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craughwell ten mile - race report
Jerry, Chloe and Evan Take National Honours!
Jerry Keary (U18 High Jump Silver), Chloe Casey (U16 Shot Putt Gold), Evan Hallinan (U13 High Jump Bronze)
at the National Juvenile Indoor Championships in Athlone
An incredibly busy weekend of athletics action at the National Juvenile Indoors in Athlone saw 35 athletes from the club in action in individual events as well as 8 relay teams.
Pride of place went to our 3 medallists with Jerry Keary soaring to silver with a leap of 1.96m in the U18 Boys high jump, Chloe Casey smashing the National indoor record with a massive throw of 14.21m in the U16 Girls shot putt and Evan Hallinan leaping to bronze with a brilliant 1.45m in the U13 Boys high jump.
As well as obliterating the previous Championship Best of 13.60m, Chloe’s shot putt record also surpassed the qualification standard of 13.75m for the European Youth Olympics to be held in Hungary in July. This is a fantastic achievement for Chloe and she becomes the 2nd athlete from the club after international high jumper Cathriona Farrell to reach this level of performance at such a young age.
The club’s current international high jumper Jerry Keary was also in flying form with an impressive 1.96m to claim the silver medal, only losing out on gold on countback having knocked 1 bar at 1.96m – unlucky for Jerry as one of his attempts at 1.99m was well over it but he clipped it with his heels.
And up and coming high jumper Evan Hallinan added the final medal for the club when winning bronze in the U13 Boys high jump with an impressive 1.45m despite injuring himself on his first attempt at his 1.35m opening height.
There were many more fine performances and close finishes throughout the 2 days none more so than the U15 girls in the final of their 4x200m relay where the team put in a terrific performance to take 4th place in a time of 1.50.89 losing out by the tiny margin of one-tenth of a second on the bronze with their team of Chloe Farragher, Aleisha Larkin, Ava Finn, Ornaith Coen and subs Aine and Aoife Kelly.
Ciana Reidy made her own bit of history becoming the first athlete from the club to contest a National Juvenile Pole Vault competition when competing in the U18 Girls event. With the disadvantage of having run a super leg of the U18 4x200m just moments before her first jump, Ciana put in a string of good jumps clearing 2.15m on her best jump to take 4th place overall.
Lorraine Delaney and Aoife Walsh tied on 1.50m to take joint 5th place in the U18 Girls high jump, both girls jumping very well. It was a height and position also claimed by Lukas Schukat in the U14 Boys high jump, putting together some very nice jumps to seal a new PB at 1.50m. Lorraine added a further 5th place finish in the U18 Girls long jump when leaping to a best of 4.76m. Laura Cunningham leaped the exact same distance in the U18 Girls long jump, placing 6th on countback of other jumps and coincidentally also tied on the same height of 1.50m as that jumped by Lorraine and Aoife in the U18 girls but having to settle for 7th place having knocked the 1.50 on her first attempt.
Ben Garrard took 6th place with a best of 5.39m in the U19 Boys long jump while Ellie Cronin went close to the medals with 6th place in the U15 Girls high jump with a clearance of 1.50m. Anna Molloy had a fine performance in the U14 Girls 1000m walk when racing to 6th place in a time of 6.21.06 while Jack Kinane took 7th place in the U14 Boys 1000m walk in a time of 7.15.48. The U14 Boys placed 6th in a time of 1.54.63 in the final of the U14 4x200m with Conor Hoade, Lukas Schukat, Rian Kearney, Liam Mulveen and sub Oisin Keane. Cian Lavan had a big leap of 1.40m to place 7th in the U13 Boys high jump, while Conor Gilligan and Adam Jordan tied on 1.15m when placing 7th in the U12 Boys high jump.
U18 Girls 4x200m Relay Team who placed 7th at the National Indoor Championships
Aoife Walsh, Ciana Reidy, Laura Cunningham, Lorraine Delaney
The club had 5 relay teams which just missed out on making the top 6 qualifiers for the relay finals when placing 7th fastest overall. These included the U18 Girls who raced to a time of 1.51.89 in their 4x200m with Laura Cunningham, Lorraine Delaney, Ciana Reidy, Aoife Walshe and sub Shauna Tobin; the U15 Boys with a time of 1.48.11 in their 4x200m with Gavin Lee, Shaun Gilligan, Paschal Walsh, Robert Urquhart and subs Oisin Davis and Ludaigh Morgan; the U12 Girls in a time of 59.17 in their 4x100m with Aoibhe Donnellan, Niamh Duffy, Chloe Hallinan, Grace Keaveney and subs Isabella Fitzgerald and Sole Lopez and the U12 Boys with a time of 57.99 in their 4x100m with Evan Moran, Eoin Spellman, Eddie Silke, Conor Gilligan and subs Jamie Collins and Darragh Kearney. There was plenty of drama int he U15 boys race where Shaun Gilligan was taken out of it by another team with an accidental trip on the back straight and the team having to run a second time later with 1 other team in order to attempt qualification.
U15 Boys 4x200m Relay Team who placed 7th at the National Indoor Championships
The U13 Boys wrapped up the relay action with an 8th place in their 4x100m and a time of 57.63 with Cian Lavan, Evan Hallinan, Odhran Gilligan, Ryan McDonnell and sub Luke Flynn. Conor Hoade completed the large number of athletes making the top 8 in their events with a double 8th place finish in the U14 high jump (1.40) and long jump (4.69).
There were some fine performances also in the heats of the 60m and 1500m races with several athletes just missing out on qualification for the sprint finals including U15 sprinters Chloe Farragher (8.40), Aleisha Larkin (8.50), Shaun Gilligan (8.29), Paschal Walsh (8.31) and U12 sprinters Evan Moran (8.80) and Darragh Kearney (8.99) and 1500m runners Ben Ryan (4.33.82) and Ciara Sheppard (5.43.31).
There were many more good performances at this highest standard of juvenile athletics in the country including Garvin Surlis 10th in U16 long jump, Ludaigh Morgan 11th in U15 long jump, Rian Kearney 11th in U14 long jump, Shauna Tobin 12th in U18 long jump, Leanagh Gilligan 12th in U16 long jump, Jade Moorhead 12th in U13 high jump, Rosemary Maduka 13th in U13 shot putt, the U14 Girls relay team 13th in their 4x200m (Molly Sullivan, Rebeckah Flynn, Jade Moorhead, Fauve Alymer and sub Saoirse Pierce; Calvin Ryan 14th in U13 shot putt; Chloe Hallian and Saoirse Pierce 15th in the U12 and U14 high jump; Chloe Farragher 15th in the U15 long jump; Isabella Fitzgerald 18th in the U12 long jump.
U14 Girls 4x200m Relay Team who placed 13th at the National Indoor Championships
U12 Boys 4x200m Relay Team who placed 7th at the National Indoor Championships
U16's take Gold & Silver in 7k Marathon
Luke Flynn Takes Silver in Galway U13 XCountry
Luke Flynn, silver medallist in the
Galway Community Games U13 Cross Country Finals
Craughwell athletes took part in the Community Games cross-country for the first time in several years today in Tuam. Luke Flynn put in an exceptional performance in the U13 Boys 1200m to take the silver medal – one of his finest races to date.
Likewise, Clodagh O’Meara and Fauve Aylmer both had outstanding runs in the U13 Girls 1200m with Clodagh racing to the bronze medal when finishing 3rd and Fauve taking 6th place on very swampy terrain in the Palace Grounds. The athletes now look forward to the All-Ireland finals which will be held in early May.
Clodagh O'Meara and Fauve Aylmer who placed 3rd and 6th in the
Galway Community Games U13 Girls Cross Country Finals
Battle in Belfast
Junior girls (Sarah Woods & Ciara Sheppard) at the start line
Craughwell AC had a very successful day yesterday when some of our finest cross country runners travelled up to Belfast for the All Ireland Schools Cross Country Championships. The competition took place in the "playing fields", Mallusk on what turned out to be, a beautiful, mild spring day. 10 athletes represented 2 schools (Presentation College, Athenry, & Calasanctius College, Oranmore). We must not forget that 1,000's of athletes have begun this battle to get to the All Irelands and to earn a place in this final is a great achievement.
The first Craughwell athlete to race was Liam Leen (minor boy), who as per his usual style, held a strong position from begining to end, to storm in through the shoots in 45th position. A proud moment for the Presentation College, Athenry as he also claimed, 6th Connacht runner to finish.
Junior girls were next and with the mud and rain from the previous day having played havoc on the ground, there were some last minute procrastinations over whether the largest spikes (pins) that could be found that morning, would indeed be of any benefit at all, and that wellies might in fact be the safest option. Winner of the Intermediate girls ran the entire race with one spike on and one spike off (having lost her spike early on in the race). Our junior girls; Ciara, Sarah and Freya eagerly and strongly pulled out from the madding crowd to push themselves up amongst the middle set of runners. Their finishing posiitons were; Ciara Sheppard (Calasanctius College), 53rd (6th Connacht girl in), Sarah Woods (Pres, Athenry), 69th and Freya Bohen (Pres), 75th.
We also had some fantastic finishes for the junior boys, with Kyle Moorhead charging to the finish in 38th place (7th Connacht), (Kyle has leapt a massive 64 places up from his placing in last years schools x country final). Both Oisin Davis and James Furey had fine finishes coming in 81st and 96th.
Ailbhe Miskella (Pres), who was our only intermediate girl (and having another year to run in this category) had a superb race to finish in 50th place and cross the line as the 5th Connacht runner.
Grainne McDaid (Pres), running in the senior girls race (almost the last race of the day), had to battle through some tough terrain and incredibly muddy conditions caused by the previous races and had a strong 61st finishing place.
This is the end of a very successful season for our Cross Country Craughwell athletes who have all proved their strength of character and determination to train hard for competition and endure whatever our Irish weather throws at them.
Craughwell Kingpins at Connacht Indoors
Senior Men's 4x200m relay teams who won silver at the Connacht Indoor Track & Field in Athlone
Ben Garrard, Gavin Cooney, John Cormican, Jerry Keary
Craughwell 10 News.
With less than a month to go to Craughwell 10 Mile Road Race preparations are well under way. It's been a busy week of entries so don't forget to register here: http://www.active.com/craughwell-galway/running/distance-running-races/craughwell-10-2017?int=
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This year the category prizes are as follows
1st 2nd 3rd lady
1st 2nd 3rd male
first lady over 40
First male over 40
First lady over 50
First male over 50
First lady over 60
First male over 60
We have added 10th male and female this year!!! Revive Active have kindly donated hampers as prizes another great reason to Enter this great race.
Have a look at this link for map of NEW route and addtional information.
Looking forward to welcoming you all on the 19th of March.
http://ie.mapometer.com/events/event/Craughwell_10_2017
Maeve Curley marks return with National Bronze!
Maeve Curley, bronze medallist in the National Senior 3k race walk
at the new National Indoor Arena in Abbotstown Dublin
Statistics from Scotland
In the beginning - Glasgow 2008
I have updated a roll of honour of medallists in the Scottish Indoor Track & Field:-
http://www.craughwellac.com/site/images/statistics/RollOfHonourScottishIndoorTrackAndField.pdf
Some interesting snippets:-
- We have won a total of 17 medals in these championships - 12 jumps and 5 track
- Jerry Keary becomes the first person from the club to win medals on 2 different trips to Scotland
- Evan Hallinan becomes the first boy from the club to win 2 medals on same trip
- 5 of the medals were won in the U13 grade
- 4 of the medals in the U14/15 grade
- 5 of the medals in the U16/17 grade
- 3 of the medals in the U18/20 grade
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Program for Connacht Indoors 25/26 Feb 2017
The provisional program for the Connacht Indoors is available at the following links:-
Note that its not possible to guess times of individual events until the list of entries is published. So for example ithe first long jump is at 10am on Saturday. If there are 20 participants, it will take approx an hour. If there are 40 participants, it will take approx 2 hours. I will update this page with some guesswork if the entry list is published beforehand.
Craughwell AC U13s Dominate AIT Grand Prix!
The victorious Craughwell AC U13 4x200m relay teams with team managers Helen Hallinan and Mairead Lavan
On a marvellous night of athletics at the AIT Grand Prix, the cool calm and clinical Craughwell U13 relays stole the show in the opening events of the night when winning both relays with an exquisite display of sprinting and baton changing from all members of the 2 teams.
The girls were on the track first and with Katie Scully handing off to Jade Moorhead to Aoibhe Carr to Fauve Aylmer the team combined to build a substantial lead over the other teams and win in style. Ablely backed up by substitute Clodagh O'Meara, the team ran an impressive time of 2.02.
The boys were up next and put in an equally powerful display of sprinting with Evan Moran handing off to Evan Hallinan to Conor Gilligan and to Cian Lavan, recording a time just under the 2 minutes and winning by a substantial margin and again with a very strong substitute Eoin Spellman waiting on the wings should anyone get injured.
It was a super experience for the athletes and a great honour for both them and the club to take part and come away with 2 victories. In the 3 years since this event was part of the progam, this is the second time the club took both victories, winning both races in 2015 and 2017 and placing 3rd and 4th last year.
And well done to AIT on putting on a tremendous show yet again with a dazzling array of international stars in action. And hopefully we will all be back again next year for the yet another amazng night of athletics!
And if you missed the action, you can get it here:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vwV5Jw7OxM. The relays are the first event but unfortunately don't seem to have been on the live stream.
I have uploaded a video of the 2 races here:-