County U/9 – U/11 Track & Field Championships

19 young athletes from U/9 to U/11 travelled to Templemore on Sunday 1^st August for the final County Track & Field Championship of the season and again the club added to their County success when Geoffrey Morrissey and Gerard Delaney came home with gold medals in the U/9 Long Jump (2.98m) and U/11 Turbo Javelin (16.72) respectively, Darragh Maher a silver medal in the U/9 60mts (10.18) and Ella McGinley (U/11 Turbo – 9.34) , Senan Phelan (U/9 300mts (1.00.79) and Long Jump (2.60) and Billy Flanagan (U/11 60mts (9.38) collected bronze medals.  For such a young squad of athletes, many competing in a competition for the very first time, they gave their all and can be rightly proud of their performances.

The sprint events saw heats in all events and several of our athletes qualified to the finals. In the Boys U/9 60mts Geoffrey Morrissey finished 4^th (10.30) with Daniel Delaney 6^th (10.60).  In the Boys U/11 60mts Gerard Delaney finished 5^th (9.53). All the longer races were run as finals with Darragh Maher 6^th (1.05.49) in the Boys U/9 300mts, Leo Cullen 7^th (1.10.49) and Fionn Phelan 8^th (1.11.38).  In the Girls U/10 500mts Caoimhe Doyle finished 7^th (1.54.47) and Abbie Manton 12^th (2.06.97).  In the Boys equivalent Cathal O’Reilly finished 4^th in 1.45.82 while Billy Flanagan finished 10^th in the U/11 600mts (2.15.67).  In the Long Jump competitions Zack Ryan finished 4^th U/9 (2.56) while Matthew Esmonde finished 5^th (2.48), Daniel Delaney 7^th (2.37), Fionn Phelan 9^th (2.35) and Tom Renehan 10^th (2.15).  In the Girls U/10 Niamh Joyce finished 6^th (2.60), Caoimhe Doyle 8^th (2.52) and Abbie Manton 14^th (2.26) with Cathal O’Reilly 6^th (2.39) and William Morrissey 12^th (2.10) in the Boys equivalent.  At U/11 Helen Renehan finished 10^th (2.59), Ellie Costigan 12^th (2.49) and Ella McGinley 16^th (2.13).  Faye Murphy also took part in the Championships but a heavy fall in the U/11 60mts as she was in contention for a medal put paid to her contribution for the rest of the day.  We wish her a speedy recovery.

Again, well done to all the athletes involved and many thanks to the parents for their support on the day and to all from the club who helped at the event.