Google+ Running in Cork, Ireland: Derval O'Rourke wins 60m hurdles race at British Trials...

Sunday, February 10, 2013

Derval O'Rourke wins 60m hurdles race at British Trials...


At the British Trials in Sheffield over the weekend, Derval O'Rourke from Cork won both her first heat and the womens race overall...

14:00 - 60 METRES HURDLES - Women - Heats - Heat 1    OFFICIAL RESULTS
First 1 of each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest times (q) qualified   
1 Derval O'ROURKE    IRL    8.24        0.156    Q    SB       
2 Karla DREW    SOTON    8.38        0.164    q           
3 Lucy HATTON    CORBY    8.55        0.195    q    SB       
4 Jahisha THOMAS    BLACKHEATH    8.64        0.174        PB       
5 Lauren THOMPSON    HERTS P    8.72        0.220        PB       
6 Danielle ROONEY    SALE    8.86        0.191               
 Zara HOHN    WAKEFIELD    DQ           

15:52 - 60 METRES HURDLES - Women - Final    OFFICIAL RESULTS
1 Derval O'ROURKE    IRL    8.11        0.146        SB       
2 Sarah CLAXTON    WOODFORD G    8.16        0.113               
3 Yasmin MILLER    DERBY AC    8.25        0.193        PB       
4 Serita SOLOMON    BLACKHEATH    8.28        0.236               
5 Kylie ROBILLIARD    CHANNEL IS    8.52        0.186               
6 Louise HAZEL    BIRCHFIELD    8.52        0.219               
7 Lucy HATTON    CORBY    8.64        0.270               
 Karla DREW    SOTON    DQ    0.206               

Derval's time of 8.11 seconds was 4 one-hundreths of a second faster than the 8.15 seconds needed to qualify for selection for the Irish team to go to the European Indoor Track and Field Championships in Gothenbourg, Sweden in March.

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