Report by Clodagh Cullen.

On Saturday the fourth and final league took place in Morton Stadium, Santry. Missing in action was super coach John Mc Hugh! Big shout out to John, get well soon from all the Juveniles! Weather conditions were a mixed bag of heavy showers and lovely sunshine! Rathfarnham was well represented across all age groups.

First action of the day was 60m hurdles. Girls U13: Heat 1 Anna Doyle 6th, Elena Cullen 8th. Heat 2 Lucie Ritchie 5th. Heat 3 Abbey Kelly 9th. Girls U14 75m hurdles, In heat 1,  Alannah Fasenfeld came 1st with a dominating performance!

Next up on the track was the Girls U10 60m: heat 1 Jodie Ritchie 1st, semi final 5th. Isobel Burge 3rd, semi 7th. Heat 2 Philipa Mc Glynn 2nd, semi 3rd & final 4th, heat 3 Sophie Maxwell 1st, semi 1st & final 1st. Boys U10 60m: Heat 1 Ben Mulvihill 7th. Girls U11 60m: heat 1  Zoie Ritchie 4th, semi 5th. Making her debut Alisa Marrinan ran in heat 2. Boys U11 60m: Heat 1 Dara Mulvihill 3rd, semi 6th. Ryan O'Neill heat 2 4th, semi 6th. Girls U12 60m: Charlotte Burge 4th and Edel Mc Creery 7th. Girls U13 80m Heat 1: Anna Mc Creery 6th, Heat 2 Anna Doyle 5th, Heat 3 Abbey Kelly 5th, Heat 4 Elena Cullen 7th, Heat 5 Lucie Ritchie 6th. Girls U14 80m : Sophie Ritchie put in a great display coming 1st in heat 1  and 2nd overall. Girls U15 100m: Isabelle Doyle was in dominating form coming 2nd in heat and 3rd in final. Boys U15 100m, Ian Kirwan was impressive finishing 3rd. Girls U16 100m Amy Mc Cabe 5th.

In the longer distances, Girls U10 300m: Heat 1 Sophie Maxwell 2nd, Jodie Ritchie 4th. Heat 2 Philipa Mc Glynn was impressive finishing 1st with Isobel Burge in a fine 3rd position. Boys U10 300m Heat 1 Ben Mulvihill 11th. Girls U11 400m Zoie Ritchie was a strong 2nd. Boys U11 400m: Dara Mulvihill 3rd and Ryan O'Neill 4th. Girls U12 500m: Edel Mc Creery and Charlotte Burge ran. Girls U13 500m: Heat 1  Lucie Ritchie 9th. Girls U16 1000m, Amy Mc Cabe was impressive placing 2nd in a tough field ran in monsoon like conditions.

In the best of the field events: Girls U11 Long jump Zoie Ritchie 6th. Girls U13 Shot put: Elena Cullen 5.37m, Lucie Ritchie 5.11m, Anna Doyle 4.78m, Abbey Kelly 4.78m & Anna Mc Creery 4.30m. Girls U14 Shot put Alannah Fasenfeld 4th, Sophie Ritchie 5th. In high jump Isabelle Doyle placed 4th in Girls U15.

Well done to all our athletes! Great performances throughout the meeting, this bodes well for the upcoming Dublin Championships! A large entry is expected and plenty of green vests of Rathfarnham will be seen!

Alannah Fasenfeld on her way to victory in Girls U14 75 m hurdles.

Charlotte Burgess and Edel Mc Greery.

Sophie Ritchie, Ian Kirwan, Isabelle Doyle and Amy Mc Cabe.

Isabelle Doyle in 100m action.

Isabelle Doyle in high jump.

In good conditions, the third Juvenile T&F League meeting took place at Tallaght AC. On the track, first into action was Girls U/14 400m, Sophie Ritchie was third. Boys U/15 Eoin Bonas 5th. Our younger athletes where also in action, Girls U/10 500m, heat 1 Jodie Ritchie 1st, Hayley Stapleton 7th. Heat 2 Philipa Mc Glynn 5th, Isobel Burge also ran. U/10 Boys 500m Fionn Mc Glynn 4th and making his club debut Ben Mulvihill placed 8th. U/11 Girls 600m Zoie Ritchie 1st, Edel Mc Creery 5th. U/11 Boys 600m Cian Mulvihill ran.  U/12 Boys 600m Ryan O' Neill 4th, Dara Mulvihill 5th, Fionn Kelly also ran. U/12 Girls 600m Charlotte Burge ran. U/13 Girls 600m Lucie Ritchie 4th and Abbey Kelly also ran. In field events U/15 Girls High Jump Isabelle Doyle placed 5th and U/14 Javelin Sophie Ritchie placed 5th. Well done to all our athletes! Full results will appear on dublinathletics website.

Next League 4 Saturday 21st May, Morton Stadium, Santry.

Juvenile Open Meeting:

Clonliffe Harriers All Medal Open Sports, Juvenile U/10 - U/16.  Date 15th May 2016,  Morton Stadium, Santry. Check in 12 noon to 1.30pm. Events time: 1.30pm to 3.30pm. Entry fee 5 Euros. Further info clonliffeharriers.ie

Rathfarnham girls Back, L to R: lsabelle Doyle, Alannah Fasenfeld, Sophie Ritchie, Clodagh Cullen. Front, L to R Lucie Ritchie, Elena Cullen.

On Saturday the second round in the leagues took place in cold, sunny dry conditions. First off was the 200m U/14 Girls, all decided on times. In heat 1 Sophie Ritchie was 2nd and in heat 2 Laura Mills was 5th. In the Girls U/15 Isabelle Doyle was 3rd. In the U/15 Boys Ian Kirwan was 3rd. In the U/16 Amy Mc Cabe was 3rd. In the U/10 Girls heat 1 Jodi Ritchie was 1st, in heat 2 Sophie Maxwell was 2nd & Philipa Mc Glynn 3rd, and in heat 3 Hayley Stapleton was 5th. In the Boys U/10 Fionn Mc Glynn was 3rd. In the Girls U/11 Heat 1 Zoe Ritchie was 1st, and in heat 2 Carolainn Mc Cabe was 6th. In the Boys U/11 heat 1 Dara Mulvihill was 3rd, and in heat 2 Ryan O'Neill was 3rd. Cillian Mc Cabe ran in the U/12 Boys. In the Girls U/13 heat 1 Lucie Ritchie was 4th & Anna Doyle 5th. In heat 2 Abbey Kelly was 8th, in heat 3 Elena Cullen 8th, and in heat 4 Anna Mc Creery 4th. In the Boys U/13 Billy Conroy Roche was 4th. Next on track was the 1000m. In the Girls U/15 Ellie Stapleton was 6th, and in the Girls U/16 Amy Mc Cabe was 3rd. In the Boys U/16 Cormac Gaffney was 6th. Away from the track a selection of the field events: In the Girls U/13 High Jump Anna Mc Creery jumped 1.25m. In the Girls U/13 Javelin Elena Cullen was 8th and in the Girls U/14 Javelin Sophie Ritchie was 6th. Well done to all athletes! Full results will appear on the Dublin Athletics website.

The next Juvenile fixture in on Sunday 8th May, League 3 @ Tallaght AC.

Rathfarnham girls under 13 L to R: Lucie Ritchie, Anna Mc Creery, Anna Doyle, Elena Cullen and Abbey Kelly.

The Secondary Schools qualification places were up for grabs this week at an  extremely cold and wet Morton Stadium. There was great success for Rathfarnham girls competing at this event in their school colours. Results are as follows: Isabelle Doyle (Muckross Park College) Junior Girls, 100m 2nd, 200m 2nd, 4x100m Relay 2nd. Sophie Ritchie (Tresians) Minor Girls, 100m 3rd, 4x100m Relay A 1st in heat and 6th final also Shot put. Alannah Fasenfeld (Tresians) Minor Girls, 2nd Discus, 75m Hurdles 2nd in heat and 6th in final. Also on Sophies Relay A  team. Clodagh Cullen (Muckcross Park College) Minor Girls, 75m hurdles 3rd in heat, 4x100m Relay A 2nd in heat and 4th in final. Caoimhe Kelders (Muckcross Park College) Minor Girls, 1st in high jump,  4x100m Relay B 2nd in heat 6th in final and javelin.  Alannah Cullen (Muckcross Park College) Minor Girls, Semi final 100m, 75m hurdles 5th in heat, Also on Clodaghs Relay team. Aoibheann Mc Dermott (Our Ladys Grove) Minor Girls, 4x100m Relays. Well done to all athletes!