Juveniles in Contention for League Honours

After the 3^rd Juvenile T&F League meeting in Santry last Friday evening Santry many of our juveniles again competed very well and added additional points with a number consolidating their positions at the top of their divisions to put them well in contention for League honours.

Conor Murray went six points clear of his nearest rival at U16 degree after he won the 1200m and Javelin and took the runner up spot in both the 100m and long jump contests and it will be a task for Adam Raitt of Brothers Pearse to claw back the deficit in the final meet on this Friday evening at Irishtown.

In the girls equivalent age group Jade Johnston secured additional points after she won the javelin, finished 2^nd in the 1200m, 4^th in the long jump and 6^th in the 100m and her 54 points total leaves her with an unassailable lead over her nearest rival.

In the U15 division Epey Mutanga slipped back to 4^th place after he missed the last meet but is still well in contention for the top six honours, whilst Eoin Doherty presently in 6^th should also consolidate his position in Friday evening’s finale.

Mustaffa Nasir consolidated his runner up position at U14 degree after he easily won the 1200m and Discus contests and finished 6^th in the high jump, whilst Kayleigh Clarke retained her 2^nd placing after she also added points with a 3^rd placing in the 1200m and a 4^th placing in the high jump. Sean Flanagan’s absence from the 3^rd round meant he dropped down to 8^th overall but he too can move back up into the top six with some good performances in the final.

Cathal Dervan moved up the table from 6^th to 5^th in the U13 division after he secured extra points with a gutsy performance in the 600m where he finished 2^nd and in the 80m where he shared the points for 6^th place.

 Despite finishing 3^rd in the 600m and 6^th in the shot putt Seamus Noone was pushed back into second overall in the U12 division with Christopher Duffy and James Ackerman chasing him in 3^rd and 4^th after they both secured additional points last Friday evening, whilst both Nadine Johnston Hickey and Grace Dervan can still move up from 11^th and 13^th respectively if they put in some good performances this Friday.

Kevin Lahiff retained his 4^th place position at U11 degree after another good outing and he and Carl Graham (9^th) can both secure top six awards with one meet remaining, as can Aaron Murray and Yan-Aengus Geraghty in the U10 division where they are presently placed 5^th and 9^th respectively.

Elsewhere Eoin Doherty won the minor long jump in the Leinster Schools Championships in Santry yesterday whilst later on in the evening at the same venue Sean Mc Cabe recorded 55.2 when he won the Grade D 400m in the 3^rd meet of Dublin Senior Graded Series where Artjuom Kutjavin finished 4^th in grade B in a time of 53.19 and Bonaface Chege finished 4^th in the grade D mile with Colm Barcoe following him home in 8^th.

On Sunday last Tomas Fitzpatrick finished 10^th in the AAI Games 3,000m contest at Santry where he recorded a time of 8.24 whilst Keith Sherlock finished 9^th overall in the Sportsworld 5 mile road race with a time of 27.22 where Viv O’ Hanlon finished 1^st in the O/60 category and both Jaqui Boyle and Beth Fitzpatrick took 2^nd prize in their respective O/40 and O/55 categories. Brendan Ryan, Gerry Woods, Dave Meehan, Terry Fayne, Tomas Fitzpatrick Snr and Tara Woods all competed well in the event, whilst on the same day Shay Murphy finished the Kildare Marathon in a time of 3.23.

Our juveniles athletes will be putting in their best efforts at the last of the Leagues on Friday in Irishtown and on Sunday next on home ground in Tallaght where many will be vying for titles and National qualification when they contest the U9/10/11 team and relay Championships and the U12 ball throw Championships.