On Saturday Daire Finn got his first taste of senior racing in his heat of the 800m. After a lot of chopping and bumping he did very well to stay at the races and ran a time just outside his personal best and just missed out on a place in the final. Emily Corcoran hit 1m60cm again but felt her run up was off in the high jump. Catherine McManus qualified for the 200m final. On Sunday Catherine ran in the final of the sprint hurdles and came 2nd. Later on she finished 4th in the 200m. In the 1500m Clare Brennan, Niamh Donnelly and Alison Armstrong all ran personal bests indoors and Alisons time was a personal best overall. Muireann McGinley did her first senior pole vault and jumped well.
A big thank you to the children who did the baskets for the weekend. You did a great job.
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Baskets team for Nationals
We will need to get to Abbottstown as soon as possible after 12 noon tomorrow. Short training session at 10.30 for the basket crew.
Training /Competition week beginning Sat 18th Feb
Sat 18th Feb meeting at main road of the Phoenix Park , operation Transformation helpers. Anyone whos up and free please make yourself available. Finished by 10.15 in time for training at 10.30.
Sat 18th Feb Training at Hole in the Wall 10.30-everyone
Sun 19th Feb No formal training today. National seniors in Abbottstown . Please support our older athletes on Sat and Sunday at the Nationals. Best of luck to Catherine, Aoife, Alison, Daire, Clare, Niamh, Muireann and Emily. Timetables on earlier post or on AAI website.
Tue 21st Feb Training in Abbottstown at 10am, Be there for 9.45. Bring 2 euro plus drinking water. We will be there for an hour. Dermots group check
Thur 23rd Feb Hole in the Wall 10.30 -everyone
Inter Varsity Update 2017
Last weekend some of our older athletes were in action in Athlone at the National InterVarsity championships. Catherine Mc Manus had a busy day in her last indoor competition for DCU. She started off with a win in the 400m heat with a big PB of 55.57 followed by a win in her heat and final of the 60m hurdles. Later on she ran the fastest time in the final of the 400m to get top points for DCU. Clare Brennan was also racing for the last time for DCU in the 1500m and she ran very well with Cliona Murphy also competing strongly for Trinity college in the same race. Well done girls!
Training update
Thur 16 th Feb gym group 7 pm Everyone else John bosco hall 7 pm. Please note foyer of hall only. No access to main hall as there is a play on at 8 pm.
Leinster schools crosscountry update
The minor team from St Dominics College Cabra won the team event at the Leinster schools today. Great running from Celtic athletes Kate Harrold, Alex Corr, Kacey Tully and Keelin Gogarty helped secure the gold for St Dominics. Antonia and Aontoinette were on the Kings Hospital team. Clare Murphy and Sara Byrne ran really well finishing 8th and 18th in the junior girls race, Gillian Murphy and Cliodhna did their best but both have had recent layoffs which left them down the field today. Aoibh Collins was well up for her school Dominican Griffith Ave.
Sean Donoghue gave a master class in cross country running today, just let the lads know he was hovering behind them and then with half a lap to go hit the front and pulled away for a great win in the junior boys race.
Well done to all, next stop All Ireland schools in Mallusk on March 11th. Thanks for all the support today for our young athletes.
