Tallaght
juvenile athletes accumulated an additional 18 medals for local schools
at the concluding two days of the West Leinster Schools Track & Field
Championships at Santry on Tuesday and Thursday last. Colaiste De h-Ide
was the recipient of no fewer than 7 medals through the efforts of
Aisling Johnston, who took the Inter 1500m title and followed up with
the gold in the javelin and bronze in the U16 200m, whilst Rebecca Game
took the Inter 800m title and silver in the 300m, and Stacey O’ Connor
adding to the tally with silver in the Inter 3k and bronze in the senior
800m contest.
There was
also further joy for St Marks Community School after the successes of
Robert Fitzsimons and Luke Coleman on the first day of competition the
previous week when Brian Gregan won gold in the Inter 400m, with Peter
Fitzsimons taking silver in the same category and Bronagh O’ Hanlon
doing likewise in the senior girls 3k.
Anthony
Lieghio delivered two bronze for Drimnagh Castle in the senior 800m and
1500m contests, with Brian Connolly adding a silver for the school in
the junior 800m contest, as did Sean Bolger in the Inter 100m sprint,
whilst Aoibheann Tierney delivered top honours for Rathcoole Community
school in the Inter 3k event and silver in the 1500m.
Jade
Corcoran, the sole representative for St Pauls, Greenhills produced a
great run to win the junior girls 1500m title and John Dever took the
bronze podium position in the senior shot putt event for Tallaght
Community School.
The Leinster
Schools Championships in a few weeks time will have no shortage of
Tallaght competitors. Meanwhile some of our juveniles will be further
engaged in the Dublin juvenile track & field leagues at Santry over the
next few weeks with some others competing for Dublin at the National
Community Games cross country finals in Mosney.
Elsewhere on
Wednesday evening last in Lucan some of our seniors competed in the
Dublin Novice Road race Championships which was combined with the Tom
Byrne Memorial 5k race, and provisional team results, yet to be
confirmed, had Tallaght as the winners. The four scoring members of the
team were Nilton Demorez who was 1st novice home for the club
in 4th (7th overall in the combined race), James
Crowley, Bill Murphy and Colm Barcoe. Davey Byrne ran another superb
race to take 3rd place overall in the Tom Byrne.
At the Irish
Milers Club meet in Irishtown Stadium on Saturday last, Ronan Kearns
posted another good time and p.b. (1.25), when finishing a good 3rd
in 600m contest.