Well done to Waterford AC members Jacinta Power and Tom O'Brien who both won national titles in the Over 35 Pentathlon in Tullamore on Saturday July 31st.
Jacinta did PBs in the 100m Hurdles, High Jump and 800m and gained valuable points in the Shot and Long Jumps to hold out a very close competition and win with a very respectable points total of 1865 points.
Tom did well to come back from a fall at the last hurdle of the 110m hurdles to progress through the other events of Long Jump, Shot Putt, High Jump and finish with a win in the 1500m by a sufficient margin to win the competition with a total points tally of 2367 points.
Thanks goes to Coach Brian Swaby who has guided both of these athletes through this multi event discipline over the past year since both competed in the Indoor Pentathlons where Jacinta won Bronze and Tom Silver. Great to see that both have worked through the year to improve both their points score and finishing place and with the help of Brians guidance are now firmly established as multi-eventers and encouraging other members to compete in track & field events at all levels. Any members interested in masters multi events should talk to Jacinta or Tom or email tom@waterfordac.com for more information.
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