All the weekend action - Updated It was a tremendous weekend for Irish athletes competing in Leiria, Talinn, Bedford and Mannheim. Many will return home well satisfied with their day’s work, while others will wonder why the magic deserted them, temporarily we hope. Eileen O’Keeffe continued her assault on the world stage with a clear-cut victory in the hammer, finishing with a best of 69.59m Deirdre Byrne had an excellent third place finish in the 1,500m, close enough to the winner. Maria McCambridge added another third place finish in the 5,000m, while Derval O’Rourke continued the trend by finishing third in the 100m hurdles. The team rounded off the day with a resounding win in the 4X400m The men’s 4X400m relay team combined well to win their event, while second place finishes came from Mark Christie in the 3,000m and Ian McDonald in the 110m hurdles. Joe Warne added a third place finish in the 800m, making it a good weekend for middle distance new-comers. In Mannheim Ciara Everard clocked a magnificent new PB in the 800m with a time of 2:06.49 for fourth place in a blanket finish. Curtis Woods once again showed tremendous promise with a 21.79, just short of the World junior qualifying standard of 21.64 for 200m. Jessie Barr made no mistake in the 400m hurdles to win from clubmate Kalyn Sheehan and her time qualifies her for the Worlds along with Kalyn. Niamh Whelan set a smashing new PB when winning the 200m in 23.91. Helena Crossan, Ireland's top female ultra athlete, had a very convincing win in the Night of Flanders 100km in Torhout, Belgium on Saturday. Crossan, the Donergal native, posted a world class 7:53:41 to demolish the race field. Her time was less than a minute outside her Irish record of 7:52:45, a time she set when finishing 10th at the World 100km last year. Torhout will host the 2010 World 100km. Ireland 4th in World Youths Challenge Michael Dowling of West Wicklow led home a strong performance by the Irish boys team in the World Youths Challenge in Italy. Dowling was 4th in the Leinster schools 5000m and was unfortunate not to qualify for the All Ireland schools where Leinster had a clean sweep. He made amends with a great run in 9th position in Italy in very hot conditions. He was supported by Emmet Jennings (17th) and John Harrington (25th) to produce the best Irish team performance in mountain running in some time. The Irish girls team also ran very well to finish 5th. Gayle Finn from Duhallow led them home in 19th ahead of Eimear Tangney (24th) and Daisy Murray (26th). Aine McCann (2nd) and Laura Hannigan (16th) had good runs in the cadette race. Boys team 1. Italy 9 (2 P. Ruatti, 3 F Viviani, 4 A DeBiasi) 2. Russia 39 (1 A Rusakov, 5 A Zvokov, 33 S Mokin) 3. Scotland 40 (8 R Simpson, 11 R Inglis,21 J Waldie) 4. Ireland 51 (9 M Dowling, 17 E Jennings, 25 J Harrington) 5. Slovenia 52 (14 R Potocnik, 15 M Oblak, 23 D Zupan) 6. Wales 65 (7 M. Kallenberg, 22 D Mountford, 36 M. Richards) 7. N. Ireland 114 (28 James Speight, 42 Sean Knight, 44 Michael Stephens) 8. England (6 J. Gratton, 20 J. Moody) 9. France (30 A. Serrano,39 L. Marachet) Girls team 1. England 12 (2 A Jarman, 3 E Flanagan, 7 R Stuart) 2. Italy 30 (5 L Titon, 12 S Zubani, 13 M Tirinzoni) 3. Wales 41 (6 A Phillips, 10 A Davies, 25 C Lewis) 4. Slovenia 47 (11 K Obidic, 15 S Lavric, 21 K Kozjek) 5. Ireland 69 (19 G Finn, 24 E Tangney, 26 D Murray) 6. Russia (1 P Avdeeva, 17 A Bychkova) 7. Scotland (4 D Stokoe, 16 R Armitage) 8. Germany (22 S Bach) Boys individual 1. Andrei Rusakov 17:44 9. Michael Dowling 19:08 17. Emmet Jennings 19:54 25. John Harrington 20:32 Girls individual 1. Polina Avdeeva (Russia) 13:59 19. Gayle Finn 16:08 24. Eimear Tangney 16:23 26. Daisy Murray 19:51 Girls cadette 1. Irina Gluschenko (Russia) 10:21 2. Aine McCann (N. Ireland) 10:32 16. Laura Hannigan 12:41 European Cup Women Leiria 4 X 400 m - Women - 22-Jun 1 Ireland 3 33,85 SHINKINS Karen FURLONG Brona CAREY Michelle CUDDIHY Joanne 200 m - Women - 22-Jun Wind +1,9 1 GRINCIKAITE Lina 87 Lithuania 23,33 8,0 2 2 MARIËN Hanna 82 Belgium 23,56 7,0 3 6 KESKITALO Sari 85 Finland 23,67 6,0 4 KUHURIMA Loreanne 91 The Netherlands 23,86 5,0 5 CECHOVÁ Katerina 88 Czech Republik 23,90 4,0 6 RECIO Belén 80 Spain 23,95 3,0 7 TAVARES Sónia 86 Portugal 24,08 2,0 8 FOSTER Amy 88 Ireland 24,26 1,0 5 000 m - Women - 22-Jun 1 PLÁ Judith 78 Spain 15 52,78 8,0 2 RIBEIRO Fernanda 69 Portugal 15 54,38 7,0 3 MCCAMBRIDGE Maria 75 Ireland 16 00,16 6,0 Long Jump - Women - 22-Jun 1 GOMES Naide 79 Portugal 6,79 8,0 2 MONTANER Concepción 81 Spain 6,49 7,0 3 SCERBOVÁ Denisa 86 Czech Republik 6,41 6,0 4 PESOLA Noora 87 Finland 6,17 5,0 5 AERTS Sara 84 Belgium 5,97 4,0 6 ANDRIJAUSKAITE Lina 87 Lithuania 5,94 3,0 7 VAN WAGTENDONK Carola 91 The Netherlands 5,84 2,0 8 MCLOONE Mary Ireland 5,63 1,0 Hammer - Women - 22-Jun 1 O'KEEFFE Eileen 81 Ireland 69.59 8,0 2 CASTELLS Berta 84 Spain 66.33 7,0 3 KORPELA Merja 81 Finland 65.64 6,0 1,500 m - Women - 22-Jun 1 MARÍA FUENTES-PILA Iris 80 ESP Spain 4 13,10 8,0 2 DEJAEGHERE Veerle 73 BEL Belgium 4 14,22 7,0 3 BYRNE Deirdre 82 IRL Ireland 4 14,58 6,0 100 m hurdles - Women - 22-Jun Wind +1,5 1 ONYIA Josephine 86 Spain 12,73 8,0 2 SKROBÁKOVÁ Lucie 82 Czech Republik 13,09 7,0 3 O'ROURKE Derval 81 Ireland 13,12 6,0 Shot Put - Women - 22-Jun 1 KÁRNÍKOVÁ Jana 81 CZE 16,97 8,0 2 QUINTANAL Irache 78 ESP 16,78 7,0 3 BOEKELMAN Melissa 89 NED 16,57 6,0 4 VAISVILAITE Alina 86 LTU 15,80 5,0 5 TIMMERMANS Catherine 86 BEL 15,40 4,0 6 HELIN Sini 85 FIN 15,14 3,0 7 ANTÓNIA BORGES Maria 83 POR 15,12 2,0 8 HICKEY Aoife 91 IRL 12,80 1,0 High Jump - Women - 22-Jun 1 555 BEITIA Ruth 79 ESP Spain 1,97 8,0 2 546 STRAKOVÁ Iva 80 CZE Czech Republik 1,91 7,0 3 580 GROBLER Hanna 81 FIN Finland 1,88 6,0 4 625 RYAN Deirdre 82 IRL Ireland 1,88 5,0 Final Scoring Women 1. ESP Spain 125,0 2. CZE Czech Republik 107,0 3. BEL Belgium 91,0 4. IRL Ireland 86,0 5. POR Portugal 84,0 6. LTU Lithuania 80,0 7. FIN Finland 78,0 8. NED The Netherlands 77,0 Europan Cup Men Talinn M 200 m Wind: +2,5 1. Marek Niit EST 20,64 2. Morten Jensen DEN 20,83 3. Desislav Gunev BUL 21,02 4. Zilvinas Adomavicius LTU 21,13 5. David Gillick IRL 21,19 M 800 m 1. Dmitrijs Jurkevics LAT 1.51,55 2. Mindaugas Norbutas 1976 LTU 1.51,86 3. Joe Warne IRL 1.52,65 4. Ragnar Lipp EST 1.52,75 M 3000 m 1. Tiidrek Nurme EST 7.57,28 2. Mark Christie IRL 8.01,39 3. Kari Steinn Karlsson ISL 8.16,09 M 110 m Hurdles Wind: +5,0 1. Stanislav Olijar LAT 13,53 2. Ian McDonald IRL 14,01 3. Rene Oruman EST 14,02 M 3000 m Steeplechase 1. Valerijs Zolnerovics LAT 8.43,40 2. Vjatceslav Koselev EST 8.59,17 3. Pascal Groben LUX 9.06,63 4. Stephan Alex Jensen DEN 9.10,94 5. Rory Chesser IRL 9.15,46 M 4 x 400 m 1. Ireland IRL 3.04,43 Brian Doyle, Paul McKee, Gordon Kennedy, David Gillick M Pole Vault 1. Spas Bukhalov 1980 BUL 530 O 2. Mareks Arents 1986 LAT 505 O 3. Eigo Siimu 1983 EST 505 XXO 4. Rasmus Jorgensen 1989 DEN 480 XO 5. Saulius Birmanas 1986 LTU 450 XO 6. David Donegan 1976 IRL 435 O 420 435 450 465 XX- O - XXX M Discus Throw 1. Gerd Kanter 1979 EST 67,69 2. Oskars Silcenoks 1983 LAT 56,79 3. Giedrius Sakinis 1987 LTU 53,09 4. Mikhail Selenski 1985 BUL 51,93 5. Peter Berling 1982 DEN 50,96 6. Jeremy Harper 1985 IRL 46,17 46,17 44,52 X 43,94 M Javelin Throw 1. Ainars Kovals 1981 LAT 80,24 2. Risto Mätas 1984 EST 73,45 3. Kolyo Neshev 1982 BUL 71,16 4. Lars Moller 1982 DEN 66,19 5. Antoine Wagner 1988 LUX 63,99 6. Jon Asgrimsson 1978 ISL 63,83 7. Ramunas Butkus 1988 LTU 62,68 8. Michael McConkey 1984 IRL 57,45 55,17 57,45 X 53,86 M Triple Jump 1. Jaanus Uudmäe 1980 EST 16,53+1,6 2. Anders Moller 1977 DEN 16,44+0,6 3. Zhivko Petkov 1988 BUL 16,40+3,9 16,0+0,8 4. Mantas Dilys 1984 LTU 16,35+3,5 +1,7 5. Maksims Tkacovs 1985 LAT 15,51+2,5 15,3+1,9 6. Denis Finnegan 1986 IRL 14,67+2,0 X 14,34 14,54 14,67 +1,7 +2,4 +1,9 +2,0 M 200 m EXTRA Wind: +2,6 1. Yordan Ilinov BUL 21,36 2. Darragh Graham IRL 21,44 3. Brian Murphy IRL 22,16 4. Hristo Chenov 1984 BUL 22,23 5. Steffen Jorgensen 1980 DEN 22,36 6. Tom Carey 1984 IRL 22,90 
Mannheim Junior International 110m Hurdles Heat +0.0 5 347 O’Cathain Ciaran 1989 IRL Irland 14.83 200m Heat +1.2 3. Woods Curtis IRL 21.79 299m heat 4. Russell Christopher IRL 22.09 High Jump 5. Pender Barry 1990 IRL 2,04 400m Hurdles Heat 1. Barr Jessie 1989 IRL 59.55 2. Sheehan Kalyn 1989 IRL 59.95 100m Hurdles Heat +0.5 84cm 5 Murphy Mairead 1989 IRL 14.15 100m hurdles +1.4 84cm 3 Lawlor Sandra 1990 IRL 15.41 4X100m 3. Irland 46.14 Healy Joan (1992) - Fitzpatrick Eilish (1989) Dickenson Jane (1992) - Murphy Mairead (1989) 200m Heat +0.2 4. Healy Joan 1992 IRL 25.23 200m Heat +1.0 1. Whelan Niamh 1990 IRL 23.91 800m 1. Sussmann Jana 1990 GER LG Nordheide 2:05.91 2. Barmet Stefanie 1992 SUI Schweiz 2:06.01 3. Zeidler Jessica 1991 GER LAC Berlin 2:06.27 4. Everard Ciara 1990 IRL Irland 2:06.49 5. Keßelring Anne 1989 GER TSV Katzwang 2:06.86 High Jump 5. 343 Hughes Pamela 1989 IRL Irland 1,76 XO O XXO XXX Festiv'athle 2008 Valbonne, FRA Men 100m 5. Craig Lynch (1990) Shercock AC 10.94 w. +0.4
Mannheim Junior International 110m Hurdles Heat +0.0 5 347 O’Cathain Ciaran 1989 IRL Irland 14.83 200m Heat +1.2 3. Woods Curtis IRL 21.79 299m heat 4. Russell Christopher IRL 22.09 High Jump 5. Pender Barry 1990 IRL 2,04 400m Hurdles Heat 1. Barr Jessie 1989 IRL 59.55 2. Sheehan Kalyn 1989 IRL 59.95 100m Hurdles Heat +0.5 84cm 5 Murphy Mairead 1989 IRL 14.15 100m hurdles +1.4 84cm 3 Lawlor Sandra 1990 IRL 15.41 4X100m 3. Irland 46.14 Healy Joan (1992) - Fitzpatrick Eilish (1989) Dickenson Jane (1992) - Murphy Mairead (1989) 200m Heat +0.2 4. Healy Joan 1992 IRL 25.23 200m Heat +1.0 1. Whelan Niamh 1990 IRL 23.91 800m 1. Sussmann Jana 1990 GER LG Nordheide 2:05.91 2. Barmet Stefanie 1992 SUI Schweiz 2:06.01 3. Zeidler Jessica 1991 GER LAC Berlin 2:06.27 4. Everard Ciara 1990 IRL Irland 2:06.49 5. Keßelring Anne 1989 GER TSV Katzwang 2:06.86 High Jump 5. 343 Hughes Pamela 1989 IRL Irland 1,76 XO O XXO XXX Festiv'athle 2008 Valbonne, FRA Men 100m 5. Craig Lynch (1990) Shercock AC 10.94 w. +0.4 
