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John Treacy
John Treacy (born 4 June 1957) is an Irish Olympic Games, Olympian and former athlete, now a sporting administrator. He is best known for winning a silver medal in the marathon at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Early life Treacy was born in Villierstown, County Waterford. He attended St Anne's Post-Primary School in Cappoquin, County Waterford, Ireland, running more than seven miles to school every morning. He graduated from Providence College in the United States in 1978. Athletic career Early Cross Country Success As a 16 year-old, Treacy finished third in the Junior race of the 1974 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. Treacy then repeated this feat in the 1975 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and in the process helping Ireland to the Silver medal in the Junior Team competition. Treacy won the 1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships held in Bellahouston Park in Glasgow. The conditions were difficult with heavy mud on the ground and snow in the ai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villierstown
Villierstown () is a village in west County Waterford, Ireland. It is situated on the banks of the Munster Blackwater, River Blackwater, and was founded in the 1740s by a local landlord, John Villiers, as a base for the linen industry, and initially populated primarily from Lurgan. In the census of 2016, the population of the village was 276. The village is approximately 8 kilometres from Cappoquin and 20 kilometres from both Dungarvan and Youghal. History Villierstown was founded by the Villiers-Stuart family, from whom the name is derived. In the 1740s the 1st Earl Grandison, John Villiers, established the village to develop a linen industry. The village was initially populated with linen-weavers, some of whom were from Lurgan in County Armagh. The original village consisted of a church, a rectory, a school, 24 dwelling houses, a court, a police barracks and a quay on the river. All of these buildings are still in the village today. The church has been converted to a communit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
The 1978 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Glasgow, Scotland, at the Bellahouston Park on 25 March 1978. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald ''The Herald'' is a Scottish broadsheet newspaper founded in 1783. ''The Herald'' is the longest running national newspaper in the world and is the eighth oldest daily paper in the world. The title was simplified from ''The Glasgow Herald'' in .... Complete results for men, junior men, women, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published. Medallists Race results Senior men's race (12.3 km) *Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result Junior men's race (7.036 km) *Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result Senior women's race (4.728 km) *Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result Medal table (unofficial) *Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kick (running)
A kick in a running race is the ability of some athletes to sprint at the end of an endurance-oriented race. For those who possess the ability to kick, it is a strategic weapon. For those with the liability not to possess a kick, they must seek different strategies to anticipate and diminish their opponent's kicking power, usually by a long extended surge to break away or exhaust their opponent well ahead of the finish of the race. Similar to a sprinter in cycling, a kicker has a finite distance they know they are able to sprint, making their strategy to be in the ideal position at that distance to be able to utilize that speed. Sprinting too early could lead an athlete to tie up, a form of muscle cramp that debilitates a racer from continuing to kick. Thus team tactics might also intentionally or not, box a kicker, meaning to position other competitors to their outside, to disrupt their positioning and timing. Of course, as the finish is nearing and all athletes are straini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1979 AAA Championships
The 1979 AAA Championships sponsored by Nationwide was the 1979 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 13 to 14 July 1979 at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre in London, England. Summary The Championships covered two days of competition. The marathon was held in Coventry and the decathlon was held in Birmingham. ] Results See also *1979 WAAA Championships The 1979 WAAA Championships sponsored by Sunsilk, were the national track and field championships for women in the United Kingdom. The event was held at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, London, from 27 to 28 July 1979. The marathon ... References {{British championships in athletics AAA Championships Athletics Outdoor International sports competitions in London Sport in the London Borough of Bromley July 1979 sports events in the United Kingdom 1979 in athletics (track and field) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AAA Championships
The AAA Championships was an annual track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association of England. It was the foremost domestic athletics event in the United Kingdom during its lifetime, despite the existence of the official UK Athletics Championships organised by the then governing body for British athletics, the British Athletics Federation between 1977 and 1993, and again in 1997. It was succeeded by the British Athletics Championships, organised by the BEF's replacement (successor), UK Athletics under its brand name British Athletics. History The competition was founded in 1880, replacing the Amateur Athletic Club (AAC) Championships, which had been held since 1866. Initially a men-only competition, a Women's AAA Championships was introduced in 1922 with the first proper WAAA Championships in 1923 and organised by the Women's Amateur Athletics Association until 1992, at which point it was folded into the Amateur Athletics Association. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Limerick Racecourse
Limerick Racecourse (Greenmount Park) is a horse racing venue in County Limerick, Ireland, which stages both National Hunt and flat racing Horse racing is an equestrianism, equestrian performance activity, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all spor .... The course opened in October 2001 and is the first purpose-built racecourse in Ireland in 50 years. The present location is the seventh different horse racing location in Limerick since 1790. In 1999, the course at Greenpark near Limerick city closed after 130 years of racing. The course is a right-handed oval track of about . It is located on the M20 at exit 4, outside the city. Notable races References External linksOfficial website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Limerick, Ireland
Limerick ( ; ) is a city in western Ireland, in County Limerick. It is in the province of Munster and is in the Mid-West which comprises part of the Southern Region. With a population of 102,287 at the 2022 census, Limerick is the third-most populous urban area in Ireland, and the fourth-most populous city on the island of Ireland. It was founded by Scandinavian settlers in 812, during the Viking Age. The city straddles the River Shannon, with the historic core of the city located on King's Island, which is bounded by the Shannon and Abbey Rivers. Limerick is at the head of the Shannon Estuary, where the river widens before it flows into the Atlantic Ocean. Limerick City and County Council is the local authority for the city. Geography and metropolitan area Limerick is located on the River Shannon with four main river-crossing points near the city centre. To the south of the city is the Golden Vale, an area of rich pastureland. Historically, much of the city's indust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bellahouston Park
Bellahouston Park (Scottish Gaelic: ''Pàirc Bhaile Ùisdean'') is a public park in the Bellahouston district on the South Side of Glasgow, Scotland, between the areas of Craigton, Dumbreck, Ibrox and Mosspark covering an area of . The main part of Bellahouston Park was acquired by Glasgow Corporation in 1895 for the sum of £50,000, and opened to the public in 1896. Three years later, the city's second municipal golf course was established at Bellahouston, following the success of the course at Alexandra Park. The park was extended in 1901 by the addition of a part of Dumbreck Lands purchased for £2,824 from Sir John Stirling-Maxwell. A further addition was made in 1903, at a cost of £40,222, by including the lands of Ibroxhill, from which commanding views of the city are available. In 1938 the Empire Exhibition was held at the park. The site took fourteen months to build. The price of admission was one shilling, and 12.5 million visits were recorded. The exhibition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous states border Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, with the semi-exclave of Alaska in the northwest and the archipelago of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The United States asserts sovereignty over five Territories of the United States, major island territories and United States Minor Outlying Islands, various uninhabited islands in Oceania and the Caribbean. It is a megadiverse country, with the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest land area and List of countries and dependencies by population, third-largest population, exceeding 340 million. Its three Metropolitan statistical areas by population, largest metropolitan areas are New York metropolitan area, New York, Greater Los Angeles, Los Angel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Waterford, Ireland
County Waterford () is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Munster and is part of the Southern Region. It is named after the city of Waterford. Waterford City and County Council is the local authority for the county. The population of the county at large, including the city, was 127,363 according to the 2022 census. The county is based on the historic Gaelic territory of the '' Déise''. There is an Irish-speaking area, Gaeltacht na nDéise, in the southwest of the county. Geography and subdivisions County Waterford has two mountain ranges, the Knockmealdown Mountains and the Comeragh Mountains. The highest point in the county is Knockmealdown, at . It also has many rivers, including Ireland's third-longest river, the River Suir (); and Ireland's fourth-longest river, the Munster Blackwater (). There are over 30 beaches along Waterford's volcanic coastline. A large stretch of this coastline, known as the Copper Coast, has been designated as a UNESCO Geopark, a plac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cappoquin
Cappoquin (), also sometimes spelt Cappaquin, is a town in western County Waterford, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is on the Munster Blackwater, Blackwater river at the junction of the N72 road (Ireland), N72 national secondary road and the R669 road (Ireland), R669 Regional road (Ireland), regional road. It is positioned on a sharp 90-degree bend in the river and lies at the foot of the Knockmealdown Mountains. The town is a few miles from Mount Melleray and Lismore, County Waterford. Name Cappoquin is an Anglicisation of the Irish ''Ceapach Choinn'', referring to a plot of land (or tillage plot) associated with a person named Conn (name), Conn. According to historian Patrick Weston Joyce, "no one can tell who this Conn was". Variant English spellings include Cappaquin or Capaquin and, in some older texts, Caperquin. History Evidence of Prehistoric Ireland#Mesolithic (8000–4000 BC), Mesolithic settlement in the area was discovered during an archaeological dig, at nearby L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 Boston Marathon
The 1989 Boston Marathon was the 93rd running of the annual marathon race in Boston, United States, which was held on April 17. The elite men's race was won by Ethiopia's Abebe Mekonnen in a time of 2:09:06 hours and the women's race was won by Norway's Ingrid Kristiansen in 2:24:33. In the wheelchair race, Philippe Couprie of France won the men's race in 1:36:04 and Connie Hansen of Denmark won the women's race in 1:50:06. A total of 5104 runners finished the race, 4239 men and 865 women. Results Men Women Wheelchair men Wheelchair women References Results Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-07-12.Boston Marathon Historical Results Boston Athletic Association. Retrieved 2020-07-12.1989 Boston Marathon Marathon Wheelchair Athlinks. Retrieved 2020-07-12. External links Boston Athletic Association website {{1989 in athletics 1989 Boston Boston Marathon Marathon Boston Marathon The Boston Marathon is an annual marathon race hosted by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
