Patrick makes it a national sprints double

Jul 25, 2010 [Noel Guiden] Patrick O`Connor signed off on a magnificent season in Tullamore yesterday in magnificent style winning the National U/18 200m title in 22.08. Patrick has simply been outstanding this Summer : winning schools titles, Dublin titles, two Nationals titles 100 (on July 3rd) and 200, sprint double at the Tailtann Games on June 26th, including breaking the 33 year old 200m record at those games, and winning the 200m at last weekend`s Schools International in Glasgow….and he`s only 16 years old!

A good performance also in the 200m in Tullamore from Stuart Roche 5th in that U/18 final (23.45). New member Ryan Cleary was also in excellent form in Tullamore winning U/16 3,000m race walk bronze in 17.24.7.