Report by Rachel Dunne and photos Mark Kavanagh ( and some proud parents 👏) many thanks all

DSD athletes donned their college colours last weekend while competing in the scorching Santry sunshine at the Intervarsity Championships☀️

 We had some super results, coming away with 5 individual medals! 4 Gold (Cara Murphy 400m Hurdles, 1.00.72 PB; Ciarán Carthy 400m, 47.89; Eimear Maher 1500m, 4.27.15; Emma McEvoy 5000m, 16.35.52) and 1 Silver (Ciara Wilson Bowen 1500m Walk, 6.48.45 PB)👏🏼 Special mention to Molly Hourihan, currently on scholarship in UCD, who took Bronze in the 400m in 55.28💪🏼 Well done to all who competed individually and as part of relay squads across the weekend! Individual results:

100m Hurdles
Louise King (UL) - 6th in Final (16.13)

200m
Emma Roche (TUD) - 6th in Heat (27.95)
Ben Hauer (MU) - 6th in Heat (22.95q); 5th in Semi Final (22.97)
David Doyle (UCD) - 3rd in Heat (22.53Q)
Louis Lalor (TUD) - 3rd in Heat (23.16Q)

400m
Molly Hourihan (UCD) - 3rd in Final (55.28)🥉
Ciarán Carthy (DCU) - 1st in Heat (48.51Q); 1st in Final (47.89)🥇
Godwin Mathias (TUD) - 3rd in Heat (52.42)

400m Hurdles
Cara Murphy (UCD) - 1st in Heat (1.01.04 PB Q); 1st in Final (1.00.72 PB)🥇

800m
Aisling Cunningham (UCD) - 4th in Heat (2.29.30)
Andrew McGilton (UCD) - 3rd in Heat (1.56.54q); 8th in Final (1.59.49)

1500m
Eimear Maher (UCC) - 1st in Final (4.27.15) 🥇
Sean Quinn (UCD) - 4th in Heat (4.05.77Q); 11th in Final (4.03.66)

1500m Walk
Ciara Wilson Bowen (DCU) - 2nd in Final (6.48.45)🥈

3000m
Saoirse O’Brien (UCD) - 14th in Final (10.30)

5000m
Emma McEvoy (UCD) - 1st in Final (16.35.52) 🥇
William Kinsella (TCD) - 17th in Final (18.31.30)

Long Jump
Louise King (UL) - 15th (4.91m)

Shot Putt
Emma Roche (TUD) - 8th (8.89m)
Louise King (UL) - 11th (8.60m)

High Jump
Louise King (UL) - 5th (1.55m)

Discus
Emma Roche (TUD) - 7th (30.39m)

Pentathlon 
Louise King (UL) - 4th