Weekly Roundup

A busy week over the past seven days with Club athletes competing on several fronts.

Dublin League Day 1

The U10 to U16 Age Groups had their first day out in the Dublin League last Sunday in Tallaght. The Dublin League is a great competition for preparing for the championships to come and for getting event experience. There were big numbers competing in the U10 Turbo Javelin and the preparation over the winter paid off with five club athletes in the Top 12.

Our Jumpers continued to progress with wins for Robin Harris (4.88m, Club Record u14) and Eva McArdle in the Girls u15. The 400m is a rarely run event for younger ages with good runs from Ella O’Dwyer (U15) and Keane Wosser (u16) while the Middle Distance squad in all ages got valuable experience in their races with the Boys u13 a standout with 5 of the Boys dipping under the 2 minute mark for 600m.

North Leinster Schools

Monday saw the North Leinster School Championships in Santry. This event is the first event in the qualifying chain for the Irish Secondary Schools Championship with qualifiers from this event proceeding to the Leinster School Championship. There were numerous qualifiers across many events with a broad range of schools represented by Club athletes including Manor House, Malahide Educate Together, Nessans, St Fintans, Belmayne Educate Together and Sutton Park.

The Ferguson sisters had a unique treble with Aoife (High Jump), Lauren (Race Walk) and Sophie (Discus) all taking gold while Dylan Brennan had a sprint double (100 & 200m) the Junior Boys while the Junior and Intermediate Girls of Belmayne Educate Together both won their 4 x 100m Relays.

In total, 21 Club athletes have qualified for the Leinster Schools.

Dublin Graded Meet

The first round of the Dublin Graded Meet took place in Santry on Saturday. This is a Senior Open Series of Meets. U17 Girls, Alicja Doyle and Marianne O’Farrell, made their debuts and both performed very well in their 100m events. Alicja running 12.16 for 6th in the A race while Marianne had a strong win in her C Race in 13.13.