A gloriously sunny day for the Kit Kat Irish Schools’ Team at the annual Schools’ Track & Field International held this year at Grangemouth Stadium, Scotland. A very strong English team set 4 Championship Best Performances. In all Ireland won 3 gold, 9 silver and 10 bronze medals. We had some outstanding performances from the young athletes from all the home countries. The star performer was undoubtedly Alison Leonard, England, who won the 800m in an amazing 2.06.87. From an Irish point of view Niall Touhy ran from the front in the 800 metres to win impressively. We had a one-two in both high jumps with Gary Coulter winning the boys from Jason Harvey, both clearing 2 metres and Grainne Moggan taking gold in the girls’ event with Maureen Farrell second. Ciara Cronin’s performance in the 800metres of 2.08.31 was outstanding in that it took a record by the English girl to beat her. Once again we had good performances from our walkers with Donna Carolan and Niall Prendiville taking creditable second places. Other notable performances came from Niamh Whelan in the 100m and 200m, Charlotte Ffrench-O’Carroll in the 3000m with a personal best of 9.48.41, a time which would have won the event in most years, Daniel Clifford in the Discus, Noel Collins in the Steeplechase, Gerard O’Reilly in both sprints and Kalyn Sheehan in both hurdle events. Overall Ireland finished second in the match result. Girls 3000m Walk 1 Chelsea O’Rawe-Hobbs 14.52.86 England 2 Donna Carolan 15.09.72 Ireland 3 Kathryn Granger 15.25.82 England 4 Sorcha Prenderville 15.15.44.40 Ireland 100m Wind: -1.0 1. Ashleigh Nelson 11.86 England 2 Niamh Whelan 12.14 Ireland 3 Rebekah Wilson 12.31 England 8 Cliona O’Shea 12.97 Ireland 200m Wind: +2.4 1. Jasmine Rowe 24.15 England 2 Chinedu Monye 24.39 England 3 Niamh Whelan 24.46 Ireland 6 Hannah Lewis 25.08 Ireland 300m 1. Carmen Gedling 38.47 England Record 2 Holly Croxford 39.04 England 3 Hannah Jones 39.71 Wales 4 Harriett Cross 40.42 Ireland 8 Sinead Kelly 42.52 Ireland 800m 1. Alison Leonard 2.06.87 England Record 2 Ciara Cronin 2.08.31 Ireland 3 Stacey Smith 2.09.52 England 4 Mary O Connor 2.13.00 Ireland 1500m 1. Jordan Kinney 4.35.09 England 2 Louise Webb 4.37.64 England 3 Eilish McColgan 4.38.00 Scotland 4 Suzanne Huet 4.38.24 Ireland 7 Cheryl Nolan 4.43.70 Ireland 3000m 1. Jessica Coulson 9.32.93 England 2 Charlotte Purdue 9.34.87 England 3 Charlotte Ffrench-O’Carroll 9.48.41 Ireland 5 Rebecca Ffrench-O’Carroll 10.20.48 Ireland 80m Hurdles Wind: +0.1 1. Chelsea Cooper 11.43 England 2 Jennifer Taker 11.49 England 3 Kalyn Sheehan 11.79 Ireland 5 Samantha Miskelly 12.07 Ireland 300m Hurdles 1. Megan Beesley 42.14 England 2 Caryl Granville 42.95 Wales 3 Kalyn Sheehan 43.45 Ireland 7 Katie Hewitt 47.26 Ireland 4 x 100m Relay 1. England 46.14 Record 2 Scotland 48.40 3 Wales 49.04 Ireland D/Q 4 x 300m Relay 1. England 2.44.19 2 Wales 2.45.58 3 Ireland 2.45.90 4 Scotland 2.48.33 High Jump 1. Grainne Moggan 1.65 Ireland 2 Maureen Farrell 1.65 Ireland 3 Rebecca Pottinger 1.65 England Long Jump 1. Alexandra Russell 5.86 England 2 Abigail Izoruru 5.82 England 3 Jade Nimmo 5.63 Scotland 5. Hannah Lewis 5.61 Ireland 7. Imelda Morrison 5.49 Ireland Triple Jump 1. Kayley Alcorn 11.88 England 2 Kerry Steele 11.43 Scotland 3 Cary Granville 11.23 Wales 6 Lisa Kelly 10.64 Ireland 8 Debbie Porteous 10.35 Ireland Pole Vault 1. Abigail Heywood 3.50 England 2 Stephenie McKenzie 3.40 Scotland 3 Courtney Maguire 3.30 Scotland 6 Sarah Ryan 2.30 Ireland 7 Ashling Fennell 2.20 Ireland Shot Putt 1. Rachel Wallades 12.93 England 2 Suzanne Scott 12.06 England 3 Jenny Brown 11.83 Ireland 4 Claire Fitzgerald 10.99 Ireland Discus 1. Shaunagh Brown 44.14 England 2 Katie Wickman 38.91 England 3 Stephanie Owens 34.63 Wales 5 Claire Fitzgerald 34.35 Ireland 7 Rachel Maguire 32.78 Ireland Javelin 1. Sarah-Anne de Kremer 40.29 England 2 Simone Huggins-Ward 37.20 England 3 Danielle Hamer 36.90 Wales 4 Olivia McDonald 36.29 Ireland 7 Pearl Doherty 30.11 Ireland Hammer 1. Hayley Murray 45.52 England 2 Charlotte Murray 43.76 Wales 3 Melissa Cooper 42.22 England 7. Aoife Hickey 38.75 Ireland 8. Maggi Donnelly 37.79 Ireland Boys3000m Walk 1. Mark O’Kane 14.17.75 England 2 Niall Prendebhil 14.20.11 Ireland 3 Antonio Cirrillo 14.47.91 Wales 4 Loughlin Campion 15.17.88 Ireland 100m Wind: -0.3 1. Richard Kilty 10.78 England 2 Yusaf Aliu 10.88 England 3 Gerard O Reilly 11.17 Ireland 7 Kyle Moore 11.44 Ireland 200m Wind: +1.7 1. Chris Tandi 21.74 England 2 Tony Corrigan 22.16 England 3 Gerard O’Reilly 22.44 Ireland 5 Patrick McCarron 22.83 Ireland 400m 1. Jordan McGrath 48.90 England 2 Dwayne Blake 49.08 England 3 Tom Miller 49.51 Wales 4 Brian Gregan 49.99 Ireland 7 Josh Williamson 51.04 Ireland 800m 1. Niall Tuohy 1.55.00 Ireland 2 Adam Moore 1.55.64 England 3 George Martin 1.56.59 England 7 Andrew Gourley 1.59.05 Ireland 1500m 1. Richard Peters 4.00.46 England 2 Ross Millington 4.00.50 England 3 Ian Ward 4.01.62 Ireland 4 Ryan Faulkner 4.02.74 Ireland 3000m 1. Simon Horsefield 8.42.40 England 2 Abdirisak Ahmed 8.44.11 England 3 Craig Murphy 8.46.46 Ireland 5 Conor Dooney 8.56.61 Ireland 1500m Steeplechase 1. Phil Norman 4.20.0 England 2 Noel Collins 4.22.7 Ireland 3 James Wilkinson 4.29.0 England 4 Tomas Cotter 4.31.4 Ireland 100m Hurdles Wind: +1.1 1. Aaron James 13.13 England 2 James McLean 13.24 England 3 Daniel Jenkins 13.93 Wales 6 Jason Harvey 14.40 Ireland 7 Chris Murnane 14.54 Ireland 400m Hurdles 1. Michael Baker 52.70 England Record 2 Nathan Woodward 53.17 England 3 Chris Russell 56.24 Ireland 7 Alan Corcoran 62.97 Ireland 4 x 100m Relay 1. England 42.77 2 Ireland 43.08 3 Scotland 44.04 4 Wales 44.74 4 x 400m Relay 1. England 3.19.52 2 Ireland 3.25.15 3 Scotland 3.28.88 4 Wales 3.37.86 High Jump 1. Gary Coulter 2.00 Ireland 2 Jason Harvey 2.00 Ireland 3 Phil Collins 1.95 England Long Jump 1. Nonso Okolo 7.11 England 2 Daniel Gardiner 6.67 England 3 David Quilligan 6.62 Ireland 7 Nathan Reid 6.36 Ireland Triple Jump 1. Trevor Okoraofor 14.27 England 2 Daniel Lewis 13.82 England 3 Adam Williams 13.28 Wales 4 Stephen Wilson 13.22 Ireland 5 Niall Counihan 13.16 Ireland Pole Vault 1. Andrew Marsh 4.50 England 2 Nick Critchley 4.00 England 3 Liam Edwards 3.50 Wales 4 Patrick McGlinchey 3.40 Ireland Shot Putt 1. Jamie Stephenson 16.52 England 2 Kareem Imbert 16.06 Wales 3 Allan Mackay 15.37 Scotland 4 Daniel Clifford 14.11 Ireland 6 Dayle Kennedy 13.72 Ireland Discus 1. Curtis Griffith-Parker 48.89 England 2 Daniel Clifford 47.90 Ireland 3 Lee Mathurin 46.47 England 5 Dayle Kennedy 42.38 Ireland Javelin 1. David Pembroke 61.22 England 2 Michael John 57.39 Wales 3 Stephen Reynolds 55.68 England 7 Philip Burns 46.16 Ireland 8 Sean McBride 44.68 Ireland Hammer 1. Peter Smith 69.23 England 2 Chris Bennett 63.55 Scotland 3 Samuel Coe 62.72 England 4 Gerard Kelly 55.68 Ireland 7. Cathal Barry 49.24 Ireland