It was a tough day yesterday for watching sport, with the painful Tipp result (quiet Diarmuid!) but there was one good piece of news the weekend.  Ciara Mageean qualified for the finals of the World Junior 1500m and ran the final last weekend.  No irish athlete had ever medalled at this championship before.  Based on her PB she should have come second from last in the race but the Lisburn girl is as tough as they come and you just knew she wouldn't be happy with that. 

If you've 5 minutes to spare, enjoy the video of the final below - it's a cracker:

http://www.universalsports.com/video/assetid=9db7ae6f-f950-47de-abf6-32c518ecd0a3.html#iaaf+world+juniors+womens+1500m+final

Afterwards when asked how she felt she would cope with the Kenyans and Ethiopians - she said "I don't fear anyone, every country has as good a chance as the rest - we're all runners with two legs and one heart; the Europeans can be just as good as the Africans". 

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The timetables for the National finals are at:-

http://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/?p=13823

This has details of

- U9/10/11 events and relays in Templemore on  26 June

- U12-19 events in Tullamore on 3/4 July and 24 July

The U12-19 events are in Tullamore on 25 July - but the timetable has not been published yet for that.

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Thanks to all who showed up to our end of term 5k time trial ,thanks to all who helped organise the refreshments in the hall afterwards, it was as usual a superb spread.This was the first trial for many and you all performed amazingly.Keep up the good work!

Results listed below alphabetically :

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The provisional order of events for the U13-19 competition this Saturday 19 June is here.

My guess at the timing of different events:-

- If 2 long jumps are going at once (which more than likely will be the case), the long jumps will start at 10.30am with the u13s and all age groups will be finished by 1pm

- High jump starts at 10.30 with u15 girls, then u16 girls - see program for remainder. Since there are only small numbers, all should be done in about 2.5 hours.

- Shot putt will likely start at 10.30

- Sprint hurdles start at 10.30, lasting maybe 45 minutes or an hour, followed by walks. Its possible that these may take place at the same time if inside lanes kept free.

- The sprints commence after the walks. So depending on above ordering, that could be as early as 11.30.

- The long hurdles are next - possibly around 12.30, followed by the 1500s possibly around 1pm, then 200s possibly around 2.45pm, then steeplechase, 3000m, 300/400, 600/800s.

Key thing above is that everything is guesswork as to start time!
Please be there at least an hour earlier that the predicted start time just in case.

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Craughwell AC’s younger athletes put in some fantastic performances at last weekend’s Connacht track and field in Dangan, culminating with a big performance in the relays where the club won a medal in each of the 8 relay races.

In the U9-11 events where athletes competed in pairs, Craughwell had 36 pairs of athletes taking part – with 14 pairs qualifying in the top three to go forward to the National finals while 12 other teams were unlucky to finish just outside qualification when taking 4th place and 5th places. 

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The provisional order of events for this Saturday is as set out below. Note that the order may be varied on the day, so please be there in good time.

The day starts at 11am with sprints first and middle-distance later and then the relays.

At the same time, all field events will start at 11am depending on the numbers of officials available to run those events.

If trying to guess times from the provisional order, bear in mind the following:-

- sprints will take an hour or more - be there at least 30 minutes before your sprint, ideally before 10.30am
- long jumps will take 30 to 45 minutes per age group due to large numbers
- boys and girls might be jumping at same time as there are 2 long jump pits in Dangan
- middle distance races might be started as soon as the sprints are over

Read on for the provisional order of events.

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Craughwell’s senior track & field team kept up their preparations last week for the club’s debut in the National League this coming weekend. Under the stewardship of team managers Peter O’Sullivan and Diarmuid Quill, some of the team travelled to Ennis Track for the Clare Championships and put in some remarkable performances, taking home a carload of medals in the process. There was a nice blend of youth and experience as 3 of our U18s and 1 of our U16s made the trip to Ennis .

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We will be holding a club 5k Time Trial to mark the end of Term 2 of Fit4life.

This is open to registered Craughwell AC members only and there is no entry fee.

    Details

Date : 22 June.

Time : 7:30pm

Registration/Number collection : St Michaels hall 6:30 to 7:15

Start: At the old 5k route start on the Moyode lane.

Finish : At the railway foot bridge link to the Athenry road.

 There will be Refreshments in the Hall after. 

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didn't see this result anywhere so just thought I'd post it.  Fastest man in Galway -  Gary Thornton of GCH finished in 13th position with a time of 30:22 in the Europa cup on Saturday.  We are getting used to Gary setting a pb almost every time he laces his spikes so he likely won't be too thrilled with this one as though it's an awesome time it's well away from the form he's been showing recently.  Still it's been a fantastic week for him with his superb 13:58 in the BMC 5k last week.

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Well done to Peter o sullivan on his first victory ! peter stormed the new Dangan course and finished in a time of 16:34.

Thats it for the series im sure it was the best so far and we look forward to next year already! Well done to All who took part and all who helped make it happen.

Dangan results are here http://www.redtagtiming.com/

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