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 :)