Monaghan among stars at track event

THERE was a mammoth 122 event programme in the All- Ireland Track and Field held in Tullamore recently and Sligo AC athletes were among the competitors.

Mercy College’s Ruth Monaghan impressed at Junior level in the 1200M Walk finishing 6th in 6: 04.58.

Ruth took almost 23 seconds off last year’s time and, with at least one more year in this category, she will fancy her chances of success in the near future.

As a measure of her competition, the first three all broke the Meet’s record of 5: 27: 27.

Ursuline College’s Eva Delahunt was 6th in the Intermediate Girls 2000M Walk in 10: 54: 81.

In the Intermediate Boys 2000M Walk, Summerhill College’s Ryan Roberts was 7th in 10: 50: 41.

Lauren Cadden was unlucky in the Intermediate Girls 200M race with the Ursuline student finishing 4th in 24: 92.

There was a notable performance also by Summerhill’s Michael Morgan who ran 4: 45: 92 to finish 7th in the Junior Boys 1500M.

The performances were impressive from Sligo AC on the day with quality athletes from across the country taking part in the competition in Tullamore.