The Munster
Masters took place on the 5th. Pirette O’Shea took part in her first
championships and performed exceptionally well finishing 3rd in both
200 and 400 metres. Sean O’Shea won the Shot Put title and Jerome Foley also
took home gold in the 800.
David Kenny
started the new year on a winning note on the 18th February. He secured yet
another National Title in the National Indoor Championships in the 5 K walk in
a very quick time of 19 min 30 sec.
The Munster
Indoor Athletics championships were held in Nenagh on the 24th/25th
. We had 4 athletes competing. Conor McCarthy was the only
competitor on Saturday running the 1500 metres finishing in 9th place in
the U 16 category. On Sunday both Conor and Samuel Scroope lined up in the 200
metres. Both finished 3rd in their respective heats but missed out by less than
.2 of a second to make the final.
Both lined
up for the 800 metres shortly afterwards along with Isaac Vickers. Samuel
finished in 5th place in his heat and Conor 4th with both setting PB's. Isaac,
who missed most of last year due to injury made up for lost time winning in
another PB of 2.06. Younger brother Ryan continued from last year's
heroics winning the U 15 800 in a very quick 2.09 to win comfortably. He later
lined up in the 60m and finished 2nd just .03 seconds behind the winner.
Well done
to all the athletes who had a very successful outing and also to their
coach Jerome Foley.
David Kenny
had his first outdoor event in Spain the weekend. Unfortunately he was unable
to finish the race, which was unfortunate as he was on course to smash his
personal best after 15 K. Hopefully he will manage this in his next race.
David also
received a well deserved award from the Killarney Urban Council for his
sporting achievements last year.
Conor
McCarthy and Ryan Vickers competed in the Munster Schools Cross Country
championships in Waterford on the 27th . Ryan finished 2nd
in the Minor Boys and qualifiedfor the All-Irelands in March. Ryan led the St.
Brendans Killarney to 3rd place in the team competition.
Congratulations also to their coach Arthur Fitzgerald for some excellent
results in the team competitions where they medalled in 3 out of 4
competitions.
Conor
despite conceding almost 2 years to some of his competitors finished in 32nd
of almost 80 runners in the Intermediate category.