world 100km championships 22nd april

ultraman1

Ireland will send a very strong team to the European & World 100km Championships in Italy on 22nd April.
The men's team will be captained by Daniel Doherty, who finished 14th in the 2011 World Championships.
Doherty, along with Irish 50km Champion John Byrne and Irish 100km record holder Thomas Maguire make up a trio of Irish runners with sub-7:10hr PBs.
The team, which also includes Keith Whyte (sub 7:30hrs), Michael Collins (World veteran bronze medallist) and John O'Regan (Irish 24-Hour Champion) will be among the favourites to medal in Europe. The cumulative time of the top three finishers for each nation decides the outccome of the team competiion.
In addition to the team, Jim McCormick will represent Ireland as an individual and should be among the top contenders in the vets competition (which is run concurrently).
In the women's race, Ireland will be represented by Helen Lavin, who has recently posted some very good ultra performances in the USA.
IRISH MEN'S TEAM
John Byrne
Michael Collins
Daniel Doherty
Thomas Maguire
John O'Regan
Keith Whyte
Jim McCormick*
IRISH WOMEN'S TEAM
Helen Lavin*

live updates here...http://www.iau-ultramarathon.org/

jeffontour

Good preview here.

http://www.irunfar.com/2012/04/2012-iau-100k-world-championships-preview.html

dermCu

ultraman1 wrote: »

Ireland will send a very strong team to the European & World 100km Championships in Italy on 22nd April.
The men's team will be captained by Daniel Doherty, who finished 14th in the 2011 World Championships.
Doherty, along with Irish 50km Champion John Byrne and Irish 100km record holder Thomas Maguire make up a trio of Irish runners with sub-7:10hr PBs.
The team, which also includes Keith Whyte (sub 7:30hrs), Michael Collins (World veteran bronze medallist) and John O'Regan (Irish 24-Hour Champion) will be among the favourites to medal in Europe. The cumulative time of the top three finishers for each nation decides the outccome of the team competiion.
In addition to the team, Jim McCormick will represent Ireland as an individual and should be among the top contenders in the vets competition (which is run concurrently).
In the women's race, Ireland will be represented by Helen Lavin, who has recently posted some very good ultra performances in the USA.
IRISH MEN'S TEAM
John Byrne
Michael Collins
Daniel Doherty
Thomas Maguire
John O'Regan
Keith Whyte
Jim McCormick*
IRISH WOMEN'S TEAM
Helen Lavin*

live updates here...http://www.iau-ultramarathon.org/

Any idea why Jim is running as an individual? Did he miss some kind of selection criteria? If he's as good at the 100k as he is at galloping around the Mournes then some of those vets better watch out.

RacoonQueen

Irish boys running well so far. Seem to be running together as mini teams at the moment.

Dan Doherty and Keith Whyte leading the boys out.

pablo t

Dan finished in 7.07. Savage running!!

belcarra

Nice to see Calcaterra win it again. I remember the time when I raced against him in Connemara.....!

belcarra

Looking like the guys grabbed 6th team overall. Well done to them!!

ger664

Provisional Results put Ireland 6th. Excellent running

menoscemo

belcarra wrote: »

Nice to see Calcaterra win it again. I remember the time when I raced against him in Connemara.....!

Me too We were in the presence of greatness that day.

TFBubendorfer

menoscemo wrote: »

Me too We were in the presence of greatness that day.

Yup. Someone being able to jog effortlessly at 6-minute pace for 4 hours is seriously impressive.

RacoonQueen

Full results were posted earlier today.

http://www.iau-ultramarathon.org/images/100KM_MASCHILE(2).pdf
http://www.iau-ultramarathon.org/images/100KM_FEMMINILE(1).pdf
http://www.iau-ultramarathon.org/images/EUROPEO_MASCHILE(1).pdf
http://www.iau-ultramarathon.org/images/EUROPEO_FEMMINILE(1).pdf

So, Ireland 6th in the world and 5th in Europe. Seem to have a strong mens team at the moment.

menoscemo

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Full results were posted earlier today.

http://www.iau-ultramarathon.org/images/100KM_MASCHILE(2).pdf
http://www.iau-ultramarathon.org/images/100KM_FEMMINILE(1).pdf
http://www.iau-ultramarathon.org/images/EUROPEO_MASCHILE(1).pdf
http://www.iau-ultramarathon.org/images/EUROPEO_FEMMINILE(1).pdf

So, Ireland 6th in the world and 5th in Europe. Seem to have a strong mens team at the moment.

Calcaterra ran an average of 3:49/km that's about 6:08/mile. Wow.

ultraman1

The Irish men's team finished a magnificent 6th in the World 100km Championships in Seregno, Italy on 22nd April 2012.
In perhaps the most competitive championships to date, the UltraRunning Ireland athletes also set a new Irish team record in the process.
Team captain, Dan Doherty, was the leading finisher among the Irish when posting new personal best time of 7:07:26 hrs for a top 25 placing.
John Byrne and Keith Whyte were close behind, registering times of 7:16:27 and 7:25:56, respectively.
The cumulative times of the top three finishers establish team rankings and the new Irish team record of 21:49:48 hrs ensured 6th position overall. It was the highest global placing by any Irish athletics team in many years.
The winning team was Italy, with the USA finishing second and France third.
Michael Collins posted a very competitive 7:43:14 hrs to finish in the top 5 in the men's 45 category, but John O'Regan, Thomas Maguire and Jim McCormick encountered various problems and injuries during the race.
In the women's race, Ireland's sole competitor was Helen Lavin and she ran strongly to finish in a time of 8:54:38 hrs.
It was a remarkable weeked for the Irish delegation as UltraRuning Ireland chairman Richard Donovan was also elected to be Director of the International Association of Ultra Runners, the world governing body for the sport.
In the past few years, UltraRunning Ireland has achieved the highest standards on the international stage, including continental medals, top global placings and numerous new Irish records. An Order of Merit was also awarded to Richard and Paul Donovan for the staging of the IAU Trail World Championships in Connemara last year, which was broadcast globally to 200 million households.
However, Athletics Ireland's CEO John Foley will now take responsibility for all aspects of the sport of ultra running in Ireland, including the funding of teams for international compitition