Sprinters Greene and McDonnell deliver national gold medals for Galway

GALWAY competitors achieved national glory at the AAI Senior Indoor Championships held in the National Indoor Arena in Dublin over the weekend.

Pride of place goes to Galway City Harriers duo Robert McDonnell and Cillin Greene who delivered superb victories in the 200m and 400m respectively, while the GCH men’s relay squad added a third gold.

Rising star Evan Hallinan of Craughwell and the evergreen Sean Breathnach returned two more medals to Galway in making it a memorarable championship for local athletes.

The highlight on Saturday was the gold medal winning performance of McDonnell. In the 200m heats, he had a comfortable win in 20.99 seconds, fastest of all the qualifiers and ensuring the favourable lane 6 draw for the final some three hours later.

In that decider, the talented GCH athlete produced one of his best performances to date, winning convincingly in 20.86 seconds, a personal best, and a championship record.

Also on Saturday there were some fine performances from GCH sprinters Andrew Egan and Robert Meagher in their 200m heats, with Egan clocking 22.48 seconds, and Meagher, second in his heat with 22.91 seconds.

The second day of the championships in Abbottstown produced yet more national medals with another individual sprint gold heading west thanks to Olympian Greene.

In a dominant front running performance, Greene led the finalists home with great confidence and determination, finishing with a season’s best time of 46.64 seconds to claim the gold medal.

The Galway City Harriers relay team of McDonnell, Greene, Egan and Meagher, under coach Brendan Glynn , left the other teams in their wake as they stormed to victory in the 4x200m relay in a championship best time of 1.27.51.

For more, read this week’s Connacht Tribune.

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