Olympic youth team chosen with spectacular track efforts

THE team for next month’s European Youth Olympic Festival in Lignano was finalised following the Kit Kat Irish Schools Track and Field Championships on Saturday when, despite some inclement weather, all the qualifiers produced some spectacular performances.

Of those already on the short list, David McCarthy (St Augustine's, Dungarvan) was the most impressive, with another solo 800m victory followed by a quick double-up in the intermediate boys' 400m.

His winning time (1:55.51) was not what he had hoped for he had been targeting the 1:54.68 record which was set by James Nolan back in 1993.