{"id":1623,"date":"2017-06-03T17:30:25","date_gmt":"2017-06-03T17:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rahenyshamrock.ie\/?p=1623"},"modified":"2017-06-04T14:21:04","modified_gmt":"2017-06-04T14:21:04","slug":"smyth-wins-schools-double","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rahenyshamrock.ie\/?p=1623","title":{"rendered":"Smyth wins Schools Double"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Mark Smyth wrote himself into the history books in Tullamore as he claimed the 100\/200 metre double at the Irish Life Health All Ireland Schools.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Smyth was slow out of the blocks in the 100 metres, though quickly clawed back the ground he lost on Presentation Athenry\u2019s Cillin Greene.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">The final 40 metres were all Smyth\u2019s as he forced his way past Greene to win by a whisker with both athlete\u2019s accredited with a time of 10.70 seconds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Some 60 minutes later Smyth was at it again but this time showed his dominance over the 200 metres and powered clear to win out in 21.57 seconds with Greene again taking silver in 21.68 seconds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">The double for the St. Fintan\u2019s High School Sutton man and equalling both the club\u2019s senior 100 and 200 metre records, Smyth having set the 100 metre record last Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">The 200 metres record is also held by Kieran Finn and was set in Dublin on July 23 1987.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Belvedere College\u2019s Brian Fay was the first star of the day when he won the 2,000 metre steeplechase in a comfortable 6:07.65 well cleat of Eoghan Keaney in 6:26.87.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Sutton Park\u2019s Kim O\u2019Hare raised the bronze medal in the triple jump with a best of 10.92 metres, the gold was won by Grace Furlong of CBS New Ross in 11.41 metres.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Holy Faith Clontarf\u2019s Suzie O\u2019Flynn landed senior 800 metre bronze in 2:17.25, gold having been won by Rose Finnegan in 2:12.81.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Daniel Beveridge landed intermediate\u00a0discus silver with a personal best of 49.67 metres. Hugh Flood finished fourth in the intermediate hammer with a personal best of 46.49 metres with Sean Maher sixth in 42.49 metres.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Matthew Cotter took fifth place in the men\u2019s triple jump. 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