National Track Championships

Two UCD riders competed at the the Track Nationals last weekend. Louise Moriarty won bronze medal in the Sprint. In the scratch she went all out to win - attacked a lot, but got beaten by team-mates working together: "I was caught 300m from the line. At least I dared to try and win, fit or not!" She also notes, "My results in pursuit (5th) and 500m (4th) were also pretty ok considering I hadn't been on a track bike since October!"

Congratulations to her for the bronze medal.

Anthony Walsh also lined up for the Scratch, 1K TT and 4K Pursuit, getting respectable positions in all.

Results:

National Track Championships July 17th-19th

Women's Pursuit 3km

1. Heather Boyle (Finglas Ravens)
2. Roisin Kennedy (Lucan CC)
3. Caroline Ryan (Garda)
...
5. Louise Moriarty (UCD)

Women's Sprint

1. Jennifer O'Reilly (Finglas Ravens)
2. Kate Rudd (Wolftrap)
3. Louise Moriarty (UCD)

Women's 500m TT

1. Jennifer O'Reilly (Finglas Ravens)
2. Joanna Hickey (Usher IRC)
3. Kate Rudd (Wolftrap)
4. Louise Moriarty (UCD)

Women's Scratch Race 12km

1. Jennifer O'Reilly (Finglas Ravens)
2. Kate Rudd (Wolftrap)
3. Orla Hendron (Orwell)
...
8. Louise Moriarty (UCD)

Men's Pursuit 4km Qualifiers

1. Simon Coughlan (Dynamon) 5 mins 1.57 secs
2. Colm Cassidy (Usher IRC) 5 mins 6.81 secs
3. Stephen Barrett (Fermoy) 5 mins 9.32 secs
4. ConorMcAlister (Ballymena) 5 mins 14.08 secs
...
8. Anthony Walsh (UCD) 5 mins 24.98 secs

Men Standing Start 1km TT:

1. Stephen Barrett (Fermoy) 1 min 12 secs
2. Paul Doyle (Sundrive) 1 min 12.12 secs
3. Ivan Casey (Cycling Pursuits) 1.13.41 secs
...
8. Anthony Walsh (UCD) 1.14.45 secs
= Dave Peelo (Murphy Surveyors) 1.14.45 secs

Senior Men 20km Scratch:

1, John Lynch (Bray)
2, Stephen Barrett (Fermoy)
3, Conor McAlister (Ballymena)
...
10, Anthony Walsh (UCD)