Carlow’s Marcus Lawler celebrated his 21st birthday by winning the 200m with a new stadium record of 20.96 secs at the Glo Health National Indoor Championships in Athlone.
Lawler had warmed up for the 200m by finishing a fighting fifth in the 60m won by Shercock’s Craig Lynch in 6.81; Lawler ran 6.92 secs.
Dominating the women’s sprints was Phil Healy of Bandon who won the 60m in 7.47 secs and the 200m in 23.75 secs.
In the men’s shot putt, Paul Quirke’s 25-year old record finally tumbled when Galway’s Sean Breathnach powered the shot out to to 18.16m in the fourth round, adding 9cm to Quirke’s 1991 mark. Breathnach, using the rotational technique, opened his sequence with 16.16m, fouled in the second round and then got out to 17.67 in the third – a decent warm-up for his record breaking effort in the fourth round. He threw 18.13m in the fifth round and then fouled on his final effort.
Just off the qualification time for next month’s World Indoors was hurdler Ben Reynolds of North Down. His personal best of 7.73 secs for victory in the 60m hurdles was just one hundredth of a second off the qualifying standard. He hopes to make the time before the March 7 cut-off and runs in the Czech Republic next Saturday. Sarah Lavin of UCD won the women’s 60m hurdles in 8.27 secs.
Making it a UCD double in the 800m races were Ciara Mageean and Mark English. Mageean won the women’s race in 2:03.76 from Riocht’s Laura Crowe. In the men’s race, English ran an untroubled 1:51:57 – slower than his heat time of 1:48.15 – and is aiming to run the World Indoors in Portland, Oregon next month.
Over 400m, DSD’s Sinead Denny showed that she is right back in form when she ran a time of 53.57 secs to beat Jenna Bromell of Emerald and the defending champion Christine McMahon of Ballymena. In the men’s 400m, Richard Morrissey of Crusaders just held off the fast finishing Andrew Mellon of North Down to win in 47.51 secs.
Kilkenny City Harriers’ Eoin Everard had a productive day, winning the 3,000m in 8 mins13.63 secs and then returning to the track less than an hour later to take the 1500m title in 4:01.17.
Anita White
ANITA WHITE of DSD made her best ever season’s start when throwing 50.83m to finish second in the women’s javelin at a meet in Zurich. White is aiming to qualify for the European Championships; her next outing is at the European Winter Throws Meet in Romania in a fortnight’s time.
ROBERT HEFFERNAN won the 5000m walk at the French Indoor Championships in 19:40.21. Second was France’s Jean Blancheteau in 19:45.22.
AT THE ENGLISH “NATIONALS” in Donington Park, Rory Chesser of Ennis TC was 25th in 44 mins 14 secs; John Eves of DSD 31st in 44:36 and Dara Chesser of Ennis TC 51st in 45 mins 19 secs. Completing his 47th consecutive run was Martin McGann from Co Meath in 83 mins 22 secs. A total of 1,730 finished the 12km race.
CLONLIFFE’S David Flynn finished fourth in the Rock ‘n’Roll New Orleans Half Marathon with a time of 69 mins 49 secs.
DECLAN MOORE of Bilboa and Carolyn Hayes of host club West Limerick were the winners of the Adare 10km, with an entry of almost 600 runners. On this pre-Ballycotton weekend, Alan O’Shea and Joan Ennis led home a further 500 plus at the Gas Networks BHAA 5km in Marina, Cork.
GloHealth National Indoors, Athlone – Day 2
Women – 60m: 1 P Healy (Bandon) 7.47, 2 N Whelan (Ferrybank) 7.49, 3 J Healy (Bandon) 7.50. 200m: 1 P Healy (Bandon) 23.75, 2 N Whelan (Ferrybank) 24.09, 3 C McManus (DCH) 24.35. 400m: 1 S Denny (DSD) 53.57, 2 J Bromell (Emerald) 54.30, 3 C McMahon (Ballymena & Antrim) 54.77. 800m: 1 C Mageean (UCD) 2:03.76, 2 L Crowe (Riocht) 2:05.08 3 E McIlveen (City of Lisburn) 2:05.83. 1500m: 1C Tarplee (St Coca’s) 4:23.21, 2 K O’Flaherty (Newcastle) 4:24.39, 3 A O’Donoghue (Emerald) 4:27.58. 60m hurdles: 1 S Lavin (Emerald) 8.27, 2 E Morland (Cushinstown) 8.39, 3 C McManus (DCH) 8.59. Triple Jump: 1 S Buggy (St Abban’s) 12.71, 2. A Jerumbauskyte (Clonliffe Hrs) 11.73, 3. F Hill (Newbridge) 11.44. Pole Vault: 1 R Larragy (Le Cheile) 2.85, 2 A Healy (Donore Hrs) 2.70m 3 M Flynn (Lusk) 2.70m
Men – 60m: 1 C Lynch (Shercock) 6.81, 2 K Pike (Clonliffe Hrs) 6.87, 3. C Sibanda (Clonliffe Hrs) 6.91. 200m: 1 M Lawler (St OT) 20.96, 2. C Sibanda (Clonliffe Hrs) 21.71, 3. D McDonald (Menapians) 21.97. 400m: 1 R Morrissey (Crusaders) 47.51, 2.A Mellon (Nth Down) 47.59, 3. B Arrey (Blarney/Inniscara) 48.37. 800m: 1 M English (UCD) 1:51.57, 2. K Kelly (Raheny Shamrock) 1:52.23, 3 J Ledingham (West Waterford) 1:54.01. 1500m:1 E Everard (KCH) 4:01.17, 2 J Warne (Doheny) 4:01.43, 3 D Landers (Ennis TC) 4:03.83. 3,000m: 1 E Everard (KCH) 8:13.63, 2 W Maunsell (Clonmel) 8:15.23, 3 C Sheahan (Leevale) 8:17.43. 60m Hurdles: 1 B Reynolds (Nth Down) 7.73 2 G O’Donnell (Carrick-on-Shannon) 7.90, 3 A Creamer (Annalee) 8.40. Long Jump: 1 A McMullen (Crusaders) 7.73, 2 K Marks (Cushinstown) 7.18, 3 C Bourke (Raheny Shamrock) 7.02. Triple Jump: 1 S Joyce (Cushinstown) 14.12, 2. J Hoang (Tullamore Hrs) 14.11, 3 C Mahon (Tir Chonaill) 14.06. High Jump: 1 A Heney (Clonliffe Hrs) 2.00, 2 S Archer (Templemore) 2.00, 3. D Mahon (Gowran) 1.95. Shot: 1S Breathnach (GCH) 18.16 (rec), 2 D Tierney (Leevale) 14.99, 3 M Breathnach (GCH) 14.05.
Adare 10km (595 finishers; www.munsterrunning.blogspot.com)
Men: 1 Declan Moore (Bilboa) 33:40, 2 Kevin Donagher (Rathfarnham WSAF) 33:41, 3 Jorge Martín (Limerick AC) 33:52, 4 Rory O’Connor (Nth Cork) 33.53, 5 Niall Shanahan 34.01, 6 Ger Guina (W Limerick) 34.23.M40: Gary Egan (An Bru) 34.54. M50: John Barrett (Gneeveguila) 35.00.
Women: 1 Carolyn Hayes (West Limerick) 38:29, 2 Caitriona Farrell (An Brú) 39:31, 3 Sorcha Nic Dhomhnail (Donore) 39:48, 4 Maeve Fenton (Dooneen) 4010, 5 Siobhan Daly (Gneeveguila, W35) 41.13, 6 Brid Ryan (Civil Service) 41.42. W40: Roisin Doran 43.52. W45: Deirdre Finn (Derg AC) 44.03. W55: Susanne Ui Dhalaigh (Limerick AC) 44.32.
Gas Networks Cork BHAA 5km, Marina, Co Cork (504 finishers; www.corkbhaa.com)
Men: 1 Alan O’Shea 15:12, 2 Sean McGrath 15:27, 3 Eric Curran 15:38, 4 Tim Twomey 15:45, 5 Rory O’Sullivan 15:48, 6 Danny Smith 16:22, 7 Stephen Young 16:30, 8 Edwin Sutton 16:32, 9 Cathal O’Connell (M50) 16:34, 10 Joe Cunningham (M40) 16:42. Teams – A: 1 Harty Tax Consulting 40, 2 Musgrave 40, 3 Eli-Lilly 64. B: 1 Navy 69, 2 Ervia 199, 3 Clean Cork 258. C: 1 GE Healthcare 224, 2 Merck-Millipore 270, 3 Navy 307.
Women: 1 Joan Ennis (W50) 18:54, 2 Carmel Parnell (W60) 19:00, 3 Ronnie Barry (W40) 19:38, 4 Mary Sweeney (W55) 19:50, 5 Dolores Duffy (W45) 19:58, 6 Orla O’Rourke (W45) 20:09. Teams – A: 1 Avondhu MF 237, 2 Cork Shops 243. B: 1 Fit4Life 361, 2 Cullen Engineering 391. C: 1 Avondhu MF 570, 2 Janssen 639.
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