Irish decathlon champion Kourosh Foroughi recorded a personal best score of
6702 to finish seventh at the European Cup Combined Events Second League
in Inowroclaw Poland.
After the opening day of competition, Foroughi was lying fourth after winning
his specialist high jump with 2.16 and equalling his 6.87 personal best in the
long jump.
On the second day, he picked up solid points in the hurdles and javelin and ended
his weekend with a personal best 5:05.68 in the 1500m.
Marcus Lawler of St LOT won the 100m at the Glo Health Irish Under 23 Track and Field Championships in Tullamore.Lawler's time of 10.54 secs put him comfortably clear of Jonathan Browning from Ballymena who finished in 10.73 secs. In the women's 200m, Kilkenny's Cliodhna Manning ran a superb personal best time of 23.94 secs into a -1.1 headwind. Both Lawler and Manning will compete in the European U23 Championships starting next Thursday in Tallin, Estonia. Three other athletes using the competition as part of their preparations for Tallin were UCD's Ciara Lavin winner of the 100m hurdles in 13.97 secs; long jumper Sarah McCarthy of Fingallians with a winning leap of 6.08 metres, and Dempsey McGuigan of Finn Valley who threw 63.78m to win the men's hammer. Setting a junior women's shot record of 14.09m and winning both the hammer and javelin was Michaela Walsh of Swinford. Finn Valley's John Kelly improved the junior men's shot record to 16.63. Other good wins were recorded by Matt Behan of Crusaders in the 110m hurdles, Ciara Neville in the 100m, Louise Shanahan in the 800m, Harry Purcell in the 800m, Isabel Carron in the 500m and Kevin Kelly in the U23 1500m.
Junior – Women:
100m (+3.1): 1 C Neville (Emerald) 11.68, 2 G Akpe Moses (Blackrock Louth) 11.86, 3 M Scott ( StLOT) 11.97. 200m (-2.0): 1 P Murphy (Ferrybank) 24.53, 2 R Harrison (Emerald) 24.69, 3 S Becker (St Joseph’s) 24.69. 400m: 1 J Bromell (Emerald) 54.70, 2 M O’Reilly (DSD) 56.99, 3 A Lally (GCH) 57.27. 800m: 1 L Shanahan 2:12.23, 2 C Sweeney (WSAF) 2:13.90, 3 J Matthews (Lagan Valley) 2:26.26. 1500m: 1 C Fagan (Mullingar Hrs) 4:51.10, 2 A Bate (Mullingar Hrs) 4:53.40. 5000m: 1 I Carron (Skerries) 17:14.44, 2 H Saunders (Clonliffe) 17:42.04, 3 L Stack (Portlaoise) 18:40.02. 110m hurdles (-1.5): 1 S Dawkins (St Joseph’s) 15.05, 2 A Borel (Sli Cualann) 15.35. 400m hurdles: 1 K McGowan (Tir Chonaill) 1:0067, 2 K Doyle (Carrick-on-Suir) 1:02.09, 3 N Malone (Monaghan Phoenix) 1:03.55. 3000m steeplechase: 1 K Conroy (Sli Cualann) 13:20.00, 2 C O’Reilly (Annalee) 14:51.90. 3km walk: 1 V Burke (Ballinasloe & Dist) 14:45.61, 2 S O’Connor (Celbridge) 15:07.56, 3 C Kenndy (St Coca’s) 15:23.91. High jump: 1 E Morland (Cushinstown) 1.65, 2 S Dawkins (St Joseph’s) 1.60, 3 E Doherty (DMP) 1.60. 3 Pole vault: 1 E Larkin (Emerald) 3.00, 2 M McGinley (Celtic AC) 2.80, 3 M O’Connor (W Waterford) 2.60. Long jump: 1 R Bowler (Tralee Hrs) 5.35, 2 A O’Brien (Tralee Hrs) 5.21, 3 E McCabe (Naas) 5.09. , Triple jump: 1 F O’Shea (Dooneen) 11.11, 2 E McCabe (Naas AC) 10.81, 3 A O’Brien (Tralee Hrs) 10.77. Shot: 1 M Walsh (Swinford) 14.09 (rec), 2 AM Torsney (Fingallians) 11.96, 3 D Ryan (Nenagh Oly) 10.43. Discus: 1 AM Torsney (Fingallians) 45.92, 2 K Cronin (Farranfore Maine Valley) 37.25, 3 A Doyle (Star of the Laune) 35.58. Javelin: 1 M Walsh (Swinford) 39.57, 2 L O’Mahoney (Youghal) 32.74, 3 S McTeggart (Boyne AC) 30.04. Hammer (4kg): 1 M Walsh (Swinford) 58.93, 2 A Akers (Marian) 53.75, 3 A Vaughan Witts (Borrisokane) 48.87. 4 x 100m: 1 Naas AC 49.69, 2 St Joseph’s 49.99, 3 Raheny Shamrock 55.44.
Men
100m (+1.2): 1 J Ojewumi (Tallaght) 10.82, 2 E Doherty (Tallaght) 10.84, 3 D McDonald (Menapians) 10.97. 200m (+0.1): 1 Z Irwin (Sligo AC) 21.56, 2 C Duggan (Craughwell) 22.04, 3 A Murphy (St LOT) 22.14. 400m: 1 S Gibson (Bandon AC) 48.81, 2 C O’Donnell (N Sligo) 48.93, 3 J Fitzsimons (Kildare) 49.45. 800m: 1 H Purcell (Trim) 1:53.71, 2 C Kirwan (Raheny Shamrock) 1:54.52, 3 W Crowe (N Sligo) 1:56.16. 1500m: 1 K Mulcaire (Ennis TC) 4:00.91, 2 P Mac Gabhann (DSD) 4:02.10, 3 L Horgan (Leevale) 4:03.90. 5000m: 1 S Robinson (DSD) 16:20.99, 2 P Lynch (KCH) 16:24.95, 3 P Chesser (Ennis TC) 16:25.98. 110m hurdles: 1 M Behan (Crusaders) 14.27, 2 G McKenna (Shercock) 14.55, 3 P Sexton (Annalee) 15.18. 400m hurdles: 1 A van Zyl (guest) 54.76, 2 C Barnes (City of Lisbunr) 55.00, 3 D O’Mahoney (Leevale) 58.62. 3000m steeplechase: D O’Boyle (Craughwell) 10:39.40. 5km walk: 1 A Tobin (Clonmel) 22:57.24, 2 A Bell (Castlebar) 23:21.23, 3 J Mooney (Adamstown) 24:28.92. High jump: 1 R Carthy Walshe (Adamstown AC) 2.05, 2 D Cussen (Old Abbey) 2.00, 3 C O’Brien (Leevale) 1.80. Pole vault: 1 C Bermingham (Raheny Shamrock) 4.50, 2 J Fennell (W Waterford) 4.20, 3 J Kanass ( W Waterford) 4.00. Long jump: 1 S Healy (Leevale) 7.19, 2 B Fisher (City of Lisburn) 7.01, 3 M Cullen (Menapians) 6.67. Triple jump: 1 J Hoang (Tullamore Hrs) 14.04, 2 S Joyce (Cushinstown) 13.43, 3 P Okafor (Bandon AC) 13.15. Shot (6kg): 1 J Kelly (Finn Valley) 16.93 (rec), 2 A Aowonusi (St LOT) 16.87, 3 C Kingston (Bandon AC) 11.25. Discus (1.75kg): 1 E Sheridan (N Westmeath) 54.11, 2 A Barkley (City of Lisburn) 48.29, 3 A Awonusi (St LOT) 44.54. Javelin (800g): 1 S Joyce (Cushinstown) 55.15, 2 B Smith (Bandon AC) 52.59, 3 D Kearns (Finn Valley) 43.18. Hammer (6kg):1 F McGuigan (Finn Valley) 67.55, 2 O Russell (St Andrew’s) 65.10, 3 A King (Iveragh) 61.38. 35lb for dist: 1 M Curley (Clonliffe) 7.21, 2 A Christie (Leevale) 6.95, 3 T Coomey (Bandon AC) 6.72.
U23 – Women:
100m: 1 S Murray (Fingallians) 12.01, 2 P Healy (Bandon AC) 12.02, 3 S McCarthy (Fingallians) 12.29. 200m: 1 C Manning (KCH) 23.94, 2 S Murray (Finmgallians) 24.84, 3 C Foley (Sli Cualann) 25.57. 400m: 1 N Millett (St Abban’s) 57.80, 2 J Neville (Leevale) 57.85, 3 C Neville (Leevale) 59.87. 800m: 1 A O’Donoghue (Emerald) 2:12.33, 2 N Markham (Ennis TC) 2:17.04, 3 N Moran (DSD) 2:37.10. 1500m: 1 E Mitchell (Banbridge) 4:33.98, 2 S Heaslip (Riocht) 4:38.05, 3 C Brennan ( DCH) 4:39.61. 5000m: 1 E Mitchell (Banbridge) 18:06.41, 2 C Rooney (Navan) 18:42.80. 110m hurdles (-1.5): S Lavin (UCD) 13.97. 400m hurdles: 1 N Millet (St Abban’s) 1:01.47, 2 J Neville (Leevale) 1:03.22, 3 M Kiely (Ferrybank) 1:06.37. 3km walk: 1 S Nash 9St Abban’s) 15:39.19, 2 C Loughnane (Marian AC) 16:52.78. High jump: E Rogers (St Peter’s) 1.65, 2 V Fleischer (Celbridge AC) 1.60. 1 Pole vault: L Hourihan (W Waterford) 2.80. Long jump: 1 S McCarthy (Mid-Sutton) 6.08, 2 V Fleischer (Celbridge) 5.66, 3 S O’Connor (Tralee Hrs) 5.10. Triple jump: 1 S Buggy (St Abban’s) 12.19, 2 V Fleischer (Celbridge) 11.45, 3 S O’Connor (Tralee Hrs) 10.85. Shot: 1 L McSweeney (Bandon AC) 12.10, 2 S Parkinson (Gowran) 11.62. Discus:1 S Parkinson (Gowran) 45.80, 2 E Owens (St Paul’s Wexford) 35.81, 3 C Morris (Clonliffe) 33.80. Javelin: 1 J Murphy (Abbey Striders) 35.87, 2 L Dolan (Ferbane AC) 33.18, 3 E Corrigan (Naas AC) 28.86. Hammer: A Akers (Scarriff) 53.75.
Men
100m (+1.2): M Lawler ( StLOT) 10.54, 2 J Browning (Ballymena & Antrim) 10.73, 3 K Elliott (N Sligo) 10.74. 200m (+0.8): 1 E Madden (Carrick-on-Shannon) 21.48, 2 K Elliott (N Sligo) 21.52, 3 P O’Connor (Clonliffe) 22.50. 400m: 1 P White (Nenagh Oly) 49.17, 2 E McGuire (GCH) 50.20, 3 D Colbert (Midleton) 50.30. 800m: 1 Z Curran (DSD) 1:56.24, 2 D Lawlor (St Abban’s) 1:56.90, 3 F Fallon (GCH) 1:57.03. 1500m: 1 K Kelly (St Coca’s) 4:01.55, 2 M Carey (Clonmel AC) 4:01.82, 3 F Fallon (GCH) 4:01.90. 5000m: 1 K Fitzmaurice (Ennis TC) 16:29.06, 2 S Scanlon (Rathfarnham WSAF) 16:46.50, 3 M McPaul ( inn Valley) 16:49.89. 110m hurdles: 1 J Essuman (Tallaght) 15.33, 2 A Creamer (Analee) 15.41, 3 E Power (St Joseph’s) 15.80. 400m hurdles: S Gill (Raheny Shamrock) 1:00.69. 3000m steeplechase: D McGuigan (Finn Valley) 9:58.44. 5km walk: E Lynch (Clonmel) disq. High jump: 1 A Heney (Clonliffe) 2.05, 2 J Murtagh (Cushinstown) 2.00, 3 S Archer (Templemore AC) 1.90. Pole vault: P O’Brien (Raheny Shamrock) 4.40. Long jump: 1 C Bourke (Raheny Shamrock) 7.02, 2 T Stafford (Menapians) 6.91, 3 J Hill (City of Lisburn) 6.04. Triple jump: 1 C Mahon (Tir Chonaill) 13.99, 2 A Machin (Clonliffe) 13.20, 3 C Daly (St Abban’s) 12.91. Shot (7.26kg): 1 P McSweeney (Bandon AC) 12.61, 2 J Kelly (Crusaders) 12.55, 3 M Kelly (Kildare) 10.36. Discus: 1 M Pons (DMP 51.02, 2 M Kenny (Kildare AC) 36.09, 3 A McCarthy (Gneeveguilla) 34.09. Javelin (800g): 1 M Stockton (N Down) 58.33, 2 R Wilson (Clonliffe) 52.72. Hammer (7.26kg) D McGuigan (Finn Valley) 63.78. 35lb for dist: 1 M Kenny (Kildare AC) 8.77, 2 P McSweeney (Bandon AC) 8.37, 3 R Hennessy (Marian) 7.96. 4 x 100m : 4 x 400m:
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