ATHLETICS – ROSSES AC CLUB NOTES
Last Sunday saw the National Spring Throws taking place in Tullamore where Eli Duffy travelled to take part in the Javelin. Eli has a strong past record with many national medals in this event and again delivered on Sunday with a PB of 43.08m to take the gold in the Men’s Javelin Throw (600g) and another National Title. Another great performance by Eli and well done. Big thanks to parents for travelling and supporting. Well done Eli. Last Saturday saw the indoor season come to and end with the final day of the All Ireland juvenile track and field championships Day 3. We had two girls competing at their first All Ireland in the U13 Girls High Jump competition. Katie Sharkey and Isa Bonner travelled to Athlone and both put in great performances. High Jump is a relatively new event for both and they are still learning. Katie secured a top 10 finish and was very disappointed not to jump higher as she had been in training but getting into this environment and getting used to it is all it’s about at this stage. Isa managed to secure a fifth place finish and was happy but again knows there is more there. Both girls will have learned a lot from the experience and it’s a great starting platform for them both. Big thanks to the parents for travelling and supporting. Well done girls. Locally at the Milford 5k it was great to see Charlie O’Donnell back competing after some injuries and he had a great win with a great time of 16:28. Next Rosses man back was Noel Diver winning the M40 category in 17:12, Gavin Ward 18:10. In the ladies section Keeva Gallagher was second Lady in 20:07 with Claire Reid third in 20:22, At the Ballyshannon 5k Claire Reid ran 20:03. On to the Ballyliffin 10 miler where Ryan Wilson ran 61:21 for 7th place in tough conditions.