There were some impressive local performances this weekend at the 2026 123.ie All-Ireland Schools Track & Field Championships in Tullamore with Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal athletes excelling in a variety of events.
The Senior Boys 5000m was won by Lucas Lyons (St. Clare’s Comprehensive Manorhamilton) who kicked passed Diarmuid Moloney (Nenagh CBS) with 300m to go.
Lyon’s winning time of 14:21.68 was only four seconds outside John Treacy’s championship record which has stood for over fifty years.
Lucie Cawley (Mercy College Sligo) delivered a masterclass in front-running to obliterate her own championship record in the Intermediate Girls 1500m Steeplechase.
Cawley took control of the race from the gun and crossed the line in a time of 4:46.72. Her previous record, set last year, was 5:01.84.
Ava Colreavy (Ursuline College Sligo) took the spoils in the Intermediate Girls race in an imperssive time of 9:28.60.
Caolan Gilbride (Magh Ene College, Bundoran) won an impressive silver medal in the senior boys 1500m final.
Erin Friel (Loreto Letterkenny) won the senior girls 400 metres final.
Friel, who made her Irish senior international debut at the World Athletics Relays earlier this month, clocked a time of 54.59.