Author: CelticDCH Athletic Club

On the eve on what would have been my Mams 91st birthday I want to say a big thank you to everyone who sympathised with me on mams recent death, to those I met personally, those who phoned and sent texts, to those who sent mass and sympathy cards and left messages on RIP.ie. Your support is very much appreciated. Mary

After two tough 400m races on Friday and Saturday Catherine was off out early to Santry for the 200m heats at 11am. She duly won heat 3 in a new personal best breaking 24 secs for the first time running 23.83!!The final was a cracking race and Catherine finished a brilliant 3rd in a great new time but the wind was just marginally above the limit allowed for records. Such a shame as nearly every one would have got personal bests had the wind been legal. Well done Catherine on a very successful weekend. We are all proud of you.

Check out the 200m final on athletics Ireland YouTube at 2pm today.

Day 2 of the National seniors got off to a start for the club with Edel and Lauren in the women’s 5k. Conditions were very unseasonal for good times but Lauren ran a personal best and unfortunately Edel had an injury which forced her to drop out. In the men’s 5k Pierre was also forced out with a painful achilles. Hard luck to both.

Catherine headed into the final of the 400m not having much expectations beyond 4th or 5th but she proved yet again that she can’t be written off with a gallant 3rd place finish.

Nadia has been concentrating on 800m all year but turned her attention to the 1500 national and finished a fine 2nd. Sean didn’t have the best of days in the men’s 1500m final but will benefit from the experience of running with the big boys! Craig was certainly up against the big boys in the long jump with most of the competitors towering over him! He finished 10th overall, not bad against experienced senior athletes. Well done everyone.

Catherine competes tomorrow in the 200m, heats at 11 and final at 14.10. Will be live-streamed on athletics Ireland YouTube. Best of luck Catherine.

The heats of the 400, 800 and 1500m were held in Santry tonight. Performance of the night was the massive pb by Joe Fogarty in the 800m heats, knocking over 5 seconds off his previous best set two weeks ago. A great breakthrough for him with a time of 1.58.88 on top of his pb in the 1500m last night in Tallaght. Nice to see the solid training over the last few weeks paying off. Well done Joe!Catherine Mcmanus had a very nice run in the 400 as did Sean Donoghue and Nadia Power in the 1500m with all three qualifying for their finals tomorrow.

Sinead Cronin, Aislinn Moorehouse, Aoife Ni Bhroin, Ellen Byrne and Aoife Corr all competed well in their very competitive heats but won’t progress to the finals tomorrow. Well done to everyone.