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 | SUSAN AND ELAINE TAKE NATIONAL TITLES! |
| SUSAN SMITH (301)
and ELAINE FITZGERALD (277) both won National titles at the BLE National
Track and Field Championships in Morton Stadium, Santry, Dublin during
the weekend of 24th/25th July 1999. Susan had her expected
double in the 400m Hurdles (55.54secs) and the 100m Hurdles (13.49secs).
The win in the 400mH was particularly praiseworthy and the time was an
excellent one considering her solo run. She won the race by nearly
40 metres. Elaine won her first title and she, like Susan, has
now booked her seat on the plane for Seville. This will be Elaine's debut
in a major Track and Field championship. This race was the most thrilling
of the day, being a winner-takes-all showdown with Olympian Sinead Delahunty;
only the winner would be selected for Seville. In a reversal of pre-race
speculation it was the more experienced Delahunty who tracked Elaine all the
way. With tension reaching fever-pitch it was Elaine who struck first with
200m to go and with Sinead chasing hard, both women slogged it out up the
straight with Elaine winning by about five metres. This will be the first time that two women from the
club will go to a major championship. |
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| NATIONAL LEAGUE: Morton Stadium, Santry, was the
venue for the club's second round National League match on Sunday July 18th,
1999. Our women's team went into the Division 1 match in 4th place
overall with 109 points, while our men were leading Division 2 with 77
points. At the close of the meet both teams were confirmed as
finalists, the women in overall 5th place with 219 points and the men in
third with 143 points, only one point behind the joint leaders. The
finals take place on August 15th in Tullamore. |
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