National Indoor Track and Field Championships Nenagh

Tallaght Athletic club juvenile athletes travelled to Nenagh last weekend to compete in the first weekend of the National Juvenile Indoor Track and Field Championships.

First on the podium for the club was Claire Murray who secured the bronze medal in the U19 Shot Putt competition.

Fiona Mc Carthy went one better when producing a season’s best performance to take the silver medal in the U19 400M final.

Tracy Williams made it a great weekend for the girls when dominating the U19 1500M final by leading the race from start to finish to take the gold medal and National title.

Aisling Johnston and Rebecca Game secured their places in the U13 600M final and finished in 4th and 6th place respectively.

Stephanie Game narrowly missed out on a place in the U18 300M Final while Shane Doody and Johnathan Smith also ran well in the sprints.

 Darren Byrne went close when finishing just outside the medals in the U17 High Jump and he also made the final of the U17 Hurdles.

 Luke Coleman qualified for the final of the U15 hurdles and Ger Purcell and Jeffrey Sheridan also qualified for the final of the U18 and U17 60M finals.

 There was encouraging performances also from Ciara O’ Leary, Ciaran Dunne, Eoghan Hennessy, Carla Fullam and Derek Quinn.

 Many of these athletes will be back in action in the final weekend of competition on April 5^th and 6^th.

 The club would like to wish Robert Fitzsimons the best of luck when he competes in next Saturdays International Schools Cross Country Championship.

Click here for some pics of the day.