Lifford-Strabane AC hammer thrower Brendan O’Donnell has won the latest Donegal Daily/Donegal Sport Hub Sports Person of the Week, in Association with O’Reilly’s.
O’Donnell polled 56 per cent of the votes and the 292 votes he received makes him this week’s winner.
Last week, set a new Donegal record in the hammer throw.
The 18-year-old, who is in his second year of senior competition, reached out to 58.71 metres, his second round throw beating the previous best of 56.09m.
O’Donnell was competing at the North Down Open Athletics Meet.
O’Donnell, who is still a junior by virtue of his age, actually surpassed the 60 metre mark with his final throw which was measured at 60.10m but it didn’t register, as the hammer landed just outside the left hand sector line.
Each weekly award winner will receive a kitbag, a jersey and a half-zip, supplied by O’Reilly’s.
The award winner will be chosen via a public vote from a shortlist selected by our panel.
O’Reilly’s Sportswear was founded in 2017 by well-known Twin Towns sporting brothers Steven and Martin O’Reilly.
