Lios Tuathail AC retain Club title

DAY 2 of the Kerry County Championship took place at An Riocht last Saturday. The weather was kind until just before the relays, but the drizzle didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of our young athletes.

Lios Tuathail came out well on top of the club table for the second year running with over 200 points, which must be some sort of record! Kenmare were second and Tralee Harriers third.

There were also several Championship Best Performances set on day 1 of the championships, with day two to be confirmed – Gary Randles U-16 boys javelin with a throw of 32.70m, Katelyn Reid (An Riocht) U-15 girls javelin with a throw of 37.78m, Conor Crean (Tralee Harriers) U-12 boys turbo javelin with a throw of 21.69m, Cillian Griffin (Tralee Harriers) who ran the U-16 boys 250mH in 33.57 seconds and the 100m in 11.73 seconds.

Championship winners are listed with full results, times and distances on www.kerryathletics.com

U-9 Girls

300m: Elissa Hussey, Kenmare; Long jump: Ashlyn Falvey, St Brendan’s

U-9 Boys

300m: Steve Reidy, Lios Tuathail

U-10 Girls

500m: Meabh O’Connor, An Riocht; Relay: Lios Tuathail

U-10 Boys

500m: Oisin O’Leary, Gneeveguilla; Turbo javelin: Sean Murphy, Tralee Harriers; Relay: Lios Tuathail

U-11 Girls

600m: Mairead Walsh, Farranfore Maine Valley U-11 Boys

600m: Aaron Horgan, St Brendan’s; Long jump: Mark McElligott, Lios Tuathail

U-12 Girls

600m: Kathryn Ryan, Killarney Valley; Turbo javelin: Stephanie Reid, An Riocht; Relay: Tralee Harriers

U-12 Boys

600m: Zack O’Shea, Kenmare; High jump: Gearoid Sugrue, Killarney Valley; Relay: Lios Tuathail U-13 Girls

60mH and long jump: Grace Rober ts White, Kenmare; 600m: Rachel Neylon, Lios Tuathail; Shot: Danielle O’Riordan, Gneeveguilla

U-13 Boys

60mH: Paddy Falvey, Tralee Harriers; 600m: Cormac Costello, Farranfore Maine Valley; Javelin: Cathal Murphy, Tralee Harriers

U-14 Girls

Walk: Eabha de Faoite, Kenmare; 75mH: Eabha Maloney, Lios Tuathail; 200m: Brianna O’Sullivan, Iveragh; Discus: Aine O’Shea, Farranfore Maine Valley; Relay: Lios Tuathail

U-14 Boys

Walk: Gearoid Mulvihill, Lios Tuathail; 75mH: Jack Maguire, Killarney Valley; 200m: John O’Connor, An Riocht; Discus: Patrick Kearney, Farranfore Maine Valley; High jump: Paddy Falvey, Tralee Harriers; Relay: Lios Tuathail U-15 Girls 80mH: Liath Lenihan, Farranfore Maine Valley; Shot: Katelyn Reid, An Riocht; Long jump: Rebecca Falvey, St Brendan’s

U-15 Boys

80mH: Jack Greaney, Gneeveguilla; Javelin Darragh Murphy, Tralee Harriers

U-16 Girls

Walk: Aoife O’Reilly, Kenmare; 80mH: Caoimhe Daly, Kenmare; 200m and long jump: Amanda Tony, Lios Tuathail; 1500m: Natasha Myers, Farranfore Maine Valley; Discus: Katelyn Reid, An Riocht; High jump: Liath Lenihan, Farranfore Maine Valley

U-16 Boys

100mH, 200m, discus, triple jump: Cillian Griffin, Tralee Harriers; 1500m: Owen Healy, Tralee Harriers; Shot: Gary Randles, Kenmare; Relay: Tralee Harriers

LAST Sunday saw the final day of the Irish Life Health Juvenile Track and Field Championships take place in Tullamore. Tralee Harriers again topped the Kerry medal table with silver for Jordan Kissane in the U-15 boys 200m and bronze for Cillian Griffin in the U-16 boys 200m and Rachel Bowler in the U-19 girls triple jump. Cillian was unlucky not to pick up another bronze in the 250m hurdles when he was just pipped into fourth place on the line.

Katelyn Reid (An Riocht) won silver in the U-15 girls javelin and Fiona Doyle (Star of the Laune) picked up bronze in the U-17 girl’s high jump.

Competing well, but finishing just outside the medals were Gary Randles (Kenmare), 4th in the U-16 boy’s shot, Darragh Courtney (St Brendan’s) 4th in U-17 boys hurdles, Leanne Cronin (Farranfore Maine Valley) 5th in U-18 girl’s shot, Jack Greaney (Gneeveguilla) 5th in U-15 boy’s triple jump and Aaron Malik (St Brendan’s) 5th in U-17 boy’s 300m hurdles.

SIOFRA Foley (Farranfore Maine Valley) was the only Kerry medal winner at the Irish Life Health B Championships last Saturday, winning gold in the U-16 girls shot competition.

Also competing on Saturday were Shona O’Brien (Gneeveguilla) and Ciara Kennelly (Killarney Valley) who took part in the Schools International Track and Field Championships in Dublin. Both finished outside of the medals but were part of the Irish team who finished in second place overall.

SHONA Heaslip, one of Kerry’s and Ireland’s rising stars in the field of athletics, has been selected for the 2017 World University Games which will be hosted by the city of Taipei in Taiwan from August 19 – 30. Kerry Athletics wish her all the best at this prestigious event.

The St Brendans Under-10/11s who took part in the finals of the County Athletics Finals at An Riocht AC on Saturday, from left: Zach Walshe, Eoin O’Flaherty, Darragh O’Flaherty, Matthew O’Sullivan, Eoin Malik, Rory O’Halloran and Aaron Horgan.

Under 14s and 16s who were winners at the Athletic County Finals at An Riocht AC, from left: Eabha De Faoite (Kenmare) and Daisy Nowak (St Brendan’s), Aoife O’Reilly and Caoimhe Daly (Kenamre)

The Listowel Squad who took part in the Kerry Athletic County Finals at An Riocht AC Castleisland on Saturday

Dylan Scannell (Gneeveruilla),Brendan O’Leary and Ethen Tritschker (Listowel) in the in the Kerry Athletic County Finals of the Javelin throwing at An Riocht AC Castleisland on Saturday

Megan Lynch (3rd Listowel), Aoife Dwyer (2nd Iveragh) and Eabha Moloney (1st Listowel) in the Kerry Athletic County Finals

Gearoid Mulvihill (1st) Listowel,and David Harris (2nd) Listowel in the Kerry Athletic County Final 2/2 K Walk at An Riocht AC

Javelin medallists Darragh Cunnane (3rd Tralee Harriers),Cathal Murphy (1st Tralee Harriers) and Ethen Trilschler (3rd Listowel)