Congratulations to all Athletes who competed with such distinction at World Masters T&F Champs in Gothenburg, which concluded on Sunday 25th Aug, coming home with a grand total of 35 medals plus 2 WRs. John MacDermott, M80 Sligo A.C won an incredible 3 Golds plus set a WR in the 200m Hurdles & Anne Gilshinan F60 breaking her own World Record in the 1500m with a gun to tape victory, cracking the 5 min barrier, stopping the clock @ 4.59.45. Full list below courtesy of Ronan Gately, who is going have a busy few days, going through all recent results from both the AAI Masters T&F plus World Masters Champs and updating Masters records
Gold - 12
John MacDermott (Sligo) M80 - 200m Hurdles - new World Record 36.02 secs John MacDermott M80 - 80m Hurdles John MacDermott (Sligo) M80 - 400m Anne Gilshinan W60 - 1500m in New World Record 4.59.45
Annette Kealy (Raheny) W55 - 10k Road Race
Edel Maguire (Clonliffe) W65 - High Jump Michelle Kenny W45 - 8k XC
Annette Quaid W45 - 400m
Fiona Kehoe (Kilmore) W40 - 1500m W40 Team 8k XC - Fiona Gettings, Karla Doran, Rachel Murphy
W55 Team Half-Marathon -Annette Kealy Irene Clements, Donna Evans M45 Team Gold 4x400m - Ger Cremin Keith Pollard, Jim Phelan, Carlton Haddock
Silver - 13
Sinead McConnell (Finn Valley) W55 - 10k Road Walk
Sinead McConnell W55 - 5k Track Walk Annette Kealy (Raheny) W55 - 8k XC Annette Kealy W55 - Half-marathon
Rachel Akers W35 - Weight Throw
John Dwyer M40 - Weight Throw
Edel Maguire W65 - 400m
Carlton Haddock M55 - 400m
Irene Clements W60 - Half-marathon
Brian Lynch M70 - 1500m W45 8k XC - Michelle Kenny, Catherine O'Connor, Donnellan W50 8k XC -Breda Gaffney, Michelle Lannon, Annette Kealy W45 4x400m - Snezana Bechtina, Sinead O'Regan, Edel Maguire, Annette Quaid
Bronze - 10 Geraldine Finegan W55 (North East Runners) - Heptathlon Shane Sheridan M65 (DSD) - 100m Joe Gough M70 - 800m Rachel Akers W35 - Hammer Laura Frey W35 - 400m Hurdles Edel Maguire W65 - 200m Fiona Gettings W40 - 8k XC Geraldine Finegan W55 - Pole Vault Sinead McConnell W55 - 20k Road Walk Sean McMullin M75 - 20k Road Walk
Words of thanks to those who acted as Team Managers in Gothenburg, most of whom were competing as well as looking after all the technical details & providing updates to Athletes who arrived on a daily basis. Also to those who supported the Team Managers, plus the numerous supporters, supporters, who gave encouragement to those competing. A mention to Ronan plus a few others, who furnished regular photos plus daily updates. Must also give a shout out to Ian Egan, who was on hand to provide physio treatment on a daily basis. Ian travels out at his own expense & we in the IMAA greatly appreciate his presence at all these Champs. A mention also to Rory Forde, who provided regular daily updates through his website Run Republic, again we are greatly indebted to him for the publicity. Apologies if anyone is left out.
Focus of attention will now turn to next few major events coming up, mainly British & Irish Masters CC Champs in Belfast mid Nov plus World Masters Indoor Champs in Florida March 2025. For B&I CC Champs, this is the one major Champs for which Athletes are selected, by running in trial race which will once again be held in conjunction with AAI Autumn CC, scheduled for Sun 13th Oct. Please see link below for entry. More info will be provided on this over the next few weeks.
Please see also link for WMA Indoor Champs & again we will provide more info over the coming weeks.
Michael Fennell
IMAA
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