The highlight of Dublin Athletics Graded Track and Field meeting number 7 at Morton Stadium, Santry was the Rathfarnham WSAF AC team coming in first place in the mixed relay on a very wet evening. Congratulations to the team of Amy McCabe, Lee Byrne, Alex Hill and Ronan Kearns.

Clare Sullivan came 3^rd in the women’s 1500m in a great time of 4:56.29 with Aisling O’Connor running 5:24.99 and Sue Ryan 5:36.63. Pearse Coyle ran a very measured M1500m in 5:00.59 and Wesley Petoshati  ran 28.76 in the M200m.

Well done to everybody who took part and the wonderful organisers of this event.

Warm , sunny  weather  greeted  Athletes  for  the weekend  of  the  Juvenile  Championships   held in Tullamore last weekend.  Day One saw Rathfarnhams young hurdlers into National Championship action. First into battle was Cillian Mc Cabe U/13 Boys 60mH. Starting from lane 5 in the second heat, Cillian was impressive finishing 2^nd 10.08 easily booking himself a place in the Final. Cillian was drawn in lane 7^th for the Final,  finishing  a close 5^th posting  9.94 a new pb!  Sofia Hyland Girls U/14 75mH, also qualified from her heat  in  3^rd place 12.80. Sofia came a respectful 7^th in Final with  a faster 12.26!

Dara Mulvihill was busy on Saturday representing Rathfarnham in two events;  U12 Long Jump  and Shot Put. Dara jumped 3.54m 16^th and threw 7.01m 12^th.

Isabelle Doyle in the  U/16 Girls Long Jump made the cut out from  15 competitors . Isabelle jumped a pb of  4.91m to finish 8^th overall in a highly competitive competition.

Alex Hill came 4^th 2:06:56 in U/17 Boys 800m.

Sunday brought the second day of action. Amy Mc Cabe was 6^th 1:04:97 in U/17 Girls 400m. Our young hurdler  finalist from Saturday, Sofia Hyland,  turned Long Jumper on Sunday and jumped a very impressive 4.86m in the U/14 Girls event , placing 3^rd and earning herself a Bronze Medal in her first National Outdoors!

After lunch saw the appearance of the Sprinters!  Daniel Chukwu was Rathfarnhams hope in the U/13 Boys 80m. Daniel came agoingsly close to a Final Qualifying place, coming in 6^th place 10:94 in the faster of the two heats!  In heat two of the  U/15 Girls 100m, Fortune Chukwu came  4^th 13:20. Isabelle Doyle ran 12.93 in U/16 Girls 100m to take her place in a top quality field in the Final. Isabelle was 7^th 12:88 in Final,   in which  a  championship record was broken!  Well done to all our Athletes! Full results on Athletics Ireland website.

At the recent Leinster Junior Championships. Hugh Prendergast ran 24.41 in the 200m to place 2nd and bring home the silver medal. In Field Events in the same Championships; Isobel Mullarney launched the Javelin out to 26.9m to place 3rd for Bronze. Well done to both Athletes!

At the Dublin Athletics Graded Track and Field Meeting number 6 on Wednesday July 5^th in Irishtown Athletic Stadium, club results were as follows:

In the men’s 5000m David Scanlon came 2^nd in a time of 15:17.39. Jonathan Hughes ran 16:12.32, Brian Furey 16:27.32 and Neil Skelton 17:10.59.

The women’s 5000m saw Lynne Hennessey coming second in 18:50.15.

In the women’s 800m Catriona Dowling ran 2:31.14 and Ber Crowley 2:36.87. Pearse Coyle ran 2:25.03 in the men’s 800m and Wesley Petoshati ran 13:45 in the 100m.

Well done to everybody who competed in this highly organised meet.