Carmel Parnell of Leevale finished first W60 at the British and Irish Masters Cross-Country International in Tollcross Park,Glasgow, this morning. It was a record eleventh title for Carmel, who was also leading the W60 team to victory. Second place went to Christine Kennedy, who is back living in London after a long sojourn in the […]
Belfast athlete Cathy McCourt proved the star of the 18-strong Irish team at the World Masters Athletics Championships in Perth, Australia. McCourt began her campaign on the opening day of the 10-day competition when she finished second in the W40 cross-country. She also helped the Irish team to silver, backed up by Dubliner Sue Zlnay, […]
On a bitterly cold day at Santry, Mick Clohisey of Raheny Shamrock and UCD’s Ciara Mageean won the senior titles at the Dublin Cross-County Championships. Mageean raced away from defending champion Caroline Crowley of Crusaders on the final lap of the women’s race. A surprise third was Barbara Cleary of Donore, who finished ahead of […]
Dereje Debele Tulu of Ethiopia and previous winner Helalia Johannes from Namibia were the winners of today’s SSE Airtricity Dublin Marathon. Times were not fast although conditions were perfect – not too hot and no wind or rain. In a men’s race where Ethiopians made a clean sweep of the top three, Tulu took an […]
Cathy McCourt took Ireland’s first medal when she finished second in the W40 cross-country at the World Masters Athletics Championships in Perth Australia yesterday. McCourt completed the 8km course in 30 mins 49.52, putting her second overall behind Australia’s Belinda Martin who finished in 29:18.03. McCourt is in top form after winning the NI Masters […]
Gary O’Hanlon and Ian Guiden made it a Clonliffe double at the Longwood 10k/5k in Co Meath today. O’Hanlon, who runs in next Sunday’s SSE Airtricity Dublin Marathon, won the 10k, beating Raheny’s Cillian O’Leary and Brian McCluskey of North East Runners. In the 5km, Guiden was a clear winner ahead of Mullingar’s Andrew Nevin. […]
Ruby Millet of Kilkenny College and Tony O’Connor of Naas CBS won the intermediate titles at the Glo Health Leinster Schools Combined Events Championships in Athlone today. Missing from the girls’ competition was defending Leinster and Irish champion Kate O’Connor of St Vincent’s Dundalk, who arrived at the venue but did not compete after her […]
Fionnuala McCormack of Kilcoole proved that she is still the woman to beat when she won the Autumn Open Cross-Country over the newly-launched National Cross-Country Course at Abbotstown. McCormack proved the class of the field in the women’s 6000m, beating Polish visitor Paulina Kaczynska by over half a minute. Showing a welcome return to form […]
Gary O’Hanlon and Pauline Curley proved the class of the field at the new-look Irish 3/4 Marathon which had moved from its original location near Athlone to a faster, flatter course at Longwood, Co Meath. Clonliffe’s O’Hanlon, back in top form after a period of injury, finished almost 12 minutes clear of the field in […]
At the Meath Schools Cross-County hosted by St Brigid’s in Balllincree, St Pat’s Navan retained the Geraldine Dolan Memorial Cup finishing three points ahead of Loreto Mullingar with St Peter’s Dunboyne third. Following the recent dry spell, the course in Ballinacree was in ideal condition and, with 16 schools from four counties taking part, there […]
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