5000m

Table of Contents:

• Best Male performances in 5000m
• Best Female performances in 5000m
• Outdoor Male record progression in 5000m
• Outdoor Female record progression in 5000m
• T&F Male medalists in 5000m / 3 Miles
• T&F Female medalists in 5000m / 3 Miles
• Winning performances in 5000m / 3 Miles

Best Male performances in 5000m

Rank	Athlete	College	Mark	Date	Championship	Race	Venue
1	Neil Cusack	BLE Select	14:05.10	1977-06-14	IUAA Representative	5000m	Belfield
2	Paul Lawthor	QUB	14:09.20	1978-05-05 to 1978-05-06	T&F	5000m	Mary Peters
3	Ray Treacy	BLE Select	14:10.40	1977-06-14	IUAA Representative	5000m	Belfield
4	Paul Lawthor	QUB	14:12.60	1977-05-07	T&F	5000m	Santry & College Park
5	Noel Harvey	TCD	14:17.50	1983-05-06 to 1983-05-07	T&F	5000m	Mary Peters
6	Gerry Finnegan	IUAA	14:19.20	1977-06-14	IUAA Representative	5000m	Belfield
7	Mark Christie	DCU	14:19.40	2006-04-22	T&F	5000m	Antrim Forum
8	Dermot Donnelly	IUAA	14:23.76	1993-06-22	Celtic T&F	5000m	Antrim Forum
9	A. McKean	SU	14:28.40	1971-05-22	Internationals	5000m	Belfield
10	Noel Richardson	TCE	14:28.80	1987-05-08 to 1987-05-09	T&F	5000m	Antrim Forum
11	John Coghlan	DCU	14:29.61	2013-04-12 to 2013-04-13	T&F	5000m	Mardyke & Bishopstown
12	John McLaughlin	QUB	14:29.80	1974-05-03 to 1974-05-04	T&F	5000m	Belfield
13	Eamon McMahon	UCD	14:30.10	1979-05-23	Colours T&F	5000m	College Park
14	T. Curtin	QUB	14:30.90	1984-05-04 to 1984-05-05	T&F	5000m	Belfield
15	Mark Christie	DCU	14:33.90	2005-04-23	T&F	5000m	Irishtown Stadium & Belfield
16	Tony O'Leary	UCC	14:34.00	1974-05-03 to 1974-05-04	T&F	5000m	Belfield
17	Fionnbar "Finny" Long	UCC	14:34.10	1975-05-02 to 1975-05-03	T&F	5000m	Mardyke
18	M. Hallinan	UCD	14:34.70	1987-05-08 to 1987-05-09	T&F	5000m	Antrim Forum
19	Noel Harvey	TCD	14:35.00	1982-04-30 to 1982-05-01	T&F	5000m	Santry & College Park
20	Kieran Lambe	UCC	14:37.50	1996-04-19 to 1996-04-20	T&F	5000m	Antrim Forum

Best Female performances in 5000m

Rank	Athlete	College	Mark	Date	Championship	Race	Venue
1	Rosemary Ryan	UL	16:08.86	2000-04-14	T&F	5000m	Plassey
2	Linda Byrne	DCU	16:45.41	2009-04-24	T&F	5000m	Plassey
3	Siobhan Doherty	UL	16:46.38	2007-04-13	T&F	5000m	Santry
4	Linda Byrne	DCU	16:47.79	2010-04-23	T&F	5000m	Santry
5	Frances Nic Réamoinn	UL	16:51.80	2007-04-13	T&F	5000m	Santry
6	Niamh Devlin	DCU	16:55.04	2006-04-21	T&F	5000m	Antrim Forum
7	Niamh Devlin	DCU	17:05.33	2007-04-13	T&F	5000m	Santry
8	Jill Bruce	UU	17:07.80	1996-04-19 to 1996-04-20	T&F	5000m	Antrim Forum
9	Niamh Devlin	DCU	17:11.59	2005-04-22	T&F	5000m	Irishtown Stadium & Belfield
10	Fionnuala Britton	DCU	17:18.11	2009-04-24	T&F	5000m	Plassey
11	Mary Margaret Meade	UU	17:21.19	2007-04-13	T&F	5000m	Santry
12	Rosemary Ryan	UL	17:37.70	1995-04-21 to 1995-04-22	T&F	5000m	Mardyke
13	Eimear O'Brien	UL	17:39.79	2012-04-20	T&F	5000m	Athlone Institute of Technology
14	Kathryn Casserly	NUIG	17:41.47	2004-04-16	T&F	5000m	Mardyke & Bishopstown
15	Una Britton	UL	17:45.20	2013-04-12 to 2013-04-13	T&F	5000m	Mardyke & Bishopstown
16	Maria Halley	UCD	17:46.84	2007-04-13	T&F	5000m	Santry
17	Angela Shine	UCC	17:47.70	1995-04-21 to 1995-04-22	T&F	5000m	Mardyke
18	Orla Touhy	UCC	17:51.15	2004-04-16	T&F	5000m	Mardyke & Bishopstown
19	Laura Shaughnessy	UCD	17:51.58	2012-04-20	T&F	5000m	Athlone Institute of Technology
20	Hazel Murphy	DCU	17:52.00	2008-04-18	T&F	5000m	Irishtown Stadium & Belfield

Outdoor Male record progression in 5000m

Athlete	College	Mark	Date	Venue
Joe J. Scanlon	UCG	15:20.20	1970-05-09	Belfield
Joe J. Scanlon	UCG	14:42.40	1972-05-05 to 1972-05-06	Santry & College Park
John McLaughlin	QUB	14:29.80	1974-05-03 to 1974-05-04	Belfield
Paul Lawthor	QUB	14:12.60	1977-05-07	Santry & College Park
Paul Lawthor	QUB	14:09.20	1978-05-05 to 1978-05-06	Mary Peters

Outdoor Female record progression in 5000m

Athlete	College	Mark	Date	Venue
Rosemary Ryan	UL	17:37.70	1995-04-21 to 1995-04-22	Mardyke
Jill Bruce	UU	17:07.80	1996-04-19 to 1996-04-20	Antrim Forum
Rosemary Ryan	UL	16:08.86	2000-04-14	Plassey

T&F Male medalists in 5000m / 3 Miles

Date	Event	Athlete	College	Mark	Athlete	College	Mark	Athlete	College	Mark
1922-06-10	3 Miles	William F.W. Marks	TCD	17:15.00	R.B. Jagoe	UCC	NT	Derek St. Clair MacKenzie	TCD	NT
1952-05-22	3 Miles	D. Dawn	UCC	16:33.00	L. Fitzgerald	UCD		P.J. Quinn	UCD
1964-05-09	3 Miles	P. Riordan	UCC	15:16.80	Ciarán DeBarra	UCC	NT	A.N. Other	TCD
1965-05-08	3 Miles	Sean Brosnan	UCC	15:39.00	V. Riordan	UCC	NT	Jack Hensey	UCD	NT
1966-05-07	3 Miles	Patrick "Pat" O'Riordan	UCC	14:57.50	W. Long	UCC	NT	Gerry McKeever	UCD	NT
1967-05-05	3 Miles	Patrick "Pat" O'Riordan	UCC	14:51.50	Liam Long	UCC	14:52.40	Jack Hensey	UCD	15:36.00
1968-05-11	3 Miles	Malcolm Edgar	QUB	14:37.40	Jimmy Dripps	QUB	14:46.40	Jim Quinn	UCD	14:57.00
1969-05-03	3 Miles	Malcolm Edgar	QUB	14:17.00	Joe J. Scanlon	UCG	14:30.50	Murt Coleman	UCG	15:27.20
1970-05-09	5000m	Joe J. Scanlon	UCG	15:20.20	Robert "Bobby" Buckley	SPM	15:30.10	Kenneth Adrian "Ken" Millington	TCD	15:49.60
1971-05-07 to 1971-05-08	5000m	John Bailey	QUB	15:25.00	Fionnbar "Finny" Long	UCC	15:36.60	Robert Benjamin Walker	TCD	15:41.00
1972-05-05 to 1972-05-06	5000m	Joe J. Scanlon	UCG	14:42.40	Robert Benjamin Walker	TCD	14:56.20	Michael "Mick" McKeown	UCD	15:06.80
1973-05-11 to 1973-05-12	5000m	Tony O'Leary	UCC	15:03.00	Gerry Hannon	QUB	15:07.00	Gerry Staunton	UCG	15:15.50
1974-05-03 to 1974-05-04	5000m	John McLaughlin	QUB	14:29.80	Tony O'Leary	UCC	14:34.00	John B. Doherty	UCG	14:51.40
1975-05-02 to 1975-05-03	5000m	Fionnbar "Finny" Long	UCC	14:34.10	Gerry Finnegan	UCD	14:41.20	Gerry Staunton	UCG	14:43.30
1976-04-30 to 1976-05-01	5000m	Gerry Finnegan	UCD	14:44.80	John Bolger	UCD	14:45.90	Gerry Staunton	UCG	14:46.20
1977-05-07	5000m	Paul Lawthor	QUB	14:12.60	Gerry Finnegan	UCD	14:43.60	John Bolger	UCD	14:43.80
1978-05-05 to 1978-05-06	5000m	Paul Lawthor	QUB	14:09.20	Patrick Joseph Coyle	UCG	14:50.70	John O'Toole	UCD	14:51.30
1979-05-04 to 1979-05-05	5000m	Kingston H.G. Mills	TCD	14:44.20	Brendan Hilliard	UCD	14:53.20	Ronan Murtagh	UCD	14:56.00
1980-05-02 to 1980-05-03	5000m	Kingston H.G. Mills	TCD	14:39.40	Robert J. "Roy" Dooney	TCD	14:42.00	William "Billy" Horgan	UCC	15:06.80
1981-05-01 to 1981-05-02	5000m	Noel Harvey	TCD	14:50.70	Brendan Hilliard	UCD	NT	S. Larskey	QUB	NT
1982-04-30 to 1982-05-01	5000m	Noel Harvey	TCD	14:35.00	Brendan Hilliard	UCD	15:53.00	Robin Clow Bryson	TCD	15:48.00
1983-05-06 to 1983-05-07	5000m	Noel Harvey	TCD	14:17.50	Brendan Hilliard	UCD	14:40.40	Francis Sharkey	QUB	14:48.50
1984-05-04 to 1984-05-05	5000m	T. Curtin	QUB	14:30.90	Brendan Hilliard	UCD	NT	Ian Legge	QUB	NT
1985-05-03 to 1985-05-04	5000m	Enda Fitzpatrick	UCD	14:42.20	Robin Clow Bryson	QUB	14:48.40	Michael "Mick" Kelleher	UCC	14:48.50
1986-05-02 to 1986-05-03	5000m	Noel Harvey	TCD	14:43.00	Brendan Hilliard	UCD	14:51.00	Dean O'Driscoll	UCC	15:24.00
1987-05-08 to 1987-05-09	5000m	Noel Richardson	TCE	14:28.80	M. Hallinan	UCD	14:34.70	Robin Clow Bryson	QUB	14:43.70
1988-04-29 to 1988-04-30	5000m	Donnacha O'Mahony	UCC	15:25.61	Joseph W. "Joe" Peppard	TCD	15:28.60	Gerard "Ger" Cagney	UCD	15:40.10
1989-05-05 to 1989-05-06	5000m	D. Kelleher	UCD	15:17.80	Robert Collins	UCC	15:38.90	Ian O'Neill	UU	15:45.60
1990-04-27 to 1990-04-28	5000m	Pat Moloney	UCD	15:25.00	Eoin Brady	TCE	NT	Dermott DeBurca	UCD	NT
1991-05-03 to 1991-05-04	5000m	Donnacha O'Mahony	UCC	14:37.58	Dermot Donnelly	QUB	NT	Senan O'Reilly	UCD	NT
1992-04-24 to 1992-04-25	5000m	John Burke	UCD	15:10.00	Tom O'Connor	DCU	15:30.30	David Healy	DCU	15:56.10
1993-04-23 to 1993-04-24	5000m	Bobby Farren	UU	14:39.50	Anthony "Tony" O'Halloran (OYD)	DCU	15:03.30	David Healy	DCU	15:31.70
1994-04-22 to 1994-04-23	5000m	Bryan Conway	QUB	15:36.70	Padraig Farrell	UCG	15:37.30	Ian O'Leary (OYD)	UCC	15:39.10
1995-04-21 to 1995-04-22	5000m	Kieran Lambe	UCC	14:57.12	Padraig Farrell	UCG	15:10.50	Roy Fahy	Cork RTC	15:18.98
1996-04-19 to 1996-04-20	5000m	Kieran Lambe	UCC	14:37.50	Dave Maley	QUB	15:09.40	David Simpson	UU	15:25.80
1997-04-25	5000m	Nigel Brunton	UCD	14:49.45	Kieran Lambe	UCC	15:01.72	Barry Hannon	Letterkenny RTC	15:02.82
1998-04-24 to 1998-04-25	5000m	Nigel Brunton	UCD	15:24.60	Fiachra Lombard	UCC	15:27.70	Rory Byrne	DCU	15:28.10
1999-04-23 to 1999-04-24	5000m	Paul McNamara	NUIG	15:17.53	Daniel Martinez	QUB	15:20.15	Iain Morrison	TCD	15:38.30
2000-04-15	5000m	Fiachra Lombard	UCC	14:53.24	Martin Fay	NUIM	15:05.21	Paul Fleming	IT Tallaght	15:13.46
2001-04-21	5000m	Robert Connolly	Portobello	15:04.20	Bryan Conway	QUB	15:32.77	Vincent McGuinness	UL	15:38.18
2002-04-19 to 2002-04-20	5000m	David Kelly	IT Tallaght	16:50.11	Paul Fleming (OYD)	IT Tallaght	16:50.61	Andrew Dunwoody (OYD)	QUB	16:52.05
2003-04-26	5000m	Mark Kenneally	TCD	15:15.02	Patrick White	UCD	15:22.13	Kevin Seaward	UU	15:23.12
2004-04-17	5000m	Mark Christie	DCU	NT	Gary Hynes	DIT	NT	Eugene O'Neill	TCD	NT
2005-04-23	5000m	Mark Christie	DCU	14:33.90	Joe Sweeney	UCD	14:44.66	Gareth Coghlan	UCD	14:44.68
2006-04-22	5000m	Mark Christie	DCU	14:19.40	Fintan McGee	TCD	15:03.10	Fergus Meade	UCC	15:10.60
2007-04-14	5000m	Mark Christie	DCU	14:45.67	John Eves	UCD	15:15.72	Fergus Meade (OYD)	UCC	15:23.22
2008-04-19	5000m	Rory Chesser	UL	14:48.84	Michael Clohisey	UCD	14:53.33	Dan Mulhare (OYD)	WIT	15:01.01
2009-04-25	5000m	Breandan O'Neill	DCU	15:03.65	Des Earls	DCU	15:28.35	Andrew Agnew	QUB	15:30.00
2010-04-24	5000m	Breandan O'Neill	DCU	14:51.05	Liam Tremble	TCD	15:11.94	Jason Fahy	WIT	15:13.02
2011-04-30	5000m	Sanchez Alberta	IT Sligo	14:52.94	John Coghlan	DCU	14:56.29	Andrew Agnew	QUB	15:03.93
2012-04-21	5000m	John Coghlan	DCU	14:56.97	Liam Brady	DIT	15:14.01	Liam Tremble	TCD	15:21.17
2013-04-12 to 2013-04-13	5000m	John Coghlan	DCU	14:29.61	Ben Thistlewood	UCC	15:04.60	James Grufferty	CIT	15:08.88

T&F Female medalists in 5000m / 3 Miles

Date	Event	Athlete	College	Mark	Athlete	College	Mark	Athlete	College	Mark
1995-04-21 to 1995-04-22	5000m	Rosemary Ryan	UL	17:37.70	Angela Shine	UCC	17:47.70	Eimear Smith	UCD	18:23.30
1996-04-19 to 1996-04-20	5000m	Jill Bruce	UU	17:07.80	Bríd Ní Chonaill	UCC	18:20.80	Ruth Murphy	UCD	18:35.90
1997-04-25 to 1997-04-26	5000m	Fiona McGann	DIT	18:33.00	Siobhán Walsh	UCD	18:35.68	Orla O'Mahoney	UCD	19:08.52
1998-04-24 to 1998-04-25	5000m	Siobhán Walsh	UCD	18:46.60	Fionnuala Keane	NUIG	19:49.96	Eimear Smith	UCD	20:16.68
1999-04-23 to 1999-04-24	5000m	Tanya Strevens	TCD	18:56.34	Karina Teahan	UCD	19:01.41	Siobhán Walsh	UCD	19:09.26
2000-04-14	5000m	Rosemary Ryan	UL	16:08.86	Rene Mulligan	UCD	18:05.71	Fionnuala Keane	NUIG	18:40.42
2001-04-20	5000m	Elaine O'Donoghue	UL	18:43.82	Tanya Strevens	TCD	19:37.37	Theresa O'Hanlon	UL	19:55.96
2002-04-19 to 2002-04-20	5000m	Suzanne McCormick	QUB	18:13.78	Fiona Mahon	DCU	18:54.07	Jane Cahill	NUIM	19:09.79
2003-04-25	5000m	Fiona Mahon	DCU	18:30.64	Siobhán O'Doherty	UL	18:36.34	Eimear O'Brien	UCD	18:42.95
2004-04-16	5000m	Kathryn Casserly (OYD)	NUIG	17:41.47	Orla Touhy	UCC	17:51.15	Siobhán O'Doherty	UL	17:54.78
2005-04-22	5000m	Niamh Devlin	DCU	17:11.59	Fiona McGreevy	DCU	17:52.67	Siobhán O'Doherty	UL	17:57.15
2006-04-21	5000m	Niamh Devlin	DCU	16:55.04	Fiona McGreevy	DCU	18:33.07	Maria Halley	UCD	18:42.81
2007-04-13	5000m	Siobhan Doherty (OYD)	UL	16:46.38	Frances Nic Réamoinn	UL	16:51.80	Niamh Devlin	DCU	17:05.33
2008-04-18	5000m	Hazel Murphy	DCU	17:52.00	Maria Halley	UCD	18:07.94	Teresa McGloin	IT Sligo	18:12.63
2009-04-24	5000m	Linda Byrne (OYD)	DCU	16:45.41	Fionnuala Britton	DCU	17:18.11	Catherine Keily	TCD	19:34.45
2010-04-23	5000m	Linda Byrne	DCU	16:47.79	Bryony Treston	TCD	18:09.85	Karen Crossan	DCU	18:45.25
2011-04-29	5000m	Ciara Wilson	DCU	18:19.00	Karen Crossan	DCU	18:42.80	Laura Shaughnessy	UCD	18:50.10
2012-04-20	5000m	Eimear O'Brien	UL	17:39.79	Laura Shaughnessy	UCD	17:51.58	Fiona Clinton	CAI	18:10.06
2013-04-12 to 2013-04-13	5000m	Una Britton	UL	17:45.20	Ciara Wilson	DCU	18:25.54	Bryony Treston (OYD)	TCD	18:37.66

Winning performances in 5000m / 3 Miles

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