Paul Hession, after several efforts thwarted by following winds, finally made the Irish 200m record his own when he clocked 20.44 for fourth place at the Norwich Union Grand Prix in Sheffield this evening. It means that Paul Brizzel’s excellent 20.54 set in 2000 now becomes the number two Irish mark. Paul now holds the Irish 60m indoors, 100m and 200m records, and, by all accounts he is not finished yet, and will lower these marks further in the not too distant future. Congratulations Paul. 100m 1.2 m/s 1 Wallace SPEARMON USA 20.08 0.143 2 Usain BOLT JAM 20.08 0.190 3 Rodney MARTIN USA 20.39 0.185 4 Paul HESSION IRL 20.44 0.166 5 Marlon DEVONISH GBR 20.45 0.157 6 Tim ABEYIE GBR 20.77 0.179 7 Chris WILLIAMS JAM 20.82 0.147 8 Patrick JOHNSON AUS 21.05 0.150 Joanne Cuddihy finished a close third in the 400m and her time of 51.19 is a season’s best for her, and just 0.10 outside her best. 400m 1 Nicola SANDERS GBR 51.01 0.202 2 Monique HENNAGAN USA 51.19 0.291 3 Joanne CUDDIHY IRL 51.56 0.215 4 Monique HENDERSON USA 51.69 0.307 Mary Cullen smashed her best for the 3,000m with a super 8:48.17 in a closely contested race, while Maria McCambridge was 10th in a season’s best of 9:19.07 3,000m 1 Vivian CHERUIYOT KEN 8:43.85 2 Joanne PAVEY GBR 8:47.39 3 Mary CULLEN IRL 8:48.17 4 Jessica AUGUSTO POR 8:50.92 5 Lucy WANGUI KEN 8:55.56 6 Jenelle DEATHERAGE USA 8:57.36 7 Wioletta JANOWSKA POL 8:58.58 8 Amy MORTIMER USA 8:59.60 9 Kate REED GBR 9:01.17 10 Maria MCCAMBRIDGE IRL 9:19.07 And last but by no means least, Fionnuala Britton clocked a PB in the steeplechase with a time of 9:47.58, making Sheffield a great meet for Irish competitors. 3,000m Steeplechase 1 Korine HINDS JAM 9:34.83 2 Mardrea HYMAN JAM 9:37.70 3 Hattie DEAN GBR 9:38.56 4 Helen CLITHEROE GBR 9:45.22 5 Fionnuala BRITTON IRL 9:47.58 6 Tina BROWN GBR 10:09.71 Meanwhile, in Cuxhaven Germany yesterday Maura Prendeville continued her comeback to racing with a handy 2:06.87 clocking for the 800m. Deirdre Ryan finished 8th in the high jump with 1.87m, just 2cm behind the winner. 1,500m 12. Murray, Gary 1980 IRL Irland 3:45,26 min. 100m -0,8 7. Sheeny, Ciara 1980 IRL Irland 11,94 200m -0.1 3. Sheehy, Ciara 1980 IRL Irland 23,74 800m 7. Prendeville, Maura 1975 IRL Irland 2:06,87 1,500m 11. Reid, Kelly 1978 IRL Irland 4:17,90 High Jump 8. Ryan, Deirdre 1982 IRL Irland 1,87 Cuxhaven, Germany
