The action continued in Athlone on Sunday at the Connacht Indoors with the turn of the older Juvenile age groups and Senior events.
Seán Grealy enjoyed great double gold medal success when claiming top spot on the podium in the U17 60m and 200m. Two brilliant performances from Sean in his first competition after injury with his 60m win decided by less than one-hundredth of a second.
Following his strong run in the 800m on Saturday, Conor Brennan was back on track and claimed gold in the U14 1km walk with an excellent effort maintaining good form throughout.
The gold rush continued with Holly Rogers sprinting to take the honours in the U19 60m while Fiona Gettings put in another peerless performance to enjoy 3000m success.
Sinead Masterson took silver in the U15 High Jump with a best height of 1.40m and her fourth-place finish in the Long Jump also achieved qualification to the upcoming All-Irelands.
Oisín Dillon booked his spot too at Nationals with a fantastic run in the U15 800m. A big new personal best of 2:13 saw him place second overall in an exciting race. Rian McCaffrey (2:16), Daniel Higgins and Timothy Sheridan each came away with PBs also placing well after the four laps.
Making his Connachts debut, Marc Galligan went home with a superb silver medal in the U16 60m Hurdles.
Unfortunately, Robin Og Murphy received a penalty in the U17 1.5km race walk but continues to show very promising progress in the event. Darcey Brady, Dylan Ledwith, Max Gallagher and Ben Quinn each put in strong runs in the middle-distance events as so too did Rachel Walsh, Lucy Maher and Aaron Kelly in the sprints.
Well done to all. Congratulations to the medalists who advance to April’s National Championships. Our thanks to the officials for their time over the two days of busy competition in Athlone.
