Well Done to Club Athletes
Sunday
Day 3 of the Dublin championships were held in Santry on Sunday. Emily Corcoran was 3rd in the high jump under 12, Eric Duffy was 3rd in the javelin under 15, James Scanlon was 3rd in the javelin under 14 and 4th in the 200m. Alison Burke added a silver in the high jump and a bronze in the javelin to her gold medal for the 60m to her collection in the under 13 girls events. Danny Byrne Crowley was 2nd in the under 18 boys 400m and Catherine Conroy was 2nd in the under 19 girls 400m. Performance of the day went to Cliona Murphy who won the under 17 girls 1500m on her break from studying for her Junior Cert adding to her silver in the 800m on Friday night. Well done Cliona.
Saturday
Day 2 of the Dublin Championships got off to a winning start for the club when Sarah Curran won the under 17 girls high jump, followed later on with a second win in the under 17 hurdles. Sarah finished off a busy day with a 3rd place in the 100m flat. Alison Burke ran a great race to win the final of the 60m under 13 after winning her heat and finishing 2nd in the semi final. Aoife Corr jumped a pb of 1m40 to win the under 15 girls high jump, Alison Armstrong came 2nd in the under 16 high jump with Hazel 4th. James Scanlon finished 5th in the final of the under 14 boys 200m. Patrick Coyle did the long jump under 14 and was unfortunate to fall back on a really good jump which would have placed him well up. Final day in Santry on Sunday starting at 12noon.
Friday
Day 1 of the Dublin Championships got off to a winning start for the club on Friday night when Keelan Gogarty had a great win in the under 9 girls 500m. Keelan had a great battle with a girl from Blackrock AC but she held on well to win the outdoor title to add to the indoor title she won in March. Well done Keelan! Our other medal winner was Cliona Murphy who ran a great race to come 2nd in the under 17 girls 800m. Others who ran well tonight were Liam Burke, Laura May, the Murphy gang, Dora, Alex Corr, Aoife Corr, Alison Armstrong, Ben, Sarah Byrne, Luke and Danny.
Primary School Sports
The final day of the Primary schools relays were held in torrential rain in Santry on Thursday. Athletes from the club were representing D7ET. Eppie NiDhiarmada , Ciara Hanley and Aoife Mitchell were on the team which won the under 13 girls relay. The girls were led off in fine style by Ciara who was winning her 2nd gold medal, she passed on to Eppie who was also winning her 2nd gold medal and Aoife held on to the lead to win the schools only gold relay medal of the sports. The girls under 10 with Hannah Butler Lynch and Laura May Galvin were on the team which finished 4th. Sean Harper was on the boys under 12 team which also finished 4th.
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