10 medals for Mayo AC at National Masters in Tullamore
Mayo AC's men's relay team who won silver in the 4x100m relay at Sunday's National Masters Championships in Tullamore. From left: John Walkin, Gerry Kirrane, John Brennan and Keith Conroy.
Athletics: The National Masters Outdoors Championships took place in Tullamore last Sunday (August 4) where almost 500 athletes competed in track and field competitions across an action-packed eight-hour schedule.
The competition came hot on the heels of a wonderful night at Morton Stadium earlier in the week, where three new World Master Women’s 4x800m Relay Records were broken on the final night of the Dublin Graded Track Series where Mags Glavey of Mayo AC helped the Irish relay team to a new W70 4x800m world record (see page 17).
Fresh from that success, Mags was one of the Mayo AC competitors at Tullamore. On the track they competed in sprints, relays and middle distance races, and three competed in field events.
There was a wonderful silver for Christian Macrae in the M60 400m and a bronze for Keith Conroy in the M45 100m where John Walkin M40 finished in 12:65 – joint third but .002 slower, to miss out on bronze.
Mags Glavey won two gold medals in 800m and 1500m – a great way to end the week! And her 800m time was only a second slower than her relay split last Wednesday.
In the field, Brendan Staunton led the club's versatile throwers with success at M40 level, claiming two silver in discus and hammer, and gold in the shot put.
Martin Peyton won three M70 medals – silver in discus, gold in hammer and bronze in the javelin.
And in the final event of the day, the 4x100m relay team won silver with great running by John Walkin, Keith Conroy, Gerry Kirrane and John Brennan.
It meant the grand total of four gold, five silver and a bronze for Mayo AC.
