Brian Murphy, one of five Leevale runners competing at the international match in Derby, made a quick return to winning ways, taking the under 23 400m with a time of 47.80.
Darren O’Donovan, just beaten in the national 100m, was second in the junior 200m with a time of 22.22.
Aisling Maunsell once again showed her battling qualities to take second in the junior 400m with a time of 58.50.
Jessika Zebo was third in the junior 100m hurdles in a time of 15.00.
And Jer O’Donoghue was fourth in the under 23 100m with a time of 11.10.
Excellent performances all round, well done. Here’s hoping there will be many more opportunities to perform on the international scene.
Streets of Galway. Martin Mccarthy carried the Leevale colours in the annual Streets of Galway 8k road race on Saturday and showed himself to be in top shape taking second (23:05) behind Ben Noad (22:57), with Noel Berkeley third (23:27), 4. G. Ryan (23:42), 5. C. Finnerty (23:51), 6. D. Galvin (24:03), 7. T. Carey (24:04), 8. M. Traynor (24:09) 9. N. Brunton (24:12), 10. D. Burke (24:13).
Claire Gibbons is getting back to full fitness after early season illness and she was a good fifth (28:06) behind winner Pauline Curly (26:16) and Valerie Vaughan (26:30).
National Vets. Well done to Carmel Parnell for a great win in the over 45 3,000m at Tullamore yesterday, with a time of 10:38.0H.
European Championships. Well done ot Mark Carroll for a battling performance in the 5,000m. Looked like a very rough race and Mark did well to close on the leaders on the last lap. Considering the injury problems of the past year 6th place was a good result.
Congratulations to Sonia O’Sullivan on winning two silver medals in two very different run races. there’s plenty more to come in the future.
Congratulations also to Robert Heffernan for a battling performance in the 20k walk. Mixing it with the leaders for much of the race indicates that a medal in a major championships is not that far away.
Well done to all the Irish competitors for some excellent performances.