Report – CDETB SCC Track and Field Championships – Friday 8th May, 2015

CDETB SCC Track and Field Championships 2015

By Louise Browne

PRESENTATION COLLEGE TERENURE won the Hannigan Cup for best all-round Girls school while the Robinson Cup, for the best all-round Boys school, was successfully retained by Larkin Community College at last Friday’s CDETB SCC Track and Field Championships held at Morton Stadium, Santry.

Despite the wet conditions athletes from Presentation College Terenure, Larkin Community College, Kylemore College, Marino College, Colaiste Dhulaigh, Colaiste Eoin, Cabra Community College, Margaret Aylward Community College, Plunket College, Ringsend College and St Kevin’s College competed for top honours.

Pres’ Rhasidat Adeleke ran the perfect race to win the minor 100m final before winning the minor high jump title.  Adeleke was duly awarded the girls Athlete of the Meet for her top performances throughout the championships.

Other winning individual performances came from Pres’ double winners Wuraola Busari, junior 100m and high jump and Anastascia Cepoi, intermediate 400m and long jump. Along with Elizabeth Manning’s success in the 800m final and Latifat Adeleke’s gold medal in the junior shot putt.

Pres’ day was rounded off with a hat-trick of wins in the girls’ relay races.  The teams were made up of Saoirse Hoban, Rachel Roe, Laura Kelliher and Rasidat Adeleke (minor) Kathy Murphy, Amanda Fitzgerald, Elizabeth Manning and Wuraoli Busari (junior) and Aoife Pugh, Rachel Tobin, Beonwyn Pugh and Anastascia Cepoi (intermediate).

Larkin girls clocked up four gold medals courtesy of Nadia Bowes (minor 800m), Daria Lawlor (intermediate 100m), Tiffany Heary (intermediate 1500m) and Najat Ahmed (minor shot).

Marino College topped the podium twice thanks to Diane Benchea (junior long jump) and Maria Lazar (minor cricket ball).  Other successful showings came from Kylemore College’s Alex Doyle (intermediate high jump), Plunket College’s Ann Marie Thornsley (intermediate shot and javelin) and Margaret Alyward’s Jodie Reid (minor long jump).

In the boys competition Larkin boys put in very strong displays in the field events taking home five gold medals Damien Dykas (minor high jump), Asif Iqbal (minor cricket ball), Thomas Murphy (junior shot), Francis Ugbah (intermediate long jump) and Keith Gifford (intermediate shot).

Boys Athlete of the Meet went to Cezar Valentin Kylemore College who won the 100m junior boys final and long jump title.  His colleague Sean Lawlor, who is the current All Ireland 100m and 200m schools champion, was simply unstoppable in the intermediate 100m final.

Charlie Murray (intermediate 400m) and Calem Dunne (intermediate javelin) added two more gold medals to Kylemore’s medal tally.

Colaiste Dhulaigh returned to Coolock with four gold medals courtesy of Darren Byrne (junior 400m), Sean Nolan (junior 1500m), Dylan McGuigan (junior high jump) and Brandon Crooke (intermediate high jump).

Three schools walked away with two gold medals apiece they were Marino College’s Gurpreet Singh (junior javelin) and Julian Voiniciuc (minor shot), Ringsend College’s Nathan Purcell (minor 400m) and Igor Bartosiak (minor 100m) and Colaiste Eoin’s Darius Spik (minor 1500m) and Anthony Kelly (minor long jump) while Mikey McCoy won gold for St Kevin’s in the 1500m final.

The Boys relay races where won by Larkin Community College (minor), Colaiste Dhulaigh (junior) and Kylemore College (intermediate).

BEST GIRLS ATHLETIC TEAM – HANNIGAN CUP

Presentation College Terenure

BEST BOYS ATHLETIC TEAM – ROBINSON CUP

Larkin Community College

GIRLS ATHLETE OF THE MEET

Rhasidat Adeleke

Presentation College Terenure

BOYS ATHLETE OF THE MEET

Cezar Valentin

Kylemore College

MILLENNIUM RELAY FEMALE – BERNE CUP

Larkin Community College

MILLENNIUM RELAY MALE – MS BRANCH CUP

Kylemore College

STAFF RELAY – GABRIELLE COATES TROPHY

Larkin Community College