The Leinster indoor juvenile championships were held last
Saturday and Sunday in Athlone. We had a great turnout from the club on both
days and all of our athletes competed very well in both track and field events.
Saturday
On Saturday Orla Hayes, Emma Coroner, Kate Smith, Mark O’
Reilly, Karen Hayes, Shauna Coffey, John Redmond, Kritsada Cooke and Lara Power
made the trip to Athlone. The competition this year was of a very high standard
with big numbers entered in all the events. John Redmond and Lara Power
competed in the u13 shot putt, John threw 7.99m, finishing 5th
overall, while Lara threw 7.80m and finished 9th overall, a good
result for their first Leinster competition. Shauna Coffey and Karen Hayes
competed in the girls U13 600m, Karen was unlucky not to make the final
finishing 4th in the heat, while Shauna finished 7th,
Shauna also competed in the high jump, jumping 1.15m finishing 8th. The
hurdlers were up next with Orla Hayes, Kate Smith and Emma Coroner competing in
the girls u12 60m hurdles, Orla was unlucky not to make the final after
finishing 2nd in her heat, her heat was re ran again due to timing problems
and she finished 4th in the re-run. Kate ran well but did not make
the final; Emma Coroner qualified for the final, but unfortunately missed it.
The two performances of the day came from Matthew Buckley and Kritsada Cooke,
Matthew qualified easily in his heat of the u12 Boys 60m hurdles, and put in a
great run in the final finishing 2nd in a time of 10.64 earning him
his first Leinster medal. Kritsada Cooke only managed to qualify for the boys
U13 60m hurdles as a fastest loser, but put in a storming run in the final to
finish 3rd in a time of
10.64s, this was also Kritsada’s first Leinster medal. Kritsada also competed
in the high jump, and jumped 1.25m finishing 8th. Mark O’ Reilly
also competed in the boys U13 Hurdles and put in a good run.
A big thank you thanks to Kieran Walshe and Richie Smith who
helped out on the day.
Sunday
On Sunday our middle distance athletes and sprinters travelled
to Athlone, the middle distance races were up first with Aine O Connor and
Amber Roche competing in the girls U15 & 16 800m respectively, both girls
ran well, but did not make the final. Alex Hunter, Peter Kilgannon and Ciaran
McCarty competed in the boys U15, 16, & 17 800m respectively, all qualified
out of their heats for the finals. Alex finished 6th in the final in
a time of 2.20.91, Peter finished 9th in a time of 2.21.88, his heat
time was 2.17.6, and Ciaran finished 7th in a time of 2.18.62. Conor
Duncan competed in the boys u19 800m, and finished 3rd in a time of
2.12.66, a new indoor pb for Conor. Next up was the 60m sprints, Emma Coroner ,
Orla Hayes and Rachel McPartlin competed in the girls U12 60m, Rachel and Emma
qualified for the semi-finals, while Orla just missed out on qualification by
100th of a second. Rachel did not make it out of the semi, but put
in a good run, her best time on the day being 9.58s, Emma made the final and
finished 7th; her best time on the day was 9.13s. Aine Cooney and
Ivie Okome won their heats easily in the girls U13 60, Aine ran a time of
9.01s, but did not make it out of the semi-final, Ivie won her semi-final also
and put in a very strong run in the final finishing second in a time of 8.41s,
the standard in the girls 60m this year was incredibly high, the winning time
was 8.32s. Owen Clayton and Mikey O Malley competed in the boys U16 60, this
was their first competition, both finished 4th in their heats, but
missed out on qualification. Joey Wallace put in a good run in the boys U19 60m
final, finishing 4th in a time of 7.56s, which was a new pb for him.
Thanks to Gerry Finnegan and Siobheal Cummins who helped out
on Sunday, and to all the parents who travelled on both days.
Best of luck to our athletes who have qualified for the All
Irelands.
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