Olympian Athletics Club travelled to Burt, Co. Donegal on Sunday to participate in the Donegal Cross Country Championships. With some very mucky underfoot conditions and almost 300 athletes competing on the day Olympian had athletes in the Under 9, Under 11 and Under 13 age categories. Most of our athletes are new members and this was their first taste of competitive action.
Olympian Y.A.C recently travelled to the Antrim Forum on Saturday 30th July to contest the Young Athletes League Final. This is the seventeenth year in a row Olympian have had teams represented in this event, a magnificent achievement unrivalled by any other club in County Derry.
Olympian Y & AC enjoyed a successful weekend of athletics travelling to Antrim for the Ulster and Northern Ireland Senior Championships and Sligo for the first round of the Nation Track and Field League. The weekend had what was more suited to cross country weather, but it didn’t deter the athletes from claiming championship medals, places to the All Ireland Championships and valuable points for their respective teams.
Olympian Y & AC enjoyed a successful weekend of athletics travelling to Antrim for the Ulster and Northern Ireland Senior Championships and Sligo for the first round of the Nation Track and Field League. The weekend had what was more suited to cross country weather, but it didn’t deter the athletes from claiming championship medals, places to the All Ireland Championships and valuable points for their respective teams.
Olympian Athletic Club travelled to Tullamore, Co. Offaly for a busy weekend of athletics. On Saturday Olympian’s men team contested the prestigious National League Final. After two hard fought rounds Olympian were placed eighth overall going into the final against well established and more experienced teams from throughout Ireland. With a relatively small team of nine athletes, each member produced a committed performance against some of the finest athletes in the country to pull out all the stops to gain season bests and personal best performances to place 1st, 3rd and 4th in almost all events covered to secure an incredible overall 6th team finish. This is a magnificent achievement by all of these young men considering they were placed 10th overall after the 1st round. This achievement is made all the better by the fact that all of these athletes came through the juvenile and junior ranks of Olympian A.C.