NCAA T&F Finals 2018 Start
Cork Athletes Compete in US NCAA Div I and II Finals
Eugene, Oregon & Charlotte, North Carolina
Wednesday June 6th - Saturday June 9th 2018
Later today, the US NCAA Collegiate Championships start, with Grace McKenzie being Cork's sole athlete competing during the four day events, in Eugene, Oregon
NCAA Div I Schedule
Belgooly AC's Grace McKenzie goes in the Div I pentathlon, having made automatic qualification.
Blarney Inniscarra AC's Dean 'Decano' Cronin ran the 800m, in the Div II Championships, in Charlotte, on May 24th/25th, finishing runner-up to Thomas Staines, in a time of 1:47.37, to Staines 1:46.56, in the Final. The placings were the same, in the Preliminaries, with Staines running 1:48.04 to Dean's 1:49.42
Other Youth News
The National Combined Events Championships were held recently, in Santry, Dublin.. Brian Lynch (Old Abbey AC) achieved the Athletics Ireland standard for the youth decathlon, at the European Athletics U18 Championships in Györ, Hungary from 5th - 8th July. Day 1 went smoothly, however day 2, was, literally speaking, a washout, weatherwise, and had him o n his knees after the javelin. Only a 16 sec PB in the 1500m would get him the required 6400 points, but paced by his cousin Diarmuid O'Connor, from Bandon AC, who came 2nd after Brian. Brian timed his run to perfection, achieving the qualification standard with just 11 points to spare.
The wind requirement needed to be less than +2 m/s on average, and with +2.8 in 100, -1.6 in LJ and +4.1 in 110H, he just got that.
