HIGHLIGHTS: John Travers, Eric Keogh and Lee Van Haeften excel in the Barcelona Half-Marathon; Barbara Cleary 1^st woman in Enniscorthy 10km; Daragh Fitzgibbon fine performance in Armagh International 5km; Abdel Laadjel & Louis O’Loughlin individual silver in Leinster Schools XC; Paul McDermott, Aoife Lynch and Lara O’Byrne among medals in Intervarsity Indoors; 7 gold, 10 silver and 11 bronze after Day 4 of the Dublin Juvenile Indoors; Cliodhna Carthy led home DH team in final Women’s Winter League fixture.

 

John Travers was the first Irishman home in the prestigious BARCELONA HALF-MARATHON on Sunday morning (16.02.2020), as Eric Keogh and Lee Van Haeften produced PB performances to finish prominently among an international field. Using the race as preparation for the season ahead Travers covered the opening 5km in 14.57 and passed the 10km mark in 29.50. He reached the 10-mile point in 48.10 but paying the price for a strong start he covered the 15 to 20km section in 16.19. He finished 48^th overall in 1.04.42. Eric Keogh (1.05.11) came 55^th averaging 3.06 per kilometre. He was the 3^rd Irishman home and continues in his rise to the top table of Irish distance runners. Here is Eric’s strava account of the race “nightmare start in the masses… a bit too aggressive though 10k and suffered badly last 5k. It’s a big PB and another step in the right direction. Any progress is good progress”. Lee Van Haeften made it 3 sub-70-minute Donore men when placing 107^th in a time of 1.08.29, a 3 minutes PB. Also, among a field of more than 18,000 athletes were Alasdair Brown (1.21.46) in 905^th, Ciaran Ryan (1.28.53) in 2,077^th and Jennifer Hogan, who ran 2.21.24. The race was won by Victor Chumo of Kenya in 59.58.

 

At the popular ARMAGH INTERNATIONAL 5km ROAD RACE Daragh Fitzgibbon placed 56^th of 237 finishers. The race, which attracts a host of top UK athletes, was won by Adam Clarke of Team Real Runners in 13.42.

 

Barbara Cleary was 11^th overall and 1^st woman at the ENNISCORTHY 10km ROAD RACE on Sunday. She ran an excellent 36.11 in very blustery and wet conditions. Gavin Keogh (35.41), who had to endure the discomfort of a nosebleed, came 7^th of 333 finishers.

 

It was a busy week for the juvenile section with the Leinster Schools cross-country championships and Days 2, 3 and 4 of the Dublin Indoor track & field championships.

In the LEINSTER SCHOOLS XC CHAMPIONSHIPS at Santry Demesne on Wednesday last (12.02.2020) individual silver medals were won by Abdel Laaadjel (Kishoge CC) and O’Loughlin (Moyle Park College) with different tactics. Laadjel (14.46) forced the pace in the first two laps of the Intermediate Boys 4.5km race but failed to outrun Scott Fagan of Luttrellstown CC in the final 1.5km circuit.   Louis O’Loughlin (19.25) was in 6^th place with one lap to go in the Senior Boys 6km race. A ‘big push’ on the final lap saw the Donore Harriers star gain to 2^nd with winner Shay McEvoy of Kilkenny, who recently represented Ireland in the European Under 20s championships, out of reach. The ever-improving Gavin Curtin (20.41) qualified for his first national schools XC in 13^th position, with his Moyle Park College colleague Aidan Kelly placing 74^th in 24.18. Moyle Park’s Donore Four failed to close a team as Toke Olufowobi retired from the race due to illness with a lap to go. Barney Kelly (22.26) placed 47^th and will be hoping to get selection on the Belvedere College team that qualified to the ‘All-Irelands’ as the senior team winners. James Bolton (15.53) was 19^th individual and 2^nd scorer on the Belvedere College team that qualified in 3^rd place in the Intermediate grade (4.5km).

In the 3km Junior Boys race Oliver Hopkins (10.30) and Thomas Bolton (10.34) came 4^th and 5^th representing St. Declan’s School and Belvedere College respectively. The other Donore athlete to make the national final was 5^th place finisher Matei Ursachi (8.06), who had challenged for a podium place for most of the Minor Boys 2km race in the colours of St. Paul’s Raheny.

Other competing club athletes were Eleanor Hopkins (6.26) who came 46^th in the 1.5km Minor Girls race representing St. Dominic’s Cabra and Honor Lynch (9.30) who finished 29^th for Loreta St. Stephen’s Green in the Junior Girls 2km race.

Thus, the following have qualified to the All-Ireland Schools XC to take place at Santry Demense on the 7^th of March – Matei Ursachi, Thomas Bolton, Oliver Hopkins, Abdel Laadjel, James Bolton, Louis O’Loughlin, Barney Kelly and Gavin Curtin.

 

Day 2 of the DUBLIN INDOOR T&F CHAMPIONSHIPS (12.02.2020) at the National Indoor Arena at Abbotstown saw 5 Donore Harriers teams contest finals in the even-age relays. The evening event focused mostly on 4 x 200m relays and both Under 14 Boys teams qualified to the final. The quartet of James Dunne, Alex Leonard, Paddy Nolan and Ciaran O’Farrell won silver medals having qualified as runners-up in the first semi-final race in 1.55.2. A second team made up of newcomers Daniel Gleeson and Ewan Taylor, middle-distance athlete Matei Ursachi and hurdler Rory O’Farrell won their semi-final in 1.57.5 but were unable to make an impression in the final having to settle for 6^th position.

The Under 18 Girls team (1.55.5) came 5^th, but it could have been a very different story! First leg runner Sophie O’Farrell had to make a Jordan Larmour like swerve to avoid an official who was standing in her lane as she approached the baton change-over point. The team containing two step-up athletes in O’Farrell and Leonie Power had not raced together before, thus is was a very respectable performance. Robin Sweeney ran leg 2 and Sarah Tavey leg 3.

The Under 12 Boys team of Cillian McCooey, Jamie Kavanagh, Danny Colgan and closing runner Luuk Jackson were desperately unlucky not to make the podium in what was a real scramble for the line. The team came a close order 4^th in 2.05.0, having won Heat 5 in 2.07.5. In the same age-group Caolan Costello, Elliott Whelan, Daniel Browne and Eoin Mooney came 3^rd in Heat 2 in 2.17.3 and failed to progress.

The Under 12 Girls team comprising Rachel Dowling-Barnes, Julianna Broderick, Zoey Conroy and Ruby Blake also failed to reach their final when placing 4^th in Heat 1 in 2.21.7.

The Under 14 Girls team, comprising Eva Crowe, Lorraine O’Connor, Isabella Jackson and Ciaran Sammon, also came 5^th in their final after having qualified as runners-up in Heat 5.

 

Day 3 of the DUBLIN INDOOR T&F CHAMPIONSHIPS on Saturday (15.02.2020 at the NIA saw the Donore Harriers team do very well in the middle-distance and hurdles events. Emily Bolton won a competitive U13 Girls 600m final in 1.46.82 and Matei Ursachi (2.18.34) took the top spot in the U14 Boys 800m final. Three more golds were won in the 60m Hurdles through Mario Omozee in the Under 13 Boys, Rory O’Farrell in the Under 14 Boys and Eva Conroy in the Under 15 Girls. The latter was disappointed after having finished 4^th in 2019, but her dedication was rewarded with an excellent winning performance this season.

Silver medals were won by Lorraine O’Connor (2.21.02) in the Under 14 Girls 800m, Thomas Bolton (2.14.55) in the Under 15 Boys 800m and Sean Kinsella (2.04.65 PB) in the Under 17 Boys 800m. With the event running ahead of schedule Kinsella almost missed his race and arrived at the start line in his socks – albeit the officials allowed him time to put on his spikes. Two more silvers were secured in the Long Jump as Matei Ursachi jumped 4.68m in the Under 14 Boys and Romeo Omozee 4.57m in the Under 15 Boys. With Ursachi having secured the silver in the Under 14 Boys Long Jump the battle for the bronze medal was deciding in the final round of jumps. Paddy Nolan got a mark of 4.25m to jump from 5^th to 3^rd, only for a young DSDAC athlete to put in a 4.38m effort. But Rory O’Farrell had the last word with a jump to 4.41m to take the bronze. Other bronze medals went to Caolan Costello (6.57m) in the Under 14 Boys Shot Putt, Mario Omozee in the Under 13 Boys 60 metres sprint, Jennifer O’Reilly in the Under 19 Girls 200m, Luuk Jackson (1.46.84) in the Under 12 Boys 600m, and Oliver Hopkins (2.09.16) in the Under 16 Boys 800m.

There were plenty of other good performances from the young Donore Harriers athletes. In the Under 12 Boys 60m sprints Luuk Jackson, Cillian McCooey and Daniel Browne all placed 4^th in their respective semi-finals. Ewan Taylor and Liam Blair placed 5^th in Semi-Final 1 and 2 of the Under 13 Boys 60m. Roisin Kirby came 6^th in the final of the Under 14 Girls 60m Hurdles having qualified 3^rd in her heat. Three boys made the final of the Under 14 Boys 60m Hurdles. Rory O’Farrell, who specializes in the event, took the gold medal. Ciaran O’Farrell was narrowly edged out of the bronze medal position with Paddy Nolan in 5^th place. Robin Sweeney finished 4^th in the final of the Under 18 Girls 200m, whilst Sophie O’Farrell just failed to make the final when she came 3^rd in 3^rd qualifying heat of the Under 17 Girls 200m.

Other finalists included – Romeo Omozee 5^th in the Under 15 Boys 60m Hurdles, Cillian McCooey (1.50.2) 7^th in the Under 12 Boys 800m, Eva Crowe (2.25.18) 4^th in the Under 14 Girls 800m, Roisin Kirby (4.21m) 5^th in the Under 14 Girls Long Jump, Sophie O’Farrell (4.71m) 5^th in the Under 17 Girls Long Jump, and Melody Omozee (5.14m) 4^th in the Under 12 Girls Shot Putt.

New girl Laura Keegan crossed the line in agony in Heat 6 of the Under 13 Girls 60m. She was well-placed in 2^nd position with 15 metres to go, but a hip injury hampered her progress and she jogged to the line in 8^th. Other results are listed below.

 

There was a good representation of Donore Harriers athletes competing in the INTERVARSITIES INDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS at the Athlone Arena on Saturday (15.02.2020) Paul McDermott (21.67 PB), representing DCU, took the silver medal in the 200m, having won Heat 2 in 21.99. Another silver medal went to multi-eventer Lara O’Byrne with a best effort of 1.65m in the High Jump. O’Byrne, who is just getting back from a stress fracture injury, also contested the Shot Putt – placing 5^th with a 9.29m throw.

Aoife Lynch, in the colours of DCU, had a busy day! She won bronze in the 200m in 24.84 having qualified 2^nd in semi-final 2 in 25.01. She also contested the final of the 60m sprint, placing 6^th in 7.72 and was 2^nd in the third semi-final in 7.73.

Donore had two finalists in the 60m Hurdles with Eva McPartlan (DCU) 4^th in 9.55 and Caoimhe Mackey (UCD) 6^th in 9.89. Adam Halpin (AIT) came 3^rd in Heat 2 of the 200m and Ailbhe Healy (DCU) 6^th in the final of the Pole Vault with a best effort of 2.45m. Jack Byrne (2.00.75) narrowly missed qualification to the 800m final when 3^rd in his semi-final.

Paul McDermott ran the 3^rd leg on the DCU team that won gold in the 4 x 200m relay and Aoife Lynch took out the opening leg for the DCU team that won 4 x 200m relay silver. Caoimhe Mackey (UCD), Zak Higgins (TCD) and Adam Halpin (AIT) also contested the relay races. More details in the results section.

There was another busy schedule in Day 4 of the DUBLIN INDOOR T&F CHAMPIONSHIPS on Sunday (16.02.2020). Top of the bill for Donore Harriers were Oliver Hopkins (2.29.14) who build up a commanding lead to take gold in the Under 16 Boys 1,500m and Romeo Omozee who cleared 1.40m to take gold in the Under 15 Boys High Jump.

The silver medallists were Jennifer O’Reilly in the Under 19 Girls 200m, Gavin Curtin (4.28.39) in the Under 19 Boys 1,500m and Mario Omozee (1.40m) in the Under 13 Boys High Jump.

Isabella Kelly in the Under 15 Girls 60m, Annabella Omozee in the Under 10 Girls 60m, Alex Leonard in the Under 14 Boys 60m and James Bolton (4.34.35) in the Under 17 Boys 1,500m all took track bronze medals, with Mario Omozee (7.74m) taking bronze in the Under 13 Boys Shot Putt.

There were plenty of other notable performances. Sophie O’Farrell came 4^th in the Under 17 Girls 60m, Robin Sweeney 5^th in the Under 18 Girls 60m, Daniel O’Neill 7^th in the Under 16 Boys 60m, Daniel Browne (3.81m) 4^th in the Under 12 Boys Long Jump, Amber Lynch (3.61m) 5^th in the Under 12 Girls Long Jump and Leah Smith 7^th in the semi-final of the Under 16 Girls 60m.

Mark Keegan got through the heats to be able to finish 6^th in the Under 9 Boys 60m. Ruby Blake and Anna Peake both reached the semi-finals in the Under 11 Girls 60m placing 4^th and 2^nd in their respective races. There were plenty of other club athletes in this age group with Emma Jane Keegan 5^th in Heat 1, Emily Farrell 4^th in Heat 2, Elle Norton 4^th in Heat 3, Caoimhe Blair 8^th in Heat 4, Lauren Tolan 6^th in Heat 5 and Freya Ryan 5^th in Heat 8.

Dylan O’Connor came 5^th in the final of the Under 11 Boys 60m after placing 1^st in Heat 1 and 3^rd in his semi-final. In the same age group Ethan Ryan (6^th SF2) and Conor Garvey (5^th SF3) went out in the semi-finals – and Oisin O’Gorman (7^th H3) and Tom Nolan (5^th H5) contested the heats.

Roisin Kirby got through to the final of the Under 14 Girls 60m placing 7^th. She qualified 3^rd in her heat and 4^th in her semi-final. Ciara Sammon narrowly lost out on a place in the final, based on time, despite finishing 2^nd in her semi-final. Isabella Jackson also reached the semi-final stage but was eliminated 5^th in SF3.

Rory O’Farrell came 4^th in the Under 14 Boys 60m behind the winner and his clubmate Alex Leonard. He qualified as the winner of semi-final 4. Paddy Nolan 4^th in semi-final 2, Daniel Gleeson 3^rd in semi-final 3 and James Dunne 2^nd in semi-final 4 failed to progress.

Special mention to other young athletes who represented the club with distinction over the weekend, including Tara Hoare, Zoey Conroy, Olyver Whelan, Sophie Farrell, Maia Norton, Michael Delaney, Chloe Andrews… and sorry if I missed anyone!

 

There were 129 finishers in the 4^th and final WOMEN’S MEET & TRAIN WINTER LEAGUE cross-country race at Abbotstown on Sunday (16.02.2020). The race was held over 3 one-kilometre laps in very windy conditions and with some very muddy underfoot portions. Caroline McCarthy (12.43) was 1st Donore Harriers women home in 9th place, losing out on 8^th place by a few centimetres. Fiona Barrins (14.50) was next in 71st place. Sarah Ni Ruairc had her usual strong finish in 87th in 15.32. Catherine McKeon (15.57) was next in 101st and 81 years-old Ann Woodlock 125th in 19.35. The race was won by Dunboyne’s Eimear English. This was the last race of the series. The presentation of the winning teams and individuals will take place in March.

 

In the recent AAI INDOOR GAMES at the NIA in Abbotstown on Sunday 9^th February 2020 Aoife Lynch (7.72 and 7.73) came 1^st in both series 1 and 2 of the 60m sprint. Paul McDermott (7.13 and 7.09) took second place in the Men’s 60m series. Eva McPartlan ran 9.50 and placed 5^th in both heats of the Women’s 60m Hurdles. David Campbell (24.51) placed 3^rd in Heat 4 of the Men’s 200m and Michael Ryan (4.18.61) was 4^th in the second heat of the Men’s 1,500m.

 

In the PARKRUN 5km (15.02.2020) series Sam Allen (17.56) was first finisher at Naas and U15 Katie Delaney (23.26) was 9^th overall and 1^st woman at Waterstown. More parkrun results below.

 

RESULTS IN BRIEF:

<note – times for Dublin Juvenile Indoors are estimated hand-times, except for 600m, 800m and 1,500m races>

AAI INDOOR GAMES at NIA ABBOTSTOWN (09.02.2020)

Women’s 60m

Series 1 Heat 3: 1^st Aoife Lynch (7.72)

Series 2 Heat 2: 1^st Aoife Lynch (7.73)

Men’s 60m

Series 1 Heat 5: 2^nd Paul McDermott (7.13)

Series 2 Heat 3: 2^nd Paul McDermott (7.09)

Men’s 200m

Heat 4: 3^rd David Campbell (24.51)

Women’s 60m Hurdles

Series 1 Heat 1: 5^th Eva McPartlan (9.50)

Series 2 Heat 1: 5^th Eva McPartlan (9.50)

Men’s 1,500m

Heat 2: 4^th Michael Ryan (4.18.61)

NIA LIVE INDOOR MEET NO. 5 at NATIONAL INDOOR ARENA ABBOTSTOWN (11.02.2020)

Women’s 800m Heat 2

4^th Jona Kalemi (2.42.74)

LEINSTER SCHOOLS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS at SANTRY DEMESNE (12.02.2020)

MINOR GIRLS 1.5km

46^th Eleanor Hopkins <St. Dominic’s Cabra> (06.26)

MINOR BOYS 2km

5^th Matei Ursachi <St. Paul’s Raheny> (8.06)

JUNIOR GIRLS 2km

29^th Honor Lynch <Loreta Stephen’s Green> (9.30)

JUNIOR BOYS 3km

4^th Oliver Hopkins <St. Declan’s CBS> (10.30)

5^th James Bolton <Belvedere College> (10.34)

INTERMEDIATE BOYS 4.5km

2^nd Abdel Laadjel <Kishoge Community College> (14.46) SILVER

19^th James Bolton <Belvedere College> (15.53)

TEAM: James Bolton 2^nd scorer for Belvedere College (BRONZE)

SENIOR BOYS 6km

2^nd Louis O’Loughlin <Moyle Park College> (19.25) SILVER

13^th Gavin Curtin <Moyle Park College> (20.41)

47^th Barney Kelly <Belvedere College> (22.26)

74^th Aidan Kelly <Moyle Park College> (24.18)

DNF Toke Olufowobi <Moyle Park College> Illness

DUBLIN JUVENILE INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS DAY 2 at NATIONAL INDOOR ARENA, ABBOTSTOWN (12.02.2020)

U12 GIRLS 4 x 200m Relay Qualifying Round

Heat 1 – 4^th Donore Harriers 2.21.7 <Rachel Dowling-Barnes, Julianna Broderick, Zoey Conroy, Ruby Blake>

U12 BOYS 4 x 200m Relay Qualifying Round

Heat 2 – 3^rd Donore Harriers B 2.17.3 <Caolan Costello, Elliott Whelan, Daniel Browne, Eoin Mooney>

Heat 5 – 1^st Donore Harriers A 2.07.5 <Cillian McCooey, Jamie Kavanagh, Danny Colgan, Luuk Jackson> Q

FINAL – 4^th Donore Harriers A 2.05.0 <Cillian McCooey, Jamie Kavanagh, Danny Colgan, Luuk Jackson>

U14 GIRLS 4 x 200m Relay Qualifying Round

Heat 5 – 2^nd Donore Harriers 2.00.5 <Eva Crowe, Lorraine O’Connor, Isabella Jackson, Ciara Sammon> Q

FINAL – 5^th Donore Harriers <Eva Crowe, Lorraine O’Connor, Isabella Jackson, Ciara Sammon>

U14 BOYS 4 x 200m Relay Qualifying Round

Heat 1 – 2^nd Donore Harriers 1.55.2 <James Dunne, Alex Leonard, Paddy Nolan, Ciaran O’Farrell> Q

Heat 2 – 1^st Donore Harriers 1.57.5 <Daniel Gleeson, Ewan Taylor, Matei Ursachi, Rory O’Farrell> Q

FINAL – 2^nd Donore Harriers A <James Dunne, Alex Leonard, Paddy Nolan, Ciaran O’Farrell> SILVER

U18 GIRLS 4 x 200m Relay

FINAL – 5^th Donore Harriers 1.55.5 <Sophie O’Farrell, Robin Sweeney, Sarah Tavey, Leonie Power>

ARMAGH INTERNATIONAL 5KM ROAD RACE (15.02.2020)

56^th Daragh Fitzgibbon (14.23)

237 finishers

DUBLIN JUVENILE INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS DAY 3 at NATIONAL INDOOR ARENA, ABBOTSTOWN (15.02.2020)

U12 GIRLS 60m

Heat 1 – 8^th Zoey Conroy (10.7)

Heat 2 – 5^th Melody Omozee (9.6)

Heat 7 – 4^th Amber Lynch (9.6)

U12 BOYS 60m

Semi Final 1 – 4^th Luuk Jackson (8.8), qualified 4^th in Heat 7 (8.9)

Semi Final 2 – 4^th Cillian McCooey (9.1), qualified 2^nd Heat 6 (8.9)

Semi Final 3 – 4^th Daniel Browne (9.1), qualified 3^rd Heat 1 (9.2)

U13 GIRLS 60m

Heat 6 – 8^th Laura Keegan (11.6) hip injury

Heat 9 – 4^th Tara Hoare (9.6)

U13 BOYS 60m

FINAL – 3^rd Mario Omozee (8.35) BRONZE, qualified 2^nd SF3 (8.4), 1^st Heat 1 (8.6)

Semi Final 1 – 5^th Ewan Taylor (9.0), qualified 1^st Heat 4 (9.0)

Semi Final 2 – 5^th Liam Blair (9.2), qualified 3^rd Heat 6 (9.0)

Heat 2 – 5^th Michael Delaney (9.3)

U13 GIRLS 60m Hurdles

Heat 5 – 5^th Tara Hoare (12.8)

Heat 6 – 5^th ?? (12.6)

U13 BOYS 60m Hurdles

FINAL – 1^st Mario Omozee (9.8) GOLD, qualified 1^st Heat 1 (10.2)

Heat 2 – 4^th Liam Blair (11.1)

U14 GIRLS 60m Hurdles

FINAL – 6^th Roisin Kirby (10.3), qualified Heat 3^rd Heat 1 (10.4)

Heat 2 – 7^th Isabella Jackson (12.1)

U14 BOYS 60m Hurdles

FINAL – 1^st Rory O’Farrell (9.5) GOLD, qualified 1^st Heat 2 (9.7)

FINAL – 4^th Ciaran O’Farrell (10.1), qualified 2^nd Heat 1 (10.2)

FINAL – 5^th Paddy Nolan (10.2), qualified 5^th Heat 1 (10.3)

Heat 1 – 8^th Alex Leonard (NTA)

U15 GIRLS 60m Hurdles

FINAL – 1^st Eva Conroy (9.6) GOLD

U15 BOYS 60 Hurdles

FINAL – 5^th Romeo Omozee (10.5)

U17 GIRLS 200m

Heat 3 – 3^rd Sophie O’Farrell (27.6)

U18 GIRLS 200m

FINAL – 4^th Robin Sweeney (27.8), qualified 2^nd in Heat 1 (27.8)

U19 GIRLS 200m

FINAL – 3^rd Jennifer O’Reilly (30.0) BRONZE

U12 BOYS 600m

FINAL – 3^rd Luuk Jackson (1.46.84) BRONZE, 7^th Cillian McCooey (1.50.2)

U13 GIRLS 600m

FINAL – 1^st Emily Bolton (1.46.82) GOLD

U13 BOYS 600m

FINAL – 12^th Mario Omozee (2.02.7)

U14 GIRLS 800m

FINAL – 2^nd Lorraine O’Connor (2.21.02) SILVER, 4^th Eva Crowe (2.25.18)

U14 BOYS 800m

FINAL – 1^st Matei Ursachi (2.18.34) GOLD

U15 BOYS 800m

FINAL – 2^nd Thomas Bolton (2.14.55) SILVER

U16 BOYS 800m

FINAL – 3^rd Oliver Hopkins (2.09.16) BRONZE

U17 BOYS 800m

FINAL – 2^nd Sean Kinsella (2.04.65) SILVER

U14 GIRLS Long Jump

FINAL – 5^th Roisin Kirby (4.21m)

DNQ – Ciara Sammon (3.71m)

U14 BOYS Long Jump

FINAL – 2^nd Matei Ursachi (4.68m) SILVER, 3^rd Rory O’Farrell (4.41m) BRONZE, 5^th Paddy Nolan (4.25m)

DNQ – James Dunne (3.81m), Daniel Gleeson (NMG)

U15 GIRLS Long Jump

DNQ – Honor Lynch

U15 BOYS Long Jump

FINAL – 2^nd Romeo Omozee (4.57m) SILVER

U17 GIRLS Long Jump

FINAL – 5^th Sophie O’Farrell (4.71m)

U12 GIRLS Shot Putt

FINAL – 4^th Melody Omozee (5.14m)

DNQ – Amber Lynch

U14 BOYS Shot Putt

FINAL – 3^rd Caolan Costello (6.57m) BRONZE

INTERVARSITIES INDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS at ATHLONE ARENA (15.02.2020)

WOMEN’S 200m

FINAL – 6^th Aoife Lynch (DCU) 7.72, qualified 2^nd Semi Final 3 (7.73)

WOMEN’S 60m Hurdles

FINAL – 4^th Eva McPartlan (DCU) 9.55; 6^th Caoimhe Mackey (UCD) 9.89

WOMEN’S 200m

FINAL – 3^rd Aoife Lynch (DCU) 24.84 BRONZE, qualified 2^nd Semi-Final 2 (25.01)

WOMEN’S High Jump

FINAL – 2^nd Lara O’Byrne (TCD) 1.65m SILVER

WOMEN’S Pole Vault

FINAL – 6^th Ailbhe Healy (DCU) 2.45m

WOMEN’S Shot Putt

FINAL – 5^th Lara O’Byrne (TCD) 9.29m

MEN’S 200m

FINAL – 2^nd Paul McDermott (DCU) 21.67 SILVER, qualified 1^st Heat 2 (21.99)

Heat 2 – 3^rd Adam Halpin (AIT) 23.82

MEN’S 800m

SEMI-FINAL – 3^rd Jack Byrne (TCD) 2.00.75

RELAYS 4 x 200m

Caoimhe Mackey 2^nd leg UCD 3^rd team in Semi-Final 1 (6^th overall)

Aoife Lynch 1^st leg (DCU) 2^nd team in Semi-Final 2 (2^nd overall – SILVER)

Paul McDermott 3^rd leg DCU 1st team in Semi-Final 1 (1^st overall – GOLD)

Zak Higgins 1^st leg TCD 4^th team in Semi-Final 1 (6^th overall)

Adam Halpin 1^st leg AIT 5^th team in Semi-Final 2 (9^th overall)

BUSINESS HOUSES AA ALSAA CROSS COUNTRY RACES at ALSAA (15.02.2020)

MEN’S 5 MILE

54^th Ian Redican M45 (41.15)

111 finishers.

BARCELONA HALF-MARATHON (16.02.2020)

48^th John Travers MS (1.04.42)

55^th Eric Keogh MS (1.05.11)

107^th Lee Van Haeften MS (1.08.29)

905^th Alasdair Brown MS (1.21.46)

2077^th Ciaran Ryan MS (1.28.53)

17,020^th Jennifer Hogan WS (2.21.24)

18,568 finishers

ENNISCORTHY 10km ROAD RACE (16.02.2020)

7^th Gavin Keogh (35.41)

11^th & 1^st woman Barbara Cleary (36.11)

333 finishers

DUBLIN JUVENILE INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS DAY 4 at NATIONAL INDOOR ARENA, ABBOTSTOWN (16.02.2020)

U9 GIRLS 60m

SEMI-FINAL – 5^th Sophie Farrell (10.6), qualified 2^nd Heat 1 in 10.6

Heat 2 – 4^th Maia Norton (10.8)

Heat 3 – 6^th No. 546 (11.3)

U9 BOYS 60m

FINAL – 6^th Mark Keegan (10.7), qualified 2^nd Heat 2 in 10.7 and 4^th Semi-Final 2 in 10.6

U10 GIRLS 60m

FINAL – 3^rd Annabella Omozee (9.9) BRONZE, qualified 1^st Heat 6 in 10.0 and 2^nd Semi-Final 3 in 10.0

U10 BOYS 60m

Heat 7 – 3^rd Olyver Whelan (10.4)

U11 GIRLS 60m

SEMI-FINAL 1 – 4^th Ruby Blake (9.9), qualified 2^nd Heat 7 in 9.9

SEMI-FINAL 2 – 2^nd Anna Peake (9.8), qualified 3^rd Heat 6 in 10.1

Heat 1 – 5^th Emma Jane Keegan (10.3)

Heat 2 – 4^th Emily Farrell (10.2)

Heat 3 – 4^th Elle Norton (10.2)

Heat 4 – 8^th Caoimhe Blair (10.8)

Heat 5 – 6^th Lauren Tolan (10.7)

Heat 8 – 5^th Freya Ryan (10.4)

U11 BOYS 60m

FINAL – 5^th Dylan O’Connor (9.6), qualified 1^st Heat 1 in 9.4 and 3^rd Semi Final 1 in 9.4

SEMI-FINAL 2 – 6^th Ethan Ryan (10.0), qualified 3^rd Heat 2 in 9.9

SEMI-FINAL 3 – 5^th Conor Garvey (9.8), qualified 1^st Heat 4 in 9.9

Heat 3 – 7^th Oisin O’Gorman (10.2)

Heat 5 – 5^th Tom Nolan (9.9)

U14 GIRLS 60m

FINAL – 7^th Roisin Kirby (9.1), qualified 3^rd Heat 8 in 9.1 and 4^th Semi-Final 1 in 9.0

SEMI-FINAL 2 – 2^nd Ciara Sammon (9.0), qualified 2^nd Heat 3 in 8.9

SEMI-FINAL 3 – 5^th Isabella Jackson (9.2), qualified 3^rd in Heat 7 in 9.1

U14 BOYS 60m

FINAL – 3^rd Alex Leonard (8.2) BRONZE, qualified 2^nd Semi-Final 1 in (8.1)

FINAL – 4^th Rory O’Farrell (8.3), qualified 1^st Semi-Final 4 in (8.3)

SEMI-FINAL 2 – 4^th Paddy Nolan (9.0)

SEMI-FINAL 3 – 3^rd Daniel Gleeson (8.9)

SEMI-FINAL 4 – 2^nd James Dunne (8.8)

U15 GIRLS 60m

FINAL – 3^rd Isabella Kelly (8.3) BRONZE, qualified 2^nd Semi-Final 3 in 8.3

SEMI-FINAL 1 – 5^th Eva Conroy (8.6)

U15 BOYS 60m

Heat 1 – 4^th Romeo Omozee (8.2)

U16 GIRLS 60m

SEMI-FINAL 2 – 7^th Leah Smith (9.1)

U16 BOYS 60m

FINAL – 7^th Daniel O’Neill (8.8)

U17 GIRLS 60m

FINAL – 4^th Sophie O’Farrell (8.4), qualified 4^th in Semi-Final 2 in 8.5

U18 GIRLS 60m

FINAL – 5^th Robin Sweeney (8.5)

U19 GIRLS 60m

FINAL – 2^nd Jennifer O’Reilly (8.7) SILVER

U16 BOYS 1,500m

FINAL – 1^st Oliver Hopkins (4.29.14) GOLD

U17 BOYS 1,500m

FINAL – 3^rd James Bolton (4.34.35) BRONZE

U19 GIRLS 1,500m

FINAL – 7^th Chloe Andrews (5.21.93)

U19 BOYS 1,500m

FINAL – 2^nd Gavin Curtin (4.28.39) SILVER

U12 GIRLS High Jump

DNQ – Amber Lynch & Melody Omozee

U12 Boys High Jump

DNQ – Luuk Jackson

U13 BOYS High Jump

FINAL – 2^nd Mario Omozee (1.40m) SILVER

U15 BOYS High Jump

FINAL – 1^st Romeo Omozee (1.40m) GOLD

U12 GIRLS Long Jump

FINAL – 5^th Amber Lynch (3.61m)

DNQ – Zoey Conroy & Melody Omozee

U12 BOYS Long Jump

FINAL – 4^th Daniel Browne (3.81m)

U13 BOYS Long Jump

DNQ – Liam Blair (3.65m), Mario Omozee (3.55m) & Michael Delaney

U13 GIRLS Shot Putt

DNQ – Tara Hoare

U13 BOYS Shot Putt

FINAL – 3^rd Mario Omozee (7.74m) BRONZE

MEDAL COUNT:

Gold 7 – U13 60mH Mario Omozee; U14 60mH Rory O’Farrell; U15 60mH Eva Conroy; U13 600m Emily Bolton, U14 800m Matei Ursachi, U16 1,500m Oliver Hopkins, U15 HJ Romeo Omozee

Silver 10 – U14 Boys 4 x 200m Relay; U13 60m Mario Omozee; U19 200m Jennifer O’Reilly, U14 800m Lorraine O’Connor; U15 800m Thomas Bolton; U17 800m Sean Kinsella; U19 1,500m Gavin Curtin, U13 HJ Mario Omozee, U14 LJ Matei Ursachi; U15 LJ Romeo Omozee

Bronze 11 – U12 60m Annabella Omozee, U13 60m Mario Omozee, U14 60m Alex Leonard, U15 60m Isabella Kelly, U19 200m Jennifer O’Reilly; U12 600m Luuk Jackson; U16 800m Oliver Hopkins; U17 1,500m James Bolton, U14 LJ Rory O’Farrell; U13 SP Mario Omozee, U14 SP Caolan Costello

WOMEN’S MEET & TRAIN WINER LEAGUE (MEET 4 – 3KM) at ABBOTSTOWN (16.02.2020)

9^th Cliona Carthey (12.43)

71^st Fiona Barrins (14.50)

87^th Sarah Ni Ruairc (15.52)

101^st Catherine McKeon (15.57)

125^th Ann Woodlock (19.35)

129 finishers

PARKRUNS (15.02.2020)

Castletown: 55^th David Hudson M60 (27.08), 66^th Joan McTernan W60 (28.46)

Naas: 1^st Sam Allen (17.56)

Royal Canal, Kilcock: 10^th & 3^rd woman Sinead O’Reilly (22.20)

Waterstown: 9^th & 1^st woman Katie Delaney U15 (23.26)