Weekend Roundup

On Saturday night in Carquefou in France Nick Griggs (CNDR) running his first 5000m of the year finished second in 13.26.16 becoming the first athlete to achieve a consideration standard for next year’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Callum Morgan (CNDR) finished 10^th in 13.45.94 which was well inside the A standard for the European U23 Championships and with Nick should have secured selection for these championships which are being held in Bergen Norway from the 17^th of July.

Anna McAuley (COLAC) competing in the Europol meeting in Poland finished third in the women’s heptathlon scoring 5621 which was a pb and places her fourth in the Irish all-time list. She also becomes the second Northern Irish athlete to achieve a consideration standard for the Commonwealth Games.

There was local interest in the European Team Championships which was being held in Maribor Slovenia over the weekend. Lauren Roy (COLAC) was involved in the 4x100m relay which finished 3^rd overall in a season’s best of 43.97. Lauren also featured in the individual 200m finishing 5^th in 23.32 which was just outside her pb. Callum Baird (Ballymena and Antrim) was also in relay action running the third leg in the mixed 4x400. The team finished fourth overall in 3.14.81 which was a season’s best. Roisin Flanagan (Finn Valley) ran in the women’s 5000m finishing 6^th in 16.04.21. A commendable run in the conditions were temperatures track side were over 35 degrees.

Conor Kelly (Finn Valley) was part of the Irish U20 team at the Bauhaus Junioren Gala in Mannheim Germany running the men’s 400m. He finished second in 46.09, once again improving his own Irish U20 record. This performance also takes him to the top of the European U20 rankings. His record-breaking weekend continued as he was part of the Irish U20 4x400 relay squad which set a new Irish U20 record of 3.08.31 which also puts the team top of the European U20 rankings. Ben Sykes (Orangegrove) was part of the men’s 4x100 squad which ran a season’s best of 40.55.