It was a great day yesterday for D.S.D. at the National Juvenile Relay Championships, with five first places and two second places, to emerge the top club on the day.  Details as follows:

U.19 Boys 4 x 100m 1st 44.1 -    Mark, Joe, Henry, Philip

               4 x 400m 1st 3.27.9 - Philip, Joe, Henry, Mark

U.18 Boys 4 x 100m 2nd 45.61 - Conor S, Killian, John, Conor C

               4 x 400m 1st 3.30.5 - Joe, Philip, Kevin, Jack

U.17 Boys 4 x 100m 1st 45.5 CBP - Marcus, Kevin, Conor, Jack

               4 x 400m 1st 3.37.8  - John, Kevin, Conor, Jack

U.12 Girls 4 x 100m 2nd 57.66 - Ruby, Tara, Laoighse, Sarah

U.13 Girls 4 x 100m 5th 57.3   -  Grainne, Aisling, Rachel, Sarah

U.12 Boys 4 x 100m 6th 59.38 -  Shane, Karl, Conor, Mark

Congratulations to all!

Siofra Cleirigh Buttner continued on her winning way in Tullamore on Saturday when she ran home an easy winner in the U.16 Girl's 1500m Championship, in a time of 4.36.29.  Just missing out on the bronze medal was Clare McCarthy, who finished 4th in 4.55.81, with Sorcha Humphries 5th and Una Marty McCarthy Deering in 8th place.

Mark Kavanagh took silver in the U.19 Boys 200m in 22.10 with Joe Dowling also taking silver in the U.18 200m in 22.71.  There was a photo finish between two D.S.D. athletes for 3rd place in the U.17 Boys 200m with Jack O'Mahony taking the bronze in 23.43 and Kevin Lynch just missing out in 23.44, and finishing in 6th place was Conor Conway in 23.97.  Conor Sexton was 4th in the U.18 Boys Long Jump with a leap of 6.27.  Jade Leahy was 6th in the U.16 200m and Marcus Martennsson also 6th in the U.16 boys race.

Very unlucky not to take a medal and taking a nasty tumble was the very brave Ella Fennelly, who got up to finish in 4th place in the U.15 girls 1500m with a time of 4.56.24.  Patrick Elliott was 6th in the U.15 boys 1500m in 4.34 with Liam Fitzpatrick 10th in 4.48.  Stephen Gibney was 9th in the U.18 1500m in 4.21 with Killian Mooney 13th in the U.16 1500m in 4.35.

Well done to all!

Congratulations to our three representatives selected to compete for Ireland in the European Championships in Barcelona at the end of the month!

David Gillick goes in the 400m and 4 x 400m relay.

Deirdre Ryan goes in the high jump.

Claire Bergin goes in the women's 4 x 400m relay.

Well done to them all and to all of our other athletes who tried so hard to gain qualification as well.

Their time will come!

The second round of the National League takes place this Sunday in Athlone. All those unavailable please contact your respective captain's or coach.

There will be a bus departing Ballinteer at 0900 on Sunday and returning after.

Hazel Murphy won her first National T & F gold medal in Santry yesterday with a fine performance in the 1500m in a time of 4.18.24. In the High Jump Deirdre Ryan added to her collection of golds with a jump of 1.80, and in the 3,000m Steeplechase Bryony Treston won her first national title with a time of 11.17.

Joe Sweeney and Brendan O'Neill led most of the way in the 5,000 with Joe showing a great return to form when finishing second to Alistair Cragg, with a time of 14.07.44, Brendan finished in 5th place in 14.21.26 and Robert Corbally 13th in 15.13.04.

Best in the sprints was Patrick Phelan who put up a fine performance to finish 4th in the 200m in 21.60 and 6th in the 100m in 10.92. Claire Bergin ran a terrific race to finish 4th in the 400m with a PB of 54.56 and in the men's 400m Nick Hogan was placed 4th in 47.90.

Other good performances as follows:

Sinead Denny 6th 800m 2.11.76 (PB)

Breffni Twohig 6th 5000m 17.14.75

Emmet Jennings 8th 3000m S/Chase 9.29.04

Niamh Reilly 5th Javelin 32.16
Aoife MacNeill 9th 100m 12.32
Fiona Clinton 14th 1500m 4.51

Well done to all!

Photos by Alan Cowzer & John Denny

Big congratulations to Emmet Jennings on his formal selection on the Irish Team for the World Junior Championships in Monkton, Canada! A nine strong team of seven men and two women has been selected and the team will depart on Tuesday. The qualifying standards for this event are very high and we are proud to have a representative on the Irish Team this year! Go Emmet, we'll be watching your progress!

Also is good form was David Gillick who won the 400m event in Barcelona last night. David ran under 45 seconds again, to back up his recent 44.95 in Switzerland and seems to be coming into form at just the right moment! This was a great chance for David to have a run out on the track that will be used for the European Championships later in the month! David runs in the 100m in this weekend's National Senior Championships in Santry.

Despite the gale-force winds in Tullamore yesterday Joe Dowling took the U.18 400m title in 49.71.  His team mate Kevin Lynch stepped up a gear to join Joe in the winner's enclosure with his first National title, winning the U.17 400m in 51.87.  Mark Kavanagh was also in good form when he finished in 2nd place in the U.19 100m in 10.91.  Siofra Cleirigh Buttner won the U.16 800m in 2.16.5.

Others who ran well were Conor Conway 4th 100m 11.5; Neil Gorey 4th U.17 High Jump 1.78; Daniel Tatlow Devally 5th U.18 S/Chase; Laoise Gleeson 4th U.12 600m 1.49; Jade Leahy 6th 250m hurdles and 7th 100m; Shane Mullins 5th U.12 Long Jump and 6th 600m; Joe Halway 7th U.14 75m hurdles (fell when finishing in 3rd place); Stephen Gibney 7th U.18 3,000m; Sarah Torrans 6th U.12 60m; Cassie Murphy 6th U.14 800m 2.26; Ella Fennelly 9th U.15 800m 2.31; Rachel Dunne 8th U.13 60mH; Katie Magee 8th U.12 H.Jump 1.20 and Julian Martin 9th U.15 800m.

It was a magic weekend for D.S.D. at senior level with David Gillick under 45 secs once again.  David ran 44.95 at Résisprint international La Chaux-de-Fonds, SUI., which puts him on course for the European Championships. 

Meanwhile Joe Sweeney and Brendan O'Neill had major break-throughs at European senior level when they both chopped over 10 secs., off their p.b's at 3,000m at a meeting in Belgium.  Joe finished 5th in 7.57.33 with Brendan a stride behind in 7.57.57, - the race was won by a top Kenyan.

Well done to all!

Rosanna Baker and the younger athletes from D.S.D., travelled to Templemore last Saturday, and a good day was had by all!

NATIONAL  JUVENILE TEAM COMPETITION

TEMPLEMORE 27/06/2010

U10 BOYS 60MTR

14^th Adam Skelly and Ethan Gernon

U10 BOYS LONG JUMP

10^th Adam Skelly and Jordan Smyth

U11 GIRLS 60MTR

2^nd Ali Boylan and Ali Donnelly

U11 GIRLS 600MTR

3^rd Ali Boylan and Ali Donnelly

U11 BOYS 60MTR

9^th Karl Doyle(fastest individual time on the day) and Ryan Hayes

U11 BOYS LONG JUMP 

11^th Ryan Hayes and Rory Smith

NATIONAL  JUVENILE U9/10/11 RELAY COMPETITION

TEMPLEMORE 27/06/2010

U11 GIRLS 4 X 100

3^rd Ali Boylan, Ali Donnelly, Caoimhe Shanley-Mee, Emily Gannon, Lucy Colman-Black, Sarah Enderson

**Updated 28/06/2010 with Photos by John Denny (see bottom of article) - Alan**
It was another very busy weekend for DSD athletes! Hot on the heels of the Tailtean Games came the National Junior and under 23 championships! The National Juniors was the last opportunity for our top u/20 athletes to impress the selectors for next month's World Junior Championships in Canada, so the competition was always going to be tough!

Pride of place today goes to our two steeplechasers! Emmet Jennings struck gold in the junior event, winning in 9:28.46, while Rob Corbally won the u/23 event in 9:35.66.

Sinead Denny got two silver medals - in the Junior 400m (58.42) and 800m (2:15.06).

Breandan O'Neill also got silver, this time in the u/23 1500m (3:50.77).

Bronze medals were won by Mark Kavanagh in the 100m (11.07 (+2.3) & 200m (22.28 (-2.2)

The sprinters had to deal with swirling wind conditions, as can be seen by the wind readings in Mark's two races!

Patch Phelan smashed his 200m pb, running 21.57 (+0.3). He also placed 5th in a competitive 100m (11.05(-1.8).

Bronze medals were won by Ryan Jennings in the Junior triple jump (10.63m) and by Ciaran Cronin in the u/23. Ciaran also smashed his pb, clearing 12.74m.

The final DSD medal was also a bronze and went to Bryony Treston in a great new pb of 4:37.16 in the u/23 1500m. Well done Bryony!

Finally, a fine 4th place was gained by Joe Dowling in the Junior 400m (49.42). Joe has two more years left in this age group to improve on today's performance!

Photos by John Denny

Congratulations to our medallists at the Tailtean Games, which were held on 26th June in Tullamore and act as trials for next month's Schools International.

DSD athletes had two gold medal performances - Siofra Cleirigh Buttner in the girls 1,500m (4:34.6) and Philip Smith in the boys 400m (50.6).

Silver medals were won by Thema Nkoala in the high jump (1.75m) and Conor Sexton in the long jump (6.42m). Kevin Lynch got the bronze in the boys 400m (51.6 secs).

Dublin Track and Field Championships
Santry 19/20 June

U.12
60m:  1 Sarah Torrans; 2 Katie Magee; 4 Ruby Barlow
600m: 1 Laoighse Gleeson; 2 R Barlow; 4 Aisling King; 5 S Torrans; 6 K.Magee

U.13
60mH: 1 Rachel Dunne; 2 Aisling Murphy; 3 Eimear Fitzpatrick
80m:  2 Aisling Murphy
H.J:  1 Grainne Friel (Jt.1st)
L.J:  3 Rachel Dunne; 3 E Fitzpatrick
Jav:  3 E. Fitzpatrick

U.14
200m: 2 Cassie Murphy
800m: 1 Cassie Murphy; 2nd Kate Murray; 3rd Mollie Barlow
1500: 1 Cassie Murphy; 2nd Kate Murray

U.15
800m: 2 Ella Fennelly: 6 Holly Ryan
1500: 2 Ella Fennelly
H.J:  2 Alice Kearns
Dis:  3 Emily Jennings

U.16
100:  2 Jade Leahy
200:  2 Jade Leahy
250h: 1 Jade Leahy
800:  3 Claire McCarthy
1500: 1 C.McCarthy; 2 Una Mary McCarthy Deering

U.17
100mH: 2 Eimear Bennett
300mH: 2 Eimear Bennett
200m:  2 Eimear Bennett
1500:  2 Meghan Ryan

U.18
300m:  2 Laura Hannigan; 3 Mary McCarthy
800m:  1 Laura Hannigan: 2 Mary McCarthy

Boys:            

U.11   
600m:  5 Karl Doyle; 6 Eoin Carey; 7 James Jennings

U.12
60m:    3 Shane Mullins
600m:   1 Shane Mullins; 2 Conor Halpin; 4 Mark Carolan
L.Jump: 1 Shane Mullins
H.Jump: 1 Shane Mullins

U.13
65mH: 3 Daniel Fitzgerald
L.J: 2 Daniel Fitzgerald
600m: 4 Myles Carey; 5 Ruadhan O'Grada

U.14: 
70mH: 1 Joe Halwax
L.J:    3 Joe Halwax

U.15:
100m: 3 Robert Molony
800m: 2 Patrick Elliott; 4 Julian Martin; 8 Sean Hennigan
1500: 1 Patrick Elliott; 3rd Liam Fitzpatrick

U.16: 
200m: 1 Marcus Martensson
1500: 1 Killian Mooney
3000:   1 Killian Mooney

U.17
100M: 2 Conor Conway; 3rd John Bradish
200m: 1 Kevin Lynch; 2nd Jack O'Mahony; 3rd Conor Conway
400m: 1 Kevin Lynch
L.J: 1 Themba Nkoala
H.J: 1 Themba Nkoala; 2nd Neil Gorey

U.18
100m: 2 Joe Dowling
200m: 2 Joe Dowling
400m: 1 Joe Dowling; 2 Philip Smith
1500m: 3 Stephen Gibney
3000m 3 Stephen Gibney
L.J:  3 Conor Sexton
S/Chase 3 Daniel Tatlow Devally

U.19
100m 1 Mark Kavanagh
200m 1 Mark Kavanagh
400m 1 Mark Kavanagh; 2 Fionn Cleirigh Buttner
800m 2 Fionn Cleirigh Buttner

What a difference a year makes! - we only had ten athletes appear at the first round of the league last year.  This year, thanks to the hard work of captains Mark Conway and Claire Bergin, we scored a win in the men's competition and a 3rd placing in the women's section at Tullamore, last Sunday.  The men's team had wins in 100m Patrick Phelan; 200m Mark Kavanagh; S/Chase Rob Corbally; 5,000m Brendan O'Neill; High Jump Themba Nkoala, plus both relays, 4 x 100m Mark, Patrick, Joe and Deanna; 4 x 400 Philip, Neil, Kevin and Patrick.  Relays underpin the strength of a club and a maximum return of points, without David Gillick and Nick Hogan augurs well for the future.  Congratulations also to Joe Dowling 2nd 400m, who is only 17 years of age; Fionn-Cleirigh-Buttner 3rd 800m;Jonathan Miller 3rd 400m hurdles, Neil Cowzer 4th 1500m, Kevin Byrne 110m hurdles; Jerome Caprice 3rd Walk, Conor Sexton L.Jump and Ciaran Cronin T.Jump.

Our women's team had four wins from: Sinead Denny 800m; Linda Byrne 3,000m; Anita White Javelin; and the 4 x 400m relay team: Linda Byrne, Bryony Treston, Laura Hannigan & Sinead Denny.  Particular mention should be made of the performance of Zita Murphy, who scored a massive 14 points for the team with 2nd place in the 100m and 200m.  The 2nd place by Mary McCarthy, walk and 3rd placings by Laura and Bryony ensured the points kept flowing along.  Great contributions by Avril Dillon 100m hurdles & P.vault; Eimear Bennett 400m H; Lucy T.Jump/Shot; Lisa Wynne discus and 4th by 4 x 100m relay team saw the final score at 102 points for 3rd place behind Ferrybank and Leevale.

Keep up the good work for the next round!

Congratulations to Nick Hogan who is rewarded for his great run in Geneva last weeend with a late call up to the Irish Team for the European Team Competition in Budapest this weekend! He has been selected on the squad for the 4x400m relay.

Jim Kidd will now also be travelling, in his capacity as Chair of Coaching in AAI.

The team will travel out tomorrow!

Good luck to our four DSD competitors - David Gillick, Deirdre Ryan, Hazel Murphy & Nick Hogan.

 Well done to everyone who competed in Tullamore! Times were badly affected by the windy conditions (up to -3.7 m/s!!), so it was all about places and points!

Nevertheless, several athletes did record pb's, so big congratualtions to them! They included Mary McCarthy & Jerome Caprice in the walk, Ciaran Cronin in the triple jump & Eimear Bennett in the 400mh.

WOMENS RESULTS

100m - 2nd - Zita Murphy - 12.94 (-1.4)

200m - 2nd - Zita Murphy - 26.60 (-3.7)

400m - 3rd- Laura Hannigan - 62.96

800m - 1st - Sinead Denny - 2:18.44

1500m - 2nd - Bryony Treston - 4:44.38

3000m - 1st - Linda Byrne - 9:50.21

1500m walk - 2nd - Mary McCarthy - 9:32.29

100mh - 4th - Avril Dillon - 17.24

400mh - 6th - Eimear Bennett - 74.60

4x100m - 5th - 51.58 (Avril Dillon, Sinead Denny, Laura Hannigan, Zita Murphy)

4x400m - 1st - 4:08.99 (Laura Hannigan, Bryony Treston, Sinead Denny, Linda Byrne)

Long Jump - 6th - Avril Dillon - 2.79m

Pole Vault - 4th  - Avril Dillon - 1.50m

Triple Jump - 5th - Lucy Moore - 7.71m

Hammer - 4th - Lisa Wynne - 30.07m

Javelin - 1st - Anita White - 37.70m

Shot - 6th - Lucy Moore - 7.44m

Discus - 6th - Lisa Wynne - 13.13m

MENS RESULTS

100m - 1st - Patrick Phelan - 11.01 (-1.9)

200m - 1st - Mark Kavanagh - 22.50 (-2.0)

400m - 2nd - Joe Dowling - 49.84

800m - 3rd - Fionn Clerigh Buttner - 2:03.35

1500m - 4th - Neil Cowzer - 4:15.24

5000m - 1st - BrendanO'Neill - 14:45.52

3000m s/c - 1st - Rob Corbally - 9:48.80

3000m walk - 3rd - Jerome Caprice - 13:16.66

110mh - 4th - Kevin Byrne - 22.32

400mh - 3rd - Jonathon Miller - 53.73

4x100m - 1st - 42.52 (Joe Dowling, Patch Phelan, Deanna O'Byrne, Mark Kavanagh)

4x400m - 1st - 3:25.70 (Philip Smith, Kevin Lynch, Neil Cowzer, Patch Phelan)

High Jump - 1st - Themba Nkoala - 1.75m

Long Jump - 7th - Conor Sexton - 5.67m

Triple Jump - 4th - Ciaran Cronin - 12.51m

Pole Vault - 6th - Kevin Byrne - 2.20m

Shot putt - 7th - Kevin Byrne - 7.32m

Javelin - 7th - Neil Cowzer - 24.23m