Kerry Athletics U9 to U20 Track & Field Championships 2024 Report
By David Butler, St Brendan’s AC Juvenile Head Coach
“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while you could miss it.”
Thinking about the performances of the great children of this millennium last weekend for club and writing this report of this year’s county championships, I am drawn to this quote from a star of the last millennium. Over the course of 2 days, 90 athletes competed for St Brendan’s AC across a whole host of athletic disciplines. They took on the sprints, distance running, walks, long jump, triple jump, high jump, hurdles, shot put, discus, turbo javelin, javelin and relays. Each one of these events requires specific coaching and for an athlete to develop skills to be competent and compete in their chosen event. It is fair to say that all the athletes gave it their very best in representing the club and many finished in medal winning positions.
The fantastic team we had for this championships finished in 3 rd place position overall. This is the 3rd year in a row we finished in 3rd place and with an improved points total on last year. Well done to all, firstly for participating in this important annual benchmark for our club, some for their first time ever and congratulations to the many that achieved personal bests and of course those who won medals.
There is a lot of work gone into achieving this podium position and I thank our coaching
team in preparing the athletes since our year started last August and supporting them over the
weekend, the club committee and our club volunteers who support our activities both at training and competition, the families of our athletes and most of all the athletes themselves. The athletes are the reason we all do what we do and the county championships was another great time to stop and look around and recognise their excellent achievements.
Please see our county medal winners listed below. We look forward to Munster championships next.
St Brendan’s AC Results 2024
U9
Jack Feehan, Gold in Turbo Javelin, Bronze in Long Jump, Bronze in 300m
James Sheehy, Silver in long jump, Silver in 300m, Bronze in 60m
Silver in U9 Boys Relay (Iarlaith Murphy, Jack Feehan, Oisin Cashell, James Sheehy, Alex Diggins,
Tadhg Quille)
U10
Brandon Scanlon, Silver in 500m
Emma O’Flaherty, Bronze in 60m, Bronze in Turbo Javelin
Harrison Cahill, Silver in Turbo Javelin
Silver in U10 Boys Relay (Diarmuid Lawlor, Harrison Cahill, Karl Wallace, Brandon Scanlon)
U11
Daniel Collins, Silver in Turbo Javelin
Eabha Cowan, Silver in 500m
Jack Sheehy, Gold in 600m
Sophie Malik, Silver in Turbo Javelin
Gold in U11 Boys Relay (Fionn Cashell, Harrison Cahill, Daniel Collins, Jack Sheehy, Lucas Neale)
U12
Aoife Rice, Silver in Shot Put
Cody McKenna, Silver in 60m, Bronze in 600m
Colm Fletcher, Bronze in Shot Put
Olivia Leen, Bronze in Turbo Javelin, Bronze in Shot Put
Lacie Boylan, Bronze in High Jump
Gold in U12 Boys Relay (Corey O’Carroll, Cody McKenna, Daniel Collins, Jack Sheehy, Adam O’Leary,
Tomás O’Flaherty)
U13
Conor Walshe, Silver in Shot Put
Katie Butler, Gold in Javelin, Silver in Shot Put
Roisin Rice, Silver in Shot Put
Seán Collins, Bronze in Javelin, Bronze in High Jump
Bronze in U13 Boys Relay (Zach Shanahan, Seán Collins, John McCarthy, Conor Slattery, Luke Winter)
U14
Aoibhinn O’Driscoll, Gold in long jump, Gold in high jump, Gold in 60mH
Daniel O’Leary, Silver in Javelin, Silver in Shot Put, Bronze in 60mH
Illia Budiak, Silver in 60mH
Leah Doody, Silver in 2K Racewalk
Matilida Boulton, Bronze in 2K Racewalk
Matthew Cahill, Bronze in Javelin
Muireann Lawlor, Gold in 2K Racewalk, Bronze in 800m
Oisin Fletcher, Gold in 2K Racewalk
U15
Brendan Locke Fitzgerald, Silver in Javelin
Cori Boylan, Gold in Walks, Bronze in High Jump
Emily O’Sullivan, Gold in Javelin, Bronze in Shot Put
Maddison O’Connor, Gold in Triple Jump, Bronze in 75mH, Bronze in Long Jump
Nastya Kovalenko, Silver in High Jump
Bronze in U15 Boys Relay (Alex Blackett, Seanie Feehan, Brendan Locke Fitzgerald, Illia Budiak,
Matthew Cahill)
U16
Sadhbh Sheehan, Silver in discus, Bronze in shot, Bronze in Javelin
Aodhán Slattery, Gold in 100mH, Gold in 200m, Silver in 100m
Ruairi Walshe, Bronze in 100m
Gold in U16 Boys Relay (Kevin Horgan, Ruairi Walshe, Seanie Feehan, Aodhán Slattery, Brendan
Locke Fitzgerald)
U20
Aaron Horgan, Silver in 400m
Abbie Lane, Silver in Javelin
Eoin Malik, Gold in Triple Jump (winner of the Eamonn Fitzgerald Shield), Gold in Javelin,
Silver in Long Jump
Louise Lane, Gold in 400mH
Zach Walshe, gold in 3000m and silver in 1500m
Full results HERE
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