Huge crowds descended on Morton Stadium Santry for the pinnacle of the track season;The National Senior Track and Field Championships which were held over the weekend. Interest in athletics has really peaked around the country in recent weeks with the exploits of Rhisadat Adeleke, Ciara Mageean and the Relay Teams at the European Athletics Championships held in Rome.
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On the track, Emily O Shea finished in 9th place in heat 2 of the 800m. The Women's 1500m had two athletes from the club in action, Maisy O Sullivan continued her return to racing in qualifying for Sunday’s final while Rachel Ayers had her first taste of National Senior action when she finished 8th in heat 3.In the Senior Men’s events, John Delaney finished in 9th place in his first National Senior 800m. Training partners Cian Kelly and Niall Harvey competed in the 1500m. Niall was 13th in his heat while Cian was very unlucky in heat 4 just missing out on a qualifying place for the final on Sunday. His time of 3:55 saw him finish in 5th place with 4 to qualify. More below picture.
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The club would like to say well done to each of these athletes, their coaches and families who put in plenty of unseen hours in preparation for big weekends like this.