Ciara Kennelly raises the bar at Cork IT

A new junior girls high jump record and a number of impressive doubles were the highlights of the first day of the South Munster Schools Track & Field, which took place in glorious sunshine at Cork IT.

As last year, day one was devoted to the girls and here Ciara Kennelly of St Brigid’s, Killarney, added three centimetres to the previous Munster junior high jump best – held by Sophie Meredith – when clearing the bar at a height of 1.65m.

At senior level, Maeve Ahern (Loreto, Fermoy), took the 800m in a time of 2:30.8 and then returned later in the afternoon to make it a middle distance double as she held on to win the 1500m in 5:04.9.