The College of Science returns to its rightful home!
Over two days last weekend our incredible Senior track and field team won the Senior team title. Our walkers Jim and Jack started the weekend with a bang finishing 4th and 5th respectively. Harry Kinsella finished an outstanding 5th in the Triple Jump early on Saturday morning. The man mountain Eoin McDermott picked up points in both his events, finishing 7th in the Discus and 5th in the hammer. Going into the afternoon we trailed CBS Kilkenny but with Chris Lynch smashing the school record over 400m to pick up our first Senior medal of the day, finishing 2nd in the 400m, we put ourselves within striking distance of the opposition. It all came down the Senior relay, a crack team of speed merchants, hopeful of medal on the big stage. Cillian Doherty flew out of the blocks, handing over to Issac Soden who stormed down the back straight.
Matthew Mason was next, tearing around the curve and into the straightaway and tearing his groin in the process but still managing to hand the baton over Gavin
O’ Brien who got the baton in 2nd place, gamely chasing Campbell College down the final 100m. Belvedere finished in 2nd, overturning Oatlands College who had won the Leinster title.
This result put up into a clear lead for the team title and the cup was presented to the team in the final act of a long weekend.
Our first Senior title in 3 seasons.
Senior Boys 3000m Walk
4th Jim O`Keefe
5th Jack O`Sullivan
Senior Boys 400m Sprint
2nd Christopher Lynch
Senior Boys 4x100m Relay
2nd Cillian Doherty, Issac Soden, Matthew Mason And Gavin O’ Brien
Senior Boys Discus (1.75kg)
7th Eoin McDermott
Senior Boys Hammer (6kg)
5th Eoin McDermott
Senior Boys Triple Jump
5th Harry Kinsella
Our Intermediate team was a gallant fourth. Conor Quinn picked our sole medal, finishing 3rd in the Shot Putt. Daire McCarthy was 7th in the 3000m. James Travers and Conor Quinn were 8th and 9th respectively in the Discus with Ethan Thompson and Dylan Jones 5th and 6th in the Hammer. Jack Lynch was 8th in the Inter Boys Javelin. Ronan McCann was 10th in Triple Jump. The standard in the throws in particular was incredibly high with multiple records set.
Inter Boys 3000m
7th Daire McCarthy
Inter Boys Discus (1.5kg)
8th James Travers
9th Conor Quinn
Inter Boys Hammer (5kg)
5th Ethan Thompson
6th Dylan Jones
Inter Boys Javelin (700g)
8th Jack Lynch
Inter Boys Shot Put (5kg)
3rd Conor Quinn
Inter Boys Triple Jump
10th Ronan Mccann
Our Junior team were 2nd, missing out by a solitary point. Dylan O’ Connor put us on the right path with a big win in the triple jump, with Harris Moffat adding to the points by finishing 3rd. Dylan O’ Connor finished a fantastic 8th in the Long Jump. Matthew Westlake managed 8th in the hammer to put the Junior team in a fine position heading into the afternoon.
Charlie O’ Neill followed up his Irish Schools XC win by winning the Junior 800m in a time of 2.00.77.
An Incredible achievement by the Rudiments Student.
Junior Boys 800m
1st Charlie O`Neill
Junior Boys Hammer (4kg)
8th Mathew Westlake
Junior Boys Long Jump
8th Dylan O`Connor
Junior Boys Triple Jump
1st Dylan O`Connor
3rd Harris Moffat
Thank you to the Coaches Mr. McCarthy, Mr. Conway, Mr. O’ Shea and Mr. Duggan.
