Throwers again proved the record breakers at the second day of the Irish Life Health Leinster Schools Track and Field Championships in Santry. In the senior shot, Niamh Fogarty from St Joseph’s Rochfortbridge produced a throw of 13.10m that added 13 centimetres to the old record of 12.97m set in 2006. In second place was […]
Courtesy Herald Schools Sports Section Aoibheann McMahon of St Vincent’s Dundalk proved the star at the opening day of the Irish Life Health Leinster Schools Track and Field championships in Santry. Although they were held at the same time, McMahon managed to compete in both the junior javelin and shot and set records in both. […]
Mark Smyth and Michael Farrelly made it a sprint double for St Fintan’s Sutton at the opening day of the North Leinster Schools Track and Field Championships held in freezing cold conditions at Santry today. Smyth won the senior boys’ title in some style, beating Luke Redmond from Ashbourne College, who later had an impressive […]
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 […]
About 35 schools turned out for the East Leinster Schools Cross-Country hosted by Blackrock College – and mercifully the rain disappeared after the minor races. Highlights included a win for James Maguire in the boys’ inter race, solid victories for Niamh Ni Chiara and Sarah Healy in the inter and junior girls races, and […]
Marcus Lawler of CBS Carlow left the Aviva Leinster Schools Track and Field Championships at Santry with a nice haul of three wins – and three records. His first came in the senior 100m, which he won in a spectacular time of 10.38 – the fastest 100m run on Irish soil in some years and an […]
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