19-05-2025
‘Relay' impressive run by Drogheda & District AC novice Louis O'Shea yields track PB
This was a very impressive result from the young man as he qualified for the final having really only started running competitively in June last year when he ran two 400m races in one day with no training!
However, he put the work in during the winter and stepped up to the challenge of the Senior Men's 4x400m relay and the Drogheda & District team went on to clock a very impressive 3:29.53, with Louis at the forefront of the team.
Louis is just one of the new crop of emerging young talent coming through the juvenile and junior ranks.
Meanwhile, nine of the club's athletes were among more than 2,000 competitors competing at the BioFreeze 5K which incorporated the National 5K Road Championships in Phoenix Park on Saturday.
First man home for Drogheda & District was Paul Woods in a nice time of 19:21 and he was followed by club captain Colin Cuffe (21:50) and first lady Eimear Marron (21:53).
Andrea McArdle and Helga McDonnell ran well (22:54 and 23:56 respectively) and they were followed home by Jenny Gregory (23:34), Fiona Murphy (23:52),Linda Cruise (24:31) and Amy Gregory (32:24).
Four Drogheda & District athletes travelled to the BHAA ESB 5K Beach Sandymount Race on Wednesday last and Olivia Reilly placed first in the Ladies Over-40 category in a nice time of 26:10.
Gerry Mullins ran the distance in a tidy 25:52, showing he hasn't lost it, Nuala Reilly completed the race in 25:58 and Conor Cooney came home in 28:07.
Locally at the Oldbridge Parkrun, Colm Reilly was the first finisher with a personal best time of 18:07, while Shane Larkin was the third finisher at the Ardgillan Parkrun (20:09).
And in ultrarunning, Barry O'Sullivan took part in the Wexford Marathon Club's Festival of Running 50K race.
