Karen Shinkins (Dublin City Harriers) ran 52.68 to place third in the 400m at the Athens Grand Prix I meeting in Greece on 10th June. Shinkins is currently in sixth place in the Grand Prix standings in the 400-metre event and is the 20th fastest woman (51.48) in the event.

Derval O'Rourke (Leevale/UCD) ran 13.47 (+0.8) to set a personal record in the 100m hurdles placing sixth at IAAF GP II Cena Slovenska - Slovak Gold meeting held in Bratislava, Slovakia on 11th June.

Gary Ryan (Nenagh Olympic) ran 21.20 (-0.5) to place second in heat 2 of the 200m at the Fortis Meeting Internationale held in Izegem, Belgium on 8th June 2002. Mark Mandy (Cannock) placed fifth in the high jump with a leap of 2.05m.

Maria Skelton (Lagan Valley) set a women's Northern Irish record in the 5,000m when she ran 16.26.24 to place eighth in the 5,000m A race at the British Milers Club Nike Grand Prix - London Marathon Endurance Initiative at Wythenshawe Park, Manchester, England on Monday, 3rd June.

Conor Sweeney (St Malachy's) placed fifth in the 1,500m A race running 3.42.79. Eugene O'Neill (Crusaders AC) broke the nine-minute barrier in the 3,000m steeplechase when he ran 8.54.22 for fifth place. Kiillian Lonergan (Clonliffe Harriers) placed sixth in the 5,000m A race in 13.47.99 with Dermot Donnelly (Annandale Striders) in eleventh with a 14.05.23 clocking. In the 5,000m C race, Eddy McGinley (U20, Annandale Striders) ran 14.54.42 for seventh place. Raymond Adams (Lagan Valley) placed fourth in the 800-metre A race running a personal best time of 1.48.91. Nigel Carlisle (Ballymena & Antrim) ran 1.54.73 to place seventh in the 800m C race. Maria Lynch (Dundrum South Dublin) placed sixth in the 1,500m A race in 4.18.86 with Niamh Beirne (Lucan Harriers) a place behind in 4.19.37.

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Geraldine Hendricken continues her Fairly Tale season winning the Northern Ireland Athletics 1,500 metre title in 4.09.56, a time that meets both the EAA (4.13.00) and the AAI (4.11.00) European Championship Standards. Hendricken (St Laurence O'Toole AC) began the year qualifying for the women's long course race for the World Cross Country Championships where she placed 71st and since then has show improved form and prowess on both the road and track not to mention her opinion on the sacking of Roy Keane.

Other impressive women's results from the meeting include: Fiona Norwood, Kilkenny City Harriers, 1st - 400m hurdles, 59.88; Antoinette Furlong, DMP, 1st - long jump, 6.07m; Eva Massey's (Belgrave) double victory, 1st - Shot Putt, 15.57m & hammer (32.46m) and Ciara Sheehy's (Dublin City Harriers) victory in the 200 metres in a time 23.40.

Notable performances in the men's meet include: Paul McKee's (Beechmount) wind aided (+3.8) 20.85 victory over Paul Brizzell from Ballymena & Antrim (20.99) in the 200m; Robert Daly, Dundrum South Dublin, 1st - 400m, 46.71; Conor Sweeney, St Malachy's, 1st - 1,500m, 3.48.87 and Stephen McDonnell, Cuchullainn, 1st - 400m hurdles, 52.04. Click here for complete results.

Ciara Sheehy (Dublin City Harriers) placed third in the 200m in 23.73 (-1.6) Bedfordshire International Games - BIG 2004 held on 4th June.

Deirdre Ryan (Dundrum South Dublin) won the high jump in 1.80m; Tom Comyns (Limerick AC) placed sixth in the 200m in 22.30 (-0.3); Mark Mandy (Cannock) tied for fourth in the high jump in 2.10m; Iain McMullan (Lisburn A C) placed fourth in the shot putt 16.54m; Leanne O'Callaghan (Wycombe-Phoenix) placed fourth in the Race 1 of the 100m in 12.09 (+1.8) and Taneisha Robinson-Scanlon (Limerick) placed third in the triple jump in 12.54m (+1.5).

Séamus Power won the special 3,000 metres race and James Nolan was first home in the 800 metres at the Irish Milers Club sponsored races in Santry at the Dublin Board Graded Meeting on Wednesday 5th June 2002.

800 metre results: 1) James Nolan UCD 1.48.4; 2 Colm McLean Crusaders 1.51.4; 3) Colm Rothery MSB 1.53.1; 4) Colm Rooney Clonliffe 1.53.2; 5) Fintan McGee UCD 1.53.9; 6) Phelim Kelly Raheny Shamrocks 1.54.4 (PB); 7) Paul Fleming Rathfarnhan/WSAF 1.55.0; 8) Paul Carron Enniskillen 1.55.3; 9) Brian Donohue Rathfarnham/WSAF 1.58.0; 10) Pearse Hickey Raheny 2.00.3; 11) Greg Kenny Kilcock 2.00.7; 12) Eoin Cummins UCD - Pace

3000 metre results: 1) Séamus Power (Kilmurry) 8.02.3; 2) Mark Kenneally (Raheny) 8.02.8; 3) Robert Connolly (DSD) 8.08.6; 4) Cormac Smith (DSD) 8.15.3; 5) Garrett Coughlan (UCD) 8.22.5; 6) Peter Matthews (DSD) 8.24.1; 7) Paul McNamara (GCH) 8.24.9; 8) Martin Fagan (Mullingar) 8.26.6; 9) Gary Thornton (GCH) 8.26.8; 10) David Kelly (Sligo) 8.30.8; 11) Pat Muldoon (Mullingar) 8.37.2; 12) David Burke (Mullingar) 8.38.7; 13) Brian Farrell (Sli Culainn) 8.48.9; 14) Shane McDermott (Raheny) 8.51.2.

Rathowen 5K Road Race - AAI Permit Rathowen, Co. Westmeath, Ireland
8th June 2002, Sponsored by the Mullingar Harriers AC

Men's Results: 1) Cormac Finnerty (Mullingar Harriers) 14.33 (Course Record); 2) Pearse Hickey (Raheny Shamrocks) 14.42; 3 Pat Muldoon (Mullingar Harriers) 15.09; 4 Tom McGrath (Mullingar Harriers) 15.50; 5 Padraig Farrell (Carrick on Shannon) 16.04

Women's Results: 1) Pauline Curley (Tullamore Harriers) 16.35; 2) Mary Hanley (Na Fianna) 18.22; 3) Caroline Harney (Mullingar Harriers) 19.21; 4) Louise Moore, (Mullingar Harriers) 20.03; 5) Vera Flynn, (Mullingar Harriers) 20.16

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