Morton Memorial International Grand Prix (Santry) - 25th July

Rineanna

The provisional start-lists were released today for the Morton memorial meeting in Santry on Friday night. I'm pleasantly suprised by the standard of the fields in each event; I wasn't sure how many international athletes would be present, given the proximity to the Olympics and the Crystal Palace Grand Prix taking place just over the water in London.

The highlight for me is the Women's hammer throw, with Sydney Olympic Champion (@ the age of 17!) Skolimowska of Poland, current World Champion Betty Heidler, our own World Uni Games silver medallist, O' Keefe, World Junior silver medallist, Safrankova, plus two other top Germans, British no.1 Zoe Derham (who's going to the Olmpics too) and the U.S record holder.

The distance races have great depth in them too, with some of the finallists at the recent Olympic Trials in Eugene going in the Blue Riband event, the Morton Mile.

The Sprints have some top names too: Jamaican 400m Chamion, Rosemary Whyte, who ran 50.05 at their national championships and is tipped to be a medallist in Beijing, two top Bahamian 400m men, Michael Mathieu and Andrae Williams, along with Cork City Sports 400m champion Greg Nixon, highlight the sprint fields.

Enough of my crap, here are the startlists:

MEN
100M
Bernard Williams USA 9.94 10.22
Ernest Wiggins USA 10.16 10.20
Phillippe De Rossier USA 10.20 10.20
Nick Smith GBR 10.25 10.43
Mario Forsythe JAM 10.27 10.27
Jer O’Donoghue IRL ? ?
Dermot Smith IRL ? ?
Dan Kavanagh IRL ? ?
Hendrick Famatumi IRL ? ?
Dan O’Shea IRL 10.78 10.78
Lorcan O’Cathain IRL 11.29 11.29
Ciaran O’Cathain IRL 11.10 11.10

400M
Andrae Williams BAH 44.90 45.52
Greg Nixon USA 45.20 45.20
Ofentse Mogawane RSA 45.11 45.67
Michael Mathieu BAH 45.66 45.66
Clemens Zeller AUT 45.83 46.60
Kevin Hicks USA 46.00 46.00
Gordon Kennedy IRL 46.48 46.76
TBC

Morton Mile
Rob Myers USA 3.34.89 / 3.53.78 3.36.24 / 3.57.82 i
Mark Carroll IRL 3.34.91 / 3.50.62 3.47.49
Youcef Abdi AUS 3.36.35 / 3.56.23 3.42.98
James Thie WAL 3.37.06 / 3.57.86 3.41
Collis Birmingham AUS 3.37.88 / 3.59.84 3.37.88
Will Leer USA 3.37.63 / 3.58.16 3.37.63 / 3.58.16
Philemon Kimutai KEN 3.38.40 3.38.40
John Jefferson USA 3.39.44 / 4.00.13 3.42.48 / 4.00.13
Graeme Wells CAN 3.39.02 / 4.01.82 3.39.02
Stephen Pifer USA 3.40.51 / 3.59.55i 3.41.55
Darren Brown USA 3.41.78 / 3.59.99 3.41.78 / 3.59.99
Mark Christie IRL 3.41.91 / 3.58.99 3.43.7 / 4.01.24
David Campbell IRL 3.40.25 / 3.58.19 3.40.25 / 3.58.19
Colm Rooney IRL 3.43.13 /4.02.18 3.44.76 / 4.05.30
Mark Hanrahan IRL 3.46.86 3.46.86
Conor Healy (Pace)

3 mile
Josphat Boit KEN 13.17.12 ?
Pete Nohill AUS 13.43.03 ?
Stephen Haas USA 13.38.51 13.38.51
Brian Olinger USA 13.31.21 13.31.21
Matt Flaherty USA ? ?
Vinny Mulvey IRL 13.58.26 ?
Mick Clohissey IRL 14.23.24 14.23.24
Alan Mc Cormack IRL 14.41.25 ?
Mark Kirwan IRL 14.46.91 ?
John Eves IRL 14.48.64 14.48.64
Brian Farrell IRL ? ?
Eugene O’Neill (Pace)

Pole Vault
Leigh Walker IRL 5.01 4.50
Anthony Mc Creery IRL 4.90 4.30
David Donegan IRL 4.80 4.60
Zoe Brown IRL 4.26 4.15(+50cm Handicap)
Adam Walker IRL 4.20 4.40
Stuart Greene IRL 4.20′ 4.10′
Richard Whyte IRL 4.20′ 3.90′
Brian Flatley IRL 3.90′ 3.90′
Ian Rodgers IRL ? ?

IMC v BMC Mile
Jermaine Mays GBR 3.39.85 3.59.64 (Mile)
Adam Bowden GBR 3.40.83 3.42.76
Ricky Stephenson GBR 3.42.55 3.42.55
Richie Corcoran IRL 3.46.64 3.50.38
Kevin Moriarity IRL 3.46.84 3.46.84
Emmet Dunleavy IRL 3.48.34 3.53.25
Aidan Bailey IRL 3.48.40 3.48.40
Martin Conroy IRL 3.48.87 3.51.32
Rory Chesser IRL 3.49.08 3.49.08
Julian Kuppler AUS 3.49.3 3.51.82
Gary O’Hanlon IRL 3.51.21 3.51.22
Patrick Mc Carton IRL 3.53.68 3.53.68
Alan O’Brien IRL ? ?
Darragh Greene IRL ? ?
Feidhlim Kelly (Pace)

WOMEN
100m
Toyin Olupona CAN 11.29 11.29
Anna Boyle IRL 11.49 11.91
Lashawndra Ratcliff USA 11.50′ 11.50′
Ailis Mc Sweeney IRL 11.59 11.64
Claire Brady IRL 11.66 11.66
Kelly Proper IRL 11.68 11.68
Niamh Whelan IRL 11.71 11.71
Loiuse Kiernan IRL 11.88 11.88
Mairead Murphy IRL 12.38 12.41
TBC

400m
Rosemary Whyte JAM 50.05 50.05
Moushami Robinson USA 50.38 52.02
Clora Williams JAM 51.06 51.65
Debbie Dunn USA 51.11 51.11
Florence Ekpo-Umoh GER 51.13 52.32
Elaine Mc Caffrey IRL 55.02 55.48
TBC
TBC

3000m
Maria McCambridge IRL 8.50.40 9.01.37
Melissa Cook USA 9.11.12 i ?
Juliet Potter GBR 9.10.78 9.10.78
Deirdre Byrne IRL 9.12.31 i 9.12.31
Jessica Sparke GBR 9.22.95 9.22.95
Mary Jane Reeves USA 9.23.40 ?
Jane Potter GBR 9.20.83 9.28.70
Kerry Harty IRL 9.28.20 9.28.20
Kate O’Neill IRL 10.16.21 10.16.21
Adrienne Jordan IRL ? ?
Aoife Brady (Pace) IRL

Hammer
Kamila Skolimowska POL 76.83 73.50
Betty Heildler GER 76.55 74.11
Erin Gilreath USA 73.87 66.08
Kathrin Klaas GER 73.45 70.39
Eileen O’Keeffe IRL 73.21 70.39
Andrea Bunjes GER 70.73 67.35
Zoe Dernham GBR 68.62 68.62
Kathrina Safrankova CZE 68.26 68.26

High Jump
Deirdre Ryan IRL 1.92 1.88
Pamela Hughes IRL 1.80 1.80
Rosemary Daniels IRL 1.75 1.75
Grainne Moggan IRL 1.75 1.75
Catriona Farrell IRL 1.71 1.71
Claire Wilkinson IRL ? ?

Junior Men Mile
Chris Jones Raheny Shamrocks AC
Darragh Flynn Raheny Shamrocks AC
Mark McDonald Clonliffe Harriers AC
David Flynn Clonliffe Harriers AC
Eoin McDonnell Clonliffe Harriers AC
Eoin Pearce, Clonliffe Harriers AC
David Fitzmaurice Clonliffe Harriers AC
Lar Brady Clonliffe Harriers AC
Ciaran Phelan Aughavillar AC
Keith Maher Thurles AC
Tomas Cotter Dunleer AC
Fergal Ellis Ballinamore AC
Sam Kelly Fingallians
Joe Breen SBR
Tom Hayes KCH

MacSwifty

O'Keeffe out with a knee injury:mad:

Fast_Mover

Yeah, just saw it on A.I website!
Hopefully it's just a precautionary thing.

Rineanna

Noooooooooo! Was so looking forward to seeing her in action.

Oh well, a fighting fit Eileen for Beijing is the most important thing.

But did we see who she's been replaced with?! :eek: Ivana Brkljacic! This really is a world class field. Excitement isn't the word!

shels4ever

I know I was hoping to see her in action myself.

Common Sense

Won by Heidler from the Czech and the Pole 72.43 to 72.83 to 71 something. Eileen's stadium record intact.

Rineanna

Hi all,

Had a great evening out in Santry; was my first time out there, and haver to say the stadium looks a lot better in reality than what it does on t.v.

The Hammer was a great competition alltogether. As commonsense said, Heidler won...looked very impressive looking. I'm pretty sure, however, that it was the Croat Brkalic in second with the Pole in third.

Nixon won the men's 400m, while the Jamaican won teh Women's in 51.5?, IIRC. I'll post a few pictures and stuff when I get home on Sunday.

One boo-boo made on the night was when God Save the Queen was played instead of the Amhran na Bhian by mistake!

Great win for McGettigan in London tonight also!

RoyMcC

Excellent hammer competition despite Eileen's absence. GB's Derham (or Dernham as the announcer was insisting) was badly shown up for speed in this company and won't figure much in Beijing.

How was it that a practice throw landed in lane 3 in the back straight and yet the cage gate was not adjusted? Maybe it can't be adjusted further (which is very poor) but at least they held further throws until the track was clear.

A very well-promoted and enjoyable meet but the attendance, although respectable, will probably disappoint the organisers.

darkskol

Sounded like an enjoyable night, I had tickets myself but was not able to make it in the end Really cant wait for the olympics now.

Common Sense

Rineanna wrote: »

Hi all,

Had a great evening out in Santry; was my first time out there, and haver to say the stadium looks a lot better in reality than what it does on t.v.

The Hammer was a great competition alltogether. As commonsense said, Heidler won...looked very impressive looking. I'm pretty sure, however, that it was the Croat Brkalic in second with the Pole in third.

Nixon won the men's 400m, while the Jamaican won teh Women's in 51.5?, IIRC. I'll post a few pictures and stuff when I get home on Sunday.

One boo-boo made on the night was when God Save the Queen was played instead of the Amhran na Bhian by mistake!

Great win for McGettigan in London tonight also!

You're absolutely right, Rineanna. She was the Croat - got my 'C's mixed up!

TheRoadRunner

Rineanna wrote: »

One boo-boo made on the night was when God Save the Queen was played instead of the Amhran na Bhian by mistake!

ah come on that was hilarious, secondly he only go through 5 seconds of it before it was turned off.

I know the DJ and I won't embarass him by naming and shaming him as he is a contributor to these boards !!!!!!