Athletics Ireland Micro-Meet - MTU Track - May 15th 2021

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Athletics Ireland Micro-Meet - MTU Track

Saturday May 15th 2021

Niamh McCarthy, Leevale AC, who will be attempting Paralympic Qualification in the Women's Discus	Lizzie Lee,  Leevale AC, who will be attempting Euopean 10,000m Cup Qualification

Tomorrow sees the first track meet in Cork since last August, with an Athletics Ireland Micro-Meet, aimed at facilitating athletes attain Qualification Standards for Olympic and European levels

NOTE: This Micro-Meet is CLOSED to the public. No Spectators, including Coaches, will be admitted

The Sport Ireland sanctioned qualifying event for senior and pathway athletes comes at a time when athletes have been 'starved' of competition, due to the pandemic, and all the consequent restrictions. Deadlines for achieving the appropriate standards include Monday May 17 (European 10,000m), Monday May 24th (Olympic Games), Sunday July 4th (European Under 20 Chps), with European Under 23 Chps and World Under 20 Chp deadlines to come also.

Dates of Upcoming International Events

The meet has come to Cork following approaches to Athletics Ireland by local Cork and Munster athletes, and will include 10,000m races to facilitate qualification for the European 10,000m cup and European U23 Track and Field Championships. Selections for the European 10,000m cup will take place on Monday 17th May.

The events will be elite only, and will cater for athletes targeting qualification and selection for the European U20 or U23 Track and Field Championships, European Senior Team Championships, Paralympic International Championships, or preparation for Tokyo 2021.

Athletics Ireland would like to thank Munster Technological University and Cork Athletics for helping to facilitate this micro meet.

Some of the Start Lists....

Womens 10,000m Start List

Mens 10,000m Start List

Womens Discus Start List

Womens Pole Vault Start List

Mens 800m Start List

Timetable for Track Events:

• 2:00pm 200m Women
• 2:10pm 200m Men
• 2:30pm 100m Women Series 1
• 2:40pm 100m Men Series 1
• 3:00pm 800m Women
• 3:10pm 800m Men
• 3:30pm 100m Women Series 2
• 3:35pm 100m Men Series 2
• 3:45pm 10K Women
• 4:30pm 10K Men

Timetable for Field Events:

• 2:00pm Discus
• 2:00pm Pole Vault Women
• 3:00pm Long Jump Men & Women
• 4:00pm Pole Vault Men

Full details, including schedule, and entry lists, are available on the Athletics Ireland results portal with live results  from tomorrow morning (Sat 15th)

Strict Covid-19 safety measures will be in place including;

• Daily athlete monitoring.
• Athlete pods for each separate event.
• Social distancing will be maintained before and after events.
• Each event will take place in different areas of the arena so groups can be kept well apart.
• The events will be spaced over several hours so the number of people in the arena at any one time is kept to a minimum and divided between the track, infields and jumps runways.
• All activities are outdoors.

Notes:

• European 10,000m Cup has been moved to Birmingham from London, and scheduled to take place on June 5th 2021

• 10,000m Cup Selection Policy

• European Under 20 Selection Policy

• European Under 23 Selection Policy:To be published in the coming days.

• Reminder: Government guidelines state that outdoor (non-elite & club) matches and competitions may not commence BEFORE of June 7th 2021.

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