Munster U14-U19 (incl. 13 walks) Track & Field Championships 2025 Report

 Munster U14-U19 (incl. 13 walks) Track & Field Championships 2025 Report

By David Butler, St Brendan's AC Juvenile Head Coach. Photos by David Kissane

Another weekend on the road for St Brendan’s athletes but again more success was the order of the days. On the individual front our competitors came away with 3x gold medals, 1x silver medal, 1x bronze medal, 2x 4th places and all athletes placed in the top 10 in their events as 5x new personal bests were recorded.

Eoin Wins Again

On the jumps Eoin Malik (BU18) first competed in his favoured triple jump and hit the 13m mark on the button to win the gold medal in his age group. Eoin also competed in the long jump placing 4th in that event.

Gold, Silver and Bronze in Race Walks

Our walkers quartet of Hannah Sheehy, John McCarthy, Colm Fletcher and Tomas O’Flaherty all came away with personal bests and medals with U14s Hannah and John qualified for Nationals. Hannah recorded the second faster time of all the 2000m walker recorded across the boys and girls in the U13-U15 age groups just 1.5 seconds off the overall fastest time.

Aoibhinn's Munster Star Award

During Saturday afternoon Aoibhinn O’Driscoll was a presenting with a Munster Star Award from Munster Athletes as a reward for her stellar performances at Munster level in 2024. Aoibhinn is recovering from injury so was unable to compete on this occasion but we look forward to seeing her back in action for the club next season.

Katie into Nationals

To the throws. Katie Butler (GU14) started Saturday off with Shot Put where she was 5th overall with her 2nd longest throw in competition, then it was onto javelin where she placed 6th equaling her PB. On Sunday, Sean Collins placed in the top 10 in the BU14 javelin. Katie closed off the action for the club on Sunday where she placed 4th in the discus with a new pb and qualified to nationals.

Well Done to Parents and Coaches

Full results for this weekend’s competitors follows, very well done to them on their performances at Munster level and we look forward to national competition in the coming weeks for our qualifiers. Thanks as ever to the parents for bringing the athletes to competition and our coaching team for preparing our athletes and supporting them over the weekend.

Details

U13

Colm Fletcher – 2000m walk, 14:09.31 (pb & Silver medal)

Tomas O’Flaherty – 2000m walks, 14:11.74 (pb & Bronze medal)

U14

Hannah Sheehy – 2000m walks, 12:03.36 (pb & Gold medal)

John McCarthy – 2000m walks, 12:48.94 (pb & Gold medal)

Katie Butler – Javelin, 19.71m (6th place), Shot, 9.17m (5th place), Discus, 16.60m (pb & 4th place)

Seán Collins – Javelin, 19.26m (10th place)

U18

Eoin Malik – Triple Jump, 13m (Gold medal) & Long Jump, 5.80m (4th place)

Kerry Athletics U9-U16 & U20 Track & Field Championships 2025

 

Two busy days of action for our St Brendan’s athletes where they represented the club at the county track and field championships. Athletes competed across a wide range of events and there was success in every discipline athletes competed for the club in. This is testament to the work being done at the club, our motto is “athletics for all” but it’s can also be written as “athletes 4 all” representing run, walk, jump and throw. It’s a challenge for the coaching team and athletes to be ready to compete across so many distinct athletic events. You can see the fruits of their efforts where in a short period of time you can see one of our hurdlers crossing the line in 1st place not long after a race walker brings home the gold in their race and that’s before the sprinters and distance runners finish right up the top end of their events too...and at the same time field eventers are competing in long jump, triple jump, shot, discus, javelin, high jump...the list goes on.

Congratulations to all our athletes on the many personal bests achieved and to our athletes placing in the top 3 in their event to bring home a gold, silver or bronze medal.

Medalists over the weekend were as follows

U9

Grace Winter — Gold in 300m, Silver in 60m, Bronze in Long Jump

Lauren Scanlon — Gold in Long Jump, Gold in 60m

Muireann O’Sullivan — Silver in Turbo Javelin, Bronze in 60m

Ollie McCarthy — Bronze in 60m sprint

U10

Jack Feehan — Bronze in Turbo Javelin

James Sheehy — Gold in 500m, Silver in Long Jump

Oisin Cashell — Bronze in Long Jump

U11

Brandon Scanlon — Silver in 600m

Éabha Cowan — Silver in 500m, Bronze in 60m

Emma O’Flaherty — Gold in Turbo Javelin

U12

Aisling O’Driscoll Silver in High Jump

Aoife Aylward Bronze in High Jump

Daniel Collins — Silver in Shot Put, Silver in Turbo Javelin

Fionn Cashell — Gold in High Jump

Jack Sheehy — Gold in Long Jump, Gold in 600m, Silver in 60m sprint

U13

Cody McKenna — Silver in Hurdles, Silver in Long Jump Bronze in 80m sprint

Conor Slattery — Gold in Hurdles, Silver in Shot Put, Bronze in High Jump

Corey O’Carroll — Silver in 80m sprint

Olivia Leen — Bronze in Javelin

Tomas O’Flaherty — Bronze in Shot Put

U14

Hannah Sheehy — Gold in 2K Walk, Bronze in High Jump

John McCarthy — Gold in 2K Walk

Katie Butler — Gold in Javelin, Silver in Discus, Bronze in Shot

Sean Collins — Silver in Javelin

Willow Molloy — Silver in 1500m, Silver in 800m

U15

Aoibhinn O’Driscoll — Silver in 75mH

Daragh Sheehan — Silver in Long Jump, Silver in Long Jump

Ciaran Cowan — Bronze in Shot

Matilda Boulton — Gold in Walks

Oisin Fletcher — Gold in Walks, Silver in Hurdles, Silver in Javelin

U16

Brendan Locke Fitzgerald — Silver in Javelin, Bronze in Discus

Emily O’Sullivan — Gold in Javelin

Jayden Duma — Silver in Long Jump, Silver in Discus

Maddison O’Connor — Silver in Triple Jump

Silver in Relay (Oisin Fletcher, Jayden Duma, Ciaran Cowan, Brendan Locke Fitzgerald, Daragh Sheehan)

U20

Sadhbh Sheehan — Silver in Shot Put, Bronze in Discus

Zach Walshe — Bronze in 1500m

Thanks to our coaching team for preparing the athletes for the competition and supporting them over the weekend and to our club volunteers and the other Kerry clubs helping out in officiating duties. Thanks to Kerry Athletics for another enjoyable championships and thank you to the athletes for coming along to represent your club.

Sportshall Games 2025

 

Well done to all of our athletes who participated in the Kerry Sportshall Games where the club placed joint 3rd overall in a close competition. This development competition is often the first occasion many new club athletes get to make their debut for the club and it was no different this year with 23 athletes competing for the club for the very first time. There was success across all the age groups in the full range of events, starting with the U9s where Lauren, Muireann and Grace made it a clean sweep for the club in the sprints through to U12s where Caoimhe won bronze in the shot put and Fionn winning gold in standing long jump and bronze in sprints. Our relay teams were to the fore as all runners gave their best for the teams with gold medals won by our U9 Girls, U10 & U11 Boys, silver medals for the U12 Girls and bronze for the U9 Boys. Thanks to Kerry Athletics for hosting the event this year and all volunteers who helped to run off the events. Thanks to our club coaches for preparing the athletes for the competition and supporting them on the day and to the parents supporting our efforts in bringing the athletes to the competition.

In action today was

U9 Girls

Grace Winter, Hollie McKenna, Kate Flaherty, Lauren Scanlon, Meabh O'Sullivan, Muireann O'Sullivan

U9 Boys

Conor Lawlor, Donal Casey, Eoin O’Regan, Jack Flaherty, Jamie O’Driscoll, Micheál McCarthy

U10 Girls

Amanda Connell, Anna Winter, Aoife Clifford, Aoileann Clifford, Ashleigh McCarthy, Caoimhe O’Halloran, Roisin Flaherty

U10 Boys

Alex Diggins, Jay Hanafin, Liam Bunyan, Odhran Brosnan, Oisín Cashell, Seán Maguire, Tadhg Quille

U11 Girls

Cassie O'Connor, Hazel O’Regan, Holly O’Driscoll, Lily Mai Scanlon

U11 Boys

Liam O'Driscoll

U12 Girls

Amelia Dineen, Caoimhe O’Driscoll, Ella Casey, Ella O’Sullivan, Grace McGuckin, Kara Lawlor, Lillie Feehan, Millie Flavin, Roisín Diggins, Sarah Duggan

U12 Boys

Fionn Cashell, Tomàs Brosnan

Individual medallists

U9

Grace Winter, Gold in Speedbounce

Hollie McKenna, Bronze in Speedbounce

Lauren Scanlon, Gold in Sprint, Gold in Standing Long Jump

U10

Ashleigh McCarthy, Silver in Speedbounce

U12

Caoimhe O’Driscoll, Bronze in Shot Put

Emma Joy, Silver in Standing Long Jump

Fionn Cashell, Gold in Standing Long Jump, Bronze in Sprints

Relay medallists

U9 Girls Gold – Hollie McKenna, Grace Winter, Lauren Scanlon, Muireann O’Sullivan, Kate Flaherty, Meabh O’Sullivan

U9 Boys Bronze – Conor Lawlor, Michéal McCarthy, Jamie O’Driscoll, Donal Casey, Jack Flaherty

U10 Boys Gold – Michéal McCarthy, Oisin Cashell, Liam Bunyan, Seán Maguire, Donal Casey

U11 Boys Gold – Liam O’Driscoll, Oisin Cashell, Liam Bunyan, Seán Maguire

U12 Girls Silver – Roisin Diggins, Caoimhe O’Driscoll, Grace McGuckin, Emma Joy

David Butler, Head Juvenile Coach

National Juvenile Indoor Championships 2025

Jack Sheehy is the National U12 Boys Indoors Champion, a headline performance from a young athlete. Jack opened his account today today with a jump of 4.23m to take the lead in the event. He did not cede that lead and improved firstly to 4.26m in his second jump but kept his best till last. Going into the top 8 final Jack again jumped 4.26m as his nearest competitor closed to 4.23m, a valuable mark should countback come into place but with the gold medal secured Jack jumped last in the final round and he closed out the event with a jump of 4.31m. An exciting moment for Jack, his family and all associated with our club to see an athlete win a National gold medal at such a young age.

In the early afternoon then Conor Slattery competed in the BU13 shot putt and threw further than his old personal best of 8.84m on two occasions and made the final. Conor’s first throw of 8.74m was a good opener but then he fired the shot to 9.01m on the 2nd round and 9m on the 3rd round to show fine consistency. He qualified for the final when all the throws were completed he placed 7th overall with his mark of 9.01 in a tight competition. This was Conor’s first time reaching an individual National final and an experience he relished and is he looking forward to competed in the high jump next weekend.

Closing out the day for the club was Eoin Malik in the BU18 long jump. Eoin’s opening jump of 5.71m put him into contention for the podium positions and he reached the final in 4th place. Working his way through the rounds Eoin’s mark improved in the 5th round where he was rewarded with a season’s best long jump of 5.89m. A slight break on that final jump as he pushed towards the medal positions saw Eoin place 5th overall. Eoin will be back jumping in Athlone next Saturday in the triple jump.

Well done to our athletes today, thanks to their parents for bringing them to the competition and our club coaches for preparing the athletes for today’s events.

Hannah’s Bronze and PB

A second national medal for St Brendan’s and for the Sheehy family and this time it was Hannah Sheehy bringing home a bronze medal in a superb performance in the GU14 race walk in her debut at National level. Hannah was simply irrepressible right from the start going off as a fast pace to ensure a good position. Over the next 5 laps she gave it everything and her level of pure determination whilst maintaining the correct style caused her nearest competitors to draw the eyes of the judges as they tried everything to keep with Hannah. Hannah crossed the line in a massive pb time of 5:26.35, her previous best for the distance was 6.03.03. There was an anxious wait then to see was it going to 3rd or 4th for Hannah and when the judges’ scorecards came in Hannah was confirmed to 3rd place and great celebrations for all. A performance that will stick in the memory for a long time, this is the first national juvenile medal by one of our club walkers since the walks programme resumed at the club under the coaching David Kissane in 2022 and will provide great inspiration for the future.

Maddison’s Triple Jump

Earlier in the day Maddison O’Connor completed in GU16 triple jump. This was Maddison 2nd time competing at national indoors and opened her jumps account of the day with 8.82m. With a pb of 8.96m, Maddison had set target of 9m set for the day she made adjustments in each round to try set a mark across that threshold. With her jumps completed, 8.82m was her best jump on the day as she placed 16th overall in her age group.

John’s New PB and 7th Place

Back to the walks and it was John McCarthy who was next on the track in the BU14 race. John showed great form and jockeyed for position throughout the race. Coming into the home straight it looked like a sub 6 K was on the cards for John and a huge pb (his pb was 6:40.45) and crossing the line there was a broad smile on his face when he saw the time of 5:53.72. His position was confirmed as 7th overall in his debut at national competition.

Oisín’s 5th Place and New PB

Our final athlete in action on Day 2 was Oisín Fletcher who no doubt was inspired by his club mates for his BU15 1K race. Working hard from the start he was in close quarters with other competitors in the event as each place was challenged for. Oisín’s pb going into the event was 6:27.50. He showed good pace over the course and a clean style Oisín crossed the line in a great time of 6:16.35, a new personal and was classified in 5th place for his first time at national indoors.

Thank You

That closes off Day 1 & Day 2 of the national juvenile Indoors. Very well done to all our athletes on their performances and thank you to our club coaches for preparing them to give their best on the day. Thanks as ever to the parents for supporting our efforts and bringing the athletes on the long trip to the middle of the country.

National Indoor Masters Championships 2025

Memorable day for St Brendan's AC at the All Ireland masters' indoor championships in Athlone...three gold race walks medals by Áine (with a new club 3K record), David K and Marian, a bronze by Artur in the high jump, a bronze by David K in the shot and good WFD performances by Martin and David B.

Full results HERE.

Munster Juvenile U12-U14 (incl. U13-U19 walks) Indoor Championships 2025 Report

 

By David Butler, St Brendan’s AC Juvenile Head Coach

The final Munster Indoor competition of the season and St Brendan’s AC kept the best till last, with excellent success for our juvenile athletes already in the U20 competition and U15-U19 age groups a few weeks back. Now it was the turn for the U12-U14 age categories and the race walkers in the U13-U19 age categories. Twenty five of our athletes competed and we had one athlete make their debut for the club.

Medallists

Jack Sheehy jumped to an amazing 4.26m in the final round of the BU12 long jump, smashing his old PB of 3.78m in the process.

Matilda Boulton was not giving up that gold medal in the home straight and keep her style all the way right through to the finish in 6:49.71 in the GU15 1K walk.

John McCarthy making it a 2nd year in a row to win the gold in Munster 1K walk with massive 1 minute+ PB coming home in 6:40.45 in the BU14s.

Tomas O’Flaherty in his debut in the 1K race walking to win the BU13 silver medal just 3/10ths of a second off first place. Setting a great time of 6:44.50.

Hannah Sheehy with a silver medal in the GU14 1K walk, just a few seconds off 1st place coming home in 6:03.03 taking 23 seconds off her previous best.

Cori Boylan winning silver in the GU16 1500m racewalk with a time of 9:51.53 in a battling performance with the challenge of shin splints.

Colm Fletcher, also making his debut in race walking winning the bronze in BU13 1K in time of 7:02.10.

Oisin Fletcher winning a bronze in the BU15 1K walk with a new pb of 6:27.50. Oisin’s first time racing indoors after outdoor success last season.

Sunday’s action was closed by Conor Slattery with his 2nd qualification to National Indoors with a brilliant bronze and a new pb of 1.35m in the BU13 high jump....breaking off during the event to run the BU13 relay.

Earlier in the day he qualified to Nationals after placing 4th in the shot putt with a new personal best of over 2m with a throw of 8.84m in the final round.

Finalists

Caoimhe O’Driscoll, placing 7th in the GU12 shot put with a new PB of 5.80m, her old PB was 4.51m!

Ella O’Sullivan, with a huge opening jump of 3.69m in the GU12s which saw her through to the final placing 6th overall.

Fionn Cashell, reaching the BU12 60mH final and placing 6th with a time of 11.73.

Kara Lawlor, first time competing at Munster Indoors and a result of 5.71m for 8th place in the GU12 shot.

Jack Sheehy, placing 6th in the BU12 60m final with a new PB of 9.02.

Cody McKenna, made the 60mH final and placed 6th overall. Also reached the 60m semi final and set a new PB in that event.

Conor Slattery, set a new personal best in the 60mH final and placed 7 th in the event.

Katie Butler, throwing further than her previous best 4 times recorded a best throw of 8.96m in the GU14 shot putt placing 7th .

Debut

Willow Molloy who joined the club this year made her debut. In the 800m heats she had a storming run, smashing her time trial time by over 10 seconds to set a PB of 2:35.08 as she placed 4th in her heat and 7th out of 39 competitors. Watch this space.

Other personal bests

Aisling O'Driscoll (60mH & 600m), Amelia Dineen (60m & sprints), Caoimhe O’Driscoll (60m & Long Jump),

Einin Lawlor (60m & Long Jump), Ella O’Sullivan (60mH & Shot), Grace McGuckin (60mH & 600m), Kara

Lawlor (60m & Long Jump), Lillie Feehan (Long Jump), Roisin Diggins (60mH & 60m), Sophie Malik (Long Jump), Fionn Cashell (60m), Jack Sheehy (Shot Put), Corey O’Carroll (60mH), Tomás O’Flaherty (Shot), John McCarthy (800m)

On the relay front we had two teams compete, the GU12 team of Roisin Diggins, Grace McGuckin, Einin Lawlor and Aisling Driscoll placing 3 rd in their heat with a good run in their run first together as team over the 4x200m distance. The BU13 team had a line-up change this time out as Corey O’Carroll picked up an injury in the sprint semi final so Fionn Cashell (U12) stepped up to run in the team. Changing the order Jack Sheehy (U12) lead off before passing the baton to Conor Slattery, then to Fionn and finally to Cody McKenna. The boys had clean changes and a great run to place 2nd in their heat and 5th overall.

That closed out an excellent championships for our club and some stats from the Munster Indoors where our club athletes recorded 44 personal bests across a range of events from sprints, hurdles, long jump, middle distance, walks, shot put, triple jump, high jump in which club athletes competed.

5x gold medals (walks x2, middle distance, long jump, triple jump) 4x silver (walks x3, long jump)

5x bronze medals (walks x2, hurdles, long jump, triple jump), 44 new personal bests.

11 athletes qualified for National Indoor competition.

Credit to our athletes on their success and our coaching team for helping them deliver their best in a high standard competition. Thank you to the athletes for competing for the club and for their parents for bringing them to the event and covering lifts for other athletes where needs be.

We look forward to national Indoors next month where all roads lead to Athlone.

More photos on our FB page HERE.