 12.65s, a new
PB for him. He also competed in the long jump on Saturday and high jump
on
Sunday but the hurdles effort left him drained for those events. Louise
O’Connor is looking like one of the best sprint prospects we
have had in a long
time. She claimed two medals over the weekend with a gold in the high
jump and
silver in the 80m. In the 80m semi final she went within 0.01s (10.70)
of the
Championship Best performance, a record she managed to claim last year
at U12.
In the final she came home in second spot to her Ferrybank rival in a
slightly
slower time of 10.80. With the pressure of the sprint final out the
way, she
won the high jump easily on Sunday with a new PB of 1.40m. On Sunday
Claire
Fitzgerald was our first medal winner of the day with a throw of 37.86m
in the
discus U17, with over 10m to spare over her nearest rival. Indeed this
was the
best throw in the discus across all ages. She will now go to try to
complete
the triple in two weeks time in the shot and javelin. Ciara Walsh
claimed third
in the 250mH in a time of 38.16 and this is a major achievement given
that she
was injured for long periods of the season. It says a lot about the
standard of
athletes we have in the club at present in that all of our athletes
over the
weekend all reached finals in their competitions. Eoin
O’Carroll reached three
finals and was unlucky not to take something home. He came fourth in
the sprint
final in a time of 10.88, fifth in the hurdles in a time of 10.44 and
eight in
the long jump (4.42 PB). His team mate Danny Pierce came fourth in the
High
Jump (1.35) and fifth in the Long Jump (4.59m), creating new PBs in
both events
in the process. Dearbhail Foley claimed sixth spot in the 100m in a
time of
13.05s in her first Nationals. Jamie Byrne claimed seventh spot in the
U16 100m
in a time of 12.26s. Dara O’Carroll came seventh in the 400m
in a time of 53.81s
and Danny O’Connor came eight in the 250mH in a time of
36.35s with an injury
hampering his progress all season. Kate Boyd took eight spot in the
javelin
with a throw of 18.23 in her first Nationals and no doubt more to come
from
her. It has been a long hard season for all athletes and all will be
looking
forward to the break for the rest of the summer. To compete at a
National final
is a very high achievement for any athlete and all can be very proud of
their
efforts. TRAINING: Training
for all juveniles is now finished except for those competing at
National
competitions over the coming weeks.
Don’t forget our Open Sports on Sunday in
Castleisland at EVENTS: National
Senior T&F Championships, Santry July 21st/22nd,
Tralee Harriers
Open Sports, July 22nd, An Riocht; National
Juvenile U13/U19 T&F
weekend 2. CLUB
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