1979-05-23 Colours Track and Field

Championship	Colours T&F
Venue	College Park
Date	1979-05-23
Host	TCD
Note	The Colours Matches formed part of College Races. The outcome was a double match win for Trinity. The TCD women won well but the men's contest went right down to the last event on the programme - the 5000m. The points tally see-sawed throughout the men's contest. With four events remaining, a UCD victory seemed on the cards with the scores at UCD 66 pts v. TCD 55 pts. However, TCD clawed their way back into contention, helped by a 'No Height' by Frank Sweeney (UCD), the favourite in the High Jump, and a dropped baton in the relay by the UCD quartet. With one event remaining, the points tally stood 82 - 78 in Trinity's favour. A dramatic finale to the athletics programme was in prospect. A UCD clean sweep in the 5000m would seal the match 86 - 85 in their favour. Representing UCD, Ronan Murtagh had won the Intervarsities 10,000m and the Bronze medal in the 5000m that year and Eamonn McMahon was double Intervarsities Cross-Country Champion in 1976 and 1978 and 3000m steeplechase champion in 1979 and double Bronze medallist in the steeplechase 1976 and 1978. Representing TCD, Kingston Mills had won the Intervarsities 5000m and the Silver medal in the 3000m steeplechase, while Paul Dunne was the reigning Intervarsities Cross-Country Champion and 1500m Silver medallist. From the gun Murtagh took out the pace, but was a surprising spent force after four laps, when his team-mate McMahon raced to the front. With two laps remaining Kingston Mills stepped up the pace and stormed to the finish 7.5 seconds ahead of McMahon. Dunne took 3rd place for TCD to seal the match. In the match analysis UCD took the track events, excluding the relay, by 51 pts to 37 pts, while TCD took the field events by 47 pts to 29 pts. The only double win was that of Arthur Devine of UCD (100m and 200m). In the Women's event there was a treble of wins for Lucy Moore of UCD in 100m Hurdles, High Jump and Javelin and double wins for TCD's Siobhan Conroy (Shot Putt and Discus) and Catherine Llewellyn (400m and 800m).

Table of Contents:

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

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	Total
1	TCD	3	8	3	5	5	3	3	7	5	8	5	7	7	5	8	7	89
2	UCD	8	2	8	6	6	8	8	4	2	3	6	3	4	6	3	4	81

Female

Rank	College	1 0 0 m	1 0 0 m H	2 0 0 m	4 0 0 m	8 0 0 m	1 5 0 0 m	4 x 1 0 0 m	L J	H J	S P	D T	J T	Total
1	TCD	8	4	4	8	6	8	5	7	5	8	6	5	74
2	UCD	3	7	7	3	5	3	2	4	6	3	5	6	54

Medal Tables

Male

Rank	College	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	UCD	8	9	3	20
2	TCD	8	7	12	27

Female

Rank	College	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	TCD	8	8	3	19
2	UCD	4	4	8	16

Female

100m

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Hilary Jennifer Smyth	TCD	13.50	5
2	Christina Alexandra Campbell	TCD	NT	3
3	A. Byrne	UCD	NT	2
4	E. Whiston	UCD	NT	1

100m Hurdles

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Lucy Moore	UCD	17.00	5
2	Desireé "Margaret" Worrall	TCD	NT	3
3	Mary Ryan	UCD	NT	2
4	Jane E.B. Lynham	TCD	NT	1

200m

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	S. Logan	UCD	27.00	5
2	Christina Alexandra Campbell	TCD	NT	3
3	E. Whiston	UCD	NT	2
4	Étain Mary Croasdell	TCD	NT	1

400m

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Catherine Llewellyn	TCD	63.40	5
2	Étain Mary Croasdell	TCD	NT	3
3	E. Whiston	UCD	NT	2
4	Fionnuala Farrelly	UCD	NT	1

800m

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Catherine Llewellyn	TCD	2:30.10	5
2	Fionnuala Farrelly	UCD	NT	3
3	Mary Ryan	UCD	NT	2
4	Barbara Ann Gill	TCD	NT	1

1500m

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Margaret Mary "Greta" Hickey	TCD	5:00.10	5
2	Orla Mary Phillips	TCD	NT	3
3	C. O'Mahony	UCD	NT	2
4	Wendy Woods	UCD	NT	1

4 x 100m Relay

Final

Place	Leg	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	1	Hilary Jennifer Smyth	TCD	54.60	5
1	2	Christina Alexandra Campbell	TCD	54.60	5
1	3	Desireé "Margaret" Worrall	TCD	54.60	5
1	4	Étain Mary Croasdell	TCD	54.60	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	Desireé "Margaret" Worrall	TCD	5.12	5
2	A. Byrne	UCD	NR	3
3	Avril Evelyn Sloan	TCD	NR	2
4	Lucy Moore	UCD	NR	1

High Jump

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Lucy Moore	UCD	1.40	5
2	Desireé "Margaret" Worrall	TCD	NR	3
3	Madelaine "Vanessa" McCullagh	TCD	NR	2
4	A. Byrne	UCD	NR	1

Shot Putt

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Siobhan A.B. Conroy	TCD	8.38	5
2	Nora Ann Clancy	TCD	NR	3
3	C. O'Neill	UCD	NR	2
4	Mary Ryan	UCD	NR	1

Discus

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Siobhan A.B. Conroy	TCD	27.53	5
2	C. O'Neill	UCD	NR	3
3	T. O'Neill	UCD	NR	2
4	Barbara Ann Gill	TCD	NR	1

Javelin

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Lucy Moore	UCD	23.91	5
2	Desireé "Margaret" Worrall	TCD	NR	3
3	Siobhan A.B. Conroy	TCD	NR	2
4	L. Kane	UCD	NR	1

Male

100m

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	David Cogley	UCD	11.50	5
2	Vivion C. "Viv" O'Brien	UCD	NT	3
3	Desmond Anthony O'Carroll	TCD	NT	2
4	A.N. Other	TCD	NT	1

110m Hurdles

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points	Note
1	Stephen Joseph Berkeley	TCD	16.60	5
2	Stephen Donald Smith	TCD	NT	3
3	J. Maxwell	UCD	NT	2
4	David Cogley	UCD	NT		NS

200m

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Arthur Devine	UCD	23.50	5
2	Vivion C. "Viv" O'Brien	UCD	NT	3
3	Maurice A.P. Barry	TCD	NT	2
4	Terence Fiachra Mac Namara	TCD	NT	1

400m

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Arthur Devine	UCD	49.50	5
2	Terence Fiachra Mac Namara	TCD	NT	3
3	Adrian George Barry	TCD	NT	2
4	Peter Markey	UCD	NT	1

400m Hurdles

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	J. Maxwell	UCD	57.10	5
2	Adrian George Barry	TCD	NT	3
3	Kieran Gerard Walshe	TCD	NT	2
4	W. Hogan	UCD	NT	1

800m

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Peter Markey	UCD	2:00.00	5
2	Brendan Hilliard	UCD	NT	3
3	M. Connolly	TCD	NT	2
4	Noel Patrick Murphy	TCD	NT	1

1500m

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Brendan Hilliard	UCD	4:01.60	5
2	P. Byrne	UCD	NT	3
3	Paul Anthony Dunne	TCD	NT	2
4	John Dominic Nolan	TCD	NT	1

5000m

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Kingston H.G. Mills	TCD	14:37.60	5
2	Eamon McMahon	UCD	14:30.10	3
3	Paul Anthony Dunne	TCD	NT	2
4	Ronan Murtagh	UCD	NT	1

4 x 100m Relay

Final

Place	Leg	Athlete	College	Mark	Points	Note
1	1	A.N. Other	TCD	48.40	5
1	2	A.N. Other	TCD	48.40	5
1	3	A.N. Other	TCD	48.40	5
1	4	A.N. Other	TCD	48.40	5
2	1	A.N. Other	UCD	NT	2	Dropped baton
2	2	A.N. Other	UCD	NT	2	Dropped baton
2	3	A.N. Other	UCD	NT	2	Dropped baton
2	4	A.N. Other	UCD	NT	2	Dropped baton

Long Jump

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Peter Christopher "Chris" Guckian	TCD	6.53	5
2	Fergus Conway	TCD	NR	3
3	J. O'Brien	UCD	NR	2
4	Anthony "Tony" Dunne	UCD	NR	1

Triple Jump

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Anthony "Tony" Dunne	UCD	13.55	5
2	Olanrewaju O.A. "Afolabi" Olumide	TCD	NR	3
3	Fergus Conway	TCD	NR	2
4	Frank Sweeney	UCD	NR	1

High Jump

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Stephen Joseph Berkeley	TCD	5′8″	5
2	Anthony "Tony" Dunne	UCD	NR	3
3	Liam Martin Adams	TCD	NR	2
4	Frank Sweeney	UCD	NH

Pole Vault

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Stephen Donald Smith	TCD	12′7¾″	5
2	Frank Sweeney	UCD	NR	3
3	Fergus Conway	TCD	NR	2
4	Albert Kindregan	UCD	NR	1

Shot Putt

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Tom O'Shaughnessy	UCD	11.85	5
2	Patrick Joseph "Paddy" O'Reilly	TCD	NR	3
3	Raymond Joseph "Ray" Trautman	TCD	NR	2
4	Albert Kindregan	UCD	NR	1

Discus

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Patrick Joseph "Paddy" O'Reilly	TCD	31.58	5
2	Richard Henry Burgess	TCD	NR	3
3	Tom O'Shaughnessy	UCD	NR	2
4	W. Hogan	UCD	NR	1

Javelin

Final

Place	Athlete	College	Mark	Points
1	Daniel E.J. "Donal" Spring	TCD	47.00	5
2	Tom O'Shaughnessy	UCD	NR	3
3	Stephen Donald Smith	TCD	NR	2
4	Frank Sweeney	UCD	NR	1

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