Craughwell Athletic Club

Craughwell AC athletes were in top form at the National juvenile finals in the last few weekends with 8 individual medals and 2 sets of relay medals. Other articles detail the successes of the U19 girls and the relay team performances. The remainder of many fine performances are detailed below. Tomas Keehan added yet another high jump medal to his collection with a 1.80m clearance to claim the silver medal in the U18 boys’ high jump. Niall Rooney claimed 6th…

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  The National finals of the 4x100m outdoor relays took place last Sunday in Tullamore and served up their usual share of excitement, with both the U14 boys and girls medalling and the U16 girls narrowly missing out on a podium place. There was heartbreak for the U16 girls when they finished fourth in their final with their squad of Orla McDaid, Claire Ryder, Jessica Heneghan, Mairead McCan, Maria McNamara and Sinead Gaffney.  This is the 2nd time that some…

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The progress that the club is making in bringing athletes through into their late teens and young adulthood was very evident at the two weekends of the National Outdoor Track & Field this year. Up to this year, the distinction of competing for the club at U19 level was held by just 3 athletes – Ann Loughnane (2004) and the Finnegan siblings William (2004) and Sarah (2006). This year, this number doubled with three athletes exiting their juvenile careers at…

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