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Super Performances in National Pentathlon

Some of Craughwell AC Juveniles at the National Indoor Pentathlon Championships in AIT

A number of our talented athletes made the short journey to Athlone IT on Saturday for the National Pentathlon Championships in Athlone IT with some impressive performances.

The day kicked off at 10am with the U14 Girls hurdles where Clodagh O’Meara blasted to a time of 10.79 almost a half a second faster than her PB from last weekend at the Galway indoors. Fauve Aylmer was equally impressive in the U14 Girls hurdles competing in the event for the first time and recording a very good 11.44. Also at 10am Ellie Cronin got her U16 pentathlon underway with a decent 4.28m leap in the long jump and followed it up with a brilliant 10.07 hurdles. Both Lukas Schukat and Saoirse Moore kicked off their day with the high jump at 10am where Saoirse was jumping very well at the early heights clearing them comfortably but had to settle for 1.36m on this occasion as she clipped 1.42m with her heels on each attempt to bring it down. But very positive as she was high over the bar each time and has only a small glitch to correct to get her heels out of the way. Lukas made sure he got his heels out of the way with a fantastic series of jumps to obtain not 1, not 2 but 3 PBs in the high jump clearing 1.60m, then 1.63m and finally 1.66m to win the high jump before exiting at 1.69m.

And Cian Lavan got his day underway with a brilliant 10.42 in the hurdles, almost a second faster than his Galway time a week ago and followed it up with a fine series of high jumps to clear 1.41m before exiting at 1.44m just shy of his PB of 1.45m from a week ago. Cian added a decent long jump of 4.11m to stay in the top half of the field in his age group while both Clodagh and Fauve leaped excellent jumps of 3.64m and 3.49m and Saoirse and Lukas leaped a brilliant 4.25m and 4.48m. Saoirse was in blistering form in the U15 hurdles racing to a splendid time of 10.55. Clodagh and Fauve also did very well in the unfamiliar high jump with Clodagh leaping 1.20m and Fauve 1.15m. Clodagh picked up a bad knock on her first attempt at 1.25m so passed on her final 2 attempts in order to recover for the 800m.

Laura Cunningham pictured with a number of the Senior and Junior Men and Women
at the National Indoor Pentathlon Championships in AIT

Meanwhile the senior and junior women’s program got underway at 11.35am with the hurdles which saw Laura Cunningham race to a PB of 10.32 seconds over the 2’9” height. It was Laura’s first time over the hurdles since taking a heavy fall in the Irish Schools Pentathlon finals last November so it was great to see her navigate them with ease on this occasion. Ellie’s high jump got underway around the same time and she cleared several heights comfortably right up to 1.49m but struggled to get her heels out of the way in time at 1.52m and exited at that height but again can take some solace from being well clear of the bar and just needs to get the heels out of the way quicker.

Laura’s next event was the high jump which ended up taking almost 2 hours as the competition started at 1.10m such was the variation in standard amongst the junior and senior competitors. While the high jump was underway, a number of shot putts were completed including the U14, 15 and 16s where Clodagh ‘putt’ the shot out to 5.41m, Cian to 5.94m, Lukas to 6.00m, Fauve to 6.02m, Saoirse to 6.32m and Ellie to 6.38m. And still when the junior/senior high jump was ongoing, the 800s got going for the younger ages with some great performances from the club. Saoirse raced to victory in her 800m in an excellent time of 2.42.96, crossing the line with arms outstretched and a lovely smile on her face. Ellie ran a very measured race in the early laps before accelerating at the bell to record a brilliant 2.41.68 and 2nd place. Lukas ran strongly on the first 2 laps before fading a little when lactic acid took hold but still recorded a decent 2.52.64.

Clodagh set off in heat 1 of the U14 girls running a blistering pace on the early laps and finishing off with a speedy final lap to record a PB of 2.36.03 while Fauve was equally impressive, tearing off into a significant early lead and as she passed me at the 100m mark, still had the energy to casually enquire “is there much of a gap mike?” 😊. Fauve held that lead right through to the end to record a brilliant 2.33.85. And in the U14 Boys 800m, Cian raced into an early lead before being overhauled on the final lap but held on for second place in an excellent 2.33.77.

Meanwhile back to the long running women’s high jump event where Laura was waiting patiently for the bar to reach her opening 1.46m height. When it did, she cleared it very comfortably and went on to repeat this at 1.49m, 1.52m and 1.55m, looking like she would eclipse her 1.65m PB. However, the length of the 2-hour high jump competition probably caught up on her as she clipped the 1.58m height 3 times to exit – but nevertheless very encouraging as her earlier jumps were very comfortable. Transitioning almost immediately to the shot putt, the officials unfortunately got the competition underway with the wrong weight, using the 3kg rather than the 4kg and Laura got a massive PB of 9.70m before the problem was noticed and the throwers had to start again. Laura’s best on the day with the 4kg shot was 7.23m down slightly on her PB from the recent Galway’s. Onto the long jump where Laura hit the board perfectly on each jump with a best of 4.56m, great preparation for later in the indoor season to get the mark right on the board each time.

The final event of a long day the 800m came at 6.15pm and almost 7 hours since Laura’s first event at 11.35am. Very hard to stay focussed for that length of time but Laura put in a brilliant effort in what is not one can safely say her favourite event and ran a PB of 2.45.7 to take 4th place overall in the Junior Women Pentathlon with a point’s score of 2633. Ellie’s series of performances also yielded her a brilliant 4th place in the U16 Girls with a total of 2532 points. Saoirse placed 6th in the U15 Girls with a score of 2281 points while Clodagh and Fauve placed 6th and 7th in the U14 Girls with scores of 1965 and 1848 points. And in the boys events, Lukas placed an impressive 6th with a total of 1867 points while Cian was a brilliant 5th with a total of 1924 points.

So all in all, another great day for everyone. A little long for the older ages but nonetheless a rewarding day.

Craughwell AC 4th in Round 1 of National League

The first round of the National Indoor Track & Field League took place last weekend at the National Indoor Arena in Abbotstown Dublin with a strong performance from the Craughwell AC team to place 4th in the team table at the end of the day.

The National League is the preeminent club competition in Ireland where seniors and juveniles aged u17 or older compete for their clubs, scoring points for their team based on their placing in each individual event. It comprises two rounds with the top placed teams progressing to the final. Craughwell AC has fielded a team in the event since its inception a few years, managed by Sarah Finnegan. Last year the team (pictured below) placed 8th in the final.

Round 1 this year saw some excellent performances from the team with Sinéad Treacy taking 2nd place in the long jump with a leap of 5.12m and placing 5th in the 60m sprint in 7.98, Sinéad Gaffney 4th in the 800m in 2.22.62, Eva Kelly 5th in the shot putt with 6.75m and Sarah Finnegan 6th in the 60m hurdles in 11.07. Special thanks to Eva Kelly who lined out in the shot putt at short notice to score valuable points for the club.

Round 2 takes place in Athlone IT on 27th January with the events being contested including 200m, 400m, 1500m, high jump and triple jump with guests permitted and in addition a guest 800m and 3000m. The club hope to have a strong team out in round 2 and hopefully progress to the final which will be held in Dublin on 3rd February.

National Indoor Track & Field League Final 2017
Sinéad Treacy, Ciana Reidy, Lorraine Delaney, Laura Cunningham, Sarah Finnegan, Caoilin Milton

Caron Debuts for Ireland

Caron Ryan made her Irish debut recently when running on the Irish U20 Development Team in the Celtic Cross Country in Antrim where she put in a strong run to keep up with the leading group in the early laps and finish 13th place overall - a fine performance against the top runners from these islands.

Caron’s performance comes on the back of a fantastic year last year which culminated in a bronze medal at the National U19 Cross Country Championships. Caron joins a list of 19 other athletes from the club who have been selected for Ireland over the years as follows:

Results of the Galway Indoors

Results of the Galway Indoors as follows:

• U8 to 12s
• U13s and older

Full report to follow later tonight on the marvellous performances from our own club.

Training Session with Seb.

Craughwell AC are proud to announce that we have Sebastian Locteau back again for 8 weeks.

Training will be held at the Senior track Tuesday the 23rd of January at 7.30pm, registration from 7.15 €20 per person or €30 per couple. 

For all levels of running, the training is tailored to suit all grades and levels of running and distances. Open to all members go on give it a go!

Craughwell 10 2018.

 Exciting New 10km Route for 2018

http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/1416045052 (10 Mile Event)

http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/1872909890 (10km Event)

Race HQ at St. Michaels Hall, Craughwell.

County Galway 10 Mile Championships.

Finisher Medal for both Races

Finisher T-Shirt for the first 300 entrants between both events!

Event details and schedule

Race Day Information for the Craughwell 10 Mile & 10 KM - Sunday 25th March 2018

Race number collection: Your race number will be available for collection from 12.30pm to 1.30pm on Saturday the 24th of March at St. Michael's Hall Craughwell
OR 
From 09.00am to 10.30am on race day 25th of March at our race HQ at at St. Michael's Hall Craughwell.

Please arrive early to collect your race number.  10 Mile Race starts at 11.00am. 10km Race starts at 11.20am
 
Ample parking in Craughwell village. Please park sensibly. Please obey general rules of the road. Please obey marshalls on the day.

Note: The start line for the 10 mile and 10Km race is approx. 0.5 miles away from the HQ!

Here is the link to register on www.active.com

https://www.active.com/craughwell-galway/running/distance-running/craughwell-10-mile-and-10km-2018?int= 

See you all in March.

Assembly Areas at Galway Indoors

Officials list and notes for Galway Indoors

Folks

List of officials and notes for each day of the Galway Indoors attached below.

ListOfOfficialsV2.pdf

For any queries on duties please email Mike Tobin, tobinm1 @yahoo.com

thanks

Michael

Craughwell Juvenile Athletic Club AGM 24th Jan

HI all

Program for Galway Indoors

Provisional program for this weekend is at link below. Please note that all times are provisonsal and may move forward by up to 45 minutes during the day so please arrive in plenty of time.

GalwayIndoorTrackAndFieldProgram2018.pdf

Athletes Shine at the North West Indoor Games

Jerry Keary and Laura Cunningham soaring high over 1.90m and 1.55m in Athlone

A number of athletes travelled to Athlone IT for the Northwest Games on Saturday, a relatively new competition organised by Bernie O’Callaghan of Donegal Athletics. There were some tremendous early season performances, particularly in the high jump and the 800m. Jerry Keary and Laura Cunningham both took gold in the senior men and women’s high jump events with Jerry soaring high over 1.95m and almost getting 2 metres on his second attempt and Laura clearing 1.55m and coming very close to nailing 1.60m on each attempt.

The brilliant jumping continued later in the day in the U14 event where our athletes were stepping up an age but it proved no barrier as Evan Hallinan soared to victory with a 1.60m PB clearance in the U14 boys event and Jade Moorhead had 2 brilliant PBs of 1.50m and 1.55m to win the U14 girls event. Aoibhe Carr made a brilliant return to the high jump with bronze medal winning clearance of 1.35m while Alicia Locteau also soared to a PB of 1.30m.

Katie Scully was also in great form in the U14 Girls long jump with a PB leap of 4.27m, an event where Jade, Aoibhe and Alicia also jumped very well but just waiting for the official details of their jumps. While both Laura Cunningham and Shauna Tobin were unlucky to break their first 2 jumps in the U18 Girls long jump before Laura leaped to 4.57m and Shauna 4.09m on their final jumps with Laura taking the silver medal. And in the boys U14 long jump, both Evan Hallinan and Daniel Galvin jumped very well but again the official results will confirm their leaps.

In the sprints, Sinead Treacy was in good form in the senior 60m running 8.08 while Fauve Aylmer was very impressive also in the U14 60m. While in the hurdles, Katie Scully, Evan Hallinan and Daniel Galvin all ran strongly competing against athletes a year older than them.

Kyle Moorhead ran a solid race to place mid-pack in the U16 1500m while late in the day, the 800m races threw up some riveting performances firstly from Carla Noone who placed 3rd in her heat in a time of 2.47.1 and followed swiftly by a fantastic run from Fauve Aylmer to also take 3rd place in her heat in an impressive time of 2.30.65. Daniel Galvin placed mid-pack in the U14 boys race in a time of 2.33.3 while Ben Garrard ran a brilliant 2.01 off limited training to place 2nd in the Junior Men’s race. But the bravest run of them all came from Gavin Cooney in the Senior Men’s 800m where he blitzed through the 600m in a phenomenal 1.27 before lactic acid took hold in the final 150m and cost Gavin an incredible PB … finishing in 2.04 or 2.05. But very very positive for going sub-2 soon and with his eyes on Peadar Harvey’s club record of 1.57.21.

And in the final race of the day, the U14 girls put in a great performance in their 4x200m placing 1st in their heat in a time of 2.05.98 and claiming the bronze medals. Summary results are here: 2017.12.30.NorthWestGames.pdf.

And just a small footnote comment on some of the U14 performances - Fauve's 800m , Jade's 1.55m and Evan's 1.60m places all 3 athletes at the top of our best ever performances from U13 age group ... super performances from all three athletes.

Laura Cunningham gold medalist in the high jump and silver medalist in the long jump
at the North West Indoor Games in Athlone

Best of luck Caron in first international!

Caron Ryan receiving a training grant from Club Chairperson Marion McEvilly
in recognition of her selection for the Irish cross country team
to contest the Celtic Cross Country in January

It has been a phenomenal year for Caron Ryan who was recently selected for the Irish Development Team to contest the Celtic Cross Country in Antrim in early January. Caron’s incredible 2017 saw her place 12th in the National Junior Women’s 4000m in Abbotstown and she followed this up with an amazing 3rd place finish in the National U19 4000m in Waterford IT. Her selection for Ireland is richly deserved for a very dedicated athlete.

It hasn’t all been plain sailing for Caron as she struggled with injuries during several of the intervening years since joining the club in 2013 but she didn’t let it hold her back with notable performances including winning gold Galway Indoor Junior Women’s 3000m in 2014 a time of 14.09.1, gold in both the Galway U16 and U17 Girls 4000m in Autumn 2014, taking 3rd place in the Galway Senior Cross Country in 2015 when aged just 16, taking the Connacht title for her school St Raphael’s Loughrea in the Senior Girls 2500m held in Sligo in 2016 and placing 25th in the Irish Schools XC finals that year and smashing the club’s senior record for the 3000m when racing to a time of 10.36.87 in the Connacht Schools track and field in 2017.

Caron’s best placings prior to this year in National Club Cross Country were 30th in the U17 Girls 4000m in 2014, 43rd in the same event in 2015 and 50th in the U18 Girls 4000m in 2015. Her progression in the distance races is an inspiration to many younger athletes in the club who battle hard over the rough terrain of cross country, placing highly but not in the medals … they all have the talent and their day will come just as Caron’s has. The club wish Caron the best of luck in her forthcoming international and hopefully it is the first of many for this talented and hard-working athlete.

Juggling her love of triathlon with her love of cross country, Caron joined the club back in 2013 where she took part in her first cross country race that Autumn when placing 8th in the Galway U15 Girls 2000m which was held in Craughwell in what is now our 8-acre athletics field. Caron went on to place 14th in the Connacht U15 cross country that year and is pictured below with her teammates Dearbhaile Walsh, Aoife Greene, Ciara O’Boyle and the team coach at the time Mark Gillen. Congratulations also to triathlon coaches and Craughwell residents Tony Daley and Seb Locteau who have assisted Caron with alot of her training over the years.