National titles for Oisin and Aisling Lane in Tullamore
The National U20 and U23 Track and Field Championships were held in splendid sunshine in Tullamore on Sunday, July 17.
Oisin Lane from Ballymore was a convincing winner of the U23 5000m walk in a time of 20 mins 26.50 seconds in what is a seamless transition from junior to senior athletics.
Aisling Lane was an impressive winner of the U20 3000m walk in a time of 15 mins 04.44 seconds, which rounded off a very successful season for Aisling.
Aisling had a very busy weekend, she came second in the SIAB Home Countries Schools International held at Mary Peters track in Belfast on July 16th. Her time for the 3000m walk there was 15 mins 11.72 secs.
At the Kinnegad 5k road race on July 13th, Vinny Connolly had an excellent win. He was closely followed by Timmy Murphy, James Keegan and Conor Sherwin.
Mullingar 10 – help needed for big local event
Volunteers (and food!) are needed for the Mullingar 10. Mullingar Harriers AC is appealing for as much help as possible this Sunday from members and friends of the club to help out at the Mullingar 10 mile road race in Dalystown.
Online entries are strong and with the usual big number of entries expected on the day, numbers taking part are sure to be well up on the numbers that took part the last time the event was held, in 2019, before Covid stopped everything in its tracks!
"We need help with registration, parking, marshalling along the course, water stations etc. If you can spare a few hours, please let a club official know," said a club spokesperson.
"This is an important fundraiser for the club and we’re asking everyone to row in behind the event and give a helping hand."
"It's really important to feed the hungry runners when they're finished, so we’d really appreciate it if members and/or parents could bring sandwiches, buns, cakes, in fact anything edible, to the clubhouse this week at training or out to Dalystown on the day."
For those planning to run, you can still enter online at https://www.myrunresults.com