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Dublin Juvenile Track and
Field Championships
(by Ray Fitzsimons)
The final day of this years Dublin Juvenile Track
and Field Championships were held last night at Santry Stadium. Qualification to
the National Finals in Tullamore was on the agenda and the Tallaght athletes
certainly did not
go away empty handed.
First on the podium was Aisling Johnston who won the U13 Javelin with a throw of
19.81M.
Oisin Purcell booked his ticket to the finals when finishing in the silver medal
position in the U14 75M Hurdles. Shane Doody added to his haul of medals this
year when winning silver in the U16 110M Hurdles.
Darren Byrne travels to Tullamore as Dublin Champion following his win in the
U17 High Jump and he will be accompanied by clubmate Jeffrey Sheridan who added
the silver medal in the High Jump to his already impressive haul of medals.
Johnathan Smith also booked his ticket following his third place finish in the
U17 Javelin competition.
Claire Murray brought the nights proceedings to a great finale when taking Gold
in the U19 Discus with a throw of 23.18M.
This coming weekend is a busy one for the club with eight relay teams in action
in the National Finals in Tullamore, the clubs youngest athletes compete in the
National Childrens Games also in Tullamore and the club are sending a senior
mens and ladies teams to compete in the first round of the Mazda League in Navan
on Sunday.
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