NATIONAL The national 10 mile was held in the Phoenix Park today. Ger Forde took individual bronze in 50.09; Other participants were Jackie Varley 1.41.23 and Jill Kavanagh 2.02.22. NIGHT OF 5K PBs Will Fox travelled to Arklow and finished third in 15.30.
Six athletes from the club took part in the AAI Games in Morton stadium today. Alex Cullen, back from injury, had a PB with second place in the 400m (47.18). Eoin Everard, fit as ever, was second in the 1500 (3.57.23). Kate Maher had a PB of 24.22 finishing 3rd in the 200. Aisling Phelan went in the 100m (12.46), Clodagh O'Callaghan in 1500 and Kyrell Mitsny (1500 403.36).
Our juveniles have been looking outward in recent times as athletes are being selected for international events. SCHOOLS Patrick Wall and Victor Lamph were selected for the SIAB on The Mary Peters track in Belfast. Both represented their respective schools with quality performances. Victor clocked a PB of 48.32 when winning the 400m and Patrick had a time of 58.36 to win 4th place in the 400m hurdles. The Irish Schools 4x400m were second and both received silver medals as the team were second behind England and in front of Scotland and Wales. EUROPEAN The Irish Under 18 team are [...]
THE NATIONALS Day 3 on the national juveniles was held in sweltering heat in Tullamore. Times would therefore not be expected to be broken. That didn't bother Victor Lamph as he sprinted to gold in the 400m hurdles. Other results were - Under 15 Daniel Greene 6th (1500 - 4.32.86); Marcus Lyons 12th (200 - 26.69). Under 16 - Ella Sorohan 3rd (200m); Jasmine Timmons McEneaney 6th (200m); Fiach Crowley 10th (200 - 24.66). Under 17 - Sinead Cormack 6th (1500m); Danny Direen 9th (300 hurdles - 43.54); Ellen Daly 4th (200m); Eoghan O'Farrell 7th (200m). Under 18 - Kyrell [...]
The sun was up and the roads were hot but the runners were out and about. July 1st - Dundrum Coillte 10K - Billy Coogan came home under the 30m to place second in 29.59. There were PBs for Colm Smyth 34.34, David fitzGerald 37.54, David Devine 41.12, Tara Brett 45.14 and Casey Lalor 46.47. Other good performances from Tomasz Jarzabeck, Rory Lehane, Alan Mitchell and John Kearns. July 3rd - Mick Murphy Memorial - 6th Eamon O'Connor(16.15) and Padraig Ruane (18.11). Juky 5th - Clara AC %K - Pat Purcell (21.13).
There were many exciting events at the national Under 20 and Under 23 championships this weekend. KCH were very much in the mix particularly with Pia Langton claiming the U20 800m title. Also in U20 Tom Murphy proved his stamina to win the gold in the 3000m steeplechase. Kate Maher improved her ranking within the 4x400m hopefuls. Results Under 20 - 100m Danny Direen (12.13); Grace Delahunty (13.50); 3000m steeplechase Tom Murphy (1st - 9.44.15); 400m Victor Lamph (2nd -49.50); Kate Maher (4th - 55.14); Cormac Holden (1.00.96); 1500m Kyrell Mtinsi (4.06.24 PB); 200m Charlie Lyons (23.01): Eoghan O'Farrell (23.26 [...]
This was another busy weekend in Tullamore for two days of Track and Field with the u13-u19 juvenile All-Ireland finals. For Kate Maher it was a big result in the 400m final to achieve the European U18 standard. All we now is selection to go her way. Victor Lamph also had some cheer with gold in his 400m. ALL THE WEEKEND RESULTS Under 13 - Daniel Quinn 5th Javelin (25.58PB); Conor Laurence Delaney 3rd High jump (1.45); Daniel McIntyre 6th 60m hurdles (10.31). Under 14 - Ellen Ryan 11th 75m hurdles (12.78). Under 15 - Daniel Greene 3rd 800m (2.10.80). [...]
Our under 11 girls gave a good account of themselves in the final of the national relays in Tullamore today. In a competitiion f 16 teams they placed 5th. Team - Holly Quinn, Mayar Elfaedy, Molly Costello, Ava Ledingham and Amenze Victor. Amenze and Florence O'Donoghue were in the final of the 60m PAIRS. Their combined time for the event was 18.99 seconds. Roisin Hyland took part in the under 12 high jump and placed 5th with a clearance of 1.25. Well done girls.
The national 5 mile road race in the Phoenix Park today brought out a large number of athletes. KCH had a number taking part. Two performing exceptionally well were Ger Forde and Jamie Gahan. Ger took the bronze medal in 24.48 and Jamie finished 5th in 25.27. Gill Kavanagh had a PB of 38.14 and Eamon Boland clocked 41.40.
The Waterford Viking Marathon is more than a marathon in that it includes a quarter marathon, a half marathon and a marathon. KCH members sampled all three on this occasion. Graham Bourne completed the marathon- Bridget Rochford and Statia O'Carroll did the quarter marathon- and quite a number went the half marathon route. Among those were Pat Purcell, Eddie Hawe, Martina McGrath, Orla McPhillips (1.29.39 PB), Matthew Warren (1.29.10 PB), Tomasz Jarzabek (1.31.10 PB), Trevor Spillane, Emma Ayres, Tara Ronan, Aoife Jarzabek, Laura O'Reilly,Paul Whelan and Mairead Bacon.