25 June 2009
IMC Results
1 Euro Junior Qualifying Time, 40 PB's,
26 SB's - DSD Women Impress
The latest IMC meeting was blessed with evening sun and little wind as proceedings got underway in Irishtown last night. A large crowd of athletes and supporters turned up for seven great races which heralded a European Junior qualifying time for Charlotte French O'Carroll as well as 40 new personal bests and 26 new seasons bests... Read the rest of the report here.
Race photos are available in our photos section and also courtesy of Darren Spring here. Two sports jackets were left behind at the event - please contact Garrett with your details to claim.
Read race report here
Dowload results here (PDF)
See photos from the meeting here
Download start list here (PDF)
23 June 2009
IMC Attracts Large Fields with Great Weather Expected
Almost 90 athletes will take to the start line tomorrow night in Irishtown for the second Irish Milers Club meeting of the year with a large Northern Ireland continent also traveling south for event. Five 800m races and two 3000m races are to be staged with the men's A 800m topping the bill. Europa Cup winner Alan O'Brien will be facing a small army of up and coming 800m starts such as Mark Patterson, Mark Mc Donald, Anthony Lieghio, John Coghlan and Darren Mc Brearty, all of whom have run personal bests in IMC meetings in the past 12 months.
Kevin Moriarty, Aidan Bailey and Daire Bermingham will also look to feature in what promises to be a very exciting race. 400m specialist Simon Taggart will take the pace through to 600m. The men's B 800m see's a number of 1500m athletes stepping down such as Pat Mc Carton, Keith Maher and Brian Farrell with Para-Olympic Gold Medallist Michael Mc Killop searching for another fast time. Similarly the men's C + D 800m races have a strong mix of young and old athletes in search of personal and season's best performances with Taggart and Joe Warne sharing pacing duties. The women's 800m features Laura Scriven, Christine Long, Ciara Durkan and Becky Woods who will all be looking to fill the minor placings.
The men's 3000m features two of Ireland's most promising juniors from the past few years who are starting to fulfill their potential in Brendan O'Neill and Stephen Scullion - Martin Conroy will take the pace out at sub 8.10 pace. 30 other athletes will line up in this race with many looking to run sub 8.30 and 9 minutes for the first time. The women's 3000m will feature a large number of DSD athletes looking to run Euro Junior and Euro u-23 times led by the French O'Carroll twins with Aoife Brady taking the pace. The meeting kicks off at 7.30 pm and with registration for all races closing at 7.00 pm. A large crowd is expected on the night with excellent racing conditions forecast. All are very welcome.
17 June 2009
IMC Meeting in Irishtown - 24 June 2009
Entries for next week's IMC meeting in Irishtown are starting to gain speed. The women's 3000m will see a host of DSD athletes attempting Euro Junior and Euro u-23 qualifying standards with the French O'Carroll twins, Bryony Treston, Maura Ni Amhliabh and Laura Hewitt. The men's 3000m will be paced by Martin Conroy with a strong field expected - Stephen Scullion is the leading entrant so far. The men's A 800m will be paced for 1.49 by 400m specialist Simon Taggart who led a number of athletes to personal bests in the Irish Schools earlier this month with a large number of other 800m races been paced all the way to 2.10. John Coghlan and Anthony Lieghio are the lead entrants to date. Entries are open until Monday June 22nd. The entry can be sent to Garrett Coughlan (garrett.coughlan@ucd.ie) with the following details (entries not sent in this format or later than this date will be returned to the sender):
Name
Club
Event
2008 Best Performance
PB
SB
Target Time
Athletes interested in competing in the Cork City Sports 800m races for men and women should also email Garrett as soon as possible as places are limited in these races. The next IMC race following Cork will be held in Irishtown pre nationals on July 25th.
12 June 2009
IMC Meeting in Irishtown - 24 June 2009
The Irish Milers Club will host their next meeting on Wednesday 24th June in Irishtown Stadium, Dublin. Last year, this meeting saw over 80 athletes competing with 35 personal bests on the night in the 800m races. The IMC encourages athletes of all standards to compete in the races to achieve personal best and seasons best times. The races will be as follows:
Men's 800m (Pace 1.49 - 2.10)
there will be 5-6 races on the night depending on the number of entries
Women's 800m (Pace 2.09 - 2.40)
there will be 1-2 races on the night depending on the number of entries
Men's 3000m (Pace 8.00 - 9.15)
there will be 1-2 races on the night depending on the number of entries
Men's Shot Putt
Women's Long Jump
Entries will open from June 12th to Sunday June 21st. The entry can be sent to Garrett Coughlan (garrett.coughlan@ucd.ie) with the following details (entries not sent in this format will be returned to the sender):
Name
Club
Event
2008 Best Performance
PB
SB
Target Time
Athletes interested in pacemaking should also contact Garrett (if an athlete is interested in pacing after their own race the timetable will be drawn up to allow adequate recovery)
1 June 2009
From BMC to IMC Re Watford
We expect a big entry for Watford with entries for some events possibly closing before the advertised closing date due to being oversubscribed.
I would strongly recommend IMC members enter asap.
It is likely that non IMC members will not be accepted.
Athletes need to have entries confirmed BEFORE booking flights and accom.
31 May 2009
IMC At Irish Schools
Irish Schools
Tullamore
Saturday 30 May
Glorius sunshine in Tullamore provided excellent conditions for the feature IMC races at yesterday's Irish Schools Finals.
The men's 1500m got proceedings underway with Joe Warne pacing the Mark Christie through the 1000m mark in 2.30 with the remainder of the field strung out behind them. Christie was strong over the final 500m and finished comfortably in an impressive season opener of 3.45.52 which bodes well for him for the upcoming season. An exciting finish between DCU students and former schools champions John Coghlan and Craig Murphy saw both athletes rewarded with excellent new personal bests with each athlete running almost five seconds quicker than ever before with 3.50.85 and 3.50.96 placings.
Michael Mulhare and Thomas Fitzpatrick also set new personal best marks in fourth and fifth. Undoubtedly the most exciting race of the day was the men's 800m where Simon Taggart paced the field through the bell in 53 seconds with all the major players bunched behind him including Eoin Everard, Anthony Lieghio, Alan O'Brien and Feidhlim Kelly. When the pacer stepped off the track Everard took the lead and looked to pull away from the field, however National Indoor 1500m champion, Alan O'Brien came through over the last 50m to steal the win in 1.51.33, just outside his personal best.
Everard was second followed by Lieghio, who set a personal best, and the dogged Feidhlim Kelly who gave 100% as usual. Up and coming Letterkenny AC athlete Daniel Mooney ran another personal best in a time of 1.54.56 just ahead of ParaOlympic Champion Michael Mc Killop who also broke new ground running a 1.55.45 all time best. The ladies 800m was beset by withdrawals however Laura Scriven and Christine Long had a great battle when pacer Joe Warne stepped off the track with 200m to go. Scriven burst past leader Long and held on for a strong victory in 2.14.39. Overall eight new personal bests were set with nine seasons bests. James Nolan and Eamonn Coghlan presented prizes to the athletes.
For the fifth consecutive year the IMC sponsored the senior boys and girls 1500m races with all 12 finalists receiving a specially comissioned IMC Medal. The IMC would again like to thank John Shields, Des Rogers, Enda Fitzpatrick and the ISAA team for hosting the club this year.
The next IMC meeting is planned for June 24th (permit pending) in Irishtown where a series of 800m races for all standards as well as a shot putt and long jump will be held. This meeting saw almost 80 athletes compete last year with over 35 personal bests set on the night. Details will follow on the IMC site in the coming days.
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