Record Medal Haul At Munster Schools
he Munster Schools Athletics Championships is one of the most eagerly anticipated events in the schools athletics calendar. With straight finals and only two athletes to qualify for the All Ireland Schools in June, the stakes are always high.
Niamh Hynes got the day off to a terrific start with a lifetime best in the 300m hurdles final.
Ivana O’ Carroll had a super run in the Senior Girls 400m which was one of the fastest races of the day.
Jake Barkley clinched a super silver medal in the Junior long jump with a fine leap of 5.19m.
Raymond O’Brien took a tremendous win in the Junior boys shot putt and followed that up with a fine 4th place finish in the Junior discus.
Meabh Purtill finished 3rd in the Senior girls 200 and won a very impressive senior long jump with a final round jump of 5.37cm.
Emer Purtill set not one but two new Intermediate Munster Schools records - the only 2 records broken on the day. Emer launched the shot putt out to an impressive 14.80m+ throw and fired the Javelin in excess of 44m. Emer has now secured qualification for the Tailteann Games where she will battle it out for a place on the Intermediate Schools International Team.
North Munster Day 2 Athletics
Day two of the North Munsters took place in Castle Island once again where the good luck continued for our athletes. 28 medals were won over the two days of competition for our athletes. Athletics is growing quickly in our school and we can't wait to watch it continue to grow over the next few years. Below are results from day two and we wish our students the very best of luck in the upcoming Munster Championships.
Senior girls relay - Gold
Inter girls relay - Silver
Minor boys relay - Silver
Senior boys relay - bronze
Olivia Tobin - Minor girls 100m gold
Robert Purtill - Minor 75m hurdles silver
Jake barclay - 200m minor 3rd, javelin minor 3rd, long jump minor 2nd
Eoin Murphy - Senior high jump Gold
Paul Corcoran - Senior high jump Silver
Gyte A - Junior Shot Putt gold
Riain Fitzpatrick - Senior Shot Putt gold
Marcel Jen - Senior Javelin Senior
Meabh Purtill - Senior Long jump silver
Meabh Purtill - Senior 200m gold
Emer Purtill - Inter shot putt gold + record
Emer Purtill - Inter Javelin gold + record
North Munster Day 1 Athletics
The highlight of the athletics calendar is always the North Munster Athletics and our athletes got off to a super start this year on day 1.
Minor boys long jump- Jake Barkley silver
Junior boys discus- Raymond O'Brien silver
Junior boys shott putt -Raymond O'Brien gold(I might have them the wrong way around)
Minor girls 100m - Olivia Tobin silver
Junior girls shot - Gyte Andrijauskaite silver
Intermediate girls 300m and 300m hurdles- Niamh Hynes bronze in both
Senior girls 400m - Ivana O'Carroll bronze
LCETB Sports Day Success
Well done to our athletics team who claimed a super second place at the annual LCETB sports day in Newcastle West. They brought home the plate for the second year in a row, missing out on the victory by 1 point. Brilliant to see 51 students participating across a wide range of events.
International Success For Purtill Sisters
Congrats to Meabh and Emer Purtill who competed for Ireland at the schools International combined events in Glasgow.
Emer produced a brilliant performance to take individual gold with a pb of 3578 points and taking Ireland to silver in the junior girls team event.
Meabh also had a great day helping the Intermediate girls secure another gold for Ireland in the team event.
It is only the 4th time that there has been two athletes from the same school on the schools international in the same academic year.
At the Munster School Combind Events Emer won the junior age group with a new Munster record. Meabh finished a brilliant third in a very competitive intermediate.
Robert Purtill finished 8th in minor and was a year out of age.
North Munster Schools Cross Country 2025
2023/2024
Trainings 4:15 to 5pm on the Astro in Mungret! All welcome!
LCETB Schools Sports Day 2nd Place 2024
Huge congratulations to Emer Purtill who won gold in the Minor girls schools multi-events competition in Nenagh setting a new ‘Munster Schools Record’ in the process - an amazing performance!