Athletics
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- Year 8 – Mini boys : 1,500m
- Year 9 – Minor boys : 2,000m
- Year 10 – Junior boys : 2,500m
- Year 11/12 – Intermediate boys : 3,500m
- Year 13/14 – Senior boys : 5,000m
More information: http://www.ussaa.co.uk/userfiles/file/THE%20CHAMPIONSHIP%20SYSTEM,%202015%20update.pdf
Calendar:
January
CBS RICE SCHOOLS – All Ireland CBS schools cross country championship is held annually in Dublin. It is usually run during January.
February
E District – the schools within the district of Tyrone, Fermanagh, Monaghan, Cavan, Donegal compete in both individual and team races in an attempt to gain qualification to the Ulster schools final.
Feb/March
Ulster schools cross country finals – held annually each February at Mallusk playing fields, the top 12 athletes and the top three teams from each of the five districts compete against each other.
March
All Ireland schools final – hosted annually each March by one of the four provinces. The top 12 individual athletes from each provincial final including the top three teams per province are competing at this event.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_type=”entypo” i_icon_entypo=”entypo-icon entypo-icon-trophy” title=”Track and Field” tab_id=”1460068857484-0efdc41f-785d” add_icon=”true”][vc_column_text]
Events
Year 8 – MINI: 100m, 800m, High Jump, Long Jump, Shot, 4 x 100m relay.
Year 9 – MINOR: 100m, 800m, High Jump, Long Jump, Shot, 4 x 100m relay.
Year 10 – JUNIOR: 100m, 200m, 800m, 1500m, 80m Hurdles, 1500m Walk, High Jump, Long Jump, Triple Jump,Pole Vault, Shot, Discus, Javelin, Hammer, 4 x 100m relay.
Year 11/12 – INTERMEDIATE: 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 3000m, 100m Hurdles, 400m Hurdles, 1500m Steeplechase, 2000m Walk, High Jump, Long Jump, Triple Jump, Pole Vault, Shot, Discus, Javelin, Hammer, 4 x 100m relay.
Year 13/14 – SENIOR: 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 5000m, 110m Hurdles, 400m Hurdles, 2000m Steeplechase, 3000m Walk, High Jump, Long Jump, Triple Jump, Pole Vault, Shot, Discus, Javelin, Hammer, 4 x 100m relay.
Calendar
April
CBS RICE GAMES – All Ireland CBS schools track & field championships are held annually in Santry Stadium, Dublin.
May
E district Track & Field championship hosted at Antrim Forum.
Ulster Schools Track & Field finals. Top 3 in each of the five districts qualify. Top 2 relay teams per district.
June
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Ulster Schools cross country finals in Mallusk 10/2/16
Congratulations to all our runners taking part in the Ulster Schools Cross Country finals.
- Intermediate boys team
- Mini boys team
- Minor boys team
Well done to Conor McGillion who placed 3rd in mini boys race
Dan Haigney placed 7th in the Minor boys race
Sean Corry finished in 2nd place in the Intermediate boys race.
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Ulster Schools XC Championships
Mallusk Playing Fields, Belfast – 22nd February 2017
Intermediate Boys
Sean Corry claimed gold in the Intermediate boys Ulster schools cross country final!
Intermediate Boys Team – 3rd place
Intermediate boys team took bronze at the Ulster schools cross country final. They have qualified for the All Ireland final.
(L-R) Oisin McGuigan, JP Murray, Dan Murray, Sean Corry, Darragh Ward, Oran Colton, Cathaoir Donnelly, Sean Diamond, Davy Murray
Minor Boys
Conor McGillion finished 2nd in the minor boys race
Minor Boys Team – 2nd place
They also have qualified for the All Ireland final.
(L-R) David Quinn, Adam McAleer, Patrick Corcoran, Turlough Mullin, Conor McGillion, Patrick McCann, Fiachra Donnelly, Niall Gillespie
Mini Boys
Tomas Haigney was 4th in the Mini boys Ulster Schools cross country final.
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The Mini boys team were placed 5th at the Ulster schools cross country final in Mallusk.
L-R Luke Murray, Fionn Corry, Sean Kerr, Caolan Donnelly, Eoin McElholm, Tomas Haigney, Eoin Coyle.
Junior Boys
Dan Haigney finished in 8th place in the Junior boys race. Dan qualifies as an individual for the All Ireland schools final
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DCU invitational Irish schools cross country
Wednesday January 18th Results
As always this was a very competitive event and I congratulate all the boys on their performance!
Sean Corry 2nd place in the Intermediate race
Conor McGillion 4th place in the minor boys race
Dan Haigney 21st place in the junior boys race
Minor boys team 2nd place overall
Year 8 team
Senior team
The Ulster School Track & Field Athletics finals in Antrim Forum on Sat 19th May.
The weather was great and our athletes produced some superb performances. The most notable of these performances was;
Blaine Lynch took gold in the 100m Mini boys final. Blaine is a superb athlete and trains at Finn Valley AC.
Our Mini boys 4x100m relay team took bronze medals in a hotly contested final;
Reece McAleer, Tom Papakyriacou-Gavin, Paudi Dillon and Blaine Lynch.
E district Track & Field Athletics in Antrim Forum on Friday 4th May.
13 athletes in total and three 4x100m relay teams have qualified through to the Ulster schools finals on Saturday 19th May.
| Year 8 |
| Blaine Lynch 100m gold |
| Reece McAleer 800m silver
Tom Papakyriacou-Gavin 100m silver |
| Ruairi McKinney 800m 5th
Conor Pritchard high jump 6th Yr8 4x100m relay gold |
| Year 9 |
| Davog Kelly 3kg shot bronze
Sean McSorley High jump bronze Tomas Haigney 800m silver Yr9 4x100m relay bronze |
| Year 10 |
| Conor McGillion 100m gold
Conor Corcoran high jump 4th Jared Brogan high jump gold |
| Alex McGlinchey 200m silver |
| Yr10 4x100m relay gold |
| Year 12 |
| Sean Diamond 3000m 4th
Oisin McGuigan 1500m silver Darragh Ward 3000m 5th Dan Haigney 1500m bronze |
| Michael McCartan 800m silver |
| Conor McCallion long jump 4th |
| Oisin McBride 5kg shot 6th |