It was one of a host of medals for Galway athletes over the two days of competition.
West Coast AC athletes delivered 11 medals across their schools - with two individual golds, two silver, two bronze and relay gold. Angela Cielecka was crowned Intermediate Girls 100m champion for Dominican College Taylors Hill Galway clocking 11.99, and gold also went to Daniel Sangodele, the Intermediate Triple jump champion for St Joseph's College Galway.
Taylors Hill girls won Intermediate relay gold with the squad of Michelle Nnadi, Princess Ehis, Angela Cielecka, Praise Limbila and Jennifer McCarthy.
Lemar Lucciano won silver over the Senior 100m for Coláiste Muire Mathair Galway in 10.89, as did Michelle Nnadi in the Junior 100m for Dominican College Taylors Hill Galway. Lucciano and Nnadi also both later claimed bronze in the Senior 200m and Junior 200m respectively.
Seamount Kinvara secured medals via Orlaith Mannion who raced to gold in the Senior Girls 100 Hurdles, as did Claudia Coyle in the U16 Girls Mile. Ciarán Kelleher won silver in Intermediate Boys 2,000m walk.
Conor Penney led the way with another record-shattering 2.05m clearance in the Intermediate Boys High Jump to take yet another Irish title while representing his school Calasanctius Oranmore.
Darragh Kelly (Clarin College ) and Isabel Schukat (Pres Athenry ) were also in electric form in the Senior Boys and Girls High Jump. Kelly put in a string of super jumps over 1.75, 1.80 and 1.85m to take the silver medal, with Schukat winning bronze for her school.
Craughwell’s hurdlers were also in fantastic form with Lauren Kilduff (Gort CS ) and Emma O’Donovan (St Brigid’s Loughrea ) racing to silver and bronze in the Senior Girls 400m Hurdles in 61.54 and 62.70 in windy conditions.
Darragh Fahy for St Brigid’s Loughrea struck gold in the Senior Boys Triple Jump and later claimed silver in the Senior Long Jump. Ben Naughton also for St Brigid’s put in a great last lap to win Junior Boys silver over 1500m.
Matthew Newell and Hazel Dinkin both secured silver medals in the colours of Colaiste Baile Clair, Newell in the Senior Walk and Dinkin in the Junior Girls event Cliodhna Ni Chonaill representing Coláiste na Coiribe claimed the bronze medal in the hotly contested Intermediate Girls 2K Race-walk.
Rachel Treacy for High Cross College Tuam raced to joint first in the Junior Girls 75m hurdle with a PB of 11.18. The High Cross senior relay team (Myah Gallagher, Aine Maguire, Aoibheann Redington and Enya Mitchell ) coming in third place overall. There was gold for Aoibheann O'Malley in the Junior High Jump. Danielle Moynihan Holy Rosary College Mountbellew clocked 24.47 for silver in the Senior Girls 200m event All-Ireland Schools medal.
Holly Shaughnessy of Pres Athenry won bronze in the Senior Girls 3k walk.
Tom McHugh of GCH and Cistercian Roscrea won a bronze medal for Senior Boys Discus at the Irish Schools Finals in Tullamore. His best throw of 41.12m was only passed for silver in the final round.
