After day 1 of the European Cup in Vaasa Finland, Ireland is well placed in the men's competition, but has fallen back a little in the women's. The men's competition sees Ireland in fifth, and a good day at the races tomorrow will surely improve on their standing. NED 53.5 CZE 51.5 ESP 51 FIN 45.5 IRL 44 SWE 43 SUI 39 SVK 31.5 The women's team have a lot to do tomorrow but will be determined to improve on hte sixth place standing. GBR 65 CZE 59 FIN 55 SWE 49 NED 44 IRL 32 SVK 30 NOR 24 Paul Hession's season just gets better and better. His Irish record of 10.18, with a legal wind, is really world class and a tremendous reward for all the hard work and effort by himself and the team around him. David Gillick clocked 46.24 for the 400m for valuable points, and David Campbell did likewise in the 1,500m, while Martin Fagan was a good third in a slow tactical 5,000m. Hammer: 8 Padraig White Ireland 58,95 100m Invitation: 5 Darragh Graham Ireland 10,99 +1.1 Pole Vault: 7 Claire Wilkinson Ireland 310 400m hurdles: 5 Michelle Carey Ireland 58,11 High Jump: 7 Chris Crowley Ireland 209 Triple Jump: 8 Aoife Hoey Ireland 11,34 +1,0 400m Hurdles: 6 Jonathon Miller Ireland 52,75 Discus: 7 Deirdre Murphy Ireland 36,69 100m: 7 Ailis McSweeney Ireland 11,95 +1,2 100m: 2 Paul Hession Ireland 10,18 +1.9 New Irish Record 800m: 8 Rose-Anne Galligan Ireland 2.09,13 1,500m: 2 Dave Campbell Ireland 3.56,78 Shot: 7 Sean Breathnach Ireland 15,40 400m: 2 Joanne Cuddihy Ireland 52,81 400m: 2 David Gillick Ireland 46,24 Long Jump: 4 Steve Fleming Ireland 7,51 +1,2 7,51 Javelin: 6 Laura Kerr Ireland 45,45 3,000m: 5 Orla Drumm Ireland 9.34,44 5,000m: 3 Martin Fagan Ireland 14.24,24 4x100m: 3 Ireland 45,14 Derval O'Rourke, Joanne Cuddihy, Ailis McSweeney, Ciara Sheehy 4x100m: 5 Ireland 40,33 Steve Fleming, Darragh Graham, Paul Hession, Gordon Kennedy