Athenry Athletics Club was Founded in 2002 with 3 original members, Athenry Athletics Club has now grown to over 200 senior members with a separate Juvenile section. Noted for a relaxed, open door policy, the club has always welcomed new runners of all capabilities & gains a large number of new members yearly from its successful Fit4Life programme whilst still encouraging & assisting more accomplished athletes to achieve their goals.
The club is a great supporter of local & national athletics, the maroon & white singlets are regularly seen pounding the roads around Galway City & County and further afield with the Dublin City Marathon being the highlight of many members racing calendar.
The club also has some international runners amongst its ranks with Paul Hession representing Ireland at the Beijing & London Olympics in the 200m sprint & also becoming the first Irish man to qualify for a 200m European Athletics final in 2010 at Barcelona. The club currently hosts two national record holders, with Valerie Glavin the holder for longest distance covered in 24hrs indoors (217.8km) & Ruthann Sheahan the holder for longest distance covered in 24hrs outdoors (229.3km). Ruthann set this record whilst representing Ireland in the 2012 World & European 24hr Championships where she finished as 5th European & 7th in the World.
View the club website here.