We had some fine performances from our juvenile athletes in the Dublin T&F Championships over the weekend. Tom McGrath finished 3rd in the U13 600m on Friday night in a PB of 1min 48 seconds & Stephen Gaffney had a PB of 2 mins 15 seconds finishing 5th in the U18 800m. On Saturday, David Scanlon ran a brave race to finish 3rd in the U17 3,000 meters in a PB of 10 mins 03 seconds. Stephen Gaffney took silver in the U18 triple jump.On Sunday Michael Connolly finished 7th in the U15 1500m in a PB of 5 mins 07 seconds. Ian Rankin ran a very aggressive race to win the U17 1500m in 4 mins 25 seconds & Sean Hayes finished 5th in 4 mins 54 seconds. Stephen Gaffney finished 7th in the U18 1500m in a PB of 4 mins 45 seconds. In a very tactical U19 1500m, Jack McLaughlin took silver  medal in 4 mins 32 seconds.In the Junior open mile on Saturday night Gerard Claffey ran 4 mins 58 seconds in his first time over the distance.Well done to all our runners who put in really strong performances again.

Philip Halpin

Coach to Junior Athletes

                                   

Tom, Ian, Jack and Stephen