National Senior Indoor Championships
Galway athletes saw great success at the 123.ie National Indoor Athletics Championships, held at the Sport Ireland National Indoor Arena in Dublin over the weekend, with a superb gold medal win for Sean Doggett the highlight.
Sean Doggett from Athenry AC claimed his first National Senior 400m title at the National Indoor Arena on Sunday, taking gold in a super time of 47.33 seconds. In what was a battle to the line, Sean produced a thrilling come-from-behind performance to secure victory in a high-quality field. It was an exciting finish, with Fintan Dewhirst (Tír Chonaill) fighting hard all the way but just falling short in the closing metres.
This victory marked Doggett's first National Senior title and further adds to what has already been a remarkable career and a testament to his dedication, consistency, and hard work both on and off the track, alongside coach Stephen Doggett. Also, in the 400m final, Ben Edeh of West Coast AC was a fine fourth. There was further success for the Athenry club on the day, with Rian Collins securing a superb third-place finish in the Men’s 3000m C Final
Three Silver medals were won by Galway stars - Emma Moore (GCH) in the Women’s 800 metres, Darragh Fahy (Loughrea) in the Men’s triple Jump, just pipped on the last jump, and West Coast AC in the men’s 4 x 400 metres Relay via the squad of Ben Edeh, Oisin Phelan, Sean Kavanagh and Kemsi Okepegbuo
Two bronze medals were also won over the weekend by Galway athletes, with Darragh Kelly (Craughwell) in the High Jump and Orlaith Mannion (South Galway) in the 60 metres Hurdles both with great performances.
In the sprints Angela Cielecka of West Coast impressed making a stacked 60m final placing 6th, while in the Walks, Matthew Newell of Castlegar AC was fourth in the 5000m Walk, whilst in the Ladies 3000m walk, Caoimhe Phelan of West Coast placed 4th also, with Tuam duo Holly Shaughnessy and Savanagh O Callaghan just behind.
Fixtures
One of the highlights of the calendar, the Irish Schools Cross Country Championships takes place in Mallusk Playing Fields, Park Road, Newtownabbey, Co Antrim, this Saturday, 7th March, with a full programme of events from 12 noon, and a large number of Galway athletes travelling from across the county to compete.
This weekend also sees the Kinvara series of Road races over 10k, Half marathon and Marathon take place on Saturday next.
