Outdoor Season 2012

runjb

The Outdoor Season is on!!:D

With results starting to filter in from the US/Australia and with the first main domestic T&F meet (Leevale) kicking off in just over a week, it's time to start a new thread.

Interesting to hear that Alistar Cragg has made the Europeans a focus in his calendar this year, I think after his record breaking run at the weekend, he could indeed be a contender for a medal at the Europeans. I know we've said it all before, but with the focus on the Olympics for most athletes, I think this will suit Cragg. He claims he will try the double (5000m/10000m) and will aim to achieve the Olympic A standard in the 10000m to add to his 5k standard already achieved.

myflipflops

Cragg is doubling the 1500 and 5k tomorrow at Stanford according to his Twitter. Interesting stuff, must be back in a training phase after Carlsbad.

Fionnuala Britton going over 5k too. Cannot wait to see what she does.

Fields here, cannot spot any other Irish.

http://www.rtspt.com/events/stanford/invite2012/

ecoli

myflipflops wrote: »

Cragg is doubling the 1500 and 5k tomorrow at Stanford according to his Twitter. Interesting stuff, must be back in a training phase after Carlsbad.

Fionnuala Britton going over 5k too. Cannot wait to see what she does.

Fields here, cannot spot any other Irish.

http://www.rtspt.com/events/stanford/invite2012/

Brendan O Neill also down on the entry list for the 10k. Should be an interesting one. Saw this earlier but missed cragg and Britton only saw Brendan:o

SeanKenny

Anthony Leighio is also running in the 1500m - expect a PB!! Tommy Casey, the Senior Schools 1500m champion for the last two years is also in the field. So too is Kevin Cooper from Ferrybank.

Dave Flynn is racing the steeplechase as is Tomas Cotter, who is running quite well recently.

runjb

Add in Kerry Harty in the 1500m, and we have a good Irish representation competing there this the weekend.

I think Alistar will put in a solid 1500m, but having only a 90minute recovery before the 5k will surely make it very difficult. We'll see what happens, should be interesting!

myflipflops

SeanKenny wrote: »

Anthony Leighio is also running in the 1500m - expect a PB!! Tommy Casey, the Senior Schools 1500m champion for the last two years is also in the field. So too is Kevin Cooper from Ferrybank.

Dave Flynn is racing the steeplechase as is Tomas Cotter, who is running quite well recently.

Should have spotted Leighio, saw him run at Nationals when I was home in August and thought he looked a really classy runner.

It shows I've been away too long that I have never heard of Tommy Casey!

Dan man

Holly Knight in the 10,000m also.

longjump67

Ireland has a new world Masters champion in the 3,000m Ciaran Doherty from Letterkenny Ac

http://www.donegaldaily.com/2012/04/06/world-champion-doherty-is-masters-world-indoor-3000m-champ/

Dan man

Tomas Cotter won his 3,000m steeplechase race in 8:51.88mins. I'm not sure, but I think his previous best time was from the Nationals last year where he claimed the Irish title in 9:00.91mins so if that's correct, he has smashed his P.B. by a whopping 10 seconds! Great run by the lad.

David Flynn also with a new steeplechase P.B. coming in 11th in the A-race in 8:49.24mins, I think his previous best time was 8:52.19mins from Stanford last year. Good stuff.

myflipflops

Cragg 6th (i think) in 3.42.00. Decent run with the 5k to come.

I'm watching here, waiting for Fionnuala Britton coming up in a while.

http://live.flocasts.org/stanfordinvite-live.html

Dan man

Not the best race by Anthony Lieghio, 8th in his 1,500m race in 3:49.07mins. Kevin Cooper finished 7th in 3:47.93mins in his race.

myflipflops

Fionnuala Britton 6th in 15.29. A solid start but she would have wanted the 15.20 Olympic standard. Race won in 15.18. She did all the work from about 1km to 3km and could not go when moves were made.

myflipflops

Cragg 13.32 (not sure of place, winner in 13.31.51) in the 5k for a ridiculous 3.42/13.32 double in the space of 90 minutes. He was in the top 4 in a tight group with about 1200 to go when Brent Vaughn made a serious move for home. Cragg was gapped a bit but fought back.

He looks to be in the shape of his life. We will see an Irish 10k record from him in a few weeks.

ecoli

myflipflops wrote: »

He looks to be in the shape of his life. We will see an Irish 10k record from him in a few weeks.

The Payton Jordan Invitational at the end of the month could probably be a chance at this if he does it

Dan man

Holly Knight was 16th in the 10,000m in 33:08.99mins. I think her previous best was 33:51mins so that was a massive improvement on her P.B. figures. In fact it's a qualifying time for the European Champinships in Helsinki so well done to Holly.

Dan man

Brendan O'Neill was 26th in the men's 10,000m in 29:28.87mins.

formerrunner25

Christie and Turnball running 3k in Auburn tonight! be interesting to see how they get on

Pherekydes

formerrunner25 wrote: »

Christie and Turnball running 3k in Auburn tonight! be interesting to see how they get on

Christie won by nearly 15 seconds in 8:00.41. Turnbull and Mark Carroll were DNFs.

myflipflops

Pherekydes wrote: »

Christie won by nearly 15 seconds in 8:00.41. Turnbull and Mark Carroll were DNFs.

I presume Carroll was pacing. He coaches both the boys and has been pacing Christie is some sessions. Pity about The Bull, would be great to see him back at full pelt.

Rineanna

A few Irish in action at the Mt. Sac relays this weekend.

Gillick opening up with a 400m. Michelle Carey also in action over the flat, with Justine Kinney returning to action over the sticks. Tori Pena vaulting and Hazel Murphy tackling the 1500m. Kerry Harty looking to break 10 minutes in the 'chase, while multi-eventer Mairead Murphy in action in the sprint hurdles following a season's best in Arizona last week. Murphy also runs as part of the Kansas State shuttle hurdles team.

Cotter, Lieghio and Christie the only Irish I can spot in the men's middle distances.

http://www.mtsacrelays.com/confirmations/2012/12mtsacrelayswomensacceptedlist.htm

http://www.mtsacrelays.com/confirmations/2012/12mtsacrelaysmensacceptedlist.htm

SeanKenny

Cheers Rineanna! I also see Dave Rooney (Raheny) in the 5000m who was a member of the Irish U23 Euro Cross Country winning team. Dave Flynn is also in the 3000m steeplechase. Christie's clubmate, Jake Byrne (Mullingar Harriers) has alrady ran 14 mins 11 indoors this year and is running his first outdoor 5000m this season

Dan man

Rineanna wrote: »

A few Irish in action at the Mt. Sac relays this weekend.

Gillick opening up with a 400m. Michelle Carey also in action over the flat, with Justine Kinney returning to action over the sticks. Tori Pena vaulting and Hazel Murphy tackling the 1500m. Kerry Harty looking to break 10 minutes in the 'chase, while multi-eventer Mairead Murphy in action in the sprint hurdles following a season's best in Arizona last week. Murphy also runs as part of the Kansas State shuttle hurdles team.

Cotter, Lieghio and Christie the only Irish I can spot in the men's middle distances.

http://www.mtsacrelays.com/confirmations/2012/12mtsacrelayswomensacceptedlist.htm

http://www.mtsacrelays.com/confirmations/2012/12mtsacrelaysmensacceptedlist.htm

Orla Drumm is in the 1500m line-up as is Michelle Finn in the steeplechase.
Darren McBrearty in the 1,500m also. David Rooney is down for the 5,000m and David Flynn for the steeplechase.

Pherekydes

Rineanna wrote: »

A few Irish in action at the Mt. Sac relays this weekend.

The meet actually begins on April 19.

runjb

Has anyone travelled to the Diamond League Events over the last year or 2?
I was thinking of going to one over the in May/June to take in some action...has anyone been to the Rome event, in the Olympic Stadium? Seems to be a good line up, with the one and only Usain Bolt going in the 100m against Powell and Lemaitre. Tickets cheap too.

Pherekydes

Both Joanne and Catriona Cuddihy qualified for the 400m final at the Australian Championships, with Joanne running the fastest time of 52.33. She must be the hot favourite for the title.

Pisco Sour

Pherekydes wrote: »

Both Joanne and Catriona Cuddihy qualified for the 400m final at the Australian Championships, with Joanne running the fastest time of 52.33. She must be the hot favourite for the title.

That's tasty running for a heat of a pretty weak meet. Fingers crossed she'll get that A-Standard on Sunday. There is no female 400m runner in Australia close to her, she'll easily win.

runjb

Results starting to come in from Leevale Open Sports.

Live results (slightly delayed) are available here:

http://www.leevale.org/attach/12/sports/rtresults/index.htm

james1992

Sarah Lavin acheives World Junior Standard on first attempt.
14.02 wind +1.3 to win the leevale 100m hurdles by nearly a second.
A PB also by 0.02. and its her only her season opener. It's only APRIL.
Exciting season ahead.

Catherine Mcmanus hammers her PB to win 100m in 11.74.... 2nd Phil Healy 11.97, just 0.01 outside world juniors standard of 11.96..... so close, loads of races left to get that time. Great 100m.

David Hynes wins mens 100m in 10.63 under legal wind with +1.9. Marcus Lawlor hammers his PB with 10.75 for second , just outside Irish national youth record set way back in 1978 of 10.73. great performance by Marcus + David

Hynes wins the 200m easily. Marcus Lawlor 2nd in 21.56 +1.7 wind.... that a new PB for him and improves his own National youth record from 21.61 to 21.56. Great stuff by both athletes.

Thomas Barr opened his season with a narrow victory over Tim Crowe.
Ciara Mageaan fininshed 2nd in 1500m in 4.21.xx . winner was orla drumlin in 4.18.xx.
not the best season opener when your looking to get the 4.05 olympic standard in the next few months

longjump67

Dempsey Mc Guigan (Finn Valley) breaks the Junior Irish record in his first meet of the season with a throw of 69.68m, just 23cm short of the world junior Q mark. Surely he will break the magic 70m mark in the weeks ahead.

myflipflops

51.69 from Joanne Cuddihy to win by a country mile.

http://www.nswathletics.info/liveresults/2012/aa_open12/

Pisco Sour

myflipflops wrote: »

51.69 from Joanne Cuddihy to win by a country mile.

http://www.nswathletics.info/liveresults/2012/aa_open12/

She looked very impressive today. She seems to be in great shape and that 51.55 A-standard is not too far away.

Worth noting that her sister Catriona ran a big PB of 55.03 to finish 8th.

ecoli

Few results from US:

John Fagan with a 53.70 hurdles at FSU.

Justine Kinney runs flat 400 PB of 55.46 in UCLA meet

Two PBs for Kalyn Sheehan at Brown Invitational, a 24 second 200 and a 55 second 400.

myflipflops

Vinny Mulvey just posted that Sean Connolly finished just outside 2.16 in Rotterdam. Unofficial at the moment.

2 Irish just missing A standards today.

ecoli

myflipflops wrote: »

Vinny Mulvey just posted that Sean Connolly finished just outside 2.16 in Rotterdam. Unofficial at the moment.

2 Irish just missing A standards today.

from the Rotterdam thread:

Gary T Sean C and Sergio all narrowly missed out finnishing close togeter in 2.16+

Great to see the 3 Pbs

ecoli

myflipflops wrote: »

Vinny Mulvey just posted that Sean Connolly finished just outside 2.16 in Rotterdam. Unofficial at the moment.

2 Irish just missing A standards today.

2.16.40 official. new Pb by over 40 secs

ecoli

Unofficial reports from the Rotterdam thread indicate that Jennings hit the A standard. Could be a headache for the selectors and one unhappy athlete staying at home

Pisco Sour

Easy for things to not get picked up on what is a wonderful weekend of marathon running but Rob Heffernan finished in 4th place at the World Race Walking Grand Prix meet in Portugal yesterday, his highest ever placing in a World Grand Prix race.

Pherekydes

The new Emperor in full flight just out of the Furry Glen:

Pherekydes

Rineanna wrote: »

A few Irish in action at the Mt. Sac relays this weekend.

Gillick opening up with a 400m.

A reminder that this meet starts, Thursday April 19. Gillick is missing from the start lists. I hope it's not injury related. A pity, as he could have had a nice run-out against Jeremy Wariner.

Pherekydes

Irish results from Mt SAC:

Hazel Murphy 4:21.30
David Flynn 8:49.20
Tomas Cotter 8:54.31
Kerry Harty 9:56.73


Flynn shaved his PB by 0.04, while Harty hacked nearly 12 seconds off hers.

Dan man

Pherekydes wrote: »

Irish results from Mt SAC:

Hazel Murphy 4:21.30
David Flynn 8:49.20
Tomas Cotter 8:54.31
Kerry Harty 9:56.73


Flynn shaved his PB by 0.04, while Harty hacked nearly 12 seconds off hers.

Good run by Kerry Harty, she just missed the European Champs qualifying time (9:55mins) by 1.76secs...she has a good chance of making Helsinki over the next few weeks.
Another nice time by Dave Flynn also.

Pisco Sour

Joanne Cuddihy's 51.69 last weekend in Melbourne

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1rKuQ6KB6U

Pherekydes

Mairead Murphy missed her 100m Hurdles PB by 0.01 tonight, running 13.75 (+1.2) at the Mt SAC relays.

myflipflops

Orla Drumm 4.36 mile for 5th at Mount Sac.

She led through the 800 in 2.15 and was still leading at 1k. Looked like it hurt like hell over the last 400!

Rineanna

Steven Colvert had a strong opening to his outdoor season, with a 10.55 and 20.93 legal clocking at the Bryan Clay invitational in Cali. He opened with a 22.x last year before improving to 20.76!

Darren McBrearty runs 3.43 for opener over 1500m.

SeanKenny

Great run by David Rooney to win his race at the Mt Sac relays in a PB of13 mins 53.o4.

This is his first time under 14 mins and to do so by quite a margin is impressive. He also won the race by over 2 seconds which suggests there may be more to come.

Well done to David, he's on the road to Rio!!

james1992

So who is racing over today and tomorrow.
I know there's a few running in the Us. who are they and when ?
anyone racing across Europe today or tomorrow ?

james1992

Claire Bergin runs unoffical at the moment , 53.78 to win 400m flat opener in Athlone today. very close to her PB at this time of year looks like she going to break that in the coming weeks.

Dan man

james1992 wrote: »

Claire Bergin runs unoffical at the moment , 53.78 to win 400m flat opener in Athlone today. very close to her PB at this time of year looks like she going to break that in the coming weeks.

Augers well for our national 4x400 squad.

Pisco Sour

james1992 wrote: »

Claire Bergin runs unoffical at the moment , 53.78 to win 400m flat opener in Athlone today. very close to her PB at this time of year looks like she going to break that in the coming weeks.

Great stuff. Did Jessie Barr run the final? What was her time?

james1992

04072511 wrote: »

Great stuff. Did Jessie Barr run the final? What was her time?

yeah she did, was second ahead of christine mcmahon.
her time im not sure, think it was around 55 flat mark if not just outside it.
offical results will be in later with her time.:)
Jessie won the hurdles easily around 58 second mark i think.
Thomas Barr false started final of 400m hurdles. crowe won it in 53.4 around that anyway