Paul Byrne of St Abban’s finished second in the 400m hurdles at the Meeting Arcobolla in Boissan, Italy yesterday. Byrne’s time of 51.33 secs was not far off the 51.20 personal best he ran in Leixlip a few weeks ago. In Valenje, Slovania, Kerry O’Flaherty of Newcastle AC ran 9 mins 56 secs to finish […]
Coming up is a bewildering few weeks in athletics. Here’s the gist of it: Jul 4/5 – European Combined Events, Poland. Shane Ashton (Trim), Michael Bowler (KCH), Kourosh Foroughi (Star of the Sea) Tue Jul 7 – Cork City Sports. Mark English 800m. Kelly Proper 100m ,200m, LJ. Mary Cullen, Michelle Finn, AM McGlynn 3000m. […]
Dunleer’s Thomas Cotter ran a personal best 3:43.31 for 1500m at the British Milers Club Grand Prix in Watford. That’s enough to put him sixth on the current year’s rankings, led by Ciarain O Lionard of Leevale with 3:41.04. In the 5000m, Brandon Hargreaves of DSD came agonisingly close to breaking 14 minutes for the […]
Mick Clohisey’s time of 23 mins 47 secs put him well clear of the field at the Irish Runner 5-Mile in Dublin’s Phoenix Park. Clonmel’s Kevin Maunsell was second in 24 mins 30 secs, with Gary Thornton of GCH third and first M35. Sarah Mulligan of DSD was first woman in 27 mins 55 secs. […]
Emmett Jennings and Orla Drumm were the winners of the annual Irish Prison Services BHAA 5km trail race held in Dublin’s Phoenix Park. Out in force were members of the Bank of Ireland running club and they cleaned up in the team categories. They were1st and 3rd in men’s grade A as well as winning […]
A strong team effort saw the Irish team finish sixth at the European Team Championships League 1 in Heraklion, Greece over the weekend – their best ever result. The team had made a great start to the day when Ben Reynolds finished second in the 100m hurdles behind Konstadinos Douvalidis of Greece. Mark English also […]
If a road running league based on the best races in the country was to be set up (come on someone!), then the Dunshaughlin 10km would definitely be on the list. Look at the quality of last night’s race – Mark Christie and Mick Clohisey strained ever sinew in the chase for the course record […]
Thanks to a solid all-round performance from the team, the Irish are lying fifth on the points tables after the opening day of the European Team Championships League 1 in Heraklion, Greece. Although there were no wins, there were a number of third placings and while Thomas Barr may be disappointed with his second in […]
Michaela Walsh from Swinford proved the star of the Tailteann Schools Interprovincial Championships in Santry when she broke not one but two record both of them her own. First up was the hammer, where Walsh’s heave of 60.66m improved on the record of 59.92m she has set last year. In the shot, Walsh produced an […]
Rathfarnham’s Caitriona Jennings made a surprise return to road racing at the Lisburn Half Marathon last night where she finished first woman in 81 mins 17 secs. Jennings has done little running since representing Ireland in the marathon and the London Olympics three years ago. With a number of injury problems, she took up rowing […]
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