Kelly Proper duly won the long jump competition with a super leap of 6.68m (+3.0) and will be back tomorrow to run the 100m.
An interesting winner of the third heat of the 1,500m was David Campbell to join the other heat winners Mark Kenneally (Clonliffe Harriers) and Liam Reale (Limerick AC) for what should be an interesting race.
Kourosh Foroughi (Star of the Sea AC) won the high jump with a clearance of 2.10m.
The women’s 5,000m saw Rosemary Ryan and Linda Byrne race away from the rest of the field from early on before Byrne broke clear with under four laps to go.
There was a Ferrybank 1-2 in the women’s 200m when Kelly Proper interrupted her long jump competition to comfortably win the title in 24.34, with junior Niamh Whelan second in 24.68 and Steffi Creanor third.
David Gillick looked comfortable in winning the mens 200m in 21.43 into a head wind of 3.6m/s from Darragh Graham (Sli Cualann) 21.55 and junior Steven Colvert (Crusaders AC) 21.99.
Martin Fagan’s departure from the 10k was the result of Achilles problems. Josphat Boit won the race in 29:44.55 from Cloliffe Harriers clubmate Serguie Cibanu, with Joe McAllister third.
Colin Quirke (Crusaders AC) won his first senior shot title with a throw of 15.90m, achieved in the fifth round. Sean Breathnach (Galway City Harriers) was second with a throw of 15.18m.
Fionnuala Britton (Sli Cualainn) won the 3,000m steeplechase final in a time of 10:04.95.
David Gillick (DSD AC) won the first heat of the 200m in 21.78 with a following wind of 0.5m/s in spite of the windy conditions.
Mary McLoone (Tir Chonaill AC) jumped 12.75m to win the triple jump.
Eileen O’Keeffe made it a double when she added the discus to her earlier hammer win. He had a best of 43.86m.
The scene was set for a thrilling 800m final tomorrow when David Campbell and Thomas Chamney both won their heats comfortably.
The long jump, still in progress saw Kelly Proper jump 6.68m, but unfortunately the wind was over the legal limit.
Martin Fagan dropped out of the 10,000m whilst leading the race.
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