At the Strabane Lifford Half marathon, the first Rosses man back in sixth place was Shane O Donnell in a time of 1:15:41. Just behind him and 6 seconds back in 8th overall and first in the M45 category was Charlie O Donnell in a time of 1:15:47.
Noel Diver continues his strong running with 15th overall in 1:20:08. Great to see Fergal McGee racing with a solid time of 1:24:32. Colin Mooney is another continuing a great year with 1:25:58. Teresa Gallagher finished in a strong 13th lady overall in 1:36:43. Justin McCreevy ran a solid time of 2:15:55. Day 1 saw performances by Cianan Greene, Aaliyah Gallagher Canavan and Rosie Breslin in the Minor and Junior categories who all move on to the All Ireland Finals. Aaliyah jumped a PB of 1.58m in winning the Junior Girls High Jump. Cianan had a big PB in the Discus to get 2nd place and later in the day he threw another PB (12.82m) in the Shot Put to win his first Ulster Title.
Rosie secured the bronze medal in the Minor Girls High Jump. By doing this she joined the other two in also punching her ticket to the All Ireland Schools Championships in Tullamore. Day 2 saw five of our club athletes travel to the Mary Peters Track in Belfast.
Aileen Logue, was 7th in the Inter Girls High Hump. She has another year in this age group. It was great to have Niamh Doogan back competing again in the Hurdles after a long time out with injury. Caoimhe McGonagle came 4th in the High Jump before winning a bronze medal in the Inter Girls Shot Put. Evan Ward had a good day with 2nd place finishes in both the Inter Boys High Jump and the Inter Boys 800m. To cap off a good the day, Eli Duffy threw a massive PB (47.27m) to win the Inter Boys Javelin. As well as qualifying for the All Ireland Schools Championships, Eli, Evan & Caoimhe are also eligible to be selected to represent Ulster in the Tailteann Games Interprovincial.