Curley and GCH boys relay team share star billing

MAEVE Curley of Craughwell AC delivered the performance of her lifetime to come home 10th of 24 finishers in the European Junior Championships. In challenging conditions, Curley finished the 10,000m walk in 51.22. 

The walk is an event dominated by Russia in recent years and this was no exception with the top three finishers coming from Russia and the winner posting an unbelievable new World Junior Record of 42.59. 

The other great highlight of last weekend came in the interclub relays in Tullamore. 

The Galway City Harriers boys U13 4X100m relay team (Liam Costello, Jack Dempsey, Sean Kilmartin, Colin Murray and Luke O’Shaughnessy) broke one of the longest standing Irish athletics records when they came home in a time of 52.06. The Crusaders AC team set the record back in 1974 with a time of 52.2.

The Galway city club almost claimed a second championship best. Laura Ann Costello had an awesome run to win the under 15 girls 200m in a time personal best time of 25.35 seconds just outside Sarah Lavin's record of 25.34 seconds. This completed a great sprint double for Laura Ann. 

Alanna Lally was not to be outdone, however, as she won the under 16 girls 1500m in 4minutes 45.73 seconds to add to her 800m title of two weeks ago. This was also a PB for her and the second year in a row that she has completed the double. 

For a complete report from Tullamore see this week’s City Tribune.