Dundalk athletes compete at outdoor Irish Universities Track and Field Championships
Four St. Peter's AC athletes represent their college at Morton Stadium
The first major outdoor Irish Universities Track and Field Championships took place in Morton Stadium in Santry last weekend.
St. Peter’s AC had four athletes in action representing their respective Colleges. The club had two outstanding performances bringing home medals.
Cian Gorham put his injury woes behind him when he took home the gold medal in the men’s 1500M.
Cian qualified from his heat on Friday very comfortably and returned for the final on Saturday without really having to dig too deep into his energy reserves.
Saturday race was a proper 1500M race with six athletes still in contention with 400M to go but Cian kept his nerve and with 150M to go made his move although others responded he kept his lead to the line to claim a memorable victory in the colours of DCU in a time of 3.52.
Earlier in the day Abbie Sheridan representing DKIT ran a great race in the women’s 3000M Steeplechase.
Abbie was part of a breakaway group of three athletes from the start, her last lap of exceptional and she earned herself a very pleasing silver medal.
Niamh Brady ran her first ever 3000M also in the DCU colours and ran a very respectable 10.20, Niamh would be more used to running 800M and 1500M on the track so this was a good run for a first time at the distance.
On Friday Sean Reilly ran for Manooth University in the men’s 800M and although it wasn’t Sean’s day he had a decent run and this will take him on for the season ahead.