Author: CelticDCH Athletic Club

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.

Day 1 of the Nationals got off to a great start for our athletes with Alison Burke making the final of the 60m sprint. Alison went on to finish joint 4th in the final. The long jump unfortunately clashed with the sprints so it was a bit messy. Despite a slightly hurt back after the first jump she managed to finish 5th in the long jump final.
Emily Corcoran was next into action and despite a little hiccup at 1m.25cm she went on to jump a new pb of 1m.44cm and won a bronze medal! Great stuff Emily!
Abbey Corr and SJ Brennan were competing their first real walking races. Abbey finished a fine 5th in the under 15 race and SJ battled all the way to the finish in the under 16 race.

Darragh Finn ran the race of his life in the under 16 boys 1500m and was rewarded with a new personal best and a bronze medal. Alison Armstrong was very obviously under the weather with a heavy cold and was well done on her best in her 1500m. Alison was in great form only last weekend over 1500m and was really unlucky to get sick for Nationals. Our final representative today was Cliona Murphy in the under 19 girls 1500m and she also ran a great race to finish 3rd and record a new personal best of 4mins 53.7secs. This was Clionas first individual National medal and was well deserved.

We hope you all enjoyed seeing the races on the livestream. Some photos from the National Seniors and Juvenile Championships here

Sat 22nd Mar Training Hole in the Wall 10.30am-everyone

Sun 23rd Mar Training Hole in the Wall 11am-smallies who cant make Saturday plus all older group

This weekend the National Indoors are on in Athlone. Best of luck to Alison Burke, Emily Corcoran, Darragh Finn, Alison Armstrong, Aoife and Abbey Corr, SJ Brennan, Finn Burke-Power, Ellen Byrne and Cliona Murphy. The event will be livestreamed and the link is on Athleticsireland.ie.

Tues 25th Bogies at 4pm for Primary Schools athletes only
Tues 25th Hole in the Wall 7pm-everyone else

Wed 26th Mar High jump in the Hall 6pm

Thur 28th Mar Navan Rd school Hall 7pm -everyone

Below are the timetables for Day one and Day two of the National Indoors in Athlone this weekend.

Day 1

Day 2

Sat 15th Mar 10.30 Santry everyone who is free, no training at Hole in the Wall today.

Club hoodies and some track spikes will be available in Santry on Saturday. Check with Mary on Sat.
Sun 16th Mar Hole in the Wall 11am everyone who can’t make Santry plus older middle distance group and Brians group

Good luck to Sinead, Niamh, Aoife, Alison and Aislinn who are racing in Athlone today!

Tue 18th Mar 4pm Bogies for Primary school athletes

Tue 18th March Hole In The Wall 7pm -Everyone

Wed 19th March High jump in the Hall 6pm

Thur 20th March Navan rd school Hall 7pm-everyone

We had two athletes competing in the Inter-Varsity cross country championships in Cit on Saturday. Running for Trinity College Niamh Donnelly finished 19th and for DCU Aislinn Moorehouse finished 27th.Both found the going very tough but battled all the way to the end of a gruelling 5k run.