National
Juvenile Track and Field Championships
Day one of the National Juvenile Outdoor Track and
Field championships were held on Saturday last in Tullamore, with the U9-11
Juvenile paired events and the U12 and U13 individual championships taking
place.
Darragh Fahy of Loughrea AC continued his great season
winning National gold with a huge jump if 5.09 metres to win the U13 Boys Long
Jump, and Fahy also claimed bronze in the U13 Boys 80m sprint. Loughrea AC Boys
won bronze in the U13 Boys relay event
Craughwell AC athletes excelled with some exceptional
performances, with the highlight coming via Darragh Kelly in the U13 Boys High Jump,
when he leaped to gold and the National title with a record-equaling 1.56metre jump.
Lauren Morgan and Mia Hollingsworth combined well to win silver in the paired
U11 Girls Long Jump, while Ella Farrelly secured bronze in the U13 Girls Long
Jump with a fantastic 4.58m effort to take third spot. The club also secured a
bronze team medal via the U12 girls’ squad, in the final of the 4x100m relay.
Tuam AC had a great day’s success, with their U10 Boys
Pair of Eanna McGrath and Cian McGinn winning gold in the 500m paired event
with a combined time of 3.02.86. Ciaran O’Donnell also from Tuam AC won a
superb silver medal in the U12 Boys High Jump with a 1.30m clearance. Tuam AC
Boys relay team won silver at U10 level.
GCH secured a medal win via Ben Moran who jumped a
huge 4.24m in the U12 Boys Long jump to win a bronze medal in the U12 boys’
event.
National Track and Field League
Galway County Ladies and Men’s team, and GCH men’s
teams all competed in Round two of the National Track and Field League, which
was held in Athlone IT last Sunday. All three Galway teams secured enough
points to advance to the National league final, which will be held July 20th next
in Tullamore
Galway Ladies, under the management of Sarah Finnegan,
scored a massive 102 points to take them into the final in top spot, with wins
coming via Regina Casey in the 3000m, Aisling Joyce in the Steeplechase, Sinead
Treacy over 400m, and the 4x100m relay squad, along with second places for the
4*400m relay team, Veronica Burke in the 1500m Walk and via Laura Nally over
200m. Galway Men’s team placed fourth in Division one to make the final along
with GCH Men’s team who made it through in the eighth and final spot.
World
University Games
Galway athlete Alanna Lally of UCD travels to compete
on the Irish squad at the World University Games which take place from July3rd
to 14th in Napoli in Italy. Lally will compete in the 800m with her first race
off on July 10th.
International
selection
Some of Galway’s top young athletes secured
international call-ups over the last week for this summer’s major
championships.
Robert McDonnell of Galway City Harriers has been
selected on the Irish team for the 400m and 4 x 400m relay for the European
Youth Olympics to be held in Baku in July, from the 20th to 28th.
Cillin Greene of GCH has been selected to run on the
Irish 4x400m team for the upcoming European U23 Championships in Gavle, Sweden,
which will be held from the 11th - 14th July 2019. Joining him will be Sarah
Quinn of NUIG AC and St Colman’s Mayo, who will compete on the Irish 4x100m
relay and in the 100m Hurdles
Kyle Moorhead of Presentation College Athenry has been
selected to run on the Irish team in the 1500m Steeplechase at the Upcoming
Schools International Track and Field meeting in Saturday 20th July in Swansea,
Wales.
Grant
Thornton Corporate 5K
Jamie Fallon of Craughwell AC, running for Winters
Property Management, was a clear winner of the Grant Thornton Corporate 5K Team
Challenge Galway, held at a sweltering Ballybrit Racecourse on Thursday last.
Fallon clocked17.30 to take a clear win ahead of Dave Evans and Thomas Scarry
in second and third. Michelle Egan of GCH representing DHKN was first lady over
the line in a time of 21.31
Summer Camps
Tuam AC, Craughwell AC and Galway City Harriers all
host Athletics Summer camps this month, with Loughrea and Craughwell also
holding camps in August. Tuam host their event between July 22nd to 26th in St Jarlath’s
College Tuam. Craughwell AC’s camp will be held from July15th to 19th at their
club grounds beside the national school, and Galway City Harriers will hold
their inaugural summer camp from July 15thto 19th, in the Regional Sports
Centre in Dangan. Loughrea hold a Summer camp at St Brigid’s College from
August 5th
Fixtures
This weekend sees more National championships action
taking place, with the Irish Life Health Junior and U23 Outdoors being held in
Tullamore on Saturday next July 6th, and Sunday seeing the Juvenile Track and
Field championship programme continuing ,again in Tullamore
