Shane Hughes of Colaiste Mhuire Mulligar won the senior boys’ 6000m at the Rice CBS Cross-Country in St Anne’s Park today. Chinnie Izuchukwu of Colaiste Choilm Tullamore was a fighting second with St Aidan’s pair Adam O’Brien and Brian Flanagan third and fourth and St Aidan’s the top team. Junior international tennis player Ciaran Nolan […]
For a second year, Fionnula Britton and Paul Pollock were the winners at Glo Heath Intercounty Cross-Country Championships held on a perfect day for cross-country running at Dundalk IT. It was a tale of two races: while Britton coasted to an easy victory, Pollock only retained his title after an absorbing race that ended in […]
No question about who dominated the All Ireland Schools Combined Events Championships. With a brilliant score of 3909 points, Elizabeth Morland of Dunshaughlin was in a class of her own. Competing in the intermediate category, Morland improved on every one of her Leinster scores. She started with a time of 8.96 secs (918 pts) in […]
Gary Thornton of Galway City Harriers has won the Volcano Marathon in Chile’s Atacama Desert – a race at 4,500m that included strong headwinds at the start and temperatures soaring towards 40 degrees on a very hilly route with a lot of sand. Several competitors required oxygen on finishing the event and there was one […]
About 35 schools turned out for the East Leinster Schools Cross-Country hosted by Blackrock College – and mercifully the rain disappeared after the minor races. Highlights included a win for James Maguire in the boys’ inter race, solid victories for Niamh Ni Chiara and Sarah Healy in the inter and junior girls races, and […]
Breandan O’Neill and Fionnuala Britton led home an entry of over three and a half thousand people at the third annual Remembrance Run 5km in the Phoenix Park- a unique event for this time of year where family and friends look to the past and remember loved ones. AT THE LEINSTER Intermediate Cross-Country, Rachael Smyth […]
Breandan O Neill of Dundrum South Dublin ran a smart race to win the men’s senior title at the Dublin Senior and Junior Cross-Country Championships in Santry. On a perfect day for cross-country, current national champion Mick Clohisey and his Raheny team mate Conor Dooney pushed the pace on the opening two laps. Behind them […]
A time of 2:59.39 clocked at the Twin Cities Marathon on October 5 means that 59-year-old Christine Kennedy, originally from Galway, is the oldest woman ever to break three hours in the marathon. With her 60th birthday coming up on December 29, her aim now is to become the first 60-year-old to break three hours […]
Just FOUR seconds separated Maria McCambridge from victory at the SSE Airtricity Dublin Marathon today. With four miles to go, Kenyan athlete Esther Manjiru Macharia had a slight lead, but McCambridge kept her in her sights and was rewarded with a personal best time by a minute of 2:34.19. Brilliant! A class apart in the […]
NIAMH Donnelly of Celtic DCH won the Leinster women’s novice title at Rathdrum and also led DCH to team victory. Thomas Moran of Meath won a closely-fought men’s race, with Liffey Valley the first team. Overall winners of the masters race were Jacky Carthy of Kilmore and Niall Lynch of Donore. RAHENY’S Mick Clohisey ran […]
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