Elena Forkan took fourth place in the under-17 race at the celtic games cross country at the Billy Neill MBE Country Park. Forkan was first scorer on the Irish team that came second to Wales in the Celtic Games Girls Under 17 event. Congratulations to Elena and best wishes in the green of Ireland and green and white of Raheny.
Eric Favors set a new Irish indoor shot put record of 19.84m at the South Carolina indoor track & field championships. Another fantastic performance by Eric who is sure to set some excellent throws in 2022.
The men’s and women’s teams made very performances at round two of the national indoor track & field league in TUS, Athlone. The women’s 4x200m team of Charlotte Wingfield, Camilla Vigano, Hannah Byrne and Tara Meier set a new club record of one minute 43.98 seconds to win the event. The time equalled the national club record for the 4x200m relay. Elsewhere Kay Bannon’s team finished second overall in round…
Niamh Kearney took her international debut on Saturday finishing 14th in the Northern Ireland international held in Belfast. The race was won by reigning World 5,000 metre champion and Olympic silver medallist Hellen Obiri of Kenya. Kearney was second woman home on the Irish team who took silver in the Celtic team result with 42 points 10 points behind winners the Northern Ireland & Ulster team. Very well done to…