1969-05-15 Colours Track and Field

Championship	Colours T&F
Venue	John F Kennedy Stadium
Date	1969-05-15
Host	UCD
Note	This Colours Match was to have taken place in College Park on Wednesday 14 May had to be postponed because the track was in parts under water due to torrential rain. A new venue was found the following evening at Santry. UCD retained the Dawson Trophy in the Men's match for the 4th successive year. It was "an always interesting match", with a high standard of athletics and some really exciting close finishes in the 100y, 220y, 880 y and the 1 mile. Trinity won six events against UCD's 10 events, taking six of the nine track events. The contest started very positively for Trinity with 18-year-old John Dillon beating the experienced Intervarsities champion Seán Ó Muircheartaigh in the 440y hurdles in a match record time. It was only his second ever race over the distance. He later completed a double win in the 220y, giving notice of his emerging talent as one of Trinity's best ever sprinters and hurdlers. The other meeting record was in the Shot Putt in which Ian Mowat bettered the previous best by over a foot. The 4 x 110y relay provided a thrilling climax to the match with Ben Underwood of Trinity and John McStay of UCD breaking the tape together, the official verdict being a dead heat. The results of the women's match did not appear in the newspapers. However, reports of the match in 1970 accorded a win to Trinity's women in 1969.

Table of Contents:

• Points: Male Female
• Medal Tables: Male Female
• Female: 100y 100yH 220y 440y 880y 4x110y 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	6	7	5	7	5	7	6	8	3.5	7	7	8	5	5	5	7	98.5
2	TCD	5	4	6	4	6	4	5	3	3.5	4	4	3	6	6	6	4	73.5

Female

Rank	College	1 0 0 y	1 0 0 y H	2 2 0 y	4 4 0 y	8 8 0 y	4 x 1 1 0 y	S P	D T	J T o	Total
1	TCD	6	4	6	6	7	5	7	7	6	54
2	UCD	5	7	5	5	4	2	4	4	5	41

Medal Tables

Male

Rank	College	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	UCD	11	7	11	29
2	TCD	6	8	4	18

Female

Rank	College	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	TCD	8	1	3	12
2	UCD	1	8	5	14

Female

100y

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Adenike I.O. "Nikki" Adigun	TCD	12.00	5
2	Emer Diskin	UCD	NT	3
3	Sheena O'Brien	UCD	NT	2
4	A.N. Other	TCD	NT	1

100y Hurdles

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Emer Diskin	UCD	16.50	5
2	Patricia Anne Wilson	TCD	NT	3
3	Ann Lee	UCD	NT	2
4	A.N. Other	TCD	NT	1

220y

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Adenike I.O. "Nikki" Adigun	TCD	28.00	5
2	A. O'Driscoll	UCD	NT	3
3	Emer Diskin	UCD	NT	2
4	A.N. Other	TCD	NT	1

440y

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Jane Eleanor McNicholl	TCD	64.50	5
2	B. O'Toole	UCD	NT	3
3	J. Fitzpatrick	UCD	NT	2
4	A.N. Other	TCD	NT	1

880y

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Jane Eleanor McNicholl	TCD	2:29.40	5
2	C. O'Connor	UCD	NT	3
3	A. O'Connell	TCD	NT	2
4	A.N. Other	UCD	NT	1

4 x 110y Relay

Final

Place	Leg	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	1	Patricia Anne Wilson	TCD	55.50	5
1	2	Jane Eleanor McNicholl	TCD	55.50	5
1	3	Janet Irene Grace	TCD	55.50	5
1	4	Adenike I.O. "Nikki" Adigun	TCD	55.50	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

Shot Putt

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Alison Barbara White	TCD	25′9″	5
2	Sheena O'Brien	UCD	23′7″	3
3	Patricia Anne Wilson	TCD	23′4″	2
4	A.N. Other	UCD	NR	1

Discus

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Alison Barbara White	TCD	90′9″	5
2	Sheena O'Brien	UCD	74′9″	3
3	Jane Eleanor McNicholl	TCD	69′1″	2
4	A.N. Other	UCD	NR	1

Javelin (old)

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Alison Barbara White	TCD	61′0″	5
2	Emer Diskin	UCD	56′1″	3
3	Sheena O'Brien	UCD	53′5″	2
4	A.N. Other	TCD	NR	1

Male

100y

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	John McStay	UCD	10.20	5
2	Bernard Joseph "Brian" Hurrell	TCD	10.20	3
3	Stephen E.F. "Steve" Blake-Knox	TCD	10.20	2
4	John F. Kearney	UCD	10.30	1

120y Hurdles

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Seamus Power	UCD	15.90	5
2	Martin Somerville Snaith	TCD	16.50	3
3	Seán F. Ó Muircheartaigh	UCD	16.80	2
4	John James Dillon	TCD	17.00	1

220y

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	John James Dillon	TCD	22.60	5
2	John McStay	UCD	22.70	3
3	John F. Kearney	UCD	23.30	2
4	Benjamin H.T. "Ben" Underwood	TCD	23.50	1

440y

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Seán F. Ó Muircheartaigh	UCD	51.10	5
2	Michael "Mike" Smith	TCD	51.60	3
3	John Toomey	UCD	52.00	2
4	Hubert Fitzjohn "Hugh" Gash	TCD	52.50	1

440y Hurdles

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points	Note
1	John James Dillon	TCD	55.30	5	MR
2	Seán F. Ó Muircheartaigh	UCD	56.00	3
3	John McDermott	UCD	57.00	2
4	A.N. Other	TCD	62.00	1

880y

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	John Hanratty	UCD	1:55.40	5
2	Hubert Fitzjohn "Hugh" Gash	TCD	1:56.40	3
3	John McDermott	UCD	2:02.00	2
4	David John Baird	TCD	2:06.20	1

1 Mile

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Sean O'Connor	UCD	4:29.90	5
2	John Martin McIntyre	TCD	4:30.40	3
3	Kenneth Adrian "Ken" Millington	TCD	4:30.80	2
4	Charlie Doherty	UCD	4:40.60	1

3 Miles

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	J. Quinn	UCD	15:07.00	5
2	Sean O'Connor	UCD	15:12.00	3
3	Stanley G.H. "Stan" Greer	TCD	15:38.00	2
4	David Joseph Gabriel Byrne	TCD	16:07.20	1

4 x 110y Relay

Final

Place	Leg	Athlete	College	Mark	Points	Note
1	1	Stephen E.F. "Steve" Blake-Knox	TCD	44.50	3.5	Dead-heat
1	2	Bernard Joseph "Brian" Hurrell	TCD	44.50	3.5	Dead-heat
1	3	Peter Francis Dee	TCD	44.50	3.5	Dead-heat
1	4	Benjamin H.T. "Ben" Underwood	TCD	44.50	3.5	Dead-heat
1	1	Paul Magnier	UCD	44.50	3.5	Dead-heat
1	2	John F. Kearney	UCD	44.50	3.5	Dead-heat
1	3	Rodney Hecksher	UCD	44.50	3.5	Dead-heat
1	4	John McStay	UCD	44.50	3.5	Dead-heat

Long Jump

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	P. Brennan	UCD	21′2½″	5
2	Roger Malcolm McKibben	TCD	20′7½″	3
3	Paul Magnier	UCD	20′0¼″	2
4	Peter Francis Dee	TCD	18′11½″	1

Triple Jump

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	John Magee	UCD	44′10¼″	5
2	Emmanuel Areo	TCD	44′3″	3
3	Paul Magnier	UCD	43′8½″	2
4	Michael W.G. "Mike" Boyes	TCD	41′6″	1

High Jump

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points	Note
1	Jim Fanning	UCD	5′9″	5
2	Seamus Power	UCD	5′4″	3	no. of faults
3	Ian Robertson Mowat	TCD	5′2″	2
4	Bernard Joseph "Brian" Hurrell	TCD	NR	1

Pole Vault

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points	Note
1	Hugh Alexander Smyth	TCD	11′3″	5	MR
2	John Lane	UCD	10′9″	3
3	John Magee	UCD	9′3″	2
4	John "Mark" C. Holmes	TCD	8′3″	1

Shot Putt

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points	Note
1	Ian Robertson Mowat	TCD	47′5¼″	5	MR
2	M. Maguire	UCD	37′7½″	3
3	Seamus Power	UCD	37′1½″	2
4	John Francis Clutterbuck	TCD	36′4″	1

Discus

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Ian Robertson Mowat	TCD	130′4″	5
2	Rodney Hecksher	UCD	125′5″	3
3	M. Maguire	UCD	117′1″	2
4	Timothy Patrick "Tim" O'Connor	TCD	NR	1

Javelin (old)

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Seamus Davis	UCD	159′8½″	5
2	Timothy Patrick "Tim" O'Connor	TCD	147′9″	3
3	John Lane	UCD	144′4″	2
4	Roger Malcolm McKibben	TCD	NR	1

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