With most of Leevale’s athletes competing in their preferred events in Antrim last weekend a small band of Leevale athletes travelled to Tullamore today for day three of the AAI Juvenile T&F Championships. David Quilligan had an excellent win in Boys U19 long jump with an impressive 6.70m jump. David also competed in the 200m [...]

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Although the performances of the meet came in the form of sprint doubles from LaVerne Jones-Ferrette of the Virgin Islands and Athenry’s Paul Hession, it was a distance runner who excelled from a Leevale perspective. Mark Hanrahan ran a superb PB of 8:01.5 in the 3000m, finishing only 5 secs behind Beijing-bound Alistair Cragg. This [...]

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The KitKat Irish Schools team has been announced for SIAB Schools’ International which will be held in  Bedford 19th July. Congratulations to Leevale athletes Patrick Maher and Edmond O’Halloran who have both been selected. Patrick will compete in the 400m hurdles and the 4x100m relay, while Edmond will compete in the 100m hurdles. This is the first international selection for [...]

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Leevale juvenile athletes travelled to Antrim for the first two days of the All Ireland U13-U19 Juvenile Championships this weekend. Conditions on the Saturday were once again wet and windy, but this did not appear to dampen the spirits of the athletes. Patrick Maher was in top form over the weekend, winning both the 100m [...]

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Congratulations to Cathal Owens and Orla Barry, both of whom were selected on Irish international teams recently. Cathal was named on the 4x400m relay team that will compete in the World Junior T&F Championships in Poland on 8-13 July, and is the first Leevale athlete to compete at this level. The full team is listed [...]

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