National Juvenile T&F Championships Part 2

EVENT DATE -  Sat 26/07/14 & Sun 27/07/14
Venue - Tullamore
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Uploaded by Garrett Moylan with thanks to Competitions Secretary Vinny White, Coaches, Selectors and other team members
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The second weekend of the National Juvenile Championships brought medals for some of our athletes, there were some fine performances over the two days of competition and most of our athletes can be pleased with their efforts. Michael Quilligan, by virtue of his gold medal in the U18 400m Hurdles, has now qualified for the Irish team for the upcoming Celtic Games and all in the club congratulate him on this great achievement.

Saturday
We had eight athletes in action and three medals were won in fine style.

Michael Quilligan led the way with a brilliant run in the u18 400m Hurdles where he won gold and was crowned long hurdles champion for a third year in row. Mikey ran well throughout and lead coming into the home straight where he had to hold off a strong finishing opponent but he did so and got the verdict from the judges to claim a richly deserved gold in 55.75.

Joseph Mc Evoy won silver in the u14 Javelin where he achieved a new personal best of 34.84m in the process. Joseph put together a fine series of throws and his technique looked good throughout the event. He later competed in the High Jump but unfortunately didn't have one of his better days, finishing 9th having cleared 1.35m.

Ciara Cummins ran one of her best 800m races to finish in 3rd place in the u18 section. Pitted against a strong field, Ciara ran a very clever race, staying close to the front before launching a kick which saw her hold onto a bronze medal in a time of 2.19.62.

Other Nenagh athletes in action were, Leah Farnan who finished 7th in her heat of the u17 400m (1.05.27), Aoife Deering 5th in the u18 3000m (11.49.04), Alannah Deering 11th in the u15 800m (2.32.43), Jack Mc Evoy 10th in the u13 Javelin (22.45m) and Killian Cullagh 11th in the u18 3000m (9.16.88) a new personal best for him.

Sunday
Only four of our athletes were in action today but a silver medal and some good performances were achieved.

Sean Carolan won silver in the u14 boys Discus with a medal winning throw of 32.52m. This was a fine result for Sean and a deserved reward for the work he put in over the summer.

Joseph Mc Evoy was in the same event and finished in a very credible 5th place with a throw of 27.56m. 

Other Nenagh athletes in action on Sunday were, Ciara Cummins who had a solid run in the girls u18 1500m finishing 5th in 4.53, Alannah Deering ran 5.07.98 to finish 6th in the girls u15 1500m, a much improved run on Saturdays  performance.

Well done to all who got to perform at national level and did the club proud.

Ciara Cummins, Nenagh Olympic pictured with her bronze medal for the U18 800m at the National Championships in Tullamore

Michael Quilligan and Joseph Mc Evoy pictured at the National Championships, Michael won gold in the u18 400m Hurdles while Joseph won silver in the u14 Javelin