Louth’s senior men’s and women’s athletics teams were in action recently in the final of the inaugural National Inter-County League in Tullamore. Both teams performed well and both finished in fifth place overall.
The star performer from the Wee County was arguably Enya Silkena (Dundalk St Gerard’s), who won the long jump and javelin and also finished third in the 200m.
The other individual event winners were Enya’s clubmates Isabelle Adel in the shot put and Tara O’Connor in the high jump. Adel also finished third in the discus.
A host of athletes finished in the top three in their events:
On the men’s team these included Euan Canniffe (Boyne) – 2nd javelin and 3rd discus, Oliver Gormley (Dundealgan) – 2nd 110m hurdles, Andrew Kelly (Drogheda & District) – 3rd 400m, Tadg Reilly (Dunleer) – 3rd shot put, and Charlie Sands (Ardee & District) – 3rd 400m hurdles.
In addition, the 4x400m team of Kelly, Cormac Canning (Drogheda & District), Matthew Fitzpatrick (Dunleer) and Seán Reilly (St Peter’s) impressed in finishing in second place.
Jimmy English (Drogheda & District), Tiernan Lennon (Dundealgan), Thomas McGrane (St Peter’s), Danny Nugent (Ace), Adam Russell (Ace) and Stevie Wong (Drogheda & District) also contributed valuable points to the team score.
Top three finishers for the women’s team included Emma Conway (Redeemer) – 2nd weight for distance and 3rd hammer and Dearbhlá Allen (St Peter’s) – 2nd 2000m steeplechase).
There were also strong performances by Judith Bell (St Peter’s), Eimear Cooney (Ace), Rachel Culligan (Dundalk St Gerard’s), Rosemary Gibson (Blackrock), Gráinne Moran (Dundalk St Gerard’s), Victoria Ovie (Dundalk St Gerard’s) and Mary Scanlon (Blackrock).
