UCD Athletics Club News

IUAA Indoors

noreply@blogger.com (Committee) — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:19:00 +0000

We're meeting at 8.15 on sat 14th outside the lincoln gate in Trinity. (it's the one round the back beside the dental hospital that you can drive into) We'll get into Nenagh by about 10.30. Click on 'Read More' for more details...The first race is the Women's 1500m which is at 12, with check in closing for it at 11.30. At the end of the day we'll go to the Abbey Court Hotel where we have two houses booked for the night. Then up and back into the stadium for 9 or 10ish. we should be back in Dublin on sun by 6.
The price for the weekend is: 35euros for bus and accom or 55euros for bus, accom, hoodie and tee-shirt, or 60euros for bus, accom, hoodie, tee-shirt and singlet. i know it's kinda expensive but we have a lot of competitions this year to go to.
Dont forget your student card, spikes and lots of warm clothes. Nenagh is usually colder inside than outside. So any questions just txt me (0863655750) or email me.

The timetable for the two days is here

The following is the mens team for the indoors. For the ladies team txt maria on 0879600898
60m - John Crowley (OYD), Barry O'Donohoe, Steven Colvert.
200m - John McDermott, Neil Dunne.
400m - Jamie Davis, Eoin Mulhall.
800m - Paul Breslin, Adrian Toolan.
1500m - Joe Breen, Mark Jennings.
3k - Graeme Walsh.
2k Walk - Ronan Daly
Triple Jump - Ciaran Cronin
Shot & WfD - Gerard Kelly
4 X 200m - John Crowley, Neil Dunne, Paul Oppermann, Jamie Davis

Welcome back to UCD Athletics 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Committee) — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:29:00 +0000

Welcome back everybody and Happy New Year!

We hope you had an enjoyable break and that you are all ready to get back in shape now that New Year resolutions have been made and classes have started again. Training begins again today, Tuesday, while competitions are now approaching as the winter season reaches its peak...

Circuits training returns today @ 5pm in the Sports Centre Hall A, and we look forward to seeing the large and enthusiastic numbers that were ever present before Christmas. Training then resumes from Thursday @ 6pm. Long Distance runners will meet @ their usual place @ the entrance of the Sports Centre, while the sprints group will congregate @ the track. We encourage anybody who hasn't been involved already, but who is interested, to come along to a training session. Regardless of your fitness levels or ability, if you want to be a part of the club, just come along and we'll be happy to look after you.

As for competitions, there are a few competitions quickly approaching. First up are they Indoor T&F Intervarsity Championships. These take place in Nenagh, Tipperary on Saturday & Sunday February 14th & 15th. Distances range from 60m - 3,000m and there are also field events including high jump, long jump, triple jump, weight for distance and shotput.
Three weeks later the Cross Country Intervarsity Championships take place in Jordanstown, Antrim. This will be the finale to the winter season and a week later we'll be jetting off to Portugal for a week of warm weather training.

Finally, we are happy to announce that a new range of UCD Athletics hoodies & t-shirts are now in stock and are available for purchase. If you want to be part of the posse, it will be imperative that you get yourselves a matching pair. We are offering the hoody and t-shirt together for €30 - a great deal! They will be available for sale @ training.

If you are interested in competing in either the Indoor T&F or Cross Country Intervarsity Championships, or you are simply interested in getting involved in the club, get in touch with us by emailing ucdathletics@gmail.com.

Inter Counties Cross Country Championships

noreply@blogger.com (Committee) — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:05:00 +0000

Congratulations to Al McCormack who won his first Inter County Senior Cross Country title in a time of 32:11. McCormack was amongst a number of UCD athletes to run on the hilly course in Tramore racecourse. Mick Clohissey, Cillian O'Leary and Mark Kirwan also ran in the senior race. In the women's race Deirdre Byrne finished 2nd while Charlotte and Rebecca Ffrench O'Carroll finished 2nd and 3rd respectively in the junior women with Maria Walsh coming in 8th. In the junior mens Robert Corbally, Joe Breen and Eoin Hamilton had solid runs in a tough race. Congratulations to everyone who competed. For full details of results click the follwing links:

Road Relays

noreply@blogger.com (Committee) — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:00:00 +0000

Congratulations to everyone who competed in the Road Relays in Maynooth. We were very successful this year finishing 2nd in both mens and ladies teams, a huge improvement on last year. For a full list of results click here

Both A teams had great runs finishing behind DCU and ahead of UL. The girl's B team had an exciting race with a sprint finish against the C team which was a mixture of 2 UCD ladies and 2 DCU ladies. The men's B, C and D teams were neck and neck for the first 3 miles of the race before finishing within 3 minutes of each other. Well done to everyone who competed and thanks to everyone who came down to support. Photos to follow...

Portugal Trip

noreply@blogger.com (Committee) — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:17:00 +0000

It is time to start getting your flights booked, because the dates have been arranged for the week away to Portugal.
We will be flying out as a group on 15th March and returning on 22nd March. That means we'll be going on the 2nd week of the two weeks we have off during the mid-term in 2nd semester. For more information click on 'read more'.

So where are we going? Who are we flying with? Where are we staying? What else do I need to know?

We will fly from Dublin to Faro on Sunday morning, 15th March @ 6.20am with Aer Lingus (EI490) and we'll fly back on the following Sunday @ 9.45am from Faro (flight EI491). We will be travelling with Trinity Athletics Club too so it should be even more fun!
When we arrive in Faro, we'll get a bus to Hotel Navegadores in Monte Gordo, where we'll be staying.

Here is a map where you can see where exactly Monte Gordo is in Portugal and also where the athletics track is situated.

The track is accessible easily by bike (which is how many of us travelled to it the last time we went), while the trails which the long distance runners will use can be found only 200m away from the hotel!
There is a beach within walking distance from the hotel, a pool in the hotel, while breakfast and dinner will be included in the price of the hotel. Monte Gordo itself caters for summer holiday-makers and so there are plenty of bars and clubs to choose from. There is also a casino!

In terms of what money you'll need to bring with you, €150 should be plenty. You'll need money for spending on lunch, other food and snacks, drinks, bike rental, going out money, gambling money and presents/souvenirs should you need to bring any back.

If you want anymore information, either leave a comment or email ucdathletics@gmail.com

Party!!

noreply@blogger.com (Hugo Leeney) — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:41:00 +0000

There will be an Athletics club party on Thursday the 23rd of October. Details will follow but keep the date free..

Mizuno Mile at Stormont

noreply@blogger.com (Hugo Leeney) — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:33:00 +0000

James Nolan ran a 3:55 mile in the Mizuno Mile in Stormont recently to finish 2nd, 1 second behind Matt bowser of Lincoln. 3rd was Garreth Hill of Ballymena in 3:58.

BMC Manchester

noreply@blogger.com (Hugo Leeney) — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 11:50:00 +0000

Fintan Magee, currently working for AAI and alumni of UCD, ran 3:48.34 in Manchester and finished 6th in the 1500m.

Loughborough, Joanne Cuddihy Victory

noreply@blogger.com (Hugo Leeney) — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 11:46:00 +0000

Current scholarship student Joanne Cuddihy ran a 52.8h 400m to win in Loughborough England. She will probably look for a faster race before she heads to Osaka for the World Championships. She also ran 23.52 to finish behind Ciara Sheehy in the 200m race.

Derval O'Rourke 2nd in Germany

noreply@blogger.com (Hugo Leeney) — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 11:44:00 +0000

Continuing her preperation or the World Championships alumni Derval O'Rourke came second to Dawn Harper of the USA in Bochum-Wattenscheid, Germany in the 100m hurdles. Harper ran 12.67 and O'Rourke 12,88.

Heusden & Zaragoza

noreply@blogger.com (Hugo Leeney) — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 13:04:00 +0000

James Nolan ran 3:49.60 in Zaragoza Spain to finish 10th in the 1500m.

In Heusden, Belgium Dervla O'Rourke finished 4th in the 100m. Full race results below.

100m hurdles
1 JONES LOLO USA 12.74
2 ONYIA JOSEPHINE ESP 12.77
3 DENBY NICHOLE USA 12.88
4 O’ROURKE DERVAL IRL 12.95
5 REDOUMI FLORA GRE 13.01
6 BLISS ANDREA JAM 13.02
7 BERINGS ELINE BEL 13.14
8 DAVIN ELISABETH BEL 13.33

IMC @ Irishtown

noreply@blogger.com (Hugo Leeney) — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 15:10:00 +0000

James Nolan finished a close 2nd to David McCarthy in the IMC A 800m last Saturday in Irishtown stadium. James dipped low at the finish but McCarthy was declared the winner by photo finish analysis althoug the pair were given the same times (1.50.08). Conor Healy finished 4th in 1:51.75. Eoin Cummins ran 1:54.7 in 9th

Mick Clohissey ran the 1500m in 3:58.57 to finish 7th ahead of fellow UCD student Garrett Coughlan who finished a lack lustre 11th in 4:08.51.

Alumni Simon Kenny ran the 800m B race and finished 6th in 2:03.62.

One of the meet highlights was the 2:09.94 800m time by Hazel Murphy in the womens race. Hazel is UCD alumni but next year will be attending a masters program with DCU.

The meet starter was alumni John O'Connor

Full results here

Colours Track & Field 2006

noreply@blogger.com (Hugo Leeney) — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 19:33:00 +0000

The competitive track and field season is about to begin. Our first
meet is the colours track and field on the 7th April. Apologies for
the late notice. The date has been set so early because of unforeseen
clashes.

The meet takes place in Irishtown stadium.

The program is as follows:
Track:
5.30 W 100H
5.40 M 110H
5.50 W 300
6.00 M 300
6.10 W 2000
6.25 M 2000
6.40 W 100
6.50 M 100
7.00 W 600
7.10 M 600
7.20 W 4*100
7.30 M 4*100
7.40 M&W 100,200,300,400 (must be M/W/M/W OR W/M/W/M).
? M ? 4*400 (if needed for trial for varsities).

Field:
5.30 W LJ Jav.
6.00 M LJ Jav.
6.30 W HJ S.P.
7.00 M HJ S.P.

The intervarsities takes place in Belfast on the 21st and 22nd April.
Teams for this event will be selected over the coming weeks based on
form where possible and on attendance at training (see below for new
times). Get in touch to be considered.

TRAINING TIMES
Throws - Wed 630pm - Track
Jumps - Tues/Thurs 6pm - Track
Sprints - Tues/Thurs 6pm - Track
Easy Running - Mon/Thurs 6pm - Sports centre
Mid Distance - Sessions on Tues & Thurs at track at 6pm

Circuits continues on Tuesdays in the sports centre for those interested.

Colfer at Conemara Half Marathon

noreply@blogger.com (Hugo Leeney) — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 19:32:00 +0000

Results From World Student Cross Country

noreply@blogger.com (Hugo Leeney) — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 19:30:00 +0000

Clohissey 30th - 1st Irish home.
McCormack 59th - 5th Irish home.

Irish team 9th

Clohissey & McCormack Selected For World Student Cross

noreply@blogger.com (Hugo Leeney) — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 20:28:00 +0000

James Nolan 6th at World Indoors in 3:43

noreply@blogger.com (Hugo Leeney) — Sat, 11 Mar 2006 20:45:00 +0000

Gold Medal for Derval O'Rourke in Moscow

noreply@blogger.com (Hugo Leeney) — Sat, 11 Mar 2006 20:31:00 +0000

Great Success for Intervarsity Cross Country Teams

noreply@blogger.com (Hugo Leeney) — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 00:06:00 +0000

The Irish Intervarsity Cross Country Championships took place last Saturday 4th of March. The event was hosted by Trinity in their grounds in Santry.

This year a graduate event was held. Partipation was low, the majority of athetes being Trinity alumni. If this event were to become a regular fixture it could attract more athletes and be an exciting edition to the IUAA calendar, providing more exposure and attracting more attention.

The womens intervarsity race was 4km long. The DCU team dominated. Their first 4 scoring athletes finished in the top 5, selections for the World Student games gauranteed for 2. The UCD women competed strongly and put on by far their most impressive performance of the season so far. They beat UCC into 3rd and Trinity (who had beaten them in the colours match 2 weeks earlier) into 4th. Lead home by the team captain Ruth Mills in 9th, the next 3 scorers were Cora Russell, Eilis Connery & Hillary Hughes.

The mens race was expected to be a lot closer than the womens. In the road relay championships in October the gap between the DCU and UCD teams was just seconds. Both teams also had first string athletes missing. DCU's most noted absence was Danny Darcy. They were also forced to compete without Aidan Bailey who ran the race as a guest, his name having not been present on the DCU team list pre-race. UCD were without Phil Conway, Neil Cowzer, John Courell and James Nolan.

The race itself was over a 10km, 6 lap course (very well prepared by Trinity Organising committee). Right the way through the race was tight. Joe Sweeney of UCD took the race to his rivals forcing a 50 yard gap early on. Mark Christie followed with Mick Clohissey making up the top 3. DCU were packing well behind, showing off their great depth of ability. The top 6 UCD athletes worked hard to keep places and to squeeze DCU for places. Christie overtook Sweeney at around 6km through and held on untill the finish. Sweeney took 2nd with Clohissey registering another impressive performance (after nationals the week previously) in 3rd. Alan McCormack and John Eves battled with Ian Cheney and Eoin Higgins in the following pack, and Garrett Coughlan pushed hard just a few places back. Veteran of intervarsity events Keith Daly made up the UCD 6 scorers finishing 35th. It was another epic race which demanded huge efforts from both teams.

The result was unconfirmed untill the presentation later that evening. The mens team first place prize was awarded to UCD. There was some confusion and protest upon the anouncement as had Aidan Bailey who finished 6th and was 3rd DCU man across the finish line been allowed to score for the DCU team they would have won. Strict IUAA rule enforcement, something many have come to expect and respect at these championships, crowned UCD the champions.

"I am very proud of what the UCD teams achieved last Saturday on the country. It was the culmination of a lot of hard work from both the individual athletes and those members of the club that take on the administrative responsibilities. The team spirit that was displayed out on the course at the weekend was equal to that experienced at the Road Relays last semester. No matter what, we can say that we currently have a mens and womens distance team that are on top of their game." Hugo Leeney UCDAC Mens Captain.

Full results are available on www.results.iuaa.org.

James Nolan & Derval O'Rourke Represent at World Inoors in Moscow

noreply@blogger.com (Hugo Leeney) — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 20:29:00 +0000

Double Loss at Colours Cross

noreply@blogger.com (Hugo Leeney) — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 00:09:00 +0000

TCD pulled off a double victory at the Colours Cross Country Champs last weekend. The UCD women were beaten 15:21 and the men 31:47. Both UCD teams can take comfort in the fact that they go head to head again in 2 weeks time at the Intervarsities and have that time to prepare and strengthen their teams with those that were missing on Saturday last.

Some good performances were achieved regardless and full results are available on www.results.iuaa.org.

Disssapointment for Men at Indoor Track & Field Championships

noreply@blogger.com (Hugo Leeney) — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 18:59:00 +0000

The UCDAC mens team that travelled to Nenagh to compete in the Intervarsity Track & field Championships finished second after a dogged attempt by the 14 team members to keep up with University of Ulster who came out on top at the end finishing 8 points ahead. Ulster host the outdoor championships this year and obviously intend to achieve a home win.

It must be said that UCD were horrendously understrength with only one athlete with a Road Relays medal from November togging out in the National Indoor Arena. UCD also lost out in the jumps events with sholarship athlete Stephen Darcy being out injured. Many others were absent due to exams and commitment to other competitions (Mick Clohissey earning an international selection for the World Junior XC).

Final year Undergrad Tommy Lyons won his first Intervarsity medal in the 60m just beating newcomer Cian Aherne into 4th place. Both could do well outdoors if their seasons keep going the way they have been. In the 200m both Patrick Phelan and Simon Gaynor got out of their heats and Gaynor eventually reaching the final. Both should expect more success outdoors. In the 400m Michael Kennedy lost out to Hugo Leeney in qualification for the final. Leeney went to take a silver medal. Barry McCarron took silver in a great 800m race with Karl Fahy from Trinity. Ronan Daly donned the UCD vest for the first time in the 1500m. He missed out narrowly on a points score finishing in 7th. In the 200m walk Feargal Tansey was hopeful of claiming a title but had to settle for a bronze medal, 2 places ahead of Michael Muldoon. Vice Captain Philip Conway seemed dissapointed with his 2nd Indoor Intervarsity bronze medal in the 3000m. Considering his time last year was over 25 seconds faster he can be excused.

In a rough 200m relay in which there was plenty of jostling, UL crossed the line first but were later disqualified and UCD were promoted to first place for which they earned 10 points. Some might consider UU lucky that they were not also disqualified. Had they been, they would have lost 8 points and the final team result might well have been different. In the long jump Simon Gaynor won a surprise bronze with his final jump (which he almost didn't take). He leaped 6m32. Hugo Leeney scored a further 2 points in the Pole Vault with a personal best of 3m.

Kevin Burke, the hero of last years Indoor victory, could not participate in any of the track or jumping events due to injury. However, he could throw and he finished 2nd in the Shot (only 9cm behind Jeremy Haarper from UU) and 6th in the 56lb weight for distance. Scholarship athlete Padraig White was far away from his familiar hammer circle but managed 5th in the shot and 3rd in the weight in which only 15cm seperated the top 3. In the combined events Leeney returned for a second time to the winners podium after he clawed his way into the top 3 by running 2:40 in the 1000m (the final event in the pentathlon).

The final result left UCD 8 points behin UU and 13 points behind TCD. UL surprisingly finished back in 4th.

Full results here.

CHANGED Sports Psychology Seminar

noreply@blogger.com (Hugo Leeney) — Sat, 29 Oct 2005 15:35:00 +0000

UCD Athletics club will be hosting a seminar on Sports Psychology in rooms 1, 2 & 3 of the student centre in UCD on Thursday November 10th at 8pm. Niamh Fitzpatrick, IOC Sports psychologist to the Irish Olympic team in Athens 2004, will be talking about and taking questions on very aspects of her job and the field of sports psychology.

Subject matter will include:
-Her role with the Irish team in Athens
-Her day to day job as a psychologist
-Principles of the science
-Some practical exersizes, techniques and their application

There will be a charge on the door of 3 Euro for non UCDAC members.

UCDAC Email List

noreply@blogger.com (Hugo Leeney) — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 19:42:00 +0000

An email list for all UCDAC members has been set up. To subscribe to the list send an email from your account to athletes-subscribe@ucdac.threestripe.com and follow the instructions.

All those who signed up at the freshers stand (and supplied an email address) should recieve an email before Friday September 30th at 10pm. If you haven't recieved an email by then you can assume that you are not on the list and so should use the address given above to subscribe.

If you have difficulty subscribing please contact Hugo Leeney (hugo.leeney@gmail.com, 0877828053).

UCDAC Information Session

noreply@blogger.com (Hugo Leeney) — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 21:47:00 +0000

The freshers information session took place on Monday September 26th. If you missed it and would like to know what happened/what was discussed please get in touch with one of the captains. This was our first such event and would appreciate feedback from those present. Let us know if you liked it/hated it, found it informative/found it boring so that we can improve our schedule for next year.

Training now begins as programmed tomorrow Tuesday the 27th September at 5pm in the Sports Centre for Circuit Training. All are welcome.

We have socials, seminars and special beginners sessions coming up. Keep an eye out on the website (remember to check the members section too) for dates and times.