Pole Vault

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Best Male performances in Pole Vault
Rank	Athlete	College	Mark	Date	Championship	Race	Venue
346	Jesse Stern	H & Y	5.00	1995-06-17	IUAA Representative	PV	Belfield
78	Jesse Stern	H & Y	4.90	1995-06-20	Celtic T&F	PV	Antrim Forum
79	Stephen Brannon	H & Y	4.80	1995-06-20	Celtic T&F	PV	Antrim Forum
304	Ian Rodgers	DIT	4.70	2010-04-24	T&F	PV	Santry
80	Neil Young	NI U23	4.70	1995-06-20	Celtic T&F	PV	Antrim Forum
109	Ruairi O'Briain	IUAA	4.60	2004-06-08	Celtic T&F	PV	Antrim Forum
347	Stephen Brannon	H & Y	4.60	1995-06-17	IUAA Representative	PV	Belfield
139	Peter McLoughlin	UCD	4.56	1999-04-24	T&F	PV	Mary Peters
303	Ruairi O'Briain	UCD	4.50	2010-04-24	T&F	PV	Santry
105	Ruairi O'Briain	IUAA	4.42	2002-06-18	Celtic T&F	PV	Antrim Forum
63	Ruairi O'Briain	UCD	4.40	2009-02-14	Indoors	PV	Nenagh Olympic Stadium & Odyssey Arena
340	Thomas Houlihan	CIT	4.40	2011-04-30	T&F	PV	Antrim Forum
348	M. Monaghan	H & Y	4.40	1995-06-17	IUAA Representative	PV	Belfield
289	Anthony McCreery	DCU	4.30	2007-04-14	T&F	PV	Santry
67	Neil Young	NI U20	4.30	1993-06-22	Celtic T&F	PV	Antrim Forum
295	Anthony McCreery	DCU	4.30	2008-04-19	T&F	PV	Irishtown Stadium & Belfield
59	Liam Houlihan	UL	4.30	2006-12-03	Indoors	PV	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
296	Liam Houlihan	UL	4.30	2009-04-25	T&F	PV	Plassey
5	Ruairi O'Briain	UCD	4.25	2004-12-04	Indoors	PV	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
349	Liam Hennessy	BLE Select	13′10″	1977-06-14	IUAA Representative	PV	Belfield

Best Female performances in Pole Vault
Rank	Athlete	College	Mark	Date	Championship	Race	Venue
65	Zoe Brown	NI U23	3.70	2002-06-18	Celtic T&F	PV	Antrim Forum
133	Sarah Semeraro	UU	3.60	2010-04-24	T&F	PV	Santry
132	Claire Wilkinson	UU	3.60	2010-04-24	T&F	PV	Santry
52	Claire Wilkinson	Guest	3.60	2009-02-14	Indoors	PV	Nenagh Olympic Stadium & Odyssey Arena
134	Claire Wilkinson	UU	3.40	2011-04-30	T&F	PV	Antrim Forum
125	Nikita Savage	Guest	3.30	2009-04-25	T&F	PV	Plassey
66	Erin Kinnear	NI U23	3.30	2002-06-18	Celtic T&F	PV	Antrim Forum
61	Juliet Claffey	IUAA	3.10	2000-06-20	Celtic T&F	PV	Antrim Forum
118	Edel O'Meara	NUIG	3.00	2007-04-14	T&F	PV	Santry
135	Nikita Savage	DCU	3.00	2011-04-30	T&F	PV	Antrim Forum
6	Edel O'Meara	NUIG	2.92	2004-02-07	Indoors	PV	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
51	Edel O'Meara	NUIG	2.85	2006-12-03	Indoors	PV	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
23	Margaret O'Halloran	UCD	2.81	2000-12-01 to 2000-12-02	Indoors	PV	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
22	Edel O'Meara	NUIG	2.80	2001-12-08	Indoors	PV	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
55	Margaret O'Halloran	IUAA	2.80	1998-06-23	Celtic T&F	PV	Antrim Forum
28	Juliet Claffey	UL	2.80	1999-12-03 to 1999-12-04	Indoors	PV	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
53	Claire Wilkinson	NI U23	2.75	2005-06-07	Celtic T&F	PV	Antrim Forum
62	Zoe Brown	NI U23	2.70	2000-06-20	Celtic T&F	PV	Antrim Forum
73	Juliet Claffey	UL	2.67	2000-04-14	T&F	PV	Plassey
45	Edel O'Meara	NUIG	2.65	2005-12-11	Indoors	PV	Nenagh Olympic Stadium

Indoor Male record progression in Pole Vault
Athlete	College	Mark	Date	Venue
Ronan Curran	UCC	3.40	1998-12-11 to 1998-12-12	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
Brian Deasy	CIT	3.40	1998-12-11 to 1998-12-12	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
Ronan Curran	UCC	3.40	2000-12-01 to 2000-12-02	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
Ruairi O'Briain	UCD	4.20	2001-12-08	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
Ruairi O'Briain (OYD)	UCD	4.25	2004-12-04	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
Liam Houlihan	UL	4.30	2006-12-03	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
Ruairi O'Briain	UCD	4.40	2009-02-14	Nenagh Olympic Stadium & Odyssey Arena

Indoor Female record progression in Pole Vault
Athlete	College	Mark	Date	Venue
Juliet Claffey	UL	2.20	1998-12-11 to 1998-12-12	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
Juliet Claffey	UL	2.80	1999-12-03 to 1999-12-04	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
Margaret O'Halloran	UCD	2.81	2000-12-01 to 2000-12-02	Nenagh Olympic Stadium
Edel O'Meara	NUIG	2.92	2004-02-07	Nenagh Olympic Stadium

Outdoor Male record progression in Pole Vault
Athlete	College	Mark	Date	Venue
Percy Herbert Johnston	UCC	8′0″	1873-05-19	Mardyke
B. Beirne	UCD	9′6″	1952-05-22	Galway
Frank Cruess Callaghan	UCD	10′3¾″	1953-07-15	Belfield
Brian Gallagher	UCD	10′6½″	1954-05-22	Belfield
Brian Gallagher	UCD	10′7½″	1955-05-19	Galway Sportsground, Galway
Brian Gallagher	UCD	10′8⅞″	1957-05-18	Belfield
Patrick "Paddy" McGrath	UCC	11′0″	1962-05-17	Pearse Stadium, Galway
Patrick "Paddy" McGrath	UCC	11′7″	1963-05-11	Mardyke
Liam Gleeson	UCD	12′0″	1965-05-08	Galway Sportsground, Galway
Liam Gleeson	UCD	12′6″	1966-05-07	Belfield
Liam Gleeson	UCG	13′0″	1970-05-09	Belfield
Liam Hennessy	NCPE	4.00	1979-05-04 to 1979-05-05	Belfield
Liam Hennessy	TCE	4.20	1980-05-02 to 1980-05-03	Mardyke
Peter McLoughlin	UCD	4.56	1999-04-24	Mary Peters
Ian Rodgers	DIT	4.70	2010-04-24	Santry

Outdoor Female record progression in Pole Vault
Athlete	College	Mark	Date	Venue
Margaret O'Halloran	UCD	2.40	1998-04-24 to 1998-04-25	Belfield
Juliet Claffey	UL	2.41	1999-04-23 to 1999-04-24	Mary Peters
Juliet Claffey	UL	2.67	2000-04-14	Plassey
Edel O'Meara	NUIG	3.00	2007-04-14	Santry
Sarah Semeraro	UU	3.60	2010-04-24	Santry

Indoors Male medalists in Pole Vault
Date	Event	Athlete	College	Mark	Athlete	College	Mark	Athlete	College	Mark
1998-12-11 to 1998-12-12	PV	Brian Deasy	CIT	3.40	Ronan Curran	UCC	3.40	Brendan Bourke	UL	2.90
1999-12-03 to 1999-12-04	PV	Declan Byrne	UL	3.20	Eoin Naughton	IT Carlow	3.00	Jerome Perrot	IT Tralee	3.00
2000-12-01 to 2000-12-02	PV	Ronan Curran	UCC	3.40	Brendan Bourke	UL	3.00	Nigel Purcell	TCD	2.90
2001-12-08	PV	Ruairi O'Briain	UCD	4.20	Aubrey Storey	TCD	2.60	Kevin Burke	UL	2.50
2002-12-07	PV	Liam Houlihan	WIT	3.60	Jerome Perrot	IT Tralee	3.40	Paul Campbell	TCD	3.00
2004-02-07	PV	Ruairi O'Briain	UCD	4.00	Liam Houlihan	WIT	3.70	Kevin Grant	UL	3.00
2004-12-04	PV	Ruairi O'Briain (OYD)	UCD	4.25	Liam Houlihan	UL	4.05	Stuart Greene	TCD	3.65
2005-12-11	PV	Liam Houlihan	UL	4.00	Stuart Greene	TCD	3.80	Kyle Corrigan	UU	3.80
2006-12-03	PV	Liam Houlihan	UL	4.30	Anthony McCreery	DCU	4.20	Stuart Greene	TCD	3.80
2009-02-14	PV	Ruairi O'Briain	UCD	4.40	Stuart Greene	UCD	4.20	Ian Rodgers	DIT	4.20

T&F Male medalists in Pole Vault
Date	Event	Athlete	College	Mark	Athlete	College	Mark	Athlete	College	Mark
1873-05-19	PV	Percy Herbert Johnston	UCC	8′0″	Charles Wadsworth	QUB	NR
1874-05-16	PV	A.N. Other	QUB	NR
1952-05-22	PV	B. Beirne	UCD	9′6″	M. Quaid	UCD	9′0″	P. Hardwick	UCC	8′6″
1953-07-15	PV	Frank Cruess Callaghan	UCD	10′3¾″	Brian Gallagher	UCD	9′0″
1954-05-22	PV	Brian Gallagher	UCD	10′6½″	B. Hurley	UCC	9′9″	Frank Cruess Callaghan	UCD	8′6″
1955-05-19	PV	Brian Gallagher	UCD	10′7½″	M. Costello	UCG	9′10″	P.J. Nolan	UCD	9′10″
1956-05-16	PV	P.J. Nolan	UCD	10′6″	B. Kelleher	UCD	10′3″	M. Costello	UCG	9′7″
1957-05-18	PV	Brian Gallagher	UCD	10′8⅞″	Terrence "Terry" O'Callaghan	UCC	9′6″	M. Costello	UCG	9′6″
1958-07-28	PV	Terrence "Terry" O'Callaghan	UCC	10′0″	Brian Gallagher	UCD	10′0″
1959-05-13	PV	D. Kerins	UCG	9′6″	Terrence "Terry" O'Callaghan	UCC	9′3″	E. Eidusogie	UCC	9′0″
1960-05-14	PV	Denis Twomey	UCD	10′0″	Patrick "Paddy" McGrath	UCC	9′6″	Liam O'Carroll	UCD	9′0″
1961-05-06	PV	Denis Twomey	UCD	10′6″	Sean Murphy	UCG	10′3″	D. McSweeney	UCC	10′0″
1962-05-17	PV	Patrick "Paddy" McGrath	UCC	11′0″	Sean Murphy	UCG	10′6″	F. Kerrane	UCG	10′0″
1963-05-11	PV	Patrick "Paddy" McGrath	UCC	11′7″	Denis Twomey	UCD	11′0″	John Lane	UCD	11′0″
1965-05-08	PV	Liam Gleeson	UCD	12′0″	John Lane	UCD	11′6″	G. Murphy	UCG	11′0″
1966-05-07	PV	Liam Gleeson	UCD	12′6″	John Lane	UCD	11′0″	K. Murphy	UCG	11′0″
1967-05-05	PV	John Lane	UCD	11′0″	Martin Flatley	UCG	10′9″	G. Murphy	UCG	10′6″
1968-05-11	PV	Rodney Hecksher	UCD	12′3″	Percy Hecksher	UCD	12′3″	Hugh Alexander Smyth	TCD	11′0″
1969-05-03	PV	J. Smyth	UCD	10′3″				Joey Ashcroft	QUB	9′9″
1970-05-09	PV	Liam Gleeson	UCG	13′0″	Rodney Hecksher	UCD	12′0″	David Booth	UCD	11′0″
1971-05-07 to 1971-05-08	PV	David Booth	UCD	12′6″	J. Mulligan	UCD	10′0″
1972-05-05 to 1972-05-06	PV	Gerry Bradley	UCD	10′6″
1973-05-11 to 1973-05-12	PV	Michael J. O'B. Kennedy	TCD	3.50	Gerry Bradley	UCD	3.20	Robert Abang	UCC	3.05
1974-05-03 to 1974-05-04	PV	Michael "Mick" Bull	QUB	10′6″	Gerry Bradley	UCD	9′6″	Robert Abang	UCC	9′0″
1975-05-02 to 1975-05-03	PV	Frank Hezlin	UCD	3.20	E. O'Riordan	NCPE	3.20	T. Tynan	NCPE	3.00
1976-04-30 to 1976-05-01	PV	E. O'Riordan	NCPE	3.35	C. O'Malley	NCPE	3.30	S. Tremier	QUB	3.20
1977-05-07	PV	Stephen Donald Smith	TCD	3.65	Fergus Conway	TCD	3.00	D. Nicholl	QUB	3.00
1978-05-05 to 1978-05-06	PV	Stephen Donald Smith	TCD	3.80	D. Nicholl	QUB	3.30	Fergus Conway	TCD	3.00
1979-05-04 to 1979-05-05	PV	Liam Hennessy	NCPE	4.00	Stephen Donald Smith	TCD	3.65	D. Nicholl	QUB	3.00
1980-05-02 to 1980-05-03	PV	Liam Hennessy	TCE	4.20	Frank Sweeney	UCD	3.00	Peter Gerard "Peadar" McGing	TCD	2.87
1981-05-01 to 1981-05-02	PV	Liam Hennessy	TCE	4.00	D. O'Sullivan	TCE		D. Nicholl	QUB
1982-04-30 to 1982-05-01	PV	Ian Condron	QUB	3.90	Jim Alexander	QUB	3.60	Mark I.M. Dennehy	TCD	3.20
1983-05-06 to 1983-05-07	PV	A. O'Connor	UCD	3.80	S. Connor	QUB	3.80	Jim Alexander	QUB	3.60
1984-05-04 to 1984-05-05	PV	Jim Alexander	QUB	4.00	Michael K. Mullins	TCD	3.70	Eamon Galvin	UCD
1985-05-03 to 1985-05-04	PV	Malacahy Sheridan	NIHED	4.10	Eamon Galvin	UCD	3.30	Michael K. Mullins	TCD	3.00
1986-05-02 to 1986-05-03	PV	Eamon Galvin	UCD	3.80	Michael K. Mullins	TCD		Malacahy Sheridan	NIHED
1987-05-08 to 1987-05-09	PV	John Naughton	NIHEL		Michael Power	NIHEL		Eric Brady	UCD
1988-04-29 to 1988-04-30	PV	Michael K. Mullins	TCD	3.00	Barry Hingston	UCD	2.30
1989-05-05 to 1989-05-06	PV	John Naughton	UL	3.30				Eric Brady	UCD
1990-04-27 to 1990-04-28	PV	Michael Power	UL	2.80	T. Madigan	UL	2.80	Eric Brady	UCD	2.70
1991-05-03 to 1991-05-04	PV	John Naughton	UL	3.20	W. Harvey	UL		Breffini Matthews	UCD
1992-04-24 to 1992-04-25	PV	Keith Sullivan	TCD	3.80	Enda O'Connell	SPM	3.70	John Naughton	UL	3.50
1993-04-23 to 1993-04-24	PV	Enda O'Connell	SPM	3.80	Thallius Hecksher	UCD	3.60	John Naughton	UL	3.40
1995-04-21 to 1995-04-22	PV	Mark Ramsey	UU	3.80	Jeremy Madden	UU	2.50	A. Barrett	UL	2.40
1996-04-19 to 1996-04-20	PV	Thallius Hecksher	UCD	3.60	Noel Keating	UCC	3.20	Declan Byrne	UL	3.00
1997-04-26	PV	Thallius Hecksher	UCD	3.40	Noel Keating	UCC	3.20	Declan Byrne	UL	3.00
1998-04-24 to 1998-04-25	PV	Gary O'Sullivan	DIT	3.60	Brian Deasy	CIT	3.40	Declan Byrne	UL	3.20
1999-04-24	PV	Peter McLoughlin	UCD	4.56	Brendan McConville	UU	4.00	Declan Byrne	UL	3.50
2000-04-14	PV	Ronan Curran	UCC	3.20	Brendan Bourke	UL	3.20	Jerome Perrot	IT Tralee	3.00
2001-04-20	PV	Ronan Curran	UCC	3.10	Nigel Purcell	TCD	3.00	Eoin Naughton	IT Carlow	2.80
2002-04-19 to 2002-04-20	PV	Ruairi O'Briain	UCD	3.00	Bernd Voegele	TCD	2.80	Aubrey Storey	TCD	2.40
2003-04-25	PV	Liam Houlihan	WIT	3.20	Ronan Barry	WIT	3.00	Paul Campbell	TCD	2.80
2004-04-17	PV	Liam Houlihan	WIT	3.20	Kevin Grant	UL	3.00	Diarmuid O'Meara	UCC	2.60
2005-04-23	PV	Ruairi O'Briain (OYD)	UCD	4.00	Liam Houlihan	UL	3.80	Stuart Greene	TCD	3.80
2006-04-22	PV	Liam Houlihan	UL	4.00	Stuart Greene	TCD	4.00	Kevin Grant	UL	3.50
2007-04-14	PV	Anthony McCreery	DCU	4.30	Kevin Grant	UL	3.40	Robert Cascone	QUB	3.00
2008-04-19	PV	Anthony McCreery	DCU	4.30	Liam Houlihan	UL	4.00	Stuart Greene	TCD	3.80
2009-04-25	PV	Liam Houlihan	UL	4.30	Ian Rodgers	DIT	4.20	Stuart Greene	UCD	4.00
2010-04-24	PV	Ian Rodgers	DIT	4.70	Ruairi O'Briain	UCD	4.50	Stuart Houlihan (OYD)	UL	4.00
2011-04-30	PV	Thomas Houlihan	CIT	4.40	Ian Rodgers	DIT	3.60	Timothy Harrington	CIT	3.00

Indoors Female medalists in Pole Vault
Date	Event	Athlete	College	Mark	Athlete	College	Mark	Athlete	College	Mark
1998-12-11 to 1998-12-12	PV	Juliet Claffey	UL	2.20	Gail Doyle	UCD	1.40	Norah Nelson	UL	1.20
1999-12-03 to 1999-12-04	PV	Juliet Claffey	UL	2.80	Avril Dillon	UCD	2.00	Catherine Carroll	UCC	1.90
2000-12-01 to 2000-12-02	PV	Margaret O'Halloran	UCD	2.81	Croine Wyse	UL	2.00	Lynne Cantwell	UL	2.00
2001-12-08	PV	Edel O'Meara	NUIG	2.80	Katriona Carter	UCC	2.30	Louisa Hamill	TCD	2.20
2002-12-07	PV	Edel O'Meara	NUIG	2.60	Ruth Collins	TCD	2.60	Louisa Hamill	TCD	2.20
2004-02-07	PV	Edel O'Meara	NUIG	2.92	Sarah Cormack	UL	1.70	Orna O'Connor	UL	1.70
2004-12-04	PV	Edel O'Meara	NUIG	2.35	Orna Donoghue	UL	2.25	Sarah Cormack	UL	2.05
2005-12-11	PV	Edel O'Meara	NUIG	2.65	Maria Alvarez	DCU	2.55	Carol Loscher	TCD	2.35
2006-12-03	PV	Edel O'Meara	NUIG	2.85	Carol Finn	UL	2.10	Sarah Cormack	UL	2.10

T&F Female medalists in Pole Vault
Date	Event	Athlete	College	Mark	Athlete	College	Mark	Athlete	College	Mark
1998-04-24 to 1998-04-25	PV	Margaret O'Halloran	UCD	2.40	Juliet Claffey	UL	2.00	Patricia Hurley	UCD	1.80
1999-04-23 to 1999-04-24	PV	Juliet Claffey	UL	2.41	Paula Kelliher	UCD	1.80	Croine Wyse	UL	1.70
2000-04-14	PV	Juliet Claffey	UL	2.67	Croine Wyse	UL	1.80	Gail Doyle	UCD	1.70
2001-04-21	PV	Ruth Collins	TCD	2.20	Croine Wyse	UL	2.10	Nora Mulcahy	UL	2.00
2002-04-19 to 2002-04-20	PV	Ruth Collins	TCD	2.10	Edel O'Meara	NUIG	2.10	Orna Donoghue	UL	1.80
2003-04-25	PV	Ruth Collins	TCD	2.00
2004-04-17	PV	Edel O'Meara	NUIG	2.20	Orna Donoghue	UL	2.10	Ruth Collins	TCD	2.00
2005-04-23	PV	Edel O'Meara	NUIG	2.60	Anna Brady	UL	2.30	Sarah Cormack	UL	2.30
2006-04-22	PV	Orna Donoghue	UL	2.20	Claire McGlynn	TCD	2.20	Joanne Finn	UL	2.10
2007-04-14	PV	Edel O'Meara	NUIG	3.00	Sarah Cormack	UL	2.30	Orna Reddy (OYD)	UL	2.10
2008-04-19	PV	Edel O'Meara	UU	2.45	Jennifer Reddy	DCU	2.35	Doireann Bregazzi Nevin	DCU	2.25
2009-04-25	PV	Sarah Ryan	UCC	2.40	Edel O'Meara	NUIG	2.40	Marguerite O'Connor	UL	2.20
2010-04-24	PV	Sarah Semeraro	UU	3.60	Claire Wilkinson	UU	3.60	Jennifer Reddy	DCU	2.00
2011-04-30	PV	Claire Wilkinson	UU	3.40	Nikita Savage	DCU	3.00	Bryony Treston	TCD	1.00

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Winning performances in Pole Vault