NI & Ulster Athletes Excel at U20 & U23 All Ireland
04 July 2023
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Zane McQuillan (Ballymena and Antrim AC) |
110m Hurdles |
3rd |
15.25 |
Fintan Dewhirst (Tir Chonaill AC) |
400m Hurdles |
1st |
54.39 |
U23 Men |
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Jack Brownlie (City of Lisburn AC) |
Javelin |
1st |
44.54m |
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Jack Murphy (Tir Chonaill AC) |
Pole Vault |
2nd |
3.55m |
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Callum Morgan (CNDR Track Club) |
1500m |
1st |
3:57.20 |
Sean McGinley |
3000m Steeplechase |
2nd |
9:21.30 |
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Callum Baird (Ballymena and Antrim AC) |
400m |
1st |
48.23 |
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Ryan Canning (Letterkenny AC) |
400m Hurdles |
1st |
56.06 |
Eoin Sharkey (Tir Chonaill AC) |
400m Hurdles |
2nd |
1:00.44 |
U20 Women |
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Adrienne Gallen (Lifford Strabane AC) |
Hammer
Shot Put |
1st
3rd |
53.59m
9.54m |
Ellie McCurdy (Lifford Strabane AC) |
Javelin |
1st |
37.16m |
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Catherine Martin (City of Lisburn AC) |
1500m |
2nd |
4:39.06 |
Amy Greene (Finn Valley AC) |
3000m Steeplechase |
1st |
11:12.85 |
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Lucy McGlynn (Tir Chonaill AC) |
100m Hurdles
400m Hurdles |
2nd
2nd |
14.97
1:04.16 |
U23 Women |
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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 |
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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.