Mizuno Mile at Stormont
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.
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Monday, August 13, 2007
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BMC Manchester
Fintan Magee, currently working for AAI and alumni of UCD, ran 3:48.34 in Manchester and finished 6th in the 1500m.
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Loughborough, Joanne Cuddihy Victory
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.
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Derval O'Rourke 2nd in Germany
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.
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Sunday, July 29, 2007
Heusden & Zaragoza
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
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Monday, July 16, 2007
IMC @ Irishtown
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
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Sunday, April 02, 2006
Colours Track & Field 2006
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.
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Friday, March 17, 2006
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Monday, March 06, 2006
Great Success for Intervarsity Cross Country Teams
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.
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Posted : 31/03/05
UCD Women were 2nd in Intervarsity Cross Country avenging their Colours loss. UCD Men were 3rd, reversing their result in the Colours as well by another ridiculously close margin. Event Hosted by Queens University Belfast. Cruel course.
Posted : 09/02/05
The Colours Cross Country competition took place on Sunday February 5th. Both Men's and Women's events were well contested. Eilis Connery of UCD triumphed over the womens 3.5km course with Eimear O'Brien the next UCD athlete in 4th. The womens team however lost out with Trinity bunching their 4th 5th and 6th scorers well. Ken Nugent was the first UCD men's competitor home in 3rd wtih Patrick Costello in 4th. This time it was UCD who bunched well but the competition could not have been closer. Both teams finished on 39 points. According to the rules of the competition UCD were crowned champions because their 6th finisher was 11th overall while TCD's was 12th. Congratulations to all competitors
Posted : 31/01/05
The Irish Universities Mountian Running Championships took place on Sunday 30th January. The distance was not 8.4km as advertised (more like 10-11km). Howevever both mens and womens teams triumphed emphatically. For more detailed results go to here.
Posted : 20/01/05
The Irish Universities Mountian Running Championships take place on Sunday 30th January. The distance is 8.4km. Those who want to run should ring Maria Slattery (Womens Team) or Hugo Leeney (Mens Team). For more information go here. Team lists will be posted in members section.
Posted : 19/01/05
The 2005 colours cross country takes place in the trinity grounds in Santry on February 5th. This event will serve as a trial for the Intervarsity Cross Country event which takes place in Belfast on Febraury 26th.
Posted : 25/11/04
The Intervarsity Road Relays took place on Saturday the 20th of November in scenic surroundings at NUI Maynooth. The Women's first team and the men's first team placed second splitting the respective DCU first and second teams. More to come in sporting news soon.
Posted : 02/12/04
Teams for the Intervarsity Indoors have now being SELECTED. The event takes place on Friday and Saturday the 3rd and 4th of December in Nenagh, Co. Tipperary at the National Indoor Athletics Arena. A coach leaves from car park opposite bus terminus @ 730am on Friday and leaves Nenagh at 5pm on Saturday. Accomodation has been arranged for the whole team. Call Hugo on 0877828053 for more info.
Posted : 25/11/04
The Intervarsity Road Relays took place on Saturday the 20th of November in scenic surroundings at NUI Maynooth. The Women's first team and the men's first team placed second splitting the respective DCU first and second teams. More to come in sporting news soon.
Posted : 16/11/04
APOLOGIES - RECONFIRMATION - An evening of sporting discussion with some past Olympians and elite athletes will take on Tuesday November 23rd in the Astra Hall (students centre). It promises to be an interesting night and hopefully will provide some insight into what it takes to get to the top of the athletic game. Come along if you can and spread the word! The original event was cancelled, rescheduled errroneously to the 16th of November but is now undoubtedly gonna take place as above.
Posted : 09/10/04
Winter Training has begun. Training times have now been posted on this site. To make sure you don't miss out on changes or variations you should call your captain or check out a notice board.
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