Weekend round up January 26th/27th

A massive congratulations to Ciaran Connolly who was crowned All-Ireland Junior High Jump champion on Sunday in Athlone. Ciaran cleared 1.96m to take gold. Caoimhe Cronin placed 4th in the final of the Junior 200m, Liam Murphy placed 4th in the U23 800m. Cian Gough was also in action in the Junior 3k walk. Full list of results from the championships can be found here: http://live.athleticsireland.ie/menu.html. 

Le Chéile athletes were also amongst the 4000 participants in action in the Raheny 5 mile race. Our wheelchair athletes placed very well with Sean McCullagh and Oisin Putt coming home as 3rd and 4th placed men, and Alina Clarke the 3rd placed lady. Also in action on the road were Orlaith Nason, Lorraine Gleeson, Linda Shine, Eimear O’Connor and Brendan Kearney. Results can be found here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/_axa_raheny_5_mile_2019/2807/results.