Tallaght Athletes in Great Form A number of Tallaght athletes were in great form last weekend in a number of top class events at home and abroad. In his first Marathon outing Sean Connolly did exceptionally well in the Rotterdam Marathon on Sunday where he finished 15th overall with a great time of 2.17.21 which undoubtedly puts him on the right track in his quest for the Olympic qualifying standard. In the same event Colm Barcoe crossed the line in 2.58 and was followed home by Shea Murphy in 3.25.16. Elsewhere more than 30 Senior Tallaght athletes competed in the 10k Spar Great Ireland Run in the Phoenix Park where the first of our senior men to cross the line was Tomas Fitzpatrick who finished 13th overall in a time of 31.27 which was enough to place him 6th in the Irish 10k Road race Championship which was incorporated in the race, Davy Byrne (33.24) was next to cross the line for the club and he was followed by the first of our Master men Brian O’ Connor (35.52), who in turn was followed home by Eoin Brennan (36.03), Paddy Lyons (38.27), Brendan Ryan (39.10), Gerry Woods (39.12), Desie Shorten (40.43), Sean Walsh (40.52), Gerry Dore (41.11), Ray Fitzsimons (41.14), Viv O’ Hanlon (41.26), Gerry O’ Brien (42.08), Dave Meehan (42.20), Karl Geraghty (43 .50), John Stokes (44.09), Irfran Quershi (44.10), Terry Fayne (47.53) and David Weakliam (55.50). Club Captain Sharon Tighe led the Tallaght women home when she crossed the line in 44.45 with Anna King next to finish (45.46) followed by Jenny Jones (46.00 P.B.), Marissa Mc Millan (47.12), Aoife Fitzroy (50.03), Susan Holland (50.48), Susan Adams (51.29), Pauline Madden (51.33), Lisa Curley (51.43), Tracy Powell (52.22), Anita Carruth (56.04), Deirdre Harris (56.09), Deborah O’ Connor (56.15), Liz Masterson (57.35) and Fiona Brown (1.00.17). During the course of the week some of our juveniles were in action in the West Leinster Schools Championships where Keith Doherty won the 200m title and bronze in the 100m, and his younger brother Eoin took both the 100m and long jump titles and followed up with 4th in both the Javelin and Discus contests. Sean Mc Cabe won silver in the 1500m steeple chase and finished 6th in the 800m whilst Kayleigh Clarke took bronze in the 500m final. Uchenna Uwechue recorded a new P.B of 2.02 when finishing 4th in the Senior 800m and Aloisa King finished in a similar position in the walk, whilst John Daly finished 8th in the 3,000m and Philip Murray in the Senior 5,000m. Next up for our athletes will be the first Dublin T&F league competitions for Juveniles U10-U16 which will be held on the Tallaght Track next Saturday and the following day the club will be well represented in the National Road Relay Championships in Raheny where our Senior and Masters men’s teams are expected to be in contention for top honours.