Longford AC won Connacht medals in 16 events, 5 of which were Relay teams, and 22 of our juvenile athletes will now go forward to compete in the GloHealth Athletics Ireland National Indoor Finals in mid-March. Last year only 5 athletes from Longford AC (Niall Nerney, Niall Moran, Cian McPhillips, Sarah Murphy & Brendan Finnan) went on to the National Indoor Finals so 2015 is looking like our best year ever!
Day 1- Feb 28, 2015 Longford AC won 5 Connacht medals
2nd place U12 Girls Relay 4X100m
3rd place U13 Boys Relay 4X100m
3rd place U12 Boys Shot Putt Tommy Corcoran (6.89m)
2nd place U13 Boys High Jump Brendan Finnan
3rd place U13 Boys Long Jump Brendan Finnan (4.20m)
Other excellent performances on the day:
Sarah McPhillips U12 Girls 60m 9.36 =5th place
Melissa O’Kane U12 Girls 600m 2.01:24 = 5th place
Melissa O’Kane U12 Girls Shot Putt 5.01m= 6th place
Tommy Corcoran U12 Boys High Jump 1.25m = 4th place
5th place U12 Boys Relay 4X100m Tommy Corcoran, Jack Gallagher, Michael McDonnell & Jack Belton (sub Mark Rowley)
Rory Farago U13 Long Jump 4.09m = 4th place
Cathal Farrell U13 Boys 60m 9.02= 7th place
David McDonnell U13 Boys 60m 8.8=5th place
David McDonnell U13 Boys Long Jump 4.03m = 5th place
Brendan Finnan U13 Boys 60m Hurdles 10.84 sec = 4th place
Day 2- March 1st, 2015 Longford AC won 11 Connacht medals
U14 Boys Relay Team = 3rd place
U15 Boys Relay Team = 3rd place
U16 Boys Relay Team = 2nd place
Sarah Murphy 800m = 2.36:97 = 2nd place
Yemi Talabi 60m 8.54 = 1st place
Cian McPhillips 800m 2.26:80 = 3rd place
Niall Moran Long Jump, 4.74m = 2nd place
Cian Nolan 60m 7.98= 3rd place
Aaron Kelly 60m 7.79= 3rd place
Corey Molloy 60m 7.772= 2nd place
Sean McManus Shot Putt 9.18 = 2nd place
Other excellent performances on Day 2:
Daire McManus 60m 8.41 = 4th place
Cian McPhillips 60m 8.59 = 7th place
Cian Belton 60m 8.34= 7th place
Niall Moran 60m 8.31= 6th place
Aaron Kelly 200m 26.27 = 6th place
Corey Molloy 200m 26.00 = 5th place
