Coming up is a bewildering few weeks in athletics. Here’s the gist of it:
Jul 4/5 – European Combined Events, Poland. Shane Ashton (Trim), Michael Bowler (KCH), Kourosh Foroughi (Star of the Sea)
Tue Jul 7 – Cork City Sports. Mark English 800m. Kelly Proper 100m ,200m, LJ. Mary Cullen, Michelle Finn, AM McGlynn 3000m. Tori Pena PV. Jason Harvey 400mH. Laura Crowe, Katie Kirk 800m. Sarah Lavin 100m H. Plus lots more.
8-14 Jul – World University Games, Gwangju City, South Korea (GMT + 9 hrs). Thomas Barr (400m H), Ciara Everard (800m), John Travers (1500m, 10,000m), Kevin Batt (5000m), Adam McMullen (LJ), Barry Pender (HJ). Also archery, football (men and women), golf, judo, and swimming.
9-12 Jul – European U23 T-F, Tallin, Estonia (GMT + 3 hrs). Mark English going for gold (and bypassing World Student Games to do so). Women – Phil Healy (Bandon) 100m; Cliodhna Manning (KCH) 100m, 200m; Sarah Lavin (UCD) 100m H; Sarah McCarthy (Mid-Sutton) LJ. 4x100m – Healy, Manning, McCarthy, Lavin. Men – Marcus Lawler (StLOT) 100m, 200m; Mark English (UCD) and Karl Griffin (UCD) 800m; Kevin Dooney (Raheny Shamrock) and Brandon Hargreaves (DSD) 5000m/10,000m; Dempsey McGuigan (Finn Valley) hammer. 4x100m – Lawler, Jonathan Browing (BAAC), Keith Pike (Clonliffe), Eanna Madden (Carrick-on-Shannon), Kieran Elliott (Nth Sligo).
Fri Jul 10 – Letterkenny Sub-4-Minute Mile Challenge – Kerry O’Flaherty, Michelle Finn, Sara Treacy.
15-19 Jul – World Youth T-F, Cali, Colombia. Qualifiers – Michaela Walsh (Swinford) shot/hammer, Elizabeth Morland (Cushinstown) combined events; 100m H, Nadia Power (Templeogue) 1500m.
16-19 Jul – European Junior T-F, Eskilstuna, Sweden. Women: 100m – Ciara Neville (Emerald) Gina Akpe-Moses (Birchfield) ; 200m – Phoebe Murphy (Ferrybank), Sharlene Mawdsley (Newport); 400m – Jenna Bromell (Emerald); 800m – Louise Shanahan (Leevale); hammer – Alice Akers (Marian) 4x100m Muprhy, Neville, Akpe-Moses, Mawdsley, Roisin Harrison (Emerald). Men: 100m/200m – Zak Irwin (Sligo); 400m – Scott Gibson (Bandon); 800m – Harry Purcell (Trim), Cillian Kirwan (Raheny); 1500m – Andrew Coscoran (Star of the Sea); 5000m – Kevin Mulcaire (Ennis TC), Jack O’Leary (Mullingar); 110m H- Matthew Behan (Crusaders), Garbhan McKenna (Shercock); long jump – Sam Healy (Leevale); shot – John Kelly (Finn Valley); discus – Eoin Sheridan (N Westmeath) ; hammer – Fellan McGuigan (Finn Valley); 4x100m (Irwin, Gibson, Eoin Doherty (Tallaght), Joseph Owejumi (Tallaght), Sean Lawlor (Donore.
Friday July 24 – Morton Games, Santry, 7pm. Thomas Barr 400m H; Ciara Mageean women’s mile.
26-31 Jul – European Youth Olympic Festival, Tbilisi, Georgia. Only ONE athlete per event.
Women: Ciara Neville (Emerald) 100m/relay, Gina Akpe-Moses (Birchfield) 200m/relay, Lauren Ryan (Dooneen) relay, Laura Ward ( StLOT) 1500m, Molly Scott (StLOT), 100m H/relay, Niamh Malone (Monaghan Phoenix) 400m H, Arlene Crossan (Finn Valley) LJ, Sommer Lecky ( Finn Valley) HJ, Orlaith O’Brien (Ferrybank) javelin, Lauren O’Keeffe (Donore) hammer. Men: Jamie Mitchell (Emerald) 400m, Aaron McGlynn (Finn Valley) 800m, Kevin McGrath (Bohermeen) 1500m, Daniel Ryan (Moycarkey Coolcroo) LJ, Ryan Carthy-Walsh (Adamstown) HJ, Brendan O’Donnell (Lifford) HT
4-16 Aug – World Masters’ T-F, Lyon, France.
8-9 Aug – Glo Health Nat T-F, Santry
22-30 August – World Championships, Beijing, China. Thomas Barr 400m H, Mark English 800m; Kerry O’Flaherty 3000m SC, Michelle Finn 300m SC. Team to be confirmed Aug 10.
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