Kerry medals, records and PBs at Munster Schools T&F Championship
to Limerick’s Paudie Quish 15-7, 15-13 while John Joe Quirke also went down to Limerick opposition. He was beaten by Evan Murphy in the Men’s B semi-final 15-12, 15-10.
There was no luck for Ballymac’s Danny Riordan in the Men’s C final as he was narrowly beaten by Cork’s Gearoid O’Connell 1512, 15-11. Cork had a good day with Anna Dunne claiming the Ladies C final defeating Glenbeigh’s Evelyn Quirke 15-12, 15-9.
It was one of those days for the Quirkes as Sean lost out in the U-15 semi-final 15-9, 15-8 to Tipperary’s Rory Grace while Tommy went down to Cork’s Cian O’Driscoll 15-12, 15-9 in the Boys U-17 semi-final.
Tessa Dennison
THE An Roicht facility in Castleisland was the host for another schools outing last Saturday as qualifiers from the North, South and East Munster Schools competitions gathered for the Irish Life Health Munster Schools Track and Field Championships, on yet another Sunny day of highly competitive athletics. Supported and encouraged by teachers and families, athletes competed for the coveted top three spots which would allow them to compete for their schools at the National Championships in Tullamore on Saturday, June 2.
The Kerry contingent proved again the advantage of the Kerry Athletic Development Squads, with many gaining silverware, setting new records and gaining PBs. The following are the Kerry athletes who are progressing to Nationals; full results are available on the Munster schools website.
2K Walk Intermediate Girls: Aoife O’Reilly, PS Inbhearsceine Kenmare; 3,000m Intermediate Girls: Niamh O’Mahony, Presentation Tralee; 400mH and Discus Intermediate Boys: Aaron Malik, Mercy Mounthawk; 200m Intermediate Boys: Mervyn Shalemba, Mercy Mounthawk; 800m Minor Boys: Cian Spillane, Pres Milltown; 100m Minor Boys: John O’Connor, St Patricks SS Castleisland; 100m Intermediate Boys: Cillian Griffin, Mercy Mounthawk; 3000m Intermediate Boys: Oisin Spillane, Mercy Mounthawk; 300m and High Jump Intermediate Girls: Ciara Kennelly, St Brigids Killarney; 400m and High Jump Senior Girls: Fiona Doyle, Intermediate School Killorglin; 400m Senior Boys: Darragh Lowth, Tralee CBS; 1500m Intermediate Girls: Alyce O’Connor, PS Inbhear Sceine Kenmare;
4x100m Minor Girls: Presentation Listowel; 4x100m Minor Boys: St Brendans Killarney; 4x100m: Intermediate Boys Mercy Mounthawk; 4x300m Senior Girls: Mercy Mounthawk; 4x400m Senior Boys: Mercy Mounthawk,
Hammer Senior Boys: Dovydas Baltonis, Mercy Mounthawk; Hammer Junior Boys: Sean Keane, St Michael’s Listowel; Hammer Senior Girls: Leanne Cronin, Killorglin CC;
Shot Put Minor Boys: Padraig McCarthy, St Michael’s Listowel; Shot Put and Discus Junior Girls: Kirby Anne Ryan, Mercy Mounthawk; Shot Put Senior Boys: Dovydas Baltonis, Mercy Mounthawk; Shot Put Intermediate Boys: David Siegel, Tralee CBS; Shot Put Minor Girls: Aine O’Shea, Mercy Mounthawk;
Javelin Junior Girls: Katelyn Reid, Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne; Javelin Intermediate Girls: Siofra Foley, St Brigids Killarney; Discus Senior Girls: Lauren O’Grady, Mercy Mounthawk; Discus Junior Boys: Patrick Kearney, St Brendans Killarney;
High Jump Senior Boys: Darragh Courtney, Mercy Mounthawk; High Jump Senior Girls: Christine McCarthy, PS Inbhear Sceine Kenmare; Long Jump and Triple Jump Senior Girls: Rachel Bowler, Mercy Mounthawk; Long Jump Junior Girls: Rebecca Falvey, Mercy Mounthawk; Long Jump Minor Boys: Paddy Falvey, Tralee CBS; Triple Jump Senior Boys: Frank McGuire, St Brendans Killarney; Triple Jump Intermediate Boys: Michael Tony, Colaiste Ide agus Iosef; Triple Jump Junior Boys: Ronan Pearce, Tralee CBS.
An Riocht’s Shona Heaslip was in action as part of the Irish team competing at the European Cup 10,000m championships in Highgate, London last Saturday. Shona finished in sixth place overall in the Women’s race in a time of 33.24, just four seconds off the European Championship qualifying standard.
Club mate James Doran also had a sixth place finish at the weekend in the half marathon in the M35 category at the European Masters in Alicante where he put in a great time of 1.12.35.