Louth athletes shine in major competitions
St. Peter's athletes make their mark across multiple events
The Track and Field season is in full swing and St Peter’s Athletics Club had four athletes in action last weekend.
Three of the Louth club athletes travelled across the Irish Sea to compete in the British Miler Club Birmingham Grand Prix event.
Both Abbie Sheriden and Dearbhla Allen competed in the women’s 3000M Steeplechase and both had really strong runs, Abbie finished with a new PB of 10.40.95.
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Dearbhla Allen has had a busy few weeks winning two medals last week at the All-Ireland Schools Championships, this week she also ran a PB of 10.29.51.
Her time was within the Athletics Ireland Standard of 10.40 for the European U20 Championships, this was Dearbhla’s second time to achieve this standard having run 10.35.66 two weeks previous in Brussels.
(Action shot at the water jump in the Steeplechase with both Dearbhla Allen and Abbie Sheriden)
Cian Gorham also ran in the men’s 1500M at the same meet, Cian is enjoying a rich vein of form and continues to show great consistency clocking a time of 3.49.29.
Hopefully, Cian’s injury woes are behind him and he can continue to complete at the top level which will undoubtedly bring big rewards.
The club also had Niamh Brady in action in the Leinster Senior 1500M race at the Championships held in Carlow.
Niamh has shown very well in training of late and her hard work paid off when he claimed the bronze medal in what was a race packed with quality.