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Catherine Mcmanus and Pierre Murchan both competed in the AAI games today in Athlone. Catherine had an iffy hamstring after the joys of the league final yesterday so decided not to do the hurdles but she ran a personal best in the 200m. Pierre was in with the big boys today in a crowded field and despite getting bumped around a bit managed to knock 3 seconds of his personal best time for 1500m running 3mins 54.88 secs. With Finn and Caoimhe getting pbs yesterday in their 400m races and the women’s team bronze this has been a great weekend for the club. Well done everyone 😊

200m races under 16/17/18/

Be there at 9.15 to warm up. Check weather forecast and bring plenty of gear and food.Chloe, Alison Burke, Caoimhe, Finn Burke Power

500m/600m/800m Be therer at 10.30 wrapped up well

Under 9/10/11/12 Bring gear and food as the finals will held later in the afternoon.
Lily Farrell, Finn Mc Auley, Niamh O Connor, Shauna Gogarty, Keelin Collins, Clare O connor, Antonia, Antoinette, Keelin Gogarty, Juianne, Alex,

Under 14/15 16
Be therr at 11.30
Aoibh Collins, Conor Murphy, Sean Donoghue, Ben Casey, Daire Finn, Annroai, Ben Quinn, Annroai, Evan

Sunday 14th Feb in Tallaght
400m Races starting at 11am
be there at 10.15
Coiimhe and Finn Burk Power

Under 13 girls relay team
Alex, Antonia, Antoinette, Kacey
need to be there for 12noon.

Anyone competing on Friday night should not train on Thursday
Best of luck to everyone

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Our senior womens DCH team battled hard to secure a fantastic third place at the National Indoor League Final today in Athlone (6th of Feb).

First up was our Jack of all trades Catherine in the shot putt, directly followed by the 60mh which she won comfortably. Next up were Claire and Cliona in the 1500m who both had fantastic runs – Claire fighting right to the end to secure the third spot and Cliona knocking 10 seconds off the time she ran last weekend!

Meanwhile our Leaving Certers Aoife Corr & Muireann put the thoughts of the mocks aside for a few hours to focus on something much more important – scoring us points in the pole vault and high jump! (Also, shout out to Muireann who wasn’t feeling great but still put up a great fight in the vault!)

Catherine was then back in action in the 60m followed by Caoimhe who ran a fantastic PB in the 400m against some top national competition. Niamh was next up battling it out in the 800m where she secured second place while Alison leaped her way into third place in the long jump and then went on to blast around the 200m – no bother to her!

Aoife Ni Bhroin was our last field eventer of the day who improved on her triple jump PB from the last league event to help us claw up the rankings before the final event – the 4x200m relay!

Our relay team had put in a truly immense amount of baton and changeover training in the 4-5 minutes leading up to the race so needless to say, they were extremely confident toeing the line and not a bit nervous! (Ha!)

Alison lead the team off in the first leg and in the process probably ran the fastest 200m of her life to date in order to get the baton to Catherine who was waiting on the second leg. Catherine ran a much more sensible 200m than she did last week and did not end up with her face in the bin this time – excellent progress. Herself and Niamh, our two oldest and most experienced runners on the team, decided to have a toss around with the baton during the changeover, you know, for the craic. Regardless however, Niamh still managed to look like a pretty impressive sprinter and certainly put the frightners on a few of the opposing teams when she wouldn’t let them get away without a fight! We then had our 400m aficionado Caoimhe on the anchor leg who powered the team home in 3rd position.

Once all the points were tallied the girls were delighted to find out they had placed third in their first National League Final – a great result for such a young team in their first year!

We must commend all the girls who came out each weekend to battle it out against the other clubs – if there was a medal for teamwork and team spirit, we would definitely have got the gold! Big thanks on behalf of the all gals to all the coaches and supporters who cheered the team along the whole way in Athlone and from afar!

PS Congrats to Finn (400m) and Evan (800m) who both had great runs in the guest races too!

Till the next league….Hon DCH!!

Best wishes to all the girls today in Athlone! We are all behind you.😊

This is a busy week so be sure to read the timetable for the week carefully.

Sat 6th Feb League final for senior women in Athlone plus guest race for Cliona, Evan and Finn.
Training for everyone else in Santry at 12noon
Training at 10.30 at Hole in the Wall for those who cant make Santry at 12noon.

Sun 7th Feb Hole in the Wall 11am -everyone

Tue 9th Feb Hole in the Wall 7pm -everyone

Wed 10th Feb Leinster schools cross country Santry 12noon. Best of luck to Clare, Sara, Anna, Cliodhna, Ashley, Gillian, Dora, Sara Jane, Conor, Sean, Ben, Ellen, Alison Armstrong, Aoife C, Aoife D, Daire.

Wed 10th Feb High jump in the Hall 6pm

Thur 11th Feb Gym group 7pm
St John Bosco school Hall 7pm -everyone else

Fri 12th Feb Day 1 Of Dublin Winter track championships( indoors☺Dublin style) Entries as follows
Emily Corcoran high jump
Alison Burke long jump
Dora, Ella Mae, Evan, Ben Casey, Ellen Byrne, Daire Finn,Aoife Corr, all 1500m. Everyone is to be out in Santry for 6.15 on Friday night. Anyone doing 1500m races please wrap up well as Santry is very cold at night.

Anyone who competes in the Leinster Schools on Wednesday rests on Thursday night.

On Sunday we had four athletes at the National indoor under 23/Junior championships in Athlone last weekend. Pierre Murchan was our medal winner coming 3rd in the junior 1500 running a very good race despite a slow first 800m. Cliona, Alison and Clare were all running their first indoors of the season should be encouraged by their races on Saturday. Well done to all.

This weekend we head to Athlone for the indoor womens league final and guest races. Athletes in action will be Catherine, Niamh, Aoife Ni bhroin, Aoife Corr, Alison Burke, Caoimhe Lynam, Muireann Mc Ginley, Clare Brennan, Finn Burke Power, Evan McMillan, Cliona Murphy. Best of luck to everyone.