It was a successful week for the Irish Team at the EYOF in Győr, Hungary last week. 

Athletics Ireland had a team of 16 athletes as part of the 40 athletes on Team Ireland. 11 of these qualified for finals and a further two for semi-finals. On the track, the sprinters were in excellent form with Patience Jumbo-Gula (Dundalk) winning bronze in the 100m final in a time of 11.59 (+6.6 W) while Tallaght’s Rhasidat Adekele placed second in the 200m, running 23.81 (+2.5 W). These two athletes joined both Niamh Foley and Miriam Daly to compete in the Women’s 4x100m relay team where they finished in an impressive third place with a time of 46.38, taking the bronze, a successful culmination to the Relay programme for Coach Daniel Kilgallon. In the field, Cavan’s Jade Williams threw 58.62m to secure a bronze for Ireland in the Hammer.

On the last day of the championships, Sarah Healy, from Monkstown, went on to secure Team Ireland’s first gold medal at the 2017 European Youth Olympics Festival in Győr, Hungary where she ran a personal best of 4.19.85 in the 1500m Final.

The OCI helped individual sports to hold their own Pre-Camp for EYOF and the benefits were evident with the team securing many PBs and finalists, and six medals overall, five of these coming from athletics, with one gold, one silver and three bronze being secured.

Well done to all athletes that took part in the EYOF and support staff to make it a memorable EYOF for all who attended.

See below a list of athletes who competed for Team Ireland at the Track and Field championships at the EYOF.