The first day of the County Juvenile championships took
place on the 1st May in Castleisland. The numbers were much larger
than usual and as a result medals were very hard to come by.
We had a number of new athletes competing for the first time
and they all did exceptionally well. Jacob Madden competed in the U9 Javelin
throwing very well in a large field. Roisin Hogan had a busy day competing in
the 60m Long jump and javelin where she was only a metre outside the medals.
Ethan O Sullivan also threw well in the U10 Javelin but
again was just short of the medals. Sophie O Brien, Amelia O Sullivan and Sally
Scroope all competed admirably in the girls u10 where all competitions had
nearly 30 in each event. In the U 11 boys another new comer Tadgh Mannix came 4th
in the Javelin and 5th in the long jump.
Fionn Hogan qualified for the final of the U12 60m and
followed this up with a massive throw in the javelin of nearly 20m to finish 2nd.
Roisin Mannix had a great outing finishing 6th in the sprint and
finishing 2nd in the High Jump.
Ryan Vickers won both 80m and 800m he had the added bonus of
setting a new championship record in both. Older brother Isaac also set a new
record in the U15 800. This race was noteworthy as teammates Conor McCarthy and
Samuel Scroope completed a clean sweep for the club. Kevin O’Shea also chipped
in with a gold in the discus and silver in the 100m.
His older sister Niamh also added gold in the discus and a
silver in the Shot Put. Roisin Daly continued her impressive form from last
year and was a clear winner of the U16 Girls 100m.
In total the club amassed 6 golds, 5 silvers and 1 bronze
medal. This was a great haul and will surely be added to on the 14th
when the second day takes place. The most pleasing thing was the impressive showing
of the newer athletes who finished just outside the medals. Success for these
athletes is not to far away if they keep up the training.
More international duty for our champion racewalker David
Kenny where he was selected on the Irish team for the European Team
championships on the 21st of this month in the Czech Republic.
The second day of the county juvenile championships took
place in Castleisland on the 14th May. Lauren O Sullivan, Maeve
Ryan, Rosin O Neill and Amelie O Connor made up our girls under 9 relay team
and in a very competitive event they finished strongly. Jacob Madden, Daithi
Fleming, Jack O Mahoney and Ethan O Sullivan ran in the boys under 10’s and
were a few seconds outside the medals. The gitls U 11 team of Amelia O
Sullivan, Joanna Cronin, Mollie O Connor and Saoirse O Neill came 5th
in the girls U 11 relay with Molly and Joanna also running the 600m. In the
older age group Ryan and Isaac Vickers both won gold in the 200m Connor
McCarthy finished strongly to take 2nd in the 200 U 15. Isaac and Conor also had another 1-2 in the
1500m. Samuel Scroope completed the relay team that comfortably won the U 15
4 x 100.
Kevin O Shea also was a comfortable winner of the boys u 15
javelin. Roisin Daly was our final competitor on the day winning the 200m to
add to her 100m run last week. Well done to all especially to those running for
the first time.
The senior and master’s athletes to take centre stage in the
county championships held in Castleisland on the 7th . It was a very
enjoyable day and all our athletes were successful. Natasha Myers continued her
improvement from last year coming 2nd in the Senior women’s long
jump and also in a very tight race came 3rd in the 200m. Not to be
outdone mother Eileen came second in the Weight for distance. Keeping it in the
family James Nagle made a successful return to competition after a few years of
a break where he won the weight for distance and came second in the shot. Aidan
Cahill and Dermot Dineen both won their categories in the 800m in very impressive
times. Finally Niamh O Shea won the discus and came second in the shot with
father Sean finishing in 3rd place in the discus.
Elsewhere Ethan and Emelia O Sullivan ran the junior parkrun
for the first time in Tralee. Roisin and Fionn Hogan also finished well up the
field. The Kerry post primary school’s championships were held in Castleisland
last Thursday. Conor Mccarthy Roisin Daly Samuel Scroope and Niamh and Kevin O
Shea were all successful.
The last week of May saw David Kenny representing Ireland at
the European Race Walking championships in the Czech Republic where was part of
a 4-man team. Conditions were tough in the City Park but David stayed in touch
with the leaders despite the heat to finish in 16th position in a
seasons best of 1 hour 24 minutes and the first Irishman home. The team
finished a very creditable 7th position overall.
The Munster schools championships were held in Castleisland where
the club was represented Aine, Niamh and Kevin O’Shea all whom brought medals
home.
At the Kilmoyley 6K Cian, Fionn and Roisin Hogan all
competed. Father Cian came 3rd overall in a time of 18.51 with Fionn
finishing in a very quick 23.27. Not to be outdone younger sister Roisin crossed
the line in 39 minutes.
Tiernan Lynch came 3rd in the Inch Parkrun with
younger sister Jessie only a few minutes behind, Michael O Connor ran in the
Killarney parkrun. Ethan O Sullivan ran in the Tralee junior Parkrun and in
Killarney Ryan Vickers led the way.