Leinster Juvenile Track & Field 2026

Leinster Day 6 and 7

The final weekend of the Leinster Track and Field Championships showcased numerous New Championship Records, massive PB’s across both track and field, and for a select few the highlight was achieving U18 European Standards for their gallant efforts. Kilkenny City Harriers Kate Maher was one such athlete to achieve the U18 European Standard in the 400m on Saturday. Kate had an incredible run on the day, running 55.41 to set a new PB and run under the Athletics Ireland standard of 55.60 for the Girls 400m. Kate placed 2^nd behind Aisling Slevin Rataoth, with both girls also running faster than the previous championship record of 57.20 that was set back in 2023. Kate then returned on Sunday for the 200m, where she set another new PB of 24.87 to take the win, but just missed out on breaking the championship record of 24.74 that was set way back in 2012 by fellow KCH sprinter Cliodhna Manning. There was incredible success for the County as a whole with 23 gold, 20 silver, 23 bronze and 21 4^th place finishes won over the two days. The majority of those of placed in top 4 will now progress onto the National Championships at the end of the month, with the exception of some younger events that are provincials only. There were notable performances from many of the athletes including Tom Doherty St. Joseph’s and Daniel Greene KCH who medalled in the both the 800m and 1500, Tom won 1^st in U14 1500m and 3^rd in the U14 800m, while Daniel won 1^st in all three events U15 300m, 800m and 1500m. Luke Hanlon Thomastown added to his combined medal from last week with another in the boys U12 60mH. St. Senan’s walkers all performed exceptionally with all 4 taking gold in their respective races, U13 Ailbhe Ni Dhubhda, U14 Ellie May Aylward, U15 Tadhg O’Callaghan and U17 Kerry Widger. For Gowran the pole vault podium turned red and white with gold for U15 Sean Farrell, U18 Aoibhlinn Steger and U19 James Kelsey.  Joey Nolan Nuenna was back jumping in the U14 high jump on Sunday and although he narrowly missed out on a medal he will qualify for Nationals with his 4^th place finish. Brow Rangers throwers were dominant on both days with both Leah Hennessy and Sophie O’Neill winning two medals and a 4^th place each. Leah won 1^st in discus, 3^rd shot put, and 4^th hammer, while Sophie won two bronze in discus and hammer and 4^th place finish in shot put. Well done to all the athletes on their performances and achievements and best of luck to all those who head to the Nationals in Tullamore at the end of the month. Full results below:

BH Barrow Harriers, BR Brow Rangers, CC Castlecomer, G Gowran, KCH Kilkenny City Harriers, NU Nuenna, SS St. Senans’s, SJ St. Joseph’, TT Thomastown 

Full results:

Walks

U13 Girls 1^st Ailbhe Ni Dhubhda SS, 3^rd Caoimhe Malone KCH,

U13 Boys 1^st Darragh Glynn G, 2^nd Cillian Maher KCH

U14 Girls 1^st Ellie Mae Aylward SS, 3^rd Robyn Goodwin G

U15 Boys 1^st Tadhg O’Callaghan SS

U17 Girls 1^st Kerry Widger SS

U19 Girls 1^st Lily Ryan SJ,

80m/100m Sprints

U14 Girls Final Beibhinn O’Brien KCH, H1 6^th Madeline Kemple KCH, H2 4^th Riane McKeever KCH,

U14 Boys Final 1^st Elvis Urbstas SJ, 5^th Nicky Cleere KCH,

U15 Girls H1 6^th Ruby Ann Mullen BR, H3 4^th Zoe Kelly G, 7^th Hannah Phelan G,

U15 Boys Final 7^th Marcus Lyons KCH

U16 Girls Final 2^nd Jasmine Timmons McEneaney KCH, 4^th Ella Sorohan KCH

6^th Mia Brennan KCH

U16 Boys Final 3^rd Fiach Crowley KCH, H2 5^th Aidan Malone KCH

U17 Girls Final 4^th Zoe Beck

U18 Boys Final 7^th Charlie Lyons KCH

200m Sprint

U14 Girls Final 5^th Beibhinn O’Brien KCH, H1 3^rd Julia Daly KCH,

U14 Boys Final 8^th Nicky Cleere KCH, H2 7^th Cillian Andrews KCH

U15 Girls H2 6^th Ava Egan,

U15 Boys Final 4^th Marcus Lyons KCH

U16 Girls Final 3^rd Ella Sorohan KCH, 4^th Jasmine Timmons McEneaney KCH, H2 Holly Kelly G

U16 Boys Final 4^th Fiach Crowley KCH

U17 Boys Final 3^rd Eoghan O’Farrell KCH

U18 Girls Final 1^st Kate Maher KCH

U18 Boys Final 3^rd Charlie Lyons KCH, H1 5^th Kyle Bolger SJ

1500m

U14 Girls 10^th Maeve O’Shea KCH

U14 Boys 1^st Tom Doherty, 9^th Eoghan Buckley KCH

U15 Boys 1^st Daniel Greene KCH

U17 Girls 2^nd Sinead Cormack KCH

U17 Boys 3^rd Zak Fenton SS   

U18 Boys 7^th Finn O’Neill SS

U19 Boys 3^rd Conor Ryan KCH

300m/400m Sprint

U15 Boys 1^st Daniel Greene KCH

U16 Girls 3^rd Maria Kraljevic KCH, 9^th Ellie Doran G

U17 Boys 1^st Patrick Wall KCH, 3^rd Eoghan O’Farrell KCH, 6^th Danny Direen KCH

U18 Girls 2^nd Kate Maher KCH

U18 Boys 2^nd Victor Lamph KCH

U19 Boys 4^th H1 James Kelsey G

Hurdles

U12 Girls H2 8^th Cara Robinson KCH, H3 5^th Isabelle Hoyne KCH,

U12 Boys Final 2^nd Luke Hanlon TT, H1 6^th Rhys Hetherington CC

U13 Girls H4 3^rd Jessica Mackey TT

U13 Boys 2^nd Daniel McIntyre KCH

U14 Girls Final 4^th Ellen Ryan KCH, H2 6^th Raine McKeever KCH,

U15 Girls H1 6^th Ava Egan KCH, H2 4^th Ruby Ann Mullen BR

U16 Girls Final 2^nd Mia Brennan KCH, 3^rd Kelly Charters KCH

U19 Boys Final 2^nd James Kelsey G

Long hurdles

U17 Boys 1^st Patrick Wall KCH, 3^rd Danny Direen KCH

U18 Boys 2^nd Victor Lamph KCH

800m Middle Distance

U14 Boys Final 3^rd Tom Doherty SJ, 11^th Eoghan Buckley KCH

U15 Boys Final 1^st Daniel Greene KCH,

U16 Girls Final 6^th Amelia O’Brien KCH, 9^th Katie Byrne KCH

U17 Girls Final 4^th Sinead Cormack KCH

U17 Boys Final 5^th Lewis Morgan SS

U19 Boys Final 5^th Conor Ryan KCH

3000m

U17 Boys 7^th Gearoid Farrell G

Inter County Relay Girls U15 5^th Zoe Kelly G, Niamh Brockett TT, Ruby Ann Mullen BR, Beibhinn O’Brien KCH

Seated Throws

U17 Alex Donnellan Gowran 1^st Shot Put, 1^st Javelin, 1^st Discus

Long Jump

U12 Girls 25^th Isabelle Hoyne KCH, 27^th Cara Robinson KCH, 29^th Lauren Maher TT,

U12 Boys 23^rd Daire O’Shea KCH

U13 Girls 8^th Sarah Collins TT, 9^th Jessica Mackey TT, 12^th Ella Jasinghe TT, 18^th Caoimhe Malone KCH,

U13 Boys 6^th Daniel McIntye KCH, 7^th Zachary Marc KCH, 12^th Conor Lawrence Delaney KCH, 14^th Issac Burns KCH, 15^th Cillian Maher KCH, 17^th Sam Cuddihy KCH, 23^rd Kang O’Gorman

U15 Girls 20^th Hannah Phelan G

U15 Boys 6^th Ruadhan Canadas SJ

U16 Girls 5^th Mia Brennan KCH

U16 Boys 4^th Fiach Crowley KCH

U17 Girls 10^th Zoe Beck KCH 

U18 Boys 7^th Kyle Bolger SJ

Triple Jump

U14 Girls 7^th Caitlyn Keys TT

U14 Boys 4^th Cian Larkin G

U16 Boys 4^th Jack O’Neill KCH

High Jump

U14 Boys 4^th Joey Nolan Nu, 9^th Aidan Banville Nu

U15 Girls 8^th Ava Hogan SS,

U16 Girls 2^nd Kelly Charters KCH

Pole Vault

U14 Girls 4^th Madeline Kemple KCH

U15 Boys 1^st Sean Farrell G

U18 Girls 1^st Aoibhlinn Steger G

U19 Boys 1^st James Kelsey G

Shot Put

U14 Girls 5^th Teagin Mtinsi KCH, 11^th Abi O’Neill BR,

U14 Boys 6^th Mason Phelan G

U16 Girls 11^th Lauren Larkin G

U17 Girls 3^rd Leah Hennessy BR, 4^th Sophie O’Neill BR,

U17 Boys 3^rd Robert Patterson BR

U18 Boys 4^th Adam Dunne BR, 6^th Jack Gardiner G

U19 Boys 1^st Sean Darcy BR

Javelin/ Turbo Jav 

U12 Boys 8^th Toby Walsh BH, 17^th Rhys Hetherington CC

U13 Boys 3^rd Daniel Quinn KCH, 4^th Bryan Og Brennan G, 5^th Issac Burns KCH, 10^th Darragh Glynn G, 12^th Zachary Marc KCH, 13^th Cillian Maher KCH, 15^th Kang O’Gorman BR

U14 Boys 3^rd Mason Phelan G, 12^th Noah Kenny G

U16 Boys 3^rd Oren Denieffe G

U19 Boys 1^st Daire Casey Power SS

Hammer

U14 Girls 2^nd Abi O’Neill BR

U15 Girls 4^th Laoise Glynn G, 5^th Zoe Kelly G

U17 Girls 3^rd Sophie O’Neill BR, 4^th Leah Hennessy BR, 5^th Anna Kelsey G

U18 Girls 4^th Doireann Haughney BR

U14 Boys 2^nd Leon Kelly BR

U15 Boys 4^th Adam Shortall G

U16 Boys 1^st Jack O’Neill KCH, 3^rd Landon Ryan KCH

U17 Boys 1^st Robert Patterson BR

Discus

U14 Girls 5^th Abi O’Neill BR,

U15 Girls 4^th Laoise Glynn G, 7^th Siobhan O’Shea KCH

U17 Girls 1^st Leah Hennessy BR, 2^nd Anna Kelsey G, 3^rd Sophie O’Neill BR

U18 Girls 2^nd Doireann Haughney BR

U19 Girls 2^nd Meabh O’Donovan BR

U14 Boys 2^nd Leon Kelly BR, 4^th Mason Phelan G

U15 Boys 4^th Michael Kelly G, 5^th Adam Shortall G

U16 Boys 2^nd Harry Sixsmith G, 3^rd Jack O’Neill KCH,

U17 Boys 4^th Robert Patterson BR

U18 Boys 2^nd Adam Dunne BR, 5^th Jack Gardiner G