Craughwell Athletic Club

Another super day of action at the Irish Schools Track & Field Championships in Tullamore with the performance of the day coming from Darragh Kelly (Clarin College) in the Senior Boys High Jump with a 1.89m leap for victory and the coveted Irish Schools High Jump Cup. It was an emotional rollercoaster for Darragh, under pressure at 1.83 which he got on his 3rd attempt and then cleared 1.86 and 1.89m on his first attempts to take the title. That…

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Craughwell AC athletes were on fire yet again on Day 2 of the Connacht Schools Championship held in Athlone last Tuesday. Following on from his record-breaking performance a week earlier at the Galway U15 Championships where he smashed the Galway records for both the 100m and 200m, Halle Feerick (Pres Athenry) did another sprint double to take the Connacht Junior Boys title in both the 100m and 200m in windy conditions in times of 12.31 and 25.47. Halle later combined…

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Day 1 of the Galway Juvenile Track & Field Championships saw a dominant performance from Craughwell AC athletes across the U13-19 age groups. In the sprints, there were Galway titles for Laoise Scully in the U17 Girls 400m in 63.59, Grace Drysdale in the U16 Girls 100m in 13.07, Adele Casserly in the U16 Girls 200m in 27.59, Róisín Griffin in the U15 Girls 100m in 13.68, Ruby Maher in the U15 Girls 200m in 27.86m; Halle Feerick in both…

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Dangan athletics track in Galway was buzzing earlier this week and last week with the South Connacht Track & Field Championships for secondary schools. There was a huge turnout across the region with many of our athletes in action. Day 1 saw those in the Minor (U14) and Junior (U15) age groups take part where Halle Feerick (Pres Athenry) was in majestic form with an excellent sprint double, racing to victory in the Junior Boys 200m in 24.94 and followed…

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