At the Woodie’s DIY Irish Indoor championships Caoimhe King from Westport AC broke her own Irish junior record with a jump of 12.22m for second place in the triple jump behind Mary McLoone from Tir Chonaill AC, who won with 12.50m.

Mark Kenneally finished sixth in the European Club cross country Cup in Bilbao Spain, with his Clonliffe Harriers team ninth. Clonliffe Harriers junior team were sixth in their event.

McNeese State sophomore David Rooney set a school and complex record in the mile run as he led the Cowboys during the running of the school’s Jeff Davis Bank McNeese indoor meet on Friday.

The Dublin, Ireland native posted a 4:07.90 clocking in only his third gallop in the indoor mile. That broke the school record of 4:11.46 that had been set by Kris Gilmore in 2002 and knocked off the complex record of 4:08 that was recorded by Lamar’s Alfred Trejo in 1984.

It’s the top time in the Southland Conference this season and was also only two seconds off the provisional qualifying standard for the NCAA championship meet.
It was mainly a matter of getting off to a good start for Rooney. And, he was helped in this effort by teammate Michael Dyer who posed as his pacer.
“He definitely helped,” Rooney said as he ran the first 400 meters in 60 seconds, had a 2:05 clocking for 800 meters and 3:06 for 1000 meters.
Dyer gave it his all as he ran the first 1,000 meters and then went to the sidelines.
“It’s a great feeling to break the record,” said Rooney. “That’s what I wanted to do.”

OC INDOOR INVITATIONAL Norman,Oklahoma
Men Shot Put
1 Colin Quirke OKLAHOMA 16.90m
2 Conrad Aaron OKLAHOMA 15.86m

Giegengack Invitational New Haven, CT
Men 1 Mile Run
1 Bean, Alex JR Georgetown 4:04.54
2 Mason, Alex SR Georgetown 4:04.71
3 Roberts, Sandy JR Georgetown 4:04.75
8 Dooney, Conor SO Yale 4:12.36
9 Bermingham, Daire SR Stony Brook 4:12.82

Women 1000 Meter Run
1 Fleming, Rosie SO Brown 2:56.63
2 Conklin, Kristal SO Stony Brook 2:58.11
3 Gregory, Meaghan FR Georgetown 2:59.50
14 Huet, Susanne SO Providence 3:09.91

Women 3000 Meter Run
1 DiCamillo, Katie SR Providence 9:46.92
2 Sobrinski, Marcie SR Georgetown 9:50.72
3 Cadicamo, Alexandra SR Yale 9:52.45
4 Twohig, Breffini SR Providence 9:57.84
25 McCarthy, Lorraine FR Stony Brook 10:33.07

New Balance Collegiate Invitational The Armory New York, NY
Women 500 Meter Dash College
Section 6
1 Faye, Louise Seton Hall 1:15.05
2 Groff, Ana Connecticut 1:15.28
3 Sheehan, Kalyn Rhode Island 1:15.97

Middle Tennessee Invitational Murfreesboro, TN
Women 1 Mile Run
1 Leitich, Picoty Eastern Kent 5:03.84
2 D”Alessio, Lauren Samford 5:03.87
3 Van Ausdall, Jessica Samford 5:04.20
8 O”Brien, Eimear Western Kentucky 5:08.50
9 Salinas, Samantha Arkansas Sta 5:09.38
10 Finn, Michelle Western Kentucky 5:13.76

Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup University Park, PA
Women 3000 Meter Run
1 Parris, Alison SR James Madiso 9:35.51
2 Karys, Kelsey FR Cornell 9:41.78
3 Knight, Hollie JR Auburn 9:43.94

Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational - Lincoln, Nebraska
Women 60 Meter Dash
Preliminaries
4 Kiernan, Louise JACKSONVILLE 7.66q

Women 200 Meter Dash
Preliminaries
3 Kiernan, Louise JACKSONVILLE 24.62q

Women 60 Meter Dash
Finals
1 Okagbare, Blessing TEXAS EL PASO 7.27P
2 Nelson, Rosalyn PITTSBURG ST 7.55
3 Trusty, Rhonda-Kaye IOWA 7.65
3 Kiernan, Louise JACKSONVILLE 7.65

Women 200 Meter Dash
Finals
1 Okagbare, Blessing TEXAS EL PASO 23.52P 2
2 Williams, Shellene UNATTACHED 24.32 2
3 Trusty, Rhonda-Kaye IOWA 24.42 2
7 Kiernan, Louise JACKSONVILLE 24.88

NB Collegiate Invitational Armory NY
Women Shot Put Championship
1 Camarena-Williams, Jilli N.Y.A.C. 18.27m
2 Alexander, Annie Tennessee 16.05m
3 McMillian, Tynisha U.Conn. 14.71m
21 Fitzgerald, Clare Manhattan 13.55m

New Mexico Classic Albuquerque
Men 1 Mile Run
1 Braun, Aaron Adams State 4:06.98T
2 McNiff, Ryan Adams State 4:07.13T
3 Bogatay, Rick Metropolitan 4:08.98
26 Flynn, David Western Stat 4:23.79

Men 3000 Meter Run
1 Ahonen, Loren Western Stat 8:37.29
2 Swift, Aaron Colorado Min 8:39.35
3 6 Chettle, Jesse Boulder Runn 8:40.65
31 Flynn, David Western Stat 9:09.82

McNeese Cowboy Indoor Meet Lake Charles, LA
Men 800 Meter Run
1, Dyer, Michael, McNeese Stat, 1:55.89.
2, Wiltz, Adlus, SE Louisiana, 1:57.61.
3, Ortego, Jaron, SE Louisiana, 1:58.09.
4, Rooney, David, McNeese Stat, 1:58.33.

Women 1 Mile Run
1, Goodman, Brea, Nicholls Sta, 5:07.03.
2, Guinn, Amy, McNeese Stat, 5:07.86.
3, Whisnant, Kadi, Nicholls Sta, 5:08.68.
5, Casey, Aisling, McNeese Stat, 5:17.15.
6, Carragher, Alvy, McNeese Stat, 5:18.01.

Men 1 Mile Run
1, Rooney, David, McNeese Stat, 4:07.90.
2, Neil, Jordan, McNeese Stat, 4:15.38.
3, Koenck, Jonathon, McNeese Stat, 4:15.79.

Westdeutsche Hallenmeisterschaften Leverkusen GER
High Jump
1. Dressler Carolina GER TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1,85

1. Ryan Deirdre TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1,85

BIRMINGHAM GAMES RESULTS
60m SM Heat 8
1 Elijah Winn Enfield & Haringey 6.98
2 Isiah Adekambi Oxford University 7.08
3 Jamie Brock Yate & D 7.16
7 Paul Brizzel Ballymena & Antrim 7.50

200m SM Heat 2

1 Jim Tipper Telford AC 22.57
2 Paul Brizzel B&A 22.61

High Jump SM Final
1 Phinehas Stewart Birchfield Harriers 2.10
2 Simon Phelan Newham & Essex 2.05

BUCS Cross Country Stirling Scotland
Men
1 ANDY VERNON 34:32 ST MARY’S
2 NICK GOOLAB 34:58 BIRMINGHAM
3 MITCH GOOSE 35:11 ST MARY’S
4 BEN LINDSAY 35:16 ST MARY’S
5 DAN MULHARE 35:17 EDINBURGH NAPIER
6 DEREK HAWKINS 35:19 GLASGOW

Women
1 STEPH TWELL 22:41 ST MARY’S
2 STEVIE STOCKTON 22:56 LOUGHBOROUGH
3 CLAIRE HALLISSEY 22:59 BRISTOL
4 JO HARVEY 23:08 ST MARY’S
5 NATALIE GRAY 23:13 LOUGHBOROUGH
6 SARA TREACY 23:22 BIRMINGHAM
7 KIRSTY MILNER 23:26 LOUGHBOROUGH

European Club Cross Country Cup Bilbao, ESP
Senior Men
1 BEZABETH DESTA, ALEMAYEHU32:19 BIKILA
2 LAMDASSEM, AYAD 32: BIKILA
3 DE NARD, GABRIELE 32:28 GA FIAMME GIA
4 SARWAT, PASCAL MOMBO 32:28 AK KROMERIZ
5 CAIMMI, DANIELE 32:45 GA FIAMME GIA
6 KENNEALLY, MARK 32:49 CLONLIFFE HAR
7 PIMENTEL, LICINIO33:04 GRUPO DESP RE
8 PETROVIC, MIRKO 33:05 AC MLADOST UZ
9 CEYLAN, ABDIL 33:07 KOCAELI BUYUK
10 MBENGANI, EDUARDO 33:09 GRUPO DESP RE

8 NEWHAM & ESSEX BEAGL 148
18 merrien, lee 37 chesser, rory 40 stone, kairn 53 skinner, kevin

9 CLONLIFFE HARRIERS 173
7 kenneally, mark
38 ciobanu, sergiu
61 mcmahon, brian
67 mcloughlin, cian

Junior Men
6 CLONLIFFE HARRIERS 116
15 rossister, jayme
30 mckenzie, mark
34 mccann, eric
37 logue, jordan

Welsh Senior Championships - Cardiff - (31/01/2010)

SW - 3000m
1 Gemma TURTLE * Gloucester AC 9:08.11
2 Rose-Anne GALLIGAN * Newbridge AC 9:17.79
3 Ava HUTCHINSON * Cardiff AAC 9:23.52
4 Kelly MCNEICE * City of Lisburn AC 9:25.74

Clare Brady (Celbridge AC) who is now coached by former Irish sprint international Gary Ryan, will compete in the Women’s 60m. Brady was an impressive winner of the Women’s 60m final at the Senior Indoor Championship. The Kildare athlete ran a personal best of 7.35 seconds in the final inside the qualifying standard for the World Indoor Championships of 7.40 seconds.

Ferrybank’s Kelly Proper will compete in the Long Jump after achieving the qualification standard when breaking her own Irish Record at the Vienna Gala in January. Proper jumped 6.62m, an improvement on the 6.58m she jumped at the European Indoor Championships last year.

Deirdre Byrne of Sli Cualann AC will compete in the 3000m. Byrne achieved the qualification standard at the European Indoor Championships in Turin last year. Byrne ran 9.00.67 minutes to make the final at these championships, inside the qualification standard of 9.03.00. The Wicklow woman took the 3000m national title at the weekend in 9.03.52 minutes.

Following her performance at the National Championships Kelly McNeice (City of Lisburn) will compete in the 1500m. McNeice won in 4:14.63, a time that qualified her for the World Indoor championships and vastly improves on her previous indoor best of 4:21.01 from 2007.

David McCarthy of Le Cheile AC, currently the only male representative on the team, will line up in the Men’s 800m. McCarthy set a personal indoor best at the Indoor Classic in Vienna on the 2nd of February, running 1:48.29 minutes. This time was comfortably inside the 1:48.50 qualifying standard for the World Indoor championships.

All of the selected athletes will compete in this UK Indoor Championships in Sheffield this weekend. David Gillick of Dundrum South Dublin has not been announced as part of the team but there is still time for selection as the final team will be announced on the 1st of March.

Men

David McCarthy, Le Cheile AC: 800m

Women

Claire Brady, Celbridge AC: 60m

Derval O’Rourke, Leevale AC: 60m Hurdles

Kelly McNeice, City of Lisburn: 1500m

Deirdre Byrne, Sli Chulainn AC: 3000m

Kelly Proper, Ferrybank AC: Long Jump

Day 2 of the Woodie’s DIY Irish Indoor championships produced another day of very interesting competition, with plenty to talk about. Athletes delight at their performances was very obvious all day, and none was as delighted than Colin Costello from Star of the Sea who won the 1,500m.

The former European junior 1,500m champion has endured a long period of injury, and, as he described it himself “a taste of the good life that relegated running into second place”. His Arkansas scholarship also suffered, but now he is back with coach Robert Denmead and is fast returning to his best.

James O’Hare from East Down did most of the front running before Conor Healy from Clonliffe Harriers took from over with two laps remaining. All the time Costello remained well placed and then sprinted for home with just under a lap to go. The result was never in doubt after that and in the end he proved a comfortable winner, with Healy second and Andrew Monaghan from Lagan Valley third.

The women’s 1,500m saw Deirdre Byrne from Sli Cualannn AC back on track after her 3k win yesterday. Once again she took the lead and pushed the pace before stepping out to lane 2 at the bell to allow Kelly McNiece from City of Lisburn through, and she duly won in a time of 4:14.63, a time that qualifies her for the World indoor championships and vastly improves on her previous indoor best of 4:21.01 from 2007.

Brian Gregan from Clonliffe Harriers ‘fell asleep’ yesterday in the qualifying heats and instead of the main event in the quarter he ran the ‘B’ final instead. He ran a tremendous race though and won impressively with a new PB into the bargain. He admits his mistake from yesterday and said ‘it won’t happen again’. The inter varsities is his next outing.
In the ‘A’ final NickHogan from DSD AC, fastest in the heats yesterday, repeated his performance and won comfortably in 48.59, with Tim Crowe from Dooneen AC adding silver to his Irish junior silver.

Jo Patterson from Ballymena & Antrim led from the gun in the women’s 400m and then had to withstand a very strong challenge from Claire Mooney from Naas AC to win in a time of 56.43 to Mooney’s 56.60.

Kieran Kelly from Fr. Murphy AC set a new championship best performance in the shot with a throw of 18.85m, well clear of second placed Jamie Stevenson from Essex Beagles in England with 16.98m.

Claire Brady’s season of improvement continued in the final of the 60m. The Celbridge AC athlete ran a tremendous final and won very impressively from Ailis McSweney from Leevale in second and Niamh Whelan from Ferrybank third. Brady’s winning time of 7.35 was inside the qualifying standard for the World championships and it puts her in sight of Anna Boyle’s Irish record of 7.30.

Derval O’Rourke from Leevale was thrilled with her 8.18 wining time in the 60m hurdles. After a month of rest due to injury she did her first hurdles session last Tuesday and went into today’s race in a nervous state. Her immediate reaction after the race was ‘I’m so relieved to have that out of the way’. She heads to Doha quietly confident of putting in a medal winning performance.

Ciara Mageean from City of Lisburn took the lead from the start of the 800m and simply outran all her rivals as she sprinted to victory. Her winning time of 2:07.82 is a new Irish junior record, bettering Arlene Smith’s 1991 record of 2:08.74.

The men’s 800m never turned out to be the race everyone expected, but it proved to be a personal triumph for James McIlroy from Ballymena & Antrim. He was close to the front from the gun and sprinted well clear on the last lap to win very easily in a time of 1:52.23, with David McCarthy from Le Cheile AC second.

Paul Hession from Ahenry AC put in another polished performance to win the 60m in a time of 6.75, with Dean Adams from Ballymena & Antrim again reducing his PB to.89.

Eoin Hannon from Tullamore Harriers added 8cm to his long jump PB when he won the long jump with a leap of 7.40cm, while Bary Pender from St. Abban’s won the high jump with 2.15m.

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The women’s 60m required three heats and is shaping up to a great final tomorrow. Claire Brady from Celbridge AC is having a tremendous season, with her times improving with every outing. Today continued that trend with a fluent display of sprinting that saw her reduce her best time to 7.43, bettering the 7.48 achieved in London last weekend.
Ailis McSweeney from Leevale won the first heat in 7.58, with Niamh Whelan from Ferrybank AC winning the second heat in 7.61.

Robert Heffernan from Togher AC confirmed his standing as the leading track walker in the country with another superb win in the 5k walk to show his well being. Fellow Olympians Colin Griffin from Ballinamore AC and Jamie Costin from West Waterford AC filled the minor places.

The women’s 3,000m walk saw Zuzana Malikova from West Waterford AC lead from the gun for an impressive win. The Slovak international was just two seconds outside the Slovak record for the distance. Laura Reynolds from Mohill AC came through strongly for second, with Irish junior record holder Kate Veale from West Waterford AC third.

Deirdre Byrne from Sli Cualann AC took the lead from the gun in the women’s 3,000m and was never headed as she produced an impressive gun to tape victory. Hazel Murphy from DSD put in a strong performance to finish second with Kerry Harty from Newcastle third. Byrne and Murphy will be in action again next weekend at the AAA championships.
Kelly Proper from Ferrybank AC duly won another national long jump title with a best effort of 6.35m.

The men’s 800m final tomorrow is set to be a cracker after David McCarthy from Le Cheile and James McIlroy from Balmena & Antrim AC recorded impressive wins in their respective heats of the 800m. Indeed, McIlroy broke the stadium record with his winning time of 1:48.64.

Nick Hogan from DSD AC recorded the fastest time of 48.57 in winning his heat of the 400m, while Paul Hession from Athenry AC was fastest of the qualifiers in the men’s 60m with 6.88, with Dean Adams from Ballymena & Antrim also under 7 seconds with 6.92.

Alan O’Brien from Crusaders showed a tremendous turn of foot in the closing stages of the men’s 3,000m to win impressively. He has no immediate indoor plans, explaining that he is concentrating on base work with a view to next year’s European T&F championships. He will line up in the Woodie’s DIY inter club cross country championships next month and should be a strong contender.

Claire Wilkinson from Ballymena & Antrim won the pole vault with a clearance of 3.90m, a new national U23 record, while David Donegan from Clonliffe Harriers won the men’s pole vault with 4.85m.

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Athletics Leader

Aim
The Athletic Leader course focuses on introducing the fundamentals of athletic movement to children. The aim of the Athletic Leader course is to provide teachers and parents with the skills and tools to manage and lead an Athletics Program in their school or club for children in the 5-10 year old age bracket. The course is focused on the delivery of practical information and lessons. The content focuses on organising athletics games and activities for young children.

Content
The content for this course includes
Group teaching/coaching skills and identify ways to make the teaching/coaching sessions fun
The use of Hurdles and obstacles, tumbling, running, jumping throwing and running
Games to provide fun in developing fitness
Developing an awareness of the growing child and the implications on fitness activities
Games to develop speed and reaction, using acceleration and change of direction
The ethics of teaching/coaching including topics such as winning vs. involvement and Recognising the importance of individual improvement
Practical sessions on running and agility, jumping and throwing.
Planning a session and a program.

Duration
This course will run over 1 day
Saturday 13th February 9.00am-5pm (Registration 9am sharp)

Venue
An Riocht AC Track, Castleisland Co. Kerry

Entry Requirements
Athletics Leader is open to all volunteers/club coaches/parents/teachers aged 16+

Assessment/ Qualification
There is no examination.

Cost
60 euro– Included in the price for this course is the new Athletics Leader manual which contains hundreds of child friendly agility, balance and co-ordination activities.

For further information on this course please contact RDO Steven Macklin, tel: 0876335565 email: stevenmacklin@athleticsireland.ie.

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Entry forms available in Competition section

Title: Merchandising/Sales Representative

Location: Santry Dublin

Job Type: 1 year Contract

Salary: €25,000 plus commission

Additional benefits: Mobile Phones - Expenses - Parking

Minimum experience required: 1 year

Qualification: Third Level Degree

Contact name:
Bernie Dunne, Office Manager
Athletics Ireland
Unit 19 Northwood Business Park
Santry
Dublin 9
admin@athleticsireland.ie

Closing Date for Applications: Friday 19th February

Your Role will involve:

• Selling advertising space for Irish Runner Magazine and other Athletics Ireland publications including building up a base of customers and maintaining relationship

• Dealing with sales administration relating to Runner Magazine and other Athletics Ireland publications

• Co-ordinating and implementing sales drives for subscriptions for the Irish Runner Magazine

• Managing the sales of Athletics Ireland merchandising at key National competitions

• Assisting with management of sales and administration for the Athletics Ireland E-shop

• Organisation and management of exhibition stands at key events

Candidate Profile

• 1yrs+ advertising sales (preferably in magazine publishing) with previous experience selling to Brand Managers and Advertising Agencies

• Appropriate third level degree is preferable

• Excellent interpersonal, communication and organisational skills

• Ability to identify and develop new business opportunities

• Strong negotiation ability

• Needs to be a self-starter and highly motivated.

• Own car is essential with full licence - mileage allowance provided

• Excellent presentation and communication skills

• Will include weekend working. N.B Weekend working will be offset by nominated days in lieu

Keanneally who placed eighth in the European Cross Country Championships in Dublin in December will face tough opposition from Spain’s Alemayehu Bezabeh. Bezabeh, became the first Spanish man ever to win a European senior Cross Country title in Dublin, will show his loyalty to the grassroots of the sport and will compete in the colours of his club, Bikila Toledo.

Senior Men’s Team

Mark Kenneally

Sergiu Ciobanu

Brian McMahon

Cian McLoughlin

Gary O`Hanlon

Lorcan Cronin

Junior Men’s Team

Jamie Rossister

Eric McCann

Mark McKenzie

Ian Guiden

Jordan Logue

Conor McGuinness

A squad day for Combined Events will be held at Tullamore on Saturday February 20th in conjunction with the National throws squad and the Leinster Regional squad.

Combined Event athletes aged 14 and over, along with coaches and mentors are invited to attend.

Please book your place by email to chrisregan@eircom.net; or by TEL 087 417 5374. on or before February 16th.