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Below are this week's notes. Thank you for your continued support.
Day 2 of the Kerry County Juvenile Championships for U9 to U16 age groups took place on Saturday July 15th in An Riocht Athletics Track, Castleisland. The club was well represented and everyone did very well, with 16 individual medals and many making it to the finals.
Cormac Costello U13 1st 600m; 3rd in 60mH,
Cormac Costello U13 1st 600m; 3rd in 60mH,
Liath Lenihan 1st U15 80mH, 1st High Jump
Jimí Fenton U14 2nd 200m
Malachy Kirwan U14 3rd 200m, 2nd High Jump
Natasha Myers U16 1st 1500m; 2nd 200m; 1st Javelin; 3rd Long Jump, 3rd High Jump
Grainne Costello U10 2nd 500m
Mairéad Walsh U11 1st 600m
Doireann O'Shea U12 2nd Turbo Javelin; 7th 600m; 5th Long Jump
Diarmuid Kirwan U12 3rd High Jump, 12th 600m
Isaac Vickers U9 4th 300m
Kevin O'Shea U9 11th 300m; 5th Turbo Javelin
Aine O'Shea U14 1st Discus; 2nd U15 Shot
Patrick Kearney U14 1st Discus; 2nd U15 Javelin
Niamh O'Shea U12 10th Javelin
U12 Boys Relay team were 3rd & U14 Boys finished in 2nd place
Our club finished in fourth place overall with a total of 85 points. Full results can be found on Kerry Athletics website.
Jimí Fenton U14 2nd 200m
Malachy Kirwan U14 3rd 200m, 2nd High Jump
Natasha Myers U16 1st 1500m; 2nd 200m; 1st Javelin; 3rd Long Jump, 3rd High Jump
Grainne Costello U10 2nd 500m
Mairéad Walsh U11 1st 600m
Doireann O'Shea U12 2nd Turbo Javelin; 7th 600m; 5th Long Jump
Diarmuid Kirwan U12 3rd High Jump, 12th 600m
Isaac Vickers U9 4th 300m
Kevin O'Shea U9 11th 300m; 5th Turbo Javelin
Aine O'Shea U14 1st Discus; 2nd U15 Shot
Patrick Kearney U14 1st Discus; 2nd U15 Javelin
Niamh O'Shea U12 10th Javelin
U12 Boys Relay team were 3rd & U14 Boys finished in 2nd place
Our club finished in fourth place overall with a total of 85 points. Full results can be found on Kerry Athletics website.
The Irish Life Health National Juvenile "B" T&F Championships Day took place in Tullamore on Saturday 15th July. Well done to Siofra Foley who won Gold in the U16 3Kg Shot with a throw of 7.74m.
The best of Irish Athletes were in competition over two days for the Irish Life National Senior Track & Field Championships held in Santry. Emma & Niall Prendiville had a great week-end out as they competed in the Race Walk. First up was Emma in the 5K Race Walk. Emma produced a great performance to finish in second place in a time of 24:54.99. On day 2 Niall competed in the 10K Race Walk. Niall returning to competition after been out for almost four years fought hard to hold stay with the lead group. Eventually held out to finish in second place in a time of 53:43.79.
Sun 13th Aug: AAI National Half Marathon Championships, Dublin
Sat / Sun 19yh/20th Aug: National Athletic Community Games,Dublin
Sun 20th Aug.; National League Final, Tullamore
See Kerry & Munster Athletics website for full fixture lists & timetable for events.