Summer finally arrive to the Morton Stadium with a scorcher of a day on Day 1 of Dublin Juvenile Track & Field championships and our juveniles rose to the occasion.
We had 23 athletes qualify for National’s, with 3 Dublin Championship Titles, 8 Silvers, 7 Bronze Medals and 5 4th place qualifiers.
TITLES: U15 Boy Daire Cronin won the 800m with an impressive sprint to break awa from the pack to take gold. U16 Conor Kenny won the 800m and U16 Ava Cosgrave took the Dublin Javelin title.
Track: – In the U12,s Eoin O’Sullivan was our first man out in the 600m boys taking 6th in heat one in 1:59.42, John Curtin finished 11th in heat 3 in 2:07.59, and Thomas O’Brien was our fastest in the competition finishing 4th in his heat in 1:58.17. In the U12 Girls Ivy Haughey finished 8th in heat 2 with a tine of 2:07.98. In heat 4 Ellie Walsh finished 6th in 2:02.78 and in heat 5 Caitríona Ní Fhlaithearta finished 11th in 2:19.45
In the U13 600m, Joshua finished 13th in heat 2 and Conall Ahern finished 9th in heat 3 in 2:10.09. In the girls, Matilda Hughes finished 11th in 2:06.49 in heat 1, Brianna Lawless finished 12th in 2:17.87 and Molly O’Brien finished 7th in heat 4 in 2:02.96.
In the U14 800m it was heats and into finals. In the Boys Isaac O’Neill finished 2nd in heat 1 in 2:18.11 and a Q to the final. Rhys Jenkins finished 5th in that heat in 2.33.69 with a pb. In heat 2, Ruairí Donnelly Browne earned the q with his 3rd place finish in 2:23.90. Conn Feore finished 6th in that heat in 2:30.41 and a pb with David Chilug from our sprints group ,finishing 9th. In the 3rd and final heat Finn McGurren won the heat in 2:25.61 and a Q to the final. Rhys Sexton finished 7th in the heat. In the final, Isaac O’Neill took the silver in 2:20.28 and Finn McGurren took the last National Qualifying spot in 4th in 2.24.42. Ruairí Donnelly Brown finished 7th in the heat in 2:28.51.
In the girls U14 800m Sarah Thomas had a brilliant race finishing 3rd in heat 1 in 2:39.05, in heat 2 Aoife Fowler finished 7th in her heat with a pb, Ava Fagan won heat 3 in 2:31.31 with Grace Byrne 6th in that heat also getting a pb. In heat 4 Adrianna Madrzynska finished 3rd in her heat in 2:34.44 with a pb and Lucy Fagan finished 5th in 2:39.87. Ava Fagan finished 4th securing National Qualification with a 0.26 margin. An amazing display of determination from her.
In the U15 Boys 800m Daire Cronin secured 1st and 2nd spot qualifications to the final in 2:11.57 and 2:13.58 respectively. Sam Steenson finished 5th in that heat in a time of 2:22.06. In heat 2 Seamus Phelan finished 4th in 2:18.25 and a pb with Adam Phelan finished 8th in 2:34.93. In heat 3 Andrew Low finished 4th in 2:19.22 and Nathan Sexton finished 9th in 2:45.25. In the Final Daire Cronin put in a strong push to take the title in 2:10.91 with Luke Tracey securing National Qualification in 4th place with 2:11.51 taking that spot by a mere 0.4 of a second.
In the U15 girl 250mH, Julia Rzeszutko finished 3rd in heat 1 in 39.41. In heat 2 Katelyn Duffy finished 5th in 44.52 and Hannah Ní Mhuircheartaigh finished 2nd in her heat, unlucky not to make the final in 42.42. In the final Julia finished 5th in 39.30. In the 800m Aliyah Riyad finished 2nd in heat 1 in 2:32.14 securing automatic qualification for the final. In heat 3, Nessa Byrne finished 3rd in 2:59.49 and a q to the final. In the final, Nessa Byrne secured National qualification with her 4th place finish in 2:23.65. Aliyah finished 6th in 2:30.35
In the U16 Boys 800m, Hayden Kenny in a brave race finished 6th in heat 1 in 2:15.46, Joel Thomas finished 9th in the same heat. In heat 2 Braxton O’Shea took the win in 2:10.68, Conor Kenny took the 2nd Q in 2:10.80. Conor enny took the title in 2:06.96 with Braxton taking the bronze in 2.09.30. In the 3000m Braxton O’Shea played cat and mouse to the finish line to take the silver on the line in 9:53.13. Chris Collins in his debut had a very impressive race finishing 5th in 9:59.80. Eoghan Thompson finished 11th in 10:22.88. Mark Kelly as he continues to recover from injury finished 13th in 10:27.28
In the girls U16 800m, Carragh Nighfloinn finished 3rd in heat 1 in 2:32.27 and a q to the final. In heat 2 Sophia Tennant pushed right to the line to take the final spot in the final with her 5th place finish in 2:35.36. In the final Carragh finished 6th in 2:28.49 and Sophia finished 7th in 2:32.79, well done to both. In the 3000m Kate Gil took a well deserved bronze in 11:18.16.
The U17 Boys 3000m saw Ryan Fagan finish 7th in 10.17.04 with Cormac Tynan finishing 9th in 10:32.84. The U17 Girls was a straight final and saw a very welcome return to competition for Lucy McFetridge who ran a brilliant race to take the silver in 2:24.46. In the 3000m Ella O’Sullivan qualified for Nationals with her 4th place finish in 12:14.63
In the U18 Boys 800m, Edy Blacque finished 2nd in heat 1 to secure his place in the final in 2:06.50. A debut for Tom Rushe saw him finish 7th in the heat and great experience gained for him. In heat 2 Joshua Chalmers took the qualification to the final with his 2nd place finish in 2:10.28. Fiachra O’Donovan finished 7th in that heat. In the Final, Edy took the silver in 2:02.09 with Joshua finishing with 2:07.38. Fiachra also ran the 3000m finishing 11th.
In the U18 Girls 800m straight final, Sophie Kernan took the bronze in 2:29.23. The U19 Girls was ran with the U18 girls. Rachel Ardiff took the U19 silver in 2:35.24. In the 3000m Isla Duncan took the silver in 10:39.13
Field: – U12 Boy Alex Ryan took an impressive silver in the Shot put with his best throw of 7.96. Odhran Kidd finished 16th with a fine throw of 5.71. In the Girls U12 Shot Put, Leah Bushell finished 19th out of 32 with her great throw of 4.66
In the U13 Boys Javelin Luke Stevenson had a fantastic throw of 21.10 to earn him a Bronze and through to Nationals. In the girls High Jump Molloy O’Brien finished 7th with her best jump of 1.30, Brianna Lawless finished 10th with her jump of 1.25 and Matilda Hughes finished 20th with her jump of 1.15 In the Javelin Kate Ní Mhuircheartaigh finished 8th with her best throw of 13.17 and Brianna Lawless finished 11th with her throw of 10.32 and Maelle Wilson finished 16th. It is fantastic to see such amazing results and progress in the U13 fields events groups.
In U14 Boys Javelin Rhys Daly was unlucky not to make nationals with his 5th place finished and a brilliant 6th throw of 22.44, no doubt looking forward to the sprints and long jump. Isaac O’Neill finished 12th with a throw of 10.42. In the Shot Put, Isaac O’Neill took the bronze with a throw of 8.26 and Rhys Daly finished 9th with his throw of 6.97. In the U14 Girls High Jump, Grace Keegan finished joint 8th with a jump of 1.30, Fia Dunbar finished 12th with a jump of 1.25 and Mila Webb also jumping 1.25 finished 13th and Dearbhaile Corcoran 16th also with 1.25 on count back. Emily Galvin finished 18th in the Shot Put with her throw of 5.98.
In the U15 Boys Long Jump Andrew Low took the bronze with a fine jump of 5.21. In the Girls Javelin, Hannah Ní Mhuircheartaigh finished 5th with a throw of 17.55. In her long jump she finished 13th with a jump of 4.12
U16 girls saw the standout Podium of the day for Clonliffe with Ava Cosgrave taking the title with her throw of 23.52. Savannah O’Neill finished 2nd with 22.46 and Eleanor Fanning finished 3rd with her throw of 20.05.
Well done to all the athletes who took part and to their dedicated coaches. Thank you also to the parents who volunteered on the day.
Days 2 to 5 take place on the 5th, 6th and 7th of June in the Morton Stadium. Entries through the Entry4Sports portal on the link below and close on the 30th May at 11:50pm sharp. No late entries.
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