The LAC community would like to congratulate Stanley Ikeh on the culmination of his indoor season following his latest appearance at the National Championships.
The final day of events was held at Athlone International Arena on Saturday March 28 and Stanley represented the club at the Boys U-17 200m where he ran a fantastic race finishing third.
Munster 4 Mile Championships.
The Limerick Ladies team following the Munster 4 mile
The Munster 4 mile championship took place in Kilmallock on Sunday March 29 and LAC was well represented by the following teams of athletes.
The female team of Gráinne Costelloe, Angela Robertson, Ursula Gavin and Sandra Ryan and the male team of Colm Turner, Mark Guerin, Mike Neville and Daniel Gallagher.
There are provisional results online yet Munster Athletics have informed us that they may be amended due to reported errors. We will update this post as soon as we can. In the meantime here is a link to the unofficial results:
LIMERICK ATHLETIC CLUB had three individual athletes compete on day two of the GloHealth National Juvenile Indoor Championships this March 22, 2015 at the Athlone International Arena.
Munster Silver medalist Sarah Hosey is the fourth fastest eleven-year-old over 600m in the country. Her proud father and LAC Coach Frank Hosey provides this report on her race.
Sarah finished fourth in a field of 15 competitors in the Girls U-12 600m in Athlone today. In doing so she knocked more than 3seconds off her previous Personal Best (1:51.24) to record a time of 1:48:13. The fast finishing Sarah finished two tenths of a second behind Aimee Doherty who won the bronze medal. Sarah closed in on the bronze medal winner all the way to the line and finished two tenths of a second away from the podium. The race was won by Galway City Harriers up and coming star Emma Moore whose 1:45.53 performance was almost two seconds inside the previous championship best.
Girls U-12 600m Final with Sarah Hosey
LAC was under the starters’ gun once more when Stanley Ikeh and Junior Echeruwe lined out for the Boys U-17 60m sprints. From lane two in heat one Junior posted a time of 7.55secs over the 60m and narrowly missed out on final qualification while Stanley’s 7.32secs from lane six in heat three guaranteed him a final spot.
Stanley emerged from the blocks impressively and hit the blue boards with immense speed and in one of the closest finishes with a mere one tenth of a second separating five athletes and young Ikeh had to settle for fourth position with his 7.32secs and was extremely unlucky not to have taken a medal home.
LIMERICK ATHLETIC CLUB had three relay teams at the GloHealth National Juvenile Indoor Championships this Saturday at Athlone.
Participating in the championship’s opening event was the LAC Girls 4x100m U-13 team of Ciara Grimes, Emer Ryan, Ella Hession, Dharma Griffin who finish third in their heat in a time of 58.63secs and narrowly missed out on a final spot.
Their coach Dave Ryan said following the result: “The U13 Girls relay team ran a very determined and gutsy race today, just missing out on the final by less than 2 seconds.
It was the first time that all four of these promising young LAC athletes have competed at the National Indoors and this team were one of only three relay teams from LAC to make the these finals along with being the only girls team from LAC to qualify.
From their performance today, this team certainly have a very bright future ahead together for LAC.
It was an invaluable experience for them all to compete against the top athletes in the country and experience racing at a national level which is the pinnacle of indoor track racing in the country and where the creams of the crop compete.
After today’s result this team are now in the Top 10 U13 Relay teams in the country, a fantastic achievement in itself and an extremely proud coach also.”
LAC’s Boys 4x200m U-17 team and Munster title holders – Stanley Ikeh, Sean Harris, Shayne Hartigan and Junior Echeruwe put in a memorable performance when they qualified for the final in a time of 1:37.40 and following their accomplishment in the final this team now stands as the fourth fastest in the country.
Similarly the Boys 4x200m U-18 team of Stanley Ikeh, Glody Swana, Junior Echeruwe and Joseph Spratt can utter identical claims as they have also placed as the fourth fastest in the country following their time posted of 1:39.08
Well done to all from the LAC community.
Day two of the games continue today, LAC will be represented by Sarah Hosey in the Girls U-12 600m and the trio of Stanley Ikeh, Junior Echeruwe and Glody Swana will take to the boards later on with Stanley and Junior in the U-17 60m sprint while Glody will represent the club in the U-18 60m sprint.
The event is being broadcast live Athletics Ireland TV with commentary courtesy of Jumping the Gun and can be viewed here:
FOUR INDIVIDUAL Limerick Athletic Club athletes and three relay teams will compete at the GloHealth National Juvenile Indoor Championships at the weekend of March 21 and 22, 2015 to be held at Athlone International Arena.
All twelve LAC athletes have qualified from Limerick finals and through Munster finals to have reached the national finals and will join 1,500 of Ireland’s greatest juvenile athletic talent.
Sarah with proud Mom and sister Ellen
Representing LAC in the Girls U-12 600m will be Sarah Hosey who has had an impressive indoor season taking a Munster Silver medal home with her time of 1:51.24 which also secured her a place in the National finals.
The trio of Stanley Ikeh, Junior Echeruwe and Glody Swana will take to the boards at Athlone and don the LAC singlet. Stanley and Junior will both line out for the U-17 60m sprint while Glody will represent the club in the U-18 60m sprint.
One day one the relay events will be the centre of everyone’s attention and three already successful relay teams will battle it out for national supremacy in their various titles.
Ciara, Emer, Ella and Dharma on the podium at the Munster Indoors
The Girls 4x100m U-13 team of Ciara Grimes, Emer Ryan, Ella Hession, Dharma Griffin and Grace Malone, who on the back of their Munster bronze medal, will be the first LAC hopefuls as they will line out for the opening event of the entire championship.
Munster Gold medal winners – LAC’s Boys 4x200m U-17 team – Stanley Ikeh, Sean Harris, Shayne Hartigan and Junior Echeruwe will certainly wish to put in a performance such as when they took the Munster title in Nenagh and finishing a mere 52 hundredths of one second behind the course record.
Sean, Glody, Shayne, Stanley and Junior
The Boys 4x200m U-18 team of Stanley Ikeh, Glody Swana, Junior Echeruwe and Joseph Spratt will attempt to recreate the flawless race they superbly executed when they took gold and the Munster title.
The second day of the championships will be streamed live via Athletics Ireland TV with commentary courtesy of Jumping the Gun and can be viewed here:
The entire community of LAC coaches, parents and supporters would like to wish all the athletes the very best for the upcoming weekend and we are all extremely proud of your outstanding achievements throughout the indoor season.
Image courtesy Kieran Carlin
The Limerick Ladies team following the Munster 4 mile
