Elizabeth Morland of Dunshaughlin CS proved the star of the Leinster schools Combined Events Championships in Athlone IT. Competing at inter level, Morland finished top in all five disciplines, with her hurdles times at 9.01 secs for 908 points and her 1.66 high jump (806 points) particularly impressive. In the shot, a 11.62m effort won […]
While Fionnuala Britton was the big draw and had a comfortable win in the open 8km at the Autumn Open Cross-Country in the Phoenix Park, it was the men’s race that provided the drama. Galway’s Gary Thornton had led them out on the opening lap, but was soon swallowed up by Mullingar’s Mark Christie, Kevin […]
Some interesting marathon results – in Chicago, Tom Frazer, who has lived in the USA for some years, recorded a time of 2:19.53. In Australia, Sinead Diver ran 2:34.15 to finish second in the Melbourne Marathon. Diver, aged 37, was born and brought up in Ireland. She moved to Oz when she was 24 and […]
Yes it rained – but it was good to see some new faces coming through at the Brother Schools Cross-Country in Santry. So many turned up for the boys’ minor race that it was split in two, with the results then combined to produce the top three teams. Pierre Murchan of St Declan’s won the […]
Clonliffe’s Sergiu Ciobanu continued his preparations for the SSE Airtricity Dublin Marathon by winning the Galway Bay Half Marathon in a comfortable time of 67 mins 4 secs. SBR’s Tom Hogan was five minutes behind for second. Finishing eighth overall and first woman was Nicola Duncan of GCH, back home from her Scottish base for […]
David McCarthy ran a smart race to win the New Ireland Rathfarnham 5km, held in perfect conditions today. With just over 800m to go, Kevin Maunsell of Clonmel was leading a tightly packed bunch with McCarthy looming ominously on his shoulder. McCarthy made his break with the line in sight and won in a modest […]
Martin Fagan of Mullingar Harriers won the Charleville International Half Marathon by over two minutes in Co Cork. Fagan’s time of 63 mins 58 secs put him comfortably clear of the chasers led by Ismail Ssenyange. After returning from a two-year doping suspension earlier this year, Fagan has re-established himself as the dominant road runner […]
Clonliffe’s Gary O’Hanlon was a comfortable winner of the SSE Airtricity Dublin Half Marathon this morning. His time of 69 mins 43 secs gave him a two -minute winnign margin over Waterford’s Trevor Power. First woman was Patrycja Wlodarczyk, who finished in 82 mins 54 secs and beat her Raheny clubmate Fiona Stack. Leading home […]
World Jogger Tony Mangan arrived back in Ireland today having run around the world in under four years. He was greeted by his mother and family as well as many friends at Dublin Port having travelled from Holyhead on the Stena ferry. Tony set off on his run after finishing the Dublin Marathon in 2010. […]
Almost 300 turned out for Portmarnock Athletic Club’s first foray into race organising last night – a 10km to the beach and back. Winners were Brian Leahy of Raheny and Cindy Hickey of (we think) Fingallians. IRISHTOWN STADIUM UPDATE: The track is now stripped, as are the long jump areas, but it looks as if […]
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