Kerry athletes put in brilliant performances to win medals at county juvenile and junior track & field finals

Tralee Harriers have a strong history in relay running and won four of the girls titles (U11, U12, U13, U20) with the talented Aria Collins leading the U13s to victory on the final leg after coming through the heats and semi-finals to win the individual U-13 80m sprint.

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The club’s stand-out U-20 female sprinter Amanda Duyile was a triple gold medallist, winning the U20 100m and long-jump, as well as running a super quick second leg of the 4 x 100m winning relay team,

Killarney Valley AC brought a huge contingent of 120 athletes to the Championships, and were also a strong presence in the relays, winning the Girls U9, as well as impressive running from their older female sprinters in winning the girls U15 and U16 races. The clubs inspirational sprinter Sarah Leahy is definitely inspiring these rising sprint stars.

Eoin Malik (St. Brendan’s) is quickly becoming one of the stars of Kerry athletics and set another personal best in his favourite event, the triple jump, to win the Boys U20 in a staggering 12.78m to take the Eamonn Fitzgerald Shield.

Two of the best young javelin throwers in the country at the moment are Sam O’Shea (Star of the Laune) and Kevin O’Shea (Farranfore Maine Valley). Sam (U13) threw the Javelin 34.12m, and just to prove it wasn’t a fluke repeated the exact same distance again. Kevin (U16) threw the Javelin 46.18m and made it double gold with a discus throw of 47.33m.

In the middle-distance events, there were two stand-out battles that had the large crowds screaming their support. In the Boys U20 3,000m, Zach Walsh (St. Brendan’s) and James Dillon (Lios Tuathail AC) renewed their rivalry over seven and half laps, with a final effort from Zach in the last lap securing the gold in an impressive time of 9.47.

The crowds were treated to two of the country’s top middle-distance female runners in the Girls U20 800m with 15-year-old cross-country star Meabh O’Connor (An Riocht AC) taking on track-star Molly O’Riordan (Killarney Valley). They immediately hit the front and glided stride for stride until the final bend with O’Riordan pulling a metre ahead, only for O’Connor to pull her back in the dramatic closing stages to take gold in a personal best of 2.21.16

In the Boys 200m, there were standout performances from young Sean Looney (An Riocht) clearly winning the boys U14, and the experienced national medal winner Cian O’Brien (Killarney Valley) taking the Boys U20 race ahead of the fast An Riocht duo, David Lane and Thomas Rohan. Cian followed up that run by winning the U20 100m on Monday in a time of 11:39 ahead of Oisin O’Regan (Killarney Valley) 11:81 and Thomas Rohan (An Riocht) 11:83.

Irish Milers Club Meeting

Kerry middle-distance athletes took three memorable wins, with personal best performances, at the star-studded annual Irish Milers meet in Dublin on Saturday. First off was Oisin Murray who tracked the pacemaker before setting off in the lead with three laps to go in the men’s 3,000m to win by 6 seconds in a time of 8:14:73. Oisin Lynch (Killarney Valley AC) ran an impressive 3.51.16 to win the 1,500m race, with his club-mate, Jack O’Leary winning his 800m race in 1:54:61. The future is bright for Kerry distance running.

Limerick Regeneron 6-Mile Race

Shona Heaslip continued her good form winning the women’s 6-mile road race in Limerick on Sunday in a time of 31:59, making it back-to-back wins in this race. Amazingly, she placed fourth overall out of 6,000 runners.

Today's Sport News in 90 Seconds - 9th May

Results of field events and relays

Relays

GU9 - 1st Killarney Valley, 2nd Lios Tuathail, 3rd Star of the Laune

GU10 - 1st Spa-Fenit-Barrow, 2nd Tralee Harriers, 3rd Lios Tuathail

GU11 - 1st Tralee Harriers, 2nd Killarney Valley, 3rd Iveragh

GU12 - 1st Tralee Harriers, 2nd Killarney Valley, 3rd Star of the Laune

GU13 - 1st Tralee Harriers, 2nd Lios Tuathail, 3rd Tralee Harriers A

GU14 - 1st Lios Tuathail, 2nd Tralee Harriers, 3rd Killarney Valley

GU15 - 1st Killarney Valley, 2nd Lios Tuathail, 3rd Star of the Laune

GU16 - 1st Killarney Valley ‘A’, 2nd Killarney Valley ‘B’

WU20 - 1st Tralee Harriers, 2nd Killarney Valley

Discus

GU14 - 1st Katie Quinn (Gneeveguilla)

GU15 - 1st Brianna Sheahan (Gneeveguilla), 2nd Laoise Walsh (Tralee Harriers), 3rd Clodagh Healy (Gneeveguilla)

GU16 - 1st Mia Garanovich (Killarney Valley), 2nd Sadhbh Sheehan (St. Brendan’s)

WU20 - 1st Niamh O’Shea (Farranfore Maine Valley), 2nd Anna O’Shea (Killarney Valley), 3rd Aoibhinn Harte (Lios Tuathail)

BU14 - 1st Cillian Kelly (Iveragh)

BU15 - 1st Gideon Reed (An Ríocht), 2nd TJ Evans (Killarney Valley), 3rd Fionn Daly (Killarney Valley)

BU16 - 1st Kevin O’Shea (Farranfore Maine Valley) 47.33m, 2nd Liam Rohan (An Ríocht) 39.97m

MU20 - 1st Kieran Keane (An Ríocht), 2nd Cillian McMahon (Lios Tuathail), 3rd Conor Crean (Tralee Harriers)

Triple Jump

BU15 - 1st Alex Collins (Lios Tuathail)

MU20 - 1st Eoin Malik (St. Brendan’s), 2nd Keelan Veerasoo (Killarney Valley), 3rd Dominik Wasila (Killarney Valley)

Long Jump

BU9 - 1st Keelan Swarbrick (Killarney Valley), 2nd James Sheehy (St. Brendan’s), 3rd Jack Feehan (St. Brendan’s)

BU10 - 1st Noah Barrett (Tralee Harriers), 2nd Ryan Fitzgerald (Killarney Valley), 3rd Muiris Ó Muircheartaigh (Star of the Laune)

BU11 - 1st Conor Scannell (Killarney Valley), 2nd Christopher Wynton (Iveragh), 3rd Rioghan O’Sullivan (Ciarraí Thiar)

BU12 - 1st Olamide Smith (Killarney Valley), 2nd Páidí Ó Muircheartaigh (Star of the Laune), 3rd Finian Swarbrick (Killarney Valley)

BU13 - 1st Jace Flynn (Tralee Harriers), 2nd Tommy Moynihan (Tralee Harriers), 3rd Conor Moynihan (Tralee Harriers)

GU14 - 1st Aoibhinn O’Driscoll (St. Brendan’s), 2nd Chloe O’Flaherty (Lios Tuathail), 3rd Shauna Kelly (Iveragh)

GU15 - 1st Grace Hegarty (Lios Tuathail), 2nd Mia Boyou (Iveragh), 3rd Maddison O’Connor (St. Brendan’s)

GU16 - 1st Naoise Cronin (Killarney Valley), 2nd Antonya Lejwoda (Killarney Valley), 3rd Kate O’Shea (Killarney Valley)

WU20 - 1st Amanda Duyile (Tralee Harriers), 2nd Tally Collins (Lios Tuathail), 3rd Laurel Mason (Tralee Harriers)

Javelin

BU13 - 1st Sam O’Shea (Star of the Laune), 2nd Fionn Hogan (Tralee Harriers), 3rd Seán Collins (St. Brendan’s)

BU14 - 1st Éamon Kennelly (Lios Tuathail), 2nd Daniel O’Leary (St. Brendan’s), 3rd Matthew Cahill (St. Brendan’s)

BU15 - 1st Fionn Daly (Killarney Valley), 2nd Brendan Locke Fitzgerald (St. Brendan’s)

BU16 - 1st Kevin O’Shea (Farranfore Maine Valley) 46.18m, 2nd Finn Moloney (Killarney Valley)

MU20 - 1st Eoin Malik (St. Brendan’s)

Shot Put

GU15 - 1st Laoise Walsh (Tralee Harriers), 2nd Brianna Sheahan (Gneeveguilla), 3rd Emily O’Sullivan St.Brendan’s

GU16 - 1st Mia Garanovich (Killarney Valley), 2nd Antonya Lejwoda (Killarney Valley), 3rd Sadhbh Sheehan (St. Brendan’s)

WU20 - 1st Aoibhínn Harte (Lios Tuathail), 2nd Clara Reed (An Ríocht), 3rd Anna O’Shea (Killarney Valley)

BU12 - 1st Adam O’Connell (Lios Tuathail), 2nd Colm Kennelly (Lios Tuathail), 3rd Colm Fletcher (St. Brendan’s)

BU13 - 1st Sam O’Shea (Star of the Laune), 2nd Conor Walshe (St. Brendan’s), 3rd Timothy Madden (Farranfore Maine Valley)

BU14 - 1st Kieran Moloney (Killarney Valley), 2nd Daniel O’ Leary (St. Brendan’s), 3rd Éamon Kennelly (Lios Tuathail)

High Jump

GU12 - 1st Harriet O’Loghlen (Tralee Harriers), 2nd Sadie Lynch (Tralee Harriers), 3rd Lacie Boylan (St. Brendan’s)

GU13 - 1st Sophie O’Flaherty (Lios Tuathail), 2nd Saoirse Brosnan (Tralee Harriers), 3rd Dylan-Kate Treacy (Lios Tuathail)

GU14 - 1st Aoibhínn O’Driscoll (St. Brendan’s), 2nd Isabella McEnery (Lios Tuathail), 3rd Alannah Crossan (Tralee Harriers)

GU15 - 1st Katie O’Sullivan (Killarney Valley), 2nd Nastya Kovalenko (St. Brendan’s), 3rd Cori Boylan (St. Brendan’s)

BU16 - 1st Steve Reidy (Lios Tuathail)

MU20 - 1st Bartlomiej Zglinski (Killarney Valley), 2nd Rian Walsh (Tralee Harriers)

Turbo Javelin

GU9 - 1st Áine Breen (Lios Tuathail), 2nd Naidín Quigg (Star of the Laune), 3rd Fiadh White (Farranfore Maine Valley)

GU10 - 1st Roisín Hogan (Tralee Harriers), 2nd Kira Harbuzova (St.Brendan’s), 3rd Emma O’Flaherty (St. Brendan’s)

GU11 - 1st Ruby Sheehy (Lios Tuathail), 2nd Sophie Malik (St. Brendan’s), 3rd Cara Scott (Tralee Harriers)

GU12 - 1st Caoimhe Foley (Star of the Laune), 2nd Emily Wolska (Lios Tuathail), 3rd Olivia Leen (St. Brendan’s)