A strong team effort saw the Irish team finish sixth at the European Team Championships League 1 in Heraklion, Greece over the weekend – their best ever result.
The team had made a great start to the day when Ben Reynolds finished second in the 100m hurdles behind Konstadinos Douvalidis of Greece. Mark English also took second in the 800m with a time of 1:48.97. Winner in 1:47.97 was Ilham Tanui Ozbilen, the Kenyan who runs for Turkey, and winner of the 1500m a day earlier.
Third places for Kerry O’Flaherty in the 1500m and John Travers in the 3000m boosted the Irish total, along with fourths for Maria McCambridge in the 5000m and Megan Tice in the high jump
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The competition ended with the men’s 4 x 400m, where the Irish team, anchored by Mark English, finished third in 3:05.07. It was enough to beat the Turks by a point and a half for sixth place.
European Team Championships League 1, Heraklion, Greece
Team standings – 1 Cze 351, 2 Gre 327, 3 Ned 299.5, 4 Bel 276.5, 5 Por 270.5, 6 Irl 261.5, 7 Tur 260, 8 Sui 239.5, 9 Rou 226.5, 9 Est 216, 11 LTU 214.5, 12 Lat 169.5.
Irish results:
Women – 100m: 3 Amy Foster 11.60. 200m: 6 Foster 23.92. 400m: 10 Sinead Denny 55.65. 800m: 4 Ciara Everard 2:03.32. 1500m: 3 Kerry O’Flaherty 4:15.79. 3000m: 3 Sara Treacy 9:10.18. 5000m: 4 Maria McCambridge 16:09.30. 100m H – 6 Sarah Lavin 13.58. 400m H: 7 Christine McMahon 59.00. 3000m S/C: 3 Michelle Finn 9.50. High jump: =4 Megan Tice 1.80. Pole vault: 7 Tori Pena 4.15. Long jump: 11 Sarah McCarthy 5.86. Triple jump: 11 Sarah Buggy 12.12. Discus: 7 Claire Fitzgerald 48.94. Shot: 8 Claire Fitzgerald 14.45. Javelin: 11 Anita White 44.36. Hammer: 10 Emma O’Hara 56.00. 4x100m: 6 Ireland (Foster, Creaner, McManus, Healy) 45.16. 4 x 400m: 10 Ireland (Denny 54.90, McCallion 55.90, Drumgoole 55.97, Everard 56.28) 3:43.10.
Men – 100m: 9 Marcus Lawler 10.73. 200m: 6 Lawler 21.11. 400m: 4 Brian Gregan 46.87. 800m: 2 Mark English 1:48.97. 1500m: 6 Eoin Everard 3.44. 3000m: 3 John Travers 8:12.76. 5400m (extra lap): 4 Kevin Batt 15:21.08. 110m H: 2 Ben Reynolds 13.73. 400m H: 1 Rasmus Magi (Est) 49.59, 2 Thomas Barr 49.66. 3000m S/C: 8 John Coghlan 8:51.96 (pb). High jump: 8 Barry Pender 2.15 (pb). Pole vault: 10 Ian Rogers 4.50. Long jump: 4 Adam McMullen 7.54. Triple jump: 9 Denis Finnegan 15.37. Discus: 10 Colin Quirke 53.47. Shot: 9 Sean Breathnach 16.87. Javelin: 12 Rory Gunning 61.55. Hammer: 5 Dempsey McGuigan 64.95. 4x100m: 6 Ireland (Browning, Madden, Pike, Lawler) 40.18. 4 x 400m: 3 Ireland (Gregan 46.98, Barr 45.25, Lynch 47.80, English 44.87) 3:05.07.
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