Sports round-up

LUCAN HARRIERS A.C.

Record broken and medals galore for Lucan Harriers in Belfast
Lucan Harriers athletes took part in the 2024 Northern Ireland Masters Championships on June 29th at the Mary Peter's track in Belfast.
We had Carol Kearney running in the 200m & 400m and Leanne Wellings running in the 100m and 200m Katriona Power throwing in Hammer and Heavy Hammer disciplines.

Carol and Leanne both won gold in both their races, setting the track alight with some blisteringly impressive times! It's worth pointing out that Carol's race was a combined race where runners from two younger age groups participated at the same time as Carol's race, but Carol blew them all out of the water to finish first and bring home the gold!
In the field events Katriona not only won gold in both her disciplines, but also set a new national record in the heavy hammer throw, of 12.65m!! A phenomenal achievement and testament to the training that's been done on cold wet winter nights at the Harriers track!!

Pearse Carberry won silver in the javelin, losing out on the top spot by a mere 3cm, and brings home the NI Silver for the second year in succession (and now has a new goal of NI gold in 2025!!).

Well done to all who competed, and the serious work now begins as everyone focuses on the upcoming Irish National Championships on August 4th in Tullamore!