Results & coverage of the IUAA Track & Field Championships...Fri 15th & Sat 16th Apr 2016

The Irish University Athletic Association Championships were held at the Morton Track in Dublin on Friday the 15th and Saturday the 16th of April 2016. Athletes from all over the country were taking part in this event as well of course plenty from Cork.

The full results can be found HERE

On Friday, there were plenty of semi finals on what was a very wet day at times. In the womens 5000m, Shona Heaslip representing Tralee IT won in an impressive time of 16:46 in what was a solo run. In the womens 1500m final, Andrea Bickerdike of CIT took the title after running a calculated race.


Coverage of Day 1...Fri 15th April 2016


Viewing times for above events
hh:mm
00:08...Womens 100m Hurdles
00:22 / 00:28...Men's 110m Hurdles
00:37...Mens 10,000m
01:33 / 01:38...W 100m Semi...Phil Healy & Joan Healy in action here
01:47 / 01:55...M 100m Semi
02:04 / 02:09...W 800m Semi
02:20 / 02:24...M 800m Semi
02:44 / 02:54...W 200m
02:58 / 03:02...M 200m
03:09...Women's 5,000m...Commanding win from Shona Heaslip from Kerry.
03:39 / 03:44...W 400m
03:52 / 03:59...M 400m
04:13...W 1500m...Impressive win for Andrea Bickerdike of CIT
04:24...M 1500m
04:55 / 05:02...M 4 x 100m Relay Semi
05:16 / 05:27...M 4 x 400m Relay Semi


Coverage of Day 1...Fri 15th April 2016



Viewing times for above events
hh:mm
00:00...W 400m Hurdles final
00:14...M 400m H
00:30...W 3,000m
00:54...W 100m Final...Great battle between sisters Joan & Phil Healy for the title.
01:00...M 100m Final
01:09...W 800m
01:16...M 800m
01:33...M 3,000m Steeplechase...Plenty of drama in this one.
01:54...W 3000m Steeplechase....Impressive solo running from Michelle Finn to win in a sub 10 minute time.
02:25...W 400m Final
02:32...M 400m Final
02:46...W 1500m Race Walk
03:00...M 3000m Race Walk....more walk than race ;o)
03:34...W 200m Final.....Vroom from Phil Healy
03:40...M 200m Final
04:05...W 4 x 100m Final
04:14...M 4 x 100m Final
04:23...M 5000m
04:59...Womens 4 x 400m final. Wow! An amazing race and well worth watching. Michelle Finn ran an impressive last 400m leg even though she had ran a sub 10 minute steeplechase race just 3 hours earlier. But what a performance from Phil Healy! Look out for the Red of UCC in the early stages. They are way way behind. An amazing last 400m leg from Phil who is a 100m/200m sprinter. She might be moving up in distance soon based on that performance. Easily the best race of the championships.
05:12...M 4 x 400m Relay.

 Here is Phil Healy's finish but it well worth watching the section starting at 4h 59m in the video above...

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What a finish by @philhealy2!! 4x4 @uccathletics #mygod #IUAATF16 pic.twitter.com/Se2OU6q9e3

— IUAA (@IreUniAthletics) April 16, 2016

Photos...
1) Sportsfile have two galleries HERE
2) The IUAA have a gallery HERE    
3) UL have a gallery HERE

Highlights & Results of the National Senior Indoor Track & Field Championships....Sun 28th Feb 2016

The National Senior Indoor Track & Field Championships were held in Athlone last Sunday the 28th of February. There were a number of athletes from Cork in the medals as well but two stick out. Phil Healy of Bandon AC won both the 60m and 200m titles. Her sister Joan who has had a lot of injury problems finished third to take a national bronze medal in the 60m sprint.

Cork & Munster medal winners... 
Women
60m 1. P Healy (Bandon) 7.47, 2. N Whelan (Ferrybank) 7.49, 3. J Healy (Bandon) 7.50
200m 1. P Healy (Bandon) 23.75, 2. N Whelan (Ferrybank) 24.09
400m 2. J Bromell (Emerald) 54.30
800m 1.  C Mageean (UCD) 2:03.76, 2. L Crowe (An Riocht) 2:05.08
1500m 3. A O’Donoghue (Emerald) 4:27.58
3,000m 3. M Finn (Leevale) 9:21.93
60m hurdles 1.S Lavin (Emerald) 8.27,
Shot Put 1. C Fitzgerlald (Tralee Harriers) 14.95m, 3. A Frattorli (Limerick) 12.62
Men
400m 3. B Arrey (Blarney/Inniscara) 48.37
800m 1.  M English (UCD) 1:51.57, 3. J Ledingham (West Waterford) 1:54.01
1500m 1. E Everard (Kilkenny City Harriers) 4:01.17, 2. J Warne (Doheny) 4:01.43, 3. D Landers (Ennis Track) 4:03.83
3,000m 1. E Everard (Kilkenny City Harriers) 8:13.63, 2. W Maunsell (Clonmel) 8:15.23, 3. Colm Sheahan (Leevale) 8:17.43
Shot put 2. D Tierney (Leevale) 14.99m,
High Jump 2. S Archer (Templemore) 2.00m,
Pole Vault 2. T Houlihan (West Waterford) 4.40m,

The highlights are available on the RTE Player Service until about the 20th of March. Click HERE

3:40...Women 1500m
7:40...Men 1500m
12:40...Women 400m
15:00...Men 400m
20:00...Women 60m Hurdles
21:30...Men 60m Hurdles
24:40...Men 3000m
29:15...Highlights from Saturday...Women's 3000m / Walk / Shot Putt / Pole Vault / High Jump / Long Jump
31:10...Women 60m...Phil & Joan Healy from Cork take Gold and Bronze respectively.
32:20...Men 60m
35:40...Women 800m...Ciara Mageean takes a National title with Laura Crowe from Kerry second.
39:20...Men 800m
46:00...Women 200m...Phil Healy from Cork wins her second title of the day.
47:20...Men 200m
49:15...Highlights...Men's High Jump & Long Jump / Womens Triple Jump / Men's Shot Putt

The full results can be seen HERE

Sisters Joan & Phil Healy from Cork

 Photos...
1) Kieran Carlin has two galleries...Saturday and Sunday (Facebook account may be required to view)
2) West Waterford AC have a large gallery HERE

Results & photos of the Irish Universities Track & Field Championships...Apr 2015

The IUAA Track & Field Championships were held in Belfast over the weekend and a number of athletes from UCC, CIT and other colleges in Munster traveled north to take part.

The full results can be seen HERE

Ian O'Sullivan of CIT has a gallery of photos HERE

Coverage of the IUAA Indoor Track & Field Championships...Sat 6th Feb 2015

The IUAA Indoor Track & Field Championships were held in Athlone on Friday the 6th of February 2015. Athletes from both CIT and UCC took part in this inter university/college competition.

Almost 6 hours of coverage is shown in the video below. Use the guide further down to get an idea of the sequence of the events.

One race to watch however is the womens 60m final which may as well have been a Senior national indoor final as nearly all the top female sprinters in the country were taking part. The race is at 3:16:00 in the video if you want to pull across slider to that point. On paper, it looked like a straight competition between Phil Healy and Amy Foster. Nothing much has changed from last year in that the two are still neck and neck but Kelly Proper from Waterford stole the show with a comprehensive win.

Other race times in the video...
1:34:40......Sarah Lavin and Catherine McManus going head to head in the 60m hurdles.
2:43:00.....Womens 400m
3:34:00.....Womens 3000m...Sinead O'Connor of UCC and Leevale AC took silver.
3:55:00.....Womens 800m

Use the start times above and the sequence of events further down to find a particular event.