All Ireland Juvenile Track and Field Championships 03/11/12-Jun-2015

Post date: Jul 27, 2015 10:29:51 AM

ALL IRELAND JUVENILE TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS

The All Ireland Juvenile Track and Field Championships were held over three days on 3^rd, 11^th and 12^th July in Tullamore. On Day one Tirna Cahill competed in the Girls U15 Hammer event. Tirna came 6^th with her best throw of 31.24m. This was a very good result for Tirna at her first All Ireland Championship. She shows great potential at this event. Brid McCarthy competed in the U17 100m and was 5^th in her heat just outside qualification on day three.

Fearghal Curtin competed in the U18 3000m on 11^th July. He led for most of the race with Shane Hughes in pursuit. Fearghal tired in the last 300m and finished in 2^nd place. This was held on 11^th July – day two. On 12^th July Sean Broderick had a very good attempt at the U17 300m hurdles finishing in 4^th place i a time of 42.28. Emily O’ Keefe also ran well in the U18 200m event just failing to qualify for a very competitive final. Killian Nolan had a very good run in the U16 1500m finishing in 7^th place and achieving a Pb of 4.29.15; he had a very strong last 400m lap.

Lauren O’ Mahoney won the U19 Javelin competition 30.73m. This was a great achievement for Lauren to win her last Juvenile All Ireland Javelin event. Fearghal Curtin had to run in heat two of the U18 1500m in which he came 2^nd in a time of 4.12.42. He went on to have a great race in the final which he won in a time of 4.01.73. Unfortunately Jake McCarthy was unable to go to All Ireland due to holiday arrangements. Well done to all these athletes who performed so well after such a long season. More photos available at www.youghalac.com/photos