Archive for July, 2001

Kelly in Cracking Form at All-Ireland Juvenille Championships

29 July, 2001

The contrast in weather between Saturday and Sunday for the All Ireland juvenile track and field championships just couldn’t have been more varied. Saturday, the hottest day of the year so far, was followed by a dull, wet Sunday, although conditions improved somewhat towards the end. Most Cork success once again came in the sprints [...]

Grufferty Overcomes Stitch for Second Place in Churchtown South

26 July, 2001

The third leg of the Nike Ballycotton five mile series of road races moved to Churchtown South on Thursday, and was, as always, well supported. The hot sunny weather conditions made the going tough for most of the competitors. As ever it was seventeen year old William Harty from KCK who took the lead from [...]

Ballycotton 5 Miler, Churchtown South

26 July, 2001

Carroll Wins Third Consecutive National Title, Lombard 4th in Shot Putt

22 July, 2001

Mark Carroll returned home for the National Senior Championships this weekend and duly won his third consecutive 5,000m title. Mark (far right) has done all his fast running on the Grand Prix circuit in recent weeks and today’s run was a mere stroll. He moved away from Keith Kelly (No. 147) after the opening laps [...]

O’Sullivan Leads Off Irish Relay in Historic Victory

21 July, 2001

The Nestle schools international track and field match was held in reasonable weather conditions at Tullamore today. And what a meet it turned out to be, with some of the most promising teenagers in these islands competing. As ever the English competitors were awesome, putting in some magnificent performances, but it was an Irish performance [...]

Nestle Schools International Track & Field, Tullamore

21 July, 2001

O’Tuama on Comeback Trail

20 July, 2001

Donoughmore athletic club were well pleased with the turnout for their annual seven mile road race on Friday night, their biggest entry for years. There was no hanging about for George Murray from North Cork who took the lead from the start. Still not fully recovered from his third place finish in the national marathon, [...]

Carroll Fifth at Herculis Meet

20 July, 2001

Mark Carroll was fifth tonight in the 3,000m at the IAAF Golden League Herculis Grand Prix meet in Monaco. The race was won by Kenya’s Paul Bitok in a time of 7:32.11. He was followed by Luke Kipkosgei (7:32.68), Benjamin Limo (7:33.10), and Salah Ghazi (7:33.42). Mark ran a seasonal best for the 3,000m with [...]

IAAF Herculis Grand Prix, Monaco

20 July, 2001

Carroll Runs Another Seasonal Best in Stockholm

17 July, 2001

World class 1,500m running may not be Mark Carroll’s speciality but he produced a solid effort against a quality field at last night’s Stockholm Grand Prix. Once again the enduring Irish record was a little outside his reach but the time of three minutes 35.09 seconds was just a stride outside his best. That left [...]