By Sean Moriarty

Killarney Valley Athletic Club took home two silver medals in the high jump category in Athlone.

PODIUM: Ciara Kennelly also finished in second place in her high-jump competition taking a silver medal on a jump of 1.70m at the Irish Life Health National Junior and Under 23 Championships in Athlone. Photo: Kerry Athletics

Jordan Lee put in his best performance of the year so far with his 1.90-metre jump taking second place in the Under 23 class at the Irish Life Health National Junior and Under 23 Championships.

Clubmate Ciara Kennelly also finished in second place in her high-jump competition, taking a silver medal on a jump of 1.70m.

Also competing for Killarney Valley was Sam Griffin who was unlucky not to make the final of the junior long jump, missing out on a top-eight spot by just a few centimetres.

Killarney Valley had two other competitors in the junior race sprints section. Jason Lee represented the club in the 60-metre and John O’Connor was in action over the longer distance of 200 metres but they were both outside of the qualifying times for the final.

Jack O’Leary (Gneeveguilla) did make the final of the Junior 800m finishing in eighth place in a time of 2m 07s.
Meanwhile the Irish Life Health National Schools Cross Country Finals took place in Mallusk Playing Fields, near Belfast.

There was a large contingent from St Brendan’s College. Oisin Lynch finished 26th in the Intermediate Boys category while Ted O’Gorman came home in 60th place. The combined school team finished eighth.