Emma Moore placed sixth in her debut at senior level at the World Indoor Tour Gold event in Ostrava on Tuesday.
Placing sixth in an international class field with a time of 2.02.21, the Galway City Harriers runner is making her presence known. Last week, she clocked an Irish U23 indoor 800m record, with a time of 2:01.21 in Dublin.
That took her to third on the Irish senior indoor all-time list for the event, and importantly secured an Athletics Ireland World Indoor Championship 'B' Standard, putting her in the mix for consideration for the Worlds in Poland this March.
Schools Cross Country
David Frazer of Craughwell AC competes for Ireland at the Home Countries and Celtic Cross Country Championships this Saturday, February 7 at Parliament Hill in London. He has been honoured with selection on the Boys U17 Ireland Team, along with Darragh Whelan of Limerick, Ruby Devereaux of Youghal and Thomas Coy of North Belfast.
The Connacht Schools Cross Country was held on Tuesday in Bushfield, Loughrea with the winners as follows: Minor Girls - Leah McManus, Sligo Grammar; Minor Boys – Dylan Leydon, Coola; Junior Girls – Roxane Sands, St Josephs Castlebar; Junior Boys – Patrick Lee, Pres Athenry; Inter Girls – Freya Renton, SHS Westport; Inter Boys - Greg Lyons, Manorhamilton; Senior Girls – Emma Brennan, Moyne CS; Senior Boys – Lucas Lyons, Manorhamilton. St Brigid’s Loughrea won team gold in the Senior Girls event with an impressive display.
Next up is the Irish Schools Finals in Newtownabbey.
National Indoor League
Five Galway teams will compete at round 2 of the National Indoor Track and Field League this weekend in Athlone. Qualification for the final on February 14 is at stake.
Craughwell Ladies lie 11th overall, just ahead of South Galway Ladies in 13th place. The top eight teams will to go through. Craughwell Men's team lie fourth, while Galway City Harriers Men's squad are in seventh. South Galway AC were 15th after round 1.
Women’s Mini Marathon results
The Galway Women’s Mini Marathon was held on Bank Holiday Monday, February 2 in Craughwell, with a huge field of 800 athletes on the start line.
First home was Evelyn Coughlan of Tullamore Harriers in a time of 37.26, with Jane Ann Meehan of Athenry AC next in 39.20, and Ellen Bermingham third in 39.59.
