Amy Foster of City of Lisburn finished third in the 100m in Clermont, Florida with her time of 11.40secs equaling Ailis McSweeney’s Irish record – and also the qualifying her for the European Championships.
Although she made the qualifying time for the 60m at the World Championships earlier this year, Foster opted not to run, preferring to concentrate her attention on the outdoor season, with Europeans and Commonwealth Games coming up. She has based herself in Florida, running 11.50 secs twice last month plus a wind-assisted 11.38 secs.
Also in Clermont, Colin Quirke of Crusaders won both the shot with a best of 16.68m and the discus with 55.41. Elsewhere, Tara Jameson of Sli Cualann ran 16:15.51 for 5000m in Charlottesville.
Fionnuala Britton finished fourth in 32 mins 57.49 secs in the women’s race at the Highgate Harriers Night of the 10,000m PBs in London. Maria McCambridge finished seventh in 33:19.43 On a night when the weather threatened to ruin what had been billed as an endurance carnival, 
neither troubled the A standard of 32 mins 15 secs. Best of the Irish men was Galway’s Gary Thornton who finished eighth in 30:02.25.
SARAH COLLINS won the women’s 10,000m in a time of 33:36.36 at the Big East Championships in Villanova – an Irish junior record.
ROSE ANNE GALLIGAN ran a time of 2:02 42 to finish 10th in the women’s 800m at the IAAF Diamond League meet in Doha, Qatar. Winner of the race was Kenya’s Eunice Jepkoech Sum in 1:59.33. Britain’s Jenny Meadows was fifth in 2:00.91. Galligan’s personal best is 2:00.58 set last July.
A STUNNING FIGURE OF AROUND 80,000 took part in 37 Darkness into Light runs all over the country early on Saturday morning, according to organisers Pieta House. The run, which was first held in 2009, begins as dawn breaks and remembers those who have died by suicide. Around 12,000 turned up in Dublin’s Phoenix Park alone. This year’s run will have raised over €1.5m for the charity.
Saturday May 10
Highgate Harriers Night of the 10,0000 PBs, London
Race 1: 15 Danielle Fegan (Armagh AC) 36.22.77
Race 2: 1 Lee van Haeften (Donore/Herne Hill Hrs) 31:37.19; 20 Niall Sheehan (Newham & Essex) 32:34.31.
Race 3: 8 John Eves (DSD/Bedforod & County) 31:08.07
Race 4: 1 Jo Pavey (Exeter Hrs) 32.11;04, 2 Sophie Duarte (Fra) 32:36.32, 3 Beth Potter (SBH) 32:45.769, 4 Fionnuala Britton (Ire) 32:57.49…7 Maria McCambridge (Ire) 33:19.43.
Race 5: 1 Andy Vernon (AFD) 28:26.59, 2 Chris Thompson (AFD) 28:49.77, 3 Jonny Mellor (Liverpool Hrs) 28:52.90. Irish: 8 Gary Thornton (GCH/Kent AC) 30:02.25, 13 Thomas Fitzpatrick (Tallaght) 30:24.11, 16 Eddie McGinley (Annadale) 30:26.53, 20 Brian Maher (KCH) 30:50.58, 22 Gary Murray (St Malachy’s) 30:54.86.
Greystones/IMC T-F Meet
Men –
100m (-1.3): 1 Keith Doherty (Tallaght) 11.23. 300m: 1 Curtis Woods (Nth Down) 34.70, 2 Eoin Mulhall (Crusaders) 34.71, 3 Jamie David (Raheny) 35.01. 400m: 1 Brian Masterson (DSD) 50.18, 2 Bary Upton (Menapians) 50.47, 3 Kevin Woods (Crusaders) 50.93. B: Aengus Meldon 50.66, 2 Nick Ennis (Crusaders) 50.97, 3 Garret Dunne (Crusaders) 52.13. 800m: 1 Joe Maynard (IMC) 1:51.14, 2 Danny Mooney (Letterkenny) 1:51.34, 3 Harry Purcell (Trim) 1:51.47. B: 1 Joe Warne (Doheny) 1:51.62, 2 James Ledingham (W Waterford) 1:55.18, 3 Liam Hennessy (Togher) 1:55.65. C: Michael Quinn (u/a) 1:55.84. D: Conor Christie (Springwell) 2:01.32. 1500m: 1 Ben Coldray (BMC) 3:46.66, 2 Andrew Coscoran (Star of the Sea (3:49.17, 3 Dale Clutterbuck (BMC) 3:51.01. B: Cullen Lynch (Togher) 4:01.10. 2 Jamie Fallon (Craughwell) 4:03.83, 3 Damien O’Boyle (Craughwell) 4:04.48. 3000m: 1 Andrew Agnew (Annadale) 8:27.03, 2 Ian Guiden (Clonliffe) 8:29.53, 3 Gareth Hill 9Balymena & Antrim) 8:37.67. 300mH: 1 Payl Byrne (St Abban’s) 36.88, 2 Timmy Crowe (Dooneen) 37.45, 3 Mark Rogers (St Pater’s) 50.53.
Women –
100m (-3.6): 1 Catherine McManus (DCH) 12.50, 2 Clare Brady (Celbridge) 12.53, 3 Louise Kiernan 12.63. 200m (-1.0): 1 Rosanna McGuckian (City fo Lisburn) 24.75, 2 Catherine McManus (DCH) 24.85, 3 Sinead Treacy (Craughwell) 25.64. 400m: 1 Jenna Brommell (Emerald) 56.22, 2 Aislinn Crossey (Newry) 56.65. 800m: 1 Katie Kirk (Lagan Valley) 2:05.05, 2 Siofra Cleirigh Buttner (DSD) 2:06.11, 3 Jenny Tan (BMC) 2:06.84. B: 1 Maebh Brannigan (GCH) 2:11.75, 2 Rachael Smyth (St Coca’s) 2:13.56, 3 Mary Hoorgan (Crusaders) 2:16.67. 1500m: 1 Orla Drumm (Crusaders) 4:27.23, 2 Eleanor Alexander (Clonliffe (4:32.02, 3 Nadia Power (Templeogue) 4:33.61. 400mH: 1 Kelly McGrory (Tir Chonaill) 62.93, 2 Kate McGowan (Tir Chonaill) 63.40, 3 Orla Furney (Menapians) 66.06.
Friday May 9
44th Michael Egan Memorial 4-mile, Quilty, Co Clare (73 finishers)
Men: 1 Kenneth Rodgers (St John’s) 20.09, 2 Jake O’Regan (St John’s) 20.12, 3 Julio Cesar F Castro (Kilmurry Ibr NC) 21.32. Women: 1 Barbara Cleary 9Donore) 22.30, 2 Veronica Colleran ( Ennis TC) 25.35, 3 Siobhan Lennon (Ennis TC) 25.38.
Kilworth Camp 5-Mile. Race 1 Ballyhoura Series. 212 finishers.
Winners – Gavin Sweeney (Togher) 26 mins 14 secs, Ann Marie Hayes (St Catherine’s) 32:45.
Portlaw 5-Mile. Race 2 Outfield Sports 3 Counties Challenge; 169 finishers
Winners – Noel Murphy (WaterfordAC) 26.44, Angela McCann (Clonmel, W40) 30.58.
Ballyshannon 5km, Co Donegal.
Men: 1 Ciaran Doherty (Letterkenny) 14.56, 2 James Speight (Fin Valley), 15.27, 3 Gary Slevin ( City of Derry) 15.46.Women: 1 Teresa McGloin (Fin Valley) 16.50, 2 Helen Stockdale (Finn Valley, W40) 18.02, 3 Angela Speight (Fin Valley) 18.28.
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