European Junior Championships Grosseto 20th-23rd July - Gold for Akpe-Moses

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Round up of Irish Results from day 1

10,000 Walk Women Final - Niamh O'Connor - 18th - 53.56
Heptathlon Women (Day 1) - Elizabeth Morland - 7th - 3438
Heptathlon Women (Day 1) - Kate O' Connor - 10th - 3373
100m Women Heats - Janine Boyle - 5th - 12.18
100m Women Heats - Ciara Neville - 2nd - 11.73 (Q)
- 100m Women Semi Final - Ciara Neville - 3rd - 11.79 (q)
100m Women Heats - Gina Akpe-Moses - 1st - 11.69 - (Q)
- 100m Women Semi Final - Gina Akpe-Moses - 2nd - 11.56 - (Q)
400m Women Heats - Mollie O'Reilly - 5th - 54.96
400m Men Heats - Chris O'Donnell - 1st - 47.45 (Q)
1500m Men Heats - Charlie O'Donovan - 10th - 3.50.72
1500m Men Heats - Darragh McElhinney - 11th - 3.53.15
Discus Womens Heats - Niamh Fogarty - 10th - 45.21


http://www.athleticsireland.ie/news/akpe-moses-and-neville-sprint-to-european-final/

Women leading the charge with 2 finalists in the sprints, Akpe-Moses equalling her PB in the Semi's

The Hep Girls also in solid position going into day two where they can hopefully both push for a top 8 finish.

Interviews below

https://www.facebook.com/AthleticsIreland/videos/1538664726164357/

https://www.facebook.com/AthleticsIreland/videos/1538591182838378/

Chivito550

Equalled her PB into a -1.2 headwind. Strong medal chance tomorrow.

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Final Lane draws for tomorrow attached

Pherekydes

Morland is 77pts ahead of her national record schedule, and O'Connor, who had PBs in the High Jump, Shot and 200m, is 154 pts ahead of her PB schedule, which means, if all goes well tomorrow, O'Connor could break Morland's national senior record, while Morland will be just behind her.

Interesting to see how Akpe-Moses and Neville go in the 100m. Both must be outside medal shots.

Christopher O'Donnell looks good in the 400m.

Most sprint events had negative winds.

IvoryTower

thank you for these threads Testosterscone!

Pherekydes

Pherekydes wrote: »

Morland is 77pts ahead of her national record schedule, and O'Connor, who had PBs in the High Jump, Shot and 200m, is 154 pts ahead of her PB schedule, which means, if all goes well tomorrow, O'Connor could break Morland's national senior record, while Morland will be just behind her.

Update after the Long Jump: Morland with a PB now +120, while O'Connor dropped a few pts, now +139. Morland on schedule for 5789, while O'Connor is on for 5771.

Javelin next.

IvoryTower

live feed http://www.eurovisionsports.tv/eaa/

Pherekydes

Javelin update: Morland with another PB is +154. 2:22.3 in the 800m will give her 5823.

O'Connor, dropped a few more, is +107. She needs 2:17.3 for 5739.

The 800m times I've quoted are from their most recent Heptathlons.

Morland 5th overall, O'Connor 8th.

IvoryTower

watched chris heat in the 400 its on Day 1 - morning session Part 2 at 1 hr 11 min

http://www.eurovisionsports.tv/eaa/

jamule

IvoryTower wrote: »

watched chris heat in the 400 its on Day 1 - morning session Part 2 at 1 hr 11 min

http://www.eurovisionsports.tv/eaa/

wins the semi, impressive stuff PB too!

IvoryTower

jamule wrote: »

wins the semi, impressive stuff PB too!

yeah what a race! he's so relaxed on the home straight love it

IvoryTower

fastest qualifier, going to be a cracking final

jamule

wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Testosterscone

Great performances from the girls

Testosterscone

Video of the race here

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Just a bit of context to today's Gold Medal;

* Irelands 13th ever medal at these championships (4 Gold, 5 Silver, 4 Bronze)
* Ireland's 1st ever Female Gold
* Ireland's 4th Ever Sprint medal

Below is the list of medalists from previous championships

1975 5,000m John Treacy SILVER 14.19.2
1985 3,000m Nick O’Brien GOLD 8.10.75
1987 Decathlon Barry Walsh BRONZE 7,336 pts
1991 5,000m Mark Carroll GOLD 14.19.88
1993 800m David Matthews BRONZE 1.54.00
1997 1,500m Gareth Turnbull BRONZE 3.48.16
1999 200m Ciara Sheehy BRONZE 23.49 (+1.9)
2003 400m Joanne Cuddihy SILVER 53.62
2005 1,500m Colin Costello GOLD 3.45.27
2005 1,500m Danny Darcy SILVER 3.46.07
2011 1,500m Ciara Mageean SILVER 4.16.82
2013 100m H Sarah Lavin SILVER 13.34 (+1.3)

Pherekydes

Brilliant results in the W100m and the M400m, but what about the multi eventers? 5th and 8th and the two best Irish scores ever.

O'Connor will be still eligible in 2 years' time.

Testosterscone

Pherekydes wrote: »

Brilliant results in the W100m and the M400m, but what about the multi eventers? 5th and 8th and the two best Irish scores ever.

O'Connor will be still eligible in 2 years' time.

Agreed huge results especially when you consider that Morland had only set the previous record some 6 weeks ago

Here event breakdown

Event| Ranking
100m Hurdles|2
High Jump| 10
Shot Put | 18
200m | 6
Long Jump | 7
Javelin Throw | 6
800m |15

Her points tally would have earned her 8th at the u23s Championships last week.

https://twitter.com/Jeremy_P_Lyons/status/888444657067319296

Chivito550

Testosterscone wrote: »

Just a bit of context to today's Gold Medal;

* Irelands 13th ever medal at these championships (4 Gold, 5 Silver, 4 Bronze)
* Ireland's 1st ever Female Gold
* Ireland's 4th Ever Sprint medal

Below is the list of medalists from previous championships

1975 5,000m John Treacy SILVER 14.19.2
1985 3,000m Nick O’Brien GOLD 8.10.75
1987 Decathlon Barry Walsh BRONZE 7,336 pts
1991 5,000m Mark Carroll GOLD 14.19.88
1993 800m David Matthews BRONZE 1.54.00
1997 1,500m Gareth Turnbull BRONZE 3.48.16
1999 200m Ciara Sheehy BRONZE 23.49 (+1.9)
2003 400m Joanne Cuddihy SILVER 53.62
2005 1,500m Colin Costello GOLD 3.45.27
2005 1,500m Danny Darcy SILVER 3.46.07
2011 1,500m Ciara Mageean SILVER 4.16.82
2013 100m H Sarah Lavin SILVER 13.34 (+1.3)

That list is a timely reminder not to get over excited about the future, but rather enjoy these magnificent performances while they happen. Fantastic gold medal, and wonderful performances by both our heptathletes.

hurdles1

Great results from Italy and fabulous win from Gina. I'm sure ciara neville will be disappointed with her runs considering she ran 11.5 in Tullamore a few weeks ago.
She will bounce back and these 2 with sharlene
And molly should take all the beating in the relay.
Great confidence booster for these athletes to run that relay in the diamond league couple weeks ago.
Lots of good work going on in high performance with these athletes in the last 18 months especially warm weather training camps for juniors relay squads, coaching seminars in Athlone back in autumn of last year with good coaches from britian and Europe brought in to help these athletes and up skill coaches making a big difference.
Athletes getting exposure to better events in Belgium and accross Europe definitely making a huge difference.
We need a lot more of this and investment to help these young athletes compete at this level.
Gina is lucky she is with a top class club and coaching set up in britian so we have to make sure the Irish based athletes are getting every bit of help and in vestment available moving forward to the next olympic cycle and championships after.

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100m Hurdles Women Heats - Molly Scott - 3rd - 14.07 - Q
- 100m Hurdles Women Semi Final - Molly Scott - 6th - 14.27
Shot Put Women Heats - Michaela Walsh - 5th - 15.39 - q
Hammer Women Heats - Michaela Walsh - 1st - 62.33 - Q
1500m Women Heats - Nadia Power - 5th - 4.22.82 - q
1500m Women Heats - Jodie McCann - 14th - 4.50.37
1500m Women Heats - Emma O' Brien - 10th - 4.29.34
800m Men Heats - Conall Hayes - 7th - 1.53.38
800m Men Heats - John Fitzsimons - 3rd - 1.54.44 - Q
Pole Vault Men Heats - Sean Roth - 12th - 4.70
400m Hurdles Women Heats - Arlene Crossan - 7th - 1.03.22
400m Mens Semi Final - Christopher O Donnell - 1st - 46.78 - Q
100m Womens Final - Gina Akpe-Moses - 11.71 - Gold
100m Womens Final - Ciara Neville - 7th - 11.98
Hepthatlon Women Final - Elizabeth Morland - 5th - 5801 - National record
Hepthatlon Women Final - Kate O'Connor - 8th - 5759 - NI record
800m Women Heats - Rose Finnegan - 4th - 2.10.74
800m Women Heats - Alex O'Neill - 5th - 2.12.42
800m Women Heats - Carla Sweeney - 4th - 2.11.98
200m Womens Heats - Aoife Lynch - 7th - 25.12
200m Women Heats - Sharlene Mawdsley - 2nd - 24.12 - Q
200m Mens Heats - Mark Smyth - 2nd - 21.63 - Q
200m Mens Heats - Cillin Greene - 3rd - 21.50 - Q


Sprints continue to lead the charge with some great performances across the board.

Michaela Walsh with a busy morning qualifying for both events this morning.

Joe_ Public

hurdles1 wrote: »

Great results from Italy and fabulous win from Gina. I'm sure ciara neville will be disappointed with her runs considering she ran 11.5 in Tullamore a few weeks ago.
She will bounce back and these 2 with sharlene
And molly should take all the beating in the relay.
Great confidence booster for these athletes to run that relay in the diamond league couple weeks ago.
Lots of good work going on in high performance with these athletes in the last 18 months especially warm weather training camps for juniors relay squads, coaching seminars in Athlone back in autumn of last year with good coaches from britian and Europe brought in to help these athletes and up skill coaches making a big difference.
Athletes getting exposure to better events in Belgium and accross Europe definitely making a huge difference.
We need a lot more of this and investment to help these young athletes compete at this level.
Gina is lucky she is with a top class club and coaching set up in britian so we have to make sure the Irish based athletes are getting every bit of help and in vestment available moving forward to the next olympic cycle and championships after.

Not sure I'd ascribe that to luck to be fair. Seems she and her family took a decision several years ago to move to a place where she'd have the best available support and facilities for the development of her career. Shows the level of ambition and dedication that's involved there, I think. Just glad she seems happy to continue running for Ireland for the present anyway.

raiders11

Joe_ Public wrote: »

Not sure I'd ascribe that to luck to be fair. Seems she and her family took a decision several years ago to move to a place where she'd have the best available support and facilities for the development of her career. Shows the level of ambition and dedication that's involved there, I think. Just glad she seems happy to continue running for Ireland for the present anyway.

Not a good advert for AAI support so?

Joe_ Public

raiders11 wrote: »

Not a good advert for AAI support so?

Absolutely. I have no wish to put any negative slant on this story, its all good news and AAI are entitled to take a lot of credit for it. I think they have a pretty tough task, but as regards the juniors, they are clearly doing something right.

Pherekydes

Hammer bronze for Michaela Walsh! And straight back out there for the Shot final!

O'Donnell 6th and a national junior record in a high quality 400m.

Caprica

Yes, a fantastic performance by Michaela Walsh for bronze, no time to celebrate and back out for the shot, currently in the Top 8 there. A very exciting Men's 400, the young Italian was very strong in the home straight, Chris O'Donnell should be very happy with his U20NR and 6th place. A PB and 6th for Mark Smyth in the 200m. The Irish team are performing very well.

Team GB are having a very strong day, they have picked up a few gold's. Interesting that Jakob Ingerbrigtsen only came 8th (in 3:58) in the 1500m, I thought he was going to walk it. Maybe the 1500/Steeple double is a bit to much for him.

Wottle

Caprica wrote: »

Yes, a fantastic performance by Michaela Walsh for bronze, no time to celebrate and back out for the shot, currently in the Top 8 there. A very exciting Men's 400, the young Italian was very strong in the home straight, Chris O'Donnell should be very happy with his U20NR and 6th place. A PB and 6th for Mark Smyth in the 200m. The Irish team are performing very well.

Team GB are having a very strong day, they have picked up a few gold's. Interesting that Jakob Ingerbrigtsen only came 8th (in 3:58) in the 1500m, I thought he was going to walk it. Maybe the 1500/Steeple double is a bit to much for him.

He took a tumble with 350m to go, no way back.

Pherekydes

The 4x1 girls won their semi in 44.42. I hope they can repeat the performance in the final.

Fastest qualifiers for the final!

munster87

Final at quarter past 5 I think

Pherekydes

Bronze for Fitzsimons in the 800m. This is turning into a most memorable championships.

Itziger

Pherekydes wrote: »

The 4x1 girls won their semi in 44.42. I hope they can repeat the performance in the final.

Fastest qualifiers for the final!

The Germans were a full second faster in the heat/semi according to the official website. Our bunch managed 4th in the final, which is a bit disappointing.

Pherekydes

Itziger wrote: »

The Germans were a full second faster in the heat/semi according to the official website. Our bunch managed 4th in the final, which is a bit disappointing.

Ah, I missed the result for the 3rd heat. Still, the 3 medal winning teams were faster than our national record. They did very well all told.

raiders11

Tad off topic but he is an Irish sprinter, Aaron Sexton has just won Commonwealth 200 Gold:)

torqtorq

Sexton's winning time of 21.57 would have placed him 4 th in the Senior Nationals this weekend. He has yet to turn 17.

raiders11

raiders11 wrote: »

Tad off topic but he is an Irish sprinter, Aaron Sexton has just won Commonwealth 200 Gold:)

And Sommer Lecky has just won the High Jump with 1.81

Faugheen

That girls 4x100 can be proud of themselves. All underage for the worlds next year so hopefully they can put in a strong showing.

Irish sprinting really looks like it's in a good place with the various performances across the different competitions. Something to be very excited about.