Irish cross-country skier Thomas Maloney Westgaard finished 47th in today’s classic 30km race at the World Nordic Skiing Championships in Lahti, Finland. Westgaaard clocked a time of 41 mins 03.2 secs, putting him 4 minutes 19 secs behind the winner Livo Niskanen of Finland. He was moved up two places when two competitors were disqualified […]
Ciara Mageean showed that she’s coming into shape at exactly the right time for the European Indoors when she won the 800m at the Leinster Indoors in a time of 2:03.73. Mageean completed her first 400m in 62 seconds. At the Big East in Staten Island, Siofra Cleirigh Buttner ran 2:06.63 to win the women’s […]
Maurice Timmins, a former president of the Business Houses Athletic Association had died. Maurice, a late comer to athletics, was a staunch Raheny Shamrock member and will be remembered as a prodigious marathon runner, running close to 200 marathons. One of the most recent was in Siberia. In 2004, he ran his 100th marathon – […]
This year, in an effort to raise the elite standard of the race and to celebrate the 40th annual event, there will be added time bonuses for the Ballycotton ‘10’ on March 12th. Along with the usual first three prizes (€500, €300 and €200) for men and women and the course bonuses of €500 for […]
John Travers of Donore Harriers outsprinted Paul Robinson of St Coca’s for victory in a thrilling men’s 1500m at the Irish Life Health National Indoors in Abbotstown. Travers was timed at 3:50.44 to Robinson’s 3:50.55 with Raheny’s Cillian Kirwan coming from behind to finish third in 3:54.65. Olympic steeplechaser Kerry O’Flaherty of Newcastle was a […]
UCD’s Ciara Mageean was a clear winner of the 3000m at the opening day of the Irish Life Health National Indoor Championships in Abbotstown. Making the early pace in the race was Kilcoole’s Fionnuala McCormack, with Mageean and Michelle Finn of Leevale on her heels. Finn was next to push the pace, but when Mageean […]
Laura Weightman of Morpeth Harriers proved the star of tonight’s Brooks Armagh Roads Races running a fast time of 8 mins 59 seconds to win the women’s race. Best of the Irish was Kerry O’Flaherty who finished ninth in 9 mins 22 secs, a day after making the European Indoors qualifying mark for 1500 in […]
Kyle Langford broke the British indoor 600m best at the AIT International Grand Prix in Athlone last night. The 21-year-old European junior gold medal winner clocked 1:16.10 to better Dai Greene’s 1:16.22 from 2013. USA’s Erik Sowinski with 1:16.15 and Poland’s Artur Kuciapski’s 1:16.77 were second and third, with Niall Tuohy 4th in 1:18.35. Mark English of […]
Although Sean O’Leary came home a comfortable winner of the senior boys’ race, St Aidan’s CBS failed to make it three in a row at the Irish Life Health Leinster Schools Cross-Country Championships in Santry yesterday. In dry, firm conditions, O’Leary made his move about halfway through the race, leaving Cormac Dalton of St Joseph’s […]
Former international athlete Rosemary Ryan of Dooneen AC and the much improved Michael Harty from East Cork made it a Munster double at the Irish Life Health National Masters Cross-Country in Waterford, where conditions were bitterly cold. Ryan, now aged 41, had a long distinguished career as a senior athlete, winning national title on the […]
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