Galway athletes once again came away with a substantial medal haul at the National Juvenile Indoor Championships held at the weekend.
Cementing the county’s reputation as a real force in juvenile athletics was Sean Doggett's individual gold in the U18 800m - the Athenry star clocking a superb time of 1.55 to claim a well deserved victory.
Sprint duo David and Stephen Mannion of South Galway AC made it a 1-2 claiming gold and silver in the U19 400m, with the former taking victory in 48.24.
Declan O’Connell of Craughwell was another who impressed with an incredible performance in the U16 1500m, not only winning, but setting a championship record of 4.08.
In the field, Evan Hallinan of Craughwell won high jump gold at U19 level, with a massive leap of 1.95 metres and later took Long jump gold, while Conor Penney also won on the double at U16 level, with high jump and hurdles gold for a superb double. Emma O'Donovan excelled with the U16 high jump gold.
Rachel Warde claimed the U15 hurdles for Craughwell, with medals also for Sean Colleran, Lauren Kilduff and Sean Hoade, while Holly Shaughnessy performed strongly in the U18 walks to win bronze, Craughwell delivered three high jump medals via Jade Moorhead (U19 silver ), Eva Kelleher (U18 silver ), and Oisín O’Donovan, who leapt 1.50m to claim u14 bronze.
There was great success too in the throws, with Lola Whitney-Mangan winning silver, while at U16 Joshua Whyte leapt 10.79m in the triple jump to win another excellent bronze medal. More silverware followed in the sprints for Craughwell via Kai Watters won bronze, while Lincoln King who both won bronze at U13.
South Galway AC secured gold via by Sinead Maher in the U18 walk, while there were bronze medals for Orlaith Mannion in the 60m hurdles, Sophie Farrell in the U19 60m sprint, Ciarán Kelleher in the U15 1,000m walk.
Tuam AC claimed double gold in the U16 walks via Matthew Newell and Savanagh O'Callaghan, while Ciara Gilmore won silver in the U17 1500m walk,
Tuam also claimed four bronze medals via Danielle Moynihan in the U17 200m, Rachel Treacy over 60m hurdles at U14 level and high jump, and Alex Joyce in the U19 girls' 800m.
Ava McKeon of GCH completed her juvenile indoor years by defending her national 60m hurdles title at U19 level with a fast 9.29s time to claim a superb gold. Michelle Nnadi also claimed 60m national gold at U14 level for the city club.
Angela Cieleckawon two medals for GCH with silver in the U16 long jump and 60m, while Castlegar AC athletes were on the podium with silver and bronze for Lemar Lucciano and Leon Ewrere in the U17 60m sprints and U17 200m respectively.
Galway 5k Series
The EY sponsored Galway 5k Series has limited entries remaining on Eventmaster online, and the series is once again being held over six Tuesdays this summer. The first event is at 7.45pm in Skehana on April 25, with subsequent races on at 8pm each following Tuesday in Loughrea Craughwell, Kilcornan, Caltra, and Athenry. Entry is limited to 1000 entrants.
