19/05/2026
Cavan Children's Games & County Track & Field Championships
The annual County Track & Field Championships and Children’s Games were held in Shercock on Sunday 10th May, with a strong squad from Under 9 – 15s and senior and master athletes representing Innyvale in a variety of sprints, distance running, relays, throws and jumping events.
In the Under 9 events, Phoebe Thunder Peet made an impressive debut for the club with a pair of bronze medals in the 60m sprint and the 300m race. Katelyn Denneny was second in the 300m and fifth in the long jump with a best leap of 2.04m. Molly O’Hare was fourth in the same event, jumping 2.10m and was the winner of the turbojavelin event with a best throw of 9.79m. Erin Shanaghy was fifth in the 300m race, while in the boys events, Rueben Conaty finished his 300m event inside the top six. Ronan Farrelly took third place in the sprint, with brother Evan taking third in the 300m. The boys were first and second in the turbojavelin, with Evan winning thanks to a throw of 11.93m and Ronan second with 8.92m.
The girls relay team of Phoebe, Molly, Katelyn and Layla Everett finished their 4x100m race in second place. We didn’t have a full team for a boys relay but Evan and Ronan formed part of a mixed club team which won the gold medal in the race.
In the under 10 events, Charlie Lynch was the bronze medallist in the 500m race. Charlie also picked up a silver medal in the turbojavelin where he threw 13.52m, with Sean Lynch winning the event thanks to a best throw of 15.07m. Anna Campbell was third in the 60m race, while Taylor McCabe was also third in the 500m event. Layla Denneny was the gold medal winner in the turbojavelin, throwing a new personal best of 9.88m.
Sean, Charlie, Evan and Ronan ran well in the relay to pick up a set of silver medals for their team, while in the girls event, Taylor, Anna, Phoebe and Layla matched the boys and took second place in their relay.
Innyvale was well represented in the final of the U11 girls 60m, with Robyn Everett, Robyn McCabe and Jessica Hannan all reaching the final. It was a tight race but Jessica finished in second place. Things were just as tight in the turbojavelin, with Maisie O’Hare taking second place with 10.92m, just ahead of Jessica who threw 10.75m to take third. Saoirse Tully was extremely close behind in fourth with a new personal best of 10.65m, while Robyn Everett was sixth on 9.85m. In the long jump there were also personal bests for Maisie in sixth place (2.53m) and Robyn McCabe whose best of 2.85m earned her a bronze medal. The girls team of the two Robyns, Saoirse and Jessica won the gold medal in their relay.
In the U12 events, Noah Crowe picked up a bronze medal in the 60m sprint, while Oran Campbell finished second in the long jump, reaching 3.03m. Oisin Tully was the winner of the 600m race and the turbojavelin, throwing 16.40m. Lincoln Coventry was second in this event with a best of 15.20m and there was more to come from the pair in the shot putt, where Oisin finished second on 6.39m and Lincoln was third, having thrown the 2kg weight 5.52m. The relay team of Oisin, Lincoln, Oran and Noah won their 4x100m race.
In the girls events, Ella Denneny won the gold medal for the turbojavelin, throwing 12.34m, with Navah O’Donohue in second place on 9.53m and Airida Urbonaite in fifth on 8.26m. Their relay team, consisting of Ella, Navah, Airida and Maisie O’Hare, finished in second place.
The Under 13 events, the boys 600m race was won by James Farrelly, while Jackson Everett was the winner of the javelin with 20.99m and again in the shot putt where he threw 9.14m. The quartet of James, Jackson, Noah Crowe and Oisin Tully finished second in their relay.
Evie Callery Tracey was the winner of a tight 80m sprint and also collected silver in the long jump thanks to a best jump of 3.58m. Katie Hannan was the gold medallist in both the 600m race and the shot putt, sending the 2kg shot out to 8.17m. Aoibhinn Ferrelly won the 60m hurdles race, while the three girls were joined by Ella Denneny for the relay, with the team winning the race.
Moving on to the U14 girls, Riley Condon was the bronze medallist in the 80m sprint, while Íosa Lynch was the winner of the 75m hurdles. Jamie Condon and Sophie Lynch were second and third in the 800m, with Sophie also taking third place in the javelin, throwing 9.85m and the long jump, reaching 3.05m. Maia Reilly was the gold medal winner in the javelin, throwing 15.26m and she also finished third in the high jump, clearing 1.10m. Íosa Lynch won the long jump with a best of 3.95m and Jamie Condon cleared 1.25m to win the high jump. Sophie, Maia, Riley and Íosa were the silver medal winning relay team.
Kaitlin Shaw was the winner of the shot putt (9.76m) and javelin (28.46m) in the U15s, and she also won the U16 discus with a best throw of 22.90m. Kayla O’Reilly was the gold medallist in both the 100m and 400m senior women’s events, while Des Mulvey was the winner of the senior men’s shot putt, throwing 12.00m.
Well done to all our athletes, especially those taking part in their first competition, whether they set a new personal best, got a medal or just achieved personal goals and enjoyed taking part in the event. The Cavan competition season is over until after summer, so our next events will be Ulster on 31st May in Finn Valley Centre, Stranolar, Co. Donegal for U9-13s and 6/7th June for U14-19s in Mary Peters Track, Belfast.
Simon Nulty