The 65th annual Cork City sports was held last night at CIT. As usual there was a high standard of competition across the range of events. There were two junior track races on the programme, an 800m for women and a 1500m for men. In both races there were hugely impressive and hard-fought wins for Leevale athletes. In the 800m, Louise Shanahan was made battle all the way to the line by Emma O’Brien (Sli Cualann), but in the end came home a second clear in a season’s best of 2:08.99. Louise is back in great form again, having taken bronze at the national seniors last weekend.
In the 1500m there was a huge field of over 20 athletes from across the country. In a race where the tempo was increasing throughout, it became a battle between Charlie O’Donovan and Darragh McElhinney (Bantry) in the last lap. Charlie was pulling away from the field all the way to the line and in the end was well clear in a very impressive 3:54. David Fox also had a very good run, and was the only other athlete inside the 4-minute mark, third in 3:57.
In the senior 3K walk, Alex Wright continued his build-up to Rio with a good win, finishing just a few seconds ahead of his training partner, Rob Heffernan.
800m Junior Women evros Time :18:57 Heat:1 1 101 Shanahan Louise 97 LEVA 2:08.99 2 104 O'Brien Emma 99 SLIC 2:10.12 3 102 Finnegan Rose 98 BOHR 2:11.55 4 106 Mahony Aoife 99 LIOS 2:14.24 5 105 Delargy Aoife 97 NENA 2:16.69 6 107 Browne Richael 99 SLIC 2:18.37 108 O'Donoghue Amy EMRL DNF 1500m Junior Men CETB Time :18:57 Heat:1 1 202 O'Donovan Charlie 99 LEVA 3:54.36 2 206 McElhinney Darragh 00 BANT 3:57.15 3 204 Fox David 97 LEVA 3:57.75 4 203 Harris Liam 97 TOGH 4:00.82 5 205 Keane Barry 97 WAC 4:02.43 6 209 Casey Ruairi 98 TOGH 4:02.97 7 210 Boylan Jack 98 DLER 4:03.21 8 201 Curran Sean 97 WWFO 4:03.48 9 215 Marron Philip 98 RATH 4:05.27 10 224 Power Michael 99 WWFO 4:06.59 11 216 McGlynn David 99 WAC 4:06.92 12 207 Fallon Jamie 97 CRAU 4:07.63 13 214 Murnane Matt 98 LEVA 4:08.59 14 218 Folan Eanna 99 GCH 4:12.43 15 211 O'Donnell Paul 98 DSD 4:13.51 16 213 O Grada Ruadhan 98 DSD 4:15.34 17 222 Tannian Joe 98 GCH 4:17.51 18 223 O'Rourke Patrick 99 ENNI 4:18.90 19 219 O'Reilly Chris 01 TOGH 4:20.46 20 217 Powell Mark 99 GCH 4:24.05 21 220 McCarthy Jamie 99 WAC 4:28.36 225 Tobin Paul LEVA DNF 3000m Women Sport Irl/AAI Time :18:57 Heat:1 1 301 Hamblin Nikki 88 NZL 9:07.55 2 304 Mart’n Diana 81 ESP 9:10.38 3 305 Kowal Matylda 89 POL 9:15.09 4 303 Treacy Sara 89 IRL 9:20.57 5 302 Moultrie Josephine 90 GBR 9:27.61 307 Finn Carol 88 IRL DNF PACE 100m Women Centra Time :18:57 Heat:1 Wind : 1.2 1 502 Healy Phil 94 IRL 11.52 2 504 Healy Joan 92 IRL 11.73 3 503 Whelan Niamh 93 IRL 11.74 4 505 Neville Ciara 99 IRL 11.95 507 Humphreys Corinne 91 GBR DNS 100m T44 Men KBC Bank Time :18:57 Heat:1 Wind : 2.2 1 401 Streng Felix 95 GER 10.97 2 402 Hertog Ronald 89 NED 11.76 3 404 Violet Levi NED 12.27 4 405 de Groot Pepijn NED 12.95 Hammer Men O'Callaghan Properties Time :19:11 Heat:1 1 3001 Sawyers Roberto 86 CRC 69.44 2 3002 Bomba Michael 86 GBR 63.73 3 3007 Furlong Thomas IRL 61.67 4 3005 Barry Killian 92 IRL 59.69 5 3004 Parker Tom 94 GBR 57.53 6 3006 Dwyer John IRL 51.39 100m Men Supervalu Time :19:19 Heat:1 Wind : 3.3 1 601 Daly Kieran 92 GBR 10.41 2 603 Syers Aidan 83 GBR 10.44 3 607 Bragi Karason Ari 89 ISL 10.50 4 602 Smyth Jason 87 IRL 10.52 5 604 Browne Jonathan 83 GBR 10.58 6 606 Peev Petur 96 BUL 10.64 7 612 Otugade John 95 GBR 10.80 8 609 Elliott Kieran 95 IRL 10.91 Long Jump Women AON Hewitt Time :19:22 Heat:1 1 3106 Zawila Karolina 86 POL 5.93 +1.3 2 3102 Morrison Imelda 89 IRL 5.87 +0.9 3 3101 Morland Elizabeth 98 IRL 5.68 +1.5 4 3103 Turner Lucy 97 GBR 5.60 +2.3 5.52m -0.7 5 3105 Bowler Rachel 99 IRL 5.26 +0.0 6 3104 O'Brien Aoibheann 98 IRL 5.23 +1.5 High Jump Men FMC International Time :19:22 Heat:1 1 3202 Bonifas Ryan 93 GBR 2.07 2 3204 Hartley Michael 94 GBR 1.98 3 3205 Ryan Dion IRL 1.93 3 3203 Cussen David 96 IRL 1.93 5 3206 Donovan Ben 00 IRL 1.88 3000m Walk Men Cork Airport Time :19:27 Heat:1 1 702 Wright Alex 90 IRL 11:13.94 2 701 Heffernan Rob 78 IRL 11:18.65 3 703 Sudol Grzegorz 78 POL 11:29.15 4 705 Boyce Brendan 86 IRL 11:34.06 5 706 McManamon Cian 91 IRL 11:35.69 6 704 Jelonek Jakub 85 POL 11:53.04 100mH Women O'Leary Insurance Time :19:32 Heat:1 Wind : 1.4 1 802 Morland Elizabeth 98 IRL 13.68 2 801 Bennett Gemma 84 GBR 13.88 3 804 Turner Lucy 97 GBR 14.55 4 805 Taylor Kate 99 IRL 16.82 800m T54 Wheelchair Men Leisureworld Time :19:43 Heat:1 1 901 Smith Will 95 GBR 1:46.12 2 905 Agnew Jack 99 N IR 1:46.35 3 902 Towers Isaac 98 GBR 1:47.20 4 903 Monahan Patrick 86 IRL 1:47.22 5 904 Frame Sean 96 SCOT 1:55.59 1500m Split Men Tyco Time :20:04 Heat:1 1 1001 Gregson Ryan 90 AUS 3:46.5 2 1003 Bile Ahmed 93 USA 3:47.2 3 1002 Travers John 91 IRL 3:47.9 4 1009 Sesemann Phillip 92 GBR 3:48.1 5 1011 Krawczyk Szymon 88 POL 3:48.6 6 1007 Robinson Brett 91 AUS 3:48.9 7 1010 Ashcroft John 92 GBR 3:49.2 8 1006 Weir Richard 84 GBR 3:49.9 9 1005 Greene Kevin 92 USA 3:51.4 10 1004 Hurysz Jake 92 USA 4:02.2 1012 Cronin Dean 93 IRL DNF PACE 1 Mile Men Tyco Time :20:05 Heat:1 1 1001 Gregson Ryan 90 AUS 4:01.37 2 1003 Bile Ahmed 93 USA 4:02.15 3 1009 Sesemann Phillip 92 GBR 4:03.53 4 1002 Travers John 91 IRL 4:04.12 5 1007 Robinson Brett 91 AUS 4:05.23 6 1006 Weir Richard 84 GBR 4:05.61 7 1010 Ashcroft John 92 GBR 4:05.98 8 1011 Krawczyk Szymon 88 POL 4:06.10 9 1005 Greene Kevin 92 USA 4:08.60 10 1004 Hurysz Jake 92 USA 4:22.40 1012 Cronin Dean 93 IRL DNF PACE 800m Women Henry Ford & Son Time :20:05 Heat:1 1 1102 Crowe Laura 87 IRL 2:05.73 2 1103 Nunu Mihaela 89 ROM 2:06.06 3 1101 Hamblin Nikki 88 NZL 2:09.98 4 1104 Kehoe Fiona 82 IRL 2:11.40 5 1105 Weir Natalia GBR 2:13.63 Shot Putt Women JCD Time :20:05 Heat:1 1 3303 McSweeney Laura 95 IRL 12.83 2 3304 Frattaroli Alana 92 IRL 12.45 3 3305 Hallihan Aideen IRL 10.07 4 3306 Lenihan Noelle IRL 9.35 800m Men Cork City Council Time :20:20 Heat:1 1 1201 Mathews Luke 95 AUS 1:48.11 2 1204 Bowness James 91 GBR 1:48.33 3 1205 Baeuerle Denis 89 GER 1:48.71 4 1210 Slade Elliot 94 WAL 1:49.05 5 1209 Kelly Kieran 88 IRL 1:49.18 6 1212 Everard Eoin 86 IRL 1:49.42 7 1206 Griffin Karl 95 IRL 1:49.76 8 1202 Evans Aaron 90 BER 1:49.92 9 1203 Zaytouni Mohcine 91 MAR 1:50.25 10 1207 Huffer Craig 89 AUS 1:51.50 11 1208 Tuohy Niall 89 IRL 1:51.77 12 1215 Vasilakis Konstantinos 87 GRE 1:52.14 1214 Ledingham James 84 IRL DNF 1211 Perezchica Andres 85 MEX DNS 200m Men DPS Engineering Time :20:20 Heat:1 Wind : 0.9 1 1303 Amaning Edmond 93 GBR 21.28 2 1305 Bragi Karason Ari 89 ISL 21.30 3 1304 Browne Jonathan 83 GBR 21.64 4 1309 Peev Petur 96 BUL 21.95 3000m Men John Buckley Sports Time :20:31 Heat:1 1 1403 Bucchanan Reid USA 7:52.49 2 1401 Birmingham Collis 84 AUS 7:53.52 3 1406 Speakman Eric 90 NZL 7:58.85 4 1402 McEntee Sam 92 AUS 8:01.41 5 1411 Bergin Matt 93 IRL 8:06.29 6 1409 Tedesco Joshua 91 AUS 8:16.01 7 1407 Sheahan Colm 84 IRL 8:16.49 8 1408 O'Leary Jack 97 IRL 8:17.77 9 1405 Michiels Yannick 91 BEL 8:18.08 10 1412 Thistlewood Ben 87 CAN 8:18.64 11 1416 McCabe Mike IRL 8:28.36 12 1413 Curtin Fearghal 98 IRL 8:29.40 13 1410 Heywood Ethan 92 AUS 8:32.37 14 1417 Somba Brandon 92 KEN 8:46.02 1404 Hurysz Jake 92 USA DNF PACE Long Jump Men Cork County Council Time :20:39 Heat:1 1 3403 McMullen Adam 90 IRL 7.59 +0.4 2 3402 Ewulo Ezekiel 86 NGR 7.33 +0.2 3 3401 Fields George 86 USA 7.32 +0.2 4 3404 Hall Scott 94 GBR 7.22 +0.1 5 3407 John Martin David 88 SCOT 7.05 +0.9 6 3408 Howard Shane 94 IRL 6.94 +0.6 7 3405 Hertog Ronald 89 NED 6.83 +0.3 Long Jump Men Cork County Council Time :20:40 Heat:1 1 3403 McMullen Adam 90 IRL 7.59 +0.4 2 3402 Ewulo Ezekiel 86 NGR 7.33 +0.2 3 3401 Fields George 86 USA 7.32 +0.2 4 3404 Hall Scott 94 GBR 7.22 +0.1 5 3407 John Martin David 88 SCOT 7.05 +0.9 6 3408 Howard Shane 94 IRL 6.94 +0.6 7 3405 Hertog Ronald 89 NED 6.83 +0.3 3000m Open Men Leisureworld Time :20:53 Heat:1 1 1502 Moloney Stuart MOOR 8:47.72 2 1518 Doherty Ciaran LKEN 8:50.24 3 1504 Collins John SKIB 8:54.50 4 1507 Richardson Haywood LEVA 8:58.10 5 1509 Moore Kevin DUND 8:59.98 6 1505 O'Connor Tim RIOC 9:03.90 7 1508 McCullagh Barney LAC 9:06.23 8 1503 O'Brien Kevin ECOR 9:10.19 9 1506 O'Callaghan Donal RIOC 9:23.68 400mH Junior Men Time :20:53 Heat:1 1 1626 Power Eoin STJO 55.76 2 1620 Finnerty Dan NENA 56.30 3 1627 Clancy Diarmuid ASTR 56.94 1630 Fitzpatrick Oisin NENA DNF 1628 Walsh Ray ASTR DNF