Limerick Athletics Club

June 16, 2013 in Track & Field Results by Pat Murphy

Jack Broderick continued his excellent form in 2013 with 3 medal winning performances in Munster T & F Championships at Templemore on Sat/Sun. 15/16 June 2013.  He won Bronze  in U18 Boys  400m  , Silver in 400m Hurdles , Bronze in 110m Hurdles and for good measure finished 4th. in 200m final .

Maria Power ran a great race to win Bronze in U18 Girls 100m  – she has being running very well of late .

Shayne Hartigan In Boys U15  – in his first triple jump competition won an excellent Silver  – he was also 4th. in High Jump  – he jumped the same height as bronze medal winner but lost out on count back  – in Long Jump he was 5th. with a PB of 4.75m.

Joseph Spratt In Boys U16 won Silver in Triple Jump  – he also competed in Long Jump , Javelin & 250m Hurdles .

We also had good performances from Sean Harris , Eda Kiely & Patrick Healy .

June 9, 2013 in Track & Field Results by James Prendeville

Day 2 Munster T & F Championships U9 to U13 Ennis on Sunday 9 June 2013 .

Limerick AC Athletes again feature in another day of high powered athletics in Ennis.  The highlight of the day was a fantastic run by Rex Nyamakazi in the boys U9 60m sprint winning gold and blowing the field away in a time of 9.4sec.

We also had a super run from Dara Costelloe who made the semi-final of the U12 boys 60m sprint.

In the U10 Boys pairs we had a strong showing from Cillian Lynch and Zach O’Connor both having good performances in the 60m sprint and the 500m. We also had Ethan Ryan Wade and Emmet Halley competing in the 60m sprint and 600m. Well done boys getting out there and competing.

In the relay LAC had just one relay team today and the honour went to the courageous U12 Girls of Eva O’Connor, Rebecca Kiely, Makayla Ryan-Wade and Clodagh Prendeville who ran extremely well at the end of a very long and hot day.  Well done girls for flying the flag for LAC.

Well done to all LAC athletes who competed over the two days.

A special mention about Nesta Nyamakazi who recently got injured but still attended today in the hope that he might have been able to compete, but it was not possible.  Get well soon from all at LAC and we all look forward to seeing you back on the track stronger than ever in the near future.

As per last post  Day 1 – Additional Results

A super result from day 1 was young Molly Quirke winning a silver medal in the U9 long jump with a jump of 3.20. Well done Molly.

Ella Hession finished a tremendous 4^th in the U11 Girls 600m in a very competitive U11girls competition.  Also in the pairs Ella with Grace Malone finished 5^th in this highly competitive age group – Well done girls.

In the U10 Girls we had strong performances from Sorcha Jennings and Olivia Kiely in the 60m and long jump and Sorcha and Olivia teamed up with Ellen and Sarah in the relay team. Well done girls!

Sarah Hosey continues to show how talented she is by having a storming run in the 500m and finished 4^th in the individual 500m.

Sarah Madden and Laoisa Philips finished in an excellent 7^th place in the U9 Girls Pairs where there were over 20 teams competing .

 Note for all Athletes – Next Main Event for LAC Juveniles

Munster Juvenile Development Games (Munster Bs) in Castleisland, Co Kerry on Sunday 14^th July.

Finally, a special thanks goes to all the parents who made sure all the LAC athletes were well supported and for those who helped in any way during a very hot two days of great athletics in Ennis.

June 8, 2013 in Track & Field Results by James Prendeville

Day 1 Munster T & F Championships U9 to U13 Ennis on Saturday  8 June 2013 .

Limerick AC had over 15 juvenile athletes attending today’s highly competitive Munster A’s competition competing in sweltering heat and performing exceptionally well.

We had good performances in the U9 girls from Molly Quirke competing in the 60m and Long Jump

In the U10 Girls pairs Sarah Hosey won her 500m race and Ellen Costelloe also had a good run in the 500m and both did really well in the Long Jump.  Olivia Kiely competed in the 60m and Long Jump and also did the club proud.

In the U11 Girls pairs Ciara Grimes and Emer Ryan had good runs and jumps in the 60m and Long Jump while Ella Hession and Grace Malone competed in the 60m and the 600m. Ciara and Emer finished a fantastic 5^th out 22 competing teams.

In the U12 Boys Rory Prendeville finished 0.8 of a second just outside the qualifying time for the 600m final  and Dara Costelloe also ran exceptionally well considering he is just back from injury.

We had Alex and Rebecca Kiely, Eva O’Connor and Clodagh Prendeville competing in the 60m all showing great improvements

We also had teams competing in the U10 and U11 girls relay today. A special thanks goes to Caoimhe Ryan who was not competing until tomorrow and was our official photographer for the day

More results and updates to follow later…….

in Important Notices by James Prendeville

Please be advised that conditions today at Ennis were extremely hot and the same is expected tomorrow.  Please ensure your athletes bring sun-cream, plenty of water and some sort of shade like a tent or umbrella.

Report from Day 1 to follow soon…

June 3, 2013 in Important Notices by James Prendeville

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