On a great day for the Irish team, both Joe Gough of West Waterford and City of Lisburn’s Kelly Neely won gold in the 800m finals at the World Masters T-F Lyon today. Since he turned 60, Gough has won European outdoor gold, and world indoor indoor gold and set a world indoor record for […]
Ciara Mageean of UCD took the Athlete of the Meet award for her scintillating victory in the women’s 800m at the second day of the Glo Health National Track and Field Championships in Santry. Mageean, who had won the 1500m last year after a long break from the sport, was out on her own from […]
Local man Gary Thornton won the 30th Streets of Galway 8km, sponsored by Kearney Cycles. Thornton’s time of 23 mins 53 secs saw him relegate Clonliffe’s Sergiu Ciobanu, who finished in 24 mins 12 secs, to second place. First woman and tenth overall was DSD’s Maria McCambridge , who, like Thornton, is in full marathon […]
Wins for Mary Cullen in the 5000m, Mark Christie in the 10,000m and Anita White in the javelin proved the highlights of the first day of the Glo Health National Track and Field Championships in Santry. Christie, of Mullingar Harriers, ran a smart race in the men’s 10,000m letting Raheny’s Mick Clohisey take the lead […]
Carmel Parnell of Leevale who won the W60 8km cross-country on Tuesday added a silver in the 5000m to her collection today at the World Masters in Lyon. Raheny’s Mick Traynor, who had won the M50 cross-country, finished third in his 5000m, while in the W40 race, Maria McCarthy from Kerry was a brilliant second […]
Carmel Parnell of Leevale and Raheny Shamrock Mick Traynor both took gold on a great opening day for the Irish at the World Masters Track and Field Championships in Lyon, France. In the cross-country, Parnell won the W60 category and Traynor the M50 class. Other medal winners were John Dunne of Donore 2nd M35 andCarmel […]
With less than a fortnight to go until the World Athletics Championships in Beijing, Irish hurdler Thomas Barr has a place in the final of the 400m hurdles firmly in his sights. This year, Barr has smashed his own Irish record and taken the gold at the World University Games in Korea – a massive […]
Dundrum South Dublin’s women won a fifth consecutive title at the Glo Health National Track and Field League final in wind-swept Tullamore. Leevale chased DSD hard – as they had done two years ago- and had more individual winners, but the Dublin club picked up points across the board and that told in the end. […]
Annadale’s Paul Pollock has won the Glo Health National Half Marathon in Dublin beating the defending champion Mick Clohisey of Raheny Shamrock. Pollock’s training partner Kevin Seaward of St Malachy’s was third and Leevale’s Mark Hanrahan fourth. At three miles, Pollock was part of a group of nine, with Clohisey pushing the pace, along with […]
Clonliffe’s Brian Gregan ran a season’s best 45.85 secs to win the 400m at the Rasschaert Memorial meet in Ninova Belgium. In the 400m hurdles, Paul Byrne ran 50.82 secs – his second fastest ever. Kelly Proper equaled her season’s best with a time of 23.24 secs in the 200m. At the English Championships in […]
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