Athletes from the club competed in huge numbers in the Connacht Secondary School's Combined Events held yesterday in Dangan.

The club is very proud of the fact that it has grown its number of athletes in the teenage age groups from 12 athletes in 2002 to over 80 today. On Thursday, thirty of these athletes competed in the multi-events competition in Dangan with varying degrees of success - a fantastic participation rate and almost certainly the largest of any of the clubs in Connacht.

I will update this article with the results of the competition when they come to hand but here's a brief summary of what I know and of the participants from the club

Intermediate Girls (U17)

There were strong performances from both Rachel Finnegan and Sophie Ralston which will leave them very close to the medal positions.

Junior Girls (U15)

Ashley McDonnell and Katie O'Donoghue took 1st and 2nd place in the 800m and 2nd and 3rd place in the high jump - performances which will put both right up in contention for overall medals. Good performances also from Orla Ryan and Karen Roche.

Minor Girls (U14)

The club has a huge participation in this age group with 10 athletes involved - Debi Kenny, Caoimhe Quill, Mairead McCan, Laura Porter, Sinéad Gaffney, Maria McNamara, Ella Bryan, Claire Ryder, Ailbhe Greaney and Isabel Lane. I don't have alot of details to hand but a 1st place finish from Maria McNamara in the long jump with a big PB of 4.69m and a 3rd place finish in the 800m should put her very close to the top of the group.

Intermediate Boys (U17)

Tomas Keehan took 2nd place in the high jump competition with 1.65m and will be in contention for silverware. Brian Birmingham performed very well in his events in his first time competing at this level.

Junior Boys (U15)

The club had 6 representatives in action - Ruairi Finnegan, Shaun Gallagher, Niall Rooney, David Farrell, Liam Dundon and Paul McGill. I don't have details of performances - but from what I heard Paul and Niall took 1st and 2nd in the shot putt and Niall was doing strongly in the other events.

Minor Boys (U14)

We had 6 representatives here also but I don't have any details yet on performances - Ross Haverty, Cormac Dillon, Jack Raftery, Brendan Gallagher, PJ Kelly and Christopher O'Connor.

I will update this article as soon as I have more details.

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... written by Tobin on September 28, 2008 No results available yet of the Connacht multi-events, but rumours filtered through during the week from the Pres Athenry that Ashley McDonnell and Katie O'Donoghue had qualified in 2nd and 3rd place for the Irish Schools Multi-event finals in the junior girls catetory. Unfortunately neither were able to travel to the National finals on Saturday - Ashley having picked up an injury during the Connacht finals and Katie unavailable. Well done to both on their achievement in Connacht. Its thought that Orla Ryan was 4th in the same category in Connacht. Well done Orla. In the Connacht Minor Girls, Maria McNamara likely finished in the top 2, but this hasn't been confirmed yet. Rachel Finnegan and Sophie Ralston finished 2nd and 3rd in the Intermediate Girls and took 8th and 12th place in the National finals with scores of 2267 and 1978. Well done girls. In the boys events, Niall Rooney qualified in the Junior Boys in the Connacht finals (unsure which place) and finished 12th in the national finals with a score of 2311 pts, including PBs of 1.69m in high jump and 4.71m in long jump. Well done Niall! No information available on the Connacht minor and intermediate boys categories where athletes from the club also competed strongly - I will update here if the results become available.

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