Thomas Barr of Ferrybank is completely recovered from a recent injury and definitely running in the 400m hurdles at this weekend’s Irish Life Health Track and Field Championships. He’ll be joined on the line by his training partner Paul Byrne of St Abban’s who recently ran a lifetime best of 50.04 secs. Also lining out […]
Jason Smyth from Derry Track Club has added the T13 200m title at the Para Athletics World Championships in London to the 100m he won on Sunday. Smyth, who had comfortably won his heat yesterday stormed to victory with a season’s best time of 21.40 seconds, finishing well ahead of Namibia’s Johannes Nambala second in […]
Jason Smyth from City of Derry won his sixth World Championship gold medal when he won the T13 100m in a time of 10.63 seconds at the Para Athletics World Championships in London last night. Michael McKillop from North Belfast Harriers made it a double celebration for the Irish when he added the T38 800m […]
As has been the case all season, records tumbled in the field events at the final day of the Irish Life Health All Ireland Juvenile Track and Field Championships in Tullamore today. Among the record breakers were multi-eventer Kate O’Connor who won the W18 high jump with 1.74m. Others were Conor Cusack (Lake District Athletics) […]
Ireland finished a fighting second overall behind all-conquering England in today’s SIAB Schools International in Santry. Highlights of the day included victory for the Irish girls in the 100m relay, with Patience Jumbo Gula bringing the team home after hard work by Lauren Roy, Rhasidat Adeleke and Niamh Foley. In a thrilling boys’ 4 x […]
Victory for Brian Gregan in in the 400m with a personal best 45.26 secs proved the highlight of the Morton Games in Santry tonight. The time was a meet record. After four years of struggle, Gregan, aged 27, is right back to his best and he proved it by moving smoothly into the lead with […]
Alannah Lally of UCD finished a fighting fourth in the women’s 800m at Day 3 of the Euro U23 team, Bydgoszcz, Poland on Saturday. In a tactical race, Siofra Cleirigh Butter ended up seventh. Qualifying for the women’s long jump final was Sarah McCarthy of Mid-Sutton with a brilliant 6.33m jump. In the 4 x […]
All 20,000 places for this year’s SSE Airtricity Dublin Marathon on Sunday October 29 are now filled – over three months before race date. Official closing date for the race was October 1. Last year, when the race was moved to a Sunday for the first time, making the race an attractive option for overseas […]
One club picking up a number of medals at last weekend’s Irish Life Health All Ireland Juvenile Track and Field Championships was Strabane Lifford – the only club on this island (as far as we know) with one foot in the north and the other in the south. The towns sit on either side of […]
Ciara Mageean of UCD shaved over eight seconds off her outdoor mile best with a time of 4 mins 22.40 secs at today’s London Anniversary Games. At the bell, Mageean, who had drawn the inside lane, was lying ninth, but she pulled up two places on the final lap. Race winner was Helen Obiri of […]
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