Emerald AC star Ciara Neville and Sophie Meridith, of St Mary’s AC enjoyed a positive weekend in Germany.
The two athletes traveled as part of the Irish U20 team to take part in the highly regarded Mannheim Gala.
Meredith, still just 16-years old finished in sixth place in the long jump competition with a jump of six metres.
Good long jumping in tricky wind conditions for @irishathletics u18s Sophie Meredith 6.00m & Ruby Millet 5.95m in Mannheim #JuGa18 pic.twitter.com/y6cEt331re
— Jacqui Freyne (@Jacfreyne) June 24, 2018
Former Castletroy College student, Neville enjoyed a third place fininsh in the 100m final coming home in a time of 11.60 having earlier won her heat in a time of 11.72.
Women 100m U20 Results,1.Keshia Kwadwo 11.39s (+0.5) 2. Patrizia van Der Weken 11.59s 3. Ciara Neville 11.60s🇮🇪 #Mannheim GER pic.twitter.com/f7yO8W6Sdy
— mike Plummer (@trackmikes) June 24, 2018
Neville enjoyed a first place finish as part of Ireland’s talented 4x100m relay team. She, along with Gina Akpe Moses, Patience Jumbo-Gula, and Rhasidat Adeleke secured a time of 44.31.
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