28 May 2009

Irish Schools 2009

Irish Schools
Tullamore
Saturday 30 May

The Irish Schools Athletics Association (ISAA) are kindly hosting the Irish Milers Club at their finals in Tullamore this Saturday. The hosting of this event initially developed over five years ago when Brendan Hackett approached the ISAA. Since then, the highlight of the event has seen local star James Nolan and two Australian athletes running a sub four minute mile in the presence of Sir Roger Bannister in 2004 on the 60th anniversary of the first sub four minute mile. Last year saw one of the closest races in years with Nolan just pipping up and coming stars David Mc Carthy and Mark Christie in front of newly elected Taoiseach Brian Cowen. This years event again showcases a number of former Irish Schools stars such as Mark Christie, John Coghlan, Anthony Lieghio and Craig Murphy. Full entries can be viewed in the below PDF. The IMC Tent will be placed on the hill beside the finish line and athletes should collect their numbers there from 12.30 pm onwards.

Download start list here (PDF)

25 May 2009

Irish Schools 2009

Irish Schools
Tullamore
Saturday 30 May

Entries for the IMC at the Irish Schools have been extended to Wednesday at 10pm 27th May owing to the large number of entrants for the races. The event schedule has been changed with a men's 800m, 1500m and a women's 800m now been scheduled - the men's mile has been removed. 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

Note:
Memberships are currently been processed and sent to the BMC for athletes competing in Manchester at the weekend and other BMC events. It is possible to enter the BMC races without your membership number and the BMC will check that you are an IMC member against the database that we send them.

24 May 2009

PB's galore as temperatures soar at IMC races

IMC / Crusaders GV Ryan Meeting
Irishtown
Friday 22 May

It was a balmy 21 degrees, no wind and blue skies when the athletes arrived in Iirshtown for the first IMC meet of 2009. A perfect night for racing and the records that followed proved that.

First IMC race of the night saw 15 athletes take to the field in the mens A 1500m. The race was tight and competitive the whole way with young Paul Robinson edging in front of Alan O'Brien (Nat Indoor 1500m Champ) and Conor Healy in the home straight. With 50m to go a 5m gap had opened but Alan changed gear and just edged Paul out of his win on the line. Huge celebrations erupted for Paul as he had just achieved the European Junior qualifying time.

A field of 10 lined up next for the ladies 1500m, great to see the pace making being done by a lady, Rose-Ann Galligan. Charlotte French O'Carroll set her sights on winning from the start but the win was almost in doubt when Aoife Brady led a late surge in the last lap to finish a close second, Rebecca French O'Carroll following Aoife overtook Ciara Durkan in the finishing straight to claim 3rd position.

The mens B 1500m was next, 16 went to the line, including Hazel Murphy seeking and earning a PB. Michael Mc Killop earned his win, and PB, after travelling from Belfast for the race. Like Charlotte he followed the pacemaker and just held off fast improving John Travers, who took 7 second off his PB. New to track athlete James Mc Fadden finished 3rd break 4 minutes with a blistering last 150m.

Last event of the evening, with all events run on time, saw the mens A & B 3,000m with 30 athletes lining up. An exciting battle ensued with Brendan O'Neill shocking the more fancied runners (and the commentator!) of Sean Connolly and Mark Kirwan with a fast early pace and an opening 30 second 200m. The trio broke from the field and a fascinating duel ensued with Sean Connolly the eventual winner. Worth noting, Emmet Dunleavy entered the last lap in 9th and finished in 4th just 2 seconds behind Mark Kirwan - wonder if anyone got a clock on his last 400m?

The B race was paced by Mark Christie with fellow Mullingar teammate Jake Byrne hoping for the qualifying time for the Junior Europeans. Jake brought this race home in 8.30 and for a 16 year old looked very comfortable, watch this guy!! Gavin Downney, Ferrybank AC and Andrew Agnew from Abbey AC battled for 2nd and 3rd finishing with only 0.2 secs dividing them.

With so many athletes travelling long distances for the evenings races the IMC were delighted to see 29 rewarded with PB's.

Check out the full results in results page.

21 May 2009

Fields for IMC / Crusaders GV Ryan meeting annouced

IMC / Crusaders GV Ryan Meeting
Irishtown
Friday 22 May

Download start list here (PDF)

The IMC will host their inaugral meeting of the season at the GV Ryan/IMC Meeting in Irishtown on Friday 22nd May. Many of Irelands best up and coming athletes will be on show in exciting fields with nearly 70 athletes entered looking for fast times and personal bests as a new season starts. Following on from their most successful year ever last year, the IMC committee look forward to more athletes joining the club this year and competing.

The timetable is as follows:
Mens 1500m A Race 7.00pm
Womens 1500m Race 7.08pm
Mens 1500m B Race 7.15pm
Mens 3000m A + B 8.15pm

The men's 3000m has been split into two sections with the A race starting in lanes 1-4 and the B race starting in lanes 5-8. The fields can be viewed in the PDF document above.

The IMC 2009 Membership form is now available for download on the IMC website www.irishmilersclub.com and athletes are advised to print off the form and bring it completed with them on the night to reduce waiting times at the entry desk in the main hall of the stadium. Membership and number collection will only be available between 6 pm and 6.45 pm and 3000m athletes are strongly advised to note this and arrive early for their event.

Entries for the IMC at the Irish Schools will close on Tuesday 26th May and 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

19 May 2009

Entries Flooding In

IMC / Crusaders GV Ryan Meeting
Irishtown
Friday 22 May

Entries are flooding in for the IMC/GV Ryan races this Friday (22nd May). The main entries in the men's 3000m include National 10k Road Champion, Sean Connolly, National Indoor Bronze Medallist, Martin Conroy, National 5k Outdoor Bronze Medallist, Aidan Bailey as well as other top athletes Emmet Dunleavy, Thomas Fitzpatrick, James King, Pat Mc Carton, Craig Murphy, Shane Quinn and Mark Kirwan. The 1500m has Paul Robinson and Alan O'Brien as the leading entries so far with the women headed by Sportsworlds Aoife Brady.

The timetable for the races and final fields will be posted on the new look www.irishmilersclub.com website on Thursday. Entries will only be accepted until Wednesday evening at 10pm to garrett.coughlan@ucd.ie. No entries be accepted after this date.

16 May 2009

IMC are proud to announce it's first race of 2009

IMC / Crusaders GV Ryan Meeting
Irishtown
Friday 22 May

Following on from their most successful year ever in 2008 with over 150 athletes competing and fantastic performances and personal bests by IMC athletes, the club will host their first races of the season as part of the Crusaders GV Ryan Meeting next Friday 22nd May. This event has been moved from Saturday 23rd May owing to Leinsters involvement in the Heinken Cup Final. The IMC races at the meeting include:

Womens 1500m (Standard: Open)
Mens 1500m (Standard: Open)
Mens 3000m A + B (Standard: Open)

Membership will be taken on the night and is EUR 20 for the year - this also provides you with you BMC membership. The IMC website is currently been updated and given a fresh look and will be launched next week. The timetable for the night will be confirmed next Tuesday. Entries for the IMC races at the GV Ryan are been taken by Garrett Coughlan (garrett.coughlan@ucd.ie) and will close on Wednesday evening, 20th May. Athletes should email the following:

Name
Club
Event
2008 Best Performance
PB
SB
Target Time

The Irish Schools will host the IMC again on May 30th where the followinng events will be held with entry as per above:

Mens A Mile (Standard: sub 4.05)
Mens 1500m (Standard: 3.50 - 4.05)
Womens 800m (Standard: Open)

Athletes interested in pacemaking in any of the above races should also contact Garrett.