Clonliffe athletes performed admirably in the Portuguese city of Leira today at group B of the European clubs Track and Field Championships. David Flynn had a fine win in the 3000 sc in 8.55.13 to rack up maximum points for the black and amber.
There were record settling performance in the field events. Rory Gunning wiped his own two week javelin record from the books as he bettered the existing record twice in the competition finally recording a best and new club record of 62.36m as he placed 4th. Then there was the performance of young Keith Marks, who is still in secondary school, as the oldest standing record on the books was finally bettered. Hogo Duggan`s 1969 long jump record of 7.20m was bettered with a 7.40m and then a 7.48m jump as Keith took an excellent 2nd place.
Other outstanding contributions came from another youngster Adam O`Brien, after a late call up to action, placing 5th in the 3000 in 8.51.89 and Aaron Hanlon 4th in the 5000 with a 14.38.43 run and Antonio Garcia 3rd in his 110h race (15.02).
Clonliffe results:
100 Keith Pike 3rd 10.97
200 Chris Sibanda 4th 21.55
400 Mark McDonald 4th 51.91
800 Mark McDonald 8th 1.57.48
1500 Eoin Pierce 6th 3.58.31
3000 Adam O`Brien 5th 8.51.89
5000 Aaron Hanlon 4th 14.38.43
110H Antoinio Garcia 3rd 15.02
400H Timmy Crowe 4th 53.61
3000SC Dave Flynn 1st 8.55.13
Javelin Rory Gunning 4th 62.36m (New Clonliffe Record)
Hammer Simon Galligan 4th 55.59m
Discus Marcin Klinskow 9th 35.66m
Shot Luke Mangan 8th 13.59m
Long Jump Keith Marks 2nd 7.48m (New Clonliffe Record)
Triple Jump Niall Counihan 6th 13.79
High Jump Andrew Heney 6th 1.94m
Pole Vault Ian Rogers 7th 4.20m
4 x 100 4th 42.64
4 x 400 6th 3.34.66
On the spot report from Conor McGuinness coming soon!