On a sunny day in Santry demesne, the SIAB Schools International Cross country races took place hosting teams from Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales.  Fathi Aden was part of the Irish junior team and ran a super race finishing in 10th place.  He was the 3rd scorer on the Irish team which won silver – the race was won by Ireland’s Dara McElhinney.  Hopefully this will be the first of many appearances in the Irish vest for this promising young athlete.

With the first weekend over in the National Indoor Championships in Athlone, it’s by the far the largest amount of athletes who have qualified with many qualifying for more than one event.
Lara O’Byrne ran between the high jump yesterday and the pole vault which were on the same time to eventually get a silver medal in the pole vault with a new pb of 2.70 and then ran in the under 16 relay which got to the final finishing 5th. Our under 18 relay girls team finished 4th while our under 17, although ran a great race, were later disqualified.

Lucy Hurley, under 16, in her first indoor championship got 2 new PBS in high jump and long jump .
Sean kinsealla our youngest athlete, under 12, finished 8th in a thrilling 600m and can’t wait till he runs in Athlone again.
We were well represented in the 1500m with Lucy Mccann, Michael Gibbs and Suzanne Masterson all running well. Our largest group of athletes  were our sprinters from under 16 to 19 it was great to see 3 under 17 girls competing. Kolade Aduidun got our only medal of the day finishing 3rd in the under 16 60m.
Sean classman, under 19, running in his first championship for the club ran in the 60 m finishing 4th in he’s heat . Connor fox and Zac Higgins both had very good runs in there heats in the 400m.
Karen Hughes, under 18, and Clodagh Read were are triple jumpers with Karen finishing 4th and Clodagh finishing 6th.
Sean young, under 18, threw a new pb in the shot putt yesterday finishing 4th while Lauren O’Keeffe, under 17, Peace Onakoya, under 13, and martins Hughes, under 16, all competing for the first time in shot putt. All threw well but did not progress to the final rounds.
Rian Carey, under 13, finished 7th throwing just off his pb.
Gabhan O’Thighcarnaigh, under 17, was unlucky having jumped 1.70 in high jump, just lost out on 3rd place in count back.
Alibhe Healy, under 18, who won our second medal in the pole vault also posted a pb of 2.70

Wicklow Gaolbreak 10k
Ciaran McCarthy was the overall winner of this race in 35.10

Mallow 10 mile
A change to the course of this year’s race meant that the first 2 miles took in a good deal of uphill running.  Anne Curley finished 4th lady in 63.55, Breda Mahony in 68.57 was just outside the top 10 ladies.  On the eve of his 76th birthday Jim McNamara was 1st M70 and ran 77.05.

Other results
Griffeen parkrun: George Brady (and pet dog Roxy!) 2nd 18.02
Hartstown Parkrun: Eva Campion 2nd lady 21.40

European Masters Indoor Championship:  In Torun Poland, Ann Woodlock won gold in the W75 3000m