1968-05-01 Colours Track and Field

Championship	Colours T&F
Venue	Belfield
Date	1968-05-01
Host	UCD
Note	It was doom and gloom for TCD's men. "Darkness had descended on Belfield when the concluding event - the high jump, was decided in the eighth annual UCD v Dublin University contest. The result - a first and second for Trinity, only helped to reduce National's [UCD's] margin of victory. It was decisive - 113 to Trinity's 58 - and their easiest win in the series" [Irish Times, 2 May, 1968]. UCD placed 1st and 2nd in five of the eight track events and in four of the seven field events. Trinity scored only two maximum points in High Jump and Javelin. Percy Hecksher set a meeting record in the Pole Vault and Eamonn O'Keeffe, a UCD College Record in the quarter mile. For UCD Joe Cummiskey took sprint double wins in the 100y and 220y, O'Keeffe double wins in the 440y and half mile, and Larry Cheevers double wins in the Shot Putt and Discus. Seán Ó Muircheartaigh scored a treble win in the 120y and 440y hurdles and triple jump. Although the women's contest was more keenly fought affair, UCD's women, like their male counterparts, took the honours. UCD scored 7 wins to Trinity's four and scored maximum points in four events against Trinity's two.

Table of Contents:

Points: Male Female
Medal Tables: Male Female
Female: 80mH 100y 220y 440y 880y 4x110y LJ HJ SP DT JTo
Male: 100y 120yH 220y 440y 440yH 880y Mile 3 Miles 4x110y LJ TJ HJ PV SP DT JTo

Points

Male

Rank	College	1 0 0 y	1 2 0 y H	2 2 0 y	4 4 0 y	4 4 0 y H	8 8 0 y	M i l e	3 M i l e s	4 x 1 1 0 y	L J	T J	H J	P V	S P	D T	J T o	Total
1	UCD	8	6	8	8	7	6	7	8	5	8	8	3	8	8	8	7	113
2	TCD	3	5	3	3	4	5	4	3	2	3	3	8	2	3	3	4	58

Female

Rank	College	8 0 m H	1 0 0 y	2 2 0 y	4 4 0 y	8 8 0 y	4 x 1 1 0 y	L J	H J	S P	D T	J T o	Total
1	UCD	3	3	7	8	8	2	7	6	5	8	8	65
2	TCD	8	8	4	3	3	5	4	5	6	3	3	52

Medal Tables

Male

Rank	College	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	UCD	15	9	4	28
2	TCD	1	7	11	19

Female

Rank	College	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	UCD	7	6	5	18
2	TCD	4	5	5	14

Female

80m Hurdles

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Pamela V.M. Pigott	TCD	15.60	5
2	Janet Irene Grace	TCD	NT	3
3	Angela Knott	UCD	NT	2
4	A.N. Other	UCD	NT	1

100y

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Janice Margaret Patterson	TCD	13.00	5
2	Mary Kirby	TCD	NT	3
3	B. O'Toole	UCD	NT	2
4	A.N. Other	UCD	NT	1

220y

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Sheena O'Brien	UCD	29.10	5
2	Janice Margaret Patterson	TCD	NT	3
3	S. Fitzpatrick	UCD	NT	2
4	A.N. Other	TCD	NT	1

440y

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Sheena O'Brien	UCD	65.40	5
2	Niamh O'Brien	UCD	NT	3
3	Jane Eleanor McNicholl	TCD	NT	2
4	A.N. Other	TCD	NT	1

880y

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Niamh O'Brien	UCD	2:36.70	5
2	S. Treston	UCD	NT	3
3	Janet Irene Grace	TCD	NT	2
4	A.N. Other	TCD	NT	1

4 x 110y Relay

Final

Place	Leg	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	1	Janice Margaret Patterson	TCD	56.40	5
1	2	Mary Kirby	TCD	56.40	5
1	3	Janet Irene Grace	TCD	56.40	5
1	4	Pamela V.M. Pigott	TCD	56.40	5
2	1	A.N. Other	UCD	NT	2
2	2	A.N. Other	UCD	NT	2
2	3	A.N. Other	UCD	NT	2
2	4	A.N. Other	UCD	NT	2

Long Jump

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	B. O'Toole	UCD	14′7″	5
2	Camilla Mary Neill	TCD	14′3″	3
3	Angela Knott	UCD	13′7″	2
4	A.N. Other	TCD	NR	1

High Jump

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Angela Knott	UCD	4′2″	5
2	Eve Bonham	TCD	4′1″	3
3	Camilla Mary Neill	TCD	4′1″	2
4	A.N. Other	UCD	NR	1

Shot Putt

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Janice Margaret Patterson	TCD	24′1½″	5
2	S. Fitzpatrick	UCD	23′4″	3
3	Angela Knott	UCD	23′0″	2
4	A.N. Other	TCD	NR	1

Discus

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Sheena O'Brien	UCD	66′1″	5
2	Niamh O'Brien	UCD	64′4″	3
3	Jane Eleanor McNicholl	TCD	52′10″	2
4	A.N. Other	TCD	NR	1

Javelin (old)

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Sheena O'Brien	UCD	57′3″	5
2	Angela Knott	UCD	47′5″	3
3	Eve Bonham	TCD	45′5″	2
4	A.N. Other	TCD	NR	1

Male

100y

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Joe Cummiskey	UCD	10.40	5
2	Aogán Ó Muircheartaigh	UCD	10.50	3
3	David "Ivor" Richard Rees	TCD	10.50	2
4	Roland William Goslett	TCD	10.60	1

120y Hurdles

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Seán F. Ó Muircheartaigh	UCD	16.70	5
2	Martin Somerville Snaith	TCD	17.30	3
3	Ian Gordon Jefferies	TCD	18.00	2
4	A.N. Other	UCD	21.00	1

220y

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Joe Cummiskey	UCD	23.20	5
2	Aogán Ó Muircheartaigh	UCD	23.30	3
3	David "Ivor" Richard Rees	TCD	23.60	2
4	Benjamin H.T. "Ben" Underwood	TCD	24.60	1

440y

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points	Note
1	Eamon O'Keeffe	UCD	50.80	5	UCD College Record
2	Jack Hensey	UCD	53.20	3
3	Brian Clarke O'Neill	TCD	53.70	2
4	Michael "Mike" Smith	TCD	53.70	1

440y Hurdles

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Seán F. Ó Muircheartaigh	UCD	59.30	5
2	John Fleming Keys	TCD	61.10	3
3	John Toomey	UCD	61.20	2
4	William A. "Keith" Warnock	TCD	65.00	1

880y

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Eamon O'Keeffe	UCD	1:58.80	5
2	Hubert Fitzjohn "Hugh" Gash	TCD	2:00.50	3
3	Brian Clarke O'Neill	TCD	2:00.50	2
4	B. Slattery	UCD	2:04.20	1

1 Mile

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Jack Hensey	UCD	4:33.70	5
2	Hubert Fitzjohn "Hugh" Gash	TCD	4:36.10	3
3	P. Neeson	UCD	4:40.00	2
4	William A. "Keith" Warnock	TCD	4:46.00	1

3 Miles

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	J. Quinn	UCD	15:07.00	4
2	T. Walsh	UCD	15:42.50	4
3	Kenneth Adrian "Ken" Millington	TCD	15:49.70	2
4	John Fleming Keys	TCD	16:17.00	1

4 x 110y Relay

Final

Place	Leg	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	1	Aogán Ó Muircheartaigh	UCD	45.60	5
1	2	M. Kennedy	UCD	45.60	5
1	3	John McStay	UCD	45.60	5
1	4	Joe Cummiskey	UCD	45.60	5
2	1	Roland William Goslett	TCD	48.00	2
2	2	Martin Somerville Snaith	TCD	48.00	2
2	3	Richard G.V. Boelens	TCD	48.00	2
2	4	A.N. Other	TCD	48.00	2

Long Jump

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	H. Murphy	UCD	21′4½″	5
2	Seán F. Ó Muircheartaigh	UCD	21′0½″	3
3	Peter Francis Dee	TCD	21′0¼″	2
4	Patrick Fanshawe "Paddy" Martin	TCD	20′2″	1

Triple Jump

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Seán F. Ó Muircheartaigh	UCD	42′6½″	5
2	M.J. Russell	UCD	41′5¾″	3
3	Patrick Fanshawe "Paddy" Martin	TCD	41′0″	2
4	Peter Francis Dee	TCD	37′5¼″	1

High Jump

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points	Note
1	Ian Gordon Jefferies	TCD	5′6″	5
2	Sean Gabrial Traynor	TCD	5′6″	3	no. of faults
3	J. Ryan	UCD	5′4″	2
4	Percy Hecksher	UCD	5′2″	1

Pole Vault

Final

Only three competed

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points	Note
1	Percy Hecksher	UCD	12′8″	5	MR
2	Rodney Hecksher	UCD	12′3″	3
3	Hugh Alexander Smyth	TCD	11′0″	2

Shot Putt

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Larry Cheevers	UCD	41′11″	5
2	Rodney Hecksher	UCD	41′7″	3
3	John Simon Stubbings	TCD	35′8″	2
4	Christopher Pearson	TCD	35′7½″	1

Discus

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Larry Cheevers	UCD	125′5½″	5
2	Rodney Hecksher	UCD	121′1″	3
3	Christopher Pearson	TCD	109′9½″	2
4	Patrick Fanshawe "Paddy" Martin	TCD	105′8″	1

Javelin (old)

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	K. Monaghan	UCD	172′5½″	5
2	Ian Gordon Jefferies	TCD	149′11″	3
3	P. Neeson	UCD	124′8″	2
4	Peter Francis Dee	TCD	120′10″	1