3000m Steeplechase

Table of Contents:

• Best Male performances in 3000m Steeplechase
• Best Female performances in 3000m Steeplechase
• Outdoor Male record progression in 3000m Steeplechase
• Outdoor Female record progression in 3000m Steeplechase
• T&F Male medalists in 3000m Steeplechase
• T&F Female medalists in 3000m Steeplechase
• Winning performances in 3000m Steeplechase

Best Male performances in 3000m Steeplechase

Rank	Athlete	College	Mark	Date	Championship	Race	Venue
1	Andy Holden	Birmingham	8:52.10	1977-06-14	IUAA Representative	3000mSC	Belfield
2	Pat O'Riordan	BLE Select	8:55.60	1977-06-14	IUAA Representative	3000mSC	Belfield
3	Enda Fitzpatrick	UCD	8:58.70	1986-05-02	T&F	3000mSC	Santry & College Park
4	Noel Harvey	TCD	8:58.90	1983-05-06 to 1983-05-07	T&F	3000mSC	Mary Peters
5	Fionnbar "Finny" Long	UCC	9:00.60	1974-05-03 to 1974-05-04	T&F	3000mSC	Belfield
6	Mark Kirwan	UCD	9:03.98	2009-04-24	T&F	3000mSC	Plassey
7	Eamon McMahon	UCD	9:05.00	1979-05-04 to 1979-05-05	T&F	3000mSC	Belfield
8	T. Curtin	QUB	9:05.00	1983-05-06 to 1983-05-07	T&F	3000mSC	Mary Peters
9	Rory Chesser	UL	9:08.40	2009-04-24	T&F	3000mSC	Plassey
10	Liam Reale	UL	9:08.71	2011-04-30	T&F	3000mSC	Antrim Forum
11	John Hartnett	TCE	9:09.80	1978-05-05 to 1978-05-06	T&F	3000mSC	Mary Peters
12	Fionnbar "Finny" Long	UCC	9:09.90	1973-05-11 to 1973-05-12	T&F	3000mSC	Shaw's Bridge
13	Gerard "Ger" Cagney	UCD	9:10.90	1989-05-05 to 1989-05-06	T&F	3000mSC	Mary Peters
14	Eugene O'Neill	TCD	9:10.90	2003-04-25	T&F	3000mSC	Dangan & Tullamore Track
15	Mark Kirwan	TCD	9:11.33	2007-04-14	T&F	3000mSC	Santry
16	Gerard "Ger" Cagney	IUAA	9:12.46	1995-06-20	Celtic T&F	3000mSC	Antrim Forum
17	Gary Crossan	IUAA	9:12.60	1996-06-25	Celtic T&F	3000mSC	Antrim Forum
18	Kingston H.G. Mills	TCD	9:12.80	1979-05-04 to 1979-05-05	T&F	3000mSC	Belfield
19	Darin Shearer	H & Y	9:13.41	1995-06-20	Celtic T&F	3000mSC	Antrim Forum
20	S. McArthur	QUB	9:13.50	1978-05-05 to 1978-05-06	T&F	3000mSC	Mary Peters

Best Female performances in 3000m Steeplechase

Rank	Athlete	College	Mark	Date	Championship	Race	Venue
1	Fionnuala Britton	DCU	10:07.08	2007-04-13	T&F	3000mSC	Santry
2	Fionnuala Britton	DCU	10:26.94	2005-04-23	T&F	3000mSC	Irishtown Stadium & Belfield
3	Fionnuala Britton	DCU	10:35.58	2006-04-22	T&F	3000mSC	Antrim Forum
4	Linda Byrne	DCU	10:43.72	2007-04-13	T&F	3000mSC	Santry
5	Michelle Harvey	UL	10:52.88	2005-04-23	T&F	3000mSC	Irishtown Stadium & Belfield
6	Linda Byrne	DCU	11:12.19	2008-04-19	T&F	3000mSC	Irishtown Stadium & Belfield
7	Una Britton	UL	11:20.26	2012-04-21	T&F	3000mSC	Athlone Institute of Technology
8	Bryony Treston	TCD	11:22.07	2010-04-24	T&F	3000mSC	Santry
9	Becky Woods	TCD	11:23.40	2013-04-12 to 2013-04-13	T&F	3000mSC	Mardyke & Bishopstown
10	Cora Russell	UCD	11:35.03	2006-04-22	T&F	3000mSC	Antrim Forum
11	Bryony Treston	TCD	11:36.50	2007-04-13	T&F	3000mSC	Santry
12	Ellen Diskin	DCU	11:39.57	2006-04-22	T&F	3000mSC	Antrim Forum
13	Fiona Clinton	CAI	11:40.36	2012-04-21	T&F	3000mSC	Athlone Institute of Technology
14	Eleanor Griffiths	TCD	11:45.46	2005-04-23	T&F	3000mSC	Irishtown Stadium & Belfield
15	Maire Ní Camhlaibh	DCU	11:51.97	2010-04-24	T&F	3000mSC	Santry
16	Bryony Treston	TCD	12:07.10	2013-04-12 to 2013-04-13	T&F	3000mSC	Mardyke & Bishopstown
17	Aoife O'Connor	UCD	12:13.20	2013-04-12 to 2013-04-13	T&F	3000mSC	Mardyke & Bishopstown
18	Bryony Treston	TCD	12:27.04	2008-04-19	T&F	3000mSC	Irishtown Stadium & Belfield
19	Fionnula Mulroy	UL	12:29.23	2011-04-30	T&F	3000mSC	Antrim Forum
20	Shauna Moran	UCD	12:32.30	2013-04-12 to 2013-04-13	T&F	3000mSC	Mardyke & Bishopstown

Outdoor Male record progression in 3000m Steeplechase

Athlete	College	Mark	Date	Venue
Fionnbar "Finny" Long	UCC	9:51.80	1972-05-05 to 1972-05-06	Santry & College Park
Fionnbar "Finny" Long	UCC	9:09.90	1973-05-11 to 1973-05-12	Shaw's Bridge
Fionnbar "Finny" Long	UCC	9:00.60	1974-05-03 to 1974-05-04	Belfield
Noel Harvey	TCD	8:58.90	1983-05-06 to 1983-05-07	Mary Peters
Enda Fitzpatrick	UCD	8:58.70	1986-05-02	Santry & College Park

Outdoor Female record progression in 3000m Steeplechase

Athlete	College	Mark	Date	Venue
Fionnuala Britton	DCU	10:26.94	2005-04-23	Irishtown Stadium & Belfield
Fionnuala Britton	DCU	10:07.08	2007-04-13	Santry

T&F Male medalists in 3000m Steeplechase

Date	Event	Athlete	College	Mark	Athlete	College	Mark	Athlete	College	Mark
1972-05-05 to 1972-05-06	3000mSC	Fionnbar "Finny" Long	UCC	9:51.80	John Allen	NUU	10:16.80	Gerry Staunton	UCG	10:24.50
1973-05-11 to 1973-05-12	3000mSC	Fionnbar "Finny" Long	UCC	9:09.90	John Allen	QUB	9:46.00	Michael "Mick" McKeown	UCD	10:01.00
1974-05-03 to 1974-05-04	3000mSC	Fionnbar "Finny" Long	UCC	9:00.60	James "Jim" McGuinness	QUB	9:25.30	Liam O'Brien	NCPE	9:25.40
1975-05-02 to 1975-05-03	3000mSC	Fionnbar "Finny" Long	UCC	NT	Liam O'Brien	NCPE	NT	Brendan O'Neill	UCG	NT
1976-04-30 to 1976-05-01	3000mSC	Fionnbar "Finny" Long	UCC	9:15.20	Brendan O'Neill	UCG	9:19.40	John Hartnett	NCPE	9:21.40
1977-05-07	3000mSC	John Baillie	QUB	9:23.00	Gerry Brady	UCD	9:34.00	Owen F.M. Lynch	TCD	9:54.20
1978-05-05 to 1978-05-06	3000mSC	John Hartnett	TCE	9:09.80	S. McArthur	QUB	9:13.50	Eamon McMahon	UCD	9:27.90
1979-05-04 to 1979-05-05	3000mSC	Eamon McMahon	UCD	9:05.00	Kingston H.G. Mills	TCD	9:12.80	Brendan Hilliard	UCD	9:40.10
1980-05-02 to 1980-05-03	3000mSC	Kingston H.G. Mills	TCD	9:19.80	Noel Harvey	TCD	9:33.00	William "Billy" Horgan	UCC	9:46.80
1981-05-01 to 1981-05-02	3000mSC	Daniel Edward "Donal" O'Mahony	TCD	9:45.00	Raymond Cox	UCD	NT	Brendan Hilliard	UCD	NT
1982-04-30 to 1982-05-01	3000mSC	Senan O'Reilly	UCD	9:38.00	Daniel Edward "Donal" O'Mahony	TCD	9:51.00	C. O'Rourke	UCC	10:02.00
1983-05-06 to 1983-05-07	3000mSC	Noel Harvey	TCD	8:58.90	T. Curtin	QUB	9:05.00	Brendan Hilliard	UCD	9:38.00
1984-05-04 to 1984-05-05	3000mSC	Raymond Cox	UCD	9:24.90	G. Grant	QUB	NT	Peter Fagan	TCE	NT
1985-05-03 to 1985-05-04	3000mSC	Michael "Mick" Kelleher	UCC	9:25.20	D. Gawn	UU	9:45.30	Kevin Keelihan	UCD	9:45.70
1986-05-02	3000mSC	Enda Fitzpatrick	UCD	8:58.70	Cyril Whelan	UCG	NT	Gabriel Martin McNulty	TCD	NT
1988-04-29 to 1988-04-30	3000mSC	Donnacha O'Mahony	UCC	9:22.40	Gerard "Ger" Cagney	UCD	9:23.04	Sean Foley	TCE	9:44.50
1989-05-05 to 1989-05-06	3000mSC	Gerard "Ger" Cagney	UCD	9:10.90	A. Keys	QUB	9:30.20	David Dunwoody	QUB	9:52.30
1990-04-27 to 1990-04-28	3000mSC	David Dunwoody	QUB	9:41.22	Eric O'Donnell	UCD	9:54.84	Manus Coyle	QUB	9:58.00
1991-05-03 to 1991-05-04	3000mSC	Donnacha O'Mahony	UCC	9:48.61	Senan O'Reilly	UCD	NT	David Dunwoody	QUB	NT
1992-04-24 to 1992-04-25	3000mSC	Gerard "Ger" Cagney	QUB	9:24.57	David Dunwoody	QUB	10:02.05	Manus Coyle	QUB	10:10.20
1993-04-23 to 1993-04-24	3000mSC	David Dunwoody	QUB	10:02.09	Daragh Byrne	DCU	10:03.22	Padraig Farrell	UCG	10:03.60
1994-04-22 to 1994-04-23	3000mSC	David Dunwoody (OYD)	QUB	9:43.04	Padraig Farrell	UCG	9:47.22	Conor Curran	QUB	9:58.20
1995-04-21 to 1995-04-22	3000mSC	Gerard "Ger" Cagney	QUB	9:22.04	Kieran Lambe	UCC	9:42.12	Dave Maley	QUB	9:46.72
1996-04-19 to 1996-04-20	3000mSC	Gary Crossan	Limavady HEC	9:29.00	Kieran Lambe	UCC	9:38.30	Ian O'Sullivan	Cork RTC	10:06.30
1997-04-26	3000mSC	Gary Crossan	UU	9:46.42	Ian O'Sullivan	UCC	9:49.56	Hugh Fitzmaurice	UCD	9:54.40
1998-04-24 to 1998-04-25	3000mSC	Eugene O'Neill	DIT	9:34.92	Ian O'Sullivan	UCC	9:50.70	Loughlan Hart	WIT	9:50.96
1999-04-23 to 1999-04-24	3000mSC	Daniel Martinez	QUB	9:39.60	Joe O'Connor	IT Tralee	9:56.70	Ian O'Sullivan	UCC	9:58.50
2000-04-14	3000mSC	Eugene O'Neill	DIT	9:24.66	Robert Connolly	Portobello	9:37.34	Ian O'Sullivan	UCC	9:48.05
2001-04-20	3000mSC	Ian O'Sullivan	UCC	9:40.45	Emmet Dunleavy	NUIG	9:41.43	Neil Finnegan	WIT	10:58.73
2002-04-19 to 2002-04-20	3000mSC	Andrew Dunwoody (OYD)	QUB	9:49.70	Bryan McMahon	UCC	10:01.70	Joe O'Connor	IT Tralee	10:12.80
2003-04-25	3000mSC	Eugene O'Neill	TCD	9:10.90	Peter Coary	DCU	9:40.10	Emmett Dunleavy	NUIG	9:55.30
2004-04-16	3000mSC	Gareth Coghlan	UCD	9:38.88	Emmett Dunleavy	NUIG	9:50.02	Ian O'Sullivan	UCC	10:06.00
2005-04-22	3000mSC	Eugene O'Neill (OYD)	TCD	9:17.76	Philip Conway	UCD	9:34.81	Colm Turner	DCU	9:59.22
2006-04-21	3000mSC	Mark Kirwan	TCD	9:22.86	Eoin McCormack	DCU	9:43.01	Noel Carroll	IT Sligo	9:47.10
2007-04-14	3000mSC	Mark Kirwan	TCD	9:11.33	Eoin McCormack	DCU	9:34.76	Rory Chesser	UL	9:38.56
2008-04-18	3000mSC	Rory Chesser	UL	9:28.06	Robert Corbally	UCD	10:06.87	Jason O'Byrne	DCU	10:09.52
2009-04-24	3000mSC	Mark Kirwan	UCD	9:03.98	Rory Chesser (OYD)	UL	9:08.40	Brian Farrell	DCU	9:14.13
2010-04-24	3000mSC	Patrick Flynn	WIT	9:48.81	Robert Corbally	UCD	9:52.69	Conor McGuinness	DCU	10:26.31
2011-04-30	3000mSC	Liam Reale	UL	9:08.71	Emmet Jennings	DCU	9:27.32	Robert Corbally	UCD	9:43.07
2012-04-20	3000mSC	Emmet Jennings	DCU	9:25.18	Jayme Rossiter	DCU	9:29.86	Brian McGinley	WIT	9:43.74
2013-04-12 to 2013-04-13	3000mSC	Emmet Jennings	DCU	9:36.50	Jayme Rossiter	DCU	9:42.90	Robert Corbally	UCD	9:51.90

T&F Female medalists in 3000m Steeplechase

Date	Event	Athlete	College	Mark	Athlete	College	Mark	Athlete	College	Mark
2005-04-23	3000mSC	Fionnuala Britton	DCU	10:26.94	Michelle Harvey	UL	10:52.88	Eleanor Griffiths	TCD	11:45.46
2006-04-22	3000mSC	Fionnuala Britton	DCU	10:35.58	Cora Russell	UCD	11:35.03	Ellen Diskin	DCU	11:39.57
2007-04-13	3000mSC	Fionnuala Britton	DCU	10:07.08	Linda Byrne	DCU	10:43.72	Bryony Treston	TCD	11:36.50
2008-04-19	3000mSC	Linda Byrne	DCU	11:12.19	Bryony Treston	TCD	12:27.04	Roisin Neary	UCD	13:22.67
2010-04-24	3000mSC	Bryony Treston	TCD	11:22.07	Maire Ní Camhlaibh	DCU	11:51.97	Katie McLean	TCD	13:57.70
2011-04-30	3000mSC	Fionnula Mulroy	UL	12:29.23	Tara Rhattigan	UCC	13:50.44	Arlene O'Neill	TCD	14:01.98
2012-04-21	3000mSC	Una Britton	UL	11:20.26	Fiona Clinton	CAI	11:40.36	Shauna Moran	UCD	13:10.15
2013-04-12 to 2013-04-13	3000mSC	Becky Woods	TCD	11:23.40	Bryony Treston (OYD)	TCD	12:07.10	Aoife O'Connor	UCD	12:13.20

Winning performances in 3000m Steeplechase

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