Congratulations to all of our athletes on wonderful performances at day 1 of the Connacht Track & Field yesterday in Sligo IT where our U9s to U13s age groups took part. On a windy and sometimes wet day, there were some marvellous performances, plenty of PBs and hopefully everyone enjoyed taking part regardless of where they finished. The standard of athletics at regional level is very high so all of our athletes should be proud of their achievement in getting this far. And best of luck to the many qualifiers from the club for the All-Irelands. The top 3 pairs in the U9, U10 and U11 age groups go forward to the All-Irelands to be held in Tullamore on Satueday 24 June, as do the top 3 relay teams in those age groups. The program for the day for the All-Irelands is on the AAI website.

In the U12 and 13 age groups, the top 3 athletes in the 600m races and the top 4 athletes in all the other individual events go forward to the All-Irelands to be held on 8, 9 and 16 July in Tullamore. Program for those days is on the AAI fixture list while the relays for the U12 and 13s take place on 2nd July in Athlone.

There were many many fine performances throughout the day with the club featuring on the podium 37 times across the 62 events, the most of any Connacht club … with 10 Connacht titles, 15 silvers and 12 bronze and many other performances well worthy of a podium place but finishing just outside the medals on the day. Results of our athletes finishing in the top 4 in the Connachts are as follows:- 

U13 Girls

600m 3 Clodagh O’Meara (1.57.29)
High Jump 2 Jade Moorhead (1.38)
Long Jump 3 Jade Moorhead (4.01)
Javelin 1 Aoibhe Fahy (18.27), 3 Millie Geraghty (17.59)
Shot Putt 2 Aoibhe Fahy (7.68)
4x100m 4 Craughwell 59.65 (Erin Kelly, Jade Moorhead, Clodagh O’Meara, Fauve Aylmer, sub Alicia Locteau)

U13 Boys

Hurdles 2 Evan Hallinan 10.74, 3 Cian Lavan 11.57, 4 Odhran Gilligan 11.73
High jump 1 Evan Hallinan (1.40), 2 Cian Lavan (1.35); 
Long jump 2 Evan Hallinan (4.32), 4 Cian Lavan (4.10)
4x100m 2 Craughwell 57.36 (Ryan O’Donnell, Evan Hallinan, Odhran Gilligan, Cian Lavan, Calvin Ryan)

U12 Girls

60m 2 Niamh Duffy 9.20
60m Hurdles 2 Chloe Hallinan 12.27
Long Jump 1 Chloe Hallinan (3.76), 3 Grace Lynch (3.65)
Turbo Javelin 2 Jenny Cloonan (12.75)
Shot Putt 1 Niamh Duffy (6.85)
4x100m 1 Craughwell 59.77 (Grace Keaveney, Niamh Duffy, Grace Lynch, Chloe Hallinan)

U12 Boys

60m 4 Evan Moran 9.85
60m Hurdles 1 Evan Moran 11.15
600m 3 Eddie Silke (1.55.39)
Long Jump 1 Conor Gilligan (3.99), 4 Evan Moran (3.67)
High Jump 4 Conor Gilligan (1.20)

U11 Girls

60m 4 Ella Farrelly/Evie Culhane (9.81/10.08)
600m 3 Sara Craven/Sophie McIlrath (2.12.73/2.07.40)
Long Jump 2 Ella Farrelly/Jessica Ross (3.57/3.31)
Turbo Javelin 2 Tara Keane/Mollie Gilligan (15.93/14.90)
4x100m 4 Craughwell 63.44 (Tara Keane, Mollie Gilligan, Sophie McIlrath, Ella Farrelly)

U11 Boys

Long Jump 3 Darragh Kelly/Sean Lavan (3.21/3.61)

U10 Girls

500m 2 Kelly Hallinan/Katelyn Walsh (1.43.87/1.48.18)
Long Jump 2 Katelyn Walsh/Emma O’Donovan (3.10/3.52)
4x100m 3 Craughwell 67.21

U10 Boys

60m 2 Ben Moran/Dara Zimmerer (9.68/9.96)
500m 3 Keelan Moorhead/Alex Ryan (1.45.47/1.54.25)
Long Jump 1 Ben Moran/Dara Zimmerer (3.49/3.62), 2 Sean Hoade/Dean McNally (3.48/3.23)
Turbo Javelin 3 Sean Hoade/Joseph O’Dwyer (14.13/12.70)
4x100m 1 Craughwell 63.80

U9 Girls

Long Jump 1 Saoirse O’Donnell/Lauren Morgan (2.76/3.28)

U9 Boys

60m 3 Tom Malone/Eanna Morrissey (10.49/10.48)
Turbo Javelin 4 Daniel Farrelly/Paul Keaveney (9.38/6.92)
4x100m 4 Craughwell 69.95

Full results of the day are available here and here for relay results