5th July 2009 - Results and Fixtures

National League Qualification for Men.

The second round of the National Track and field was held in Athlone last Sunday with both the women and men’s teams bidding to qualify for the finals to be held in Tullamore next month. The men’s team were in a good position from the previous round and built on that with an impressive all round team performance.This secured them sixth place overall and more importantly a place in the final.

On a day of many highlights it may be unfair to single out one but the performance of the 4 x 100m deserves particular mention. The quartet of Ger Hensey, Merve Solako, Larry O’Reilly and Fearghus Hannon set a new club record with a time of 43.91.This record has now been broken four times since 1988 and Ger Hensey has been the lead off runner on all four occasions.

There were individual victories for Fearghus Hannon in the 400 metres (49.74) and for Eoin Hannon in the Long Jump (7.01).Jan Vasil had a personal best in the High Jump with 1.90 metres. Joe Mulligan also recorded a personal best in the shot putt with a throw of 9.36 metres. Darragh Hanlon was fifth in the Pole Vault clearing 3.20 metres. Darragh is now closing in on the oldest club record of 3.30 metres which is jointly held by John Maher 1959 and Declan Murphy 1987.

The Ladies team were always facing an uphill battle in their quest for qualification for the final and despite a great effort by all they finished in 10th place and so missed out on the final by two places.As with the men there were a lot of good performances and Kelly Cunningham was rewarded with a personal best in the Discus where she threw 27.68 metres which gave her second place. Georgina Touhey also finished second in the 1500 metre Walk in a time of 7.11.91 as did Lisa Dolan in the Hammer (33.26) and Emer Brennan in the long jump (4.60).

Full Results

Premier Men
3000m Walk 4th Larry Rigney 20.04.02
4 X 100m 43.91 3rd Club Record Ger Hensey, Merve Solako, Larry O'Reilly, Fearghus Hannon.
1500m 4th Liam Brady 4.17.59
400m 1st Fearghus Hannon 49.74
3000m Steeplechase 5th Richie Faulkner 12.00.91
200m 5th Ger Hensy 24.09
5000m 3rd Noel Kelly 15.18.07
100m 2nd Eoin Hannon 11.33
Hammer 4th Jim Dolan 19.00
Pole Vault 5th Darragh Hanlon 3.20m PB
Long Jump 1st Eoin Hannon 7.01m
Discus 5th Tom Rafferty 30.36m
High Jump 5th Jan Vasil 1.90m PB
Shot  6th Joe Mulligan 9.36m PB
Javelin 2nd Tom Rafferty 46.43m
Triple Jump 3rd Eoin Hannon 13.10m
56 lbs for Distance 2nd Jan Vasil 5.74m
 
Division 1 Women
 100m Hurdles 4th Aine Brennan 18.89
1500m Walk 2nd Georgina Tuohy 7.11.91
4 X 100m Relay DQ
1500m 7th Rose Marie Masterson 5.36.04
400m 5th Niamh McNamara 67.24
3000m 5th Liz Cuskelly 10.35.49
200m 6th Lizzie Flint 29.41
800m 5th Marie Triona Keane 2.30.20
100m 5th Lauren Dunne 13.70
4 X 400m 6th Liz Cuskelly, Maire Triona Keane, Niamh McNamara, Georgina Tuohy 4.42.37
Hammer 2nd Lisa Dolan 33.26
Long Jump 2nd Emer Brennan 4.60m
Discus 2nd Kelly Cunningham 27.66m PB
High Jump 4th Aine Brennan 1.42m
Shot 5th Kelly Cunningham 7.95m
Javelin 4th Lisa Dolan 21.85m
Triple Jump 5th Aine Brennan 9.21m

Marian Geraghty Run.
A big crowd of runners, joggers and walkers lined up for the start of the 6th annual Marian Geraghty 10k and 5k Run and Walk in Mountbolus last Sunday. The 10k race provided a close finish with Tony O’Reilly, North Laois winning in a time of 34.40, just two seconds clear of Tomas Navickas (Mullingar) with Peter Mooney a further two seconds back in third place. Pauline Curley was the Ladies winner with her Tullamore teamates Mary Daly and Ann Carroll second and third respectively. Mick Murphy was the best placed Harriers athlete in sixth place in a time of 35.34.

Results : 6 Mick Murphy 35.34 ; 10 Pauline Curley 36.39 (1st Lady) ; 13 John Donegan 38.14 ; 15 Pat Conlon 39.55 ; 17 Vinny Conlon 41.47 ; 18 Mary Daly 42.05 (2nd Lady) ; 21 Joe Wrafter 42.48 ; 24 Ann Carroll 43.42 (3rd Lady) ; 27 Maurice Fitzgearld 45.15 ; 32 Andy O’Grady 47.25 ; 34 Martina Conlon 47.43 ; 38 Una Mullen 49.40 ;

News Roundup
Fearghus Hannon continued his winning ways in the Cork City Sports last Saturday when he won the 400 metre B race in a time of 49.17. On the same day in Belgium Eoin Hannon was fourth in the long jump with a distance of 7.06 metres

Maire Triona Keane ran her last race for the club in Athlone as a single woman as she is getting married next Saturday to the lucky Garry O’Connor. Everyone in the club wishes them all the best wishes for the future.

Fixtures
July 9th : Offaly Track and Field Championships in Tullamore at 7pm.
Friday July 31st. Daingean 5k Road race at 8pm

August
Sat 1 Woodie’s DIY/AAI Senior Track & Field Championships Santry
Sun 2 Woodie’s DIY/AAI Senior Track & Field Championships Santry
Sat 8 National League FinalTullamore
Sun 9 Wed 12 Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath 5K Road Race: Juvenile 7pm, Senior 8pm.
Sun 16 Woodie’s DIY/AAI Masters Track & Field Championships Tullamore

Training: Tuesday and Thursday at 6.30pm, Sunday morning at 8.30am Except on a race day.