Author: CelticDCH Athletic Club

Friday night starting at 7pm

Be there at 6.15pm for 1500m
Under 16 1500  Ben Casey
under 17 Daire Finn , Oscar Moloney Daly
under 18 Annraoi, Ben, Evan, Aoife, Ellen
under 19 Pierre and Alison Armstrong

High jump under 15 Emily Corcoran be there at 6.30
under 16 long and high jump Alison Burke be there at 6.30
under 15 long jump Emily Murphy be there at 7pm

Sat 14th Feb starting at 10am. be there at 9.30
200m -Alison Burke, Caoimhe Lynam, Eoin Kavanagh

500/600/800 be there at 10.15-starting at 11
Aoife Corcoran, Niamh O Connor, Oisin Gavin, James McManus, Keelin Gogarty,Alex Corr, Clare O Connor, Clare Murphy, Cliodhna Donaghy, Alannah Keogh, Sara Byrne, Celine Gavin, Anna Petit, Sean Donoghue, Laura May Galvin.

800m be there at 11am 

Ella May Cromie, Katie Hanna, Finn Burke Power, Daire Finn, Ellen, Aoife, Evan, Ben, Alison, Pierre, Sara Jane and Abbey for walk at 1pm.

Please wrap up as it gets very cold when you are hanging around. Hats, warm jackest etc .

Our DCHers had a great day at the IUAA Championships in Athlone today (6th Feb).

First up we had Catherine McManus who battled hard in the women’s 60m hurdles and came 2nd with a new PB of 8.44 seconds which was a DCU record and moved her to joint 4th place on the Irish All Time List. With little time to recover, Catherine then went on to place 3rd in the women’s 60m against a top class field in the Championships and ran a SB of 7.54 seconds.

We then had Steph Creaner who blasted to 1st place in the women’s 200m and set a massive new PB, IUAA & DCU record of 23.82 seconds! This time also moves Steph to 4th on the Irish All Time list. A fantastic days work from our sprinters!

Representing the DCH middle distancers, we had a great run by Clare Brennan who placed 3rd in the 1500m in a great time of 4.43 and Niamh Donnelly placed 6th in a time of 2.17 in a stacked field in the 800m. The day was finished off with Catherine and Steph making up half of the DCU 4x200m relay team who had a comfortable win and stormed to a new IUAA record! More pictures to follow!

Sat 7th Feb Everyone to Santry for 11am. No training at Hole in the Wall Sat

Sun 8th Feb Hole in the Wall 11am -everyone

Tue 10th Feb Hole in the Wall 7pm-everyone
Bogies at 4pm for anyone whos free

Wed 11th Feb Leinster schools cross country Santry at 12
High jump in the Hall at 6

Thur 12th Feb. Brians group gym at 7
Everyone else school Hall at 7

Fri 13th Feb Dublin Championships in Santry under 16/17/18/19 1500m at 7
high jump/Long jump/shot/ triplejump at 7 details later.

ps all registration forms to be handed in asap.

Our senior women had a busy time competing in Athlone this weekend!

On Saturday Catherine McManus ran a rare 200m indoor when she won the guest race in 25.06 at the 2nd round of the GloHealth Indoor League. On Sunday Catherine went on to win both the 60m flat (7.57) and the 60m hurdles (8.50) at the AAI games. On Saturday Aislinn Moorehouse ran a very good 1500m finishing 2nd, with good racing from Sinead Cronin and Heather Lougheed in the same event. Steffi Creaner finished 4th in the 60m (7.65) and 2nd in the 200m (24.41) both at the AAI games on Sunday. Niamh Donnelly ran strongly in the 1500m on Sunday and Clare Brennan ran a personal best of 4.44. Aoife Ni Bhroin did a personal best indoor (2:23.47) for the 800m on Sunday. Well done to all. Next weekend some of the women will be competing at the Intervarsity championships on Friday in AIT.

Sat 31st Jan Brians group to Santry 11am Everyone else (including Brians group) who cant make Santry Hole in the Wall 10.30

Sun 1st Feb Hole in the Wall 11am

Tue 3rd Feb Hole in the Wall 7pm -everyone
Bogies at 4pm for everyone whos free

Wed 4th Feb High jump in the Hall 6pm

Thur 5th Feb Brians Group gym at 7.
Everyone else School Hall at 7pm

Best of luck to our senior girls who are racing indoor this weekend in Athlone.

At the National Junior Indoors in Athlone Cliona Murphy and Pierre Murchan ran really smart races when they both came 3rd in the 1500m event. Great to see both of them medalling indoors after racing in the schools cross country earlier in the week( and studying hard for their leaving cert mocks!) Well done to both. Cliona Carthy was carrying a niggle and dropped out of the 1500m and Alison Armstrong found the pace too much on the day and she finished 8th. Eoin Kavanagh also had a day off from mocks studying today and he had a great run in his first indoor 400m just missing out on a place in the final by one hundredth of a second! In the 800m events Finn Burke Power was in a great position looking like qualifying for the final when he tripped on the kerb of the track, lost balance and pace and unfortunately finished down the field. Ben and Evan found the pace a bit fast in their heats but will benefit from the experience. Good to see Siobhan Mc Ginley returning to racing after a long lay off when she competed in the 400m under 23 where she finished 4th.

At the Welsh indoors in Cardiff Catherine Mc Manus came 4th in the 60m final on Saturday and won the 60m hurdles on Sunday. Great running Catherine!