Three of our senior athletes represented the club at the U23, senior and masters Leinster championships in Tullamore on Sunday the 3rd of June. Donal Kearns competed in the senior men’s 110mh, coming first while coming second in the high jump. Michael O’Sullivan won the senior men’s discus and came second in the shot put. Luke Redmond competed in the U23 100m but unfortunately had to pull up early with a hamstring injury. The club would like to congratulate the lads on their performance and wish Luke the best with his recovery.
New Record for Lizzy
Congratulations to Lizzy Morland in setting a new National record in the Heptathlon while competing in Arona, Tenerife over the weekend. In reaching 5815 she beat her own existing record which she set in the European Juniors in Grosseto, Italy last year. Setting a new PB in the LJ she also had a PB in the shot had a solid Javelin and ran well in the 200 and was just .02 off her PB in the hurdles. Full result- 13.63 100mh, 1.70 HJ, 11.49 SP, 24.99 200m, 6.12 LJ, 43.49 Jav. 2.22.23 800m.
Jnr Championships & AAI Games
Over the weekend we had some of our senior ladies competing in various events. Aoife Lenehan competed in the Leinster Junior Championships in Lourdes Stadium, Drogheda on Thursday the 24th of May where she won gold in the shot put. Elizabeth Morland competed in the AAI games in Morton stadium, Santry on Sunday the 27th of May where she won both the 100mh with a time of 13.58 and the long jump with 5.95m. This is great for the club and we hope the girls continue to have a great outdoor season!
Irish – Scottish Universities match
On Saturday the 26th of May two of our senior athletes, Donal Kearns and Michael O’Sullivan represented Ireland at the Irish Universities – Scottish Universities match held in Grangemouth, Scotland. Donal took second in the 110mh as did Michael in the discus. The lads contributed valuable points to their team which won the Men’s cup as well as the overall cup. This is a great achievement for the club and we hope to see many more like this in the future!
Final Day of Meath Championships
It was another busy weekend for our juvenile athletes. On Saturday Amy Callaghan competed in the All Ireland combined event in Santry. She did brilliantly in the pentathlon event of high jump, long jump, shot putt, 800m and 80m hurdles coming fifth overall. There were also some great performances by the Cushinstown athletes today in Claremont stadium in Navan for Day 6 of the Meath Championships with more personal bests achieved and county medals earned. Again it was great to see so many of our younger athletes competing. In the U9 turbo javelin Kacey McManus claimed the gold and Annalise Harris the silver. Maria Dardis also threw very well. In the U9 long jump Casper Cudden jumped well in his first competition. In the U10 boys turbo javelin Kyle Hetherton also threw very well. In the U11 long jump both Peter Bellew and Barry Lenehan jumped very well in a very strong field. In the U11 girls high jump Roisin Quinn jumped well but was unable to match her winning jump at the Meath League last Wednesday. She made up for that by claiming the silver medal in the turbo javelin.
In the U12 girls shot putt Nia Hetherton came first and Katie Lawlor third. Eva Gallagher also threw very well. and in the long jump Nia, Katie and Eva Gallagher all jumped very well. In the U12 boys high jump, Kevin Doyle came second and John Dardis third. There was also some great jumping from Jyles Gogan. Kevin also came fourth in the turbo javelin. Lee Callaghan put in some great performances completing a hat trick winning gold in the U13 javelin, discus and shot putt. In U14 boys high jump jump Loclainn Harris came third. In U14 shot putt Roisin McManus threw brilliantly to win the gold.
It was Cushinstown in first, second and third position in the U15 long jump with Amy Callaghan winning gold, Niamh Quinn silver and Abi Sheehy bronze. In the U15 discus Niamh Quinn claimed the gold, Amy Bellew the silver and Emily McGreal the bronze with Mollie White just missing out on the medals. In the U15 javelin Amy Callaghan came first, Amy Bellew second and Emily McGreal third with Niamh Quinn a strong fourth.
In the U16 shot Katie Lenehan came first and Aine O’Sullivan second. Jack McGeer did brilliantly in both the U16 high jump and U16 shot putt winning silver in both events.
In the U17 long jump Orlaith Quinn claimed the gold. On the track the Cushinstown athletes continued to do well. There were some great performances in the sprints by Eva Gallagher, Nia Hetherton, and Katie Lawlor with Casper Cudden making his debut in the 60m sprint. In the longer distance of 500m Kacey McManus , Annalise Harris, Kyle Hetherton and Maria Dardis all put in great runs. In the U14 boys 200m sprint Loclainn Harris ran a great race to win the silver medal. In the U14 girls Roisin McManus also ran very well in the 200m sprint to claim the silver medal. In the U15 girls 200m both Abi Sheehy and Mollie White ran very well in the heats to get through to the final. Unfortunately Mollie had to pull out of the final with an injury. Abi went on run brilliantly in the final winning gold in a very tight finish. In the U16 200m sprints Jack McGeer ran a good race coming fourth. Well done to all the athletes and their dedicated supporters and coaches! Thanks also to everyone who helped out.