Mercy Secondary School Mounthawk has consistently been at the very top of Munster and Irish school’s athletics, with both boys and girls teams winning extensive provincial, national and international honours.
“Remember, the feeling you get from a good run is far better than the feeling you get from sitting around wishing you were running.” – Sarah Condor
2019 Track and Field Results and Pictures
International Schools:
This year we had two athletes represent Ireland at the SIAB’s International Track and Field Championship in Scotland.
- Cillian Griffin ran the third leg of the silver medal winning 4x100m relay, and placed 4th in the 100m sprint final.
- Luke O Carroll placed 4th in the Long Jump, jumping an impressive 6.85m.
National Schools Athletics Finals in Thurles:
- 2 Gold for Mervyn Shalemba in the Inter 100m and 200m
- Gold for Sen Boys Relay team
- Gold for Luke O’Carroll in Sen long jump
- Bronze for Orla O’Reilly in Senior 200m
Munster Schools:
- 30 Medals
- Girls relay record
Munster Schools indoor Athletics Finals :
- 9 medals
North Munsters:
- 75 Medals
Kerry Track and field:
- Best Boys Track and Field School
- Best Girls Track and Field School
- 89 medals
Well done to all and their coaches!
In the 2017 -2018 season, students from Mercy Mounthawk have won 45 medals at Provincial and Nationa
l levels. Our Intermediate boys 4 x 100 m relay team has been invited to represent Munster in the prestigious Tailteann Irish School’s Interprovincial at Morton Stadium, Santry on Saturday 23 rd June 2018. Basit Oyebanji has been invited to be part of the 4 x 400m squad and the 400 m sprint, Mervyn Shalemba has been invited to represent his province in the 200 m, Cillian Griffin has been invited to compete in the 100m and Luke O Carroll has been invited to represent Munster in the long jump. Well done to all on a fantastic year of running, throwing and jumping.
2018 Track and Field Results and Pictures

Basit Oyebanji, Cillian Griffin, Mervyn Shalemba, Luke O Carroll
ALL – IRELANDS:
Venue: Tullamore Harriers Club Date: 02/06/18
Major Achievements:
Intermediate Boys broke the national 4x100m relay record with a time of 43.19
Gold Medallists:
- Mervyn Shalemba (Relay)
- Luke O Carroll (Relay)
- Basit Oyebanji (Relay)
Diana Nagle, Ciara McCarthy, Rachel Bowler, Orla O Reilly
- Cillian Griffin (Relay)
Bronze Medallists:
- Cillian Griffin (100m)
- Mervyn Shalemba (200m)
- Darragh Courtney (High Jump)
- Diana Nagle (Relay)
- Rachel Bowler (Relay)
- Orla O Reilly (Relay)
- Ciara McCarthy (Relay)
MUNSTER:
Venue: An Riocht Castleisland Date: 19/05/18

Cillian Griffin, Luke O Carroll, Oisin Spillane, Basit Oyebanji, Mervyn Shalemba, Aaron Malik
Major Achievements:
- Senior girls relay team broke the 4x300m relay record with a time of 2.56.56
- Intermediate boys team won best overall intermediate boys school in Munster
Gold Medallists:
- Kirby Anne Ryan (Shot)
- Cillian Griffin (100m, Relay)
- Mervyn Shalemba (200m, Relay)
- Basit Oyebanji (Relay)
- Luke O Carroll (Relay)
- Diana Nagle (Relay)
- Rachel Bowler (Relay)
- Orla O Reilly (Relay)
- Ciara McCarthy (Relay)
Silver Medallists:

Our All Ireland Squad:
Back: Cathal Fitzgibbon, Darragh Courtney, Basit Oyebanji, Cillian Griffin, Luke O Carroll, Mervyn Shalemba, Oisin Spillane.
Front: Aaron Malik, Diana Nagle, Ciara McCarthy, Aine O Shea , Rachel Bowler, Orla O Reilly, Conor Morrison O Brien
- Aine O Shea (Shot)
- Aaron Malik (Discus, 400m Hurdles, Relay)
- Oisin Spillane (3000m)
- Darragh Courtney (Relay)
- Louis Byrne (Relay)
- Cathal Fitzgibbon (Relay)
- Rachel Bowler (Long Jump)
- Lauren O Grady (Discus)
- Dovydas Baltonis (Shot)
Bronze Medallists:
- Kirby Anne Ryan (Discus)
- Rebecca Falvey (Long Jump)
- Rachel Bowler (Triple Jump)
- Dovydas Baltonis (Hammer)
- Darragh Courtney (High Jump)
NORTH MUNSTER:
Venue: An Riocht Castleisland Date: 08/05/18 & 10/05/18
- 24 Gold Medals
- 22 Silver Medals
- 23 Bronze Medals
2018 Cross Country Results and Pictures
MUNSTER:

Oisin Spillane
Venue: W.I.T. Date: 23/02/18
Individual Medals:
- Oisin Spillane (4th) – Intermediate Boys
NORTH MUNSTER:
Venue: Pallaskenry Date: 25/01/18
Individual Qualifiers:
- Coren Hughes (4th) –Minor Boys
- Liam Carmody (11th) –Minor Boys
- Eabha Murphy (15th) –Junior Girls
- Oisin Spillane (3rd) –Intermediate Boys
- Sean Brosnan (11th) –Intermediate Boys
Team Qualifiers:
- Junior Boys (1st)
KERRY:
Venue: Killarney Date: 18/01/18
Mercy Mounthawk’s Cross Country team had remarkable success this academic year. Almost five hundred athletes from Kerry and West Limerick took part in this year’s Kerry Schools Cross Country Championship. Mounthawk athletes showed great determination and capability on the day with Mounthawk being presented with the Morkham Shield for Best Girls School and our boys’ team came runner up for Best Boys School.
Individual Medals:
- Gillian Lane
- Coren Hughes
- Oisin Spillane
Team Medals:
- Minor Girls (3rd)
- Minor Boys (3rd)
- Junior Girls (1st)
- Intermediate Girls (3rd)
- Intermediate Boys (1st)
- Senior Girls (1st)
- Senior Boys (3rd)
2017 Track and Field Results and Pictures

Aoife O Carroll, Rachel Bowler, Lauren O Grady, Aoibheann O Brien, Orla O Reilly
ALL – IRELANDS:
Venue: Tullamore Harriers Club Date: 03/06/17
Major Achievements:
- Senior girls team won joint best overall senior girls school in Ireland
- Junior boys team won second best junior boys school in
- Ireland
Gold Medallists:

Mervyn Shalemba
- Mervyn Shalemba (100m, 200m)
- Aoibheann O Brien (Long Jump)
Silver Medallists:
- Orla O Reilly (Relay)
- Aoibheann O Brien (Relay)
- Rachel Bowler (Relay)
- Aoife O Carroll (Relay)
Bronze Medallists:
- Lauren O Grady (Discus)
MUNSTER:

Senior Girls Relay Team
Venue: C.I.T Date: 20/05/17
Major Achievements:
- Senior girls relay team broke a 29 year old record with a time of 49.24
- Senior girls team won best overall senior girls school in Munster
- Junior boys team won best overall junior boys school in Munster
Gold Medallists:

100m Sprint -Mervyn Shalemba
- Mervyn Shalemba (100m, Relay)
- Rachel Bowler (Triple Jump, Relay)
- Orla O Reilly (Relay)
- Aoife O Carroll (Relay)
- Aoibheann O Brien (Relay)
- Raymond Sila (Relay)
- Daniel Bowler (Relay)
- Damien Doherty (Relay)
Silver Medallists:

Lauren O Grady
- Lauren O Grady (Discus)
- Aoife O Carroll (400m)
- Aoibheann O Brien (Long Jump)
- Darragh Courtney (High Jump)
- Mervyn Shalemba (200m)
Bronze Medallists:
- Cathal Fitzgibon (1500m)
- Lauren O Grady (Hammer)
- Darragh Courtney (Relay)
- Cillian Griffen (Relay)
- Basit Oyebanji (Relay)
- Luke O Carroll (Relay)
NORTH MUNSTER:

North Munsters Squad
Venue: Ennis & University of Limerick Date: 09/05/17 & 11/05/17
Major Achievements:
- Mervyn Shalemba broke the Junior Boys 100m Sprint Record with a time of 11.0
- Mervyn Shalemba broke the Junior Boys 200m Sprint Record with a time of 22.3
- Junior Boys broke relay record with a time of 47.2
- Senior girls broke relay record with a time of 49.7
- 19 Gold Medals
- 27 Silver Medals
- 8 Bronze Medals
2017 Cross Country Results and Pictures
MUNSTER:

Junior Boys
Venue: Cork Institute of Technology Date: 16/02/17
Individual Medals:
- Tim Pollman-Daamen (4th) – Junior Boys
- Sean Pollman-Daamen (6th) – Junior Boys
Team Medals:
- Junior Boys (3rd)
NORTH MUNSTER:

The Full Squad
Venue: Pallaskenry Date: 26/01/17
Individual Qualifiers:
- Alison Lane (15th) – Minor Girls
- Eddie McCarthy (8th) –Minor Boys
- Tim Pollman-Daamen (1st) –Junior Boys
- Sean Pollman-Daamen (3rd) –Junior Boys
- Sean Brosnan (9th) –Junior Boys
- Rory Murphy (7th) –Intermediate Boys
Minor Girls
- Oisin Spillane (10th) –Intermediate Boys
- Diarmuid O Connor (10th) –Senior Boys
Team Medals:
- Junior Boys (1st)
2016 Track and Field Results and Pictures
ALL-IRELANDS:

Mounthawk All – Ireland Squad
Venue: Tullamore Harriers Club Date: 03/06/16
Major Achievements:
- Mervyn Shalemba broke the Minor Boys 100m Sprint Record with a time of 11.44 sec.
- Minor Boys broke relay record with a time of 48.14 sec.
- Minor Boys won best overall school in Ireland
Gold Medallists:

Minor Relay Team
- Mervyn Shalemba (100m, Relay)
- Jamie O Brien (Relay)
- Damien Doherty (Relay)
- Daniel Bowler (Relay)
- Aaron Malik (Relay)
- Basit Oyebanji (Relay)
- Luke O Carroll (Relay)
- Cillian Griffen (Relay)
Bronze Medallists:
Jamie O Brien (75m Hurdles)
MUNSTERS:
Venue: W.I.T Date: 21/05/16
Major Achievements:

The Munster Squad
- Junior Boys broke relay record held since 1980 with a time of 47.14 sec
- Minor Boys won best overall school in Munster
- Senior Girls and Junior Boys came second best overall schools in Munster by a single point
- 11 Gold Medals
- 10 Silver Medals
- 8 Bronze Medals
2016 Cross Country Results and Pictures
MUNSTER:

Cillian Tierney
Venue: Cork Institute of Technology Date: 11/02/16
Individual Results:
-
Cillian Tierney (5th) – Senior Boys
NORTH MUNSTER:
Venue: Pallaskenry Date: 28/01/16
Individual Qualifiers:
- Erin O Halloran (6th) – Minor Girls
Senior Boys
- Grace Starett (9th) – Minor Girls
- Jamie O Brien (8th) – Minor Boys
- Adam Curran (15th) – Minor Boys
- Meabh McElligott (13th) – Junior Girls
- Ciara McCarthy (14th) – Junior Girls
- Fiona Kavanagh (7th) – Senior Girls
- Diana Nagle (8th) – Senior Girls
- Arianne Finnegan (11th) – Senior Girls
- Cillian Tierney (4th) – Senior Boys
- Sean Collins (13th) – Senior Boys
Team Qualifiers:
- Minor Girls (3rd)
- Minor Boys (2nd)
- Junior Girls (2nd)
- Senior Girls (2nd)
- Senior Boys (2nd)

Junior Boys Race

Cillian Tierney
2012 All-Ireland Senior Boys Relay Champions –
2014
3 gold medals, 21 silver medals and 2 bronze medals and won two overall group titles with Mounthawk Minor Girls and Senior Boys teams being named as the best in Munster.
2012
Second Best School in Ireland for second year running
Winner of President’s Shield
National Title Senior Boys Relay
2011
Best Track and Field School in Munster
Second Best School in Ireland
Winner of President’s Shield
2010
North Munster winners of 4 Cups: All round Boys, All round Girls, All round Track, All round Field
2009
Kerry Track and Field Winner
Overall Boys and Girls Cup
North Munster Winner of Track and Field
2007-08
Winners Best Girls School in Kerry Athletics
2006-07
Best Boys School &Best Girls School in Kerry
Best Girls School in North Munster
2005-06
Best Girls School in Kerry & North Munster
ATHLETICS GALLERY – the winning teams
ATHLETICS ACTION GALLERY