Louth's Allen sisters produce the goods at the Leinster Juvenile Track & Field Championships
St Peter’s Club brought home a total of three medals
Leinster Juvenile Track & Field Championships took place in Tullamore last weekend on both Saturday and Sunday.
The St. Peter’s Athletics Club, Louth, brought home a total of three medals with the Allen sisters producing the goods.
The older of the two girls Dearbhla produced two memorable performances over both days, on Saturday as expected she comfortably won the U19 girls 3000M Steeplechase in a time of 10.46.25 almost a full lap clear of second place which came in a time of 12.14.15.
Dearbhla’s time also broke the previous championship best time of 11.44.75 which had stood since 2015.
Then on Sunday, Dearbhla took on the 3000M flat race but the outcome was the same as she took the lead after 200M and pulled away from the rest to a very impressive victory and claim her second gold of the Championship in what was also a Championship best time of 9.58.94.
The younger of the Allen siblings Niamh was in action in the U16 High Jump on Saturday in terrible conditions.
Niamh managed to equal her PB of 1.45M which secured fourth place and earned a place in the upcoming National Championships.
However, it was on Sunday that Niamh performed even better when she leapt to a new PB in the U16 girls' long jump of 4.92M earning her the silver medal.
So in total, the St Peter’s Club came home with three medals, two gold, one silver, and two Championship Records.
On Friday night Abbie Sheriden took to the roads of Drogheda as she managed to take victory as the first woman home in the Boyne AC mid-summer 5K in a women’s course record time of 17.27.