Results of the Athletics Ireland Senior Track & Field Chapionships...Sat 19th & Sun 20th July 2014

The national senior track and field championships were held in Santry, Dublin last weekend. These are some of the highlights with an emphasis on athletes from Cork.

Womens 800m....This was more of a tactical race with a slow first lap with the winning time at 2m 09s instead of the more usual 2:03-2:05. This suited Louise Shanahan from Cork who at just 17 years of age managed to get a bronze medal in a  national senior race.
 

17 year old Louise Shanahan #380 from Cork takes bronze in a senior race

800m SEN Women...
1 KIRK Katie Queens Univ 2:09.01
2 GALLIGAN Roseanne Newbridge A.C. 2:09.14
3 SHANAHAN Louise Leevale A.C. 2:11.05   

Video of 800m race...

5K Walk SEN Women...
1 BURKE Sinead        St. Coca's A.C.        25:17.86   
2 WHELAN, Lauren     Leevale A.C.        25:42.73   
3 COLLINS Rebecca     North Down AC        26:36.67    

Michelle Finn from Cork takes silver in the 3000m steeplechase

3000m Steeplechase...
1    1    393    TREACY Sara        Dunboyne A.C.        9:59.75   
2    2    384    FINN Michelle        Leevale A.C.        10:29.62   
3    3    156    COYNE Jessica        Dooneen A.C.        11:08.24    

Barry Healy and Patricia Curtin of Youghal AC

Javelin (600g) SEN Women....
FITZGIBBON Anita        Dundrum South Dublin A.C.     48.62
CURTIN Patricia        Youghal A.C.     41.61
MCDONALD, Olivia    St Peters A.C.     40.22

Weight for Height (35lb) U23 Men...
MC SWEENEY Patrick        Bandon A.C.    4.70
KENNY Michael        Kildare A.C.        4.10    

Weight For Distance (56lb SEN Men)...
HEALY Barry        Youghal A.C.        7.86
BREATHNACH Sean        Galway City Harriers A.C.        7.78
MCEVOY Niall        Crusaders A.C.        7.08

Weight for Height (56lb) SEN Men...
HEALY Barry        Youghal A.C.        4.30
RYAN Peter        Nenagh Olympic A.C.    4.10        
BREATHNACH Sean    Galway City Harriers A.C.    3.50

10K Walk SEN Men...
1    6    529    WRIGHT, Alex        Leevale A.C.        42:09.79   
2    4    370    HICKEY Luke        Leevale A.C.        43:19.52   
3    3    355    TREANOR James        Shercock A.C.        43:23.71

Long Jump SEN Men...
HEALY Sam        Leevale A.C.        7.25
HOWARD Shane        Bandon A.C.        7.16
TOBIN David        Trim A.C.        7.05

Shane Howard of Bandon AC...silver in the long jump

400m Hurdles SEN Women...
1 MC MAHON Christine    Ballymena & Antrim A.C.        57.73   
2 NEVILLE Jess        Leevale A.C.        1:03.91   
3 O'ROURKE Grace    Dundrum South Dublin A.C.        1:10.51

Womens 100m...In this race, there was a dead heat with both Phil Healy of Bandon AC and Amy Foster of City of Lisburn AC finishing in 11.49 seconds. This was an excellent performance by the Bandon athlete who improved on her previous personal best of 11.53 and is now joint 4th on the Irish all time list. Considering that Phil is still only 19 years old, the Irish national record of 11.40 may well be on borrowed time.


100m SEN Women, W=+0.5...
1 FOSTER Amy        City of Lisburn AC        11.49   
1 HEALY Phil        Bandon A.C.        11.49   
3 PROPER Kelly        Ferrybank A.C.        11.62   

Joint first in the womens 100m...Phil Healy of Bandon AC & Amy Foster of City of Lisburn AC

Video of womens 100m...

Womens 1500m........In this race, it really was all about Ciara Mageean. Back in 2011 aged 19, she set a new national junior record in the 1500m of 4m 07.45s which was the 5th fastest time on the all time list. Then she was out of action for a long time with an injury and only started running again in March of this year. Just four months later, she wins a national title. Coached by Jerry Kiernan, she is going to making headlines in the years ahead.

1500m SEN Women
1    7    113    MAGEEAN Ciara        U.C.D. A.C.        4:15.35   
2    4    458    BRITTON Fionnuala        Kilcoole A.C.        4:18.33   
3    6    252    O'FLAHERTY Kerry        Newcastle & District AC        4:18.77    

Womens 1500m race...
 

Mens 1500m....There was an extra edge to this race as only three athletes can be sent to the European Championships in August but four had run the qualifying time. After surgery to his achilles back in 2013, Ciarán Ó Lionáird from Toons Bridge near Macroom showed some of his old sparkle to win a national title.

1500m SEN Men
1    6    369    Ó LIONÁIRD Ciarán    Leevale A.C.        3:43.85   
2    8    272    ROBINSON Paul        St. Coca's A.C.        3:44.16   
3    9    421    TRAVERS John        Donore Harriers        3:45.00   
4    5    151    MCCARTHY David        West Waterford A.C.        3:45.64   
5    7    13    EVERARD Eoin        Kilkenny City Harriers A.C.        3:45.65

Video of 1500m race...
 

4x400m SEN Women
1 LEEVALE A.C.        3:52.74   
2 RAHENY SHAMROCK A.C.    3:56.41   
3 FINGALLIANS A,C,    4:07.58

Video.......The highlights can be seen on the RTE Player service until the 9th of August.

Results......The full results can be seen HERE 

Photos......
1) Kieran Carlin has plenty of photos on the Finn Valley AC Facebook page. Saturday and Sunday.
2) Sportsfile have images HERE

Highlights of the 2013 Irish Senior Track & Field Championships...

The Irish Senior Track and Field Championships were held in Dublin last weekend, the 27th and 28th of July 2013.

The highlights can be seen on the RTE Player service HERE until the 20th of August.

Menu of events shown in the highlights...
1:30 to 6:40...Mens 800m final. With Mark English going in the mens 400m final, Paul Robinson took the title in a time of 1:48.92

6:40 to 8:20...Womens 100m Hurdles. 19 year old Sarah Lavin from Emerald AC in Limerick was in a class of her own when she won the title in a time of 13.61 seconds.

8:20 to 10:40...Mens 400m Hurdles. Thomas Barr takes the title in a time of 49.78 seconds, just ahead of Jason Harvey in 50.13. This was a PB for Jason by 0.14 seconds and he is currently the third fastest Irish man ever over the distance behind Thomas Barr in second.

12:45 to 15:30...Mens 400m...Brian Murphy retained his title in a time of 47.14 seconds. In a closely contested fine, he surged ahead of Mark English in the closing stages who finished in a time of 47.27, a slight improvement on his previous best of 47.56.


15:40 to 18:20...Womens 400m...Jennifer Carey was the clear winner in a time of 53.46 seconds. In second place, Sinead Denny ran 54.04 improving on her previous best of 54.09 and Shauna Cannon finished third in 54.24, improving on her previous best of 54.91.

21:15 to 23:10...Round-Up...In the womens javelin, Anita Fitzgibbon set a new Irish record of 54.92 metres.....Tori Pena won the womens pole vault in 4m 40cms...Mens triple jump...womens hammer...mens 200m -  Steven Colvert wins in 21.13 seconds...Kelly Proper takes Gold in the long jump, 200m and 4 x 100m relay.

23:10 to 25:00...Womens 100m...In awful conditions, Kelly Proper took her 4th Gold of the national championships when she won the 100m race in a time of 11.78 seconds.

25:00 to 26:40...Mens 100m...David Hynes won the Gold in a time of 10.64 seconds, just two hundredths of a second ahead of Steven Colvert who was closing fast and finished in 10.66

28:20 to 30:30...Womens 1500m...In heavy rain, Laura Crowe of An Ríocht AC in Kerry ran practically on her own to win her first national title in a time of

30:30 to 33:30...Mens 1500m...Eoin Everard out kicked David McCarthy in the final 100m to take the title in a time of 3:44.58.

Other events not shown...
In the mens 5,000m, Mark Christy of Mullingar Harriers won in a time of 14:07.18. Michael Mulhare of Portlaoise AC was second with 14:31.37 while James McCarthy of East Cork AC was third in 14:34.52.

In the mens 10,000m walk, Brendan Boyce of Letterkenny AC took the Gold in a time of 42:40.19, a new PB by 14 seconds. In second place, 19 year old Luke Hickey from Leevale AC in Cork finished in 43:34.61, well inside his previous best of 44:18. His time moves him from 26th to 11th fastest on the all time list for Irish performances. Both Brendan and Luke are coached by Robert Heffernan in Cork.

Results for all of the events can be seen HERE

Images courtesy of Athletics Ireland