NEBSSA ATHLETICS 2007
A group of Dominican College students have
achieved notable athletic success in the past few weeks at the
North Eastern Board and Ulster Championships.
The North Eastern Board Area Heats were
held at Coleraine A.I. on Friday 4th May and eight
Dominican athletes qualified for the finals. Joe Magowan, and
Maeve Mc Williams from Year Eleven qualified in the 800m events
with Colum Harris winning through in the 1500m. Kirsty Tinkler
from Year 10 qualified in the High Jump with a new school record
of 1.40m. In the second year events Aubin Rutaganda reached the
finals in the shot as did Amber Doole from year eight. Also from
year eight Daniel Burns won through in the sprint and long jump
as did Luke Osborne in the 800m.
At the finals schools from Coleraine to
Ballyclare were competing and the standard of competition was
very high. None the less the Dominican pupils came home with
three medals. Daniel Burns was in great form winning the long
jump with a new school record of 4.49M.and also coming second in
the 100m. The very consistent Kirsty Tinkler again got the
silver medal in the High Jump. All the Dominican team achieved
personal bests on the day and came home very satisfied with
their efforts.
Two athletes then went on to achieve even
more success in the Ulster Championships on Saturday 19th
May. Daniel Burns showed his all round ability by winning the
Shot Putt with a great throw of 9.54 Metres and he has now got
two school records. The ever reliable Kirsty Tinkler also added
to her collection of Ulster Medals by winning the Bronze in High
Jump with a personal best of 1.43M.
The Dominican athletes continue to train
for their school sports day on Friday 8th June and
the Bishops Athletics Finals on Friday 15 June. No doubt there
will be more success for this talented group of athletes.
The Successful
Dominican NEBSSA Team 2007
Daniel and
Kirsty with their medals.
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