A successful week saw athletes competing at the World University Games, U23 European Athletics Championships in Gävle and the Irish Rowing Championships.
World
University Games - Soccer
The World University games saw a total of 6 NUI Galway Athletes compete across Women’s Soccer, Men’s Soccer and Archery over the 11 day period of the games.
Aislinn Meaney, Elle O'Flaherty,
Sadhbh Doyle and Shauna Fox finished 4th place with the Women’s soccer
team as they lost out to penalties 4-2 to Russia in the 3rd place
playoff.
Maurice Nugent started all but one
game in a tough two weeks of competition where the Men’s side came a
respectable 8th place, Losing out on penalties to a strong French side in
the 7th/8th place play-off.
World
University Games - Archery
Róisín Mooney also made a
significant name for herself within the Archery World. While being the first
female to qualify for the games is a feat in itself she also secured an Irish
record of 624 to secure her place at the games.
Unfortunately Róisín met a stronger
opponent in the knock out stages.
She managed to finish 33rd overall,
a fantastic finish for an archer with a very bright future.
U23 European Athletics Championships
Sarah Quinn managed a PB in both
the heat and her semi final of the 100 metre hurdles
A PB of 13.57 and a 4th place
finish in her semi-final meant Sarah managed to finish 12th in the overall
standings of the event.
Sarah also helped the Irish 100
metre relay team to the final at the championships where they finished in 4th place,
just short of a medal place.
Irish Rowing Championships
NUI Galway managed 6 event wins in
the Womens Club 4+, Womens Senior 4-, Womens Senior 2 X, Womens Senior 2-,
Womens Inter 8+ and Womens Senior 8+.
In addition to this they managed a further 7 2nd
place finishes and one 3rd place finish over the course of the
weekend.
An incredible weekend seeing every single NUI Galway
Boat featuring on the podium!
The
week ahead
Eoin Moorehouse competes at the U23 Canoe Slalom
World Championships in Krakow, Poland tomorrow with his first run at 8:04am
(Irish Time)
A fantastic week of sport
at the university and it is clear the future is very bright, with plenty
more to come in the next few weeks
