Mick Clohisey, representing Irish champions Raheny Shamrock, finished 10th in the senior men’s race at the European Clubs Cross-Country Championships in Albufeira, Portugal today. Clohisey, cheered on by a large group of supporters, clocked a time of 30 mins 40 secs for the twisty, sandy 9.7km course, putting him 37 seconds behind the winner Yemaneberhan […]
Dublin City Harriers and Clonliffe Harriers were the winners at the Irish Life Health National Indoor League final in Abbotstown today. Catherine McManus proved key to the DCH success in the women’s competition, winning the 60m hurdles in 8.43 secs and the long jump with a 5.23m effort. Other winners for the Cabra-based club were […]
A thrilling finish to the Axa Raheny 5 saw Mark Christie of Mullingar Harriers outsprinting defending champion and home favourite Mick Clohisey for victory. Christie and defending champion and home favourite Mick Clohisey pulled away from the field at two miles, and when it came to the final push, Christie had that little extra. He […]
Fearghal Curtin, Darragh McElhinney and Stephanie Cotter, who all who ran in Cardiff at last Sunday’s Celtic International, were impressive winners at the South Munster Schools Cross-Country Championships in Cork. For Stephanie Cotter, her victory in the senior girls’ race was a nice 18th birthday present. Brian Fay of Belvedere ran a confident race to […]
Blackrock’s Sarah Healy and Darragh McElhinney of Bantry made it an Irish U17 double at the Celtic International Cross-Country in Cardiff today. Youghal’s Jake McCarthy finished second in the M17 race. Winning the M20 race was Fearghal Curtin of Youghal. Amy Rose Farrell of Blackrock was second W20; both Irish U20 teams came out on […]
Noel Henry, a tireless promoter of distance running, finally left us last week after a long and brave battle with debilitating illness. In his young days, Noel was an an Irish marathon champion, a staunch member of Clonliffe Harriers and a huge supporter of women’s athletics; he would later write a short history of Irish […]
Newly crowned Dublin masters cross-country champion John Dunne of Raheny Shamrock added the Leinster title to his collection in Dunboyne today. Winning the women’s title was Tullamore’s Pauline Curley. The top three in the men’s race were resuming battle after the Dublin Championships only a week earlier in St Anne’s Park, when Shane O’Neil of […]
Fionnuala McCormack finished a disappointed fourth at the Antrim International in Greenmount Campus after losing a shoe with a kilomotre to go of the 5.6km race. By the end of the opening lap, former African junior champion Caroline Kipkirui of Kenya and Ethiopians Gotytom Gebreslase and Birtukan Adamu along with McCormack had broken clear of […]
On a perfect day for running, Barbara Cleary of Donore and Raheny’s John Dunne were the winners of the Dublin Masters’ Cross-Country titles in St Anne’s Park. First up were the women and from the start of the 3km course, Cleary moved to the front and went unchallenged for the remainder of the race, finishing […]
Fionnuala McCormack finished a fighting second in the women’s 6km at the Great Edinburgh Cross Country on the rolling hills of Holyrood Park. After the Kenyan-Turks, Yasemin Can and Meryem Akdag, moved the the front, McCormack was the only athlete who attempted to keep in touch. Can, the European champion, pulled away for a decisive […]
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