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Report from the Dublin Athletics Board Juvenile Championships, June 2018, Irishtown, Santry and Tallaght/

Now that the dust has settled after the Dublin Juvenile Championships for another year, it's time to congratulate our young athletes on their achievements. Many debuts where made and for more seasoned athletes many pb's where achieved. Well done to all who represented Rathfarnham so well, enjoy the Summer break and we'll see you for the Cross Country Season in September.

Results as follows :
Relays : Girls U12 A : 4 x 100 : Sophie Maxwell, Claudia Manning, Philipa Mc Glynn, Sarah Murphy. 1st 58:3.
Boys U13: 4 x 100 : Ryan O’Neill, Cormac Keogh, Dara Mulvihill, Tom O’Regan. 2nd 56:4.
Boys U15: 4 x 100 : Oscar Comerford, Billy Conroy Roche, Cillian Mc Cabe, Daire Sullivan. 4th 52.6.
Girls : U12 : Sophie Maxwell : 4th Long Jump 3.97m.
           U13 : Zoie Ritchie : 1st 600m 1:42:71
           U14 : Alice Hickey : 4th 800m 2:30:34
           U15 : Lucie Ritchie 2nd 800m 2:29:6, 1500m 3rd ,
                      Hammer 1st 9.44m.
           U15 : Elena Cullen : 4th Shot Put 6.41m.
           U16 : Fortune Chukwu : 2nd 100m 13:04.
           U16 : Alannah Fasenfeld : 3rd High Jump 1.40m,
                     Discus 1st 13.77m, Shot Put 1st 7.48m.
           U16 : Sophie Ritchie : 2nd Discus 10.10m, 2nd
                      Shot Put 6.65m.
           U17 : Isabelle Doyle : 1st 100m 13:39, 1st 200m
                     28.09, 2nd Long Jump 4.88m.
           U18 : Amy Mc Cabe : 3rd 400m 64:8.
Boys : U13 :Tom O'Regan : 2nd 60mH 10:48; 3rd 80m,11.2
           U13: Dara Mulvihill : 4th Shot Put 7.21m
           U14: Cillian Mc Cabe : 3rd 75mH 13.8, 3rd 200m
                    28:75.
           U15: Billy Conroy Roche : 2nd, Discus, 18.34m.
                    Oscar Comerford : 4th, Discus, 15.59m. 3rd
                    Javelin 15.59m.

U20 European Mountain Running Championships 2018 Ruairí Long

It was great to see Ruairí Long of Rathfarnham WSAF AC competing as part of the 4 man Irish U20 team that finished 7th overall (a mere one point off 6^th!) at the European Mountain running Championships in Skopje, Macedonia. He placed 25^th individually and was the 2nd Irishman home. The course involved a 6 km lap with 350 m of climb. Well done Ruairí, we’re all very proud of your achievement and well done to your staff, especially our own Mike Long on being a team leader at the event!

A full report detailing all results from an Irish point of view can be found on the IMRA site HERE.

European Mountain Running Championships 2018, Skopje, Macedonia

At the European Mountain Running Championships in Skopje, Macedonia on Sunday 1st July 2018 Rathfarnham WSAF AC's Mark Ryan ran very well to come 39th individual overall and part of the Irish team who came 10th. Well done Mark. Everybody in the club is very proud of your achievement to be competing at such a high level.

St. Cocas AC 5k Kilcock 29th June 2018

We had two athletes in the St. Cocas AC 5k Kilcock on Friday 29^th June 2018. Both ran verywell. Bobby Murphy came 5^th overall in 15:16 (New Road PB!! for him) and Lynne Hennessy came in as 4^th woman in 18:44. Well done guys.

Docklands 5k Thursday 28th June 2018

Well done to all who competed in the Docklands 5k organised by Crusaders AC. Paul Flemming ran 16:19, Turlough Conway 16:48, Colm Murray 17:02, Clare Sullivan 18:31, Catriona Dowling (19:29 PB!!) and Aisling O’Connor 21:32. Yet another race in warm conditions!