The Leinster Senior/Junior & Masters took place in the fantastic facilities of Carlow IT. Again our athletes did not disappoint as they all put their training to good use and performed to the best of their abilities on the day.
Shane O'Neill was an excellent 1st in 16.26 over hurdles. Aaron Tierney-Smith ran the Senior hurdles in 15.48 claiming 1st place on the podium and then ran 400m in 54.07 claiming 5th place.
Martin Kelly shows no sign of slowing as he claimed M65 gold over 1500m & also showing no signs of slowing was Catherine O'Connor who also claimed gold in W55 1500m.
RoisÃn O'Reilly was on a mission and led from start to finish taking gold in 3000m steeplechase (a tough energy draining event) with a PB of 10.59
Dedication to his training paid off for Michael Deady over 100m as he clocked 11.28 to qualify for the final, then smashed his PB clocking 11.19 taking a well earned 6th place.
Clodagh Dunbar ran a fine 400m race with a PB of 1:01 to claim 3rd place & Katie Lillis in her first Leinsters (and first run for the club) was 7th in 1:12 also over 400m.
Triini Jurisoo was back throwing and in Junior Shot threw 7.54 grabbing 3rd place and also in Weight for Distance took another 3rd with 5.80.
Ailbhe White was competing over Junior 400m and ran an great 1:04 in her race.
Adam Leahy was unlucky as he had to pull out on the day due to a muscle strain during the warm up, hard decision but the correct one.
Day 2 saw more action from club members. Eimear Halpin was 1st up and claimed 1st place over 400m hurdles in 1:09.78 in the junior race also competed in Junior Discus with an excellent 26.43. Clodagh Dunbar showing great form on the back of her training was 4th over 200m in a PB of 27.15 . Martin Kelly was back to run 800m and 2:45.42 got him 3rd in his heat and resulted in gold medal in M65.