Local success at North Munster championships

THE North Munster Secondary Schools Track and Field Championships were held over two days in Castleisland and UL Limerick with Clare athletes capturing 29 gold, 18 silver and 11 bronze.

In the minor boys’, Tony Odubote (Rice College) won the 75m hurdles but he had to settle for second spot in the 100m and 200m. Patrick O’Rourke (Lisdoonvarna) won gold in the 1,500m and finished second in the 800m, with Kevin Caulfield (Tulla) taking gold in the shot putt. In the junior girls’ 800m, Caoimhie Harvey (Kilkee) won the gold ahead of Aisling Kelly (St Joseph’s Spanish Point).

The positions were reversed in the 1,500m. In the junior girls’ 1,200m walk, Anagharad Loughnane (Gael Scoil Luimnigh) won gold and she also won gold in the discus and shot putt. Lauren McConway (Coláiste Muire Ennis) won the javelin Eoin Looney (St Joseph’s Spanish Point) won gold in the junior boys’ 1,500m in Castleisland.

On day two in UL, he finished second to Sean Collins (St Flannan’s) in the mile, while Cathal O’Brien (Rice College) won the long jump, Alice Akers (Scariff CC), won gold in the intermediate girls’ hammer and she captured gold in the discus. Laura Power (Coláiste Muire Ennis) recorded four big wins when taking the 800m, 1,500m, 1,500m steeplechase and 3,000m. Rachel Clancy (Kilkee) won the triple jump, high jump and shot putt.

There was a big number of intermediate boys from Clare schools. Ronan Barry (St Flannan’s) won gold in the 400m; Kevin Mulcaire (St Flannan’s) won the 800m, 1,500m, 3,000m; Sean Collins (St Flannan’s) won the mile and 1,500m Steeplechase and Paraic McNamara (St Flannan’s) won gold in the long jump.

Kaderi Karimu (GaelCholáiste an Chláir) won the triple jump and Clare inter-county Minor Footballer Eoin Hanrahan (St Flannan’s) won both the shot putt and discus.

In the senior girls, there were big wins for Niamh Markham (St Flannan’s) in the 800m, ­Jessica O’Connor (Coláiste Muire Ennis) in the 400m hurdles and Claudia Loughnane (GaelCholáiste) in the 3,000m walk.
In the senior boys, there was gold for Cormac Lynch (St Flannan’s) in the 200m and silver in the 100m. Karl Fitzmaurice (St Pat’s, Shannon) won gold in the 5,000m and silver in the 2,000m steeplechase. Seamus McMahon (St Flannan’s) won gold in the hammer and discus, while Conor Foley Ellis (Kilmihil AC) and Gaelcholáiste Luimní) won gold in the shot putt and silver in the javelin.

Results
Minor girls
75m: hurdles: 2. Tara Bradley (Kilrush) (12:22). 800m: 2. Tara Bradley (Kilrush) (2.36:8). 1,500m: 3. Caoimhie Carmody (St Flannan’s) (5:38). Long jump: 2. Katie Taylor (Ennis Community School) (4.77m). Junior girls
800m: 1. Caoimhie Harvey (Kilkee) (2.27:4); 2. Aisling Kelly (St Joseph’s, Spanish Point) (2.29:1); 4. Elaine Shannon (Scoil Mhuire Ennistymon) (2:35). 1,500m: 1. Aisling Kelly (St Joseph’s Spanish Point) (4:57); 2. Caoimhie Harvey (Kilkee) (4:58). 1,200 walk: 1. Angharad Loughnane (GaelCholáiste Luimní (6:17). High jump: 2. Cliodhna Blake (St Michael’s Kilmihil) (1.50m); 3. Anna Courtney (Gaelcholáiste an Chláir (1.30m). Discus: 1. Angharad Loughnane (Gael Choláiste Luimni) (24.98m). Javelin: 1. Lauren McConway (Coláiste Muire Ennis) (13.16m); 3. Mia Hnrahan (St Flannan’s (11.62m). Triple jump: 2. Kate Taylor (Coláiste Muire Ennis) (8.69m). Shot putt: 1. Angharad Loughnane (Gael Choláiste Luimní) (8.78).

 

Intermediate girls
80m: hurdles: 2. Elaine Hayes (Coláiste Muire Ennis (15:39). 300m hurdles: 2. Rachel Clancy (Kilkee) (55:7). 800m: 1. Laura Power (Coláiste Muire Ennis) (2.32:4). 1,500m: 1. Laura Power (Coláiste Muire Ennis) (5:18). Mile: 1. Elaine Shannon (Scoil Mhuire Ennistymon) (6:04). 3,000m: 1. Laura Power (Coláiste Muire Ennis) (11:26); 2. Shannon O’Grady (Coláiste Muire Ennis) (13:02). 1,500m: steeplechase: 1. Laura Power (Coláiste Muire Ennis) (5:51). Triple jump: 1. Rachel Clancy (Kilkee) (8.83m). High jump: 1. Rachel Clancy (Kilkee) (1.50m). Shot putt: 1. Rachel Clancy (Kilkee) (6.96m). Discus: 1. Alice Akers (Scariff) (32.30m). Hammer: 1. Alice Akers (Scariff) (49.10m). Javelin: 2. Róisín Devane (Coláiste Muire Ennis) (12.17m). 4 x 100m: relay: 3. Coláiste Muire Ennis (56:20). Senior girls 400m hurdles: 1. Jessica O’Connor (Coláiste Muire Ennis) (77:7). 200m: 2. Aoife O’Gorman (Kilrush) (29:54). 400m: 2. Siobhán Nestor (Scoil Mhuire Ennistymon) (70:83). 800m: 1. Niamh Markham (St Flannan’s) (2.22:2). 3000m walk 1. Claudia Ní Lachnaian (Gael Choláiste Luimnigh) (17:29). 1,500m: 2. Muireann O’Shea (Coláiste Muire Ennis) (5:09); 3. Róisín Considine (Ennistymon Vocational School) (5:28). 3,000m: 3. Muireann O’Shea (Coláiste Muire Ennis) (11:10); 3. Róisín Considine (Ennistymon Vocational School). Javelin: 3. Jessica O’Connor (Coláiste Muire Ennis) (12.87m). High jump: 2. Jessica O’Connor (Coláiste Muire Ennis) (1.45m). Triple jump: 3. Muireann O’Shea (Coláiste Muire Ennis) (745m).

Minor boys
75m: hurdles: 1. Tony Odubote (Rice College) (1:61). 100m; 2. Tony Odubote (Rice College) (12:21). 200m: 2. Tony Odubote (Rice College) (24.73). 800m: 2. Patrick O’Rourke (Lisdoonvarna) (2.30:7); 1,500m: 1. Patrick O’Rourke (Lisdoonvarna) (4:55); 2. Donal Devane (St Flannan’s) (5:01). Shot putt: 1. Kevin Caulfield (St Joseph’s Tulla) (11 .13m).

Junior boys
1,500m: 1. Eoin Looney (St Joseph’s Spanish Point) (4:30); 3. Jamie Roche (St Flannan’s) (4.32:9). Long jump: 1. Cathal O’Brien (Rice College) (5.07m). Javelin: 2. Stephan Maher (St Flannan’s) (23.34m). Intermediate boys’ 400m: 1. Ronan Barry (St Flannan’s) (52:95); 3. Conail Ó Heinefein (Gael choláiste an Chláir) (55:57). 800m: 1. Kevin Mulcaire (St Flannan’s) (2.08:7). 1,500m: 1. Kevin Mulcaire (St Flannan’s) (4:23); 1. Sean Collins (St Flannan’s) (4:27). Mile: 1. Sean Collins (St Fannan’s) 4:59); 2. Eoin Looney (St Joseph’s Spanish Point) (5.00:00). 3,000m: 1. Kevin Mulcaire (St Flannan’s) (9.53:6); 2. Sean Collins (St Flannan’s) (9.54:2). 1,500m: steeplechase: 1. Sean Collins (St Flannan’s) (5:10). Long jump: 1. Paraic McNamara (St Flannan’s) (5.79m). Triple jump: 1. Kaderi Karimu (Gael Choláiste an Chláir) (12.01m). Shot putt: 1. Eoin ­Hanrahan (St Flannan’s) (12.70m). Discus: 1. Eoin Hanrahan (St Flannan’s) (36.75m). Senior boys’ 100m: 2. Cormac Lynch (St Flannan’s) (11.00:00). 200m: 1. Cormac Lynch (St Flannan’s) (22:7). 1,500m: 3. Stephen Rooney (Gael choláiste an Chláir (4:16). 5,000m: 1. Karl­ Fitzmaurice (St Pat’s Shannon) (17.20:3). 2,000m steeplechase: 2. Karl Fitzmaurice (St Pat’s Shannon) (6:47). Hammer: 1. Seamus McMahon (St Flannan’s) (40.40m). Discus: 1. Seamus McMahon (St Flannan’s) (27.78m); 2. ­Brian Foley Ellis (Gael Choláiste Luimní (22.13m). High jump: 3. Kennedy Boachie-Ansah (Gael Choláiste an Chláir) (1.70m). Long jump: 3. Sam Boyle Rice College (5.64m). Shot putt: 1. Conor Foley Ellis (Gael Choláiste Luimní) (10.83m); 2. Sam Boyle (Rice College) (10.27m). Javelin: 2. Conor Foley Ellis (Gael Choláiste Luimní) (33.19m).