The 10th annual Matt O’Connor Memorial Open Sports were held at Lees Road. The Ciara Conroy Memorial Shield for 100m was presented by the Conroy family to the winner, Lucy Cotgreave. In second place was Anna Courtney, followed by Emily Barry.
There were great races in each age group and the meeting attracted a fine turnout of Limerick AC athletes. The first double of the day went to Aoifa Grimes (Limerick), who won the girls’ U-7 60m and 80m finals. Ailbhie Landy (Ennis Track) won the girls’ U-8 60m and 100m with the girls’ U-9 going to Caoimhe Cahill (St Cronan’s), who won the 80m and 300m.
RESULTS
Girls
U-7 60m
1 Aoifa Grimes (Limerick); 2 Karina O’Leary (Kilmihil); 3 Aishling Crowe (St Mary’s).
80m
1 Aoifa Grimes (Limerick); 2 Karina O’Leary (Kilmihil); 3 Aoifa Lillis (Kilmihil).
U-8 60m
1 Ailbhie Landy (Ennis Track); 2 Molly O’Boyle (Marian); 3 Ellen Hosey (Limerick).
100m
1 Ailbhie Landy (Ennis Track); 2 Molly O’Boyle (Marian); 3 Ellen Hosey (Limerick).
U-8 4 x 100m relay
1 Tulla-Kilmihil; 2 Marian.
U-9 80m
1 Caoimhie Cahill (St Cronan’s); 2 Ellen Mannion (Ennis Track); 3 Aine Lenihan (Tulla).
300m
1 Caoimhie Cahill (St Cronan’s); 2 Elise Ryan (Ennis Track); 3 Michelle Healy (Marian).
U-10 100m
1 Sarah Hosey (Limerick); 2 Saoirse Crowe (St Mary’s); 3 Ellen Costello (Limerick) and Ciara Meehan (Marian).
300m
1 Sarah Hosey (Limerick); 2 Ciara Meehan (Marian); 3 Saoirse Crowe (St Mary’s).
U-10 4 x 100m relay
1 Marian A; 2 Marian B; 3 Ennis Track.
U-11 100m
1 Susan Nestor (St Mary’s); 2 Shauna O’Gorman (Kilmihil); 3 Ruth Neylon (Marian).
400m
1 Susan Nestor (St Mary’s); 2 Ruth Neylon (Marian); 3 Shauna O’Gorman (Kilmihil).
U-12 100m
1 Niamh Conlon (Kilmihil); 2 Emma O’Brien (Marian); 3 Yolanda Ramirez (Tulla) and Chisom Ugwerru (Ennis Track).
600m
1 Sinead Lillis (Kilmihil); 2 Aine Garry (Fergus); 3 Niamh Conlon (Kilmihil).
U-12 4 x 100m relay
1 Kilmihil; 2 Marian; 3 Ennis Track.
U-14 100m
1 Alex O’Neill (St Cronan’s); 2 Emily Barry (Marian); 3 Kate Murphy (Marian).
800m
1 Alex O’Neill (St Cronan’s); 2 Clara Neylon (Marian); 3 Ciara O’Brien (Marian).
4 x 100m relay
1 Marian; 2 Limerick; 3 Ennis Track.
U-16 100m
1 Lucy Cotgreave (Marian); 2 Abimbola Sobayo (Ennis Track); 3 Áine Ryan (Ennis Track).
U-16 mixed relay 4 x 100m relay
1 Ennis Track A; 2 Ennis Track B; 3 Tulla.
Junior ladies’ 100m
1 Jessica O’Connor (Marian); 2 Katelyn King (Marian); 3 Muireann O’Shea (Marian).
1,500m
1 Muireann O’Shea (Marian) (5.09 03); 2 Aisling Kelly (St John’s) (5.10 20); 3 Elaine Shannon (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare) (5.19 98).
Ciara Conroy Perpetual Shield girls’ U-16 100m
1 Lucy Cotgreave (Marian);2 Anna Courtney (Marian); 3 Emily Barry (Marian)
Senior ladies’ 1,500m
1 Becky Coughlan (Ennis Track) (5.42 40)
Boys
U-7 60m
1 Cormac Kennedy; 2 Aaron Lynch (Fergus; 3 Graham Cavanagh (Marian)
80m
1 Aaron Lynch (Fergus); 2 Joe Mangan (Ennis Track); 3 Freddie O’Connor (Limerick).
U-8 60m
1 Dillon Leamy (BMOH); 2 Paddy Nagle (Ennis Track); 3 Derek Culligan (Fergus).
100m
1 Derek Culligan (Fergus); 2 Paddy Nagle (Ennis Track); 3 Dillon Leamy (BMOH).
U-8 4 x 100m relay
1 Fergus.
U-9 80m
1 Rex Nyamakazi (Limerick); 2 William Bello (Ennis Track); 3 Martin Frawley (Ennis Track).
300m
1 Rex Nyamakazi (Limerick); 2 Darragh Killeen (Fergus); 3 William Bello (Ennis Track).
U-10 100m
1 Cian O’Boyle (Marian);
2 Noah McConway (St Cronan’s); 3 Tom Forde (BMOH).
300m
1 Conor Meaney (Fergus); 2 Cian O’Boyle (Marian); 3 Noah Mc Conway (St Cronan’s).
U-10 4 x 100m relay
1 Fergus; 2 Marian; 3 Ennis Track.
U-11 100m
1 Sultan Akinwale (Marian); 2 John Conneally (St Cronan’s); 3 Gary O’Donoghue (Limerick).
400m
1 Sultan Akinwale (Marian); 2 John Conneally (St Cronan’s); 3 Mark Hanrahan (Ennis Track) and Brian McNamara (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare).
U-12 100m
1 Ferdia O’Lionain (Tulla); 2 Jason Richardson (Fergus); 3 Derrick Sholarin (Marian).
600m
1 Shane Meehan (Marian); 2 Rory Prenderville (Limerick); 3 Conor Blake (St John’s).
U-12 4 x 100m relay
1 Limerick; 2 Ennis Track; 3 Marian.
U-14 100m
1 Tony Odubute (Ennis Track); 2 Luke Callinan (St Mary’s); 3 Tunmise Badewaekungba (Ennis Track).
800m
1 Tony Odubuto (Ennis Track); 2 Donal Devane (Ennis Track); 3 Conor Devane (Ennis Track).
4 x 100m relay
1 Ennis Track; 2 Ennis Track; 3 Marian.
Junior men 100m
1 Cormac Lynch (Marian); 2 Ronan Barry (Marian); 3 Kadro Karimu (Ennis Track).
1,500m
1 Noah McMahon (Ennis Track) (4.57 69); 2 Cathal O’Brien (Ennis Track) (5.01 19); 3 Jemil Saidi (Ennis Track) 95.10 27).
Senior men 100m
1 Adam Bluett (Marian); 2 Cormac Lynch (Marian); 3 Ronan Barry (Marian).