Great Weekend for Cork Athletes at UK AAAs - August 2023

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Cork Athletes to the Fore at AAA's

August 26th - 27th 2023

Alexander Stadium, Birmingham, UK

Report by Declan O'Connell, with Facebook photos by Jo O'Callaghan and Declan O'Connell

Hannah Falvey, Belgooly AC	Katie Kingston, Leevale AC	Tiffany Nwaedozie, Belgooly AC	David Ebo, Midleton AC
Andrew Scanlan, Leevale AC	Briana Onoh, Leevale AC	Louise Mullins, Leevale AC (Pictured in Fanahan McSweeney AC colours)	Noelle Mulcahy, Leevale AC
	Ryan Onoh, Leevale AC	Meabh O'Connell, Blarney Inniscarra AC

 This was a hugely positive experience for the 10 Cork athletes who travelled to Birmingham, to represent Ireland in the English AAA Championships, on August 26th and 27th

The aim of the trip was to enable some of the countries top younger athletes gain valuable experience, being members of an Irish squad, and to develop skills that will help them progress through the ranks

It was mission accomplished, and the feedback from the team was extremely positive on the overall experience

Under 15 Athletes

Ryan Onoh, Leevale AC, lit up the stadium with two outstanding performances in the U15 Boys Long Jump and High Jump events . He jumped a massive seasons best of 6:62m, to win the Long Jump, and won the High Jump, with an impressive 1.90. Simply outstanding!

Meabh O'Connell, Blarney-Inniscarra AC continued her fantastic throwing season. She threw a 1 meter PB in the U15 Discus, to claim a fantastic Silver medal. She also earned another podium place in the Shot, to round off a great first championship for her in the Irish singlet

Tiffany Nwaedozie, Belgooly AC, had a demanding schedule, as she took on the ultra competitive 200m and Long jump events. She performed well, and will learn a huge amount from the experience

The same can be said of our U15 Pole Vault National champion Noelle Mulcahy, Leevale AC. Going head to head against the best that England have to offer can only be a positive

Under 17 Athletes

Brianna Onoh, Leevale AC, hit top form for these championships. She threw three 14 plus meter throws in the girls U17 shot, which is serious throwing. This included a PB of 14:22m, to claim a great Silver medal for Ireland

Louise Mullins, Leevale AC, was giving away a year or more to most of her competitors, but showed her undoubted class, in the U17 Girls Hurdles. She was right up there in her heat, and really looked at home at this level

Katie Kingston, Leevale AC, had a highly productive Championships also. She was right on form and threw an impressive 37:86m PB, to finish 9th in the girls U17 Javelin

Hannah Falvey, Belgooly AC, had a demanding schedule, as she ran in bopth the 200m and 300m events. She reached the final of the 300m, after posting a really good time of just over 40 seconds in the heats, and reached the Semi-Finals of the 200m

Andrew Scanlan, Leevale AC,  performed extremely well. He finished 4th in the boys U17 javelin, throwing three 50+m throws, which included a 55.56m PB. Real top class throwing

David Ebo, Midleton AC, gained valuable international experience also, and will learn a great deal from this event. The 100m is a hugely competitive event, but he was right in the mix in his heat

Well done to everybody involved, and to all the coaches who looked after the athletes so well over the three days. Experiences like these are so vital to the development of the athletes. They will have learnt so much, and will be eager and motivated to continually improve, and perform to a high level, so that they can gain further experiences like these in the future

Other Cork Athletes

Very well done also to Meabh Corkery, Midleton AC, who performed very well in the U17 Girls Pole Vault. Meabh is well accustomed to performing at this level, and did so again on this occasion. Another great experience in the bank for her, as she finished an impressive 5th in the competition

Giselle Ahearne, Belgooly AC, was so close to making the podium in the Girls U15 High Jump, but was unfortunate to miss out, on count back. Nevertheless it was a super performance from Giselle, against Englands top high-jumpers. She showed her class in the hurdles also, and posted a really good time of 12:02 secs, in the heats of the 75m event

Irish Team

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