Joseph Gillespie takes out 41-year-old record at AAI Games

Joseph Gillespie took out a 41-year-old record at the AAI Games on Sunday.

The Finn Valley AC man finished second in the triple jump on the second day of the AAI Games at Morton Stadium, where Tir Chonaill AC duo Geraldine Stewart and Kelly McGrory also had second-place finishes.

Gillespie jumped out to 14.37m in the triple jump with Michael Alajiki of Dundealgan AC winning the competition thanks to a 14.71m leap.

Gillespie’s new personal best represents a new Finn Valley AC club record, eclipsing the 14.13m set by Anthony Dunne in Tullamore in 1982.

International silvers for Gallen and McFadden in Scotland

Caoimhe Gallen and Caolan McFadden won silver at the SIAB Schools Track and Field International while Ashleigh McArdle took a bronze medal

In a women’s 400m, McGrory clocked 55.03 seconds to finish in second spot.

Stewart threw out to 11.74 in the women’s shot put, bettered only by the 15.50m of Swinford AC’s Michaela Walsh.

Geraldine Stewart in shot put action.

In a women’s 100m, Janine Boyle of Finn Valley was second in 12.17 seconds, followed by Sophie Parlour from Olympian YAC in third, finishing in 12.18 seonds.

Parlour was fourth in a separate 100m in 12.29 seconds while Boyle timed 12.16 seconds to place seventh in another.

Boyle was also sixth in a 200m, going 24.92 seconds.

Tir Chonaill AC’s Lucy McGlynn finished fourth in a 200m (25.77 seconds), fifth in the 100m hurdles (15.62 seconds) and sixth in another 100m hurdles (14.87 seconds).

In the men’s long jump, Gillespie was seventh, going out to 6.52m, while his Finn Valley AC colleague Oisin Thompson was sixth, jumping to 6.66m.

In a masters men’s hammer throw, Lifford-Strabane AC’s Damian Crawford won gold when throwing to 12.33m.