3000m

Table of Contents:

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

Best Male performances in 3000m

Rank	Athlete	College	Mark	Date	Championship	Race	Venue
1	Eamonn Coghlan	Ireland	7:50.10	1977-06-14	IUAA Representative	3000m	Belfield
2	David Black	England	7:51.00	1977-06-14	IUAA Representative	3000m	Belfield
3	Gerry Deegan	Ireland	7:52.60	1977-06-14	IUAA Representative	3000m	Belfield
4	Ray Smedley	England	7:56.40	1977-06-14	IUAA Representative	3000m	Belfield
5	John Tracey	Ireland	8:05.00	1977-06-14	IUAA Representative	3000m	Belfield
6	Jerry Kiernan	Ireland	8:05.00	1977-06-14	IUAA Representative	3000m	Belfield
7	Liam Reale	UL	8:21.60	2011-02-05	Indoors	3000m	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
8	Liam Reale	UL	8:25.00	2010-02-13	Indoors	3000m	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
9	John Coghlan	DCU	8:25.56	2013-02-01	Indoors	3000m	Athlone Institute of Technology
10	John Coghlan	DCU	8:25.56	2013-02-01	Indoors	3000m SF 1	Athlone Institute of Technology
11	Paul Robinson	DCU	8:25.91	2011-02-05	Indoors	3000m	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
12	John Coghlan	DCU	8:26.22	2009-02-14	Indoors	3000m	Nenagh Olympic Stadium & Odyssey Arena
13	Breandan O'Neill	DCU	8:27.09	2009-02-14	Indoors	3000m	Nenagh Olympic Stadium & Odyssey Arena
14	Gary Hynes	DIT	8:27.32	2005-12-11	Indoors	3000m	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
15	Kieran Lambe	UCC	8:27.40	1996-02-09	Indoors	3000m	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
16	Mark Kirwan	TCD	8:28.27	2005-12-11	Indoors	3000m	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
17	John Coghlan	DCU	8:29.03	2010-02-13	Indoors	3000m	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
18	Sanchez Alberta	IT Sligo	8:29.09	2011-02-05	Indoors	3000m	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
19	Paul Pollock	QUB	8:30.48	2007-12-08	Indoors	3000m	Nenagh Olympic Stadium & Belfast
20	Fintan McGee	UCD	8:30.64	2000-12-01 to 2000-12-02	Indoors	3000m	Nenagh Olympic Stadium

Best Female performances in 3000m

Rank	Athlete	College	Mark	Date	Championship	Race	Venue
1	Fionnuala Morrish	UCC	9:20.20	1980-05-02	T&F	3000m	Mardyke
2	Fionnuala Morrish	UCC	9:20.20	1980-05-02 to 1980-05-03	T&F	3000m	Mardyke
3	Rosemary Ryan	UL	9:21.40	1999-12-03	Indoors	3000m	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
4	Rosemary Ryan	UL	9:25.00	2000-04-15	T&F	3000m	Plassey
5	Jill Bruce	IUAA	9:34.20	1996-06-25	Celtic T&F	3000m	Antrim Forum
6	N. Murphy	Guest	9:35.10	1989-05-05 to 1989-05-06	T&F	3000m	Mary Peters
7	Ursula McKee	UU	9:40.24	1988-04-29 to 1988-04-30	T&F	3000m	Santry
8	Orla Drumm	UCC	9:41.04	2006-12-03	Indoors	3000m	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
9	Deirdre Byrne	UCD	9:41.29	2008-04-19	T&F	3000m	Irishtown Stadium & Belfield
10	Linda Byrne	DCU	9:42.45	2010-04-24	T&F	3000m	Santry
11	Avril McClung	UU	9:44.00	1989-05-05 to 1989-05-06	T&F	3000m	Mary Peters
12	Niamh Murphy	TCE	9:44.70	1988-04-29 to 1988-04-30	T&F	3000m	Santry
13	Pauline Curley	AIT	9:47.26	2004-02-06	Indoors	3000m	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
14	Louise Cavanagh	UCC	9:47.42	1994-01-21	Indoors	3000m	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
15	Aoife Byrne	TCD	9:48.66	2009-04-25	T&F	3000m	Plassey
16	Mary Friel	TCD	9:49.30	1984-05-04 to 1984-05-05	T&F	3000m	Belfield
17	Aisling Smith	TCD	9:53.34	1991-05-03 to 1991-05-04	T&F	3000m	Plassey
18	Louise Cavanagh	UCC	9:53.96	1994-04-22 to 1994-04-23	T&F	3000m	Dangan
19	Ciara Durkan	DCU	9:54.12	2010-04-24	T&F	3000m	Santry
20	Mary Margaret Meade	UU	9:54.40	1999-12-03	Indoors	3000m	Nenagh Olympic Stadium

Indoor Male record progression in 3000m

Athlete	College	Mark	Date	Venue
John Tracey	QUB	8:53.60	1993-02-12	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
Pat O'Keeffe	UCC	8:46.36	1994-01-21	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
Nigel Brunton	UCD	8:38.34	1995-02-10	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
Kieran Lambe	UCC	8:27.40	1996-02-09	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
Gary Hynes	DIT	8:27.32	2005-12-11	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
John Coghlan	DCU	8:26.22	2009-02-14	Nenagh Olympic Stadium & Odyssey Arena
Liam Reale	UL	8:25.00	2010-02-13	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
Liam Reale	UL	8:21.60	2011-02-05	Nenagh Olympic Stadium

Indoor Female record progression in 3000m

Athlete	College	Mark	Date	Venue
Louise Cavanagh	UCC	10:23.10	1993-02-12	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
Louise Cavanagh (OYD)	UCC	9:47.42	1994-01-21	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
Rosemary Ryan	UL	9:21.40	1999-12-03	Nenagh Olympic Stadium

Outdoor Female record progression in 3000m

Athlete	College	Mark	Date	Venue
Brigid O'Connor	UCG	11:36.40	1974-05-03 to 1974-05-04	Belfield
Ann Murphy	UCD	10:35.10	1975-05-02 to 1975-05-03	Mardyke
Ann Murphy	UCD	10:22.20	1976-04-30 to 1976-05-01	Plassey
Ann Murphy	UCD	10:22.00	1977-05-07	Santry & College Park
Fionnuala Morrish	UCC	9:20.20	1980-05-02	Mardyke
Fionnuala Morrish	UCC	9:20.20	1980-05-02 to 1980-05-03	Mardyke

Indoors Male medalists in 3000m

Date	Event	Athlete	College	Mark	Athlete	College	Mark	Athlete	College	Mark
1993-02-12	3000m	John Tracey	QUB	8:53.60	Ian "Jumbo" O'Leary	UCC	8:54.20	Austin Michael Lynch	TCD	8:55.80
1994-01-21	3000m	Pat O'Keeffe	UCC	8:46.36	Roy Fahy	Cork RTC	8:47.38	Will Clarke	SPM	8:59.96
1995-02-10	3000m	Nigel Brunton	UCD	8:38.34	Michael Cotter	UCC	8:45.54	Roy Fahy	Cork RTC	8:47.04
1996-02-09	3000m	Kieran Lambe	UCC	8:27.40	John Treacy	QUB	8:49.86	Cathal Lombard	UCC	8:57.28
1996-12-13 to 1996-12-14	3000m	Ken Morley	UCG	8:49.80	Andrew Dunwoody	QUB	8:51.46	Roy Fahy	CIT	8:58.72
1997-12-12 to 1997-12-13	3000m	Gary Crossan	UU	8:48.92	Lochlann Hart	WIT	9:00.14	George Murray	Cork RTC	9:01.52
1998-12-11 to 1998-12-12	3000m	Paul McNamara	NUIG	9:05.50	Andrew Dunwoody	QUB	9:05.90	Danny Herlihy	UCC	9:09.90
1999-12-03 to 1999-12-04	3000m	Eugene O'Neill	DIT	8:35.20	Paul McNamara	NUIG	8:41.50	Danny Herlihy	UCC	8:46.20
2000-12-01 to 2000-12-02	3000m	Fintan McGee	UCD	8:30.64	Gearoid O'Connor	IT Tallaght	8:38.30	David Kelly	IT Tallaght	8:46.42
2001-12-08	3000m	Gareth Coghlan	UCD	8:38.32	John Paul O'Brien	UL	8:46.44	Andrew Dunwoody (OYD)	QUB	8:55.40
2002-12-07	3000m	Gary Hynes	DIT	8:36.10	Gearoid O'Connor	IT Tallaght	8:37.46	Brian McMahon	UCC	8:49.02
2004-02-07	3000m	Gary Hynes	DIT	8:38.86	Fergus Meade	UCC	8:46.90	Thomas Scanlon	UL	8:50.00
2004-12-04	3000m	Gary Hynes	DIT	8:36.92	Rory Chesser	UL	8:38.60	Philip Conway	UCD	8:38.62
2005-12-11	3000m	Gary Hynes	DIT	8:27.32	Mark Kirwan	TCD	8:28.27	Kevin Seaward	UU	8:36.21
2006-12-03	3000m	Fintan McGee (OYD)	TCD	8:36.01	Eoin Higgins	DCU	8:47.82	John Shine	DCU	8:54.07
2007-12-08	3000m	Paul Pollock	QUB	8:30.48	Brian Farrell	DCU	8:31.29	Des Earls	DCU	8:55.60
2009-02-14	3000m	John Coghlan	DCU	8:26.22	Breandan O'Neill	DCU	8:27.09	Daniel Mooney	UU	9:12.24
2010-02-13	3000m	Liam Reale	UL	8:25.00	John Coghlan	DCU	8:29.03	Breandan O'Neill	DCU	8:34.05
2011-02-05	3000m	Liam Reale	UL	8:21.60	Paul Robinson	DCU	8:25.91	Sanchez Alberta	IT Sligo	8:29.09
2012-02-04	3000m	Jason Fahy	WIT	8:37.18	Liam Brady	DIT	8:43.06	Timothee Francony	UCD	8:43.81
2013-02-01	3000m	John Coghlan	DCU	8:25.56	Christopher Johnston	UCD	8:36.98	Sam Mealy	TCD	8:46.40

Indoors Female medalists in 3000m

Date	Event	Athlete	College	Mark	Athlete	College	Mark	Athlete	College	Mark
1993-02-12	3000m	Louise Cavanagh	UCC	10:23.10	Angela Shine	UCC	11:04.90	Catherine Blythe	UCD	11:28.10
1994-01-21	3000m	Louise Cavanagh (OYD)	UCC	9:47.42	Eimear Smith	UCD	10:44.46	Bríd Ní Chonaill	UCC	10:53.56
1995-02-10	3000m	Eimear Smith	UCD	10:48.18	Angela Shine	UCC	10:50.52	Aoife O'Connor	UCC	11:43.00
1996-02-09 to 1996-02-10	3000m	Siobhán Walsh	UCD	10:37.24	Eimer Martin	UL	10:50.20	Aoife O'Connor	UCC	11:00.52
1996-12-13 to 1996-12-14	3000m	Siobhán Walsh	UCD	10:45.36	Eimear Smith	UCD	10:48.50	Dorothy Grimes	UL	11:14.64
1997-12-12 to 1997-12-13	3000m	Siobhán Walsh	UCD	10:48.80	Nina Rengers	DCU	11:17.90	Grace Hughes	UCD	11:18.56
1998-12-11 to 1998-12-12	3000m	Elaine O'Donoghue	UL	11:37.30	Margaret Lucey	UCC	11:41.20	Francine Meehan	DIT	11:52.00
1999-12-03	3000m	Rosemary Ryan	UL	9:21.40	Mary Margaret Meade	UU	9:54.40	Orla O'Mahoney	UCD	10:07.09
2000-12-01 to 2000-12-02	3000m	Fiona Reid	UL	10:19.48	Elizabeth Egan	UL	10:22.54	Jane Cahill	NUIM	11:07.26
2001-12-07	3000m	Orla O'Mahony	UCD	9:55.88	Fiona Reid	UL	10:30.24	Cora O'Reilly	TCD	10:52.44
2002-12-06	3000m	Kathryn Casserly	NUIG	10:06.66	Elish Kelly	TCD	11:02.14	Tanya Strevens (OYD)	TCD	11:04.94
2004-02-06	3000m	Pauline Curley	AIT	9:47.26	Siobhon O'Doherty	UL	10:28.40	Fiona Reid	UL	10:32.08
2004-12-03	3000m	Mary Margaret Meade	UU	9:56.24	Siobhán O'Doherty	UL	10:33.38	Mary Dallat	QUB	10:42.32
2005-12-10	3000m	Niamh Devlin	DCU	10:00.63	Siobhán O'Doherty	UL	10:09.72	Louise Reilly	DCU	10:19.40
2006-12-03	3000m	Orla Drumm	UCC	9:41.04	Siobhan Doherty (OYD)	UL	10:12.29	Joanne Waters	UCC	10:21.02
2007-12-08	3000m	Hazel Murphy	DCU	9:55.58	Aileen Morison	UU	10:13.95	Becky Woods	TCD	10:14.90
2009-02-14	3000m	Michelle Finn	UL	10:34.60	Bryony Treston	TCD	10:36.16	Heather McLarnon (OYD)	QUB	10:37.72
2010-02-13	3000m	Ciara Durkan (OYD)	DCU	10:17.02	Karen Crossan	DCU	10:33.03	Grainne Neary	UCD	11:02.07
2011-02-05	3000m	Ciara Durkan	DCU	10:00.11	Becky Woods	TCD	10:00.32	Laura Behan	DCU	10:22.80
2012-02-04	3000m	Eimear O'Brien	UL	10:03.87	Laura Behan	DCU	10:09.19	Laura Shaughnessy	UCD	10:35.75
2013-02-01	3000m	Eimear O'Brien	UL	10:14.52	Deirdre Doyle	DCU	10:25.34	Laura Behan	DCU	10:26.11

T&F Female medalists in 3000m

Date	Event	Athlete	College	Mark	Athlete	College	Mark	Athlete	College	Mark
1974-05-03 to 1974-05-04	3000m	Brigid O'Connor	UCG	11:36.40	Siobhan DeBurca	UCG	12:02.00	Maura Murphy	UCC	12:14.00
1975-05-02 to 1975-05-03	3000m	Ann Murphy	UCD	10:35.10	Jean Folan	UCG	10:56.00	Dervla Mellerick	UCC	11:02.50
1976-04-30 to 1976-05-01	3000m	Ann Murphy	UCD	10:22.20	Jean Folan	UCG	10:40.00	Mary Friel	UCD	10:44.00
1977-05-07	3000m	Ann Murphy	UCD	10:22.00	Margaret Mary "Greta" Hickey	TCD	10:28.80	Mary Friel	UCD	10:33.20
1978-05-05 to 1978-05-06	3000m	Margaret Mary "Greta" Hickey	TCD	10:28.00	Deirdre Walsh	UCG	10:35.60	M. Cadogan	TCE	10:43.30
1979-05-04 to 1979-05-05	3000m	Margaret Mary "Greta" Hickey	TCD	10:27.20	M. Cadogan	NCPE	10:40.60	Mary O'Brien	UCC	10:44.00
1980-05-02	3000m	Fionnuala Morrish	UCC	9:20.20	Mary O'Brien	UCC	10:30.40	M. Cadogan	TCE	10:45.00
1981-05-01 to 1981-05-02	3000m	Michelle Morrow	UCD	10:42.00	D. Daly	UCC	NT	Sheila Daly	TCE	NT
1982-04-30 to 1982-05-01	3000m	Grainne Butler	UCD	10:38.20	C. Beaslin	TCE	10:46.00	S. Day	TCE	10:48.00
1983-05-06 to 1983-05-07	3000m	Mary Friel	TCD	10:09.00	Carol Breslin	TCE	10:42.20	Grainne Butler	UCD	11:50.10
1984-05-04 to 1984-05-05	3000m	Mary Friel	TCD	9:49.30	Fionnuala Morrish	UCC	NT	Jean C. Folan	TCD	NT
1985-05-03 to 1985-05-04	3000m	Breda Ruane	TCE	10:30.90	Valerie Vaughan	UCC	10:34.90	Susan Jenkins	TCE	10:36.20
1986-05-02 to 1986-05-03	3000m	Catherine Hourihan	UCD	10:00.00	Susan Jenkins	TCE	NT	Maria Murphy	TCE	NT
1987-05-08 to 1987-05-09	3000m	Valerie Vaughan	UCC	NT	Patricia Campbell	UCG	NT
1988-04-29 to 1988-04-30	3000m	Ursula McKee	UU	9:40.24	Niamh Murphy	TCE	9:44.70	Valerie Vaughan	UCC	9:54.50
1989-05-05 to 1989-05-06	3000m	Avril McClung	UU	9:44.00	Annette Kealy	TCE	10:40.00	Teresa Richardson	TCE	10:59.80
1990-04-27 to 1990-04-28	3000m	E. Watson	Cork RTC	10:41.80	Annette Kealy	TCE	10:52.60	Patricia Callan	UCD	10:55.00
1991-05-03 to 1991-05-04	3000m	Aisling Smith	TCD	9:53.34	Pauline Quinn	UU	NT	Forename Kiely	TCE
1992-04-24 to 1992-04-25	3000m	Annette Kealy	DCU	10:32.10	Gail Culleton	UL	10:42.90	Bríd Ní Chonaill	UCC	10:54.10
1993-04-23 to 1993-04-24	3000m	Pauline Quinn	UU	10:22.70	Bríd Ní Chonaill	UCC	10:40.00	Angela Shine	UCC	10:53.80
1994-04-22 to 1994-04-23	3000m	Louise Cavanagh (OYD)	UCC	9:53.96	Jill Bruce	UU	9:56.82	Rosemary Ryan	UL	10:01.66
1997-04-25 to 1997-04-26	3000m	Siobhán Walsh	UCD	10:41.93
1998-04-24 to 1998-04-25	3000m	Maria Lynch	DIT	10:16.30	Orla O'Mahoney	UCD	10:27.48	Jill Hodgins	UCC	10:34.34
1999-04-23 to 1999-04-24	3000m	Maria Lynch	DIT	10:04.02	Orla O'Mahoney	UCD	10:27.98	Clodagh Rafferty	TCD	10:34.61
2000-04-15	3000m	Rosemary Ryan	UL	9:25.00	Orla O'Mahony	UCD	NT	Jill Hodgins	UCC	NT
2001-04-21	3000m	Fiona Reid	UL	10:33.06	Anna Verges	UL	10:47.53	Fiona Mahon	DCU	10:55.85
2002-04-19 to 2002-04-20	3000m	Orla O'Mahony	UCD	10:02.20	Suzanne McCormick	QUB	10:45.50	Cora O'Reilly	TCD	11:04.70
2003-04-26	3000m	Aoife Byrne	UCD	10:00.71	Pauline Curley	AIT	10:06.20	Kathryn Casserly	NUIG	10:37.97
2004-04-17	3000m	Fionnuala Britton	DCU	10:32.19	Siobhán O'Doherty	UL	10:33.68	Catriona McCorkell	QUB	10:37.07
2005-04-23	3000m	Azmera Gebrezgi	DCU	10:02.24	Linda Byrne	DCU	10:03.32	Siobhán O'Doherty	UL	10:06.22
2006-04-22	3000m	Linda Byrne	DCU	9:55.70	Niamh Devlin	DCU	9:59.80	Jennifer Goggin	UCC	10:39.80
2007-04-14	3000m	Fionnuala Britton	DCU	9:58.32	Siobhan Doherty (OYD)	UL	10:04.75	Azmera Gebrezgi	DCU	10:16.78
2008-04-19	3000m	Deirdre Byrne	UCD	9:41.29	Fionnuala Britton	DCU	10:10.47	Bryony Treston	TCD	10:49.51
2009-04-25	3000m	Hazel Murphy (OYD)	DCU	NT	Aoife Byrne	TCD	9:48.66	Maire McCauley	DCU	10:30.98
2010-04-24	3000m	Linda Byrne	DCU	9:42.45	Ciara Durkan (OYD)	DCU	9:54.12	Jessica Craig	UU	10:43.55
2011-04-30	3000m	Deirdre Doyle	DCU	10:08.20	Becky Woods	TCD	10:12.00	Laura Behan	DCU	10:30.00
2012-04-21	3000m	Eimear O'Brien	UL	10:16.33	Laura Behan	DCU	10:17.22	Dierdre Doyle	DCU	10:21.33
2013-04-12 to 2013-04-13	3000m	Maria O'Sullivan	TCD	10:11.65	Deirdre Doyle	DCU	10:19.23	Una Britton	UL	10:21.95

Winning performances in 3000m

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