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March 2006 Bosco Newsletter
National Indoor Juvenile Championships - Nenagh week 1
Eight athletes from the St. John
Bosco Athletic Club travelled to Nenagh on Saturday and Sunday the 25th
and 26th of March to compete in the National Juvenile Indoors. All of the winter months training
paid off when the club took home three silver and three bronze medals. On Saturday morning two of the clubs
athletes young Aoife O’Connor u-15 and Amy Brogan u-14 competed in the 60m
sprints. Both girls made it through to their respective finals with Aoife making
the podium and a silver medal with a time of 8.16 sec. Jarlath Ruane competing in the under
17 men’s shot putt threw a bronze medal putt of 12.59m. This is a new personal
best for the aspiring all rounder. Also competing in the under 14 girls shot
putt was Haley O’Neill and she competed very well in this her first national
competition but was placed outside of the medals on this occasion. Five athletes were on the track on the Sunday morning competing in the sprint hurdles. In the under 14 girls event two club athletes made it through to the finals with Louise Harvey winning her heat outright and Amy Brogan finishing in second place in her heat in what was to be a very fast race. In an exciting final and a blanket finish it was Amy brogan who went on to finish second with a time of 9.76 sec with Louise third in a time of 7.79 sec. Louise Harvey went on to compete in
the under 14 girls high jump and finished in fourth place with a new personal
best of 1.48m. Kitty O’Kennedy in the under 15
girls hurdles came into the race as the Ulster champion and was placed fifth in
her final. Aoife O’Connor was back in action
on day two and took a bronze in the under 15 girls long jump competition with a
jump of 4.97 metres. In the under 17 men’s hurdles the
race was a close competitive one with the Bosco athletes Christopher Britton
finishing in second in a time of 9.01 sec and Jarlath Ruane in fifth. The weekend concluded with Dawn Hughes competing in the under 18 girls shot putt. Dawn took a fourth place finish with a throw of 10.65m. The club would like to congratulate the athletes and coaches who traveled to the event. The club also wishes to thank the clubs main sponsor Tirconaill Damp Proofing for all their support throughout the year.
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