THE MILE MARKER
The Mile Marker was held on Sunday 8th June in Danesford, Co. Kilkenny. The race hosts a 5k, 5 mile & 10 mile to raise funds for the local school, St. Michael's NS. We had one athlete in the club compete in the 5 mile distance. Dymphna Ryan had a fantastic race to finish 4th overall and 1st Lady in a time of 28.24. Congratulations to Dymphna.
MUNSTER U9/U13 Track & Field Championships.
The Munster U9 to U13 championships were held over the weekend in Waterford and we had 11 juveniles who made the journey to compete for the club. They all performed very well and were very competitive. On Saturday we had three competing and two were making their first appearance at this level in the U9 girls where Izzy Fogarty competed in the 300m and turbo javelin. Robyn Shanahan ran the 60m sprint and teamed up with Izzy in the 300m. In the U10 girls Emma Fitzgerald competed in the long Jump and turbo javelin. The girls did not win medals but had an enjoyable experience.
On Sunday we had some success with a great bronze individual medal for Tim Butler in the U9 turbo javelin and he also had a good run in the 300m. Sean Creighton In the U10 boys had a good day in the long jump and 60m but came home empty handed. In the Girls U13 Ellen Maher gave her usual very competitive performance in the 600m as did Julie Morrissey in the 60m and long jump where she jumped a PB of 3:91 and just missed out on the final 8 for an extra three jumps. Our boys U11 had a great day with Harry Creedon and David DeBurca teaming up in the pairs 60m competition to win the bronze medals. Harry also competed in the Long jump and with a jump of 3:41 finished 12th and David also competed in the javelin where he was 10th. Kieran Butler competed in the U11 javelin and Long jump. Sean Fitzgerald gave good performances in the U11 long jump and 60m but was out of the medals . The four U11 boys teamed up in the relay where there were three heats and 22 teams. They were second in the heat but not fast enough to get into the medals.