Indoor/Cross Country Results 2012

myflipflops · 05-01-2012 8:23am #1

Into Olympic Year! Time for a thread to follow the early season perfromances of Irish athletes I think

First up this Saturday, Fionnuala Britton will be favorite to win the Edinburgh Cross Country Challenge between select teams from GB, Europe and the USA.

Joe Sweeney races on the mens side with Bekele the Belgian and Bobby Curtis from the States involved.

Some decent cash on offer to win the races so hopefully one or both can get home first.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2012/0105/1224309833902.html

Edit:

Start list: Bobby Curtis looks to have withdrawn form the US team and Jesus Espana runs for Europe. Mark Hanrahan is on the EUropean team too.

http://greatrun.org/app_files/gr_files/Bupa-Great-Edinburgh-XCountry-2012-Senior-Men-Team-Challenge.pdf

ecoli · 06-01-2012 12:35pm

Was holding off until results started to come in to start this thread but as good a time as any I suppose.

In terms of indoors should a busy season with the World indoors and many athletes looking to use this in build up to London as opposed to the Euros.

O Rourke pre selected for this team

Also there is a very strong DCU team heading over to Millrose Games this year for the DMR. Team made up of Gregan, English, McBrearty and Coghlan could challenge for top honours

http://www.herald.ie/sport/other-sports/council-races-to-kickstart-new-year-calendar-2973894.html

woodchopper · 06-01-2012 7:09pm

ecoli wrote: »

Was holding off until results started to come in to start this thread but as good a time as any I suppose.

In terms of indoors should a busy season with the World indoors and many athletes looking to use this in build up to London as opposed to the Euros.

O Rourke pre selected for this team

Also there is a very strong DCU team heading over to Millrose Games this year for the DMR. Team made up of Gregan, English, McBrearty and Coghlan could challenge for top honours

http://www.herald.ie/sport/other-sports/council-races-to-kickstart-new-year-calendar-2973894.html

It depends on who DCU are competing against. I wouldnt fancy them against the likes of Penn State where they have about five or six athletes running 1.46-147 along with a good number of sub fours. However, I think Providence are down for this race so it may be a re-run of the All Ireland schools a few years back, McCarthy vs Coughlan over the final mile leg. It would be good to see DCU win the thing, show up the yanks, if only it was in the garden.

runjb · 07-01-2012 4:47pm

Once again Fionnuala Britton has scooped an impressive victory over the cross country, this time in Edinburgh, at the Great Edinburgh Cross Country meet. She sat in for the first lap (2km) before stretching out the field over the second half of the race, and won by over 20 seconds in the end. Gemma Steele, bronze medalist at the recent Euro XC Championships took second place. Apparently she was hardly out of breath at the end of it, what a competitor:D

She is obviously boiling with confidence right now, and I'm looking forward to her upcoming races beginning next weekend in Seville, Spain and then the following weekend in Antrim, should make for exciting stuff when she's up against some of the top Africans!

Pherekydes · 07-01-2012 6:03pm

Great way to start a weekend's sport on TV.

climbhigh · 07-01-2012 11:37pm

Results here:
http://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/index.php?p=80&itemType=fixtures&itemId=14249

Apart from Fionnuala and Joe, there were very good runs by Sean Tobin (5th), Sarah McCormack (8th), and Laura Shaughnessy (9th). Young Clodagh O'Reilly did very well in under 17 given she has two more years in this age group.

YFlyer · 08-01-2012 6:29pm

Any results from the Munster Indoors?

thirstywork2 · 08-01-2012 9:55pm

The indoors kicked of today in the UK.some good performaces especailly from Dan Mooney.

http://www.britishmilersclub.com/bmcstorydisplay.aspx?storyid=683

runjb · 08-01-2012 10:00pm

Very decent time there alright, a 3.46 1500m at the start of January is moving! Also fine running from Ruairi Finnegan and Colin Costello.

thirstywork2 · 08-01-2012 10:01pm

runjb wrote: »

Very decent time there alright, a 3.46 1500m at the start of January is moving! Also fine running from Ruairi Finnegan and Colin Costello.

Don't think Costello will be happy with that run.

ecoli · 10-01-2012 9:09am

Zoe Brown wins in Manchester with a 4.10m vault over the weekend

ecoli · 10-01-2012 12:50pm

AAI Round up from the weekend:

http://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/?p=22660

myflipflops · 11-01-2012 12:22pm

thirstywork2 wrote: »

Don't think Costello will be happy with that run.

If Costello is running 3.55 it means he is either not training full time or is nowhere near full fitness.

ecoli · 14-01-2012 11:55pm

ecoli wrote: »

Zoe Brown wins in Manchester with a 4.10m vault over the weekend

Improved on he mark last week with a 4.13m for third this weekend

asimonov · 15-01-2012 1:51pm

Britton 8th in seville

ecoli · 15-01-2012 4:38pm

Hutchinson 4th in Houston Marathon in 2.35.33. Qualifies for London with nearly 90 sec to spare. Gladys Ganiel 8th in a time of 2.40.56

runjb · 15-01-2012 5:02pm

Excellent result and very even splits too. The trick was to keep below 6min/mile pace and after a slow opening 5k, she managed to do just that.

Split Time mile/h
5K 00:18:51 06:04
10K 00:37:07 05:59
15K 00:55:25 05:57
20K 01:13:47 05:57
HALF 01:17:48 05:56
25K 01:32:05 05:56
30K 01:50:49 05:57
35K 02:09:03 05:56
40K 02:27:31 05:56
Finish 02:35:33 05:56

More importantly I think it's great to have a good news story after the weekend Irish athletics has been through and what's ahead for the next few days.

Rineanna · 17-01-2012 6:45am

Good to see Zoe Brown consistently over 4m. Perhaps an outside bet for a spot in Helsinki?

ecoli · 21-01-2012 11:47am

Steph Reilly in action in the mile today at the New Balance Games live stream available here:

http://www.runnerspace.com/video.php?video_id=57486-Live-Broadcast-Starts-12-55-PM-Eastern-on-Saturday-New-Balance-Games-2012

dna_leri · 21-01-2012 3:46pm

Britton 1st, Steele 2nd in Antrim XC

BeepBeep67 · 21-01-2012 5:38pm

dna_leri wrote: »

Britton 1st, Steele 2nd in Antrim XC

Sweeney 1st, Agnew 2nd, Scullion 3rd in the Senior Men

BeepBeep67 · 21-01-2012 5:40pm

1. Mike Kigen (Kenya) 2. Patrick Mutunga (Kenya) 3. Bernard Rotich (Kenya) in the International

longjump67 · 21-01-2012 9:39pm

Results of AAI Games today in Nenagh
Mary Mc Loone overturns Kelly Proper in the Long Jump.

http://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/aai-games-indoor-12.pdf

Pherekydes · 21-01-2012 9:58pm

Not Irish news, per se, but Holly Bleasdale has vaulted a stunning 4.87m in Lyons this afternoon.

Home-field advantage starting to take effect...

Pherekydes · 21-01-2012 10:00pm

longjump67 wrote: »

Results of AAI Games today in Nenagh

Barry Pender tied his lifetime best when jumping 2.15m in the HJ.

runjb · 21-01-2012 10:27pm

Stephanie O'Rielly with a 4.43 in 1 mile race at New Balance Games in NY for 8th place.

Getonwithit · 22-01-2012 12:40am

Pherekydes wrote: »

longjump67 wrote: »

Results of AAI Games today in Nenagh

Barry Pender tied his lifetime best when jumping 2.15m in the HJ.

Pretty sure his lifetime best is 2.17. Great jumping this early

Rineanna · 22-01-2012 7:11am

Pherekydes wrote: »

Not Irish news, per se, but Holly Bleasdale has vaulted a stunning 4.87m in Lyons this afternoon.

Home-field advantage starting to take effect...

This is breathtaking. I'm really excited about Bleasdale this year. 4.87m to go 2nd on indoor all time and apparently still off a short run up.

dna_leri · 22-01-2012 10:23am

Mad-Len is talking about doing a 4-min mile indoors in Nenagh on his twitter account:

Hey @irishathletics , has a Sub 4 mile ever been run in Nenagh Indoor track. How many people could we get out for a sub 4 attempt?!

Irish Athletics Supporters,would u attend a Sub 4 attempt @ Nenagh this indoor season?I'd love to just pack the place and get a party goin!!

Not sure, would probably have to be Feb 19 if it would happen. Just throwing ideas around, getting some excitement going

Woddle · 22-01-2012 4:55pm

https://twitter.com/#!/Ben110_/status/161109944555417600/photo/1
Just saw this on his twitter account. Good news.

longjump67 · 22-01-2012 5:04pm

Woddle wrote: »

https://twitter.com/#!/Ben110_/status/161109944555417600/photo/1
Just saw this on his twitter account. Good news.

DElighted if somewhat surprised, felt sure he would stick with GB.
Is there a possiblility of other defectors from GB in Olympic year?

Indoor/Cross Country Results 2012

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