Leevale multi-eventer Sam Healy won the race of the day at the GloHealth Junior/U23 Championships at the CIT when he beat Matthew Behan of Crusaders to take the junior 110m hurdles title. He finished in 14.11 secs; just one-hundredth of a second ahead of Behan. A lot more relaxed was the long jump which Healy […]
Kilkenny City Harriers won the M18 4×100 title in the closest race of the day at the GloHealth Irish Juvenile Relay Championships in Tullamore. Their time of 44.03 put them just .01 ahead of Bandon AC and was one of seven new records set on a perfect day for running. Other record-breaking winners included Menapians […]
Ballymena’s Christine McMahon has qualified for the European Track and Field Championships after running 56.97 secs in the 400m hurdles at the Nivelles International Meeting in Belgium. Her time was just inside the Euro A standard of 57 seconds and put her second behind Anneri Ebersohn who ran 56.85 secs. Also competing was Kelly Proper […]
Australian Brandon Hargreaves, who has declared for Ireland and joined Clonliffe Harriers, outsprinted Sean Hehir of Rathfarnham WSAF to win today’s Irish Runner 5-Mile in Dublin’s Phoenix Park. Finishing a distant third was Paddy Hamilton of Annadale. Siobhan O’Doherty showed a welcome return to form when she won the women’s race , finishing 15th overall. […]
A time of 49.91 secs for Thomas Barr in the 400m hurdles proved the highlight of last night’s Le Cheile International which marked the opening of the club’s new track at Leixlip. Barr gave an exhibition run, finishing comfortably clear of Australian visitor Ian Dewhurst. On a chilly night with some strong winds, Sam McEntee […]
Raheny’s Maria O’Sullivan and Mitchell Byrne of Rathfarnham WSAF were the winners of the Dublin 1500m titles at Tallaght. The races were held in conjunction with the fifth Graded League meet. A total of 53 ran in the various 1500m men’s races. EOIN CALLAGHAN and Yvonne McAuley were the winners of a well-supported Irish Prison […]
Defending premier women’s champions Dundrum South Dublin are through to the National Track and Field League final. After two rounds, the young DSD team tops the table ahead of strong teams from Leevale and Clonliffe. St Abban’s and Clonliffe end up with equal point and share the lead on the men’s premier table. Based on […]
Two athletes made the European Championships A qualification mark at the second round of the national league, for which full results are only now available. In Athlone, Zoe Brown of Raheny Shamrock cleared 4.40m to win the pole vault – indeed that height would also have won her the men’s competition. Brown had improved her […]
A tremendous effort by the men’s 4 x 400m quartet in the final race of the day pulled the Irish team past Portugal for seventh place overall at a drama-filled European Team Championships League 1 in Tallin Estonia. Craig Lynch led off for the Irish, followed by Brian Murphy before Thomas Barr took over and […]
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