LIMERICK IN PHOTOS: UL celebrates sporting elite

University of Limerick student athletes delivered one of the most successful seasons in the university’s history, reclaiming UL’s place at the top of intervarsity athletics in Ireland for the first time since 2005. Competing across the 2025/26 Irish Universities Athletics Association (IUAA) season, UL athletes secured 12 gold, 10 silver and nine bronze medals, helping the university claim six team titles, including the Women’s Indoor Championships, their first since 2006, Men’s Cross-Country Championships, Men’s Road Relays, Overall Track and Field Championships and Men’s Track and Field Championships. #tdi_1 .td-doubleSlider-2 .td-item1 { background: url(https://www.limerickpost.ie/site/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/UL-Athletics-012-80x60.jpg) 0 0 no-repeat; } #tdi_1 .td-doubleSlider-2 .td-item2 { background: url(https://www.limerickpost.ie/site/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/UL-Athletics-010-80x60.jpg) 0 0 no-repeat; } #tdi_1 .td-doubleSlider-2 .td-item3 { background: url(https://www.limerickpost.ie/site/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/UL-Athletics-006-80x60.jpg) 0 0 no-repeat; } #tdi_1 .td-doubleSlider-2 .td-item4 { background: url(https://www.limerickpost.ie/site/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/UL-Athletics-011-80x60.jpg) 0 0 no-repeat; } #tdi_1 .td-doubleSlider-2 .td-item5 { background: url(https://www.limerickpost.ie/site/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/UL-Athletics-009-80x60.jpg) 0 0 no-repeat; } #tdi_1 .td-doubleSlider-2 .td-item6 { background: url(https://www.limerickpost.ie/site/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/UL-Athletics-001-80x60.jpg) 0 0 no-repeat; } #tdi_1 .td-doubleSlider-2 .td-item7 { background: url(https://www.limerickpost.ie/site/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/UL-Athletics-004-80x60.jpg) 0 0 no-repeat; } #tdi_1 .td-doubleSlider-2 .td-item8 { background: url(https://www.limerickpost.ie/site/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/UL-Athletics-002-80x60.jpg) 0 0 no-repeat; } #tdi_1 .td-doubleSlider-2 .td-item9 { background: url(https://www.limerickpost.ie/site/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/UL-Athletics-005-80x60.jpg) 0 0 no-repeat; } #tdi_1 .td-doubleSlider-2 .td-item10 { background: url(https://www.limerickpost.ie/site/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/UL-Athletics-003-80x60.jpg) 0 0 no-repeat; } #tdi_1 .td-doubleSlider-2 .td-item11 { background: url(https://www.limerickpost.ie/site/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/UL-Athletics-007-80x60.jpg) 0 0 no-repeat; } #tdi_1 .td-doubleSlider-2 .td-item12 { background: url(https://www.limerickpost.ie/site/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/UL-Athletics-008-80x60.jpg) 0 0 no-repeat; } 1 of 12 28.05.26 REPRO FREE University of Limerick honoured its championship-winning athletics team at a special reception in Plassey House hosted by UL President Professor Shane Kilcommins following a historic 2025/26 intervarsity season. Pictured during the event were athletes, Jack Hickey, Alan McCutcheon, Mark Hanrahan, Tom Tracey, Luke Purcell and Jack Greaney. Picture: Alan Place 28.05.26 REPRO FREE University of Limerick honoured its championship-winning athletics team at a special reception in Plassey House hosted by UL President Professor Shane Kilcommins following a historic 2025/26 intervarsity season. Pictured during the event were athletes, Sophie Walker, R—ise Gavan,Katryna Pacerinskaite, Jenny Sawyer, Laura Frawley and Leanne Healy. Picture: Alan Place 28.05.26 REPRO FREE University of Limerick honoured its championship-winning athletics team at a special reception in Plassey House hosted by UL President Professor Shane Kilcommins following a historic 2025/26 intervarsity season. Pictured during the event were, Katryna Pacerinskaite, Jenny Sawyer and Mark Hanrahan. Picture: Alan Place 28.05.26 REPRO FREE University of Limerick honoured its championship-winning athletics team at a special reception in Plassey House hosted by UL President Professor Shane Kilcommins following a historic 2025/26 intervarsity season. Pictured during the event were athletes, Leanne Healy, Katryna Pacerinskaite, Laura Frawley, R—ise Gavan, Jenny Sawyer and Sophie Walker. Picture: Alan Place 28.05.26 REPRO FREE University of Limerick honoured its championship-winning athletics team at a special reception in Plassey House hosted by UL President Professor Shane Kilcommins following a historic 2025/26 intervarsity season. Pictured during the event were coaches, Dr William Hughes, Hayley Harrison and Professor Drew Harrison with UL President Professor Shane Kilcommins. Picture: Alan Place 28.05.26 REPRO FREE University of Limerick honoured its championship-winning athletics team at a special reception in Plassey House hosted by UL President Professor Shane Kilcommins following a historic 2025/26 intervarsity season. Picture: Alan Place 28.05.26 REPRO FREE University of Limerick honoured its championship-winning athletics team at a special reception in Plassey House hosted by UL President Professor Shane Kilcommins following a historic 2025/26 intervarsity season. Pictured during the event were athletes, Katryna Pacerinskaite, Jenny Sawyer and Mark Hanrahan with UL President Professor Shane Kilcommins. Picture: Alan Place 28.05.26 REPRO FREE University of Limerick honoured its championship-winning athletics team at a special reception in Plassey House hosted by UL President Professor Shane Kilcommins following a historic 2025/26 intervarsity season. Pictured during the event were athletes, Katryna Pacerinskaite, Jenny Sawyer and Mark Hanrahan with UL President Professor Shane Kilcommins. Picture: Alan Place 28.05.26 REPRO FREE University of Limerick honoured its championship-winning athletics team at a special reception in Plassey House hosted by UL President Professor Shane Kilcommins following a historic 2025/26 intervarsity season. Pictured during the event were athletes, Katryna Pacerinskaite, Jenny Sawyer and Mark Hanrahan with UL President Professor Shane Kilcommins. Picture: Alan Place 28.05.26 REPRO FREE University of Limerick honoured its championship-winning athletics team at a special reception in Plassey House hosted by UL President Professor Shane Kilcommins following a historic 2025/26 intervarsity season. Pictured during the event were athletes, Katryna Pacerinskaite, Jenny Sawyer and Mark Hanrahan with UL President Professor Shane Kilcommins. Picture: Alan Place 28.05.26 REPRO FREE University of Limerick honoured its championship-winning athletics team at a special reception in Plassey House hosted by UL President Professor Shane Kilcommins following a historic 2025/26 intervarsity season. Pictured during the event were, Katryna Pacerinskaite, Jenny Sawyer, Mark Hanrahan, UL President Professor Shane Kilcommins, coaches, Dr William Hughes, Hayley Harrison and Professor Drew Harrison. Picture: Alan Place 28.05.26 REPRO FREE University of Limerick honoured its championship-winning athletics team at a special reception in Plassey House hosted by UL President Professor Shane Kilcommins following a historic 2025/26 intervarsity season. Pictured during the event were coaches, Dr William Hughes, Hayley Harrison and Professor Drew Harrison with UL President Professor Shane Kilcommins. Picture: Alan Place To recognise the achievements of the athletes and coaches, a special reception was hosted at Plassey House by UL President Professor Shane Kilcommins, bringing together student-athletes, coaches and representatives from UL Sports Scholarship Academy and UL Sport. The post LIMERICK IN PHOTOS: UL celebrates sporting elite appeared first on Limerick Post.