NI & Ulster Athletes Excel at U20 & U23 All Ireland

04 July 2023

NI & Ulster Athletes Excel at U20 & U23 All Ireland

Photo- Keith McClure

Our NI & Ulster athletes excelled at the U20 & U23 All Ireland Championships over the weekend. With 30 medals from the championships, we had excellent performances.

Including Nick Griggs in the U20 Men’s 1500m, clocking 3:45.91 which was a Championship Record (CR) for the CNDR Track Club/Puma athlete. Excellent result after winning the Grand Prix BMC 1500m A race in Watford the day before. Lifford Strabane AC’s Adrienne Gallen won the U20 Women’s Hammer throwing 53.59m and Tir Chonaill AC’s Fintan Dewhirst won the U20 Men’s 400m Hurdles in a time of 54.39.

While CNDR Track Club’s Callum Morgan won the U23 Men’s 1500m in 3:57.20, also competing in a world class Grand Prix BMC 3000m A race in Watford the day before. Ballymena and Antrim AC’s Abbie O’Neill won the U23 Women’s Pole Vault in 3.35m and club mate, Callum Baird won the U23 Men’s 400m in 48.23.

NI & Ulster athletes’ performances from the U20 & U23 All Ireland Championship:

U20 Men

Lucas Thorn (Lagan Valley AC)

Javelin

1st

55.47m

Charlie Lawden (North Down AC)

Javelin

2nd

50.86m

Alex Anderson (Tir Chonaill AC)

Weight for Distance

1st

7.89m

 

 

 

 

Oisin Thompson (Lagan Valley AC)

Long Jump

2nd

6.54m

Jamie Paul (Ballymena and Antrim AC)

Pole Vault

2nd

3.85m

Joseph Gillespie

Triple Jump

2nd

13.81m

 

 

 

 

Nick Griggs (CNDR Track Club)

1500m

1st

3:45.91 (CR)

Luke Kelly (CNDR Track Club)

5000m

2nd

15:26.88

Daniel McKinney (CNDR Track Club)

5000m

3rd

16:07.00

 

 

 

 

Zane McQuillan (Ballymena and Antrim AC)

110m Hurdles

3rd

15.25

Fintan Dewhirst (Tir Chonaill AC)

400m Hurdles

1st

54.39

 

U23 Men

Jack Brownlie (City of Lisburn AC)

Javelin

1st

44.54m

 

 

 

 

Jack Murphy (Tir Chonaill AC)

Pole Vault

2nd

3.55m

 

 

 

 

Callum Morgan (CNDR Track Club)

1500m

1st

3:57.20

Sean McGinley

3000m Steeplechase

2nd

9:21.30

 

 

 

 

Callum Baird (Ballymena and Antrim AC)

400m

1st

48.23

 

 

 

 

Ryan Canning (Letterkenny AC)

400m Hurdles

1st

56.06

Eoin Sharkey (Tir Chonaill AC)

400m Hurdles

2nd

1:00.44

 

U20 Women

Adrienne Gallen (Lifford Strabane AC)

Hammer

 

Shot Put

1st

 

3rd

53.59m

 

9.54m

Ellie McCurdy (Lifford Strabane AC)

Javelin

1st

37.16m

 

 

 

 

Catherine Martin (City of Lisburn AC)

1500m

2nd

4:39.06

Amy Greene (Finn Valley AC)

3000m Steeplechase

1st

11:12.85

 

 

 

 

Lucy McGlynn (Tir Chonaill AC)

100m Hurdles

 

400m Hurdles

2nd

 

2nd

14.97

 

1:04.16

 

U23 Women

Erin Fisher (City of Lisburn AC)

Long Jump

2nd

5.46m

Abbie O’Neill (Ballymena and Antrim AC)

Pole Vault

1st

3.35m

Michaela Byrne (Finn Valley AC)

Triple Jump

3rd

9.40m

 

 

 

 

Soibhan Doherty (Tir Chonaill AC)

3000m Walk

1st

16.08.22

Bevan McCaffrey (Annalee AC)

100m Hurdles

2nd

15.31

 

Full results can be found here.