Not many people know this but Raheny’s Mick Clohisey is one of the youngest runners ever to cross the finish line at the Dublin Marathon. It happened in one of the years when the route took in the north quays and finished in Smithfield. “My da was running – I think in 2000 – and […]
Dunboyne’s Peter Brandon Somba and Mary Leech of Drogheda and District were the winners of the 125th Clonliffe 2-mile held in non-stop rain at Santry. Sligo’s Emmett Dunleavy was second of the men, followed by Clonliffe’s Conor Healy and Paralympian Michael McKillop. Clonliffe pair Louise Bailey and Laura Tuite were second and third women; first […]
Leevale’s Clare McCarthy finished 12th in today’s Prague Marathon in a time of 2 hrs 42 ins 4 secs (or four seconds faster on the chip timing) – inside the qualifying mark for the Rio Olympics. Winner was Lucy Karimi from Kenya in 2:24.44.Galway’s Gary Thornton dropped out of the men’s race, won by Lawrence […]
DSD’s David Gillick continued his comeback at the Belfast International Meet held in conjunction with the Irish Milers’ Club at the Mary Peters Track in rain-sodden Belfast today. Running his specialist 400m, Gillick finished second behind English athlete Theo Campbell, with Campbell timed at 46.24 secs and Gillick at 47.27 secs. John Travers of Donore […]
Niamh O’Boyle of Kildare club CNOC won all three races at the Irish Orienteering Championships held in Co Waterford. O’Boyle started by winning the sprint event at Waterford IT. A day later, she won the middle distance title at Coumshingaun with her time of 33 mins 17 mins for the 3.84 course (with 250m of […]
Maria McCambridge of DSD finished eighth overall in a time of 34 mins 38 secs at the North West 10km in Letterkenny yesterday. McCambridge, a previous overall winner of this race, was using the race as a final tune-up before the Riga Marathon in Latvia on Sunday May 15. Claire McCarthy of Leevale, who dropped […]
Tomas Fitzpatrick of the host club won the Tallaght 5k for a second year; Fitzpatrick had run the Rotterdam Marathon two weeks ago. A close second was Raheny’s Mark Kirwan, with Martin Hoare of Celbridge AC third. First woman was Claire Sullivan of Rathfarnham WSAF who also won the Dublin novice road title. First of […]
Thought it would be worthwhile posting the AI’s selection policy for the marathon at the Rio Olympics. Have slightly altered “Priority 2” where it didn’t make sense; hope I got it right. Marathon 2.5 If more than three athletes have achieved the entry standard for the marathon event (e.g. 4 women) other factors (but not […]
At the Penn Relays, Sarah Collins, running for Providence College, won the women’s 10,000m in 34:03.07 while Siofra Cleirigh Buttner of DSD anchored Villanova to victory in the 4x1500m. Cleirigh Buttner got the baton in fourth place but blitzed around the track in a 4 mins 21.7 secs to give Villanova a narrow win over […]
Rathfarnham’s Sean Hehir finished best of the Irish at today’s Virgin London Marathon. Hehir ran a time of 2:17.30 – five seconds faster than the personal best he ran in the Dublin Marathon of 2012. Hehir had hoped to improve on the time he ran in Berlin last September. “Went for it. No regrets. Not […]
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