2025 was a very successful year for the club with 4 athletes representing Ireland. Our athletes
medalled in every major championship Juvenile indoor and Outdoor, Senior and Masters both
Indoors and Outdoors. The club ran a very successful Cross-Country race for the local
National schools and also Track and field championships in May. A lot of our athletes
competed for the first time at the local championships.
Aoife Daly medalled in the Speed Bounce at the county championships
Fionn Murphy, Niamh O Sullivan and Fiadh White performed excellently at the county Track
and Field championships. Neilidh Kennedy won a hard-earned medal at the County Cross
Country Championships. St Stephens day brought out a record crowd for the Road Race with
over 500 registering for the run. Almost 80 runners took the line for the 2k Children’s fun
run. With Oisin Murray and Sorcha Nicdomhnail winning the mens and womens events
respectively.
Below are a list of the many achievements by our club athletes
Roisin Daly
Roisin consistently reached finals at the highest levels. She won county medals, medalled at
Munster level in the 100m and 200m, qualified for national finals, and set personal bests
along the way. She narrowly missed medals at national championships and contributed to
Kerry teams at the All-Ireland Leagues.
Natasha Myers
Natasha impressed across multiple championships, earning podium finishes in long jump at
county, Munster level. She set personal bests at Munster Championships and consistently
placed among the top athletes in her events. She was the clubs sole representative at the Inter-
varsity championships where she set broke the Tralee MTU record.
Niamh O Shea
Niamh won county junior and senior championships in the discus. In the schools
championships she came 1 st in the North Munster Championships and came 2 nd in the
Munsters and 5th in the All-Irelands. She was also part of the Kerry National League team
David Kenny
David delivered another superb year of race walking at national and international level. He
won the Men’s 20km event at the Gran Premio de Marcha Atlética in Spain in 1:22, claiming
his first international victory of the year. Domestically, he made it four consecutive National
Senior Indoor titles in the 5000m walk and later won gold in the National 10,000m Race
Walk, setting a new PB of 39:39.93 and earning his 10th national medal. David also placed
11th in a very strong international field in the Czech Republic despite extreme heat.
Unfortunately, illness forced his withdrawal from the World Athletics Championships in
Tokyo, but his season remained one of the strongest of his career.
Ryan Vickers
Ryan enjoyed an outstanding year across cross country, indoor, schools and national
competitions, establishing himself as one of the club’s leading middle-distance athletes. He
qualified for the Munster Cross Country Championships after competing in the South
Munster event in Cork. Indoors, Ryan played a key role in a hugely successful Munster
Indoor Championships, winning gold in both the 800m and 1500m, adding silver in the
200m, and helping the club relay team to gold alongside Sam, Conor and Isaac.
At national level, Ryan won All-Ireland gold medals in the U16 indoor 800m and 1500m
with dominant front-running performances. His Munster Juvenile Championships were
particularly notable, winning both events and breaking championship records that had stood
for 40 years. He also won the junior 800m at the Munster and All Ireland Schools
Championships and anchored the junior relay team to gold. Ryan represented Munster at
Inter-Provincial Schools and later Ireland at Schools International level in Derby, gaining
valuable experience. To round the year off he medalled in the All-Ireland Cross Country and
Schools Multi-Events Championships
Cathal O’Connor
Cathal made major strides throughout the year. He won county Track medals, took silver in
the Munster Juvenile 800m and followed it with gold in the 1500m, an exceptional
achievement at his first Munster Championships. He later claimed bronze at the National
Track and Field Championships in the U14 1500m and added another national bronze while
representing Currow/Currans at the Community Games in the 800. He also added County and
Munster Cross Country medals finishing 3 rd in the U 14 race rounding of an incredible
successful year.
Kevin O’Shea
Kevin was a standout performer in the throws, breaking records at every level. He won
county, Munster and national medals in both javelin and discus, winning 4 National gold
medals At the Munster Juvenile Championships, he broke the U17 javelin record, and at the
National Championships in Tullamore he smashed the championship record by over two
metres, breaking the 60m barrier for the first time. Kevin represented Munster at Inter-
Provincial Schools, winning the javelin convincingly, and later represented Ireland at Schools
International level, finishing second in challenging conditions. He finished his season by
representing Ireland again at the Scottish National Championships, winning javelin gold and
discus silver.
Isaac Vickers
Isaac’s year was exceptional and culminated in international representation. He qualified for
secure Munster Indoor relay gold. Individually, he won double gold at Munster Indoors in the
800m and 1500m. At the National Indoor Championships, Isaac won the U17 800m in a
superb 1:55, cutting six seconds off his PB and ranking him among the top U18 athletes
worldwide.
Outdoors, Isaac won the Intermediate 800m at the Munster and All-Ireland Schools
Championships and later qualified for the European Youth Olympics by running 1:52 in
Belfast at the British Milers Club meeting. He was selected for Team Ireland at the European
Youth Olympic Festival in Skopje, where he competed strongly. Still only 16, Isaac finished
the year ranked No.1 in Ireland for U18 800m and also won the Tailteann Games 800 metres
beating younger brother Ryan into 2 nd Place
Samuel Scroope
Samuel qualified for Munster schools Cross Country, set indoor PBs, earned county medals,
and later won bronze in the U20 800m at the Munster Championships and was part of the
relay team that won the Munster Championships
Masters Athletes
Harrison Joseph made a very impressive debut as a masters athlete. Winning county and
Munster Championships in the Shot Put and also medalling in the Weight for distance.
Michael O Connor won the 5K and 10K walk at the National Championships. Jim O Shea
won both Long and High jump at the National championships in July. Dermot Dineen broke
the magical 3-hour barrier while running the Frankfurt Marathon