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On Sunday last Celbridge AC had a great representation in Nenagh for day 1 of the Leinster Indoor Championships. For the first time ever all the relays were held on the same day. These were run in conjunction with the junior/senior and masters individual competition.
The first relay of the day was the girls u13 in which Aoife Tynan, Roisin McConnon, Elana Reilly and Elaine Wilson ran a great race. Unfortunately these relays are done on time and only the best 4 teams on the day get into the final. The girls ran great but did not make the final but for most of these girls it was a first time running indoors and was a great experience.
Then came the boys u13 of Ciaran O'Connor, Ross Hackett, Colin Lawlor and Jack Deasy. They too had a great run and was unlucky not to make the final. But this experience will stand to these boys when it comes to the individual events. The u15 girls team of Christine Campion, Michelle O'Dea, Laura Smyth and Shauna Minnock were very unlucky altogether. They were told they did not make the top 4 times for the final but the results show that they did qualify! So we will have to keep an eye on these girls in the outdoor relays - they will be looking for justice! The u19 boys team of David Campbell, Ciaran Larkin, Eoin Moore and Darragh McGee were the first Celbridge team of the day to win medals! The boys had a great run to claim the silver medals in a race that was not without drama. Well done boys! In the even age groups the u14 girls team were first out with Michelle O'Dea, Sinead O'Connor, Katie Donaghy and Claire Kennedy. They too ran well but did not make the final. The boys u14 team of Matthew Dwyer, Alan Carroll, Lorcan Everard,Danny Cahill and Ross Hackett had a great race in their heat and had a very anxious wait to hear if they qualified for the final. They did but were just pipped at the line for the bronze medal. Well done lads and like the girls u15 ... watch this space at the outdoor relays. The girls u16 team of Vivian Fleischer, Christine Campion, Aoibheann O'Farrell and Aoife O'Broin were unlucky to drop the baton in their race and did not make the final. The girls u18 team of Jordan Merkele, Niamh Sheehy, Jamie Garland, Sinead Lawler and Siobhan Brady were lucky in that their race was a straight final and the girls ran fantastic. Jordan in her first outing for Celbridge AC had a great start followed by Niamh and Jamie and Sinead took the baton in 3rd place. On the back straight in front of all their supporters Sinead powered past St. Coca's athlete to claim a very well deserved silver medal. Well done girls. The master athletes had another fantastic outing winning a bumper amount of medals. The Master individual field events took place during the relays with Steffen Fleischer winning gold in the high jump. Michael Tynan won silver in the high Jump with a new PB. Finola Moore won the High Jump, Long Jump and 2nd in the 60m while teammate Deirdre Sheehy won gold in the Shot Putt, 60m and silver in the long jump. Paula Reilly continued on her winning ways with gold in the 60m,(equaling CBP time), 200m and Shot. Lant Carroll got gold in the 400m after a fine display of running and 2nd in the 60m. John Molloy won gold in both the 60m and 200m. Its great to see him back competing after injury. Eamon Tynan competed in the 3k race and got a new PB improving on his time last week. Martin Kennedy also competed in the 800m and was unlucky to finish in 4th place by just 3 secs. Sandra Lawler competed in the senior 60m and the 60m hurdles winning the hurdles in a new Championship Record. Seye Ogunlewe competed in the junior 60m sprint finishing in 2nd place in a very fast race. Seye later competed along with teammates David Campbell, Darragh McGee and Paul Brady to take the gold medal in the junior relay. David and Darragh also competed in the junior competition for experience and ran very fast times but were just outside qualifying for the final. All in all a brilliant day for Celbridge AC and all the athletes concerned. Well done! |