Sunday was a great day for the Club at the Leinster Track Championships in Tullamore, with a haul of 17 medals. The race of the day was Ronan Kearns against Louis McCarthy in the senior mens 800m 1st and 2nd in 2.05. They were neck and neck sprinting all the way down the home straight with Ronan winning and just pipping Louis by a few hundreds of a second. The full Club results were: 200m: Stuart McClean: 26.52 (M40 BRONZE), Noel Crowther: 28.78 (M50 BRONZE); 400m: Stuart McClean: 55.38 (M40 GOLD), Noel Crowther: 64.32 (M50 GOLD) and Tom Cuddy: 72.33 (M50 BRONZE); 800m: Ronan Kearns: 2.05.31 (Senior GOLD), Louis McCarthy: 2.05.36 (Senior SILVER), Paul Flemming: 2.07.77 (M35 GOLD), Stuart McClean: 2.10.14 (M40 GOLD), Shane O'Neill: 2.11.48 (M40 SILVER), Pearse Coyle: 2.15.16 (M45 GOLD), Noel Crowther: 2.26.20 (M50 GOLD),Tom Cuddy: 2.43.55 (M50 SILVER), John Mc Hugh: 2.52.04 (M55 GOLD); 1,500m Sean Hehir: 4.06.05 (Senior SILVER); Louis McCarthy: 4.17.75, Paul Flemming: 4.25.20 (M35 GOLD), Pearse Coyle: 4.35.56 (M45 GOLD), John Mc Hugh: 5.31.00 (M55 GOLD); 5000m: Sean Hehir: 14.52.90 (Senior GOLD), Jason Reid: 15.57.27, Jonathan Hughes: 16.32.15, and Ciaran Aylward: 17.02.41. The preliminary results are on the Athletics Leinster website.
Report from Paul Fleming and Barry Minnock.