Monday 17 June 2019

Club Newsletter 17/06/2019

MUNSTER JUVENILE TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2019

There has been no rest for our juvenile athletes the past two weekends. 

The first leg of the Munster Track & Field championships were held in Templemore in Co Tipperary on the 8th of June. Fionn Harrington was first for the Club on the track competing in the Under 15 boys 800m. The race was evenly paced throughout until the last 300m when there was a breakaway group of four battling to take the top 3 medals. Fionn had a very fast finish and clinched the bronze medal on the line, securing his position on the start line for the National Finals in July. Ellen Collins followed in the girls u. 16 800m which went out at a very fast pace, and she had a good solid run. Aoibheann Lawton moved down in distance to the 800m from her preferred distance of 3000m, and she ran strongly throughout finishing in 4th also qualifying for the All Ireland finals. Caoimhe Cotter was the last of our athletes competing taking part in the u. 17 2000m S/C, which race was combined with mixed ages. Caoimhe had a great run and collected her first gold Munster Track & Field medal which also qualifies her for the All Ireland final.



Results here

Photo gallery here

This weekend past saw our athletes travel to Castleisland for the second and final leg of the Munster Athletics Track & Field championships in which they were competing in the 3000m & 1500m distance.    Aoibheann Lawton had another great run in the 3000m and just like in the County championships, she claimed the silver medal in a new p.b. time of 11:21.  She also participated in the u.17 1500m along with her team mate Caoimhe Cotter and Ellen Collins, but all were outside the medals in this event.   

Fionn Harrington & Sean Lawton took to the start line of the u. 15 boys 1500m and both had very good performances, with Fionn finishing in 3rd place in a time of 4:42 and Sean finishing very close in 4th in a time of  4:42:55.   Aoibheann, Sean & Fionn now go on to the Athletics Ireland National Finals in these distances in July. 

Results here

Photos ;
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Also making the trip to Castleisland in Co. Kerry last weekend was Jimmy Tobin who took part in the Humphrey Murphy's Memorial 10k road race.   


Best of luck to our juvenile athletes  in the second leg of the West Cork Track & Field Summer leagues which will be held in Bandon on Wednesday this week.  Details below