Fallon flies home in schools 5000m
THERE were some fantastic performances from Galway athletes at the Connacht Schools championships in Athlone, most notably in the senior boys 5000m where Jamie Fallon (Calasanctius, Oranmore) scorched around the track in an incredible 15.04, a top class time and a breakthrough performance for the young athlete who also runs with Craughwell AC.
Craughwell athletes competing for schools provided many other highlights for the club, including a 1-2-3 in the minor girls long jump, domination of the girls sprints with victories in the minor 100m (Caoimhe O’Donoghue, Calasanctius), junior 100m and 200m (Michelle Duggan, Presentation Athenry) and intermediate 200m (Sineád Treacy, St Raphael's). It was a particularly successful day for Duggan who took three golds in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m.
Conor Gillen (Athenry VS) had a comfortable victory in the senior 800m while Oisin Lyons (Calasanctius) did likewise in the minor 1500m. Ciara Greene (The Bower) and Oisin Doyle (Calasanctius) also took the Connacht titles in the intermediate 1500m races.
In the jumps, Laura Cunningham (Pres Athenry) made her debut in the triple jump by taking the Connacht junior girls title while Lorraine Delaney (Calasanctius) was successful on countback in the junior girls high jump with Aoife Walsh (Pres Athenry) in second place. Siona Lawless (Loughrea VS) captured the minor girls long jump title where Ciara Murphy and Finola Kelly (both Calasanctius) made it a clean sweep of medals for athletes from the club.
Alanna Lally of GCH had a double win in the senior girls 400 and 800 metres for Pres Athenry, while Maebh Brannigan won the senior 1500m for the Jes. GCH had other winners in Robert Meagher, St Enda’s, in the senior boys 400m and Samuel Samson in the inter boys 400m for St Mary’s.
Full report in this week's Connacht Tribune