Finlay Daly was the toast of Galway at Athletic Ireland's National Senior Championships in Santry Stadium at the weekend.
In difficult conditions, Daly, of University of Galway, struck gold in the men’s 3000m steeplechase with a dominant gun-to-tape victory in a time of eight minutes 56 seconds.
He was one of four medal-winning displays with Laura Nally of Galway City Harriers winning a well-deserved 200m silver in the women's race, and clubmate Andrew Egan claiming bronze in the men's event.
Sinead Maher of South Galway AC also won a superb silver medal in the senior women 5km walk in her first national senior championships race.
There were impressive performances also from Cillin Greene of GCH on his comeback, finishing fifth in the 400m final, and for clubmate Ellen Moran with a strong seventh place in a high quality 1500m. Jack Maher of GCH also made it through the heats in the men’s 1500m, placing 15th overall.
Sinead Treacy of Craughwell AC continued her excellent senior career with fifth place in the women's 400m final in a new best of 55.03.
Castlegar sprinter Reakwon Lucciano came eighth in the senior men’s 100m behind the outstanding Israel Olatunde, while Liam Shaw of Athenry also impressed on his debut at the event with sixth place in both the discus and shot putt.
Streets of Galway 8k
In little over a week, this year’s edition of the Blackrock Health-sponsored Streets of Galway 8k Road Race takes place. It is almost sold out, with a bumper 3,000 entries on the cards for the famous race around the city streets.
Race orgniser, Galway City Harriers, is working hard to ensure a great evening of racing, with race headquarters again at the Claddagh Hall beside South Park, and race start at 7pm at GTI on Fr Griffin Road.
Limited entries are still available on Eventmaster, with entry likely to close this weekend.
International Selections: GCH athletes Angela Cielecka and Daniel Songodele have been selected for the Irish team heading to Birmingham next month for the English U15/U17 Championships.
Galway Track and Field: The Galway Senior and Masters Track and Field championships take place this Sunday August 6 in Dangan.
