Galway City Harriers had 3 athletes competing in the National Juvenile Indoor Multi Events in Nenagh on Saturday 30th January and came home with a 2nd place, a 3rd place & a 4th place.
Laura Ann Costello was competing in her first Multi event competition and finished a very creditable 3rd to claim the bronze medal in the under 14 girls competition..
She was fastest in the 60m hurdles runing 9.9secs, 2nd best in the long jump with 4.02m, 4th in the high jump with 1.33m & 3rd in the 800m with 2mins 48.3secs. However her shot 5.07m cost her the gold medal. She conceded 428 points to the winner Deirbhile Ryan, Nenagh Olympics & only lost Gold by 144 points. However it was a great learning experience for her.
Evan McGuire finished second in the under 16 boys event behind Eoin O'Carroll Tralee hrs. Evan was fastest in the 60m hurdles in 8.9 secs, jumped 4.97 metres in the long jump which was well below his best. He had a good shopt putt of 10.27 m, a high jump of 1.62m & finished with the fastest 800m 2mins 17.2. His final score was 3,555 points behind the winners 3,684 points.
Anthony Hebron finished 4th in the under 18 boys event with 3,151 points which was 123 points behind the bronze medal winner. Anthony ran 10.3 secs for the 60m hurdles, had a long jump of 5.03m, threw the shot 7.78m, Jumped 1.63m in the high jump & ran 2mins 20.7 secs in the 800m.
The next competition for the juveniles is the Connaught indoors in Nenagh on February 14th.