Eoin Sheridan set a new boys’ discus record at the SIAB Schools International in Cardiff Wales on Saturday, with his throw of 55.43 adding well over a metre to the record of 54.18m set 30 years ago in 1984. Sheridan was just one of the stars of a strong Irish team than finished a creditable […]
Sarah McCormack of Clonliffe finished first woman at a shortened Snowdon International Mountain race, where runners were forced to turn back at Clogwyn station due to atrociously bad weather. It made her the second Irish woman ever to win this race after Sarah Mulligan’s victory last year. McCormack, who is the Irish cross country champion, […]
Paddy Hamilton, of Annadale Striders was the clear winner of the SSE Airtricity Race Series Fingal 10km race in a time of 31:20. Hamilton is training for October’s Dublin Marathon, where he aims to improve on his fifth placing of last year. In second place was Mark Hoey from Star of the Sea, who emigrates […]
Leevale’s Ciaran O Lionaird booked his place on the Irish team for the European Athletics Championships when he won a thrilling 1500m at the second day of the Glo Health Irish Track and Field Championships in Santry. Four men have A qualifying standards for the 1500m at the Europeans and they duly finished in the […]
Kelly Proper won the 200m and long jump at the opening day of the Glo Health National Track and Filed Championships in Santry, dominating both events. Equally dominant was Fionnuala Britton of Kilcoole who let DSD’s Maria McCambridge lead out the women’s 5000m before striking for home and winning in 15 mins 39.30. McCambridge was […]
Santry came alive last week with brilliant runs for Mark English, Thomas Barr and John Travers at the Morton Games – and more of the same can be expected at this weekend’s Glo Health Irish Track and Field Championships. The big star of last year’s championships was Ferrybank’s Kelly Proper, with a hat trick of […]
Leevale’s Ciaran O Lionaird has become the fourth Irish 1500m runner to make the A standards for the European Championships. O Lionaird went under the 3:39.30 he needed when he ran 3:37.72 at the BMC Watford last night. Already under the mark are Paul Robinson of St Coca’s with 3:36.45, Donore’s John Travers with 3:37.27 […]
At the European Mountain Running Championships in Gap, France, the Irish women did well to finish seventh of the 17 teams entered on a tough course. Sarah McCormack, the national cross-country champion, led them home in 17th place, followed closely by Sarah Mulligan of DSD, the first Irish female winner of the Snowdon International last […]
Brian Gregan of Clonliffe Harriers ran a season’s best of 45.94 secs to finish sixth in a closely run 400m at the Gugl Meet in Austria last night. His time dipped under the European Championships A mark of 46 seconds. American James Harris won the race in 45.33. Paul Robinson of St Coca’s finished a […]
Thomas Barr of Ferrybank again ran under 50 secs for the 400m hurdles when he finished third behind Javier Culson of Puerto Rico on a windy night at the Cork City Sports. Culson, the Olympic silver medal winner, won in 48.41 secs, ahead of American champion Johnny Dutch in 49.27 secs and Barr in 49.95 […]
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