The first weekend of the Juvenile Track and Field All Ireland finals were held last weekend in Tullamore. Athenry AC can be very proud of all the athletes who competed and performed well to win three bronze medals.

Two medals were won in the high jump by Mathew Treacy and Grace Cahill, Grace also jumped a new PB in the long jump to finish fifth. The other medal was won by Stephen Coleman in the long jump which was a great achievement as he was carrying an injury in the finals, Stephen also finished 6th in the sprint final, only for the injury he would probably have won a least a silver medal in the long jump to go with the gold he won in the indoor finals and would have had a great chance of a medal in the sprint final.

Podium

Other athletes to compete for Athenry in the finals were Eilish Hynes who finished just outside the medals in 4th place in the discuss, Emma Grady also competed in the discus and hammer where she threw a new PB of 25.20m, Marie Tuohy competed in the Javelin throwing 20.92, Niamh and Eimear Keane competed in the 80m hurdles, Mac Murphy in the high jump, Shannon Lee and Jack FitzPatrick competed in the 600m Jack also took part in the long jump Niall Kenny and Evan Quirke took part in the sprints.

The remaining events and the relay competitions will be held on the 24th/25th July, well done to all who have already competed and the best of luck to all the Athenry athletes who will compete in the remaining events.