Two All-Ireland Silver Medals for Evan Ward.

It was a busy weekend for the club on the track and on the road. First up was the All Ireland Juvenile Indoor Track and Field Championships. We had a good number of athletes competing with all having trained hard over the past few months. The highlight of the weekend was the performances of Evan Ward claiming an All Ireland silver medal in the 800m on Saturday behind Darragh Whelan who set. A championship record. On the Sunday Evan took on the High Jump jumping a personal best 1.74m to secure 2nd place on the podium a a double silver medal for the weekend. Caitlin Sweeney and Cianan Greene both just missed out on medals with 4th finishes. Caitlin jumped a PB 3.63m in the Long Jump to just miss a medal by 1 cm. Cianan also threw a PB in the Shot Putt and again just missing a medal with a strong 4th place. There was 5th place finishes in the High Jump for Rosie Breslin (u14) and Aaliyah Canavan Gallagher (u15). Aaliyah also had strong performances in the shot putt and hurdles. Isa Bonner ran a strong debut race in a large field and there is no doubt she will learn and be back stronger. Aileen Logue again jumped well in the High Jump and finished joint 7th. Onto the road and the seniors where the Rith na mBan race saw Keeva Gallagher won the 13k with a great time of 56:21 to take the win. In the half marathon race Helen McCready took the win in a great time of 1:24:22 where she was joined on the podium by a lady running her first race in Rosses orange Claire Reid – finishing 3rd in a time of 1:31:03. Next was Martina Mulhern in 4th with a time of 1:33:26. At the Omagh Half Marathon Maria McGee went and added another PB and club record over the half marathon distance to run 1:16:50 to finish runner up in a stacked field. Teresa Gallagher got a great training run in with an impressive time of 1:35:00. Colin Mooney 1:28:29, Denis Boner 1:40:01. At the Doneen 10 mile Ryan Wilson ran a strong 59:47 to finish in a brilliant 9th place. And finally the club had Justin McCreevy ran the Berlin half marathon race.