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Friday June 25th - Sunday June 27t h 2021
Championships Programme
The 149th consecutive Irish Life Health National Athletics C hampionships is set to continue an illustrious history as the cream of Iris h athletics take to Morton Stadium this weekend (June 25-27).
The Champions hips looked to be in serious doubt in 2020, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, b ut return once again, and in doing so, keep its illustrious history intact.
Medals, and those seeking to attain qualification for upcoming internation al competition, will no doubt take centre stage, but this championship will ultimately celebrate the return of a limited number of spectators across t he three days.
Each day of competition will be streamed in entirety on the Athletics Ireland YouTube channel, with live coverage on RTE 1, from 14:55- 17:40 on Saturday.
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Live on RTE 1 at 14:55 on Saturday June 26th
The Women's Hammer will kick-off the Championship on Friday evening, with athletes getting into their throws from 18:30pm. Michaela Wa lsh (Swinford AC) and Nicola Tuthill (Bandon AC) look like ly to battle it out for the gold. Teenager Tuthill took the title in 2020 w ith a 60.04, a PB which she has already out-thrown earlier this year (60.67 ) which augurs well for the upcoming European U20 Championships.
Brendan O' Donnell (Lifford Strabane AC) and Sean Mockler (Moycarkey Coolcroo AC) had a great battle at last weekend's U23 Championships, and the two rising tale nts will once again be among the favourites for the senior title. O'Donnell will be looking to retain the senior crown but will face stiff competition from Ryan McCullough (Donore Harriers), Simon Galligan (Clonliffe Harriers ) and Killian Barry (Crusaders AC).
The Women's Pole Vault is the only othe r field event on Friday and is likely to see Clodagh Walsh (Abbey S triders AC), Ciara Hickey (Blarney/Inniscara AC), and Una Brice (Leevale AC ) all in medal contention.
Friday's track action will be all heats , led out by the one lap wonders in the 400m. World Relay Championship star s Phil Healy (Bandon AC – 3rd on Irish all-time list), Sop hie Becker (Raheny Shamrock AC – 5th on Irish all-time list), and Sharlene Mawdsley (Newport AC) will all be looking to secure safe passage to Saturda y's final.
Chris O'Donnell (North Sligo AC) who was also part of the Olympi c qualified 4 x 400m mixed World Relay squad looks favourite in the Men's 4 00m. O'Donnell will be looking to make it safely through to Saturday's fina l as he bids to defend his crown. A host of athletes will have their eyes o n a podium finish including Cathal Crosbie (Ennis Track), Cillin Green (Gal way City Harriers), and Paul Murphy (Ferrybank AC), but none will be taking for granted the tricky heats.
The Men's 1500m provided the most dramatic f inish of the 2020 championships, and although protagonists Robinson and Tob in are not in the line-up, the men's race still looks to stacked full of qu ality. Andrew Coscoran (Star of the Sea AC) is ranked 42nd in the race to T okyo. With the top 45 to qualify for the Games he'll be looking to go fast this weekend having already run close to the Olympic standard of 3:35.00 ea rlier this year.
There is no shortage of contenders looking to make the fin al with John Travers (Donore Harriers), Cathal Doyle (Clonliffe Harriers), Kevin Kelly (St Coca's AC), and Shane Bracken (Swinford AC) sure to be bang there. Charlie O'Donovan (Leevale AC) will be looking to continue preparations for the European U23 Championships, while Dar ragh McEIhinney (UCD AC) will be looking to sharpen for his tilt a t the European U23 5000m. James Dunne (Tullamore Harriers) will also be loo king to book a spot in the final which will be the last event of RTE's cove rage on Saturday evening (17:20pm).
Sarah Healy (UCD AC) has the leading ti me in the 1500m, with her recent PB of 4:07.12 putting her right in Tokyo c ontention. Nadia Power (Dublin City Harriers) and Michelle Finn (Le evale) also look set to take their place alongside Roisin Flanagan (Carmen Runners AC) who has been hugely impressive over the the last 12 mo nths, and will be a contender should she take to the start line. Greta Stre imyte (Clonliffe Harriers AC) continues here preparations for the upcoming Games in Tokyo, while Carla Sweeney (Rathfarnham WSAFAC) will be looking to book another national final place.
The heats of the Women's 400m Hurdles a re the penultimate event on Friday evening where Karen Dunne (Bohermeen AC) , Laura Frey (Lagan Valley), and Deirdre Murray (Na Fianna) will be favouri tes to make it through to the medal decider on Saturday (15.40pm). < /p>
Friday's
action concludes with the 800m heats, with the women's event looking like
the potential fireworks race of the weekend. Georgie Hartigan (Dundrum Sout
h Dublin AC) clocked a 2:00.18 earlier this year to go second on the Irish
all-time list list behind Ciara Mageean and will be joined by clubmate Síof
ra Cléirigh Büttner (Dundrum South Dublin AC) who currently sits 3rd on the
all-time list. Nadia Power (Dublin City Harriers AC) also holds an entry a
longside Louise Shanahan (Leevale AC), Jenna Bromell (Emer
ald AC), Katie Kirk, and Claire Mooney (Naas AC), making this the MUST watc
h event of the weekend.
2020 champion Harry Purcell (Trim AC) a
nd the ever-impressive John Fitzsimons (Kildare AC) will no doubt be bang t
here come the final of the 800m on Saturday evening. Mark English (Finn Val
ley AC) is also entered, as is Luke McCann (UCD AC), Roland Surlis (Annalee
AC), Mark Milner (UCD AC), and Kevin McGrath (Bohermeen AC). Louis O'Lough
lin (Donore Harriers) and Eoin Quinn (Mullingar Harriers AC) go in search o
f their second European Championship standards.
Super Saturday starts with the speedsters first out o n track for the heats of the Men's' and Women's 100m from 10.30am. < /p>
Rhasidat Adeleke (Tallaght AC) and Ciara Neville (Emerald AC) have been fastest of those entered this year, with Adeleke's 11.31 back in May placing her secon d on the Irish all-time list behind Phil Healy's 11.28. Th ere are several hurdlers also entered including Molly Scott (St Laurence O' Toole) and Kate Doherty (Dundrum South Dublin), while Lauren Roy (City of L isburn) and recent U23 champion Aoife Lynch look sure to be in the mix.
The
Men's 100m looks another event to saviour this weekend with Marcus Lawler
(Clonliffe Harriers), Israel Olatunde (UCD AC), and reigning champion Steph
en Gaffney (UCD) all entered. Gaffney's 10.44 earlier this month ranks the
fastest time posted by those entered this year, while U23 record setter
Aoife Ó Cuill (St Coca's AC) comes here on the back of a gold medal performance at the U23 last weekend and will be l ooking to continue her European U23 preparations in the Women's 5000m. Aoif e Kilgallon (Sligo AC) and Claire Fagan (Mullingar Harriers AC) look among those who are likely to be to the fore in the first final on Saturday. Kilg allon posted an impressive 16:11.67 at the Belfast meet in May and will be looking to carry that form into his weekend. Athletics Ireland Regional Dev elopment Officer Grace Lynch (Iveragh AC) also looks set to take her place on the start line.
The steeplechasers are in action from 12.00pm on Saturda y with Brian Fay (Raheny Shamrock AC) likely to be right there on the back of his 8:29.75 PB last month which saw him go 4th on the Irish all-time lis t. Jayme Rossiter (Clonliffe Harriers) and Liam Harris (Togher AC)< /strong> look sure to be in the reckoning, while Finn Daly (Sligo AC) will look to claim the European U23 standard. Fionn Harrington (Bandon A C) is chasing the European U20 standard, having already attained t he standard in 3,000m and 5,000m. Multiple champion Rory Chesser (Ennis Tra ck) is also back for another tilt at national glory.
Three of the top 6 fas test Irish all-time steeplechases will be in action in the women's race, wh ere Tokyo bound Michelle Finn (Leevale AC) will be joined by Eilish Flanagan (Carmen Runners AC) and Kerry O'Flaherty (Newcastle and District AC). A big run from Flanagan will put her right there in contentio n for Tokyo qualification. There is also action aplenty in the field events on Saturday with the Women's Long Jump seeing the return of Saragh Buggy ( St Abbans AC) who will be looking to add another national title to her coll ection. Buggy is likely to be pushed all the way by clubmate Ruby Millet an d Sarah McCarthy of Mid Sutton A.C.
The Men's High Jump sees Ciaran Connoll y (Le Cheile AC) go in as the leading jumper with 2.05m this season, while David Cussen (Old Abbey) is also one who will be looking t o also go over 2m in the final. Jordan Lee (Killareny Valley AC) comes here on the back of impressive performances at the World Para Athletics Europea n Championships, and the U23 Championships last weekend.
The Pole Vault ath letes will be one event which is sure to benefit from the return of spectat ors, with Shane Power (St. Joseph's A.C.), Michael Bowler (Enniscorthy A.C. ), and Matthew Callinan Keenan (SLOT) sure to call on some crowd noise to s ee them eke out those last few vaults.
The WFH athletes will be competing o n Saturday afternoon in what is always an entertaining spectacle. The WFH h as 56lbs for senior men which will see the return of Sean Breathnach (Galwa y City Harriers).
Nineteen athletes are entered for the Men's Long Jump, wi th Adam McMullen (Crusaders), Sam Healy (Leevale AC) and < strong>Shane Howard (Bandon) set to duke it out. Healy has the lon gest jump among the entrants this year with 7.59m, but it is set to be a go od contest with several athletes capable of jumping into contention on the day.
From 11.40am on Saturday we will see the track finals come thick and f ast, including the Men's 5000m final (15.05pm) where Seán Tobin (Clonmel AC ) comes in with the fastest time of 2021 with 13:33.93. Hiko Tonosa (Dundru m South Dublin), John Travers (Donore Harriers) and Conor Bradley (City of Derry) all look set to also be in contention come those final few leg-burni ng laps.
The Men's 400m Hurdles will see the return of Thomas Barr (Ferryba nk AC) to domestic action. Barr comes here in flying form having posted a b est of 48.39 recently as he builds his preparations towards Tokyo. John Fag an (Clonliffe Harriers) should also go well, while Jack Mitchell (St. L. O' Toole A.C.) showed his class last weekend in securing gold in the Men's U23 Hurdles in 52.32 and should go well.
The Women's 400m Hurdles will follow shortly after with the main contenders hoping to have made it through Frida y's heats as mentioned above.
< span style="font-size: 12pt;">The 100m athletes return to the track on Satu rday with the Men's final scheduled for 16.00pm followed by the Women at 16 .10pm
The Women's 800m division has been on fire over the last 12 months an d the final set for 16.40pm promises to be one of the races of the weekend if all the mentioned athletes manage to progress safely from Friday's heats
If the 800m has potential to race of the day on Saturday, the Women's 400m final could potentially run it close if Phil Healy, Sophi e Becker, and Sharlene Mawsdley make it to the start line.
Chris O'Donnell will be hoping to have secured a favourable lane draw in the Men's 400m rac e as he looks to make it 4 senior titles in a row, while both 1500m finals look competitive on paper with eyes likely to be drawn to Sarah Healy as sh e looks to secure the national title and a place on the plane to Tokyo.
Sat urday concludes with the Women's and Men's 4 x 100m finals which are never short of drama and excitement. Nine clubs look set to be represented across the Men's and Women's races.
The heats of the 200m are first up on Sunday and all eyes are likely to be on the performances of Phil Healy (Bandon AC) and Rhas idat Adeleke (Tallaght AC) as they look to book favourable lane positions f or the afternoon's final (14:20pm).
The Men's 200m looks another competitiv e affair with Marcus Lawler (Clonliffe Harriers), Mark Smyth (Raheny Shamro ck A.C.), Leon Reid (Menapians AC), and recent junior champion Robert McDon nell (Galway City Harriers A.C.) all looking sure to be in contention come the final few meters of the afternoon's final.
The Shot Put and Javelin are first out on the field on Sunday with Michaela Walsh (Swinford AC) and Cas ey Mulvey (Inny Vale AC) set to battle it out for the title in the Women's Shot. James Kelly (Finn Valley AC) looks among the favourites for gold in t he Men's event in the absence of brother John who secured the title last ye ar with an 18.40 throw.
Elizabeth Moreland (Cushingtown AC) and Grace Casey (Eire Og Corra Choill AC) look favourites for the Women's Javelin title, w hile Stephen Rice (Clonliffe Harriers) may need another 72.73m throw (2020 winning throw) to secure gold in the men's event. The form of Conor Cusack (Lake District Athletics) is sure to push Rice all the way, with the Lake D istrict athlete having secured the Junior title last weekend with a 70.27. Gareth Crawford (Lifford Strabane) looks another one who is likely to be in the medal hunt.
The Women's High Jump (Women's) is set to start at 13.00pm where Sommer Lecky Finn Valley AC will be looking to build on recent perfo rmances. Aoife O'Sullivan (Liscarroll A.C.) continued her brilliant form in taking the Junior Women's High Jump title with a 1.75 jum p. Ciara Kennelly (Killarney Valley A.C.) was second last week and also cle ared 1.75.
The first of the track finals on Sunday is the Women's 5,000m Wa lk where West Waterford A.C. athlete Kate Veale will once again be red hot favourite, coming here having claimed the National 20k title earlier this m onth.
The Men's 10,000m Walks are up next where Jerome Caprice (Dundrum Sou th Dublin A.C.) will be looking to better last years 4th place finish and m ake it onto the podium.
The thrills of the Men's & Women's 200m finals are set for Sunday afternoon and should prove two races not to be missed if all the likely contenders progress through the heats. Several athletes ret urn for the Women's 100m Hurdles with the hurdling division buoyed by Sarah Lavin's recent sub 13 second performance in Madrid. The Emerald AC athlete will be back in action here in a bid to secure Tokyo qualification. Molly Scott (SLOT), Lilly-Ann O'Hora (Dooneen AC) and Kate Doherty (DSD AC) are a ll set to take their place.
The endurance athletes are back on track for the penultimate event with the Men's 10,000m. Hiko Tonosa, Corma c Dalton, and Paul O'Donnell, Jake O'Regan look among the contenders.
Sever al athletes are also entered in Saturday's 5,000m so there is the likelihoo d of a reduced field in this event.
Day 3 concludes with 10 clubs set to be represented across the Men's and Women's 4 x 400m Relays.
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