The annual Cavan County Track and Field Championships, including Children’s Games, were held in gorgeous sunshine on Sunday 11th May in Shercock. We were blessed not only with the weather but with a truly exceptional day from our athletes. Not only was it the biggest turnout we have ever had, but it was the most successful too.

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We had medals and winners across all sprints, distance, jumps and throwing events from Under 9s up to Senior and Masters. Well done to everyone who took part in the event, particularly to those competing for the first time today.
 

Our youngest athletes were in action in the sprints, distance and turbojavelin, with Layla Denneny claiming the silver medal in the under 9 turbojav with a throw of 5.83m. Ollie Dowd lead home Rian Reilly in the 60m sprint, while later in the day Rian went one better and won the 300m with Sean Lynch in second. Sean was again second in the turbojavelin with a best effort of 12.09m. The under 9 team won the gold medal in their relay.
 

In the under 10 events, Jessica Hannan won the 60m dash, before going on to do the double with victory in the 500m race, with Robyn Everett in second and Saoirse Tully in fourth. Maisie O’Hare was the winner of the turbojavelin with a best throw of 11.33m, with Robyn in third place on 6.79m.

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Oisin Reilly and Louis Kelly were second and third in the 60m, with Oisin also second in the 500m, while in the turbojavelin Caiden Smith’s throw of 14.05m saw him finish in first place. In the relays, the boy’s team finished in second place, while the girls team were the winners of their race.

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In her first event for the club, Ella Denneny picked up two medals on the track, with second in the 60m and third in the 600m race. While in the turbojavelin it was a clean sweep of the podium for Innyvale with Molly Fitzpatrick’s throw of 11.54m winning from Navah O’Donoghue in second (9.08m) and Airida Urbonaite in third place (8.57m). The girls relay team were third in their 4x100m race.

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Oisin Tully was the winner of the 600m race, while Lincoln Coventry won the turbojavelin event with a best throw of 13.69m. Oisin picked up the bronze medal in the same event with a best throw of 12.29m, with Kyle Galligan and Max Manning both finishing in the top 5 on 9.83m and 9.69m. Javed Brady showed much improved form in the long jump, reaching a new personal best of 2.91m, just missing out on a medal in a very tight contest. The boys team of Javed, Oisin, Lincoln and Cian Lynch were second in their relay race.

In the U12 events, Katie Hannan was in superb form, taking three gold medals with wins in the 60m, 600m and shot putt, throwing 6.89m. Evie Callery Tracey was the winner of the long jump, leaping 3.42m, and was second in both the 600m and 60m races. Finn Briody and Charlie Reilly were second and third in their 60m race, with Charlie going on to win the 600m race. It was a pair of silver medals for Caolan Brady who finished second in the 600m and long jump, with Finn taking the bronze medal in the long jump. 

James Farrelly was unlucky to miss out on a medal in the long jump, where he lept 3.37m and finished fourth in the 600m. Pio Beardmore was the winner of the high jump, having cleared a height of 0.95m. Pio also finished third in the shot putt with a best effort of 4.77m. Jackson Everett collected a silver medal in the turbojavelin thanks to a best throw of 17.17m and he went on to win the shot putt with a best of 8.29m.

The boys relay team picked up the gold medal.

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On track in the under 13s, Jamie Condon was the winner of the 600m, pipping Kayla Smith in second place, while Íosa Lynch was the winner of the 60m hurdles. Íosa also won the long jump (3.84m), holding off a strong challenge from Íosa Brady who claimed second with a best of 3.75m. Jamie was the winner of the high jump, reaching 1.10m in fewer attempts than Íosa Brady who reached the same height but had to settle for second place. Sara Pusmucane was third on 1.05m, but she went one better in the shot putt, taking second place courtesy of a throw of 7.07m. Neasa Smith was fourth, sending the 2kg shot out to 6.41m. We had two relay teams in the u13 girls, finishing in second and third places.

Zoe Hogan won the U14 80m and 200m sprints, while Kaitlin Shaw collected three gold medals with wins in the javelin (20.32m), shot putt (9.02m) and discus (23.64m). The relay team picked up the gold medal in their event. In the boys events, Conor Smith won the 800m and set new personal bests in the shot putt (6.61m) and long jump (3.07m), picking up gold and bronze respectively.

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In the under 15 girls the spring distance increases to 100m and Emer Briody was our winner here with Isabella Condon in third place. Emer went again a short time later in the 80m hurdles where she collected another gold medal. Isabella prevented Emer from getting all three sprint medals however, winning the 200m while Emer had to settle for second place. Mella Brady started her day with a gold medal in the high jump, leaping 1.20m, before going on to finish second in the 800m and long jump, reaching 3.74m. Saoirse Lynch was the winner of the shot putt, throwing 6.55m and together the four girls were the winning relay team.

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First in action were the senior and masters (over 35s) athletes. Molly Lynch was the winner of the senior women’s 3000m race, with Triona Graham and Kate Smith finishing first and second in the masters 3K. Etienne Beardmore picked up the gold medal in the senior 400m, while Brendan Tully won the masters men 3K. In the field events, Des Mulvey was the winner of the senior discus, javelin and shot putt while Simon Nulty was the winner of the high jump and long jump.

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Well done once again to everyone and thank you to all the coaches and parents for your ongoing support. Thank you also to all those who volunteered on the day as officials, without whom the events would not be possible.

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For provisional results click here, and photos can be found in our Flickr gallery here.