Leinster Championships 12-19 years.
A wonderful weekend for our members who competed at the Leinster Championships competition spread over 2 days in Tullamore. Blessed with nice weather its always more enjoyable especially for the supporters, coaches and parents who give their free time.
On Saturday Elijah Page Redmond was in U16 javelin and he threw a PB of 39.94m which was enough for Silver Medal. He now qualifies for National Championships.
Josh Nolan also competed in U16 javelin throwing 600g for first time grabbing a PB of 37.80m finishing 4th and he also now qualifies for National Championships.
Fiachra Mehigan competed in the U15 1500m race, a tough challenge which he embraced battling off the 6th place athlete to claim a very creditable 5th in Leinster in his first attempt. He then competed in Long Jump where he jumped a PB of 4.05m for 7th place
Lucas Page Redmond was competing in U18 100m and ran superbly to qualify for the final where he ran 11.94 seconds for a 6th place finish.
Onto day 2 of competition and cars were on the road early again to Tullamore some for the second day in a row. A lot of dedication from parents and coaches alike.
In U16 discus Elijah Page Redmond threw 30.47m for a Bronze medal qualifying for Nationals. He made the 200m final finishing 5th in 24.71 seconds.
Josh Nolan threw discus 24.93m for a 7th place finish.
Lucas Page Redmond was in action in the Long Jump with a best Jump of 5.71m which earned him a Bronze medal qualifying for Nationals. He also made for 200m final but did not run.
Fiachra Mehigan took on High Jump with a best Jump of 1.30m which placed him in 6th.
Alex Lonergan threw a PB in U16 hammer of 22.59m securing a Silver medal second place finish qualifying for Nationals. He jumped 8.41m for 7th place in triple Jump.
Thanks to our coach present in Tullamore Tracey, Padraig our official and the parents getting our athletes to Tullamore.
Best of luck in the Nationals to Alex, Josh, Lucas & Elijah
parkrun
Lots of members hitting parkrun last Saturday morning.
Enda O'Sullivan ran his 5k in Knockancree Cloughjordan Co Tipperrary.
In Wexford Racecourse Parkrun Brian Smyth, Dermot Foley, John Hyland, Paul Harper, John Dier, Fran Power, Gareth Lloyd, Micheál Kinsella, Rob Casey, Geoff Hoffheinz, Sarah Bermingham, Gráinne Hayes, Ollie Stack, Mary Cronin, Linda Leacey, Michael Murphy, Martin Kelly Sharron Dier, Bridie McGuire & Helen Burrell all completed their 5k runs.