Munster Champions

Munster Champions

in the U18 and U19 3000m event in Cork with Niall Murphy bringing home the gold in a time of 8:54.41.  Dylan Casey came 1st and set a new championship best performance with a time of 8:42.18 beating the time set by Christopher Ferrybank of 8:49:06 in 2000.  What a start to the 2021 Munster T&F Championships.  

Day one featured the boys U12-U19 events which saw a mighty performance by Peter Farrell who dug in and deservedly took the silver in a time of 9:38.30 off Ben Walshe of Nenagh Olympic AC in 9:38.52. In the U15 200m Promise Jolaosho finished 2nd in a time of 25.17. In the U14 800m Jack Dilleen finished 2nd in a time of 2:26.09. Colin Ryan finished 2nd in the U18 800m in a time of 2:03.40.

In the U14 Shot Putt 2.72kg Evan Crimmins finished 2nd with a throw of 11.75. In the U14 Javelin 400g James Rochford finished 2nd with a throw of 35.46 followed by Evan Crimmins in 4th with a throw of 26.76. In the U19 Triple Jump David Onwudiwe finished 2nd with a time of 11.53

Well done to Roman Fahy who finished the U17 200m in a time of 30.09 and finished the U17 800m in a time of 2:29.55. In the U15 800m Cillian Hayes finished 4th in a time of 2:16.18 with Promise Iolaosho finishing 7th with a time of 2:22.74.

Day 2 saw the girls in action and it kicked off with Alexandra Ward winning gold in the U15 250mH in a time of 38.74. The golds kept coming with Faye Mannion taking 1st U13 600m setting a CBP of 1:40.50 beating the 2016 previous CBP of 1:41.10. The action continued with Grace Rynne finished 2nd in the U16 3000m in a time of 11:26.40. In the U18 3000m Neasa NiAinifein finished 2nd. In the U15 200m Caoimhe Byrne O Connell took 1st place in a time of 26.74. Ellen Mannion took gold in the U18 800m in a time of 2.25.18.

Congrats also to Nicole Keane finishing 6th in the U1 3000m in a time of 12:02.74. Sophie Maher finished 12th in the U13 600m in a time of 1:52.45, she was followed by Siobhan Healy who finished 24th in a time of 2:00.37 . Maebh Kelly finished 4th in the U14 200m heat in a time of 31.19. In heat 3 Meabh Otuos finished 4th in a time of 33.01. In heat 4 Mina Gomes finished 4th in a time of 29.62 followed in 7th place by Emily Singleton in a time of 31.90. Aisling Maloney who finished 4th in the U18 800m. In the Shot Put Maebh Kelly, Maebh finished 4th with a throw 5.40. In the U12 turbo javelin Katie Troy finished 6th with a throw of 11.65 followed by Aisling Kelly who finished 12th with a throw of 5.85 5.85. Aisling Maloney in the U17 Javelin finished 5th with a throw of 24.87

Full results can be found here

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