Caulfield chatted with Irish Runner.com after the race:

On this race and the 2001 outdoor season:
"This was my first 800m-race outdoors. I ran a very bad mile, a 4.02 at Princeton in May. I am happy with the race as I was sick on Thursday and had to drive on Friday to fly out on Saturday. I hope to get into [he did get entered in the 800m] the Stanford meet [US Open Grand Prix I meet] on next week. I hope to be picked for the Europa Cup Meet [he was selected] right off the bat. Today's the first day I went through in 51 and I couldn't believe how easy it was. I was weaving all over the place in the race - like a drunk driver. I'll definitely run Cork."

On changes after competing at the Indoor World Championships:
Ray Flynn is helping me out now. I haven't signed any big shoe contracts. I run for Westchester Puma and I get a bit of gear. I was just offered the position of Assistant Coach at Adam State College in Colorado where I moved two years ago to complete my masters program. I'm 29 now; I'm having a great time - just enjoying it. I am a nervous sort of fellah and when I was younger when there was any sort of pressure, I couldn't deal with it. It took the good out of it. And now you expect the pressure at certain times. I enjoy it now - getting to see the world. It is something Andrew Walker and me were talking about. It's a great life but we're never gonna be rich doing it.

On running the 800m vs. 1,500m:
I'll be sticking to 800 metres races and getting the World standard which is 1.46 flat. I changed my training back in October to focus on the 800m. Outdoors I ran terribly in the 1,500m - I am still amazed how slow I ran. My mileage is down this year. I wouldn't even say it is 50. I train at altitude and that adds about an extra ten. The college kids kick the crap out of me in practice sessions. I'm 30 but I feel like I'm 19 now - like today. I'm a lot heavier than the boys out there. I may not look it but I'm well over 11 stone and nearly 12. There's not too many fellahs out there running miles, 3k's or 10ks that are carrying that much. Last year with the mileage I was doing, I could've run 29.10 for a 10k, which doesn't help in the 800m, maybe in a road race. Damon Martin is my coach and he's great to run for.

Women's 3,000m
Next up was Una English in the 3,000m event. She entered the race with a personal best of 8:57.89 set in 1999 in Dietikon, Switzerland. After an opening lap of 69 seconds, the race had a metronome-like pacing of 71 seconds per lap until the bell when a trio comprised of Meseret Defar (Ethiopia), Cheri Kenah (USA) and Lyuda Vasilyeva (Russia) began to sprint. The Paris-based Dublin City Harrier mustered a strong finish placing sixth in 8:55.82.

A cheerful Una English spoke with Irish Runner.com after the race:

On this race:
I felt great out there today. I felt absolutely great - it was a PR by a couple of seconds. I was really holding myself back. I've done a good block of training - I've trained right up to this as I was thinking in terms of the 5k next week. I did a hard 5k session on Tuesday of this week and a quarter session on Thursday so I came into this pretty much off training. I haven't done any speed. It was a good a start.

On the 2001 outdoor season:
I'm living in Paris, France; training and chasing the Holy Grail. I'm chasing the A Standard for the World's, which is 15.22. There are so few 5k races either here in America or in Europe. When you are not with the big managers, the biggest problem is getting in those races. Hopefully, this will help because when you run a few good races you get noticed. I am doing a 5k at the US Open meeting in Stanford but it isn't part of the Grand Prix and will probably not be fast enough or a real hot race. I hope to have a real solid race. I'll definitely run Cork City Sports but I don't know what event they'll have. I've got some 3k's lined up.

On the 2000 outdoor season:
I am trying to get refocused. I love doing it. I was so focused on the Olympics and then there were a lot of complications with the process. It was hard, you set your goals for the year - you achieve them all. I set my goals - achieved them and then at the end of the day, the goalposts have changed. What more can you do? To be honest, after that I asked myself, 'What do I really wanna do?' I am determined as well to enjoy the journey. I decided to carry on and just enjoy the whole process.

3,000m Steeplechase
Continuing a string of fine Irish performances, Cormac Smith, the reigning Irish Champ over the barriers continued a string of fine Irish performances. Fresh off a month of altitude training with Séamus Power in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, Smith was in fine form. While El Arbi Khattabi from Morocco battled Kenyan Raymond Yator, the lad from Dublin was content to run a consistent string of near 70-second laps until he faultered abit over the last 600 metres. The Dundrum South Dublin runner placed tenth in the 3,000m steeplechase in 8:42.43, his first steeple of the year and only seven seconds off his personal best of 8:37.23 set last August in Roverto, Italy. Yator outsprinted Khattabi (8.12.95) but was disqualified for hurdle violations giving the Morrocan the victory.

A tired yet pleased Smith chatted with Patrick O'Dowd of Irish Runner.com:

On this race and the 2001 outdoor season:
This is my first steeple this season. So far I've run 1,500m race. I ran 3.46 at the Fila Twilight meet which is the best I've opened with. I felt good. I went out controlled. I thought I did. The first steeple is always kinda rough for me. Last year I did seven or eight and only the very last race of the season did I run my PR. To open the season with 8.42, it's not bad. The last lap was terrible - it takes me a couple of steeples to get into the rhythm.

Cormac continued, "I've been doing a lot of drills and my technique, my hurdling is a lot better. The main target is the Europa Cup in late June. After that, I'll run a 1,500m or a flat 3k at Cork City - something like that. My goal is 8.25, the World 'A' standard. It's a 10-12 improvement."