Limerick Athletics - Weekly News Update

County 4 Mile Road Championships:

WEST Limerick hosted the Limerick County 4 Mile Road Championships event in Dromcollougher for the third year in a row.

Bilboa’s Declan Moore regained the title he last won in 2019 with a commanding victory in a time of 19:54.

He was followed a bit back in second by West Limerick’s Killian Lynch in 20:43 who took the Novice crown.

Clubmate Karl Lenihan was third (20:49) 4th Declan Guina (20:57) 5th Aogan MacDomhnaill (21:08) 6th Derek Kiely (21:48) With 5 of the first 6 winners West Limerick were comfortable winners of the Senior team title with Dooneen in second and Kilmallock in third.

Dooneen did however receive a large of measure of compensation as they took the Novice Title through great work from Cian Aherne, David Secchi, Nial Harris and Andrew McMahon.

Emerald's Sophie Moroney stormed to victory in the Women’s race a time of 25:17. Dooneen’s Eadaoin Hennessey was 2nd in 25:59 with Clubmate Tracey Johnson taking the ‘Bronze Medal’ in 26:01.

Kate Murray took 4th place overall and 1st Novice in 26:18, 5th Grace O’Donnell 27:20, 6th Karen Raine (27:21) Dooneen (2, 3, 6 and13-Claire Knight being the other scorer) were first Women’s team on 24 pts with West Limerick second on 28.

Novice Team 1st West Limerick. Selected other times - Joe Chawke 25:45, Tony McMahon 27:35, Maeve Kenrick 32:37, Carmel MacDomhnaill 34:36. There was a total of 69 finishers.

National Juvenile Indoor Championships:

Dooneen’s hard work at underage is reaping a rich harvest as Megan O’Shea, Destiny Lawal, Lilly McMahon and Emma Pethos helped their Girls U15 4x200m Relay team to the Gold Medal in a new championship record time of 1:46.55 at the National Juvenile Indoor Championships in Athlone.

The Dooneen U19 Girls took Silver in a very fast 4x200m final (1:45.29) where Ratoath Girls set a CBP to win in 1 41:75. The team consisted of Aimee Ryan, Deborah Lawal, Molly Quirke and Victoria Amiadamen.

The Dooneen girls U18 relay team consisting of Leagh Moloney, Angel Alfred, Nancy O'Keeffe and Vivian Amaeze  were 3rd in 1:48.71.

Leagh Moloney was second in the U18 Triple Jump with a best of 10.79m behind winner Lucy Fitzgerald, of Tipperary Town AC, (10.92m).

Angel Alfred was 6th in the Shot Put in a time of 10.50m, Limerick AC U12 Boys took Bronze in 4x200m in a 3 heat relay based on times and only 0.3 second off second place.

Their team featured Killian Coman, Rian Kiely Keogan,Oiisn McGuinness and Tom Keogh. Aaron O’Connor was 2nd in the U19 Triple Jump. Limerick AC are doing great work at underage too, well done to all. Days 2 and 3 of the Indoor finals take place in Athlone next weekend.

Around the Country

Niall Shanahan of An Bru AC was 2 nd in the Mallow 10 Miler in 50:37 , one minute behind Ryan Creech of Leevale. 19 th Niall O’Riordan (An Bru) 57:26. Alex Kelly (1:06:44) Yvonne Deegan (1:13:51) Tom Madden (1:15:22) -all Limerick Country Club

Well done to Kevin Broughton (Bilboa) and Sam Hand (Kilmallock) (10 th overall in 8:15) who ran the Maurice Mullins 80K Ultra Marathon in the Wicklow Mountains last Saturday.

Fixtures

The Michal Rejmer 10 Mile takes place on Sunday 16th April, starting and finishing at Limerick Racecourse