Leinster Senior/Masters

Another weekend, another report of our athletes performing well in competition. The Leinster Senior and Masters was this weekends competition with Tony Harpur and Eimear Halpin representing the club.

Tony was competing at Masters despite his youthful looks combining 400m and 800m M45 events with his usual 'all or nothing' style.

Over 400m Tony ran superbly in 1:04.07 which saw him grab his first track leinster medal, a silver.

He also ran the 2 lap 800m lung buster finishing in 8th in 2:26.88

Congratulations to Tony, a hard working athlete who continously trains to compete at his best whenever possible.

In the senior 200m Eimear Halpin took to the start giving everything in her heat with a great time of 27.85 for a 4th place finish.

On to shot putt and Eimear threw consistently with a best of 7.90m for 6th place with the 4kg weight.

Eimear is another athlete who gives everything in her event while training across a number of events.

Well done to you Eimear.

Great Gorey Run

Marion Galvin who is a new recruit for 2024 took on the 10 mile route in Gorey earlier today. She had an excellent run of 1:53:41.

Well done Marion, keep up the good work.

Kildare 10k
In Kildare Town they like to do things slightly differently. They host a unique event on Mother's Day. There is a choice of a 5k or a 10k distance with a bottle of wine awaiting everyone at the finish line !

Jamie Jordan took on the 10k option and did herself and the club proud by taking a huge 11 minutes off her pb time crossing the line in 1:07:24.

Jamie is another new recruit in 2024 and continues to improve week by week.

Congratulations Jamie and keep up the good work.

parkrun
Shout out to the weekends parkrunners.

Enda O'Sullivan was running his 5k at Knockanecree Woods parkrun.

Helen Wallace, Paula Gondard, Micheál Kinsella Alex Parris, John Dier, Ali Ashgar Khoyee, Geoff Hoffheinz, Dave Clancy, Brian Smyth Dermot Foley, Ollie Stack, Sarah Bermingham, Helen Burrell, Michael Murphy & Bridie McGuire were all up in Wexford Racecourse Parkrun for their 5k runs