Day 2 was a long day in Athlone for our athletes and parents. Aoife Corr and Finn BurkePower had heats in their 800m races and both qualified for the finals. Cliona Murphy had a straight final in her 800m and was still very tired from her great run on Saturday. Ellen Byrne didn’t make it out of her heat.
Finn ran a great race to qualify for the final and was looking good for a bronze medal in the final when he was caught on the line in a photo finish and lost out by 4 one hundreds of a second! Despite the disappointing outcome this was a brilliant performance from Finn and shows what a fine 800m runner he can be. Aoife found two 800m runs in one day very tough and was very tired in her final.
Well done to everyone. All our athletes loved competing in Athlone and us oldies certainly enjoyed the comfort compared to all those cold days in Nenagh.
Celtic DCH 