This weekend Pentathlon Ireland had a team of six athletes travel to Portugal to take place in the Leiria Cup. The team took part in three different categories from under 17 and under 19 in men and women’s.

Pentathlon Ireland were represented in the Under 19 men’s competition by Robert Cherry and Caolan Costello who ended up 9th and 11th respectively. Megan Xu-Ran Piao competed in the Under 17 women’s category and came 9th. The highlight of the weekend came when Jamie Hargaden took the Silver medal in the under 17 men’s competition with team mates with Jed Collins finishing 5th and Peter Galligan 6th  in the same group. As a team, Ireland finished in first place in the men’s under 7 competition.

Irish Results:

Under 17 Men:

• 2nd Jamie Hargaden
• 5th Jed Collins
• 6th Peter Galligan

Under 19 Men:

• 9th Robert Cherry
• 11th Caolan Costello

Under 17 Women:

• 9th Megan Piao