Author: CelticDCH Athletic Club

Great to see 43 club athletes and some visitors out for a run in the rain this morning 🤸👋👋👋

A great feast of international Athletics will be on show on Wednesday night in Santry. Children under 16 free and adults 10 euro. Should be a great night. Daire Finn will be in the junior mile and Catherine McManus will be in the 200m. Come out to support.

Time is running out for bookings or expressions of interest (text or email to Mary). Bus needs to be booked this week.

Great news from Brussels this afternoon that Catherine Mc Manus has run a great new pb in the 200m , 24.01 from lane 1 into a minus 0.7 wind! In the hour before she also ran 11.90 in the 100 and 13.92 in the 100m hurdles both into minus winds. Great running Catherine 👋

It was bronze all round for our medal winners in Tullamore at day 1 of the National juveniles. Alison Burke led the charge winning bronze in the 100m hurdles under 18. Next up was the 800m races and Sean Donoghue got his 800m career at Nationals off to a good start with an impressive 3rd just outside his pb and inches off 2nd place. Daire Finn had a tough day with 2 heats in the under 19 boys 800 but he qualified comfortably for the final. Less than an hour later he lined up for the final and ran a great race powering over the last 150m to snatch a well deserved bronze medal.

Others competing today were Clare o.Connor and Golden in the high jump under 14, Golden also did the hurdles Niamh o Connor and Fiona in the under 12 high jump, Emily Murphy in the 800m under 17. Lots of experience gained today. Well done everyone!

Niamh Donnelly made the trip to Mary Peter’s track very worth while on Wednesday as she ran a great new pb in the 1500m getting very close to breaking 4 minutes 30. In Irishtown Clare Brennan had a great battle in her 800m, just getting caught on the line marginally off her pb. Aoife. Edel and Ella Mae also ran in the 800m races and the full results will be on Dublin Athletics website later today. Well done everyone.