Walkers again lead the way in Athlone
North Leitrim AC walkers had a very good weekend at the Connacht Athletics Indoors in Athlone with two gold medals the highlight of another busy weekend for the county's clubs.
Luke Fitzmaurice (U17 boys), Ian Harkin (U12 boys) and Sarah Mulvaney Kelly (U15 Girls) were the gold medal winners in their events with impressive displays while both also picked up further medals with Luke claiming a silver in the shot.
For Sarah, she had a very busy couple of days as she finished ninth in the Minor girls race at the Connacht Schools Cross-country Finals on the Wednesday and then followed it up with silvers in the 800m and shot, only denied gold in the 800m by less than half a second after a blistering run.
Mark Hazlett was also a busy athlete as he claimed silver medals in the U16 shot and triple jump before the former All-Ireland schools minor hurdles champion was just outside the medals in fourth in the 60m hurdles.
The Long Jump was a very successful event for the Trench Winston family as Tom & Anna claimed bronze medals in their respective events. Tom took third in the U14 boys event on Saturday while Anna, who was battling a foot injury, was third in the U14 girls event on Sunday.
Their clubmate Kevin English and Drumshanbo AC's Charlie Scollan had excellent performances in the U12 60m with Kevin finishing just one place ahead of Charlie in fifth with well over 100 athletes taking part on the day. Carrick AC's Tom Wynne also just missed out on a medal as he finished fourth in the U12 Shot in an excellent performance.
The race walks also saw medals for North Leitrim AC’s Cealagh McGloin (2nd U14 girls), Karen Mulvaney Kelly (2nd U16 girls), Keilan Carroll (2nd U13 boys), Karl Casey (2nd U14 boys), 2nd Arved Schramm (2nd U12 boys) and Emily Flanagan (2nd U12 Girls) with Lee McNamara (U14) and Grace Fergus (U14) both fourth and Faye Watters (U13) fifth.
North Leitrim AC's Lucas Lyons narrowly missed out on a medal at the Connacht Schools Cross-country last Wednesday when he finished fourth in the Inter boys race but he got his hands on a medal with a fine third place finish in the U16 1,500m after finishing 6th in the 800m.
Karen Mulvaney Kelly followed up her 17th place in the Junior girls race at the schools cross-country with a bronze in the U16 shot to go with her silver in the walk.
There were also medals in the Senior races on Saturday with Carrick AC's Michelle Lannon claiming silver over 3,000m in a time of 10.51.70, capping off a brilliant set of weeks for the Boyle athlete.
North Leitrim AC's Susanne O'Beirne won four medals in the masters races, with silvers in the Over 50, shot, 200m, 1,500m and 800m along with fifth in the 60m for a very busy evening.