City of Lisburn Open Meet
Galway City Harriers’ rising star, Robert McDonnell, produced another stunning performance Saturday last at the City of Lisburn Open Meet winning the 400m in a new personal best of 47.98 from Irish international Andrew Mellon in second.
NUI Galway athlete Roland Surlis put on a tremendous display of 800m running, closing fast on the leaders, to clock a personal best 1.46.93 for a close third place in the Men’s A race.
GCH had a number of other athletes who made the trip to Lisburn. Alex Lee clocked 11.88 to win his 100m and then went on to run 24.48 in the 200m. Aoife Sheehy finished 3rd in the 400m hurdles in 1.06.9. Keith Fallon posted a swift time of 1.56.86 over 800m and Aaron Brennan dipped under 4 minutes for the 1500m to clock an impressive 3.57.38.
USA Action
Alanna Lally continues to make strides in the USA with Temple University. Her seasonal best of 2:04.62 in the 800m has earned her a spot at the start line on May 27 at 7:50 p.m., at the Big East Regional Championships, in the first round of the 800m. The top three runners from each of the six heats plus the next best six times will advance to the 800m quarterfinals on Saturday, May 29 at 7:35 p.m.
Galway 5k series
The midpoint week of the virtual 2021 Galway 5k series concluded Tuesday night last May 18th, with the third race seeing the Craughwell AC wheelchair athlete Shauna Bocquet posting a superb new series record of 13.34; fastest male was Rob Lennon of Castlegar AC in 16.39, and fastest female was Madeline O Donnell in a time of 19.43
The series continues for two more series of races.
Galway Development squads
The 2021 Galway Athletics development squads for selected club athletes from U15 to U19 continue apace. The Galway Hurdles and Jumps squad were held at Ballinderreen last Saturday, while the Sprints squad will take place Saturday next 29th May in Dangan.
