Results, Photos & Highlights of the 2017 National Senior Track & Field Championships

The National Track & Field Championships were held in Santry, Co.Dublin over the weekend with a pretty packed schedule. Most events had reasonable fields which is an improvement on a few years ago when some of the women's middle distance and longer races weren't that competitive.

While a number of Cork athletes managed to get into the medals, the number of Cork athletes present seemed pretty small. According to the latest Athletics Ireland stats, Cork makes up 15.5% of the total adult membership of association. Looking at the results, the number of Cork athletes seems to have been a lot lower than this.

For example, if you look at the finals of the men's and women's 5000m, 1500m, 800m and 400m race, there are 83 athletes. Of this 83, only 6 were from Cork which is 7.2%.

The full results can be seen HERE

Photos Day 1

Photos Day 2

The highlights are on the RTE Player until the 22nd of August.

Highlights of the 2015 Irish Senior Track & Field Championships

The Irish Senior Track & Field Championships were held in Santry, Dublin last weekend on Sat 8th and Sun 9th August. Despite it being one of the main highlight on the athletics calendar for the year, some of the numbers taking part in some events were very poor, especially the hurdles.

The full results can be seen HERE

The highlights can be seen on the RTE Player Service until the end of August.

These are the various highlights as shown on the programme...

00:55...Womens 400m Hurdles. Very small field.
03:50...Mens 400m Hurdles. Again, a small field with only 4 taking part.
08:40....Womens 800m. Ciara Mageean steps down from her usual 1500m distance to take the 800m title. One of the countrys best athletes.




12:40...Mens 800m.....Big field with Mark English just doing enough to take the title.
19:50...Womens 100m...Kelly Proper of Ferrybank AC in Waterford dominates the field.


20:50...Mens 100m...Marcus Lawlor from Carlow takes the title. 
25:10...Highlights of Saturday's events.
28:10...Womens 100m hudles....Loads of drama in this race but again, only 4 taking part.
30:30...Mens 110m hurldes
33:40...Womens 400m...
35:50...Mens 400m...
41:30...Womens 200m...Kelly Proper makes it a double in the 100m & 200m winning this one as well.
43:20...Mens 200m...Marcus Lawlor makes it a double as well.
47:00...Women's 1500m...Very small field in the womens race.
50:50...Men's 1500m...

(R) Ryan Creech of Leevale AC...Bronze in the Mens 10,000m

Results of the Irish Track and Field Championships - Sat 7th & Sun 8th July 2012

The Irish Senior Track and Field Championships were held in the Morton Stadium in Santry, Dublin on Saturday, the 7th and Sunday, the 8th of July 2012.

Here are a selection of the results...

In the mens 100m, the Irish record holder Paul Hession just managed to stay ahead of Jason Smyth by a mere one hundredth of a second to win the title.
Men's 100 m...Wind : +1.0 Place/Name/Club/Time...1, Paul Hession Athenry A.C. 10.37, 2, Jason Smyth City of Derry 10.38, 3, Steven Colvert Crusaders A.C. 10.59

In the mens 5,000m, Mark Hanrahan of Leevale AC took the title in a time of 14:13.8
Men's 5000 m Place/Name/Club/Time...1, Mark Hanrahan Leevale A.C. 14.13.80, 2, D Mulhare Portlaois A.C. 14.14.65, 3, D Rooney Raheny Shamrock A.C. 14.16.72


Mens 5,000m final...

Fresh from his impressive performance in Helsinki, 19 year old Thomas Barr took the 400m hurdle title.
Men's 400 m Hurdles
Place/Name/Club/Time...1, Tom Barr Ferrybank A.C. 50.87, 2, J Harvey Crusaders A.C. 51.43, 3, P Byrne St. Abbans A.C. 53.49

In the womens 100m, Amy Foster won in 11.60 seconds.
Women's 100 m...Wind : +0.7
Place/Name/Club/Time...1, Amy Foster City of Lisburn 11.60, 2, K Proper Ferrybank A.C. 11.84, 3, N Whelan Ferrybank A.C. 11.86

In the 200m and 400m, Joanne Cuddihy made it a double victory by winning both events.


Women's 200 m...Wind : +2.5
Place/Name/Club/Time...1, Joanne Cuddihy Kilkenny City Harriers A.C. 23.15, 2, N Whelan Ferrybank A.C. 23.62, 3, S Creaner Dublin City Harriers A.C. 23.71

In the 400m race, Joanne Cuddihy won by a huge margin.


Women's 400 m
Place/Name/Club/Time...1, Joanne Cuddihy Kilkenny City Harriers A.C. 51.89, 2, Marian Heffernan Togher A.C. 53.32, 3, M Carey Dublin Striders A.C. 53.50, 4, C Bergin Dundrum South Dublin A.C. 54.19, 5, C Cuddihy Kilkenny City Harriers A.C. 55.27

In the womens 1500m, Orla Drumm of UCC won in a time of 4:19.55, about 10 seconds outside her personal best time of 4:09.95 set in Germany, last May.


Women's 1500 m
Place/Name/Club/Time...1, Orla Drumm U.C.C. A.C. 4.19.55, 2, C Tarplee Dundrum South Dublin A.C. 4.20.23, 3, N Kelly City of Lisburn 4.21.22, 4, S Reilly Sli Cualann A.C. 4.21.81, 5, S Treacy Moynalvey/Kilcloon A.C. 4.24.42, 6, M Finn Leevale A.C. 4.35.06

In the womens 100m hurdles, Derval O'Rourke decided to pull out due to a tightness in her back and  play it safe rather than risk injury so close to the Olympics.
Women's 100 m Hurdles
Place/Name/Club/Time...1, M Murphy Ferrybank A.C. 14.47, 2, O Furney Gorey A.C. 15.08 3, E Rose City of Lisburn 15.95

Women's 400 m Hurdles Place/Name/Club/Time...1, Jessie Barr Ferrybank A.C. 57.33, 2, J Neville Leevale A.C. 62.43, 3, N Millet St. Abbans A.C. 62.43

In the womens 3000m steeplechase, Michelle Finn of Leevale AC took the title in 10:45.49...


Women's 3000 m Steeplechase
Place/Name/Club/Time...1, Michelle Finn Leevale A.C. 10.45.49, 2, F Clinton Dundrum South Dublin A.C. 11.11.67, 3, B Woods Clonliffe Harriers A.C. 11.28.09, 4, E Egan Bree A.C. 11.44.40

Tori Pena, Ireland's only pole vaulter at the London Olympics had an easy win clearing 4m 35cms.
Place/Name/Club/Hgt(m)...1, Tori Pena Finn Valley A.C. 4.35, 2, Z Browne Raheny Shamrock A.C. 3.95, 3, C Wilkinson Ballymena & Antrim A.C. 3.55



In the womens 5,000m, Maria McCambridge led from the gun with only Siobhain Doherty managing to keep in contact for the first few laps. In the end, she lapped most of the field to finish in a time of 16:02.

Women's 5000 m
Place/Name/Club/Time
1, Maria McCambridge Letterkenny A.C. 16.02.52
2, Siobhain O'Doherty Borrisokane A.C. 16.56.16
3, Lizzie Lee Leevale A.C. 17.10.51
4, N Devlin Dundrum South Dublin A.C. 17.30.75
5, E O'Brien Sligo A.C. 17.33.13
6, K O'Neill Metro/St. Brigid's A.C. 17.51.23
7, L Manning Raheny Shamrock A.C. 18.02.30
8, L Reilly Clonliffe Harriers A.C. 18.04.98
9, A Jordan Metro/St. Brigid's A.C. 18.09.28

The full results can be seen HERE

Highlights of the competition can be seen on the RTE Player HERE until the 29th of July.