The sun continued to shine in Tullamore today where there were some more great performances by Dooneen athletes in the AAI Junior and u23 finals. There was a smaller turnout than usual due to a combination of injuries and exams, but the quality was still evident. The following were the main club highlights on the day.
- Arizona bound Fiona O'Shea was the clear winner in the junior shot putt without reaching her best at 11.88
- Niall Counihan was fifth in the long jump and did well in the 100m heats as he was hampered by an ongoing ankle injury.
- The dependable Nathan Jege was fouth in the long jump at 6.48m
- Emmanuel Sabayo won double bronze with a clearance of 1.75 in the high jump and a new PB of 15.84 in the 110m hurdles. With his exams behind him he is an athlete with immense potential which hopefully will be realised over the next few weeks.
- Canada bound Timmy Crowe was a rather casual winner of the 400m hurdles in 57,47 but showed his true form in winning the 200m heat in anew PB of 22.15 and then ran another PB shortly after of 22.13 in the final where he was an impressive second.
- Interestingly Timmy is now nationally ranked in three events following these 200m performances as follows:
- #5 400m Hurdles 53.34
- #8 400m 48.58
- #16 200m - 22.13 less than a second off Antoine Burke's club record of this century.
- But in case anybody gets carried away there are several nationally ranked athletes in the club at present the highest ranked being #2 ladies shot putter Fiona Moloney. Others include David O'Shea, Cian Aherne, Orla Drumm, Nathan Jege, Emmanuel Sabayo, Jane Dickinson Ailsih Sheehan and of course rising young high jump star #4 ranked Aishling Croke.
Well done to all.
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