Christine McMahon proved the star of the large Irish contingent competing at the AtletiGaGeneva meet in Switzerland when she ran a lifetime best of 56.42secs in the 4000m hurdles. Her time was enough for second place in the B race and was an A qualifying mark for the Europeans. McMahon had already run a European […]
Rio-bound marathon woman Lizzie Lee of Leevale ran a time of 33 mins 28 mins to finish 12th in the 45th edition of the New York Women’s Mini 10k, the first women’s only road race in the world and the inspiration for the Dublin Mini 10k. In its first year, the New York Mini 10k, […]
After finishing first in 2013, Siobhán O’Doherty of Borrisokane AC in Co Tipperary took a second victory in the VHI Women’s Mini Marathon held in Dublin today for the 34th time. Victory didn’t come easy, with O’Doherty and Letterkenny’s Natasha Adams locked together at the halfway point on the Stillorgan road. In the end, there […]
Canoeist Jenny Egan of the Salmon Leap club in Leixlip won a gold medal at third sprint canoe World Cup in Montemor-o-Velho in Portugal. Three women battled it out in in strong winds at the finish with Egan making it to the line first in 23 mins 31.480 secs with .99 of a second to […]
Sara Treacy, who will run the steeplechase for Ireland in the Rio Olympics, showed impressive form when she won both the 800m and 1500m at the UK Women’s League Div 1 match in Swansea. Treacy’s huge personal best of 2.06.84 for the 800m beat the Treacy family record; mother Siobhan ran 2:07 for the 800m […]
A sprint double and a new 200m record made Sharlene Mawdsley of Newport the star of the Glo Health All Ireland Schools’ Track and Field Championships in Tullamore. Mawdsley started her day by winning the 100m in a season’s best 11.80 secs, but that proved no more than a warm up for the 200m, where […]
Irish ultra runner Eoin Keith has won the Northern Traverse from the west to the east coast of northern England in a time of 51 hours 37 minutes 23 secs. The 190 mile course with 16,000 ft of climb through fell, dale and moor, started at St Bees and took in the Lake District in […]
Elizabeth Morland of Cushinstown AC made a small piece of Irish athletics history when she set senior, U23 and junior records for the women’s heptathlon at the Glo Health National Combined Events in Santry. Morland’s score of 5545 points smashed Kelly Proper’s 2013 record of 5442 points set in Florence. It also qualified her for […]
Ciara Mageean won a competitive elite women’s 1500m at the Flanders Cup track meet in Orrtegem, Belgium. The UCD athlete finished in 4:08.05, just ahead of Sarah Lahti of Sweden in 4:08.91 and Norway’s Karoline Grovdal in 4:09.03. In the women’s steeplechase, Sara Treacy of Dunboyne, making her season’s debut in the event, finished fourth […]
Maria McCambridge bounced back from her disappointment at failing to qualify for the marathon squad at the Rio Olympics by winning the 1500m and helping her club Dundrum South Dublin to third place at the European Clubs Track and Field B Championships in Leiria, Portugal today (Sat). McCambridge was the class of the field with […]
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