Pole Vault

Table of Contents:

• Best Male performances in Pole Vault
• Best Female performances in Pole Vault
• Indoor Male record progression in Pole Vault
• Indoor Female record progression in Pole Vault
• Outdoor Male record progression in Pole Vault
• Outdoor Female record progression in Pole Vault
• Indoor Male medalists in Pole Vault
• Outdoor Male medalists in Pole Vault
• Indoor Female medalists in Pole Vault
• Outdoor Female medalists in Pole Vault
• Winning performances in Pole Vault

Best Male performances in Pole Vault

Num	Athlete	College	Mark	Date	Championship	Race	Venue
1	Jesse Stern	H & Y	4.90	1995-06-20	Celtic T&F	PV	Antrim Forum
2	Stephen Brannon	H & Y	4.80	1995-06-20	Celtic T&F	PV	Antrim Forum
3	Neil Young	NI U23	4.70	1995-06-20	Celtic T&F	PV	Antrim Forum
4	Ruairi O'Briain	IUAA	4.60	2004-06-08	Celtic T&F	PV	Antrim Forum
5	Peter McLoughlin	UCD	4.56	1999-04-24	T&F	PV	Mary Peters
6	Ruairi O'Briain	IUAA	4.42	2002-06-18	Celtic T&F	PV	Antrim Forum
7	Liam Houlihan	UL	4.30	2006-12-03	Indoors	PV	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
8	Neil Young	NI U20	4.30	1993-06-22	Celtic T&F	PV	Antrim Forum
9	Anthony McCreery	DCU	4.30	2008-04-19	T&F	PV	Irishtown Stadium & Belfield
10	Anthony McCreery	DCU	4.30	2007-04-14	T&F	PV	Santry
11	Ruairi O'Briain	UCD	4.25	2004-12-04	Indoors	PV	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
12	Ruairi O'Briain	UCD	4.20	2001-12-08	Indoors	PV	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
13	Anthony McCreery	DCU	4.20	2006-12-03	Indoors	PV	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
14	Liam Hennessy	TCE	4.20	1980-05-02 to 1980-05-03	T&F	PV	Mardyke
15	Brendan McConville	NI U23	4.10	1997-06-24	Celtic T&F	PV	Antrim Forum
16	Malacahy Sheridan	NIHED	4.10	1985-05-03 to 1985-05-04	T&F	PV	Mardyke
17	Brendan McConville	NI U23	4.10	2000-06-20	Celtic T&F	PV	Antrim Forum
18	Liam Houlihan	UL	4.05	2004-12-04	Indoors	PV	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
19	Ruairi O'Briain	UCD	4.00	2004-02-07	Indoors	PV	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
20	Stuart Greene	IUAA	4.00	2005-06-07	Celtic T&F	PV	Antrim Forum

Best Female performances in Pole Vault

Num	Athlete	College	Mark	Date	Championship	Race	Venue
1	Zoe Brown	NI U23	3.70	2002-06-18	Celtic T&F	PV	Antrim Forum
2	Erin Kinnear	NI U23	3.30	2002-06-18	Celtic T&F	PV	Antrim Forum
3	Juliet Claffey	IUAA	3.10	2000-06-20	Celtic T&F	PV	Antrim Forum
4	Edel O'Meara	NUIG	3.00	2007-04-14	T&F	PV	Santry
5	Edel O'Meara	NUIG	2.92	2004-02-07	Indoors	PV	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
6	Edel O'Meara	NUIG	2.85	2006-12-03	Indoors	PV	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
7	Margaret O'Halloran	UCD	2.81	2000-12-01 to 2000-12-02	Indoors	PV	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
8	Juliet Claffey	UL	2.80	1999-12-03 to 1999-12-04	Indoors	PV	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
9	Edel O'Meara	NUIG	2.80	2001-12-08	Indoors	PV	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
10	Margaret O'Halloran	IUAA	2.80	1998-06-23	Celtic T&F	PV	Antrim Forum
11	Claire Wilkinson	NI U23	2.75	2005-06-07	Celtic T&F	PV	Antrim Forum
12	Zoe Brown	NI U23	2.70	2000-06-20	Celtic T&F	PV	Antrim Forum
13	Juliet Claffey	UL	2.67	2000-04-14	T&F	PV	Plassey
14	Edel O'Meara	NUIG	2.65	2005-12-11	Indoors	PV	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
15	Tara Mooney	NI U23	2.60	2000-06-20	Celtic T&F	PV	Antrim Forum
16	Edel O'Meara	NUIG	2.60	2002-12-07	Indoors	PV	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
17	Edel O'Meara	NUIG	2.60	2005-04-23	T&F	PV	Irishtown Stadium & Belfield
18	Jacqui Marshall	SU	2.60	2000-06-20	Celtic T&F	PV	Antrim Forum
19	Ruth Collins	TCD	2.60	2002-12-07	Indoors	PV	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
20	Maria Alvarez	DCU	2.55	2005-12-11	Indoors	PV	Nenagh Olympic Stadium

Indoor Male record progression in Pole Vault

Athlete	College	Mark	Date	Venue
Brian Deasy	CIT	3.40	1998-12-11 to 1998-12-12	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
Ronan Curran	UCC	3.40	1998-12-11 to 1998-12-12	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
Ronan Curran	UCC	3.40	2000-12-01 to 2000-12-02	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
Ruairi O'Briain	UCD	4.20	2001-12-08	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
Ruairi O'Briain (OYD)	UCD	4.25	2004-12-04	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
Liam Houlihan	UL	4.30	2006-12-03	Nenagh Olympic Stadium

Indoor Female record progression in Pole Vault

Athlete	College	Mark	Date	Venue
Juliet Claffey	UL	2.20	1998-12-11 to 1998-12-12	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
Juliet Claffey	UL	2.80	1999-12-03 to 1999-12-04	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
Margaret O'Halloran	UCD	2.81	2000-12-01 to 2000-12-02	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
Edel O'Meara	NUIG	2.92	2004-02-07	Nenagh Olympic Stadium

Outdoor Male record progression in Pole Vault

Athlete	College	Mark	Date	Venue
B. Beirne	UCD	9″6′	1952-05-22	Galway
Frank Cruess Callaghan	UCD	10″3¾′	1953-07-15	Belfield
Brian Gallagher	UCD	10″6½′	1954-05-22	Belfield
Brian Gallagher	UCD	10″7′	1955-05-19	Galway
Brian Gallagher	UCD	10″8⅞′	1957-05-18	Belfield
Pat McGrath	UCC	11″0′	1962-05-17	Galway
Pat McGrath	UCC	11″7′	1963-05-11	Mardyke
Liam Gleeson	UCD	12″0′	1965-05-08	Galway
Liam Gleeson	UCD	12″6′	1966-05-07	Belfield
Liam Gleeson	UCG	13″0′	1970-05-09	Belfast
Liam Hennessy	TCE	4.00	1979-05-04 to 1979-05-05	Belfield
Liam Hennessy	TCE	4.20	1980-05-02 to 1980-05-03	Mardyke
Peter McLoughlin	UCD	4.56	1999-04-24	Mary Peters

Outdoor Female record progression in Pole Vault

Athlete	College	Mark	Date	Venue
Margaret O'Halloran	UCD	2.40	1998-04-24 to 1998-04-25	Belfield
Juliet Claffey	UL	2.41	1999-04-23 to 1999-04-24	Mary Peters
Juliet Claffey	UL	2.67	2000-04-14	Plassey
Edel O'Meara	NUIG	3.00	2007-04-14	Santry

Indoor Male medalists in Pole Vault

Date	Athlete	College	Mark	Athlete	College	Mark	Athlete	College	Mark
1998-12-11 to 1998-12-12	Brian Deasy	CIT	3.40	Ronan Curran	UCC	3.40	Brendan Bourke	UL	2.90
1999-12-03 to 1999-12-04	Declan Byrne	UL	3.20	Eoin Naughton	IT Carlow	3.00	Jerome Perrot	IT Tralee	3.00
2000-12-01 to 2000-12-02	Ronan Curran	UCC	3.40	Brendan Bourke	UL	3.00	Nigel Purcell	TCD	2.90
2001-12-08	Ruairi O'Briain	UCD	4.20	Aubrey Storey	TCD	2.60	Kevin Burke	UL	2.50
2002-12-07	Liam Houlihan	WIT	3.60	Jerome Perrot	IT Tralee	3.40	Paul Campbell	TCD	3.00
2004-02-07	Ruairi O'Briain	UCD	4.00	Liam Houlihan	WIT	3.70	Kevin Grant	UL	3.00
2004-12-04	Ruairi O'Briain (OYD)	UCD	4.25	Liam Houlihan	UL	4.05	Stuart Greene	TCD	3.65
2005-12-11	Liam Houlihan	UL	4.00	Stuart Greene	TCD	3.80	Kyle Corrigan	UU	3.80
2006-12-03	Liam Houlihan	UL	4.30	Anthony McCreery	DCU	4.20	Stuart Greene	TCD	3.80

Outdoor Male medalists in Pole Vault

Date	Athlete	College	Mark	Athlete	College	Mark	Athlete	College	Mark
1952-05-22	B. Beirne	UCD	9″6′	M. Quaid	UCD	9″0′	P. Hardwick	UCC	8″6′
1953-07-15	Frank Cruess Callaghan	UCD	10″3¾′	Brian Gallagher	UCD	9″0′
1954-05-22	Brian Gallagher	UCD	10″6½′	B. Hurley	UCC	9″9′	Frank Cruess Callaghan	UCD	8″6′
1955-05-19	Brian Gallagher	UCD	10″7′	M. Costello	UCG	9″10′	P.J. Nolan	UCD	9″10′
1956-05-16	P.J. Nolan	UCD	10″6′	B. Kelleher	UCD	10″3′	M. Costello	UCG	9″7′
1957-05-18	Brian Gallagher	UCD	10″8⅞′	T. O'Callaghan	UCC	9″6′	M. Costello	UCG	9″6′
1958-07-28	Terry O'Callaghan	UCC	10″0′	Brian Gallagher	UCD	10″0′
1959-05-13	D. Kerins	UCG	9″6′	T. O'Callaghan	UCC	9″3′	E. Eidusogie	UCC	9″0′
1960-05-14	Denis Twomey	UCD	10″0′	Pat McGrath	UCC	9″6′	Liam O'Carroll	UCD	9″0′
1961-05-06	Denis Twomey	UCD	10″6′	S. Murphy	UCG	10″3′	D. McSweeney	UCC	10″0′
1962-05-17	Pat McGrath	UCC	11″0′	S. Murphy	UCG	10″6′	F. Kerrane	UCG	10″0′
1963-05-11	Pat McGrath	UCC	11″7′	Denis Twomey	UCD	11″0′	John Lane	UCD	11″0′
1965-05-08	Liam Gleeson	UCD	12″0′	John Lane	UCD	11″6′	G. Murphy	UCG	11″0′
1966-05-07	Liam Gleeson	UCD	12″6′	John Lane	UCD	11″0′	K. Murphy	UCG	11″0′
1968-05-11	Rodney Hecksher	UCD	12″3′	Percy Hecksher	UCD	12″3′	H. Smyth	TCD	11″0′
1970-05-09	Liam Gleeson	UCG	13″0′	Rodney Hecksher	UCD	12″0′	D. Booth	UCD	11″0′
1971-05-07 to 1971-05-08	D. Booth	UCD	12″6′	J. Mulligan	UCD	10″0′
1972-05-05 to 1972-05-06	Gerry Bradley	UCD	10″6′
1973-05-11 to 1973-05-12	Michael Kennedy	TCD
1974-05-03 to 1974-05-04	Mick Bull	QUB	10″6′	Gerry Bradey	UCD	9″6′	R. Abang	UCC	9″0′
1975-05-02 to 1975-05-03	Frank Hezlin	UCD	3.20	E. O'Riordan	TCE	3.20	T. Tynan	TCE	3.00
1976-04-30 to 1976-05-01	E. O'Riordan	TCE	3.35	C. O'Malley	TCE		S. Tremier	QUB
1977-05-06 to 1977-05-07	S. Smith	TCD	3.65	F. Conway	TCD	3.00	D. Nicholl	QUB	3.00
1978-05-05 to 1978-05-06	S. Smith	TCD	3.80	D. Nicholl	QUB	3.30	F. Conway	TCD	3.00
1979-05-04 to 1979-05-05	Liam Hennessy	TCE	4.00	S. Smith	TCD	3.65	D. Nicholl	QUB	3.00
1980-05-02 to 1980-05-03	Liam Hennessy	TCE	4.20	Frank Sweeney	UCD	3.00	P. McGing	TCD	2.87
1981-05-01 to 1981-05-02	Liam Hennessy	TCE	4.00	D. O'Sullivan	TCE		D. Nicholl	QUB
1982-04-30 to 1982-05-01	Ian Condron	QUB	3.90	Jim Alexander	QUB	3.60	M. Dennehy	TCD	3.20
1983-05-06 to 1983-05-07	A. O'Connor	UCD	3.80	S. Connor	QUB	3.80	Jim Alexander	QUB	3.60
1984-05-04 to 1984-05-05	Jim Alexander	QUB	4.00	Michael Mullins	TCD		Eamon Galvin	UCD
1985-05-03 to 1985-05-04	Malacahy Sheridan	NIHED	4.10	Eamon Galvin	UCD	3.30	Michael Mullins	TCD	3.00
1986-05-02 to 1986-05-03	Eamon Galvin	UCD	3.80	Michael Mullins	TCD		Malacahy Sheridan	NIHED
1987-05-08 to 1987-05-09	John Naughton	NIHEL		Michael Power	NIHEL		Eric Brady	UCD
1988-04-29 to 1988-04-30	Michael Mullins	TCD	3.30	Barry Hingston	UCD		A.N. Other	Unknown
1989-05-05 to 1989-05-06	John Naughton	UL	3.30				Eric Brady	UCD
1990-04-27 to 1990-04-28	John Naughton	UL	2.80	A.N. Other	UL	2.80	A.N. Other	UCD	2.70
1991-05-03 to 1991-05-04	John Naughton	UL	3.20	W. Harvey	UL		Breffini Matthews	UCD
1992-04-24 to 1992-04-25	Keith Sullivan	TCD	3.80	Enda O'Connell	SPM	3.70	John Naughton	UL	3.50
1993-04-23 to 1993-04-24	Enda O'Connell	SPM	3.80	Thallius Hecksher	UCD	3.60	John Naughton	UL	3.40
1995-04-21 to 1995-04-22	Mark Ramsey	UU	3.80	Jeremy Madden	UU	2.50	A. Barrett	UL	2.40
1996-04-19 to 1996-04-20	Thallius Hecksher	UCD	3.60	Noel Keating	UCC	3.20	Declan Byrne	UL	3.00
1998-04-24 to 1998-04-25	Gary O'Sullivan	DIT	3.60	Brian Deacy	CIT	3.40	Declan Byrne	UL	3.00
1999-04-24	Peter McLoughlin	UCD	4.56	Brendan McConville	UU	4.00	Declan Byrne	UL	3.50
2000-04-14	Ronan Curran	UCC	3.20	Brendan Bourke	UL	3.20	Jerome Perrot	IT Tralee	3.00
2001-04-20	Ronan Curran	UCC	3.10	Nigel Purcell	TCD	3.00	Eoin Naughton	IT Carlow	2.80
2002-04-19 to 2002-04-20	Ruairi O'Briain	UCD	3.00	Bernd Voegele	TCD	2.80	Aubrey Storey	TCD	2.40
2003-04-25	Liam Houlihan	WIT	3.20	Ronan Barry	WIT	3.00	Paul Campbell	TCD	2.80
2004-04-17	Liam Houlihan	WIT	3.20	Kevin Grant	UL	3.00	Diarmuid O'Meara	UCC	2.60
2005-04-23	Ruairi O'Briain (OYD)	UCD	4.00	Liam Houlihan	UL	3.80	Stuart Greene	TCD	3.80
2006-04-22	Liam Houlihan	UL	4.00	Stuart Greene	TCD	4.00	Kevin Grant	UL	3.50
2007-04-14	Anthony McCreery	DCU	4.30	Kevin Grant	UL	3.40	Robert Cascone	QUB	3.00
2008-04-19	Anthony McCreery	DCU	4.30	Liam Houlihan	UL	4.00	Stuart Greene	TCD	3.80

Indoor Female medalists in Pole Vault

Date	Athlete	College	Mark	Athlete	College	Mark	Athlete	College	Mark
1998-12-11 to 1998-12-12	Juliet Claffey	UL	2.20	Gail Doyle	UCD	1.40	Norah Nelson	UL	1.20
1999-12-03 to 1999-12-04	Juliet Claffey	UL	2.80	Avril Dillon	UCD	2.00	Catherine Carroll	UCC	1.90
2000-12-01 to 2000-12-02	Margaret O'Halloran	UCD	2.81	Croine Wyse	UL	2.00	Lynne Cantwell	UL	2.00
2001-12-08	Edel O'Meara	NUIG	2.80	Katriona Carter	UCC	2.30	Louisa Hamill	TCD	2.20
2002-12-07	Edel O'Meara	NUIG	2.60	Ruth Collins	TCD	2.60	Louisa Hamill	TCD	2.20
2004-02-07	Edel O'Meara	NUIG	2.92	Sarah Cormack	UL	1.70	Orna O'Connor	UL	1.70
2004-12-04	Edel O'Meara	NUIG	2.35	Orna Donoghue	UL	2.25	Sarah Cormack	UL	2.05
2005-12-11	Edel O'Meara	NUIG	2.65	Maria Alvarez	DCU	2.55	Carol Loscher	TCD	2.35
2006-12-03	Edel O'Meara	NUIG	2.85	Carol Finn	UL	2.10	Sarah Cormack	UL	2.10

Outdoor Female medalists in Pole Vault

Date	Athlete	College	Mark	Athlete	College	Mark	Athlete	College	Mark
1998-04-24 to 1998-04-25	Margaret O'Halloran	UCD	2.40	Juliet Claffey	UL	2.00	Patricia Hurley	UCD	1.80
1999-04-23 to 1999-04-24	Juliet Claffey	UL	2.41	Paula Kelliher	UCD	1.80	Croine Wyse	UL	1.70
2000-04-14	Juliet Claffey	UL	2.67	Croine Wyse	UL	1.80	Gail Doyle	UCD	1.70
2001-04-21	Ruth Collins	TCD	2.20	Croine Wyse	UL	2.10	Nora Mulcahy	UL	2.00
2002-04-19 to 2002-04-20	Ruth Collins	TCD	2.10	Edel O'Meara	NUIG	2.10	Orna Donoghue	UL	1.80
2003-04-25	Ruth Collins	TCD	2.00
2004-04-17	Edel O'Meara	NUIG	2.20	Orna Donoghue	UL	2.10	Ruth Collins	TCD	2.00
2005-04-23	Edel O'Meara	NUIG	2.60	Anna Brady	UL	2.30	Sarah Cormack	UL	2.30
2006-04-22	Orna Donoghue	UL	2.20	Claire McGlynn	TCD	2.20	Joanne Finn	UL	2.10
2007-04-14	Edel O'Meara	NUIG	3.00	Sarah Cormack	UL	2.30	Orna Reddy (OYD)	UL	2.10
2008-04-19	Edel O'Meara	UU	2.45	Jennifer Reddy	DCU	2.35	Doireann Bregazzi Nevin	DCU	2.25

Winning performances in Pole Vault

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