Archive for February, 2000

European 3,000m Winner is Welcomed Home to Cork

28 February, 2000

(by Dick Hogan, The Examiner). And now for the Olympic Games! Mark Carroll, the 28-year-old European indoor athletics champion who took gold at the 3,000-metre event in Ghent, Belgium, at the weekend, returned to Cork today to be greeted by his family and friends, as well as the Lord Mayor, Mr Damien Wallace. On his [...]

Carroll Plans 10k Race to Help Set the Pace for McCarthy

28 February, 2000

(by Brendan Mooney, The Examiner). Newly crowned European indoor 3,000m champion, Mark Carroll, plans to make a massive step up in distance but it will only be a once-off effort. While he has the talent and the potential to break every Irish record from 1,500m up to 10,000m, he is quite prepared to put the [...]

Recent Results from Stateside

28 February, 2000

There was disappointment for Leevale’s Martin McCarthy this weekend as he continues his preparations for the Olympics at his training camp in Florida. Running in a 5k road race he was outsprinted by training partner Cormac Smith who won in a time of 14:31, two seconds ahead of McCarthy. Conor Holt was fourth. Elsewhere Leevale’s [...]

Keane an Impressive Winner

28 February, 2000

Eagle athletic club staged their annual five mile road race in Carrigaline today, with dull overcast conditions the order of the day. As ever the race was well supported. A group of eight runners got away on their own by the one mile mark reached in a pedestrian 5:21. It was then that John Kearney [...]

“It’s a New Millennium and it’s Olympic Year. It’s a New Me!”

28 February, 2000

(by Brendan Mooney, The Examiner). Mark Carroll is now, arguably, the best long distance runner that Ireland has ever produced. Look at his times from 3,000m upwards to 5,000m and nobody else in the history of Irish athletics has ever come close. In fact he is poised to become only the third European to break [...]

Patient Carroll Strikes from Behind to Take Gold

28 February, 2000

(by Brendan Mooney, The Examiner). Mark Carroll predicted that yesterday’s 3000m final would be the race of the European indoor championships, and the 28-year-old Corkman made it just that, not only for the big Irish following who made the trip to Ghent but for the 3,500 spectators who thronged the new Flanders Arena as he [...]

Carroll is European Champion!

27 February, 2000

Mark Carroll capped a magnificant indoor season when he took gold today in the 3000m at the European Indoor Championships in Ghent. Mark won in a time of 7:49.24, from Rui Silva of Portugal (7:49.90), and John Maycock of Britain (7:49.97). Afterwards Mark said, “I definitely wanted this one. I tried to stay relaxed as [...]

Carroll Qualifies for Final in Comfort

25 February, 2000

On the first day of the European Indoors in Ghent, Mark Carroll qualified for the final of the 3000m in comfort with second place in his heat. The heat was won by Mohammed Mourhit of Belgium in 7:54.09, with Mark second in 7:54.86. The favourite, Rui Silva of Portugal, also qualified in the other heat. [...]

Preparations for Ghent

22 February, 2000

Mark Carroll hopes to cap a fantastic season when he lines up for the 3,000m at the European track and field championships which take place in Ghent, Belgium over the weekend. The Leevale runner is in the best form of his career and starts the race as a strong favourite to win gold. He runs [...]

O’Callaghan Takes Gold at Scottish Indoor Championships

21 February, 2000

Leevale junior Jer O’Callaghan, a student at St. Brendan’s College in Killarney, was one of a number of Irish successes at the Scottish Indoor Championships. Jer picked up gold by winning the 60m in 7.00 seconds.