It’s been another strong week for athletes from Ace Athletics Club, with members delivering solid performances at both national and provincial, events as well as at the BMC in UK.

At the National Schools Championships, two Ace AC athletes earned bronze national medals while representing their schools. 

Firstly Eimear Cooney, competing for Sacred Heart Drogheda, took bronze in the senior girls’ 1500m with another fine display finishing just 1 second behind the second place athlete with a time of 4:36.79

Shea O’Donnell is one of the club's most consistent performers and he rarely fails to deliver results at the highest level. He was running for St Mary’s Diocesan School Drogheda. Shea also earned national bronze in the senior boys’ 1500m with a time of 4:02.23. 

Both Eimear and Shea will be strong favourites for national Club medals later in the season. While these were schools results, both athletes train with Ace AC and continue to impress at national level.

There was further success at the weekend, this time at the at the younger age clubs Leinster Championships, where Caoimhe Carolan joined an illustrious group of female Ace AC athletes who have won Leinster medals, when she claimed silver in the U13 girls’ 600m. The Tullyallen based athlete, came through her heats with a strong 1.50 and secured the vital silver medal with a 1.44PB in the final.

U17 Chloe Cooney travelled to Loughborough UK on Saturday to compete in a BMC meeting. She continued her strong return from injury, recording a season’s best time of 2:16 in the 800m. Chloe has improved her time in each of her last three 3 races and is clearly moving in the right direction.

Meanwhile on the road, Danny Nugent won the Monasterboice 4 Miler, putting in a solid performance over the distance. Also competing in the same race were U8 Finn Murphy and U9 Millie Roche who both raced well and successfully completed the distance, despite their young age.