Week ending Saturday 1st April
Medal Winning International Debut for Tianna
Every athlete dreams of running for Ireland and last Saturday that dream came true for Tianna O’Leary when she made her International debut at the SIAB Schools International Cross Country in Liverpool as a member of the Irish Junior team, and she made it an even more memorable day by winning team silver, which was a great reward for all her hard work and dedication in training. Held in a cool and windy Sefton Park, the best Irish schools athletes were up against the best from England, Scotland and Wales running on a lovely undulating open parkland course with good underfoot conditions.
Tianna settled in to her running very quickly in the pack in the Junior girls 3,000m race. Continuing to work hard throughout, and with a great final effort she pushed all the way up the home straight to cross the finish line still full of running, an excellent fifth score for Ireland and playing her part in team success as the Irish team finished in second place, to win the silver team medals, a great result for Tianna on her International debut.
Now that Tianna has made her International debut for Ireland, her name will be added to the International Roll of Honour in the Clubhouse, the one hundred and twenty third name on the marble wall plaque.
Dunboyne 10k
More than 850 registered in advance for the Dunboyne 10k last Sunday morning, with 700 finishers on the day from walkers and joggers along with a good depth of Club athletes at the front of both the men and women races, including a good number from Mullingar. On a beautiful mild spring day with only a light breeze, conditions were great for running. Every contestant received loud cheers as they passed through the village at the start and again on the Dunboyne AC track at the finish. The route, with a new finish area at the track proved very popular and its fast potential shone through with the first ten athletes crossing the line in less than 32 minutes, including Jack Moran who led the Mullingar group home in fifth place in a very fast 31 minutes 40 seconds. Following Jack in was Kieran Nolan (37:28), Patrick Muldoon (38:52), Michelle Bohan (40:50), Robin Jackson (42:55), Emer O’Hanlon (44:17) second in her master category, Linda Cunningham (46:14) and Nuala Moran (50:26).
World Masters Indoors
Everyone at the Club wishes the very best of luck to Sean McMullin and Aidan O’Donoghue who are in Toruń, Poland this week to compete at the World Masters Indoors as part of a very big squad of over 140 from Ireland. Sean got his campaign underway with the 3,000m walk on the track on Monday, followed by the 10k walk on the road on Friday. Aidan competed on Sunday in the javelin where he threw very close to his personal best and was very satisfied to finish a very creditable twelfth place in his first World Masters event. Aidan returned to action on Monday for the high jump, before his primary focus event, the pentathlon, on Wednesday. We’ll report on how they got on in next week’s notes.
April Committee Meeting
The April meeting of the committee will be held next Tuesday 4th April in the Clubhouse at 8.20pm after training. There’s a very full agenda, including planning for the official opening on the new track in April and the Pat Finnerty Memorial 5k League in Belvedere in May, so a full attendance is requested.
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