P.B., Club Record, Leading Irishman, 3rd in Golden League Debut

Thomas Chamney ran a P.B. of 1:45.41, smashing the club record, extending his lead on the Irish rankings and finishing 3rd, all in his debut in the Golden League last Friday. As you can see the Crusaders singlet also got a run out in Oslo, not an occurrence we have seen too often in the past but one we hope to continue to see in the future. Videos of the race & post-race interview here.

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European Team Championships

This year the European Team Championships takes the place of the European/Europa Cup for the first time but the change doesn't seem to have bothered the Cru athletes as 5 have made it onto the mens half of the squad. They will compete alongside their male and female counterparts on the 20th and 21st of June in Banska Slovakia.

Of particular note are Juniors Colin Quirke and Steven Colvert. Quirke has made waves in the last few years breaking several national records and will throw both discus and shot in Banska. Colvert, one of our most recent members takes a place on the 4x100m squad. A massive achievement for his first year in the sport.

Congrats to all Crusaders who made the European Team Championships squad: Ian McDonald (110h), Steven Flemming (LJ), Thomas Chamney(800m), Colin Quirke (SP, DT) and Steven Colvert (4x100m).

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JuniorCru @ National Indoors

Some of our new young juniors had a tough introduction to national athletics in Nenagh over the weekend. As expected the rest of the country produced much stronger, more accomplished athletes than were on view in the Dublin qualifiers.


The relatively experienced Sarah Fleming (U18) came closest to a medal. However her best shot putt of 8.88m was below par for Sarah and left her in fourth position.

Indeed the shot competition produced our other two top-eight finishes. Isabel O'Leary did excellently to finish 7th of 15 in the U12 competition while Brian Gray's 8.92 earned him eighth place in the U16 category.

On Saturday James Woods (U12) got boxed in his 600m heat and didn't go forward to Sunday's final. Matthew Behan, the smallest athlete in the field, was overpowered in the U14 sprint hurdles when clocking 10.99. Similarly Alix Hughes was simply outmuscled by bigger girls and didn't make the cut of the U14 shot.

Olibhia Collins (U12 shot) and Patrick Keegan (U16 60m and long jump) also wore the Crusaders singlet with pride in the championships.

So no medals and our athletes now have a better idea of what it takes at national level. And next Sunday we have three relay teams (U12G, U13G and U19M) travelling to Derry to contest the All-Ireland relay championships, so good luck to all involved.

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