European U23 Championships - David McCarthy 5000m - BRONZE!!!

thirtyfoot

http://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/?p=8502

Kicks off tomorrow. How many medals, if any? How many top 8's?

A good squad who will have aspirations right now to be qualifiers for London '12.

The Irish Team for the U23 European Track and Field Championships will be in action on the track tomorrow in Lithuania. There are many potential medallists within the talented squad including David McCarty, 5000m (West Waterford AC) and multi-talented Kelly Proper, Long Jump (Ferrybank AC).

David McCarthy is the fastest of the 5000m entrants with his 13:42.11 from Walnut, California. Turkey’s Selim Bayrak who has a best of 13:26.14 from 2008 but his current seasonal best is 13:55.61 will also be in contention. SPAR European Cross Country U23 champion Andrea Lalli of Italy, Spain’s European junior silver medallist Mohamed Elbendir and the Ukraine’s Maksym Kryvonis will all be looking for medals.

Kelly Proper will need to jump a new Irish record to make the podium at these Championships with the top five 6.60m-plus jumpers in Europe all entered. The 2006 World Junior silver Anika Leipold from Germany leads the lists with 6.67m, closely followed by Nastassia Mironchyk of Belarus and Russia’s Yekaterina Malysheva both on 6.65m. Proper has however displayed that she has championship temperament setting a new Irish Record of 6.59m to qualify for the final at the Senior European Indoor Championships in Turin in March this year.

Double Paralympic Gold Medalist, Jason Smyth of City of Derry AC, will be aiming for a place in the final following his record breaking run in 100m of 10.42 when winning the U23 national title in Tullamore. Brian Gregan (Tallaght AC) will compete in the 400m and can make the final following his performance of 46.85 in Belgium last month.

There will also be a strong women’s 4×100m relay made up of Claire Brady (Celbridge AC), Louise Kiernan (Fingallians AC), Amy Foster (North Down AC) and Kelly Proper AC. All four athletes had achieved the individual qualifying standard for the 100m.

DAY 1, 16th July 2009

08.20 Women’s 100m 1st Round
• Claire Brady Celbridge AC
• Louise Kiernan Fingallians AC
• Amy Foster North Down AC

08.55 Men’s 100m Round 1
• Jason Symth City of Derry AC

09.30 Men’s 400m Round 1
• Brian Gregan Tallaght AC

13.45 Women’s Pole Vault Qualification
• Claire Wilkinson Ballymena and Antrim AC

15.10 Women’s 100m Semi Final

• Claire Brady Celbridge AC
• Louise Kiernan Fingallians AC
• Amy Foster North Downs AC

15.30 Men’s 400m Semi-Finals
• Brian Gregan Tallaght AC

15.50 Women’s 800m Round 1
• Laura Crowe Riocht AC

16.15 Men’s 100m Semi Final
• Jason Symth City of Derry AC

18.55 Men’s 5000 meters Final
• David McCarthy West Waterford AC
• Brendan O’Neill Dundrum South Dublin AC

DAY 2, 17th July 2009

06.00 20km Race Walk
• Laura Reynolds Mohill AC
14.40 Men’s 100m Final
• Jason Symth City of Derry AC

14.55 Women’s 100m Final

• Claire Brady Celbridge AC
• Louise Kiernan Fingallians AC
• Amy Foster North Downs AC

15.10 Women’s 1500m 1st Round
• Sara Treacy Moynalavey AC
• Rose Anne Galligan Newbridge AC

15.35 Men’s 1500m 1st Round
• Rory Chesser Ennis Track AC

15.55 Men’s 400m Final
• Brian Gregan Tallaght AC

16.55 Women’s 200m 1st Round

• Louise Kiernan Fingallians AC

DAY 3, 18th July 2009

09.05 Women’s 200m Semi Final

• Louise Kiernan Fingallians AC

15.40 Women’s Pole Vault Qualification
• Claire Wilkinson Ballymena and Antrim AC

15.45 Women’s 200m Final
• Louise Kiernan Fingallians AC

16.20 Women’s 800m Final
• Laura Crowe Riocht AC

16.45 Women’s Long Jump Qualification
• Kelly Proper Ferrybank AC

DAY 4, 19th July 2009

13.30 Women’s Long Jump Final
• Kelly Proper Ferrybank AC

13.40 Women’s 4×100m Relay Semi-Final
• Kelly Proper Ferrybank AC
• Claire Brady Celbridge AC
• Louise Kiernan Fingallians AC
• Amy Foster North Downs AC

14.25 Men’s 1500m Final
• Rory Chesser Ennis Track AC

14.55 Women’s 4×100m Relay Semi-Final
• Kelly Proper Ferrybank AC
• Claire Brady Celbridge AC
• Louise Kiernan Fingallians AC
• Amy Foster North Downs AC

15.30 Women’s 1500m Final
• Sara Treacy Moynalavey AC
• Rose Anne Galligan Newbridge AC

15.45 Women’s 5000m Final
• Rose Anne Galligan Newbridge AC

razorhead

Is there any TV coverage?

Pherekydes

Live results.

Men's 100m heats have been scratched. 3 semis later today. Smyth looks to have a great chance of advancing.

Women's 100m: Kiernan 12.01 -1.2, qualifies as fastest loser. Brady misses out by 0.01, running 12.06 -2.0. Foster off form with 12.33 -1.6.

thirtyfoot

Bollix! Gregan DNF. Terrible:(

thejovialhost

Hamstring after 90m what an awful shame. This was his time to shine.

Gutted is an understatement there. As far as I know this hamstring never really gave any trouble, it was his groin or hip flexor a few years back that was giving him trouble and ruled him out for over a year. Now this

thirtyfoot

Kiernan 7th in the semi in 11.88.

Wilkinson out of the PV having cleared 3.50.

Pherekydes

Jason Smyth misses out despite being 8th fastest in the semis, running 10.60 into a stiffer headwind than the other two heats. :mad:

Rineanna

David McCarthy takes Bronze I think in 5000m.

DJS

Rineanna wrote: »

David McCarthy takes Bronze I think in 5000m.

That is ****ing brilliant!! He is a real classy runner

Pherekydes

Rineanna wrote: »

David McCarthy takes Bronze I think in 5000m.

Brill! He was 3 seconds clear of fourth. Looks like the Spaniard went for the long run and split the field.

Rineanna

1 70 ELBENDIR, Mohamed ESP 13:55.10

2 163 SMAÏL, Noureddine FRA 13:59.23 SB

3 265 MCCARTHY, David IRL 14:00.78

4 356 NAGEEYE, Abdi NED 14:03.87

5 229 SCHWARZ, Rico GER 14:04.15 PB

6 22 CHABIARAK, Siarhei BLR 14:04.79 PB

7 499 KRYVONIS, Maksym UKR 14:07.62

8 223 PFLIEGER, Philipp GER 14:09.13

9 486 BAYRAK, Selim TUR 14:10.10

10 226 ROBA-KINKAL, Musa GER 14:11.44

11 75 GARCÍA, Javier ESP 14:12.70

12 301 SEPPI, Andrea ITA 14:13.85

13 195 TAYLOR, Jonathan GBR 14:15.00

14 365 WIGGERS, Tom NED 14:19.52

15 482 SÖDERBERG, Alexander SWE 14:21.18

16 135 CHAHDI, Hassan FRA 14:21.76

17 368 BURAAS, Sindre NOR 14:25.83

18 151 LE STUM, Matthieu FRA 14:31.44

19 196 TIMMINS, Lewis GBR 14:32.51

20 266 O'NEILL, Brendan IRL 15:16.45

thirtyfoot

Rineanna wrote: »

1 70 ELBENDIR, Mohamed ESP 13:55.10

2 163 SMAÏL, Noureddine FRA 13:59.23 SB

3 265 MCCARTHY, David IRL 14:00.78

Great news. A major step for the guy. Delighted now and he is now becoming the real deal.

How was the race?

Rineanna

Tingle wrote: »

Great news. A major step for the guy. Delighted now and he is now becoming the real deal.

How was the race?

To be honest, I'm only following the online results so didn't see the race. Brendan O' Neill's run was a bit strange after his good SB, but congratulations to David.

It's a nice boost to Atheltics in Ireland, amid the in-fighting and back-stabbing, to see young athletes win medals of any colour on a continental and world stage.

thirtyfoot

Rineanna wrote: »

It's a nice boost to Atheltics in Ireland, amid the in-fighting and back-stabbing, to see young athletes win medals of any colour on a continental and world stage.

Two in 5 days!!!!!

thirtyfoot

Pherekydes wrote: »

Jason Smyth misses out despite being 8th fastest in the semis, running 10.60 into a stiffer headwind than the other two heats. :mad:

Just looking at this now, that is serious bad luck!

Irishathlete_1

Oh, and a very very good run from McCarthy. This guy has had a very long collegiate season in the US. This has been the death of many runners in the past. Excellent medal, now lets hope he keeps his head down and keeps working hard, which I'm sure he will.

Remember Robert Connolly though. Bronze behind Mo Farah in 2003? I've met David several times though and I think we will see him progress as a senior.

Rineanna

Dissapointed for Wilkinson. Hopefully she'll bounce back over the coming weeks to push nearer that 4.00m mark.

Two in 5 days!!!!!

It really has been a great week. And, contrary to the last few years, it's the middle-distances in which the medals are being won rather than the sprinting and field events.

Stupid_Private wrote: »

I don't see how it could be split into another thread - athlete gets injured in a championships and someone questions the injury in that championship thread. Seems like the right place to me. What an odd new thread you'd have to start to ask a question about an injury to an irish athlete. Maybe read the post again and you'll see its not critical, highly fueled or bad tempered.

You really don't see the reason?

And maybe if you read my post you'll see I wasn't accusing Irishathlete_1 himself of getting 'highly fueled', as you put it, rather that the topics that were raised have the potential to drag the thread into another bickering match like other threads, with remarkably similar stakeholders, have done in the past. (which I guess is what it's ended up as anyway and I'm facilitating right now :rolleyes:).

Anyway, it was just a suggestion given that some people may not want to have to wade through posts like this one and yours to see how Irish athletes performed at the championships, which I'd imagine, but not certain, is what Tingle would've set up the thread for in the first place.

Anyway, I digress.

sleapy235

Excellent performance from McCarthy, especially considering he has had tough indoor and outdoor seasons already in the States, so he's done well to maintain enough form to come to a championships like these and snake away with a medal. Also according to athleticireland.ie he was disappointed with the bronze, good to see an Irish athlete with such high aspirations, refusing to settle for mediocrity and wanting more. There has been Irish athletes in the past who have medalled at junior and u23 level in the past and haven't really gone on to achieve anything at senior level, but based on the times he has achieved at such a relatively tender age, and his determination to succeed, I reckon he has a bright future ahead of him at international level, and I certainly hope so. Anyway, lets celebrate the present and fair play to him for his performance today, we;ll have at least one medal from these championships, would be a disaster to return with none!
The medal managed to paper over what was, otherwise, a poor display from the Irish team today. Louise Kiernan aside, nobody progressed beyond the heats, and Brendan O'Neill finished last in the 5000m. Anybody have any theories on why this was, was the team prepared properly for the championships, were the qualification standards set by the AAI too low, or did a number of people just have bad days? Don't want to be too critical, but its never nice seeing Irish athletes listed as last in first round heats, and theres no point pretending that everything is rosy in the garden either when its not.
But enough of that, well done again to McCarthy, and best of luck to the Irish team for the rest of the championships, who knows, maybe Kelly Proper might pull another big jump out of the bag!

sleapy235

Laura Reynolds 15th in 20km walk in a new PB of 1:43:07

Pherekydes

Rose-Anne Galligan won her semi and is the fastest qualifier for the 1500m final.

Sarah Treacy was eliminated in a much slower semi.

thirtyfoot

Pherekydes wrote: »

Rose-Anne Galligan won her semi and is the fastest qualifier for the 1500m final.

Excellent. Interesting to see how she fares, could be an outsider, she has good base speed.

HaileGeb

Rory Chesser 8th in his heat. 3 mins 47.30.
He would have needed 3 mins 44 to advance as a fastest loser.

DJS

HaileGeb wrote: »

Rory Chesser 8th in his heat. 3 mins 47.30.
He would have needed 3 mins 44 to advance as a fastest loser.

Unfortunate for rory! I think he was doing well to just get to these champs. After running 3.43 that will do his steeple a world of good. Hopefully him kirwan and farrel can have a great race and hopefully a fast time at the seniors

Congratulations to Rose-anne, a nice way to pb in the heats. But she will need to bring her A game if she wants a top 5 finish and she is well capable of doing that. Great too see her making the final and im looking forward to her racing the seniors now aswel

Irishathlete_1

Good qualification from Proper. 6.40m first jump. will have to jump 6.50m + to win the final

HaileGeb

Kelly Proper qualified in the Long Jump at the first attempt. She jumped 6m 40, exceeding the requirement of 6m 35. Nice to see her get the job done at the first attempt. She will hopefully be a contender for a medal now.
The leading qualifier was 6m 50.

DJS

Thats great news, very professional effort today! Hopefully she can keep this sort of jumping up, is a possible medal hope!!

Dodge

http://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/?p=8599

great photo

thirtyfoot

Imagne you foul the 1st round, foul the 2nd and need to jump a pretty decent distance and close what you jumped in the qualifying to make the final 8. Thats pressure and we should never have doubted her. Proper with a 6.58 with so much pressure on her gets in at 5th and now has 3 more jumps to give it a real lash.

Rank Athlete Nation Result
1 MIRONCHYK, Nastassia BLR 6.76

2 BAUSCHKE, Melanie GER 6.68

3 LESUEUR, Éloyse FRA 6.64 SB

4 DEIAC, Cornelia ROU 6.61 PB

5 PROPER, Kelly IRL 6.58

6 MALYSHEVA, Yekaterina RUS 6.57

7 PUSTERLA, Ircne SUI 6.54

8 MOGUENARA, Sosthene GER 6.39

9 HALAI, Erika ROU 6.36

10 REUSE, Clélia SUI 6.33

KESSELY, Haoua FRA

ANDRIJAUSKAITE, Lina LTU

thirtyfoot

6.50 in rd 4, still 5th. Come on Kelly!!!! 2 jumps left.

shels4ever

Tingle wrote: »

Imagne you foul the 1st round, foul the 2nd and need to jump a pretty decent distance and close what you jumped in the qualifying to make the final 8. Thats pressure and we should never have doubted her. Proper with a 6.58 with so much pressure on her gets in at 5th and now has 3 more jumps to give it a real lash.

Rank Athlete Nation Result
1 MIRONCHYK, Nastassia BLR 6.76

2 BAUSCHKE, Melanie GER 6.68

3 LESUEUR, Éloyse FRA 6.64 SB

4 DEIAC, Cornelia ROU 6.61 PB

5 PROPER, Kelly IRL 6.58

6 MALYSHEVA, Yekaterina RUS 6.57

7 PUSTERLA, Ircne SUI 6.54

8 MOGUENARA, Sosthene GER 6.39

9 HALAI, Erika ROU 6.36

10 REUSE, Clélia SUI 6.33

KESSELY, Haoua FRA

ANDRIJAUSKAITE, Lina LTU

all very close at the top there .

ecoli

5.95 on last jump. One jump left

thirtyfoot

She can do it, she is a tough one!

ecoli

pushed back to sixth after german took 2nd in 6.69

thirtyfoot

Wind is blowing again, German had a +4.4.

ecoli

Last jump 6.32 looks like 6th hopefully she can hold onto that

thirtyfoot

6th it'll be. Disappointing no medal but great guts to do that on her 3rd jump when she needed it.

When it comes to womens long jumping, Europe is strong so this is very positive despite being 'only' 6th.

ecoli

only 1cm behind her NR so good jumping from her

thirtyfoot

Rose-Anne 6th in the 1500 Final in 4:16.15, 4:15.85 got 3rd. Good run!