Tag: Athletics

Munster Champion

Huge congratulations to first year Callum Keating on becoming Munster Schools Minor shot put champion recently with a winning throw of 14.96m. We are very proud of you !

Other results on the day were:

Callum Keating 1st place Shot Minor Boys
Megan Lenihan 1st Discuss Inter Girls
Megan Lenihan 2nd Javelin Inter Girls
Colm Galvin 3rd Javelin Senior Boys

Congratulations to Colm, Callum and Megan who will represent the school at National Level in Tullamore in June 2nd.

Well done to the following finishers also on the day;
Cormac Downes 6th 800m senior boys
Catherine Walsh 7th 800m junior girls
Brendan Harding 8th Discuss junior boys

Indoor Athletics

The Hazelwood Indoor Athletics team pictured after they took part in the Nenagh Indoor Championships. Also pictured is first Year student Callum Keating who took silver in the Minor Boys Shot Putt at the Nenagh Indoor Championships. This comes on the back of him setting a new Munster Record Over 15 Meters and taking gold in the Munster U15 Competition. Congrats on such a great achievement Callum.

Athletics News

Members of the Hazelwood College Athletics team who recently competed in the Nenagh Indoor Championships. L-R Megan Lenihan, Melissa Duggan, Ethan Kneipe and William Geoghan. Medalllists Megan, Ethan and William have now qualified to compete in the National Indoor Championships.

Athletics News

On Tuesday the 7th of March, the Hazelwood College athlete travelled to Neenagh Indoor Arena to compete in the Munster’s Indoor Schools Multi-Event Competition. All of the athletes did extremely well in their variety of events some of which included shot putt, long jump, 60m hurdles, 60m, 600m and 1200m. Our Medallists were Megan Lenihan and Máiríde Bennis. Megan came in a brilliant 2nd place in her competition – Junior Shot putt with a stunning new PB of 12.94m. Máiríde came in 2nd place in her Intermediate 60m Hurdles final, she also set a new PB.

The rest of the team did fantastically well but no one else was lucky enough to medal. Pictured are the Hazelwood College Athletics team involved. Back row (left to right): Vicky O’Connell, Aoibhann O’Keefe, Donagh McCarthy, Robert McCarthy, Jack McCarthy, Douglas Woolam, William Geoghan, Michael Brennan, Adam Sheahan and Brian O’Callaghan. Front row (back to front): Kiera Knipe, Emma O’Flynn, Molly McCarthy, May Junquera, Natalie Mason, Kevin Normoyle, Brendan Harding, Corey Knipe, Oliver O’Dell, Máiríde Bennis and Ethan Knipe. Missing from picture: Stephen McKensie, Jack Brennan, Megan Lenihan, Holly Beasley, Sophie Sheehan and Melissa Duggan.

Picture b: Recently, the Hazelwood College Athletics team travelled to Pallaskenry for the North Munster’s Schools’ Cross Country Competition. There were over 500 competitors there on the day. Eimear Lenihan came in the top 10 in her race and qualified for the all-Irelands. Seven other people came in the top 30 of their race but were not lucky enough to qualify. Pictured are (left to right): Michael Brennan, Ciaran O’Flynn, Jack O’Neill and Ethan Knipe.

Picture c: Hazelwood College students (from left to right): Megan Lenihan, Valerie Shanahan and Aoibhann O’Keefe who participated in the North Munster Schools’ Cross Country Competition as part of the Hazelwood College Athletics team.

Picture d: Hazelwood College first year students make their debut at the North Munster Schools’ Cross Country Competition are pictured at the recent meet in Pallaskenry. Pictured are (from left to right): May Junquera, Emma O’Flynn, Kiera Knipe and Natalie Mason

Picture e: Hazelwood College first year boys making their debut at the recent Pallaskenry meet of the North Munster Schools’ Cross Country Competition as part of the Hazelwood College Athletics team. Pictured are (from right to left) Kevin Normoyle, Brendan Harding, Brian O’Callaghan, Oliver O’Dell and Donagh McCarthy.

Picture f: Jack Brennan first year Hazelwood College prepares to make his debut at the North Munster’s Schools’ Cross Country Competition at the recent meet in Pallaskenry.

Orienteering News

Hazelwood College Orienteering Going the Distance

Recently, 32 students from Hazelwood College travelled to Farran Forest Park for the Munster’s Schools Orienteering Competition Course 1.

In the Post Junior Cert boys Douglas Woolam was the first to finish with a brilliant time of 44:04mins He was closely followed by Jack McCarthy and William Geoghegan with a time of 45:58 and 50:17 respectfully.

Jack Walmsley was the first to finish out of Hazelwood in the 2nd/3rd year boys category. He finished with a time of 50:38mins. Keith Falvey was close on his tail with a time of 52.34.

In the 2nd/3rd year girls Chloe Fitzgibbon finished with a time of 43:40. Sophie Sheehan, Melissa Duggan and Megan Lenihan finished with times of 47:44, 51:03 and 53:18 respectively

In the 1st year boys Brian O’Callaghan came in 5th place with a brilliant time of 17:00mins. Ciarán O’Sullivan finished in 13th place with a time of 26:40. Shortly after Stephen Long, Mark Kelly, Luke Walsh, Conor Hennan, Iain Kelly, Michael Noonan and Séan Magner finished with times of 28:53, 31:41, 33:31, 40:04, 40:12, 43:00 and 43:02 respectively

In the 1st year girls Ciara Knipe finished in 8th place with a time of 20:54. She was closely followed by Vicky O’Conell, Molly McCarthy, Emily Lynch and Emma O’Flynn with times of 22:17, 24:00, 30:00 and 31:51.
Overall Hazelwood had a successful Day in their first day out orienteering!

(by Mairíde Bennis, Transition Year)

Hazelwood Athletics Excellence

Recently, the athletes from Hazelwood College travelled to the Demense in Newcastle West for the first cross country race of the year. Hazelwood College’s Athletics team were very successful.

In the U14 Girls’ Competition Megan Lenihan came in a brilliant 1st place closely followed by Molly McCarthy in 3rd, Valerie Shanahan 4th, Emma O’Flynn 5th, and Emily Lynch 6th. The U14 Girls’ team secured first place overall.

In the U14 Boys’ team Daniel O Connor came in 5th place flowed closely by Oliver O’Dell in 6th and Steven Mckenzie in 7th. Brendan Harding, Kevin Normoyle and Brian O’Callaghan came in 13th, 14th and 17th place respectively. The U14 Boys’ team came in place 2nd overall.

The U18 Girls’ team came a brilliant 1st place with their members: Eimear Lenihan, Megan Lenihan, Andrea Garcia and Lorna Donegan came in 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th places respectfully.

The U18 Boys’ team claimed a silver team medal. Michael Brennan led home this team in a brilliant 3rd place against some stiff competition. Douglas Woolam came in 5th, Jack McCarthy 7th, Corey Knipe 10th, Ethan Knipe 12th and William Geoghegan 14th

Overall it was a great day out for the athletes!

(by Mairíde Bennis, Transition Year)

Athletics News Roundup

Shining Silver Success

It has been a busy start to the semester for the athletes of Hazelwood College, competing on the provincial, national and even international arenas as they arena.

To start with, the most noteworthy Hazelwood athlete is Noelle Lenihan. Noelle, a fifth year student in Hazelwood travelled to Doha in Qatar to compete in the World Para Games in the discus. Travelling out to Doha, her personal best in the discus was just over 30m, which saw her ranked third in the world rankings. Noelle, accompanied by her father and coach and Dave Mc Sweeney, got a week to practice in Doha leading up to the games. During this week, Noelle indicated that things were looking good with consistent throws in the range of her personal best. This put her in good fettle for the competition. On the day of the competition Noelle, described as being as cool as a breeze, showed none of the normal nerves with a first international competition. Her first throw was a personal best just over 31m, putting her in second place. He second round throw of 31.68m was her furthest throw, cementing her silver medal. A silver medal at a world championship is a massive achievement, but what makes this even more impressive was that Noelle was competing against senior athletes. She was the youngest in the competition, by far. On top of this, her silver medal throw was a world record for her classification.

Hazelwood College wishes to extend Noelle and her family huge congratulations on her achievement. On the provincial front,

Hazelwood College sent a team of four athletes to the Munster Schools’ Combined Events Finals. Jack McCarthy competed in junior boys’ competition. This was his first time competing in combined events. The events for the boys included the 60m hurdles, long jump, shot putt, 200m and the 800m. Jack competed well, getting personal bests in the 60m hurdles, long jump and 800m, ultimately finishing fourteenth out of a field of fifty three.

Kevin O’Leary and Ethan Knipe competed in the intermediate boys’ competition. Both boys recorded more than one personal best in their competitions, Ethan ran a time of 28.7s for his 200m, taking one second off his personal best. Kevin recorded 3 personal bests, including 8.38m in the shot, 26.8 in the 200m and 2.35 in the 800m. These results placed Ethan and Kevin in 17th and 9th place respectively, out of a field of 32. With a further season of training under their belts, they will surely contend for medals next year.

Laoise Bennis competed in the senior girls’ competition. Although she was not in top form, due to missing training due to injury, she still did enough to secure the gold medal and qualification for the national combined events final in Athlone. The extra couple of weeks training between the Munsters and the Nationals stood to Laoise. She was able to improve her measure in the high jump to 1.52m and her long jump to 4.40m to put her in contention for the gold medal. However lack of time to train over hurdles and shot saw the leader open a gap that was going to be hard to catch. Going into the 800m, Laoise was in second place needing to beat the girl in first place by 20 seconds. She went out hard in the 800m, opening a lead of 7 seconds. However the leader spotted the gap and worked her way back onto Laoise’s shoulder to just pass her on the line. This meant that Laoise would have to settle for silver. It is worth mentioning that this is the first ever National Secondary School medal won by a Hazelwood College Athlete. Considering the form and improvements made by other Hazelwood athletes, this will not be the last.