Kate O’Connor from St Vincent’s Dundalk and Daniel Ryan of CBS Thurles proved the stars of the Glo Health All Ireland Schools Combined Events Championships in Athlone IT with record breaking performances. O’Connor dominated the junior girls competition with a new Irish record score of 3,865 points. Ryan’s total of 3,785 points in the inter […]
After two second places in recent years, Raheny’s Mick Clohisey won his first Dublin senior title at the Dublin Cross-Country Championships in Tymon Park. In balmy conditions, Brandon Hargreaves of DSD took the early lead, with Clohisey, his Raheny team mate Freddy Sittuk and Clonliffe’s Sergiu Ciobanu in close attendance. Not far behind was former […]
Michael McKillop has taken a second gold at the Paralympic Athletics World Championships in Doha, Qatar, winning the 1500m in 4:16.21. This is McKillop’s seventh world championship gold medal and his second of the week after his 800m win last Saturday. In a hot and humid evening, McKillop turned on the speed just before the […]
Rathfarnham’s Sean Hehir was first Irish club athlete home at today’s SSE Airtricity Dublin Marathon. Hehir’s time of 2:19.47 put him well clear of second placed Gary O’Hanlon of Clonliffe, also first M40, who finished in 2:25.21. David Mansfield of Clonliffe, who is coached by last year’s champion Sergiu Ciobanu, finished third in 2:30.45. Freddy […]
Maria McCambridge pulled up in the Frankfurt Marathon just after the half way mark. McCambridge went through 10km in 36 mins 10 secs and ran 17:53 for the third 5km in the race, which put her on target to break 2 hrs 33 mins. Clearly something went wrong soon after with her time for the […]
Sprinter Jason Smyth and middle distance man Michael McKillop both struck gold at Paralympic Athletics World Championships in Doha, Qatar, this evening. Smyth won the T13 100m in 10.62seconds to take his fifth world title and his third at 100m; the other two are at 200m. After knee surgery earlier this year – and the […]
Kate O’Connor of St Vincent’s Dundalk made the perfect start to the new season when she won the junior title for a second year at the Leinster Schools Combined Events Championships in Athlone yesterday. Last season, O’Connor won Leinster and All Ireland titles and finished third at the SIAB Schools Indoor International in Glasgow. Her […]
Brandon Hargreaves of Dundrum South Dublin and Letterkenny’s Annmarie McGlynn laid down markers for the forthcoming cross-country season when they won the men and women’s 8km races at the Autumn Open Cross Country in Dublin’s Phoenix Park. Hargreaves ran a smart race, letting Irish junior champion Kevin Mulcaire of Ennis TC and Clonliffe’s Mark Kenneally […]
Fionnuala McCormack (Britton) made the qualifying time for next year’s Rio Olympics when she ran a time of 2 hrs 33 mins 15 secs at today’s hicago Marathon. Although well inside the Olympic qualifying mark of 2 hours 42 minutes, her time was slower than the 2 hours 31 minutes 46 seconds she ran for […]
Maria McCambridge finished sixth in today’s Great Scottish Run in Glasgow with a time of 73 mins 23 secs. That time – marginally faster than her 73 mins 28 secs from Charleville a few weeks ago – puts her second on the current Irish rankings behind Fionnualla Britton McCormack, who ran 71 mins 33 secs […]
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