Archive for March, 2001

Sheehan Appointed to National Coaching Position

27 March, 2001

Congratulations to Leevale sprints coach John Sheehan who is the new National Sprints Coach with responsibility for junior athletes. John was most recently a member of the Irish coaching staff at the World Junior Track and Field Championships in Chile last year, where he earned a reputation as the “fastest mouse in all of Mexico”. [...]

Cork BHAA 5k - Murray Wins from Grufferty

25 March, 2001

Cool conditions greeted the 200 or so runners who congregated on the Marina this morning for the Cork BHAA 5k road race. There should have been more, but stories abounded of the few who completely forgot about putting the clocks forward an hour!! The leaders in the race stayed together for much of the first [...]

Cork BHAA 5k Road Race, Marina Circuit

25 March, 2001

Day 2 of World Cross Country Championships - Irish Shine

24 March, 2001

Some old-fashioned grit from Peter Mathews and Keith Kelly in particular earned the Irish men their best team placing for 16 years when finished eighth among the 27 competing nations in today’s World Cross-Country Championships in Ostend. And if Matthews and Kelly laid the foundations when finishing 22nd and 24th respectively, they were supported in [...]

Day 1 of World Cross Country Championships

24 March, 2001

The first day of the World Cross-Country Championships in Ostend, Belgium provided ideal conditions for those who thrive in the mud. The tough conditions were undoubtedly a help to Great Britain’s Paula Radcliffe as she finally clinched a World Cross-Country Championship, beating out Ethiopia’s Gete Wami in the women’s long-course race. In the men’s short-course [...]

Athletics Fixtures Returning to Normal

21 March, 2001

Athletics in Ireland returns to a more normal routine this weekend with two road races lined up. The Cork BHAA ESB road race fixed for Curraheen remains cancelled, but in it’s place the BHAA have organised a 5k road race over the usual Marina circuit. Start time is 11am. The Munster road championships, originally fixed [...]

Double Delight for Lombard Brothers

12 March, 2001

There was a double delight for the Lombard brothers, Cathal and Fiachra, when they were both selected for the Irish World Cross-Country Championships in Ostend in 11 days time. Cathal was selected for the Long-Course squad, in addition to the four athletes who finished in front of him at the National Championships, and the American [...]

Ireland Awarded Consolation of 2002 World Cross-Country Championships

11 March, 2001

There was good news for Leevale’s World Cross-Country hopefuls with this weekend’s IAAF announcement that Ireland will host next year’s Championships. The awarding of next year’s event was a significant consolation prize for the cancellation of this year’s event. In other news, the Short-Course Trials for this year’s championships, which were due to be held [...]

Carroll 7th in World Indoors 3,000m Final

11 March, 2001

Mark Carroll finished 7th today in the World Indoor 3000m Championship, in a time of 7:46.79. The race was won by hot-favourite Hicham El Guerrouj of Morroco in 7:37.74. The impressive field also included Mohammed Mourhit of Belgium who was second (7:38.94), followed by Alberto García of Spain (7:39.96), John Mayock of Great Britian (7:44.08), [...]