Tag: National Championships

3rd for Dean Casey in 3000m National Junior Championship

Maureen Casey

Track and Field finished its unique and tapered season at the National Junior Championships in Morton Stadium yesterday. The sun shone on all the athletes and all that was missing was the cheering supporters. Dean Casey took bronze in the Junior Men 3000m in a time of 3:47.32 Pb, Dylan Casey got a Pb in the 3000m of 9:04.09 and a young Niall Murphy finished 6th in a time of 9:27.36. Eanna McElroy finished the 800m heat in a time of 2:13.11 t and Neasa NihAinfein finished 4th in the…

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Hanrahan & Chesser take part in the 3000m Steeplechase this Sunday

Maureen Casey

The National Championships finish their unique event this Sunday.   In no way was Covid ever going to prevent this from taking place, and it provided some on your feet performances the highlight being the senior 1500m race between the champion Paul Robinson and minutely missing out Sean Tobin.  It has been a superbly ran event and congrats to all who organised it.  Credit to Cathal Dennehy, Gerard O’Donnell and others who enable us to keep us glued to the screen for this event.  Roll on the Irish Life Health National…

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National Championships in its 148th Year

Maureen Casey

kicks off this weekend, a championship that has not let two world wars prevent its occurence and thankfully is a ray of hope amid colossal sporting cancellations.  A massive thank you to every single person involved in making this event happen. To all the athletes taking part this weekend we would like to wish them well especially Darragh Lynch partaking in the senior 5000m 11:00 a.m., Jamie Kelly and Dean Casey taking part in the junior 5000m 12:00 noon and Cathal Crosbie running in the 400m live at 14.45 p.m.…

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A Masterful Performance

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The 2014 Irish Masters Track & Field Championships took place yesterday (August 10th) in Tullamore. There was a strong representation of Ennis Track athletes, men and women, many of whom competed in more than one event. [list][item icon=”127942″ ]Mary Cahill (M35) was 8th in the 800m in a time of 2:40.53 and 4th in the long jump with a jump of 3.84m.[/item] [item icon=”127942″ ]Alex Conway (M40) had a busy day, achieving medals in all his three events. He was  2nd in the Shot Putt with a throw of 10.02m, 3rd in…

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Championship Best Performance at the National Track & Field

Deirdre Daly

Many Congratulations to Tony Odubote on claiming the u15 200m title in a championship best time of 23.27 secs.  Other notable performances include Cian Mc Donagh in the u14 1500m where he finished in 3rd place and to Donal Devine in the final of u15 1500m where he finished 10th.      

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Juvenile Athletics – Silver & Bronze

Deirdre Daly

2 Medals at the National Championships.  Following in the footsteps of our senior athletes a number of our talented junior athletes accounted themselves very well at the Juvenile National Track & Field Championships (Saturday, 26/7/14). U12 600m 2nd Albha Doherty in 1.44.28, 5th place Ellie Pike in 1.52.22 U 16 Long jump 3rd Cathal O’Brien with a jump of 5.85m U17 400m 8th Abimbola Sobayo in 65secs U19 Triple Jump 4th Jamil Saidi reaching 12.11m and 8th in 400m in 53.97.

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Rory Chesser National Champion 3000m SC

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Rory Chesser successfully defended his Irish 3000m steeplechase  title in winning today’s race with a PB of 8:46.95. Tomas Cotter (Dunleer AC) and Rory were clear leaders until the final lap when Chesser made a decisive move to win convincingly in a personal best of 8:46.95 with Cotter second in 8:57.65.

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National Senior Track & Field Santry

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Update: Darragh Lynch had a strong run today in the 800m final, improving slightly on his heat time and finishing 8th in 1:52.23. Well done Darragh![spacer style=”1″] Update: Darragh Lynch qualifies for 800m final with a run of 1:52.9, placing second in the second of 4 heats. Final will take place at 2.30 tomorrow. [spacer style=”1″] Four Ennis Track athletes are preparing to compete in the national track and field championships in Santry on Saturday and Sunday next. On Saturday at 4.20, Darragh Lynch, Kevin Chesser, and Micheal Keane will run in the…

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