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There was a great start to the Leinster juvenile championships with Kilkenny athletes setting three new championship records on the opening days. The under-13 girls and boys’ 1,000m walk kicked off proceedings on day one in Athlone. A new event for Leinster indoors in this age group, 10 Kilkenny athletes from four clubs took part. In the girls’ under-13 1k, Ellie May Aylward (St Senan’s) took the gold with a new championship record ahead of Emily Nevan (St Joseph’s and Liliana Phelan (St Joseph’s). Sam Kinsella, representing St Joseph’s in the boys’ under13 1k, delivered a fine effort to take the silver medal. In the girls’ under-14 event Laoise Glynn (Gowran) improved on her county indoor time with a new personal best (PB) to take silver, with Cara Maher (Castlecomer) following over the line to claim third place.Tadhg O’Callaghan (St Senan’s) produced an outstanding performance on the day as he broke a 27-year-old record to set a new Leinster championship record in the boys’ under-14 1k walk in a time of 4:55:04. Both St Joseph’s and St Senan’s athletes showed their dominance in their respective age groups as they won silver and gold in the girls’ under-15 1k walk with Lucy Aylward (St Senan’s) and Emma Walsh (St Joseph’s) winning gold and silver respectively. In the girls’ under-16 event Amy Walsh (St Joseph’s) was first with Kerry Widger (St Senan’s) second. Lily Ryan and Evan Walsh were again in winning form following on from the under-20 All-Ireland success earlier in the month, both winning gold in under-18 1,500m walks. With a total of 13 medals and nine athletes qualifying for All-Irelands in a fortnight, race walking in Kilkenny has a great future ahead. In the 400m sprint Kilkenny City Harriers (KCH) duo Cillian Daly and Patrick Wall were the sole medalists in the boys’ under-16 and under-19 400m sprints, both earning silver medals. There were four medals won in the 1,500m time trials race with Sinead Cormack (KCH) first up with an outstanding run in the
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There was a great start to the Leinster juvenile championships with Kilkenny athletes setting three new championship records on the opening days. The under-13 girls and boys’ 1,000m walk kicked off proceedings on day one in Athlone. A new event for Leinster indoors in this age group, 10 Kilkenny athletes from four clubs took part. In the girls’ under-13 1k, Ellie May Aylward (St Senan’s) took the gold with a new championship record ahead of Emily Nevan (St Joseph’s and Liliana Phelan (St Joseph’s). Sam Kinsella, representing St Joseph’s in the boys’ under13 1k, delivered a fine effort to take the silver medal. In the girls’ under-14 event Laoise Glynn (Gowran) improved on her county indoor time with a new personal best (PB) to take silver, with Cara Maher (Castlecomer) following over the line to claim third place.Tadhg O’Callaghan (St Senan’s) produced an outstanding performance on the day as he broke a 27-year-old record to set a new Leinster championship record in the boys’ under-14 1k walk in a time of 4:55:04. Both St Joseph’s and St Senan’s athletes showed their dominance in their respective age groups as they won silver and gold in the girls’ under-15 1k walk with Lucy Aylward (St Senan’s) and Emma Walsh (St Joseph’s) winning gold and silver respectively. In the girls’ under-16 event Amy Walsh (St Joseph’s) was first with Kerry Widger (St Senan’s) second. Lily Ryan and Evan Walsh were again in winning form following on from the under-20 All-Ireland success earlier in the month, both winning gold in under-18 1,500m walks. With a total of 13 medals and nine athletes qualifying for All-Irelands in a fortnight, race walking in Kilkenny has a great future ahead. In the 400m sprint Kilkenny City Harriers (KCH) duo Cillian Daly and Patrick Wall were the sole medalists in the boys’ under-16 and under-19 400m sprints, both earning silver medals. There were four medals won in the 1,500m time trials race with Sinead Cormack (KCH) first up with an outstanding run in the
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There was a great start to the Leinster juvenile championships with Kilkenny athletes setting three new championship records on the opening days. The under-13 girls and boys’ 1,000m walk kicked off proceedings on day one in Athlone. A new event for Leinster indoors in this age group, 10 Kilkenny athletes from four clubs took part. In the girls’ under-13 1k, Ellie May Aylward (St Senan’s) took the gold with a new championship record ahead of Emily Nevan (St Joseph’s and Liliana Phelan (St Joseph’s). Sam Kinsella, representing St Joseph’s in the boys’ under13 1k, delivered a fine effort to take the silver medal. In the girls’ under-14 event Laoise Glynn (Gowran) improved on her county indoor time with a new personal best (PB) to take silver, with Cara Maher (Castlecomer) following over the line to claim third place.Tadhg O’Callaghan (St Senan’s) produced an outstanding performance on the day as he broke a 27-year-old record to set a new Leinster championship record in the boys’ under-14 1k walk in a time of 4:55:04. Both St Joseph’s and St Senan’s athletes showed their dominance in their respective age groups as they won silver and gold in the girls’ under-15 1k walk with Lucy Aylward (St Senan’s) and Emma Walsh (St Joseph’s) winning gold and silver respectively. In the girls’ under-16 event Amy Walsh (St Joseph’s) was first with Kerry Widger (St Senan’s) second. Lily Ryan and Evan Walsh were again in winning form following on from the under-20 All-Ireland success earlier in the month, both winning gold in under-18 1,500m walks. With a total of 13 medals and nine athletes qualifying for All-Irelands in a fortnight, race walking in Kilkenny has a great future ahead. In the 400m sprint Kilkenny City Harriers (KCH) duo Cillian Daly and Patrick Wall were the sole medalists in the boys’ under-16 and under-19 400m sprints, both earning silver medals. There were four medals won in the 1,500m time trials race with Sinead Cormack (KCH) first up with an outstanding run in the