Another great day out for the under age Striders, who did so well to finish a close second in attempting to retain the best club award. Name checkingΒ all our super Striders squad who all performed really well and almost won the shield for best club, for the second year running. Aoife Wall was our sole U8 representative and was brilliant in her first ever race, for the Striders. We had enough U10 athletes for two relay teams. The boys, TJ Murphy, Maitiu Wall, Adam Burke, Fionn MacEochaidh and Darragh Mackey all put in great performances to win a relay silver and TJ delivered his usual sprint medal. The U9 & U10 girls, Katelyn Corish, Ella Howlin, Eiryn McMahon, Isabella O’Connor and Sarah Lillis, had a great day out and all performed really well in their sprint, middle distance and relay events.
In the next two age groups, all six Striders were in great form, in all their events. Ailbhe Mackey and Eoin Stephenson came through their sprint heats and came close to medals in their respective finals. Maeve Burke and Ava Kehoe’s best event of the day was undoubtedly their 700m, with both girls finishing really strongly in a crowded field. Likewise Max Murphy and Cormac Delaney also excelled in their middle distance events, with Max making up a lot of ground in the second half of his race to finish second. Luca O’Connor, Sean Lennon, Olan Delaney and Charlie Alfred teamed up to win an U14 relay medal and a number of impressive individual medals in various events. Well done also to our older athletes – Moya Corbett, Aoife Lyng, Isabel Bawden, Finn Kelly, Darragh Flannelly, Oisin MacEochaidh, Robert & Ben Wall, Kelly Corbett, Adam O’Connor, Ryan Kielthy, Rebecca Bawden, Daniel Wickham, Conor Murphy, Aoife NiEochaidh, Claire Doyle and Patrick Doyle – who picked up numerous individual and team medals in their events and were a great example for the younger ones.
Thanks to all our very supportive parents who made sure we had big numbers competing. Apologies to any athlete whose name I forgot to mention. Finally well done to all at St Senan’s AC for another fantastic day out at Kilmacow.
Well done to all our young Striders who took part in the Kilmacow Inter-club competition between St. Joseph's Athletic Club, St Senans AC, Waterford AC and United Striders Athletic Club yesterday evening. The kids put in great performances all around. Unfortunately, we didn't win the cup on this occasion, but had a great day out nonetheless π It was a lovely way to finish off the season. Well done to all involved π Enjoy the summer break. We look forward to seeing you all again next season πͺ. Go Striders! ππ»ββοΈππΌ ... See MoreSee Less
County Track & Field, evening 1, EnniscorthyLuckily the rain held off to give us an enjoyable & rewarding evening, with a mix of age categories of U18, U19, Novice, Masters O35, Masters O50 and the very coveted Senior category. 3 Senior County titles - Thomas Harrington, David Larkin, Joe Lillis.A fantastic mix of results with many Senior medals earned to take county titles. The men took 1, 2 & 3 in the Senior 800m and again in the Senior 5,000m.Turnout was low, but the Striders made their appearance known. I thought maybe it was my eye sight as there was often a squibble of rain, but no, it was the Striders men or Kate coming again in another race, that familiar singlet of black with the white stripe making yet another round of the track!!!A special mention and thanks to our Chair George Delaney and Sandra Young for taking charge of the registrations and results for the evening. And of course to all of the Wexford Athletics officials. And to cap off a great evening, our ladies team was 3rd, and the men won the 4x400m Senior relays. Drum roll please: π₯π₯π₯Emma Hannon 1st U18 1,500m3rd Senior 4x100m relayKate Reidy1st Novice 3,000m3rd Senior 200m3rd Senior 4x400m relay Sonya Byrne1st Masters O35 400m3rd Senior 4x400m relayAine Cullen1st Masters O35 Shot Putt2nd Senior Shot Putt3rd Masters O35 1,500mSandra Young3rd Senior 4x400m relay(after a busy evening of officiating!) David Larkin1st Senior 200m2nd Senior 800m(4th Senior 5,000m)1st Senior 4x400m relayThomas Harrington1st Senior 800m2nd Senior 200m2nd Senior 5,000m1st Senior 4x400m relayJoe Lillis1st Senior 5,000m1st Masters O35 1,500m3rd Senior 800m1st Senior 4x400m relayJohn McGrath2nd Masters O35 1,500m3rd Senior 5,000m1st Senior 4x400m relayPat O'Callaghan1st Masters O50 1,500mA special mention to Padraig Hore, who didn't get to start the 100m due to an old injury flaring up. We really hope you can make it back next week. Reminder of evening 2 next Wednesday 6th of July in Enniscorthy. See you there. ... See MoreSee Less
AI registered : support our county clubs: great to see club runs back, best of luck Menapians Athletic ClubMenapians A.C. are holding a 5K Road Race on 1st July.Register at: menapians5kroadrace.itsyourrace.comWexford County Council Sport Ireland Healthy Wexford Menapians Athletic Club ... See MoreSee Less