27th July 2008 - Results and Fixtures

SUN SHINES ON LEAGUE FINALS
The National Track and Field League Finals were held in Tullamore in beautiful sunny conditions last Sunday. Both the Men’s team in the Premier Division and the Women’s team in Division one faced a difficult task in getting in the medals. The women’s team put in a strong fight finishing in fifth place just 6 points outside third place. Our only event winner was Georgina Tuohey in the walk, AnnMarie Larkin-McGlynn took second place in the 400 and 800, Lisa Dolan was third in the Hammer while Emer and Aine Brennan between them took part in seven events. The men faced strong competition in the Premier Division and with number of athletics out due to injury were always under pressure in the points table but as usual everybody gave their best on the day. Gordon Kennedy ran his fastest times in recent years in the 100 and 200 to win both events but was disqualified in the 100 for false starting. Babu Matthew was third in the 56lb for distance and Catch Grennan ran a PB in the 800.

Women : 100m 5 Niamh Mullen 13.36, 200m 5 Niamh Mullen 27.74, 400m 2 AnnMarie Larkin-McGlynn 59.05, 800m 2 AnnMarie Larkin-McGlynn 2.15.74, 1,500m 5 Pauline Lambe 4.56.74, 3,000m 5 Liz Cuskelly 10.28.71, 100mHurdles 3 Aine Brennan 17.43, 400mHurdles 6 Emer Brennan 74.48, 1,500mWalk 1 Georgina Tuohey 6.44.79, Hammer 3 Lisa Dolan 31.28, Shot 8 Lorna Mangan 6.56, Javelin 4 Claire Collins 25.97, Discus 6 Lisa Dolan 20.52, Long Jump 4 Emer Brennan 4.93, High Jump 3 Aine Brennan 1.40, Triple Jump 5 Aine Brennan 10.43, 4x100 7 Aine Brennan, Emer Brennan, Niamh Mullen, Colette Boland 53.87, 4x400 6 Aine Brennan, Niamh Mullen, Pauline Lambe, AnnMarie Larkin-McGlynn 4.15.89

Team Points : 1 Ballymena & Antrim 116, 2 North Down 110, 3 Meath Athletics 87, 4 St Abbans 85, 5 Tullamore Harriers 80.5, 6 Clonliffe Harriers 74.5, 7 Galway County 68, 8 Finn Valley 44.5

Men : 100m 1 Gordon Kennedy 10.78 DQ, 200m 1 Gordon Kennedy 21.51, 400m 7 Larry Reilly 55.56, 800m 8 Catch Grennan 1.59.61, 1,500m 5 Noel Kelly 4.13.01, 5,000m 4 Paul Buckley 15.40.21, 3,000mSC 6 Michael Murphy 10.54.01, 110mHurdles 6 Darren Butler 22.23, 400m Hurdles 7 Damien Lawlor 80.89, 1,500mWalk 5 Larry Rigney 17.25.30, Hammer 6 Jim Dolan 20.75, Shot 4 Babu Matthew 10.69, Javelin 4 Tom Rafferty 45.54, Discus 7 Tom Rafferty 32.48, Long Jump 7 Larry Reilly 5.34, High Jump 7 Darren Butler 1.40, Triple Jump 7 Thomas Rickard 10.89, 56lb for Distance 3 Babu Matthew 5.38, Pole Vault 5 Darragh Hanlon 2.80, 4x100 7 Gordon Kennedy, Ray Delaney, Oisin Robbins, Larry Reilly 45.51, 4x400m 8 Sean Sweeney, Catch Grennan, Gordon Kennedy, Ray Delaney 3.42.13

Team Points : 1 Clonliffe Harriers 114, 2 North Down 103, 3 Shercock 102, 4 Meath 95, 5 Leevale 90, 6 DSD 76, 7 Menapians 72, 8 Tullamore Harriers 71

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NEWS ROUND UP
At the Dublin Graded Track & Field Championships on 9th July Catch Grennan finished 6th in 2.03.24. John Todd has been out of action for a number of weeks suffering with shinsplints on his right leg, but made a comeback at the Dublin City Council 5k on Wednesday July 16th. The race was held in Ringsend Stadium and adjoining park with John finishing 40th overall in 18.19. At the Morton Memorial Meeting in Santry on Friday 25th Gordon Kennedy finished 6th in the 400 in 46.79, the race was won by Greg Nixon USA in 45.61.

Fixtures :
Friday 1st August, Daingean 5k.
Saturday 9th August, National Masters Track & Field Championships, Tullamore.

Training : Tuesday and Thursday at 6.30pm, Sunday morning at 8.30am (except on a race day) all are welcome.

See the club website tullamoreharriers.com

Circuit training led by Adrian Brennan every Wednesday at 7pm.