Sunday, June 13th, 2010

The love affair of Irish middle distance runners with BMC events continued last evening in Watford and they had a big influence on results.

One of the happiest athletes leaving the stadium must have been Paul Robinson from St. Coca’s AC. He ran superbly in the B 1,500m to finished second, with the top three getting practically the same times. Ross Murray won in 3:43.51, with Robinson just behind in 3:43.83, and Harry Ellis third in 3:43.91. His time improves on the 3:46.83 achieved a week ago in Tullamore.

Fionnuala Britton (Sli Cualann AC) won the 3,000m steeplechase unchallenged in a time of 9:55.4, an agonising 0.4 outside the standard for Barcelona.

Likewise, John Travers (Donore Harriers) clocked 14:15.6 in the 5,000m, 0.6 outside the standard for the World juniors, although he does have the standard from 3,000m.

Watford Grand Prix - 12 June - Results
Men 800m A
1 1:47.75 Mattias Claesson Sweden
2 1:48.01 Richard Hill Notts/uwic
3 1:48.10 Ed Aston Cambridge & Coleridge/birmingha
6 1:48.90 David Mccarthy Le Cheile/ireland
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Men 800m B
1 1:47.99 James Shane Newham & Essex Beagles/anglia R
2 1:48.43 Paul Bradshaw Blackburn/uwic
3 1:48.65 Steven Fennell Tonbridge
4 1:48.92 Alan O’Brien Crusaders/ireland
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Men 800m C
1 1:49.46 Oliver Blake Oswestry/loughborough Uni
2 1:49.68 Andreas Bube Denmark
3 1:49.73 Ben Green Warrington/loughborough Uni
4 1:49.89 Conor Healy Clonliffe/ireland
8 1:51.01 Joe Warne Doheny/ireland
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Men 800m D
1 1:49.05 Anthony Leighio Tallaght/ireland
2 1:50.05 Nick Mccormick Morpeth/loughborough Uni
3 1:50.13 Ben Scarlett Swindon/loughborough Uni/medway
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Men 800m E
1 1:49.35 Oliver Heeks Orion/portsmouth Uni
2 1:50.28 Michael Salter Leeds City/birmingham Uni
3 1:50.31 Johan Svensson Sweden
4 1:50.52 Darren McBrearty Letterkenny/ireland
5 1:50.97 Steven Morrow Ballymena & Antrim/border/tulsa
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Men 800m F
1 1:50.77 Rick Ward City Of Norwich/st. Mary’s Uni
2 1:50.90 Ben Wallis Guildford & Godalming
3 1:51.15 Rickard Gunnarsson Sweden
5 1:52.13 Fergal Ellis Ireland
6 1:52.76 Daire Bermingham Raheny Shamrocks/stony Brook Un

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Men 800m H
1 1:53.2 Nick Lyster U23 Solihull & Small Heath
2 1:53.3 John Eliasson U23 Sweden
3 1:53.8 James Phillips U23 Ashford AC/Loughborough Uni
5 1:54.8 Mark McDonald U23 Clonliffe/Ireland

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Men 800m I
1 1:55.50 Cathal Daly Ireland
2 1:56.00 Hugo Fleming Walton
3 1:56.45 Nicolaj Norgard Jensen Denmark
9 1:59.25 Ronan Kearns Crusaders/ireland
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Women 800m C
1 2:06.84 Carolyn Plateau Radley/oxford Uni
2 2:09.14 Vicky Fouhy Chiltern/windsor Slough Eton
3 2:09.23 Dagmar Faester Olsen Denmark
5 2:10.92 Fiona Kehoe Ireland
6 2:11.20 Ciara Everard Kilkenny/ireland
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Men 1500m B
1 3:43.51 Ross Murray Gateshead
2 3:43.83 Paul Robinson St. Cocas/ireland
3 3:43.91 Harry Ellis Warrington
7 3:45.14 Rory Chesser Ennis Track/newham & Essex Beag
13 3:54.27 Eoin Everard Ireland

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Men 1500m C
1 3:46.4 Kevin Kane Woodford Green with Essex Ladi
2 3:46.6 Andy Wiles U23 New Marske
3 3:46.9 Andrew Heyes U23 Hallamshire/Oxford Uni
7 3:49.3 Tommy Carroll U23 North Sligo/Ireland
8 3:50.0 Aidan Bailey Clonliffe/Ireland
12 3:58.2 Noel Collins U23 Finn Valley/Ireland
13 3:59.9 Patrick Brennan Letterkenny/Ireland
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Men 1500m F
1 3:51.48 Harvey Dixon Aldershot Farnham & District
2 3:51.49 Albin Olausson Sweden
3 3:51.89 Tomas Cotter Dunleer/ireland
7 3:55.55 Alex Flynn Aldershot Farnham & District/f
12 3:58.59 Ronan Duggan Bandon/ireland
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Men 1500m G
1 3:53.53 Jakob Hoffmann Denmark
2 3:53.96 Carl Smith Leeds City/birmingham Uni
3 3:55.20 Richard Franzese Harrow/oxford Uni
8 3:57.16 Eoin Flynn Rathfarnham/ireland
10 3:59.51 Patrick Flynn Ferrybank/ireland

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Men 1500m H
1 3:52.31 Alex Bruce-littlewood Blackheath & Bromley/portsmouth
2 3:55.84 Christopher Mcgurk Notts/oxford Uni/achilles
3 3:55.99 Jens Munk Nielsen Denmark
4 3:57.71 Ray Hynes Crusaders/ireland
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Women 1500m A
1 4:10.90 Yelena Korobkina Russia
2 4:13.48 Morag Maclarty Central/dundee Uni
3 4:13.92 Anna Luchkina Russia
5 4:14.54 Hazel Murphy Dundrum South Dublin/ireland
9 4:16.17 Rose-Anne Galligan Gloucester/st. Mary’s Uni/irela

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Women 1500m B
1 4:21.77 Gemma Turtle Gloucester/chiltern/st. Mary’s
2 4:24.09 Sara Treacy Moynalvey/birmingham Uni/irelan
3 4:24.26 Orla Drumm University College Cork/ireland
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Women 1500m C
1 4:31.81 Sophie Crumly Newbury/windsor Slough Eton &
2 4:32.26 Becky Woods Clonliffe/ireland
3 4:32.77 Lauren Scott North Down/birmingham Uni
4 4:35.03 Louise Reilly Annalee/clonliffe/ireland
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Men 5000m A
1 13:42.6 Mati Rasanen Finland
2 13:44.5 Moumin Geele Newham & Essex Beagles/Somalia
3 13:54.6 Joe Sweeney Ireland
4 13:59.7 Johan Wallerstein Sweden
9 14:13.5 Brian Farrell Sli Chulann/Ireland
14 14:15.6 John Travers U20 Donore/Ireland
17 14:32.9 Mark Hanrahan Leevale/Ireland
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Men 5000m B
1 14:26.88 Fredrik Johansson Sweden
2 14:27.15 Matthew Dumigan Swansea/uwic
3 14:27.60 Sam Bradley Tonbridge/st. Mary’s Uni
7 14:30.65 David Fitzmaurice Clonliffe/ireland
12 14:44.98 Martin Conroy Swansea/sligo/ireland
14 14:47.11 Simon Ryan Raheny Shamrocks/ireland
16 14:59.97 Lee Van Haeften Donore/ireland
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Men 3000m S/C A
1 8:41.4 Stuart Stokes Sale Harriers Manchester
2 8:54.1 Samater Farah Newham & Essex Beagles
13 9:14.3 Mark Kirwan Raheny Shamrocks/Ireland

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Womenen 3000m S/C A
1 9:55.4 Fionnuala Britton Sli Chulann/Ireland
2 10:08.0 Tina Brown Coventry