Steven Colvert and Kieran Kelly Top Men’s Tables.

Steven Colvert’s (UCD AC) reputation as a risng star is backed up by his domination of the Irish sprint scene this year. Lowering his Personal Bests to 10.52 for 100m and 20.9 for 200m, he also qualified for and competed in the European Championships in Barcelona. His consistency all year gives him a massive 44 points topping the 100m and 200m League Table. Interestingly, Colvert didn’t win any 100m race on home soil, yet he was still 11 points clear of National Champion Jonathon Holmes (Kilkenny City Harriers) and also Chris Russell (Ferrybank), both tied for 2nd on the league table.

Paul Hession (Athenry AC) takes second on the 200m league table with 30 points from only 2 races and Chris Russell again proves his class to place third on 25 points.

Jason Smyth and Paul Hession may top the 100m and 200m rankings respectively, but Colvert’s potential is an exciting prospect and there seems to be no limit to what he can do. This is after all only his second year training and competing in athletics.

Kieran Kelly (Raheny Shamrock) finishes a very successful season by topping the 400m table, with Gordon Kennedy (Tullamore Harriers) in second. Kelly scored 31 points from 5 races compared to National Champion Kennedy’s 25 points from 2 races. This shows that consistency and determination to compete regularly will win out over one or two outstanding results. Brian Murphy (UCC AC) finished third with 21 points, just edging out Brian Gregan, a single point behind with 20 points.

Whelan dominates 100&200m, Cuddihy & Bergin tied for 400m topspot

Niamh Whelan (Ferrybank) tops both the 100m and 200m league tables for 2010. Ailis McSweeney (Leevale) pushed her close for the 100m title with 38 points to Whelan’s 41. However a busy and extremely successful season saw Whelan score points from 5 races, recording 4 wins. Kelly Proper (Ferrybank) was third on the 100m table with 22 points, beating Amy Foster (University of Ulster) by one point.

Whelan tops the 200m table on 38 points, next closest being team-mate Kelly Proper 12 points behind with a total of 26. Joanne Cuddihy’s third place finish in the Senior Championships was enough to secure third on the table as well, benefiting from double-points scoring at the biggest event on the Irish Athletics calendar.

Cuddihy (Kilkenny City Harriers) again took maximum advantage in winning the 400m at the National Championships to score 20 points and tie for first with Claire Bergin (Dundrum South Dublin) also on 20 points. Marian Andrews finishes the year in third with 16 points.

2010 Final Standings!

Final points and standings are now complete for the 2010 Outdoor Track Season. Apologies for the delay! For any alterations, additions or any questions you may have please don’t hesitate to send an email.

In summary, points scoring competitions were as follows for 2010:

Leevale Sports 18.04.10
IUAA 24.04.2010
Munster Seniors 3.05.10
Crusaders GP 8.05.10
AAI Games Castleisland 19.05.10
Leinster Seniors 6.06.10
NI & Ulster Seniors 12.06.10
Junior&U23 Champs 27.06.10
Cork City Sports 3.07.10
Senior Track&Field Champs 11.07.10

National League races were not included for points scoring purposes.

AAI Games Castleisland

There were some very competitive sprints races in Castleisland last Sunday 16th, with a host of familiar sprinters making the trip to Kerry for the 2010 AAI Games.

Niamh Whelan won a very close 100m in 11.79, recording the same time as her Ferrybank teammate Kelly Proper in second. Joan Healy (Bandon AC) was third in 11.92. This was the only Grade 2 event of the day giving Whelan 10 more points to add to her commanding lead in the League Table. She now stands on 30 points, Proper is 2nd with 14 points and Healy 3rd at present with 11.

The 200m was also a very close race with Kelly Proper first from Niamh Whelan in second and Claire Brady (Celbridge AC) in third.

Claire Bergin (DSD AC) finished strongly to take the Women's 400m, ahead of Jessie Barr (Ferrbank AC) in 2nd and Joan Healy 3rd.

In the Men's, Dean Adams (Ballymena & Antrim) won the 100m in 10.75 ahead of David O’Shea (Dooneen AC) in 10.79 and Patrick Phelan (DSD AC) third in 10.89.

Gordon Kennedys (Tullamore Harriers AC) won the 200m in 21.7 ahead of his teammate Eoin Hannon with 21.95. Brian Murphy (UCC AC) was third in 21.98. Kennedy finished 4rth in the 100m later in the day and with his current form and speed over the shorter distances, one can only anticipate good things for his first 400m of the outdoor season.

A strong headwind down the back straight made things difficult in the 4oom, with David McCarthy (Le Cheile AC) proving the strongest to win in 48.26. This was a fantastic performance considering he also won the 800m in 1.52.03only an hour previously. Brian Murphy was a close second in 48.36, with Nick Hogan (DSD AC) third in 49.06.

The updated League Tables can be found in the menu to the right-hand side of the screen.

Videos from Crusaders Grand Prix

100m Men
200m Men
400m Men

Race Series League Tables

The Race Series League Tables are up and back-dated to include results from the Leevale Sports, IUAA Champ’s, Munster Champ’s and Crusaders Grand Prix.

Darragh Graham and Dean Adams are currently joint top in the 100m, Graham with the advantage of having raced only twice to Adams’ three races. Graham’s strong recent form in winning what were classed ‘Grade 2’ races in the IUAA and Leevale Sports means he scored a maximum 10 points in both those races. (See post on Race Series – Scoring for more info)

The Men’s 200m is a close affair with Christopher Russel on 11 points, just ahead of Graham and Colvert tied on 10 points.

In the Men’s 400m Kieran Kelly leads with 13 points, with Brian Murphy’s win on Saturdays ‘Grade 2’ race awarding him 10 points to enter the table in second.

The Women’s 100m and 200m are led by Ferrybank’s Niamh Whelan, whose busy and successful opening to the season puts her way ahead of her rivals.

Brona Furlong is the only athlete so far to score points in the 400m, her 56.35 run in the IUAA Champs inside the threshold to score on the league table.

Remember, only athlete’s Top 5 performances count in the league, so with a busy season ahead there is plenty of time to make up ground.

Attention turns to Kerry next with the AAI Games in Castleisland this coming Sunday 16th may.

Ogundele, Colvert, Murphy in winning form at Cru’ Grand Prix

Strong winds played their part in a action packed evening at the Crusaders Grand Prix on Saturday in Irishtown.

Celbridge AC’s Seye Ogundele won the 100m in emphatic style in 10.50sec, with Dean Adams (Ballymena & Antrim) second in 10.57 and Steven Colvert (Crusaders) third in 10.62. Unfortunately a +3.8 wind speed meant that their times were illegal, but it certainly bodes well for races to come.

Steven Colvert put in an impessive performance to finish very strongly and win the 200m in 21.45s. David Hynes is in good form and he took second in 21.62, followed by Christopher Russel in 21.76. The +3.1 wind was not a true reflection of the 200m, as the athletes ran much of the bend with the wind on their faces. Colverts display in the 200m is surely only a taste of things to come from the Crusaders Athlete, this being only his second year in Athletics.

The 400m was always going to be tough in the swirling winds and Brian Murphy showed his strength in the last 100m to win in 49.38. No mean feat considering he ran in the 200m only 20 minutes earlier. Second was Kieran Kelly in 49.45, with Billy Ryan third in 50.25.