Despite traveling through the night to get to Newport due to the inclement weather in England and Wales the KitKat Irish Schools’ Team had an exceptional day at the annual SIAB Schools’ Track & Field International today. The Irish took an unprecedented 6 gold, 5 Silver and 8 Bronze medals. The highlight was the victory of Tomas Cotter who ran from the front in the 1500m Steeplechase to win impressively in a superb 4.20.23. In the Boys high jump Jason Harvey, cleared 1.95 metres to improve on his 2nd position of last year. Once again we had good performances from our walkers with Fiona Dennehy winning the girls’ event in 15.11.14. Hannah Lewis has been steadily improving her long jump throughout the season and today won with 5.74m. It isn’t often that Ireland get a 1,2 in the shot putt but today was the exception when Jenny Brown took the gold with 12.08m and Aoife Hickey was just behind in 2nd with 12.00m. At the very end of the day the Irish had a notable victory in the Boys’ 4 x 100 relay beating a very strong English team in 43.38. Girls Events Performance Country 3000m Walk 1 Fiona Dennehy 15.11.14 Ireland 4 Emma Prendiville 16.33.12 Ireland 100m 4 Joan Healy 12.18 Ireland 5 Stephanie Creaner 12.43 Ireland 200m 4 Hannah Lewis 25.34 Ireland 8 Natasha Paxton 26.02 Ireland 300m 4 Sinead Denny 41.78 Ireland 6 Kathryn Colwell 42.04 Ireland 800m 4 Rachael Shaw 2.13.23 Ireland 6 Ailish Brennan 2.16.67 Ireland 1500m 4 Eimear Black 4.39.42 Ireland 7 Joanne Mills 4.53.51 Ireland 3000m 2 Ciara Mageean 9.52.04 Ireland 5 Tara Jameson 10.40.92 Ireland 80m Hurdles 4 Sandra Lawler 11.79 Ireland 7 Samantha Miskelly 12.03 Ireland 300m Hurdles 5 Rebecca Nolan 46.70 Ireland 6 Shawna Furman 47.42 Ireland 4 x 100m Relay 2 Ireland 43.38 4 x 300m Relay 3 Ireland 2.45.90 High Jump 4 Cathriona Farrell 1.60 Ireland 8 Mary-Kate Lanigan 1.55 Ireland Long Jump 1 Hannah Lewis 5.74 Ireland 8 Nicola Power 5.06 Ireland Triple Jump 6 Ciara Neary 10.32 Ireland 7 Debbie Porteous 10.31 Ireland Pole Vault 5 Lisa Houlihan 2.75 Ireland 8 Nikki Savage 2.20 Ireland Shot Putt 1 Jenny Brown 12.08 Ireland 2 Aoife Hickey 12.00 Ireland Discus 5 Zoe Scanlon 32.12 Ireland 6 Orla Drysdale 31.92 Ireland Javelin 5 Sharieen McCrudden 31.39 Ireland 6 Grace O’Sullivan 30.69 Ireland Hammer 4. Aoife Hickey 42.36 Ireland 5. Gabby McNally 40.08 Ireland Boys Events 3000m Walk 3 Shane Bonner 15.07.81 Ireland 4 Cian McManamon 15.32.27 Ireland 100m 3 Scott Hamilton 11.14 Ireland 7 Chris Lynch 11.37 Ireland 200m 3 Curtis Woods 22.51 Ireland 5 Scott Hamilton 22.84 Ireland 400m 4 Billy Ryan 50.98 Ireland 7 Alan Whelan 52.32 Ireland 800m 3. Fergal Ellis 1.59.87 Ireland 4 Mark McDonald 2.00.06 Ireland 1500m 2 Shane Quinn 4.00.13 Ireland 5 Paul Robinson 4.09.38 Ireland 3000m 5 Dan King 9.03.55 Ireland 6 Ryan Creech 9.09.68 Ireland 1500m Steeplechase 1 Tomas Cotter 4.20.29 Ireland 8 Eamon Colhoun 4.53.53 Ireland 100m Hurdles 6 Ben Reynolds 13.70 Ireland 8 Ferghus Hannon 14.75 Ireland 400m Hurdles 4 Alan Corcoran 57.34 Ireland 7 Gavin Kennedy 59.32 Ireland 4 x 100m Relay 1 Ireland 43.38 4 x 400m Relay 2 Ireland 3.25.15 High Jump 1 Jason Harvey 1.95 Ireland 3. Michael Healy 1.85 Ireland Long Jump 5 Nathan Reid 6.48 Ireland 6 Timmy Harrington 6.08 Ireland Triple Jump 3 Timmy Harrington 13.65 Ireland 4 Francis Egan 13.58 Ireland Pole Vault 2 Thomas Houlihan 4.00 Ireland 3 Ben Reynolds 3.80 Ireland Shot Putt 5 Dayle Kennedy 15.19 Ireland 6 Eanna O’Cathain 12.74 Ireland Discus 4 Dayle Kennedy 45.36 Ireland 7 Ben Geraghty 40.06 Ireland Javelin 4 David Atkinson 47.25 Ireland 8 Anton Katayev Ireland Hammer 4 Chris Walsh 46.34 Ireland 5 Cian Gardiner 42.38 Ireland Full Detailed Results 21st July 2007 Newport, Wales
