Archive for May, 2001

Carroll Places Down Field in Prefontaine Meet

27 May, 2001

Leevale’s Mark Carroll will hardly be pleased with his eight place finish in the big Prefontaine Oregon meet today where he clocked 13:32.28. The season has a long way to run though. Sinead Delahunty was also outside the world championships qualifying mark with her 6th place finish in the 1,500m (4:11.04). Big news at the [...]

O’Donovan, Kelly, and Lombard Double in Munster Schools

26 May, 2001

Once again the Nestle Munster schools track and field championships, held at the CIT track today, produced another day of superb action by a host of outstanding young athletes. The dry settled weather came to a close during the afternoon, drenching officials and athletes alike. Old records took a hammering during a day of high [...]

McCarthy Returns in Victory

24 May, 2001

The first race in the Nike Ballycotton summer series of road races was held in Ballyandreen tonight, once again attracting some 200 competitors. As always William Harty from KCK set a strong pace from the gun, going right clear before the mile mark. He was, however, caught by Leevale’s Martin McCarthy, making a return to [...]

Ballycotton 5 Miler, Ballyandreen

24 May, 2001

A Glorious Day for Juvenile Track and Field at the CIT

20 May, 2001

The first stage of the Cork juvenile track and field championships were held in glorious sunshine at the CIT track on Sunday. There was a tremendous turn out for most of the events, especially the younger ages. Performances were of a very high level, making it very difficult to single out any one performance. However, [...]

Carroll Opens Outdoor Season with a Win

19 May, 2001

Mark Carroll of Leevale opened his track season at the Boston High Performance meet today, held in cold and windy conditions. Usually at this time of year Carroll has a couple of races under his belt, but, due to a couple of niggling injuries, he did not get to race until the weekend. Choosing the [...]

Foolkes Fourth in Southland Conference 10k

19 May, 2001

The American collegiate athletics year is fast drawing to a close, with many of the Irish scholarship athletes now finished with competition. At the Southland Conference, Leevale’s Jason Foolkes was 4th in the 10k (32:18.17) and William Morris was 11in the 1,500m (4:05.27). At the Sun Belt Conference, East Cork’s Lisa Cronin completed her season [...]

Doubles Success at South Munster Schools for Leevale Athletes

19 May, 2001

The second day of the Evening Echo South Munster schools track and field championships were held at the CIT track today, with ideal weather conditions. The noticeable feature of the two days of competition has been the change in fortune of the various disciplines in the sport. Sprinting is now the strongest area of Cork [...]

Boston High Performance Meet

19 May, 2001

Leevale Win All Four Relays at Munster Senior Championships

13 May, 2001

The Munster senior and vets track and field championships were held at the CIT track today. A heavy shower of rain threatened the early stages of the event, but, thankfully, it cleared, making for some excellent competition. Tony Lilley of Togher was back in action in the 800m, looking to enhance his reputation as one [...]