Sarah Mulvaney Kelly and Luke Fitzmaurice led North Leitrim AC to a quintet of medals at the 123.ie Athletics Ireland Juvenile Championships in Tullamore last weekend with both walkers claiming a gold medal in their events.
With fellow walker Karl Casey winning a silver in the U14 walk and bronzes for Dean Williams (U18 Hammer) & Mark Hazlett (U16 Triple Jump), it was another successful weekend for the Leitrim club.
Sarah won the 2,000m walk by over 20 seconds in a time of 10.03.94 ahead of Moy Valley's Lillian O'Brien while Luke had more or less the same margin of victory in the U17 event, his time of 14.08.64 seeing him finish well clear of second placed Shane Byrne of Togher AC in 14.34.22.
North Leitrim AC's Sarah Mulvaney Kelly on top of the podium
Dean Williams' 36.39m throw saw him take the bronze medal in the U18 Hammer while Mark Hazlett was just two centimetres off the silver medal in the U16 triple jump, his first round jump of 11.03 just pipped by Daniel Ogilby of Ballymena who jumped 11.05.
There was disappointment for Karen Mulvaney Kelly who finished fourth in the U16 walk while fifth place finishes were recorded by Scott Williams in the U14 Discus, Lee McNamara in the U14 Walk. Scott also finished ninth in the U14 shot.
Sarah Mulvaney Kelly was sixth in the U15 discus, a position repeated by Grace Fergus in the U14 walk. Lucas Lyons had a busy weekend, finishing seventh in the U16 3,000m on Saturday and 13th in the 1,500m on Sunday.
Silver for North Leitrim AC's Karl Casey
O’DONNELL GOES FOR GOLD AGAIN
Carrick AC's Gerard O'Donnell will be seeking to retain the Athletics Ireland 110m title next Saturday in Morton Stadium. The Leitrim runner clocked a time of 14.31 in Belgium last Saturday, winning his race in a nice warm-up for the National Championships. Gerard's race will be a straight final on Saturday at 2.40 with the event being streamed live on both days by Athletics Ireland.
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Bronze for North Leitrim AC's Dean Williams