Aidan Conneely (centre) competing in the 200m at the Irish Schools Multi Events in Athlone

A small group of Craughwell AC athletes travelled to Athlone to represent their schools in the Irish Schools Combined Events Championships recently.

Top performances of the day came from Aidan Conneely who was representing his school Calasanctius Oranmore. Aidan’s scores were 9.38 hurdles, 9.23 shot putt, 5.98 long jump, 23.40 200m, 2.11.27 800m for an overall points total of 2993. Aidan’s 800m time was particularly impressive for a sprinter. He placed 7th overall and has an outside chance of making the international team for December,

Michelle Duggan and Laura Cunningham competed in the Junior Girls category representing Presentation Athenry. Following a new PB of 1.45m in the high jump, Michelle had to withdraw from the event due to a knee injury. Laura put in another very impressive performance in the high jump, clearing in the 1.50s for the 2nd time in a fortnight with a 1.51m jump. She went on to record 10.89 hurdles, 8.86 shot putt, 4.49 long jump and 2.59.96 in the 800m for a points total of 2211 and 11th place overall Her shot putt was a huge PB as was her 800m – knocking 17 seconds off her Connacht time.

St Raphael’s Daniel Callanan-Forde was our last athlete in action. Daniel put in a string of good performances to take 11th place with a score of 2342 points. Long jump was his strongest where he leaped 5.37 followed this up with 9.44 hurdles, 8.03 shot putt, 25.30 200m and 2.31.40 800m.

Laura Cunninghan and Michelle Duggan
Competing at the Irish Schools Multi Events in Athlone