Jaheim and Chloe's double medal joy for Drogheda's ACE AC at Leinster Championships
U17 Chloe Cooney continued her impressive comeback from injury picking up two Leinster medals.
She ran only her second ever 400m on Saturday and secured a Leinster Bronze before returning to the track 24 hours later for the 800m where she led early, dropped to fifth after 500m, but made a strong move in the final 200m to finish second and take silver.
Not to be outdone, U17 Jaheim Humphrey also won two Leinster medals over the weekend, taking bronze in the U17 shot put and gold in the discuss.
Daniella Adebola continued her impressive form and secured a bronze in the U19 200m after a strong PB performance despite the poor running conditions.
U16 Kate O'Donnell also ran a new PB in the 1500m finishing nineth in a strong field while Sholah Lawernce was just outside the medals in the U18 1500m with a fourth place finish.
In the boys' 1500m events, U18 Eoin O'Grainne finished sixth, while U17 Liam Lynch finished sixth and U14 Tayo Lawernce continued his improvements with a seventh place finish.
U15 Louth 100m champion, Niamh Faulkner, ran well in the 100m, just missing out on the final while Aoife O'Connor was a strong fifth in the girls 80m hurdles.
U15 Taylor Gregory ran in the boys U15 800m, and impressed with a sixth place finish.
Tadgh Forde Dunne was eighth and Killian Sheridan sixth in the U17 boys 800m.
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The U18 Boys 800m saw four ACE AC athletes battle it out with Ruairí O'Grainne having the highest finish in fifth followed by his twin brother Eoin in seventh and then Rhys Clarke and Jamie O'Reilly.
Meanwhile some ACE AC athletes took to the Mary Peters track in Belfast for the BMC event.
In the 1500m Eimear Cooney ran a 4.25 PB. Only a couple of seconds outside of the European U20 standard.
In the 3k Shea O'Donnell and Danny Nugent both ran well while Daniel Hanley and Neil Culhane also produced good performances in the 800m with Culhanne continuing his impressive return to form with a 1.52 season's best.
pics attached are Chloe Cooney on the podium in 2nd, Danielle Adebola, and Rhys Clarke
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