1974-05-15 Colours Track and Field

Championship	Colours T&F
Venue	Belfield
Date	1974-05-15
Host	UCD
Note	The Match in 1974 was marked by the disappearance of the Delaney-sculpted Colours Match Trophy which had been presented to TCD in College Park in May 1973. The suggestion as that it had disappeared as a result of a College prank and then been forgotten about. One craic commented that the match was being held in memory of the trophy! However the absence of the Men's trophy did not dent the rivalry between UCD and TCD. Trinity and UCD had both finished well behind Queen's in the Intervarsities at Belfield. As had happened in past contests, the outcome went right down to the wire! Trinity won the track disciplines by five events to UCD's three and took 51pts v. 37pts for UCD. John Dillon took after double in the 400m and 800m to bring his tally of wins in the Colours series to 15 events. UCD's 'secret' weapon was Brendan Curtin, a decathlete, who won an amazing six events – 110m hurdles, Shot Putt, Discus, Javelin, Long Jump, and Triple Jump. The only field event won by Trinity was the High Jump by Ian Travers with the then 3rd highest jump in Irish athletic history - 1.97 m. With two events remaining to be decided the match was finely balanced with Trinity in the lead by a single point. Trinity won the 4 x 100m relay to increase the lead to 4pts. Only the triple jump remained. Brendan Curtin aided by John Kearney took maximum points, resulting in a match win for UCD by one point. The final tally in the field events was UCD 47 pts v. Trinity 29pts. The TCD Women took a narrow win by 3 pts. The eleven events were split 6 to 5 in Trinity's favour, including the relay, each team taking maximum points in two events each. With only the relay remaining, each team had 55pts. The honours went to Trinity in a closely contested race.

Table of Contents:

Points: Male Female
Medal Tables: Male Female
Female: 100m 100mH 200m 400m 800m 4x100m LJ HJ SP DT JTo
Male: 100m 110mH 200m 400m 400mH 800m 1500m 5000m 4x100m LJ TJ HJ PV SP DT JTo

Points

Male

Rank	College	1 0 0 m	1 1 0 m H	2 0 0 m	4 0 0 m	4 0 0 m H	8 0 0 m	1 5 0 0 m	5 0 0 0 m	4 x 1 0 0 m	L J	T J	H J	P V	S P	D T	J T o	Total
1	UCD	4	7	6	3	3	3	7	4	2	8	8	5	5	7	6	8	86
2	TCD	7	4	5	8	8	8	4	7	5	3	3	6	5	4	5	3	85

Female

Rank	College	1 0 0 m	1 0 0 m H	2 0 0 m	4 0 0 m	8 0 0 m	4 x 1 0 0 m	L J	H J	S P	D T	J T o	Total
1	TCD	8	7	7	4	3	5	5	8	6	4	3	60
2	UCD	3	4	4	7	8	2	6	3	5	7	8	57

Medal Tables

Male

Rank	College	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	UCD	9	7	7	23
2	TCD	7	9	8	24

Female

Rank	College	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	TCD	6	5	5	16
2	UCD	5	6	5	16

Female

100m

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Patricia Mary Moran	TCD	13.10	5
2	Judith Helena Dempsey	TCD	13.40	3
3	Maeve McCormack	UCD	13.50	2
4	Mary Ryan	UCD	14.10	1

100m Hurdles

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Jane Mary Lyons	TCD	18.10	5
2	Mary Ryan	UCD	18.10	3
3	Judith Helena Dempsey	TCD	19.20	2
4	Collette McCarthy	UCD	30.50	1

200m

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Patricia Mary Moran	TCD	27.10	5
2	Maeve McCormack	UCD	27.20	3
3	Judith Helena Dempsey	TCD	27.30	2
4	Maureen McEvoy	UCD	27.90	1

400m

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Maureen McEvoy	UCD	66.70	5
2	Eleanor Margaret Lamb	TCD	NT	3
3	N. Rowan	UCD	NT	2
4	Christina Rosamund Attwood	TCD	NT	1

800m

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Mary Butler	UCD	2:42.70	5
2	N. Rowan	UCD	NT	3
3	J. Marshall	TCD	NT	2
4	Caroline Anne Fitzgerald	TCD	NT	1

4 x 100m Relay

Final

Place	Leg	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	1	Eleanor Margaret Lamb	TCD	52.10	5
1	2	Judith Helena Dempsey	TCD	52.10	5
1	3	Jane Mary Lyons	TCD	52.10	5
1	4	Patricia Mary Moran	TCD	52.10	5
2	1	Mary Ryan	UCD	52.60	2
2	2	M. Kennedy	UCD	52.60	2
2	3	Maeve McCormack	UCD	52.60	2
2	4	Maureen McEvoy	UCD	52.60	2

Long Jump

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Mary Ryan	UCD	4.66	5
2	Janet Patricia Grainger	TCD	4.38	3
3	Joyce Lundberg	TCD	4.28	2
4	Maeve McCormack	UCD	4.22	1

High Jump

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Janet Patricia Grainger	TCD	4′8″	5
2	Joyce Lundberg	TCD	4′7″	3
3	Collette McCarthy	UCD	4′3″	2
4	Maeve McCormack	UCD	4′2″	1

Shot Putt

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Eleanor Margaret Lamb	TCD	7.46	5
2	Mary Ryan	UCD	7.19	3
3	B. Neylon	UCD	7.09	2
4	Caroline Anne Fitzgerald	TCD	6.70	1

Discus

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Mary Ryan	UCD	23.09	5
2	Caroline Anne Fitzgerald	TCD	21.40	3
3	B. Neylon	UCD	20.57	2
4	Eleanor Margaret Lamb	TCD	18.52	1

Javelin (old)

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Lindie Naughton	UCD	76′4″	5
2	B. Neylon	UCD	62′10″	3
3	Eleanor Margaret Lamb	TCD	55′6″	2
4	Caroline Anne Fitzgerald	TCD	48′9″	1

Male

100m

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Vivion C. "Viv" O'Brien	TCD	11.30	5
2	John Fortune	UCD	11.40	3
3	Brian Seamus Doyle	TCD	11.50	2
4	E. Cogan	UCD	11.90	1

110m Hurdles

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Brendan Curtin	UCD	16.00	5
2	David N.F. Tilsley	TCD	16.20	3
3	George Bradley	UCD	16.30	2
4	Michael Gerard Kennedy	TCD	18.00	1

200m

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	John Fortune	UCD	22.70	5
2	Vivion C. "Viv" O'Brien	TCD	22.70	3
3	Brian Seamus Doyle	TCD	23.00	2
4	P. Malone	UCD	24.30	1

400m

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	John James Dillon	TCD	49.80	5
2	Gregory T.P. "Greg" Dee	TCD	NT	3
3	Paul Towell	UCD	NT	2
4	Gerry Cummiskey	UCD	NT	1

400m Hurdles

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Kingston H.G. Mills	TCD	58.30	5
2	Michael Gerard Kennedy	TCD	58.40	3
3	C. Mitchell	UCD	59.00	2
4	E. Cogan	UCD	64.00	1

800m

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	John James Dillon	TCD	1:57.00	5
2	Gregory T.P. "Greg" Dee	TCD	1:57.50	3
3	Paul Towell	UCD	1:57.60	2
4	David "Dave" O'Connor	UCD	1:57.70	1

1500m

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Sean McBride	UCD	4:00.40	5
2	Robert H.D. "Robin" Wormell	TCD	4:04.70	3
3	David "Dave" O'Connor	UCD	4:13.10	2
4	Kingston H.G. Mills	TCD	4:21.50	1

5000m

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Derek John Row	TCD	15:23.80	5
2	Sean McBride	UCD	NT	3
3	Michael William Stitt	TCD	NT	2
4	Declan Corcoran	UCD	NT	1

4 x 100m Relay

Final

Place	Leg	Athlete	College	Mark	Points	Note
1	1	David N.F. Tilsley	TCD	43.50	5	MR
1	2	Thomas "Tom" Kelly	TCD	43.50	5	MR
1	3	Vivion C. "Viv" O'Brien	TCD	43.50	5	MR
1	4	Brian Seamus Doyle	TCD	43.50	5	MR
2	1	John Fortune	UCD	43.90	2
2	2	John F. Kearney	UCD	43.90	2
2	3	T. O'Brien	UCD	43.90	2
2	4	Brendan Curtin	UCD	43.90	2

Long Jump

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Brendan Curtin	UCD	6.28	5
2	A. Lacey	UCD	6.12	3
3	Vivion C. "Viv" O'Brien	TCD	6.10	2
4	James Quentin Nash	TCD	5.80	1

Triple Jump

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Brendan Curtin	UCD	13.72	5
2	John Fortune	UCD	12.58	3
3	Michael Gerard Kennedy	TCD	12.40	2
4	David N.F. Tilsley	TCD	12.00	1

High Jump

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Ian Cyril Travers	TCD	6′5½″	5
2	John Fortune	UCD	6′0″	3
3	Joe Carey	UCD	5′8″	2
4	Robert "Rob" Kennan	TCD	5′6″	1

Pole Vault

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	George Bradley	UCD	3.30	5
2	Michael Gerard Kennedy	TCD	3.15	3
3	Robert "Rob" Kennan	TCD	2.70	2
4	A. Lacey	UCD	NH

Shot Putt

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Brendan Curtin	UCD	12.04	5
2	Philip Edwin Odlum	TCD	11.18	3
3	B. Fagan	UCD	10.05	2
4	Michael B. "Mick" O'Keeffe	TCD	9.49	1

Discus

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Brendan Curtin	UCD	36.35	5
2	Michael B. "Mick" O'Keeffe	TCD	36.04	3
3	Philip Edwin Odlum	TCD	32.66	2
4	B. Fagan	UCD	24.25	1

Javelin (old)

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Brendan Curtin	UCD	183′3½″	5
2	J. Roche	UCD	163′9½″	3
3	Stephen L. Odlum	TCD	132′5½″	2
4	Timothy W.J. MacMullen	TCD	122′7″	1