Nasty underfoot conditions were the dominant factor at the above event in Santry. First off for Celtic was Ella Mae Cromie who ran in the minor girls race. A combination of reduced training and missing out on the north Leinsters meant that she struggled a bit but still finished in the top 20. In the junior girls event we had athletes representing St Dominics College. The girls battled well through the mud and finished 5th team overall. Alison and Zoe were both suffering from heavy colds but along with Katie Hanna, Emily Corocran and Aoife Corr they gave it their best shot. Finn Burke Power ran well for the first lap but faded a little on the second in the junior boys race, Ben Quinn and Chris Clarke battled hard in the inter boys race. In the senior girls race Cliona Murphy led her team of Aoife Corr, Ellen Byrne and Laragh Hoey from St Dominics to third place overall and qualification for All Ireland schools in March. In the final race of the day Pierre had a great run in his first year as a senior when he finished 5th in a very high standard race. Well done to all.
Author: CelticDCH Athletic Club
We are an athletic club located in the Navan Rd area. We cater for ages between 10 an 80 years of age.
Irish Universities Indoor championships Athlone indoor stadium
We don’t have full official results until tomorrow but Catherine Mc Manus had a great day at the above championships coming 2nd in the 60m flat and the 60m hurdles both in personal best times. She was also a member of the winning DCU relay team. Niamh Donnelly had a tough day running in the heats and final of the 800m running around 2mins 24 for both. Sinead Cronin had her first outing on the boards running 5mins 7 secs for the 1500m. Well done to all.
Training / Competition details week beginning Sat 8th Feb
Sat 8th Feb Older cross country group Hole in the Wall 10.30
Dermots group and ALL sprints group Santry 10.30
Any of Hilarys group who cant make Santry come to Hole in the Wall 10.30
We train whatever the weather, Bring a change of clothes for travelling home from Santry or the Hole in the Wall.
Sun 9th Feb Hole in the Wall 11am-everyone
Tue 11th Feb Bogies 4pm for Primary schools children
Navan rd school 7pm -everyone
Wed 12th Feb Leinster schools cross country in Santry 12noon Best of luck to all our athletes who are representing their schools. Wellies and raingear will be needed!
Wed 12th Feb High Jump in the Hall 6pm
Thur 13th Feb Navan rd schools Hall 7pm -everyone
Fri 14th Feb First night of Dublin in door championships, keep an eye on this site for information regarding the weekend competitions
North Leinster schools
The North Leinster schools cross country were held in surprisingly nice conditions at the army barracks in Mullingar today. Club athletes were representing St Dominics College Cabra and supposed to be representing Mount Temple. In the junior girls event Alison Burke led her St Dominics team to 3rd place overall finishing in 9th place, Katie Hanna 12th, Zoe Couch 16th, Emily Corocran 25th and Abbey Corr 32nd. In the inter girls event Aoife Corr and Ellen Byrne were on the Dominics team which finished 4th just one point off qualifying for Leinsters. Hard luck girls. The star performer of the day was Cliona Murphy who looked very strong coming 2nd in the senior girls race and led her team to victory. Well done to all.
The only negative was the failure of Mount temple school to bring their athletes to the event which was such a pity because some more of our athletes would have surely qualified for the Leinsters.
Dublin Indoor championships
Brief summary of Dublin indoor track& field championships.
Only those who attend regular training will be entered.
Friday night 14th Feb starting at 7pm
All 1500m races under16/17/18/19 Be there at 6.15 at the latest if in under 16 age group.
also on Friday night we will have high jump, longjump and shot for under15/16/17/18/19
On Saturday 15th Feb starting at 11am 200m under 15/16/17/18/19
On Saturday starting at 12noon we will have all the 500/600/and 800m starting with the under 9 and going up to under 19
AAI Games- Athlone
Our athletes had a good day at the AAI games in Athlone . First into action was Catherine McManus in the womens 60m where she finished a very good 3rd. Catherine followed this up with a win in a new personal best time in the 60m hurdles and then ran her first ever 200m where she finished 4th overall. Tired legs!
Aoife Ni Bhroin was next into action and she ran a personal best in the 800m. Alison Armstrong and Niamh Donnelly ran in the 1500m with Niamh coming 1st and Alison 3rd. Pierre was last to race and he ran a great race winning in a new personal best time. Well done to all. You can watch all the races on line. Go to AAI website and you can get a link to the site.
Some Photos below of the day by Corinne Murchan
