It’s county championship time again and the weather is favourable so we had a fine turnout for Day 1 in Scanlon Park. Quite a number of first timers trying out their fitness and skills and of course the “experienced ” ones are hoping to improve on earlier years performances. Among the latter are Conor Knox and Jack O’Neill. Both had an excellent 2024 and they seem set for a repeat in 2025. Both collected three individual golds – Conor in U14 80m, Hammer and High Jump – Jack in U15 Shot, Discus and Hammer. A number of athletes had multiple medals going home when individual and relays are taken into account – Indeed there were some with “multiples” without the relays. Among the adults Graham Bourne, a multi-performer in 2024 is on the same route again with four gold and three silver.
MEDAL WINNERS
U8 – Fionn Quinn 2-60m, Fiadhlim Norry 3-60m, Ella Burke 1-Turbo, 3-long jump; Ruby Foster 2- Turbo; Hannah Coogan 3-Turbo.
U9 – Niamh Hoyne 3-long jump.
U10 – Ava Ledingham 2-long jump; Florence O’Donoghue 2-Turbo; Amenze Victor 3-60m; Cian McIntyre 1-shot; Jonah Cleere 1 – 60m; Sam Coogan 3-shot.
U11 – Jane Byrne 1- long jump, 3-500m; Winter Rose Molloy 3- long jump.
U12 – Conor Lawerence Delaney 1-80m, 2- hurdles, 3-high jump; James Healy 3- hurdles; Daniel Quinn 1-500m, 1 – high jump; AAron Tyrrell 2- 500m; Cillian Maher 3-500m; Lilly Power 3- 200m; Molly clarke 2-800m; Kate Malone 3-800m.
U13 – Jane Byrne 3-200m; Casey Cleere 3-200; Bella Quaglia 2-long jump, 2- javelin; Teagin Mtinsi 3- javelin; Caelan Bambrick 1 -shot, 3- high jump; Eoin Hoyne 2 – 500m; Brandon Maher 3 – 500m; Ellen Ryan 2- hurdles; Julia Daly 3 – hurdles, 1 – 200m; Cariba Masuka 2-200m, 3- hurdles; Kate Kelly 1-800m; Killian Maher 3 – walk.
U14 – Ava Egan 2- hurdles, 2- 200m, 3-800m; Vivienne Lepeskaite 1-200m; Daniel Greene 1-500, 1-1500, 2-80m; Marcus Lyons 3-80m; Cameron McDonnell Butler 4- 80m, 2-high jump; Conor Knox 1-80m, 1-hammer, 1-high jump; Sam Woodcock 2-500, 2-1500.
U15 – Emily O’Keeffe 2-triple jump, 3- long jump; Amelia O’Brien 1-800; Katie Byrne 2-800; Kelly Charters 1-hurdles, 2-long jump; Ella Sorohan 1-200; Landon Ryan 2-hammer; Jack O’Neill 1-shot, 1- hammer, 1- discus; Fiach Crowley 1-80m, 1- high jump, 2 – shot; Mia Brennan 1- high jump, 2-80m, 2-200m; Heidi Ryan 1- javelin, 3-triple jump.
U16 – Sinead Cormack 1-800; Ellen Cormack 2- 800; Patrick Wall 1-high jump, 1-400m, 3 – 100; Danny Dirreen 2-100, 3-high jump; Eoghan O’Farrell 1-100, 2-400; Ellen Daly 1-200, Aisling Phelan 2-200; Sive McDonald 3- long jump; Emily Long 1-80hurdles.
U17 – Cameron Whelan 1- 1500; Conor Malone 1- high jump, 2-200.
U18- Donnacha Maher 1-1500; Cormac Holden 2-200; Conor Ryan 2- 1500; Cathal Rossiter 2-high jump, 3 – 100, 3-200.
U19 – Killian Redmond 1-high jump; Grace Delahunty 1-100, 1-200; Taylor Rafter 2- 100; Cillian Daly 1-100, 1-200.
JUVENILE RELAYS
Boys 4×100 – U11 2nd &3rd; U13 1st; U15 1st & 2nd; 4×400 U15 1st; U17 1st.
Girls 4×100 – U11 2nd; U13 1st; U15 1st & 2nd; U17 1st; 4×400 U15 1st and 2nd.
ADULTS
Junior- Alex Cullen 1-100, 1-200; Ella Wall 1-200, 2-high jump; Grace Delahunty 2-200.
Senior – Martyna Balcer 1-200; Brendan O’Driscoll 2 -200; 2-100; Rita McGarvey 2-200, 2-1001-1500; Noel Sugrue 3 100, 2-1500; Graham Bourne 1-high jump, 1- triple jump. Relays (4×100) – Senior ladies 1st and Senior men 1st and second.Masters – Graham Bourne O/40 – 2/5000, 2/200, 2/100, 1/1500, 2/javelin; Aisling Burns 1-javelin.