Donegal trio land national gold medals

Donegal athletes Sean McGinley, Alex Anderson and Siobhan Doherty won golds at the at the 123.ie Junior and U23 Indoor Championships.

Finn Valley AC's McGinley and Tir Chonaill AC pair Anderson and Doherty were on the top step of the podium at the Sport Ireland National Indoor Arena on Saturday.

Finn Valley AC's McGinley bagged gold in the under-23 men's 1500m. McGinley won in an impressive 3:52.78.

The Glenswilly native and DCU student was a silver medallist with the Irish junior team at last month's European Cross Country Championships and he was back on track in style.

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McGinley held off Mullingar's Colin Smith (3:54.11) and Craughwell's Patrick Noonan (3:54.36) to take the gold.

Anderson landed the junior men's weight for distance gold. Anderson reached out to a best of 7.91m, with nearest rival Padraic McCarthy (Lios Tuathail AC) throwing a best of 7.70m.

Doherty earned gold in the under-23 3000m race walk. The Tir Chonaill AC woman timed 16:40.44 to see off Sligo AC's Eva Delahunt (17:16.84).

Hannah Murray of Finn Valley AC won silver in the junior women’s 400m.

Murray finished in 56.53 seconds in a race won by Bray Runners’ Niamh Murray in 55.18 seconds.

Tir Chonaill AC’s Lucy McGlynn took bronze in 56.64 in the same race.

There was a silver for Tir Chonaill AC's Jack Murphy in the under-23 pole vault after clearing 3.10m while Finn O'Neill of Lifford-Strabane AC was the junior pole vault silver medallist, getting over at 3.70m.

O'Neill was fourth in the junior men's shot put thanks to a 12.53m throw while Alex Anderson (11.39m) was sixth in the same event.

European Under-18 400m hurdles silver medallist Fintan Dewhirst scooped bronze in the junior men's 400m.

Dewhirst clocked 49.69 seconds in the final with David Mannion of South Galway and Cabinteely’s Joe Doody first and second.

Ashleigh McArdle was third in the junior women’s 60m hurdles.

McArdle crossed the line in 9.30 seconds with her clubmate Ella Costello fifth and Niamh Moohan (Tir Chonaill AC) finishing fourth.

Adrienne Gallen, from Lifford-Strabane AC, left with the bronze in the junior women's shot put. Gallen had a best throw of 10.10m.Gallen also competed in the weight for distance, finishing fifth with a best effort of 4.86m.

Tir Chonaill AC woman Ava Anderson took bronze in the junior weight for distance when throwing out to 5.29m while she came fifth in the junior women's shot put with Aoife Giles of Cranford in sixth, Rosses AC's Amber Gallagher ninth and Rosses AC's Sheila Gallagher 11th.

Rosses AC woman Leah McGarvey was just outside the medals in the under-23 long jump, her 4.64m getting a fourth-place finish.

Lifford-Strabane AC’s Harriett McCrossan - competing for Speed Development Project Track Club - was second in her heat of the 60m sprint, but didn’t qualify for the final while, in the same event Aoife McGee of Finn Valley AC was sixth in her heat.

Elvis Okoh of Letterkenny AC was fifth in a junior men’s 60m sprint heat, Tir Chonaill AC’s Ben Campbell was fifth in a junior men’s 60m hurdles heat and Rachel Bonar of Rosses was third in her under-23 200m heat.

Darci Crossan of Finn Valley AC came fourth in a junior women’s 400m heat with Eoin Sharkey from Tir Chonaill third in his under-23 men’s 400m heat and Cathal O'Donnell from Tir Chonaill was fourth in a junior 800m heat.