5 days ago
Spirited U8 athlete gives Ace AC a Finn-tastic start at Drogheda sports day
U8 runner Finn Murphy started the day with silver in the 60 metres and followed it up with another silver in the 300m after a late surge from fourth place.
In the U9 age group Harry Reilly ran his first ever race in the 80m and performed well, while Millie Roche - one of the club's most improved runners - earned her first medal with bronze in the girls 300m.
In the Girls U10 80m Catherine Cumming and Clara Plunkett secured medals for the club, with Catherine in second and Clara third. Catherine then impressed in the 400m with a brilliant gold in a tactical race.
In the U13 80m there was bronze for Caoimhe Carolan, while Ollie Marron ran in the 600m in that age group and struck gold at the end of a well-timed race, moving from fourth at the half-way mark to first in the closing metres.
The U14 Boys 800m saw Ace AC take three of the top four places, with victory for Tayo Lawrence, silver for Oisin Murphy and fourth place for Adam Cumming. Oisin had only an hour earlier claimed his first ever individual medal with bronze in the 100m.
There was bronze too for the U15 Boys relay team and Caoimhe Carolan added to her earlier sprint bronze with a classy gold in the U13 600m.
The U16 and U17 800m was run together and Chloe Cooney won in a steady time of 2:18 as she continued her return to full fitness ahead of the cross-country season.
Meanwhile, at the Community Games Regional Finals in Athlone IT, Ace AC had two representatives lining out for Louth.
U12 athlete Smirthi Prasad competed in the Girls 100m, finishing fifth in her heat, while Caoimhe Carolan moved up an age group to run in the Girls U14 200m and won both her heat and the final to secure her place at the All-Irelands in Carlow.
Caoimhe will be joined by Ace AC clubmate Finn Murphy (U8) who had already qualified by winning his race at the Louth Community Games earlier in the summer.
