Leevale athletes were once again in great form on the final day (day 3) of the national juvenile championships held in a sunny Tullamore on Sunday.
Ryan O’Leary was a very comfortable winner of the boys U17 200m in a time of 22.76s to compliment the 100m title we won the previous weekend.
Reece Ademola dominated the boys U15 high jump, winning with ease, clearing 1.71m and missing agonisingly in his record attempts at 1.83m.
Harry Nevin was second in a highly competitive boys U14 200m final in 24.84s.
Katie Moynihan took silver in the girls U17 javelin with an excellent throw of 41.11m.
Shane Aherne ran a fantastic 250m hurdles final to take his first individual national medal when finishing second. Shane’s time of 32.03s was well inside the old championship best performance.
Emily Wall, running from lane 8, finished an excellent second in the girls U15 250m hurdles final in 36.73s
It was a fantastic championships for Leevale athletes who amassed a total of 31 national medals (up from 25 in 2016) across a wide range of events over the three days. The Leevale medalists over the three days are listed below.
| Age | Event | Result | Athlete | Perf. |
| Girls U12 | Long Jump | 2 | Owki Backari | 4.39m |
| High Jump | 2 | Maeve Fleming | 1.38m | |
| Girls U13 | 60m Hurdles | 3 | Jessica Lyne | 10.13s |
| Javelin | 3 | Jessica Lyne | 27.94m | |
| Girls U14 | 75m Hurdles | 1 | Lucy May Sleeman | 11.59s |
| 80m | 2 | Lucy May Sleeman | 10.53s | |
| Girls U15 | 250m Hurdles | 2 | Emily Wall | 36.73s |
| 80m Hurdles | 3 | Emily Wall | 12.48s | |
| Girls U17 | Javelin | 2 | Katie Moynihan | 41.11m |
| Girls U18 | 2000m S/C | 2 | Alannah Neff | 7.09.94 |
| Boys U12 | 60m | 1 | John Cashman | 8.21s |
| Boys U13 | High Jump | 2 | Kyle Ettoh | 1.56 JCBP |
| Boys U14 | 75m Hurdles | 1 | Harry Nevin | 11.04s CBP |
| Long Jump | 1 | Harry Nevin | 5.81m CBP | |
| 200m | 2 | Harry Nevin | 24.84s | |
| 75m Hurdles | 3 | Colin Murphy | 11.62s | |
| Boys U15 | Long Jump | 1 | Reece Ademola | 5.73m |
| High Jump | 1 | Reece Ademola | 1.71m | |
| 80m Hurdles | 2 | Reece Ademola | 11.99s | |
| Boys U16 | Long Jump | 1 | Daniel Hurley | 6.37m |
| Triple Jump | 1 | Wymin Sivakumar | 12.74m | |
| Long Jump | 2 | Wymin Sivakumar | 6.19m | |
| 100m Hurdles | 2 | Wymin Sivakumar | 13.70s | |
| 250m Hurdles | 2 | Shane Aherne | 32.03s | |
| 800m | 2 | Tommy Connolly | 2.02.44 | |
| 100m | 3 | Daniel Hurley | 11.47s | |
| Boys U17 | 100m | 1 | Ryan O’Leary | 11.15s |
| 200m | 1 | Ryan O’Leary | 22.76s | |
| Boys U18 | Hammer | 2 | Padraig O’Callaghan | 55.36m |
| Boys U19 | 800m | 1 | Conor O’Driscoll | 1.57.22 |
| 400m | 2 | Conor O’Driscoll | 49.88s |
