Loughrea AC

Its hard to credit that 1161 people ran a road race in the west, indeed trawling through the results looking for Loughrea AC club members was like trying to find a needle in a giant haystack(s).
Paul Keane completed the 10km in a credible 37.47 and continued his gradual progression.There is nothing easy in a 10km race and paul's time is very close to 37.13 which is 6 minute miling for that distance.Well done to paul who only joined the club late last year.
Well done also to the race organisers for coping with the large volume of entrants.

The all Ireland Track and field for u23 and junior was held in Tullamore today.Laura Shaughnessy ran the 5000m in a time of 17 minutes and 33 seconds, this was good enough to win the gold medal. Congratulations to Laura on a fantastic time and great achievement.

Five became three for day two of the series.
Sheila McInerney 26.06
Maria Allen 28.23
David Reilly 18.26
www.craughwellac.com for full details.Next race in series July 10th (i think).

The Paul Fallon organized Annaghadown 10km took place sunday last. Loughrea athletic club had 5 runners that took part.
David Reilly 38.33
Paul Keane 38.50
Caroline Clancy 41.38
Joseph Clancy 46.24
James Kelly 46.34
Full Results on www.athenryac.com

The club had 5 representatives taking part in the Craughwell Handicap 5k.

Marie Allen----26:54
Sheila McInerney----26:24
Sheila Reilly----29:00
David Reilly----18:19
Darragh O'Brien----18:01

The full results are on the Craughwell web-site.

Day 2 of the County Track and Field Championships was held in Dangan on Thurs., June 18th.
Probably the performance of the evening was that of Caroline Clancy in the Ladies 1500m.
Caroline's time for the 3 and 3 quarter laps was an impressive 4 minutes 48 seconds!!
This is equivalent to 5 minutes 8 seconds for the mile.

It is good to see Caroline bringing her recent good form on the roads on to the track.

A group training session will be held on Sunday mornings-----starting at the car-park at the Long Point.
The starting time is 9am and the route is around the lake (approximately 7 miles).

All club members are welcome.

Marie Reilly ran the Thurles 4 miler recently and won her category in a time of 29.36.Well done marie!

The Salthill 5km road race was held recently and Loughrea was represented by Paul Keane 18.15, James Kelly 21.30, and David Reilly 21.31.
James ran a remarkable PB which defied all logic as it was just three days after his Batchelor party.James was not available for comment when contacted.

Laura Shaughnessy took a break from her Leaving certificate preparations when she competed in the all Ireland schools Track and Field championships in Tullamore on May 30th.
Running in the colours of St Brigid's Vocational school she won a bronze medal in the 3000m in a time of 10 minutes 23.16 seconds.well done Laura!