Fionnuala McCormack ran a personal best time of 70 mins 44 secs to finish fourth in today’s New York Half Marathon. Race winner was Molly Huddle, who just made it ahead of Joyce Chepkirui of Kenya; the pair were given the same time of 67.41. Third was Diane Nukuri in 69.41. LEEVALE’S Colm Sheehan in […]
Wins for Louis O’Loughlin of Moyle Park in the junior boys race and for Sarah Healy of Holy Child Killiney inter girls made it a great day for Dublin-based Irish athletes at the SIAB Schools International Cross–Country in Falkirk, Scotland. Best of the Irish junior girls was Rebecca Wallace 11th, while best of the inter […]
Rose Anne Galligan of Newbridge finished 9th in the opening heat of the women’s 1500m at the World Indoors in Portland, Oregon. Her time of 4:16.84 was well off the personal best 4:11.07 she ran last month. Galligan heads for Albuquerque on Monday for a month of altitude training in preparation for an attack on […]
Kilkenny’s Eoin Everard, taking a break from his favoured track racing, won the Streets of Portlaoise 5km today in 14 mins 48 secs. Right on his tail was Clonmel’s William Maunsell, with Brian Maher of Kilkenny third in a quality men’s race. First of the women was Pauline Curley of Tullamore in 18 mins 16 […]
Eoin Callaghan of Star of the Sea and Ciara Hickey of Bros Pearse were the winners of the Meath Spring Half Marathon in Bohermeen. Callaghan’s time of 68 mins 20 secs saw him finish over three minutes ahead of David Simpson, one of a large group from Newcastle and District in action. Hickey, who is […]
Javelin thrower Anita White of DSD moved closer to the European Championships qualifying mark with a throw of 51.43m at the opening day of the Winter Throws Meet in Arad, Romania. White’s throw came in the first round and she finished 11th. Her target is 57.50m; next outing is in Swinford in a few weeks’ […]
Over the past few weeks, we knew Jim Mac, a legend not just in Donore but in Dublin athletics, was slipping away. After his cancer diagnosis, he had stunned his “girls” when he walked from his Cabra home to a hills session in the Phoenix Park. He was soon too ill even for visitors. As […]
Leevale’s Mark Hanrahan was a clear winner of the Ballycotton ’10’ in a time of 49 mins 1 secs. On a cold windy day, DSD’s Joe Sweeney finished second in 49:56 followed by a trio of East Cork athletes led by Michael Harty. Aoife Cooke of Youghal was first woman in 59 mins 57 secs. […]
Defending champion Kevin Mulcaire of St Flannan’s Ennis was a convincing winner of the boys’ senior 6.5km race at the Glo Health Irish Schools Cross Country Championships at Sligo Race Course. It was a fourth national cross-country title for Mulcaire, who is also the current Irish junior cross-country champion. He made his break with a […]
Dick Hodgins, best known as “Mr Cork City Sports” has died after a short illness. Between 1992 and 2011, Dick was chairman and meet director of the Cork City Sports, tirelessly persuading athletes from all over the globe to come to Cork and quietly badgering journalists to give the meet the coverage it deserved. Under […]
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