Galway
5km Series
The 2019 Galway 5km Series continued Tuesday
last in Loughrea AC, with close on 700 athletes finishing the third leg of the event. Rob Lennon of Castlegar AC was first man home
in a fast 16.43, just pipping local athlete Cathal O’Reilly of Loughrea AC,
second in the same time, with just metres separating the pair in an exciting
finale. The ever consistent Kevin Moore placed third in 16.56. First lady home
was Jane Ann Meehan of GCH in time of 18.45, with Aine O’Farrell of Athenry, second
in 19.48 and her clubmate Edel Kelly clocking 20.22 for third.
Athenry AC will be hosting the series on Tuesday
May 21st, with Tuam AC holding the fifth leg on May 28th.
National
Track and Field League
Galway City Harriers Men’s team and Galway
County Women’s and Men’s track and field teams all competed with distinction in
the opening round of the National Track and Field League held Sunday last May
19th in Templemore, Tipperary.
GCH Men’s squad placed second overall
behind Kildare County in their Premier League section. The city squad featured
wins from Jack Dempsey over 100m, Keith Fallon over 800m in 1.55, Michael
Breathnach in the Discus, and Brendan Staunton in the Shot Putt, with other
strong performers including Eoghan and Cliff Jennings, Sebastian Ducrois, Dylan
Corr, Jonah Erugo, David Carter ,
Henrique Nkolovata and James Frizzell
Galway Ladies also impressed in the Premier
Division with a top placing, with over 100 points, and victories coming via the 4x400m relay squad of Nicole Walsh, Sinead
Gaffney, Arlene Earls and Laura Nally, Rachel Finnegan in the 400m hurdles,
Laura Nally in the 200m and Maeve Curley in the walk, and backed up by second
place finishes from Aisling Joyce (1500m), Sarah Finnegan in the 100m hurdles,
Nicole Walsh in the 400m, Leanagh Gilligan in the Long and triple jump, Ellie
Cronin in the high jump, 4x100m relay team (Lydia Doyle, Nicole, Aisling Keady
and Freya Bohan) and Lydia Doyle in the 100m.
Galway Men’s county team under manager Sean
McDermott had a solid start, with Brendan Lynch of Loughrea winning 400
Hurdles, and strong points scores from Justin Lane, Tommy Farragher, Sam Ukaga,
Daniel Callanan, Jerry Keary and Jack Miskella among others.
Round two of the League will be held Sunday
30th June next.
Galway Senior, Masters and Junior Track and Field Championships
The Galway Senior, Masters and Junior Track and Field Championships events this year will be held over three Thursday evenings in Dangan, with a
The events on the 30th May include the
3000m Women, 5000m Men, 200m, 800m, and 400m hurdles and relays on the track with
the High jump, Triple jump, Discus, Weight for distance in the field, while Day
three the 6th June will see the 10000m, mile, plus two sprints events on the
track
Entry is 5 euro with entries in advance via clubs and some limited availability on the night from 6.30 pm. Guests are most welcome if with AAI registered clubs.
Connacht
Schools Track and Field Juvenile Championships
The Connacht Schools Track and Field
Juvenile Championships was held Thursday last in Athlone IT
There were some excellent performances by
Galway athletes with many qualifying for the All Ireland School Championships
to be held on June 1st in Tullamore.
There were wins aplenty for Galway student
athletes, including for Robert McDonnell of Colaiste Na Coiribe, Emma Moore of
Presentation Athenry and Ailbhe Ni Mhaille of SCC Carraroe who all claimed double
gold in their respective events. The hugely talented McDonnell won the
Senior Boys 200m and 400m, Moorewon the 300m and 800m races at Intermediate Girls
level with Ni Mhaille winning both the Discus and Shot Putt, also at
Intermediate level.
At Minor level Mathieu Madden of Merlin College
won the High Jump and his schoolmate Christian Ogbemitu stormed home to win the
100m. Matthew Mears of Seamount Kinvara won the 1500m title, while Evan
Moran of Presentation College Athenry won the 75m Hurdles, and Liam Shaw also
of Pres Athenry won the Shot Putt. Evan Quinn of Loughrea AC claimed the Long
Jump title.
In the Girls section Caoimhe Farrell of
Mercy Woodford was another standout on the day as she won a superb double in
the Hurdles and the Long Jump. Diana Kamara of Merlin College won the Shot Putt.
Leonore Church of Presentation Athenry won the Girls High Jump and Rachel Fahy
of Colaiste Baile Chlair won gold in the 200m.
At Junior level there were wins for Ava
McKeon of AM Ballinasloe in the 75m hurdles and Sophie Farrell won the
100m in the colours of Seamount College, while Shannon Daly of HRC Mountbellew
took gold in the 200m.
Leah Toher of PC Headford impressed claiming
1500m gold and won the U16 Mile for good measure. Fauve Aylmer took a clear
victory in the 800m for St Raphael’s Loughrea. Aoife Waldron of Colaiste
Iognaid won the Triple Jump also in the Field, Ella Rafferty of Mercy Tuam won
the Discus and Jade Moorhead of Presentation Athenry won the High Jump
In the Junior boys’ events. Calum Healy of
Presentation Athenry emerged the winner in the 80m hurdles, with John Usifo of
St Mary’s College winning the 100m sprint. In the middle-distance events, David
Mannion of Seamount Kinvara was the winner, while William McDonnell of St Joseph’s
Galway won the 1500m.
In the field, Daragh Jennings of SC
Carraroe won the Discus with school mate Ethan De Paor winning the Hammer throw.
Evan Hallinan of Presentation Athenry had a great day as he won the High Jump
and Triple Jump double.
At Intermediate level Aoibheann Farrell was
the top performer, claiming double gold for Mercy Woodford in the High Jump and
Triple Jump. Aoibhe Deeley won the 80m hurdles for St Killians New Inn
and Lauren McNally won the Javelin for St Brigids Loughrea.
Presentation Athenry had a good day at
Inter Boys level with wins for Conor Hoade in the 100m hurdles, Conor Trehy who
won the triple jump and a great performance via Kyle Moorhead who won a tough
double taking both the 800m title and the 1500m Steeplechase.
Barry Murphy won the 1500m title for St Enda’s Galway. Sean Cotter of Calasanctius Oranmore won an exciting 3000m just pipping Ross McGuinness of PC Athenry in a sprint for the line. David Hillary of HRC Mountbellew won the U16 Mile. Hamsley Omokah of Merlin College took the honours in the 200m continuing their sprint dominance, while In the Field, Ricardis Lingaitis of St Mary’s won Hammer gold
At Senior level, Jack Maher of Clifden CS won
the 1500m just ahead of Aaron Brennan of GCH/Claregalway. Richard Kamsen won
the Triple jump, for Merlin College, with Sam Ukaga of St Brigids Loughrea jumping
5.98 metres to just pip Ryan Gallagher to victory in the Long Jump.
Ryan McNelis of Presentation Athenry clocked
a fast 58.4 to win the 400 Hurdles for Presentation Athenry. James Kabana of St
Mary’s Galway won the Hammer throw in the field section
In the Senior Girls, GCH athletes Seren O’Toole
finished second in the 200m and 3rd in the 100m, while Aoife Sheehy took silver
in the 400m hurdles.
Merlin College won two sprint relays, in
the Minor and Senior Boys events, while Seamount Kinvara in the Junior Boys and
Colaiste Einde at Senior Girls level were other relay winners for Galway
schools
(Schools Pics Credit: Darragh Browne)
Galway
Juvenile B Championships and Combined Events
The inaugural Galway Juvenile B
Championships and Combined Events will, take place this Sunday 26th May in Dangan
The Juvenile B Championships are open to
those athletes who competed but did not medal at the Galway Juvenile U9-11
events, as well as an U8 Development event, while the Combined Events are a
multi event competition for Juvenile, Senior and Masters over five events.
Mayfly
10km Oughterard
Greg Lundon of South Galway AC took the honours last Sunday at the 7th edition of the Mayfly 10k Challenge. The race is held over a testing course with a fast finish and Lundon powered home to victory in 36.40, clear of second place Aidan Kelly who clocked 37.33 and third was Donal Kelly in 37.53
First lady home was the inform Edel Reilly
of Hollymount in a fast time of 39.49, with second s Emer O’Connell of Corrib
AC and third was Carmel Coyne of Galway Tri Club
Sprint
standards
Sarah Quinn of NUI Galway set a European qualifying
100m standard at last week’s Ton Na Ghaoithe meeting in Waterford. Quinn
clocked a B standard of 11.83 seconds and will seek another this week at the
Galway track and field competition, to target championship qualification.
