FOUNDED 1973
Well done to all our younger athletes who competed in the Meath Championships last night in Navan, they all did brilliantly. Great to also see some of our young athletes on the podium; Harry Gough 1st turbo javelin, Aoife Cassidy 1st turbo javelin, Barry Lenehan 1st turbo javelin, Roisin Quinn 3rd turbo javelin, Yasmin Yilmaz 3rd in Long jump. See you tonight at training
Well done to all our relays teams who ran so well last night in Navan, despite a very wet start to the evening! A special well done to our younger athletes, Some of whom were competing in the Meath Championships for the first time, who ran brilliantly. Well done to all.
Thank you to all the Children for attending last nights relay practice. Please ensure that you arrive early to Claremont Stadium on Wednesday for warm up. U9 Girls need to be at check in area by 6:35pm ready to run by 6:45pm. All relays will be done on times, so the fastest three teams out of all heats in each age group will medal. Looking forward to seeing you all on the night.
On the track the Cushinstown athletes continued to do well in the sunshine.
In the U12 60m sprint Isabella Gogan came second. Loclainn Harris claimed the silver in the U13 60m sprint and 600m. Charlie Swan ran very well in the 600m. In the U13 girls 60m sprint Laura Bolster claimed gold, Roisin McManus silver with Ella Barry a strong fourth.
In U14 80m sprints Mollie White won gold. Mollie won her second gold medal of the day in the 200m sprints with Ava Purcell in second and Abi Sheehy third. In the U14 800m Ciara Smyth claimed the bronze.
In U14 200m sprints Mollie White claimed the gold closely followed by club mates Ava Purcell silver and Abi Sheehy bronze.
Day 2 of the Meath Championships yesterday was the hurdles competition and the Cushinstown athletes performed brilliantly. In the 60m hurdles U12 boys Lee Callaghan won gold and James Bellew silver. In the U13 boys Lochlainn Harris claimed gold. In the U13 girls Laura Bolster claimed the gold and Ella Barry silver. In the U14 girls it was Cushinstown all the way with Mollie White 1st, Niamh Quinn 2nd and Amy Callaghan 3rd. In the U15 girls Aine O’Sullivan won gold. Aine also won gold in the 250m hurdles. In the Junior mens 110m Donal Hearns claimed the gold. Well done to all and thanks to the juvenile hurdles coach Nicola for all the hard training she has done with the athletes.
