Author: CelticDCH Athletic Club

We had a hectic weekend at the Dublin indoors last weekend. On Friday night we had the 1500m for under 16 up to under 19. Ben Casey did very well in his first track race in the under 16 Boys, Daire Finn came 2nd in the under 17 race, Ellen Byrne, Aoife Corr, Alison Armstrong and Pierre Murchan all medalled in their age groups. Emily Corcoran won her high jump under 15, Alison Burke got 2nd and a pb in the high jump under 16 and came 3rd in the long jump.

On Saturday morning Caoimhe Lynam got a well deserved silver medal in the 200m under 17, with Alison Burke a close 4th in her final of the 200. In the middle distance events Alex Corr came a very impressive 2nd in the 600m final with Clare O,Connor also doing well to make the under 12 final, Clare Murphy ran very well her 600m heat and finished a good 7th in the final. In the 800m everts Ella Mae Cromie came 3rd in the under 15 800m, Katie Hanna got her first Dublin Individual medal with a fine 3rd in the 800m under 16, Finn Burke Power and Daire Finn fought out a great duel in the 800m under 17 finishing 1st and 2nd. Aoife Corr finished 3rd in her 800m, Alison Armstrong a fine 2nd in the under 19 race and Pierre won the under 19 boys race, Sean Donoghue was not well and struggled in his 800m under 14. Abbey Corr and SJ Brennan medalled in the walk races.

On Sunday Eoin Kavanagh qualified for the final of the 400m finishing 2nd in his heat. In a quality final he ran a very good race finishing 3rd. Our under 12 girls relay team of Kacey Tully, Antoniette, Antonia and Alex Corr ran a brilliant race finishing a very close 2nd to Blackrock.
Well done to everyone, lots of bugs around, lots of our athletes under the weather. This week please be careful with sleepovers etc, theres no point in going to a house with sick people in it and exposing yourselves to bugs.. Be Sensible. Onwards to Athlone for Nationals!

Sat 14th Feb Dublin indoor in Santry -see earlier post No training at hole in the wall today

Sun 15th Feb Hole in the wall 11am -everyone

Tue 17th Feb Hole in the Wall 10.30 everyone whos free
4pm in the Bogies for anyone whos free- No 7pm training tonight

Thur 19th Feb Santry 11am for everyone

Sat 20th Feb Hole in the Wall 10.30-everyone
Sun 21st Feb Hole in the Wall 11am -everyone

Saturday in Santry

Under 10 Long Jump – Aoife Corcoran – Saturday at 11.15. Be there at 10.45am

Under  12 Long Jump  – Clare O’ Connor, Alex Corr – Saturday at 10am. Be there at 9.30am

Under  13 Long Jump – Clare Murphy Saturday at 1.45. Be there at 1pm (Could go earlier!)

Sunday in Tallaght

400m – Eoin Kavanagh- 11am, be there at 10.15
4 x 100 Relay Under 12 girls team – Be there at 10.45.

Ella Mae Cromie got the day off for the club with a very impressive win in the minor girls race. She stayed with the leading group until the last 500m and then pulled away strongly to record a very fine win. Ada Vasic is struggling with a knee problem and had to drop out. The girls from St Dominics finished 3rd with Chloe Corcoran running a fine race to help Mt Sackville win the team title. Oscar Moloney Daly ran a strong race in the inter boys race finishing in the thirties and Ben Quinn struggled a bit today after a weekend stomach upset.

The senior girls team race was won by Loreto Kilkenny with St Dominics 2nd. Cliona Murphy had a great race (having done her mock physics Leaving Cert in the morning!) finishing 6th with Ellen and Aoife providing great back-up finishing 14th and 15th. Alison Armstrong had her best run in a long time finishing 8th in the senior girls race for Coolmine CC. Pierre Murchan continued his comeback after illness with a solid run in the senior boys race finishing 8th in a very high quality field. Well done to all!

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!