Munster U14-U19 T+F

Last weekend saw probably the most successful Munster U14-U19 track and field championships for Kerry clubs ever amassing more than 140 medals over two days which included 47 gold,54 silver ,44 bronze and six championship records.

Adam King of Iveragh ac had the first of these records when he dominated the u15 hammer with a winning throw of 65.74m obliterating the old record of 48.72m.Eoghan Courtney St Brendan’s was next when he won the u17 300m hurdles in 39.97 which was inside the old record of 40.28 held by current national senior champion Patrick Maher of Cork.Eoin O Carroll Tralee harriers as is now a yearly occurance won the U17 100m in a new record of 11.43.Kayeligh Cronin Spa Muckross had the next record when she won the u16 pole vault with a clearance of 2.60m which bettered the existing 2.50m record held by Lisa Houlihan from Waterford.Sinead O Connor Tralee harriers then broke the u19 triple jump record with a leap of 11.09m to take the existing record from Jessie Barr of Ferrybank ac and last but not least Una Marley St Brendan’s equalled the u18 championship record in the pole vault with the same height of 2.60m.

Multi medal winning performances came from several athletes over the championships showing the huge in depth talent within the county at present.Athletes who finished on six individual medals included Amy Phelan with her highlight being her 2.80m pole vault clearance.Five medals went to Eoin O Carroll,Kayleigh Cronin,Eoghan Courtney,Jonathan Foley.Four medals went to Billy Courtney,Mel O Callaghan with three medals going to Naomi O  Sullivan,Sinead O Connor,Matt Clancy,Patrick Gilbert,Elaine Courtney,Dion Marcos,PJ Galvin,Peter O Brien,Andrew McCarthy,Erik Feitshans and Cillian O Donovan.

Other standout performances over the two days came from Jack Goulding winning the U15 800m in 2.11,David Kavanagh taking gold in the U17 800m in 2.00,Christine Cooper winning the U14 800m in style and Darragh McDonnell jumping 5.02m to take the u19 long jump title.

Claire Fitzgearld Tralee Harriers competed for Ireland at the European team championships last

weekend in Izmir,Turkey in both the shot and discus.She finished an excellent seventh in the shot with 13.97m and tenth in the discus with 47.42m.She helped the Irish team to a tenth place finish which ensured their place in division one for 2013.

Munster U14-U19 Results-

St Brendan’s-

Gold-15

PJ Galvin High Jump & 400m Hurdles U19

Amy Phelan Pole Vault & Javelin & High Jump U19

Peter O Brien Shot & Hammer U17

Eoghan Courtney 100m Hurdles & 400m & 300mH U17

David Hogan Pole Vault U19

Una Marley Pole Vault U18

Katie O Riordan Pole Vault U17

Jack Goulding 800m U15

Pa Gilbert 250m Hurdles U16

Silver-17

PJ Galvin 110m Hurdles U19

Iarla Courtney 75m Hurdles U14

Eogan O Sullivan Pole Vault U19

Amy Phelan Long Jump & Triple Jump U19

Michael Grimes Pole Vault U17

Eoghan Courtney High Jump U17

Naomi O Sullivan Hammer & Javelin U15

Erik Feitshans Javelin U18

Jack Goulding 1500m U15

Ultan Dillane Shot U19

Rachel Dennesen Pole Vault U17

Pa Gilbert Triple Jump U16

Boys U19 4x400m

Boys U19 4x100m

Boys U18 4x400m

Bronze-24

Luke O Keeffe 400m U19

Edward O Carroll 100m & 200m U19

Pa Gilbert Pole Vault U16

Matt Clancy Pole Vault & Javelin & Triple Jump U15

Amy Phelan 100m Hurdles U19

Dennis Cosgrove 100m Hurdles U16

Peter O Brien Discus U17

Ultan Dillane Discus U19

Michael Grimes Triple Jump U17

Dylan Carey 3k Schase U18

Erik Feitshans Hammer & Shot U18

Tom Clancy Hammer U14

Iarla Courtney Hammer U14

Brendan Dunne Hammer U16

Rachel Dennesen Triple Jump U17

Naomi O Sullivan Shot U15

Eoghan Courtney Long Jump U17

Jack Regan Kirwan Triple Jump U18

Boys U16 4x100m

Boys U18 4x100m

Tralee Harriers-

Gold-10

Eoin O Carroll Triple Jump & High Jump & Long Jump & 100m U17

Sinead O Connor Long Jump & Triple Jump & 100m U19

Kate Boyd Javelin U17

David Kavanagh 800m U17

Boys U17 4x400m Relay

Silver-14

Shane O Connell Long Jump U14

Aoife O Carroll 80m U14

Orna Foley 200m U15

Clara Heinrich 100m U15

Jack Morgan Triple Jump U15

Michael Godley Triple Jump & long Jump U19

Eoin O Carroll 200m U17

David Kavanagh 1500m U17

Hannah Ryan 100m Hurdles U18

Kate Boyd Shot U17

Ger Browne Shot & Javelin U16

Philipe Barnett Javelin U19

Boys U14 Relay

Girls U15 Relay

Bronze-2

Hannah Ryan 100m U18

Boys U17 Relay

Gneeveguilla-

Gold-7

Aidan O Sullivan Discus U19

Mairead O Neill Hammer U18

Mel O Callaghan Pole Vault & Hammer U16

Andrew McCarthy Discus U17

Hannah O Sullivan Discus U17

Beatrice Casey Hammer U14

Silver-3

Aidan O Sullivan shot Hammer U19

David O Keeffe 3000m U16

Rita Casey Hammer U16

Bronze-6

Mel O Callaghan 200m & Discus U16

Hannah O Sullivan 200m U17

Rita Casey Javelin U16

Conor Crowley 3k walk u17

Shannon O Leary Javelin u14

Spa Muckross-

Gold-6

Kayleigh Cronin Discus & Pole Vault & Javelin U16

Dion Marcos 200m U14

Billy Courtney Shot U14

Christine Cooper 800m U14

Silver-6

Billy Courtney Discus & Javelin U14

Elaine Courtney 300m & Triple Jump U17

Kayleigh Cronin High Jump & Shot

Bronze-4

Elaine Courtney 100m U17

Billy Courtney High Jump U14

Dion Marcos 100m & LJ U14

Farranfore MV

Gold-6

Jonathan Foley Pole Vault,Discus,Hammer & Javelin U18

Niamh De Hora 800m & 1500m U18

Silver-2

Jack O Sullivan 800m U19

Louise Flynn Hammer U17

Bronze-1

Jack O Sullivan 1500m U19

Iveragh-

Gold-2

Adam King Hammer U15

Cillian O Donovan 3000m U16

Silver-3

Cillian O Donovan 800m & 1500m U16

Grace Lynch 3000m U19

Bronze-1

Liam O Connell U16

Estuary-

Gold-1

Darragh McDonnell Long Jump U18

Silver-2

Darragh McDonnell 100m U18

Eadoin Wall Triple Jump U18

Lios Tuathaill-

Silver-3

Michael Foley 200m & 800m U14

Jason Foley 250H U15

Bronze-2

Jason Foley 80m Hurdles U15

Boys U15 Relay

Star of the Laune-

Silver-2

Aoife Doyle Hammer & Discus

Bronze-1

Niamh Clifford 3000m U19

An Riocht-

Bronze-2

Stephen Cahill Javelin U17

Brett Ranson Smyth 100m U15

Kenmare-

Bronze-1

Aodhan Coakley Long Jump U15

 

Shane :)

Ok its been a while since ive updated this!! Sorry!

A combination of a broken laptop[a donation welcome :P] and the start of the busy outdoor season has led to me neglecting the blog for a while but ill do my best to get back on track.A few bullet points on whats happened since my last post-

*Kerry Juvenile T+F Title-St Brendan's
*Kerry Senior mens & womens T+F titles-St Brendan's
*Successful Schools championships with Pres Tralee winning All Ireland senior girls trophy and Mounthawk finishing in second place in the overall school title.
*Gneeveguilla,An Riocht,Estuary and St Brendan's AC Open sports were held successfully.
*Claire Fitzgearld competes for Ferrybank in European Club championships.

Yes very brief i know but it will have to do until the end of season review.

The first round of the Woodies DIY National league was held in An Riocht track Castleisland on Sunday last and was the only athletics competition in the country not washed out by the horrendous weather everywhere else in the country.Both Kerry mens and womens teams were competing in the premier division again this season with both recieving tough draws with the women up against Ferrybank AC who finished second at the recent european club championships.Competitions began at 11.30am with the hammer competitions as usual and finished ahead of schedule at 5pm with the 4x400m relays.At the end of the day the men created a small bit of history when they finished on 120points to lead their group from Leevale AC in Cork but also leading the entire competition ahead of North Down AC who won the other group in Sligo on the day.The womens team finished on a very high total of 111 points which placed them third on the day and fifth overall.Both teams now look forward to round two on July 17th in Athlone where they will be hoping to qualify for the final in August.

   For the mens team wins worth nine points came from Daniel Clifford in the shot and discus,James Nagle in the hammer who had a personal best of 53.47m,Jonathan Foley in the pole vault who had a new personal best of 4.10m,Patsy O Connor in the javelin and the 4x100m relay team of Dylan Roche,Colm Lynch,Eoin O Carroll and Conal O Callaghan.Second places worth seven points went to PJ Galvin in the high jump,Niall Prendiville in the 3000m walk,Eoin O Carroll in the long jump,Ed Murphy in the 5000m and James Nagle in the 56lb weight.Six pointer went Eoghan Courtney in the 400m hurdles for our only third place finish on the day.

  For the womens team wins came from Claire Fitzgearld in the javelin and discus with a new personal best of 47.30m in the latter,Caoimhe Casey in the 1500m walk and Eilish Fitzpatrick in the 100m.Second places were attained by Ailbhe Courtney in the 100m hurdles,Eilish Fitzpatrick in the 200m,Amy Phelan in the pole vault,Sheila O Donoghue in the shot who had a personal best of 10.68m and Mairead O Neill in the hammer.Third places went to Katie Rogers in the 800m and Ailbhe Courtney in the 400m hurdles.

   The An Riocht mens were competing in the division one competition on the day and they finished in joint second place on the day with a total of 106 points which places them joint third place overall going into round 2.Wins on the day came from Ger Cremin in the 100m and 400m hurdles,Ciaran Mcabe in the 400m and Anthony Greaney in the 56lb weight for distance.Second places were attained by Donal O Callaghan in the 5000m,Paul Culloty in the pole vault,Shane Hand in the hammer and Anthony Greaney in the shot putt,James Doran in the 1500m and the mens 4x400m relay team.Third places went to Tim O Connor in the 800m,Stephen Cahill in the javelin.

 

Kerry Men-

Daniel Clifford-1st Shot,1st Discus

James Nagle-1st Hammer,2nd 56lb

Jonathan Foley-1st Pole vault

Patsy O Connor-Javelin

Niall Prendiville-2nd 3000m Walk

PJ Galvin-2nd High Jump,4th 110mH

Eoin O Carroll-2nd Long jump

Ed Murphy-2nd 5000m

David Kavanagh-4th 800m

Arthur Fitzgearld-4th 1500m

Eoghan Courtney-3rd 400mH

Stephen Walsh-4th 3k Steeplechase

Michael Godley-5th Triple jump

Conal O Callaghan-5th 200m

Colm Lynch-5th 400m

4x100m-1st-Dylan Roche,Colm Lynch,Eoin O Carroll,Conal O Callaghan

4x400m-4th-Colm Lynch,Michael Godley,Dylan Roche,Conal O Callaghan

 

Kerry Women-

Eilish Fitzpatrick-1st 100m,2nd 200m

Claire Fitzgearld-1st Javelin,1st discus

Ailbhe Courtney-2nd 100mH,3rd 400mH

Caoimhe Casey-1st 1500m walk,6th 400m

Sheila O Donoghue-2nd Shot

Mairead O Neill-2nd Hammer

Amy Phelan-2nd Pole vault,4th High jump

Katie Rogers-3rd 800m

Elaine Courtney-4th Triple Jump

Rachel Hawker-4th 1500m

Anna Meria Costello-5th 3000m

Darragh McDonnell-5th Long jump

4x100m-5th-Hannah Ryan,Eilish Fitzpatrick,Darragh McDonnell,Ailbhe Courtney

4x400m-4th-Hannah Ryan,Ailbhe Courtney,Eadoin Wall,Elaine Courtney

 

Upcoming Events-

June 18/19-Munster U14-U19 T+F-An Riocht

June 25th-Tailteann Games-Santry

June 26th-National Junior T+F-Tullamore

 

Shane :)