Munster gold treble for Markham

The Munster Juvenile U-14 to U-19 Track and Field Championships were held at the Cork IT track with blustery conditions on day one and beautiful sunshine on day two. Clare athletes came away with 17 gold medals, 11 silver and 10 bronze.

Niamh Markham (Ennis Track) was the star Clare athlete over the weekend, taking three gold medals in the U-18 400m, 800m and 1,500m. She cruised to victory in the 400m in a time of 59.68. One hour later, she had to produce a big sprint to win the 800m in a personal best of 2.14.77. In the 1,500m on Sunday, she won in a time of 4.46.48.
The star performer on day one was Alice Akers (Marian) in the girls’ U-17 hammer, when she set a new championship record with a massive throw of 52.01m, beating the old record by eight metres.
Later on that afternoon in the shot putt she came away with a silver medal with a great throw of 10.62m and on day two she captured bronze medals in the javelin and the discus.
Karl Fitzmaurice (Shannon) won gold in the boys’ U-18 3,000m in which he was always in control.
In the U-19 section, Cormac Lynch (Marian) won gold in the 100m. Lynch exploded out of the starting blocks and caused a shock when taking the title in 11.19. On Sunday, Lynch was again in action, this time in the 200m and came through his semi-final with a fine victory. In the final, he was slow out of blocks but finished strongly to capture a silver medal with a time of 23.96.
There was double gold for Loughnane family with Angharad winning the U-14 2000m walk and Claudia winning the girls’ U-19 3,000m walk. Both are members of Marian AC.
In the girls’ U-14 1,500m, gold went to Aishling Kelly (St John’s) in 5.06.01, with Sinéad Hogan (Kilmurry-Ibrickane-North Clare) in ninth spot and Tara Bradley (St John’s) 10th. Aishling won the silver medal in the 800m on day two.
In the boys’ U-14 1,500m gold went to Eoin Looney (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare). There were four Clare runners in the final with Stephen Maher and Jamie Roche from Ennis Track and Patrick O’Rourke from Kilmurry-Ibrickane-North Clare joining Looney, who made the decisive break with 200m to go. Roche put in a strong finish to claim the bronze medal. O’Rourke was seventh, with Maher 10th. Looney also took gold in the 800m in 2.16.79.
Eoin Hanrahan (Ennis Track) won gold in the boys’ U-17 discus and in that same age group Seamus McMahon (Shannon) won gold in the hammer.
In the girls’ U-19, 1,500m gold went to Aishling Darcy (Ennis Track) in 5.18.05, with Meadbh Hogan taking the silver medal in 5.33.87.
The Ennis Track 4 x 100m relay team of Cathal O’Brien, Tony Odubote, Basit Bakeri, Moses Iwalewa won silver with a time of 53.81.
In the girls’ U-16 high jump, Rachel Clancy (St John’s) and Derbhile Ryan (Nenagh) produced some fine jumping in very blustery conditions and after a countback Derbhile won the silver medal in 1.53m, with the bronze medal going to Rachel Clancy, also with a leap of 1.53m.
Derbhile Ryan, who hails from Clonlara, also captured a gold medal in the shot putt with a throw of 11.46m and a silver medal in the javelin with a throw of 25.86m and on day two she came away with another gold medal, this time in the long jump, with a leap of 4.88m, with Rachel Clancy fourth in 4.38m.
In the boys’ U-17, Jacob Loughnane (Marian) won a bronze medal in the javelin with a throw of 31.74m.
Muireann O’Shea (Marian), running in the girls’ U-17 800m, won a bronze medal with a time of 2.32.08.
In the boys’ U-17 1,500m, Stephan Rooney (Ennis Track) had to work hard to take a bronze medal and he also took a bronze in the 2,000m steeplechase.
In the boys’ U-18 3,000m walk over seven-and-a-half laps, Fergal Conlon (Tulla) was always in contention and came away with a silver medal with a time of 26.57.
In the girls’ U-19 800m, Meadbh Hogan (Ennis Track) won the silver medal in 2.46.02.

Results
Girls
U-14
800m: 2 Aisling Kelly (St John’s) (2.29.28).
1,500m 1 Aisling Kelly (St John’s) (5.06.01); 9 Sinéad Hogan (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare) (5.35.86); 10 Tara Bradley (St John’s) (5.46.06).
2000m walk 1 Angharad Loughnane (Marian) (11.22.7).
Shot putt 1 Angharad Loughnane (Marian) (10.80m).
Long jump 5 Anna Courtney (Marian) (4.26m).
75m hurdles 6 Anna Courtney (Marian) (12.86).

 

U-16
Shot putt 1 Derbhile Ryan (Nenagh) (11.46m); 4 Rachel Clancy (St John’s) (8.42m).
High jump 2 Derbhile Ryan (Nenagh) (1.53m); 3 Rachel Clancy (St John’s) (1.53m).
Javelin 2 Derbhile Ryan (Nenagh) (25.86m).
Long jump 1 Derbhile Ryan (Nenagh) (4.88m); 4 Rachel Clancy (St John’s) (4.38m).

U-17
800m 3 Muireann O’Shea (Marian) (2.32.08).
Hammer 1 Alice Akers (Marian) (52.01m).
Shot putt 2 Alice Akers (Marian) (10.62m).
Javelin 2 Alice Akers (Marian) (29.16m); 6 Nollaig Blake (St John’s) (19.90m).
Discus 2 Alice Akers (Marian) (33.98m).
300m hurdles 3 Jessica O’Connor (Marian) (54.16).

U-18
400m 1 Niamh Markham (Ennis Track) (59.68).
800m 1 Niamh Markham (Ennis Track) (2.14.77).
1,500m 1 Niamh Markham (Ennis Track) (4.46.48).

U-19
800m 2 Meadbh Hogan (Ennis Track) (2.46.02).
1,500m 1 Aishling Darcy (Ennis Track) (5.18.05); 2 Meadbh Hogan (Ennis Track) (5.33.87).
3,000m walk 1 Claudia Loughnane (Marian) (16.17.30).

Boys
U-14
800m 1 Eoin Looney (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare) (2.16.79); 5 Jamie Roche (Ennis Track) (2.26.86); 6 Patrick O’Rourke (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare) (2.26.92); 8 Stephan Maher (Ennis Track) (2.31.79).
1,500m 1 Eoin Looney (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare) (4.44.62); 3 Jamie Roche (Ennis Track) (4.50.62); 7 Patrick O’Rourke (Kilmurry Ibrickane-North Clare) (5.03); 10 Stephan Maher (Ennis Track) (5.12).
4x100m relay 3 Ennis Track (Tony Odubote, Cathal O’Brien, Basit Bakeri, Moses Iwalewa) = 53.81.

U-16
100m 4 Ronan Barry (Marian) (12.55); 7 Paraic McNamara (Marian) (12.92).
200m 4 Ronan Barry (Marian) (24.74).
Long jump 4 Paraic McNamara (Marian) (5.39m).

U-17
1,500m 3 Stephan Rooney (Ennis Track) (4.27.00).
2,000m steeplechase 3 Stephan Rooney (Ennis Track) (7.08.12).
Hammer 1 Seamus McMahon (Shannon) (39.18m).
Long jump 5 Shane McGrath (Shannon) (4.78m).
Javelin 3 Jacob Loughnane (Marian) (31.74m); 5 Seamus McMahon (Shannon) (27.49m)
Discus 1 Eoin Hanrahan (Ennis Track) (35.45m); 3 Seamus McMahon (Shannon) (30.36m).

U-18
1,500m 6 Karl Fitzmaurice (Shannon) (4.24.96).
3,000m 1 Karl Fitzmaurice (Shannon) (9.45.66).
5,000m walk 2 Fergal Conlon (Tulla) (26.57).
Shot putt 4 Conor Foley Ellis (Kilmihil) (11.18m).
Discus 4 Ruan Rooker (Shannon) (28.35m).
Javelin 4 Conor Foley Ellis (Kilmihil) (23.51m).
4 x 100m relay 6 Shannon (Karl Fitzmaurice, Ruan Rooker, Jack Carrigg, Shane McGrath) = 49.32.

U-19
100m 1 Cormac Lynch (Marian) (11.19).
200m 2 Cormac Lynch (Marian) (23.96).

National junior and U-23 at Tullamore
At the National Junior and U-23 Track and Field Championships at Tullamore, Timmy Crowe from Sixmilebridge and Dooneen AC, running in his final race before travelling to Helsinki, captured a silver medal in the U-23 men’s 400m hurdles in one of his fastest times of 52.80.
The race of the afternoon came in the junior men’s 5,000m, with Jake O’Regan (St John’s) producing a fine performance when finishing third with a time of 15.50.37.
Niamh Markham (Ennis Track) competed in the junior ladies’ 800m and rounding the bend with 200m remaining, she was looking good for a national title, only to be out-sprinted going to the line by Mary Ann O’Sullivan (Tinryland) in 2.13.02, with Niamh taking the silver medal in 2.15.75.
Junior ladies
400m 5 Niamh Markham (Ennis Track) (59.08)
800m 2 Niamh Markham (Ennis Track) (2.15.75)
Junior men  5,000m 3 Jake O’Regan (St John’s) (15.50.37)
U-23 men 400m hurdles 2 Tim Crowe (Dooneen) (52.80)

More success for Hayley

O’Briensbridge native Róisín Hayley has competed in two major athletic competitions in the past month, the Tailteann (inter-provincial) Games in Santry on June 23, where she represented Munster and the Munster Juvenile Championships in Cork last week.
As a result of her success at the Tailteann Games – she won the 200m – she has been selected to represent the Irish Schools at the Schools International in Ashford, Kent, on July 21. Roseanna McGuckian (Ulster) was second and Laura-Ann Costello (Connacht) was third in the 200m.
In Munster Juvenile Championships she retained both her 100m and 200m titles in the U-17 age group. In both events, Emma O’Brien of Leevale was second and Niamh Giles-Doran of Ferrybank was third.
Róisín’s next competition will be the National Juvenile Championships, which are being held in Tullamore on July 14 and 15.
She will compete in the 100m on the first weekend. The Schools International is the weekend after and the second weekend of the National Juvenile Championships is the weekend after that, also in Tullamore, where she will compete in the 200m.