Craughwell Athletic Club

The day was certainly not conducive to personal bests as the wind whipped around the exposed track in Athlone, but there were fine performances from Craughwell AC Athletes representing their schools and many have sailed through to the prestigious All-Ireland finals in Tullamore in two weeks. Seniors: Double-gold for Evan At Senior level, Presentation student Evan Hallinan crushed it in the High Jump with a great leap of 1.90, over 30cm clear of second place. He came very close to…

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On a soft day in Santry there were some fine performances from the Craughwell Crew in the IMC Dublin on Saturday. Highlight performance was probably Seán Cotter smashing Jamie Fallon’s 8 year-old Club Junior 1500m record with a cracking 3:58.54, closely tailed by Kyle Moorhead who ran a PB 3:58.88. Seán ran a smart race and worked from the back and made all the right moves – crossing 1100m in 2:57 and finishing with a strong 61s final lap, with…

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The national Road Relays in Raheny village is a unique spectacle full of tradition and historic rivalries. The relays take place around St. Anne’s Park in a loop slightly over 1 mile and each leg consists of one or more laps. The standard of the event is sky high, and never more so than today which saw a rock-star cast of teams from all the top distance running clubs in Ireland. With the fabulous sunshine the streets were lined with…

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It was another busy weekend of Indoor action for Craughwell AC Athletes starting on Saturday with the final day of Juvenile action took place.  This last day, the focus was on the Triple Jump, Long Jump and the relays.  As is usual with the relays, there was high drama throughout with plenty of spills and action. The Craughwell AC u12 Boys team of Sean Colleran, James Niland, Darragh O’Donnell and Lincoln King won their race in the 4x200m relay in…

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