Mark English
Mark English of UCD ran an Olympic qualifying time of 1:45.49 for fourth in a top quality 800m at the Anniversary Games in London. “Thrilled to run Olympic qualifying time in London today. Love this track and crowd,” he tweeted afterwards.
The standard for Rio ’16 is 1:45.80 – faster than the 1:46.00 need for the World Championships next month in Beijing.
In the women’s 5000m, Mary Cullen of North Sligo was six seconds off her season’s best with a time of 15 mins 32.76 secs; she had been aiming for a time under the Rio ’16 mark of 15:20. Thomas Barr of Ferrybank, clearly troubled by a hip injury, still got under 50 seconds in the 400m hurdles. He finished sixth in 49.85 secs.
“Not the best race, but it was touch and go an hour before the race with the hip injury, so I’m relatively happy,” he said.
Highlights of the Morton Games a night earlier were stirring victories for Letterkenny’s Karl Griffin in the 800m, Ciara Mageean in the women’s mile and Kelly Proper in the 200m. In the Morton Mile, Thomas Cotter of Dunleer became the latest Irish member of the sub-four minute club. There was also a good 45.99 secs time for Brian Gregan in the 400m; his best this season in 45.98 secs.
Saturday July 25
Anniversary Games, London – Irish results:
Men – 800m: 4 Mark English (UCD) 1:45.49 (SB). 400m H: 6 Thomas Barr (Ferrybank) 49.85.
Women – 5000m: 11 Mary Cullen (Nth Sligo) 15:32.76.
Friday July 24
Morton Games, Santry, Dublin. www.mortongames.ie.
Selected results –
Men – 100m: 4 Marcus Lawlor (St LOT) 10.47, 9 Zak Irwin 10.75. 400m – Race 1 1 Jarryd Dunn 45.89, 2 Brian Gregan (Clonliffe) 45.99…. 8 Dara Kervick 47.80. Race 2: 1 Andrew Steele 46.18….3 Brian Murphy (Crusaders) 47.56, 4 Timmy Crowe (Clonliffe) 47.73, 5 Richard Morrissey 47.88. 800m International: 1 Karl Griffin 1:47.47, 2 Michael Rutt 1:47.60, 3 Bobby Andrews 1:47.80, 4 Declan Murray 1:47.93…9 Niall Tuohy 1:48.89…11 Anthony Lieghio (Tallaght) 1:49.67. 800m IMC: 1 Zak Curran 1:49.09, 2 Kieran Kelly 1:49.24, 3 Keith Fallon 1:50.46. Morton Mile: 1 Jeff Risely 3:57.09, 2 Pat Casey 3:57.36, 3 Riley Masters 3:57.48….8 Tomas Cotter (Dunleer) 3:58.50…15 John Travers (Donore) 4:08.42. IMC v BMC Mile: 1 Kevin Mulcaire (Ennis TC) 4:04.12, 2 James O’Hare 4:06.21, 3 Kevin Bell 4:06.60 Jun mile: 1 Barry Keane 4:20.15, 2 Fearghal Curtain 4:20.44, 3 Chine Izuchukwu 4:21.91. 3000m: Sam McEntee 7:48.35, 2 Will Geoghegan (USA) 7:48.79, 3 Ross Proudfoot 7:49.64, 4 Any Vernon 7:51.13….14 John Coghlan (MSB) 8:02.45, 16 Kevin Batt (DSD) 8:02.93…18 Rory Chesser (Ennis TC) 8:04.72. 400m H: 1 Michael Cochrane 50..07…5 Paul Byrne 51.85.
Women – 200m: 1 Kelly Proper (Ferrybank) 23.54, 2 Amy Allcock 24.03, 3 Ashely Kelly 24.04, 4 Cliodhna Manning (KCH) 24.05…6 Steph Creanor 24.41. 800m International: 1 Angela Petty 1:59.89,….10 Laura Crowe (Riocht) 2:04.08. 800m National: 1 Kelly Nealy 2:09.61, 2 Fiona Kehoe 2:09.90, 3 Aislinn Crossey 2:10.99. Mile: 1 Ciara Mageean (UCD) 4:30.64, 2 Heather Wilson 4:31.19, 3 Shelby Houlihan 4:31.79…9 Kerry O’Flaherty (Newcastle) 4:40.95.
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