Thursday last 1st of May saw a large group of Cranford athletes take part in, Finn Valley’s open track & field meet. Our u/9 girls Blathnaid Gallagher, Clodagh Neely and Megan mc Bride all performing very well with Blathnaid getting 1st place in the turbo javelin with a throw of 6.81. Clodagh had a good run in the 60m getting into the final,Megan doing very well on her first run out for the club. Ryan mc Menamin was our only u/9 boy he had a great run in the 60m sprint getting into the final.
The u/10 girls ran very well with Nazara mc Fadden leading the way home in 2nd place both in the 60m and the 500m. Caoimhe Browne, Orla Neely and Danielle Murray had good throws in the turbo javelin, and Caoimhe got into the final of her 60m. Our boys u/10 were represented by Max Roarty and Cian mc Menamin, Max ran two great races taking gold medals in both the 60m and the 500m followed closely in 3rd place by Cian in the 500m.
Our u/11 girls Aoife Giles took a gold medal with a great throw in the turbo javelin. Marcella Dolan took to the track in both the 60m and 600m with two great performance coming 3rd in the 60m and 1st in the 600m. Clodadh Friel had a fine run coming 3rd in the 600m on her first run out for the club. Our boys u/11 team were Oisin Kelly, Liam Donnelly and Oran mc Menamin, Oisin had two great races in the 60m and 600m claiming gold in both, Liam had a good run in the 600m taking bronze, and had a great jump in the long jump taking gold. Oran had a good run in the 600m just missing out on the medals.
Allan Neely, Barry Donnelly and Killian Brown were our u/12 boys Allan had a good run in the 600m and a good throw in the shot putt. Barry had a great throw in the shot putt with a throw off 6.4 getting gold and killian had a great jump in the long jump, jumping 3.33 getting a bronze medal.
Molly Trearty was our only u/13 girl and had a great performance in the 600m claiming a silver medal. Our boys u/13 were Eoghan Moore and Dylan Dorrian, Eoghan had a good run in the 600m just missing out on a medal, he had a great throw of 27.09 in the javelin taking gold in this event, Dylan threw 26.26 in the javelin taking silver, Dylan had a very tight battle in his 600m with a great race and a great result claiming 1st place. Rionach Giles had a good run in the girls u/14 600m and was our only girl in this age group.
MILE CHALLENGE.
We had 5 athletics in the mile run who all ran very well, with Eoin Kelly taking 3rd place with a time of 5.34 Grace Trearty 9th place 6.25, Molly Trearty 10th place 6.27 Eleanear Trearty 12th place 7.10 and Ciara Murry 14th in a time of 8.14.
Well done to all.
Eoghan and Dylan u/13 boys