Athletics club in Tipperary sent 95 athletes to county juvenile indoor championships
Dundrum AC returned home with a haul of medals
The juvenile indoor season kicked off with the county juvenile indoor track and field championships in Nenagh.
Dundrum AC had a huge entry of 95 athletes and over a long eleven hours the club had a number of medal winners and a number of fourth placers who were unlucky to lose out.
In the 60 metres there were fourth place finishes for Edward Haries and Izzy Fogarty in the Under 9 gold finals and silver medals for Mary Kate Devane, bronze for Lucy Butler and silver for Iollan Ryan in the silver Under 9 60 metre finals.
Tom Carmody won bronze in the silver Under 10 60 metre final and Chloe Quinlan also took bronze in the girls Under 10 silver final.
David de Burca won the gold medal in the boys Under 11 gold final and Harry Creedon won the silver. Kieran Butler was fourth in the silver final.
In the boys Under 12 60 metres Harry Julian won the silver medal. Cian Fahey won the silver in the boys Under 15 60 metres and Albert Maher was fourth.
Thomas Tierney won the bronze medal in the Under 14 200 metres and Sophie O’Toole won the bronze in the girls Under 15 200 metres.
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In the 60 metre hurdles Julie Morrissey won the bronze medal at Under 13 and Sophie O’Toole won bronze Under 15.
In the girls Under 9 300 metres, Isla Ryan was fourth. In the boys Under 10 500 metres Robert Kelly won a fine silver medal and Evie Farrell was just out of luck in fourth place in the girls 500 metres.
In the 600 metres Under 12 Shona Ryan was fourth.
Ellen Maher had a great win in the girls Under 13 600 metres and Farran Ryan was fourth.
Katelyn Shanahan was fourth in the girls Under 14 800 metres.
Albert Maher had a fine win in the boys Under 15 800 metres and Cian Fahey was third. Belle Kelly was fourth in the girls Under 16 800 metres.
In the long jumps Edward Haries was third in the Under 9 boys and Daniel Dunne was fourth.
In the Under 9 girls Isla Ryan won the bronze medal. In the boys Under 11 Harry Creedon was third. Harry Julian was fourth in the boys Under 12.
Julie Morrissey had a fine win in the girls Under 13 long jump and Micheal Ryan was fourth in the boys Under 14. Cian Fahey was third in the boys Under 15.
In the shot putt Leah Shanahan won the silver medal in the girls Under 12 and Shona Ryan won the bronze. Aine O’Neill won the silver in the girls Under 14 shot putt and Cian Fahey won the silver in the boys Under 15.
In the relays, Dundrum’s Under 11 boys David de Burca, Sean Fitzgerald, Harry Creedon and Daithí Comerford won the gold medals.
The girls Under 13 won the silver medals with Julie Morrissey, Ellen Maher, Farran Ryan and Bella Curling.
The boys Under 15 - Albert Maher, Cian Fahey, Micheal Ryan and Thomas Tierney - also won silver medals. Bronze medals went to the boys Under 9 with Iollan Ryan, Eoin Morrissey, Tim Butler and Edward Haries.
Dundrum AC had many more athletes who performed very well and made the top ten in their events, and hopefully will go on for the rest of the season and be inspired to do a bit better next time.
The first days of the Munster Indoors were held last weekend with the Under 15 to Under 19 ages, and Dundrum had a fine fifth place finish for Albert Maher in the boys Under 15 800 metres with a new personal best of 2:18.
Cian Fahey also ran a personal best of 2:28 to finish ninth. Cian was also sixth in the shot putt and seventh in the long jump.
The next outing is for the Under 12 to Under 14 ages in the Munster championships on March 1 and 2.