Irish athletes to take on world class opposition in Athlone
Canada's Shawn Barber and Melissa Bishop are two of the star attractions at the Athlone International in the AIT International Arena, Athlone tomorrow (February 17th) and will be aired live by Irish TV.
Bishop, the world silver medallist over 800m in Beijing last summer, will look to break the two minute barrier with Ireland's Katie Kirk (Queen's) looking to put in a good performance.
The women’s 1500m sees Germany's steeplechase bronze medallist Gese Krause toe the line with Ireland's Kerry O’Flaherty (Newcastle) and Rose-Anne Galligan (Newbridge) leeading the home challenge. World Junior Champion Mary Cain (USA) is also down to compete with Kenya's Nancy Chepkwemoi looking like the favourite
Amy Foster (City of Lisburn) and Phil Healy (Bandon) will be tooking to take on the might of the US sprinters in the women's 60m with Barbara Pierre and Cleo Van Buren the leading lights. Ciara Neville (Emerald) will look to gain experience against top class opposition.
The women's 60m hurdles is loaded with Sharika Nelvis and Kristi Castlin of the USA set to put on a masterclass of sprint hurdling. Sarah Lavin (UCD) is improving throughout the season and will hope for a personal best.
In the men’s events, the 400m looks set to be an exhibition run by Czech Republic's Pavel Maslak. The world and European indoor champion oozes class and Clonliffe Harriers Brian Gregan will look to hang on to his coat tails for as long as possible. World medallist Chris Brown (Bahamas) is also in the two-lap event that always produces thrills and spills.
In the 60m Marcus Lawler (SLOT) will have it all to do against the likes of Harry Aikines Aryeetey (Great Britain), Churanday Martina (Netherlands),Diondre Batson, D’Angelo Cherry (both USA).
Kieran Kelly (Raheny Shamrock) had a big breakthrough at the GloHealth AAI Indoor Games running 1:48.2 and he faces formidable opposition in Great Britain's Michael Rimmer and Guy Learmonth. Rimmer boasts a 1:43 outdoor personal best along with European medals and global finals to his name.
The meet will look to end on a high once more with the men's mile with world class runners including Dawit Wolde (Ethiopia) and Hillary Ngetich (Kenyan). Eoin Everard (Kilkenny City Harriers) leads the Irish charge and will home to become the first Irish man to break the 4 minute mile indoors on Irish soil. Irish Runner contributor Joe Warne (Doheny) is also in the field and looking to break the barrier.
In the field events Shawn Barber will look to put on a show to rival Mutaz Essa Barshim's high jump last year. The world champion will look to break 6 metres and will be a spectacle for Irish fans.
Newly minted national junior triple jump record holder Jordan Hoang (Tullamore Harriers) will get to experience high level competition against Arpinder Singh (India), Viktor Iastrebov (Ukraine) and Karol Hoffman (Poland).
To watch Irish TV it's 191 on your Sky TV box or Freesat 400 and also on free to air boxes.
Entry Lists for Athlone International
Name Club/Country Event Lane PB
Kerry O'Flaherty IRL 1500m 4.12
Alesia Viskota UKR 1500m Pace
Kristiina Maki CZE 1500m 4.12
Denise Krebs GER 1500m 4.06.01
Rose-Anne Galligan IRL 1500m 4.12.3
Emma Mitchell IRL 1500m 4.2
Gesa Krause GER 1500m 04:08.9
Line Kalstrup Schulz DEN 1500m 4.14.66
Claire Tarplee IRL 1500m 4.11.35
Diana Sujew GER 1500m 4.05.62
Elina Sujew GER 1500m 4.07.36
Laura Crowe IRL 1500m 4.11.49
Alison Leonard GBR 1500m 4.09.73
Sarah Treacy IRL 1500m 4.16.29
Mary Cain USA 1500m 4.04
Nancy Chepkwemoi KEN 1500m 4.03
Sarah Murray IRL 60m W Heat 1 1 7.59
Catherine McManus IRL 60m W Heat 1 2 7.5
Phil Healy IRL 60m W Heat 1 3 7.36
Cleo VanBuren USA 60m W Heat 1 4 7.2
Amy Foster IRL 60m W Heat 1 5 7.32
Adeline Gouenon CIV 60m W Heat 1 6 7.36
Ciara Neville IRL 60m W Heat 1 7 7.45
Molly Scott IRL 60m W Heat 1 8 7.55
Claire Brady IRL 60m W Heat 2 1 7.35
Cliodhna Manning IRL 60m W Heat 2 2 7.53
Megan Marrs GBR 60m W Heat 2 3 7.65
Olesya Povkh UKR 60m W Heat 2 4 7.11
Barbara Pierre USA 60m W Heat 2 5 7.06
Nataliya Strogova UKR 60m W Heat 2 6 7.31
Niamh Whelan IRL 60m W Heat 2 7 7.48
Joan Healy IRL 60m W Heat 2 8 7.57
Shannen Dawkins IRL 60m Hurdles Heat 1 2 8.89
Lilly-Ann O'Hora IRL 60m Hurdles Heat 1 3 8.68
Sharika Nelvis USA 60m Hurdles Heat 1 4 7.83
Sarah Lavin IRL 60m Hurdles Heat 1 5 8.25
Stephanie Bendrat AUT 60m Hurdles Heat 1 6 8.13
Catherine McManus IRL 60m Hurdles Heat 1 7 8.44
Elizabeth Morland IRL 60m Hurdles Heat 2 1 8.43
Ciara Neville IRL 60m Hurdles Heat 2 2
Eefje Boons NED 60m Hurdles Heat 2 3 8.45
Kristi Castlin USA 60m Hurdles Heat 2 4 7.84
Yasmin Miller GBR 60m Hurdles Heat 2 5 8.18
Hanna Platitsyna UKR 60m Hurdles Heat 2 6 7.99
Karolina Hlavata CZE 60m Hurdles Heat 2 7 8.42
Katie Kirk IRL 800m Women 2.02.63
Melissa Bishop CAN 800m Women 1.57.52
Leah Barrow GBR 800m Women 2.03.22
Anastasiya Tkachuk UKR 800m Women 2.00.21
Adelle Tracey GBR 800m Women 2.01.10
Sinéad Denny IRL 800m Women Pacer
Stina Troest DEN 800m Women 2.02
Kelly Neely IRL 800m Women 2.03.41
Bjorn Blauwhof NED 400m Final 1 2 46.48 / 46.75i
Chris Clarke GBR 400m Final 1 3 45.59 / 46.96i
Brian Gregan IRL 400m Final 1 4 45.53 / 46.07i
Pavel Maslak CZE 400m Final 1 5 44.79 / 45.24i
Luke Lennon-Ford GBR 400m Final 1 6 45.23 / 46.16i
Patrik Sorm CZE 400m Final 2 3 46.20 / 46.49i
Luka Janezic SLO 400m Final 2 4 45.28 / 46.59i
Chris Brown BAH 400m Final 2 5 44.40 / 45.58i
Clayton Parros USA 400m Final 2 6 45.25 / 45.75i
Timmy Crowe IRL 400m Final 3 3 47.02 / 47.29i
Alphas Leken Kishoyian KEN 400m Final 3 4 44.75
Dane Hyatt JAM 400m Final 3 5 44.83 / 46.71i
Patrick Feeney USA 400m Final 3 6 45.51 / 45.92i
David McDonald IRL 60m Men Heat 1 1 7.04
Elijah Skerving GBR 60m Men Heat 1 2 6.8
Reuben Arthur GBR 60m Men Heat 1 3 6.71
Harry Aikines-Aryeetey GBR 60m Men Heat 1 4 6.55
Churandy Martina NED 60m Men Heat 1 5 6.58
Solomon Bockarie NED 60m Men Heat 1 6 6.7
Mervyn Harris IRL 60m Men Heat 1 7 7.12
Conor Wilson IRL 60m Men Heat 2 1 7.17
Andre Wright GBR 60m Men Heat 2 2 6.76
Aidan Syers GBR 60m Men Heat 2 3 6.72
Diondre Batson USA 60m Men Heat 2 4 6.54
Rion Pierre GBR 60m Men Heat 2 5 6.6
Zdenek Stromsik CZE 60m Men Heat 2 6 6.69
Craig Lynch IRL 60m Men Heat 2 7 6.87
Joseph Ojewumi IRL 60m Men Heat 3 1 6.93
Leon Reid GBR 60m Men Heat 3 2 6.76
Hensley Paulina NED 60m Men Heat 3 3 6.75
D'Angelo Cherry USA 60m Men Heat 3 4 6.49
Brian Mariano NED 60m Men Heat 3 5 6.6
Ramon Gittens BAR 60m Men Heat 3 6 6.68
Marcus Lawlor IRL 60m Men Heat 3 7 6.9
Miroslav Burian CZE 800m Men 1.47.89
Matej Pavlicek CZE 800m Men 1.48.94
Dmitrijs Jurkevics LAT 800m Men 1.46.44
Jamie Webb GBR 800m Men 1.47.33
James Bowness GBR 800m Men 1.47.59
Guy Learmonth GBR 800m Men 1.46.65
Michael Rimmer GBR 800m Men 1.43
Nick Ennis IRL 800m Men Pace
Kieran Kelly IRL 800m Men 01:48.8
Jan Fris CZE Mile 3.41i
Filip Sasinek CZE Mile 3.43.87
Joe Warne IRL Mile 3.43.62i
Daniel Cheeseman GBR Mile 3.44.38
Eoin Everard IRL Mile 3.40.20 / 3.58.93
Lewis Moses GBR Mile 3.41.33i
Dawit Wolde ETH Mile 3.33.82 / 3.37.95i / 3.54.51
Hillary Ngetich KEN Mile 3.35.40 / 3.35.26i
James Ledingham IRL Mile Pace
Richard Douma NED Mile 3.39
Robbie Fitzgibbon GBR Mile 3.43.9i
Adam Hague GBR Pole Vault 5.60 / 5.55i
Nils Mulder NED Pole Vault 5.50 / 5.40i
Timo De Water NED Pole Vault 5.10 /5.20i
Shawn Barber CAN Pole Vault 5.93 / 6.00i
Marquis Richards SUI Pole Vault 5.55 / 5.42i
Max Eaves GBR Pole Vault 5.62 / 5.61i
Luke Cutts GBR Pole Vault 5.83
Sam Kendricks USA Pole Vault 5.86i
Kola Adedoyin GBR Triple Jump 16.61
Nathan Fox GBR Triple Jump 16.69
Karol Hoffman POL Triple Jump 17.09
Fabian Florant NED Triple Jump 16.67
Jordan Hoang IRL Triple Jump 14.44
Viktor Iastrebov UKR Triple Jump 17.32
Arpinder Singh IND Triple Jump 17.17
