A fantastic weekend was had recently in the Athlone IT indoor arena, Co Offaly, where 22 of Olympian's young Olympian athletes travelled to compete in the Ulster & NI Indoor Track and Field Championships. For some of our athletes it was their first time competing in the indoor arena but the Olympian flame was definitely burning bright as each and every one of our athletes’ performed exceptionally with the club amassing a total of 19 championship medals, making Olympian YAC the 6th best club overall at the championships bettered only by Finn Valley, Letterkenny, Tir Chonaill, Roses AC and Loughview, and the only Derry club in the top 15. Orla Mc Geehin in her first year of stepping up from Children’s Games to juvenile age groups, was certainly not over awed by the occasion, as she got the medal haul rolling with some excellent throwing in the u12 girls shot putt , throwing nearly a full 1m ahead of her nearest rival to be crowned Ulster and NI Champion. In his first attempt competitively at the triple jump, Martin Corbett showed he has great promise in the event, winning the title of U16 boys Champion. Not to be content with one medal, Martin also claimed two bronze medals in the 60m and 200m to take home a trio of medals. Kellie Carty also took a podium place in the U16 girls triple jump taking the bronze medal. Dynamic throws duo, Ciara Mc Daid and Maeve Mc Geehin, performed brilliantly in the U15 girls Shot Putt, with both girls performing an almost repeat of last year picking up the silver and bronze medals. Whilst the girls were fighting for the podium places in the shot circle, Ashton Forrester took to the track in the U15 boys 800m and finished 4th to gain himself an All Ireland qualification. Later he went one better in the shot putt event and picked up the bronze medal. He certainly showed his versatility to top off his day with an Ulster & NI Championship title in the U15 boys triple jump. Dylan Curley finished 4th place in the U15 boys 60m to gain himself an All Ireland qualification for
Olympians excel at Ulster and Northern Ireland Indoor Championships
