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.
