The community college have dominated in track and field.

Once again it was the students of Larkin Community College who came, conquered and will surely need another trophy cabinet to hold the heist of medals, cups and shields they won at the annual City of Dublin VEC Track and Field Championship held in Morton Stadium last week.

VEC school goers graced both the track and field under a glorious blue sky competing in their school colours with pride in their quest for glory. Following their success, Larkin's jubilant sports mentor Gerry McGill reflected on his athletes outstanding performances.

"It's just fantastic, absolutely fantastic day out. We won 15 or 18 trophies, it's the first time we've ever won the best overall girls and it's just an absolutely fantastic achievement for a relatively small and new school. I'm delighted for the kids who were smashing."

Despite the North inner city school's dominance at the event they were denied making it a clean sweep at claiming both the girls and boys minor, junior and intermediate relays when St Kevin's minor boys team outran both Larkin and Colaiste Dhulaigh to win their first ever athletics trophy in the process.

Out on the field events, Colaiste Dhulaigh's David Daly, Jonathan McCabe and Carl Kendellen made it a hat-trick of wins in the minor, junior and intermediate High Jump while Peter Regan of Plunket College took the senior title.

Regan's school colleague Michael Bowes added another gold for the Fairview College in the Javelin junior category before St Kevin's captured their only field title in the minor Cricket Ball through Bilal Iqbal.

Larkin's Alfred Brown and Christian Hanas proved too strong for their opposition in the Shot at Junior and Inter levels but Cabra's Bartek Antozah, Klyemore's Yusuff Sanusi and Marino's Jeffrey Flood lifted gold in their prospective Long Jump categories.

The Larkin girls of Kaltuma Shiek and Naomi Brazil topped the Javelin, plus Claire Doyle at the minor Shot and Victoria Kampane at the minor High Jump. Meanwhile in the Long Jump Shauna McGeehan of Colaiste Dhulaigh, Laura Crombie of Ringsend and Plunket's Diane Morosan celebrated victories. Larkin's Ian Moore claimed the 1500m out on the track. St Kevin's Darren Moorehouse kick-started the 100m minor finals with a win however Larkin's superior strength came to the fore with Keith Corrigan, Laurence Godfrey and Noel Downey taking the other titles.

Around the track in the 400m races Brandon Meile and Niall Cully and Dylan Kearney and Moore in the 1500m added more silverware. Marino's Jeff Flood captured gold in the 400 Inter final and Kylemore's Glen Gorman did like wise in the 1500 junior race.

Colaiste Dhulaigh's Keri Ann Nestor and Niamh Kearney bettered their competitors in the minor and junior 100m finals before Larkin's Naomi Brazil won her second gold in the intermediate sprint race.

In the 400 and 800m race offs again Larkin proved their worth with victories coming courtesy of Shauna Eccles, Clara Hilliard and Erika Hopkins with Ringsend's Rachel Byrne taking gold in the 1500m.

- Louise Brown