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…
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…
On Saturday, the finals of the Intervarsity Track and field took place and we saw some absolutely incredible results from Craughwell AC Athletes. Sinéad Treacy on her “one year down” finished her fantastic IUAA career for NUIG on a massive high with a superb victory in the 400m in a brilliant new Club Record time of 56.15, knocking a huge chunk off her 2021 mark!! We are all so thrilled for and proud of Sinéad! Caron Ryan has had a…
He’s gone an done it again! Jamie Fallon was second home out of over 1300 runners in the National 10k Championships in Phoenix Park on Saturday morning. Jamie ran a fantastic new personal best of 30:57 on the hilly course, just 8s behind the winner, Olympian Mick Clohissey. Mick went out hard – covering the first 3km in 8:50 before settling down and grinding out the miles. Just like in the fields of Athenry 10k in 2021, Jamie went with…
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…
In a tough “links” cross country course in Wales, Declan O’Connell had the race of his life representing Ireland and Clarin College Athenry in the SIAB Schools International Cross Country. Declan finished a remarkable 9th overall and 2nd Irishman. You can see a clip from his race below: To give an idea of how well Declan ran – he had the fight of his life to finish 7th in the all-Ireland Schools Cross Country to qualify for the team. Granted,…
The highlight of the Juvenile Indoor Athletics Calendar took place in Athlone this weekend over two days of high-quality action in the National Juvenile U12-U19 Indoor Championships, and there were some amazing performances from Craughwell AC Athletes to win an amazing SIX Gold, one Silver and three Bronze medals. Rachel Warde amazingly won Gold in both of her events – the challenging 60m on Saturday and the 60mh on Sunday. Rachel won the 60m with a fantastic 8.09 win in…
On a windy weekend in Lafayette, Louisiana Damian O’Boyle was back in action for the Ragin’ Cajuns for the first time after a couple of poor seasons in Track and Cross Country since 2021 plagued by chronic Achilles problems. It’s been a long journey but after platelet injections, three different therapists and two different orthopedic specialists, “the old man” as he has become affectionately known as in Lafayette appears to be well back on the right track. The Ragin’ Cajuns…
In an atmosphere not seen since the Eurocross, the Craughwell lads and lasses were out in force to put on a fine display of middle distance running in the inaugural Tribal Running Green Mile, sponsored by Trappers Inn. Sinéad Gaffney was first lady home in a fantastic 5:17, a new club record!. In the men’s race, Sinéad’s boyfriend Keith Fallon put the young guns in their places with a fine win in the men’s category in 4:26, just 1s ahead…
The National Junior and U23 is one of the last Indoor events of the year and Craughwell fielded a large group of competitors across the disciplines with no less than 11 athletes competing across 15 events, showing the strength of the club of late in these age groups as they won an exception SEVEN National medals. Highlight performances had to be Patrick Noonan’s famous win and Evan Hallinan’s outstanding triple medal winning performance. Track: Paddy and Kyle show! One of…
