Dunboyne AC updates

11th May - Navan Simon Cumbers 6km. Two of our runners were participating at the race. David Galbraith 22:10 Emilia Dan 23:00 13th May - Prague Marathon Paul Gory finished the Prague Marathon in a time of 3:32:38. Well done Paul. 14th May Dunboyne AC's young throwers in good form Michael Hanlon threw the 5kg Hammer 58.28m on Saturday in the Meath Co Championships held in Dunboyne on Saturday. This exceeds the Carding Standard of 57m for a 17 year old so he joins James Mc Cabe as another Dunboyne AC carded athlete! James threw consistently over 64m with a 6kg Hammer so is getting closer to the World Junior Standard of 66.2m . Caiman Dunne threw 53m and was please as he is studying hard forleaving cert at the moment. Special word of thanks and appreciation go to their coaches Phil Conway and George Ayers and training partner/mentor Padraig White Leinster Schools - Santry 16th/19th May 2012 Michael Hanlon, Belvedere College completed an excellent double when winning both the Intermediate Boys Hammer with a throw of 57.32m and the Intermediate Boys Discus with a throw of 46.49m. Caiman Dunne, Belvedere College won the senior boys hammer, throwing 54.98m. Also winning gold was Darragh Costigan, St Peters Dunboyne in the Intermediate Boys High Jump, jumping a new PB of 1.83m. Competing for Belvedere College, Eoin Sweeney won the silver medal in the Junior Boys Hammer, throwing 39.81m. Also competing was Rachel Smith, St Peters Dunboyne who was 5th in the senior girls 400m. Dublin Graded Meeting 2 - Irishtown 16th May 2012 In the Men's Triple jump, Daniel Hanlon finished 3rd with a jump of 10.33m. His brother Michael finished 3rd in the Men's discus, throwing 44.57m. Leinster Schools Championships - Santry 16th/19th May 2012 Michael Hanlon, Belvedere College completed an excellent double when winning both the Intermediate Boys Hammer with a throw of 57.32m and the Intermediate Boys Discus with a throw of 46.49m. Caiman Dunne, Belvedere College won the senior boys hammer, throwing 54.98m. Also winning gold was Darragh Costigan, St Peters Dunboyne in the Intermediate Boys High Jump, jumping a new PB of 1.83m. Competing for Belvedere College, Eoin Sweeney won the silver medal in the Junior Boys Hammer, throwing 39.81m. Also competing was Rachel Smith, St Peters Dunboyne who was 5th in the senior girls 400m. Leinster Combined Events Championships - Greystones 20th May 2012 In the Boys U16 Combined events, Darragh Costigan came in 1st place with the following performances Long Jump 5.46, Shot Putt 9.58, High Jump 1.84m, 100m Hurdles 15.68s, and 800m. Meath County championships - Navan 20th May. Under 9 Boys Darragh Kinnane 3rd 60m Under 10 Boys Conor Leane 2nd 500m *Mark Leane 3rd 500m Under 10 Girls Doireann Ni Fhlatharta 1st Long Jump 2nd 60m Under 11 Girls Aoibhin Ni Fhlatharta 1st 600m Under 12 Boys Josh Costigan 2nd High Jump *James Gavin 3rd 60m Hurd Under 12 Girls Sarah Wall 1st Long Jump, 1st 60m Hurd, 3rd 60m Under 14 Boys Conor Cagney 1st Shot Putt Under 15 Boys Caoilean O Flatharta 1st 80m Hurd, 1st Long Jump, 3rd 200m *Padraig Cagney 2nd Long Jump 3rd 80m Hurd Under 18 Boys Niall Cornyn 2nd 800m 3rd Long Jump Under 18 Girls Rachael Smith 2nd 200m Junior Daniel Hanlon Triple Jump 1st Mens Luke Forde 1st 3000m Team Event Mattie McGrath Cup Dunboyne 1st- Luke Forde, Rory Kavanagh, Neville Reilly and Morgan McDonagh