Sean Lawlor of Kylemore College ended his Leinster schools athletics career in style when he won both the senior 100m and 200m at the second day of the Glo Health Leinster Schools Track and Field Championships in sun-soaked Santry.
In the 100m, Lawlor beat old rival Eoin Doherty of Drimnagh Castle to win in 10.83 secs. His time in the 200m was 21.86 secs.
Winning the senior girls’ 100m in 12.08 secs was Sophie Becker of St Mary’s New Ross. Aoife Lynch of LCC was second and later went on to win the 200m. Becker opted for the 400m rather than the 200m where she finished a close second behind Molly O’Reilly of Loreto Dalkey, who recorded a personal best time of 56.19 secs for victory.
Winning a closely fought inter girls 300m was Katie McGee of Teresians, who edged out the 200m champion Chloe Ni h Eidean of GC Carlow, Emma Cheshire of St Vincent’s Dundalk and Ellie O’Toole of C&P Kilcullen, all of them under 42 seconds.
An easy winner of the senior girls’ 1500m was Nadia Power of St MacDara’s whose current target is the World Junior qualifying mark of 4 mins 28 secs. Her time was a useful 4:36.50 and she’s aiming to run faster at the BMC meet in Watford next week.
Two middle distance thrillers at inter level proved the races of the day. In the girls’ 1500m, Laura Ward of Pres Carlow had a lead of about 20 metres at the bell, but was hunted down by Roseanne McCullough of the High School Rathgar who passed her for victory within inches of the line.
Equally dramatic was the boys’ 3000m, where Paddy Maher of Dunshaughlin CC came through to beat Cian Kelly of Knockbeg College, who was the pre-race favourite. Winning the senior boys 1500m was Kevin McGrath of St Pat’s Navan in 3:58.76, while taking the senior 5000m title was Jack O’Leary from Clongowes in 15:28.55.
The only track record of the day came in the inter girls’ 3,000m, with Amy Rose Farrell of Mount Anville, Abbie Taylor from St Gerard’s and Jodie McCann of Institute of Education all going under the previous record of 10:15.26.
A clear winner of the inter girls’ 800m in 2:16.49 was Mollie Brown of Castleknock CC.
Four field records were broken. In the inter high jump, Ryan Carty Walsh of Good Counsel soared over 2.05m adding one centimetre to the old record. Lauren O’Keeffe of Loreto Balbriggan won the inter girls’ hammer with a heave of 56.34, improving her own record from last year. There were also records in both the senior and inter girls’ pole vault with Sarah Derham winning the senior title with a vault of 3.05m and Lara O’Byrne of St Joseph’s Lucan best of the inter girls with 2.80m.
In the throws, Darragh Caffrey of St Finian’s made the World Juniors B qualifying mark when he threw 54.58m to win the inter boys’ title. Comfortably over the girls’ B standard with a winning throw of 43.40m in senior girls was Niamh Fogarty of St Joseph’s Rush. Winning the senior boys’ long jump was Keith Marks of Ashbourne CC with a best of 7.36m, which was an unofficial championships best (no wind gauge) ; Marks also won the high jump with 1.90m.
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Glo Health Leinster Schools T-F Day 2, Santry; www.athleticsireland.ie/downloads/eshop/Leinster_Schools_TF_Day_2_2016.pdf
Day 1 at www.athleticsireland.ie/downloads/eshop/Leinster_Schools_TF_2016_WED.pdf
Girls – Senior:
100m: 1 S Becker, St Mary’s New Ross 12.08, 2 A Lynch Luttrellstown CC 12.29, 3 A Rochford, Col Bride 12.45. 200m: 1 A Lynch, Luttrellstown CC 24.8, 2 A Rochford, Col Bride 25.37, 3 M Fane, Loreto Mullingar 25.95. 400m: 1 M O’Reilly, Loreto Dalkey 56.19, 2 S Becker, St Mary’s New Ross 56.91, 3 A Finnegan, HF Clontarf 59.53. 800m: 1 L Whitelaw, Loreto Mullingar 2:20.12, 2 N McMullen, Loreto Kilkenny 2:22.23, 3 V O’Connor, Mt Sackville 2:23.32. 1500m: 1 N Power, St Mac Dara’s 4:36.50, 2 E O’Brien, Dom Griffith Ave 4:37.39, 3 E Fitzpatrick, Our Lady’s Terenure 4:47.33. 3000m: 1 S Murphy, Mt Anville 10:04.53, 2 N Ni Chiardha, Col Íosagáin 10:10.72, 3 N Corry, Malahide CS 10:13.8. 400m H: 1 R Dunne, St Colmcille’s 66.81, 2 C O’Connor, St Mary’s Naas 68.66, 3 B Fennell, St Leo’s 69.03. 3000m walk: 1 R Glennon, St Finian’s 16:33.59, 2 C Kennedy, St Wolstan’s 16:50.02, 3 K Bourke, St Wolstan’s 17:00.73. High Jump: 1 E Doherty, Loreto Wexford 1.56, 2 H McSweeney, St Jos of Cluny 1.53, 3 R Kirwan, HC Killiney 1.50. Long Jump: 1 T Jenkins, Sion Hill 5.40, 2 A Gonsalves, Scoil Mhuire Trim 5.35, 3 Grace Furlong, CBS New Ross 5.1. Triple Jump: 1 S McCabe, Meanscoil Garmain 10.86, 2 S Lawler, Grennan College 10.71, 3 G Furlong, New Ross 10.37. Pole Vault: 1 S Derham, Dom Griffith Ave 3.05 (rec), 2 V Satori Carlow VS 2.40, 3 M McGinley, Our Lady’s 2.20. Shot: 1 N Fogarty, St Joseph’s Rochfortbridge 12.69, 2 N Dowling, St Leo’s Carlow 10.02, 3 L Quigley, C&P Kilcullen 9.53. Discus: 1 N Fogarty, St Joseph’s Rochfortbridge 43.40, 2 S Hoey, Col Iosagain Portarlington 32.90, 3 N Dowling, St Leo’s Carlow 31.08. Javelin: 1 G Casey, St Mary’s Naas 38.15, 2 L Hutton, Pres Carlow 29.35, 3 N Connaughton, SH Drogheda 26.63. Hammer: 1 C Maguire, Scoil Mhuire Trim 45.17, 2 K Furlong, Col Abbain 45.07, 3 S Hoey, Col Iosagain Portarlington 44.92. 4x100m : 1 St Mary’s Naas 50.73, 2 Cross & Passion Kilcullen 51.12, 3 Loreto Mullingar 51.83;
Boys – Senior:
100m: 1 S Lawlor, Kylemore College 10.83, 2 E Doherty, Drimnagh Castle 11.04, 3 R Martin, Banagher College 11.1. 200m: 1 S Lawlor, Kylemore 21.86, 2 L Morris, Newbridge College 22.31, 3 P McDermott, Drimnagh Castle 22.40. 400m: 1 J Manning, St Kieran’s College 50.00, 2 J Lyons, HFCS Rathcoole 50.84, 3 P Kilgannon, Inst of Ed 51.0. 800m: 1 G Campbell, St Mary’s Dundalk 1:57.24, 2 C Izuchukwu, Col Choilm 1:57.87, 3 J Lyons, HFCS Rathcoole 1:58.1. 1500m: 1 K McGrath, St Pat’s Navan 3:58.76, 2 R Crowley, Knockbeg 3:59.41, 3 C McKenna, Blackrock, 4:01.73. 5000m: 1 J O’Leary, Clongowes 15:28.55, 2 P Lynch, St Kieran’s Kilkenny 15:30.38, 3 C Doyle, St Aidan’s 15:37.11. 400m H: 1 C Gaffney, St Peter’s Wexford 57.80, 2 D Dagg, St Benildus 59.21, 3 D Kirwan, St Fintan’s Sutton 60.96. 3000m walk: 1 J Mooney, Good Counsel 14:09.7, 2 G Hossenny, St Aidan’s 17:04.8, 3 M Kellegher, Belvedere 19:13.56. High Jump: 1 K Marks, Ashbourne CS 1.90, 2 S Parle, St Peter’s Wexford 1.85, 3 J Landy, Maynooth PP & C Collins, Terenure College 1.80. Long Jump: 1 K Marks, Ashbourne CS 7.36, 2 L Bellintani, Belvedere 6.82, 3 M Cullen, St Peter’s Wexford 6.64. Triple Jump: 1 S Joyce, Ashbourne CS 14.29, 2 J Hoang, Col Choilm 14.12, 3 S Thompson, Belvedere 13.60. Pole Vault: 1 S Power, Good Counsel 3.8, 2 J McKenna, PBS Newbridge 3.4, 3 B Heneghan, Belvedere 3.2. Shot: 1 A Awonusi, Kilkenny College 16.27, 2 T de Jongh, Belvedere 14.32, 3 L Ohileonia, Kilkenny College 12.61. Discus: 1 E Sheridan, Col Mhuire 51.71, 2 A Awonusi, Kilkenny College 45.10, 3 T de Jongh, Belvedere 38.85. Javelin: 1 S Joyce, Ashbourne CS 54.80, 2 J Meier, St Andrews 51.69, 3 K Gerduilis, Luttrellstown CC 52.60. Hammer: 1 J McNicholl, Belvedere 49.13, 2 C Keogh, Castleknock 45.91, 3 E Sweeney, Belvedere 39.63. 4x100m: 1 Newbridge College 43.40, 2 Ashbourne CS 44.02, 3 Blackrock College 44.27.
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