Dundrum South Dublin and Leevale won the Glo Health National League titles in Tullamore.
The DSD women led almost from the start and finished on 107 points to take their fourth consecutive title. Clonliffe finished second 0n 95 points, with Kildare County third. Among the stand-out performers for DSD were Sinead Denny who ran 54.86 to win the 400m, Maria McCambridge a clear winner of the 1500m and also running the 800m, Anita White, winner of the javelin and second in the shot, Grainne Moggan winner of the high jump and third in the triple jump, and Kate Doherty winner of the 100m hurdles. Other notable performances came from Clonliffe’s Leah Moore winner of the 100m and 200m and Kathy Hetherington of North Down, winner of the shot and discus.
In the men’s competition, fine performances by Alex Wright in the walk, Sam Healy winner of both high jump and long jump, and David Tierney winner of the shot and 56lb saw Leevale nailing down the men’s title with 116 points. St Abban’s were second on 109 points with Clonliffe Harriers third on 105 points. in the sprints, Keith Doherty made it a Tallaght double, beating national champion Jamie Davis of Raheny in the 100m. Freddy Keron Sittuk won the steeplechase for Raheny, while Ian Rogers won the pole vault for Clonliffe.
St Abban’s won the women’s first division, with Nessa Millet winning both the 200m and 400m hurdles for them. Donore Harriers had a memorable victory in the men’s competition, with wins for Eamon Fahy 100m, Sean Lawler 200m, Ray Hynes steeplechase, Jaco Oosthuysen javelin and John Travers 1500m. Travers later ran the 800m, where he just lost out to Kilkenny’s Eoin Everard. Another notable winner for Kilkenny was the veteran Gary Halpin winner of the hammer with a throw of 51.51m. Pics at www.lindie.zenfolio.com
KOUROSH Foroughi of Star of the Sea beat Trim’s Shane Aston to win the Glo Health seniro men’s decathlon, also in Tullamore. Thanks to a better high jump, Foroughi had led after the first day of competition held in the worst possible weather conditions yesterday. He sealed victory when he threw 53.49m in today’s javelin, compared to 47.31m for Aston. Both men scored over 6,000 points, with Foroughi on 6,303 and Aston 6,063. Junior Mark Rogers of St Peter’s was third with 4,967 points.
Karen Dunne
Bohermeen’s Karen Dunne, aged just 20, dominated the senior women’s heptathlon event with a personal best score of 4,058 points – her first time over 4,000. Dunne, second in the national indoors combined events earlier this year, won five of the seven event posting personal bests in the 100m hurdles, javelin shot and 800m. She also turned out for Meath in the 4x100m relay.
In the youth boys’ octathlon Tim Bowler of Enniscorthy saw off the challenge of Keith Marks from Cushinstown – but only the the final 1000m run. Elizabeth Morland of Cushinstown was the class of the field in the youth girls’ heptathlon with a score of 4,669 points.
Sunday August 3
Glow Health National T-F League Finals, Tullmore
Overall points tables –
Women – Premier
1 Dundrum South Dublin 107, 2 Clonliffe Harriers 95, 3 Kildare 89, 4 Leevale 85, 5 North Down 74, 6 Raheny Shamrock 73, 7 Wexford 66
8 Galway 60
Div 1
1 St Abban’s 116.5, 2 Meath County 86.5, 3 Lagan Valley 86, 4 Sli Cualann 85.5, 5 Gneeveguilla 76, 6 Le Cheile 64.5, 7 Youghal 63, 8 Menapians 51
Men – Premier:
1 Leevale 116, 2 St. Abbans 111, 3 Clonliffe Harriers 107, 4 North Down 89, 5 Raheny Shamrock 87, 6 Tallaght 78, 7 Dundrum South Dublin A.C. 64, 8 Kildare 63
Div 1 –
1 Donore Harriers 115, 2 Nenagh Olympic 107, 3 Kilkenny City Harriers 103, 4 Tir Chonaill 76, 5 Dunboyne 71, 6 Louth 69, 7 Youghal 59, 8 City of Derry 58.5
Glo Health AI Combined Events C’ships , Tullamore.
Women ‘s heptathlon:– Senior: 1 Karen Dunne (Bohermeen) 4058, 2 Laura Frey (Lagan Valley) 3112. Jun: 1 Amy McTeggart (Boyne) 3773, 2 Caitriona Twomey ( KCH) 3145, 3 Alix Hughes (Crusaders) 30.78. Youth: 1 Elizabeth Morland (Cushinstown) 4669, 2 Laura Quigley (Celbridge) 3277, 3 Maeve Farrell (Loughrea) 3126. W14: 1 Sophie Meredith (St Mary’s) 2806, 2 Rachel Kelly (KCH) 2697, 3 Fiona Doyle (Star of the Laune) 2603. W15: Vickie Cusack (Liscarroll) 2893, 2 Claire Deely (KCH) 2687, 3 Bronagh Walsh (StLOT) 2553. W16: 1 Shannon Sheehy (Cushinstown) 3042, 2 Lisa Aspel (Crookstown Millview) 2768, 3 Niamh Malone (Monaghan Phoenix) 2721.
W45: 1 Geraldine Finegan (Dunleer1984,2 Isabel Breslin (Lifford) 1831, 3 Niamh Magauire (Rathkenny) 1716. W50 quad: Mary Barrett (Loughrea) 1306.
Men – Senior/junior decathlon: 1 Koroush Foroughi (Star of the Sea) 6303, 2 Shane Aston 9Trim) 6063, 3 Mark Rogers (St Peter’s, jun) 49,67. Youth Octathlon: 1 Tim Bowler (Enniscorthy) 4802, 2 Keith Marks (Cushinstown) 4792, 3 Ethan Bannon (Raheny) 4662. M14 pent: 1 Joseph McEvoy (Nenagh Oly) 2456, 2 Brian Lynch (Old Abbey) 2439, 3 Gabriel Bell (St Peter’s) 2392. M15 pent: 1 Kolade Abiodun (Donore) 2837, 2 Tom Mullen (Lifford) 2692, 3 Conor McMahon (Ardee & Dist) 2648. M16 pent: 1 Daniel Ryan (Moycarkey ) 3791, 2 Diarmuid Clancy (Abbey Striders) 2809, 3 Sean Broderick (Youghal) 2790.
M35: 1 Aidan Gillespie (Rosses) 2602, 2 Paschal Halley (Waterford) 1910, 3 Hugh Kelly (Ratoath) 1722. M50: 1 John Wallace (Ratoath) 1304, 2 Peadar McGing (DSD) 1227, 3 John Fitzsimons (Kildare) 1218.
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