Galway athletes star at National Indoor Masters
The Irish Life Health National Indoor Senior Championships were held last weekend in Athlone Indoor Arena in AIT, and there was great medal success for many of Galway’s top veteran track and field athletes.
Galway City Harriers Ladies team of Sinead Foran, Majella Loftus, Niamh Hennelly and & Kathryn Casserly won gold in the 4x200m Relay; while GCH’s Men won team bronze in the relay also.
GCH throwers had a good day with Brendan Staunton and Sean Breathnach taking two golds apiece at O35 and O40 level respectively in the Shot Putt and Weight for Distance throws, with Breathnach taking the Senior WFD title; while Richard O’Hanlon won bronze in the Over 60 Shot Putt.
On the track, Kathryn Casserly won a superb double silver at 800m and 1,500m in the O40 section; while Niamh Hennelly took bronze in her 1,500m race with Jean O’Connor just behind in fourth.
Jim Phelan took Masters silver in the 400m and bronze in the 200m at O45 level; the evergreen Martin McEvilly took O70 gold in the 800m, and silver in his 1,500m and 3,000m events; and Margaret Sheridan placed third in the Ladies O55 800m category.
Craughwell sprinter Ronnie Warde led the way as his Craughwell squad sealed their first Masters team title with a fantastic victory in the 4x200m relay. The team of John Walkin, Ronnie Warde, Evan Morgan and Cormac Kearney blazed away from the field to seal a comfortable victory ahead of Gowran AC in Second and GCH in third.
In addition to that, Warde claimed two individual medals., 60m Silver in a fine time of 7.31 and a 200m Bronze in 24.66.
Stephen Casserly won silver in the 1500m at O35 level for Castlegar AC
Mary Barrett of Loughrea AC took four golds in the High Jump, Long Jump, Shot Putt and Weight throw, with bronze in the 60m for good measure; while clubmate Pat Hannon made a return to action with bronze in the 800m for Loughrea at O60 level.
Tommy Farragher of Corofin AC won gold in the Weight and silver in the Shot at O70 level, while Margaret Higgins also of Corofin AC claimed five golds at O65 level in the Ladies events.
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